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

Look at this!

Only then did Miura Yumiko understand Uesugi Genshin's intention. She pushed Yui away and took a few steps forward.

He forcefully pulled Yui Yuigahama around the waist, lifted her up, and then turned his body, "Ha!"

The first person must sit in the back so as not to affect the second person mounting the horse. The horse's back is only so big, and there is no saddle or bridle, so he must sit in the middle to ensure control of the horse.

Just as Yui Yuigahama was firmly seated behind him, tightly gripping his chest and waist, the horse was already about to pass Miura Yumiko.

"quick!"

Put lightly!

Unable to even speak, Miura Yumiko was truly exhausted and could no longer run. With a final breath, she leaped into the air, only to be caught by Uesugi Genshin around the waist.

It was just a little too late, causing him to lean back too far and clutch his clothes tightly. This slowed the horse's movements, which it mistook for a command, and the horse slowed down.

"Ahhh!!!" With a burst of strength from her arms and body, Miura Yumiko was draped over the horse's neck, but instead of going to jail, she was put on the hook.

In the instant he began to slip, he gripped Miura Yumiko's clothes tightly at her chest.

A horse is most turbulent when it trots, but it is steady and smooth when it gallops, as if it is riding the wind.

"Ah!" Yui Yuigahama exclaimed from behind due to the violent swaying, and the hands on her chest and waist tightened even more.

"It hurts! It hurts!" Miura Yumiko gripped his wrist with her right hand while repeatedly slapping his forearm with her left. "It hurts so much! It hurts so much!"

"Don't move! Don't move!" Uesugi Genshin roared back, "This horse has no saddle! No saddle!"

He leaned down and shouted loudly into Miura Yumiko's ear, as if afraid she wouldn't hear him, because she was affecting his riding movements.

He was already struggling to control his speed, so he spurred the horse on, urging it to accelerate. He had to get past the group of zombies running at the front of the pack through the inner path before they got too close.

During the bumpy ride, Yui Yuigahama clung tightly to his back, afraid of being thrown off, and pulled him back with all her might, her back aching from the two buttons on her chest.

Miura Yumiko in front had to hold on tightly to avoid slipping off, twisting her fingers and wrists, lifting her upper arm and pressing it against the horse's neck as much as possible.

"Loosen up a bit!" He briefly loosened the reins, patted Yui Yuigahama's hand, and as his fingers left, he also tried to pull her fingertips off. She obediently let go, but only partially. The buttons on her back, which were once embedded in his skin, were now merely imprinted on it. Either way, they would leave a mark...

Instead of returning his right hand to the reins, he reached under the armpit of Miura Yumiko, who was sobbing softly for some reason. She gripped his forearm with both hands, her nails digging into his flesh. Because the muscles in his upper arm had been taut, they had been temporarily numb from the pain.

He lifted her up forcefully, causing her body to lie flat on the horse's neck, but Ura Yuko's legs remained on the same side, though she no longer slipped down easily.

However, the horse clearly sensed discomfort. As it ran, the person on its neck kept bouncing and pressing down on its neck, and the trot turned back into a trot.

Finally, Uesugi Genshin couldn't hold on any longer and slid off the left side of the horse, taking Miura Yumiko with him. He adjusted his posture and cushioned the fall at the bottom.

A brief moment of distraction, the roar of the helicopter overhead reminded him that he was still in danger. Looking back, he saw that the zombies had reacted and were rushing towards them at full speed. The oppressive feeling was stronger than before, simply because the fast ones had all converged.

"Oops~, I fell down."

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"Gen Shin, this guy really knows how to ride a horse!" Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but swear.

Modern equestrianism is undoubtedly an expensive hobby. When I asked him the other day if he wanted to go to a riding school, it turned out he wasn't joking.

"Brother, your friend is amazing!" Komachi put her arm around Orimoto Kaori's shoulder, wanting to see more clearly.

Kaori Orimoto looked up in surprise and exclaimed, "Huh? Is this Hachiman's friend?"

"Yes."

"Hahaha, the three of us are bound by a karmic entanglement from a past life!" Yoshiteru Zaimokuza stood up excitedly. "We lived together in a chaotic world, and even though we were in different places, our bond remained strong!"

"Huh? Hmm..." Kaori Orimoto paused, then, seeing Saki Kawasaki unable to bear looking at her and turning her face away, she tentatively whispered to Saki Kawasaki, "Chuunibyou?"

"Hmm!" Yoshiteru Zaimokuza remained silent.

