A youth story of a passerby at the end of the world

"Don't worry about it," he repeated casually, not knowing what else to say.

So Kaori Orimoto was persuaded to stay, and Saki Kawasaki, completely at a loss for what to do with her younger sister Komachi, sat down again as if to acquiesce and started playing with her sister Kyoka Kawasaki.

"Eh? Hikigaya..." Kaori Orimoto, who had been playing on her phone, suddenly called out.

"what happened?"

"This is the uniform of Soubu High School, right? It seems like someone from your school was on TV." She looked at her phone in surprise and said uncertainly.

"A TV?" Hachiman Hikigaya walked over with some confusion, while a group of people had already gathered around Orimoto's side.

“It really seems to be~, is he my brother’s classmate?” Komachi, who was the first to gather around, said.

Hachiman Hikigaya walked over, and Kaori Orimoto turned her phone towards him, initially just glancing at it without paying it any mind.

"!" But he recognized this guy.

Rather, isn't this just that Genshin guy?!

He widened his eyes and moved his face closer, trying to see more clearly, and confirmed once again that it was indeed Uesugi Genshin.

The two people next to him were two girls from his class, so it was undoubtedly that guy.

Where is this video from?

"It seems to be a local TV station, but it's gone viral online." She pointed to the number of views and the TV station that had shared the video below.

Eight million views would normally be considered quite good, but nowadays, everyone is watching this kind of news closely, and they'll see any developments. This number already reflects the number of people who can access the internet and can also provide an assessment of the number of people still alive.

Kanto TV, a privately owned television station suppressed by TV Tokyo, has always hoped to join the ranks of the six major television stations, but has been blocked by TV Tokyo, after all, the market is only so big.

"I'll be right back." He rushed out, "Zheben, send me the source address of the video."

"Eh?"

Kaori Orimoto was puzzled as she watched him run away.

"Ah, Orimoto-nee also sent it to me."

"Sure, but I don't know my sister's phone number."

“Then let’s just create a group on LINE,” Komachi suggested enthusiastically.

“Yes, that’s a good idea.” Kaori Orimoto nodded in agreement.

After Komachi created a group chat called the Service Club Family, she added everyone present to it.

Kaori Orimoto also posted the location of the TV broadcast on it, and when everyone clicked on it, it was still a live broadcast!

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"The head of the cooking team has been decided." Yukino Yukinoshita said this to Jun Shiromai, but she did not ask for his opinion.

Her current official position is vice president; the previous vice president position no longer exists.

In fact, there was another secretary present, but that guy just stammered and couldn't offer any constructive opinions. He could only echo her words, like a yes-man, and was treated like an ordinary student and "invited" out.

Actually, Yukino Yukinoshita works faster on her own, and at least so far she hasn't made any mistakes, isn't that an advantage?

No matter what, trusting and entrusting something to someone else is quite a difficult thing, especially when there's such a big difference in ability.

So only Shiromaru-senpai was present, and she was in charge of what wasn't exactly a task of checking for omissions or filling gaps.

"Mm-hmm." The energetic student council president nodded, having no objection to the appointment.

After all, he has always been dedicated to serving everyone, taking charge of cooking from the beginning, and his family also runs an izakaya (Japanese pub), so his abilities are trustworthy.

The six people who remained at the end were all officially assigned to the cooking team by Yukino Yukinoshita, and they will be in charge of this task from now on.

This is the only group that can be considered officially fixed; the others, such as the sanitation group and the working group, are rotated.

Less than half of the tables and chairs have been moved. Today it's the turn of the second-grade classes G, H, I, and J to do the work.

Originally, Shiroki had some reservations when comparing the class roster with the students' names. Class J was an international class, and originally, 90% of the students were girls.

Yukino Yukinoshita knew, of course, that she herself was in Class J, and that someone had come to pick her up on the first day. In fact, three out of the five cars were there to pick up people from Class J.

Now, a boy in Class J of the second grade was assigned to the outing staff because of his previous "mischief," leaving only 7 girls. However, this also resulted in an excessively high proportion of girls among the staff, reaching 80%, which can only be described as a coincidence.

"That's why I added another class. If they complain about even this level of work and can't finish it..."

Yukino Yukinoshita is right again today.

To avoid the embarrassing situation where they would leave all the labor to the 20% of boys, she decided to supervise on-site, and also intended to work together if she had free time, since she was also a member of Class J.

This should have been the responsibility of either Hiratsuka-sensei or Hayama, but one was not at school and the other was on patrol.

The fact that there weren't enough people available to help her was troubling her again, not to mention that there were only three people who could actually go out right now. Thinking of this, she kept thinking about someone who wasn't there.

Could they have run away?

She did everything she said she would do.

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Running wildly down the corridor, Hachiman Hikigaya sensed something was wrong. He checked his phone to see if Kaori Orimoto had sent a message, but instead received a group chat invitation from Komachi.

