Unspeakable bubbles

"...Don't say anything, I know."

Yu Zi looked somewhat embarrassed. They still hadn't found the cafeteria. Could it be...?

'Could it be that the direction that guy was pointing was right?' she couldn't help but wonder.

'No, no, no, that can't be, it's a trap no matter how you look at it, but...'

"Why don't we turn around?" Bubble suggested.

"That must be a trap."

"Why are you so sure, Yuko?" the little girl asked, looking at her curiously.

"Isn't that obvious?"

Sakakibara Ikuko said smugly, "He's so ugly and smells terrible, there's no way anyone would believe him."

"Well"

Bubble thought for a moment and said earnestly, "Yu Zi, it's not good to judge people by their appearance."

"Wait, this isn't judging people by their appearance."

Yuko thought PaoPao's words made sense, but she was unwilling to admit defeat: "Putting aside his appearance and strange smell, that guy is obviously a monster who has come back from the dead."

"Can you really believe the directions a monster points out?"

Seeing that Bubble was about to say something, Yuko waved her hand to interrupt her.

"Alright, let's not talk about him anymore. Anyway, I'm not turning back. And it's okay if we can't find the cafeteria for the time being."

Yu Zi patted the burlap sack: "The cabbages inside and the snacks we found along the way are enough to feed us for several days."

"Let's find a classroom to rest for a bit."

'It would be best if I could find the school gate,' Yuko thought to herself.

After wandering around for half a day, just when even Yuko was feeling exhausted, they finally found a classroom.

Upon entering, Yuko carefully inspected the room and found no corpses inside.

'Have they all mutated? Or have those monsters finally started eating corpses?'

Yuko glanced at the relatively clean ground and leaned more towards the first possibility.

Surely those monsters wouldn't clean up after eating, and there aren't any disgusting chunks of meat or anything like that on the ground.

"We'll lock the windows and block the two doors later."

After thinking about it, Yu Zi was still a little uneasy: "It would be best if you and I took turns sleeping together."

Seeing the little girl's tired face, Yu Zi said, "You go to sleep first, and I'll take over when you wake up."

She pushed several tables together to make a bed.

"Bubble is going to sleep now, Yu Zi, wake me up in a bit." Bubble groggily climbed onto the table and quickly fell asleep.

Yuko stared at Bubble's adorable sleeping face, her feelings complicated.

To be honest, I've fully recovered now. Bubble... she used to be a helper, but I'm not the same person anymore.

So it seems that I don't need to carry a burden anymore!

Yuko wasn't afraid of those monsters, but food always runs out eventually.

No matter how I look at it, it's better to act alone.

For example, if there hadn't been bubbles this time, wouldn't this whole bag of cabbages have been mine?

Moreover, you don't have to worry about so many things when you're acting alone.

She can run; there's no need to worry about anyone falling behind.

Once the search speed increases, maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to find the school gate!

However, Yuko hesitated to make the decision to abandon Bubbles.

At that time, when she had completely given up, Bubble suddenly appeared and saved her. Yuko is still very moved to this day.

She's still young, and who knows what will happen in the future, but Yuko hasn't become that kind of heartless and emotionless demon yet.

Yuko was filled with inner turmoil, but in the end, she decided to take it one step at a time.

"We'll see when the time comes. If... if it really doesn't work out..."

Chapter 65, Section 065: The Seven Rings Tower

The Seven Rings Tower, a powerful organization with a semi-official background in the State Federation, has always stood at the top of the country's mysterious organizations.

At the headquarters of the Seven Ring Tower, a young woman looked at the report she had just received with a headache.

"Saint Xiang Private Elementary School? Indeed, handing the academy over to that heretic was a mistake."

Ninomiya Ho revealed an undisguised look of contempt: "Nakamura, this time I've finally caught you red-handed."

"Ah Sui, the matter hasn't been investigated thoroughly yet, so it's best not to jump to conclusions."

The speaker was a sunny-looking man. When he saw that Ninomiya Sui was clearly going to settle a personal score, he quickly dissuaded her, saying, "Let bygones be bygones. Professor Nakamura hasn't made any mistakes all these years."