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"Ah~ ah ah~ ah ah ah!" Yui Yuigahama screamed intermittently as she rode alone on the horse. She was clinging to the horse's back with her arms wrapped around it, but her body was bobbing up and down with the horse's movements. Each time she was thrown off, her chest was squeezed, making it hard for her to breathe.

"Get up quickly." Uesugi Genshin sat up, pulling Miura Yumiko, who was on top of him, up with him.

"Yui?" Yui's scream rang in her ears. Miura Yumiko murmured in a daze, still stunned by the fall.

Uesugi Genshin put his hands under her armpits, lifted her up, and then grabbed her wrist with one hand, dragging her along as they ran.

Miura Yumiko's right hand was obediently pulled, while her left hand was pressed tightly against her chest, only in this way did the pain seem to be relieved somewhat.

Once he realized the girl behind him no longer needed him to pull her, he let go, sped up, and ran ahead to catch up with the horse that was gradually coming to a stop.

Yui Yuigahama was already exhausted on horseback. As the horse slowed down and the danger of being thrown off was gone, she stopped making a sound. However, the fear of falling made her afraid to let go.

The horse kept shaking its head, neighing somewhat irritably, and pawing the grass restlessly with its hooves, sending dirt flying everywhere.

Uesugi Genshin used his right hand to soothe the horse's neck, bringing it to a stop. The horse's fur brushed against his arm, tickling and stinging him.

"Well, we're saved..." Yui Yuigahama sighed with relief and relaxed on the horse's back.

"We're still not saved." Ahead are zombies slowly approaching, and behind are hordes of zombies running towards us. Our situation is far from safe.

"what......"

"Sit up first." He instructed Yui Yuigahama to get up from her horse so that he could mount.

"Okay, okay!" She freed up most of the horse's back, then rested uneasily on the slightly swaying horse, looking somewhat unsteady.

“You…” Uesugi Genshin looked at the horse without a saddle and gave up thinking about what strange posture he could adopt to sit in front of her when there was already someone there.

"Never mind, you can come down first."

A few minutes were not enough for Miura Yumiko to calm her rapid breathing. She jogged over, panting, and bent down to rest, not forgetting to look back.

“There were more following behind.”

"Let's hurry up." With that, Uesugi Genshin opened his arms and caught Yui Yuigahama as she slid down. The girl was in his arms, and her sweet fragrance filled his nostrils, a different kind of scent altogether.

Without much thought, he put her on the ground, then easily grabbed the front of her clothes, flipped himself onto the horse, and said, "Miura, sit in the back."

"Hey? Why?"

"Ha, because Yuihama, you poked me so hard it hurts." Uesugi Genshin scratched his back, and sure enough! There were two button marks on his back.

"Does it hurt?" Yui Yuigahama tilted her head, somewhat puzzled. Seeing him scratching his back, she suddenly realized what was happening and stammered, unable to speak, her voice filled with girlish shyness, "Ah! You! You! Gen, you..."

"I understand." Miura Yumiko nodded and stepped forward, casually attributing it to Yui's timidity.

Uesugi Genshin flipped over on the horse, pulling Miura Yumiko onto it, before his body slumped down the horse's back.

"What are you doing!" Before Miura Yumiko could finish speaking, she saw him turn back under the horse's belly, his body now facing forward.

"what......"

"Ah!" Yui Yuigahama was lifted up and sat in front of him before she could even be surprised.

Uesugi Genshin spurred his horse forward again, and just a few steps away from the horde of corpses behind him, the horse accelerated once more.

This time there were no problems, it was very stable. However, when starting, the hand behind me kept tightening, and this time the button was imprinted in a different place. Thankfully, it didn't hurt as much as before...

Chapter 57: Bloodstained Maple Leaf Street

"Ah! Danger!" Eriri Sawamura excitedly got up and took a few steps toward the TV. She was nearsighted and usually wore glasses, but even with glasses on, she still wanted to get closer to see more clearly.

"Sawamura-kun, could you please stop blocking the TV?" Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately stepped forward and pulled her down, but her eyes never left the TV.

"Ah~, I can't see Uesugi-kun anymore." A junior muttered belatedly from behind.

"Kasumi, Kasumi Hill!" Eriri Sawamura shouted angrily, but she didn't look away at all.

Neither of them returned to their seats, remaining motionless. Kasumigaoka Utaha even lay face down on the carpet, still pinning Sawamura Eriri down, their bodies intertwined, watching the television without moving, only blinking occasionally.

"Ah! Be careful!"

"Quiet down!" Kasumigaoka Utaha pressed her down hard again.

Although the television itself was silent, there was only the noise of the helicopter and that damned reporter's voice.