After entering, the address was sent to the group.

Once you reach the student council building, you can hear the sounds coming from inside.

He rudely opened the door, causing Yukino Yukinoshita to frown and look towards the doorway.

"What about etiquette, Hachiman?"

"Never mind that," he said, catching his breath.

"What's wrong, Hikigaya-kun?" Shiromaru was also there, but Hiratsuka-sensei was nowhere to be seen.

"Xuanxin was filmed by the TV station."

"What?" Cheng Huixun asked, confused, not grasping the key point.

Hachiman Hikigaya turned on the live broadcast on the TV and placed it on the table to show Yukinoshita and Shiromai-senpai.

"this."

They gathered around and watched. Hachiman Hikigaya turned up his voice, and the female reporter's voice could be heard.

"Oh ho, they escaped danger again. The boy and girl are still stubbornly surviving in this apocalypse."

"He almost succeeded, but he protected the two girls well. To be honest, did he know any martial arts? He didn't hesitate at all when he attacked."

"Oh dear, what a pity! A horde of zombies is coming from the front. I wonder if they'll survive?"

Cheng Huixun stared in disbelief: "What is this?!"

"It looks like a live broadcast. This angle shows they're sitting in a helicopter, but... it's terrible," Yukino Yukinoshita reprimanded sternly.

They checked the live stream, which was titled "Apocalyptic Survival Live Show," and found that it already had 500 million viewers, and that number was still increasing.

One or two comments flowed across the screen.

"Wow, it's true."

"Bravo."

"He's no longer an ordinary high school student. By the way, what's his relationship with those hot girls next to him?"

"The girls are so cute."

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't this dangerous?!"

"!!!"

One or two comments kept popping up on the screen: "What are the people at the TV station doing?"

It wasn't that no one noticed anything amiss; after all, even with some of the sound filtered out, the helicopter's noise in the video was still very loud, mixed in with the reporter's voice.

"Yukinoshita-senpai! Ah, Shiromaki-senpai is here too." The first-year student, who was now in charge, rushed in, opening the door in a panic. "Did everyone see this TV? Isn't that Uesugi-senpai?"

She held up her phone to show everyone, and the image was exactly the same as the one on their table.

"No need to say anything, I saw it."

"What's going on?" Isshiki Iroha tilted her head, looking puzzled and worried.

To be honest, Uesugi-senpai's situation in the video seemed rather precarious, so she couldn't just leisurely watch and hurriedly ran to the student council.

"I'll contact Hiratsuka-sensei right away." Yukino Yukinoshita stood up and walked to the window to make a phone call.

"Where did she go?" She's the only one here who can drive.

"They went to rescue the students outside."

We agreed to go together yesterday, but she's alone again!

"I'm going back now. Call me if you need anything." There's no point in staying here anyway.

"Hmm." Whether in response to him or on the phone, he closed the door and left.

I walked quickly down the corridor, wanting to return to the Service Department activity room.

"Hachiman! I've been looking for you." A cute voice came from behind.

He turned around and recognized the person. Wasn't this the girl who had come to thank him yesterday morning?

No, no, I can't think about anything else. I've already learned my lesson from losing money. This kind of girl is like a slow poison.

"what happened?"

"Is this your friend, Hachiman Hikigaya? She's been to our class." She held up her phone and pressed it against Hachiman Hikigaya's face.

"I already know."

"Really? That's great. I was just thinking that your friend seemed to be in trouble and you wouldn't know. I've been wanting to tell you."

So cute! But he seems to have overlooked something, our class?

"You are......?"

"I am Totsuka Saika from the same class."

Wow! Are there any girls this cute in our class? She's really kind-hearted, and her style is completely different from Zheben's.

Oh no! Oh no! We almost made the same mistake again.

"Sorry, I don't talk much with girls."

"...But I'm a boy."

Sigh...

real or fake?

"Sorry, I have to go back to the clubroom now." He couldn't bring himself to say anything about the Service Club, so he subconsciously omitted it.

"Okay, I understand." He smiled angelically and said goodbye to Hachiman Hikigaya.

"A boy?"

He was still a little incredulous at that moment, but when he returned to the front of the Service Department, he put the matter out of his mind for the time being.

open the door.

"Ah, brother, you're back."

"Ah."

Apart from Zaimokuza and Kawasaki Taishi, the others in the room were all gathered around Orimoto Kaori, looking at the phone in her hand.

"My brother's friend is really amazing."

"is it?"

"Yes, they took down the zombies easily without getting hurt at all."

"I see." Knowing his place, he didn't crowd around. Instead, he took out his phone and clicked on the link sent by Zheben.

Xuanxin and his group had already arrived at a racetrack.

Chapter 55: The Racecourse

Chiba has an equestrian school, so a racetrack was built there. It's grassy, ​​fairly well-maintained, and quite spacious, so a group of zombies won't suddenly jump out from some hidden corner.