"Kazuto! You're on his side?!"

Ninomiya Sui was furious: "Investigation? What investigation do we need! Fog, a disorienting sense of direction, going in but not coming out, such typical characteristics, don't you have any ideas at all?"

Maekawa Kazuto gave a wry smile. Of course, he had also thought of that terrible cult, and he himself had no connection with Nakamura.

However, due to his personality, even if it angered his companions, he didn't want anyone to suffer an injustice.

Ninomiya Sui showed no sign of stopping. She continued, "That Nakamura guy has always had some kind of shady relationship with the Apocalypse Cult. I think he's the culprit behind this incident at the school!"

“Professor Nakamura is a suspect.” Kazuto Maekawa nodded. “Then leave this to me. I’ll investigate.”

"You?" Ninomiya Sui hesitated for a moment: "Isn't this a waste of your talent? Also, have you finished processing all your orders?"

Kazuto Maekawa waved his hand: "Seven Treasures Workshop can't rely on me alone. Let the younger generation do their best."

The thought of those orders that never seem to decrease gives him a headache.

“Ninja, when it comes to the Apocalypse Secret Cult, we can’t be too careful,” Kazuto said cautiously after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, there were a few people who were free."

Seeing his insistence, Ninomiya Sui complained somewhat, "Especially that Nakazawa Chisato,"

"Stop." Maekawa Kazuto gestured for a pause: "That's our senior; it's not good to talk about him in private."

"Pshaw, you think you're so great and righteous."

Smacking her lips, Ninomiya Sui knew the man's character well. Seeing him frown, she wisely ended the conversation.

When do we depart?

"immediately."

"So eager?" Ninomiya Sui was somewhat surprised: "Based on past experience, it will take at least another half month for the fog to spread again."

"If I go too late, I'm afraid I'll miss the survivors."

Ninomiya Sui remained noncommittal upon hearing this.

Survivors? In her opinion, there were no survivors to be found.

Unless a powerful individual who awakens at the age of ten or so appears, the only one who might survive is Nakamura.

"I'm leaving." Maekawa Kazuto packed up his 'treasure chest' and hurriedly left.

Ninomiya Sui sat back down on the sofa, looking at the report in her hand, her thoughts drifting.

Nakamura, I see that annoying name again!

The student whom his grandfather once valued most made an intolerable statement during a speech.

I still clearly remember the look of disappointment on my grandfather's face when he heard the news.

Grandpa quickly broke off relations with that guy, but perhaps because he was angered by that scoundrel, his health deteriorated day by day after that.

Perhaps it was simply due to the old man's advanced age; his passing may not have had much to do with Nakamura.

However, Ninomiya still harbored resentment towards Nakamura.

When she was young, she incited her family members to suppress Nakamura.

After she took power in the Seventh Ring Tower, she personally carried out the retaliation.

It's a pity that, although her family has suppressed Nakamura to the point that he can only eke out a living in a primary school for so many years, they have never been able to deliver a fatal blow to him.

The Federation is a democratic country, and the Seven Ring Tower is not something she can decide on her own.

In addition, that old fox had his own set of survival skills and usually kept a low profile, so Ninomiya Sui originally thought she had no chance.

"Even if you are lucky enough to survive this time, I will still send you to the electric chair."

Ninomiya Sui's long-held obsession cannot be dispelled with just a few words.

She dialed a number: "Hello, is this Chief Sam? I'm from the Ninomiya family..."

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"Nothing to show for it again today." Yuko sighed, her hands empty-handed.

It seems they used up all their luck after finding the classroom.

In the days that followed, no more treasures were found from those who recovered.

"Let's go back, it's time to eat." Bubble looked at the sky, which was shrouded in mist, making it impossible to tell whether it was day or night.

"It's time to eat," she said finally.

"Cabbage again." Yu Zi licked her lips, feeling quite displeased.

Without salt or fire, eating raw cabbage every day, it's probably just bubbly, yet they're still quite happy with it.

"I've had enough! I'm leaving this awful place and I'm never eating cabbage again!"

Yuko glanced at Bubble with a melancholy expression, but didn't move.