"Ah, they really escaped their predicament. What will happen to the boy and girl next? Kanto TV will continue to follow this story."

The female reporter said that the plane kept following the horses on the road and the men and women on them.

Even after they found a means of transportation, they were not out of danger; peril still clung to them.

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"Where are we going?" Miura Yumiko asked, shrinking her neck. The wind resistance made her obediently hide behind Uesugi Genshin. The tight grip finally loosened, and the persistent phantom pain in her chest made her a little worried about whether she would be left with bruises, but she didn't have a chance to check.

"I have no idea!"

"Huh?!" Miura Yumiko's complaining voice came from behind.

While maneuvering his horse to dodge the zombies rushing towards him, he observed the road conditions. Reaching a corner, he glanced at the horde of zombies and the not-so-wide street, and ultimately chose to continue along the main road.

"What should we do?" Miura Yumiko whispered in his ear, her breath hot against his skin, but the sound made his head spin.

"Don't be so loud! I can hear you!" His voice reached the front, causing Yui Yuigahama to shudder.

"What do we do now? That bastard upstairs is still following us!"

"I know! I'm thinking about it!"

"Think quickly!"

"I'm thinking about it."

"Isn't this taking us further and further away from Soubu High School?"

"You still want to turn back? Is the helicopter not fast enough? Do you want it to follow you all the way to the school?" This was also where he hesitated. If he wanted to, there would always be a chance to turn back, but he was worried about bringing trouble back with him.

He felt utter disgust for the person above him, who was not even worthy of being called a human being, a beast-like existence, and he wished he could kill him as soon as possible.

The last person he hated this much was Guy!

Guy! Guy!!!

The thought of this filled him with rage. He had recklessly launched an attack with insufficient supplies and an uncertain future! He was stuck with a monarch whose military talent, which was almost nonexistent despite his supposed genius for war and racing, was almost entirely due to his marriage to the sister of Baldwin IV, who died young.

The journey was long and water was scarce. If he hadn't been the youngest son of a knightly family with a surname and a fief in Germany, he would have wanted to go directly to Saladin, the great sage king of the Arab world.

The king didn't kill the king; he was unharmed, but the king himself died in battle...

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Walking through the desert under the scorching sun, the young knight, who had only drunk a bowl of water for two days, risked his life to stop the commander of the Hospitallers.

"...This war was started by the King of Jerusalem without authorization; it shouldn't have started in the first place. We can't win this battle. If we retreat to Jerusalem to defend ourselves first..."

"Boy! The war has already begun. It's no longer about winning or losing; it's about maintaining the kingdom's existence. Get back to the ranks!"

Others obeyed out of either a blood-stained faith or out of ignorance and foolish obedience, but he only wanted to live.

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"Find a juban (a local deity) to grab a gun, or hide in the forest in the mountains to shake them off," Uesugi Genshin suggested, offering the only idea he could think of.

"Koban" refers to a police post on the roadside. Japanese police officers have a high rate of carrying firearms, and senior patrol officers are also qualified to carry firearms to deal with emergencies. However, they never leave their guns behind, so the prerequisite for hoping to find a gun from a koban is that there must be someone inside. But the cost of stopping is huge.

He reached over Yui Yuigahama and touched the horse's neck. The black horse wasn't very tired. He had been careful to slow down along the way. This level of exercise should be like a warm-up for it. If it were to jog, it could last for one or two days.

"Huh? Are we going to the forest?" Yui Yuigahama asked in surprise.

"Can we find a gun?" Miura Yumiko was quite critical of being far from Chiba City, but she actually agreed with the idea of ​​finding a gun to shoot them down.

"do not know!"

"..." This answer did not satisfy Miura Yumiko. She pulled her head back temporarily. With the wind no longer forcefully entering her nostrils, her breathing calmed down. Her physical exhaustion made her rest her head on the back of the person in front of her.

I want to lie down for a while...

A sentimental thought popped into my head, and after a brief moment of relaxation, my body tensed up again due to the horse's jolting. The only relief was that I wasn't the one controlling the horse.

The horse suddenly stopped in place, causing her to stick her face out again. "W-what's wrong?"

"The bridge ahead is blocked..."

Although there were cars stranded on the roadside along the way, none were as numerous as the endless line of vehicles before us, as neatly arranged as Tetris blocks.

Interspersed among the charred, ash-black wrecked vehicles and broken cars with shattered windows and blood-stained bodies, the zombies in front all looked like savages.

Even with his excellent eyesight, he couldn't see what was ahead of the traffic jam.