As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

As a savior, even if you don't have a handsome face, you still need to be presentable. If you don't have any eye-catching qualities, why would anyone follow you? Just because you have words, would human civilization follow you wholeheartedly to save the world?

Tiandao Shenle can only conclude that the system forced him into this situation.

Fortunately, he didn't encounter the kind of leadership mission he had imagined—this wandering knight style suited him better.

However, he has been stuck on the main storyline for several years, and he has a vague idea of ​​the final mission in the post-apocalyptic world, but he is not sure.

Lunch break.

Kagura Tendou took out his bento box; he wasn't picky about food. Since he bought the ingredients himself, he always ate it all up.

He suddenly realized that he hadn't asked Reika Ise what she liked to eat or what she didn't like to eat.

That girl doesn't seem to be picky about food. Just one glance from her and Ise Reika will immediately bury her head and eat her food clean, just like a little hamster.

The sounds of noise constantly reached Tendo Kagura's ears. Small groups of students from the class gathered together, and even during a meal, the atmosphere was incredibly lively.

However, this kind of excitement is fake. It's like many people adding fuel to a fire, but the fire itself is very superficial because its fuel is not real firewood, but the embers left after the firewood has burned.

So, a large group of people couldn't match the intensity and realism of that girl Reika Ise's flame.

The person in the front row of Tendo Kagura is Hachiman Hikigaya.

The latter ate his meal at his table, and the two talked, but it was mostly Hachiman talking while he listened.

Hachiman Hikigaya complained to him about Yukino Yukinoshita's various bizarre thoughts and behaviors, which were simply incomprehensible.

"Her Service Club's motto is to lend a helping hand to those in need." Hachiman Hikigaya stared with dead fish eyes, not because he had a problem with the Service Club, but to express his dissatisfaction with Yukinoshita.

Kagura Tendo nodded slightly. After listening to Hikigaya's complaints, she roughly understood Yukinoshita's thoughts. She felt that she was a strong person and had plenty of room to help others.

"That's good," Kagura Tendou said, and then fell silent.

If it were the old him, he would have thought Yukinoshita was naive and childish, but not now.

The ideals of the Service Club can be rejected, because castles in the air will eventually collapse, but Yukinoshita, who is moving forward with these ideals, should be given a certain degree of respect.

Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but retort, "Hey, whose side are you on anyway?"

Do you even understand how to empathize with the victims?

Kagura looked up at Hachiman Hikigaya. Although he had a poker face, Hachiman still subtly sensed the surprise that Kagura was trying to express.

“Well, although we’ve been in similar situations, we’re not on the same side,” Hachiman Hikigaya sighed.

Therefore, he was extremely curious about Tendo Kagura.

If he doesn't strike up a conversation, the two won't have any interaction for the rest of the year.

"To ask another question, how do you remain undisturbed by external factors?"

Although Hachiman Hikigaya is a master of solitude, with no friends, he believes he is qualified to be the village chief of the Lonely Village. However, he also understands that he cannot survive on his own, and his future goal is to become a stay-at-home husband.

Humans are social animals. Unless they have a mental illness, they cannot suppress their social instincts and cannot fight against loneliness.

Kagura Tendou did not answer; having explored the post-apocalyptic world for so long, he had grown accustomed to silence.

"Those who live in seclusion are either gods or beasts," Hachiman Hikigaya said, shaking his head as he uttered a profound statement.

Kagura Tendo spoke up: "I am not a god."

Hachiman Hikigaya joked, "Then you're a beast?"

Kagura was stunned. She thought for a long time, but in the end, she didn't answer the question.

Actually, the savior just wanted to play single-player game: Chapter Seven: Suzuka's Gift of Gratitude

Hachiman Hikigaya always believed that Kagura Tendo was the undisputed strongest.

It's because he felt that Tendo Kagura was a person without flaws or weaknesses.

Although his appearance and attire are not very appealing, he values ​​what he observes more than Hachiman Hikigaya.

He has always believed in a certain logic.

That is, the more aloof one is in dealing with the world, the less one depends on the outside world, and such a person belongs to the strong.

When a person can live a completely self-sufficient life, then he can be free from everyone else, because he can construct a complete space on his own, without needing external supplementation, to sustain himself—this is what Hachiman Hikigaya envisioned, which he called the ultimate ideal.

Because he himself is a seasoned sufferer of aloofness.

Despite being ostracized, misunderstood, and unacknowledged, Hachiman is quite satisfied and content with his environment.

However, due to various factors, Hachiman Hikigaya always felt that it was difficult to achieve, but he never expected to see the prototype of this ultimate concept in Kagura Tendo.

"Not feeling lonely, not needing to love or be loved, seeing superfluous emotions as shackles, being able to unwaveringly carry out one's will and persevere—this is the path of the strong."

Upon hearing these words, Kagura Tendo couldn't help but glance at Hachiman Hikigaya a few more times.

Hachiman Hikigaya suppressed his amazement and noticed that Kagura Tendo was acting strangely.

He asked somewhat uncertainly, "Did I say something wrong?"

He wouldn't tell any other people these things. Because most people wouldn't understand what he meant; they wouldn't comprehend it, and would think he was just whining or being weird.

But Kagura Tendo is different. If he is a weirdo in the dark, then Kagura Tendo is a weirdo with the label of weirdo on his head. Most people in the class are used to him.

Kagura Tendo shook her head: "You're right."

Hachiman Hikigaya rarely initiates conversations, but the reason he talked so much was that he hoped to get some helpful answers from Kagura Tendo so they could exchange ideas.

But... as expected, Tendou Kagura fell silent after hearing it.

Hachiman Hikigaya felt like he'd been taken advantage of.

But class had already started and the teacher was almost there, so he had no choice but to sit back down in his seat.

Kagura Tendou took out her textbooks beforehand and spent a peaceful afternoon.

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't show up today; she went to the Service Club with Hikigaya Hachiman after school.

If he were alone, Hachiman Hikigaya would never have gone there. He wasn't a masochist, but with Kagura Tendo around, and the thought of Shizuka Hiratsuka's threat, Hachiman Hikigaya really wanted to rub his temples.

Hachiman Hikigaya knocked on the door, and after receiving a confirmation, he pushed the door open and went inside, where he saw Yukino Yukinoshita in the same pose as yesterday.

Kagura Tendo followed Hachiman Hikigaya in and sat down in the chair she had pulled out the day before.

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at them. "I thought you weren't coming back."

Her words were cool and aloof, but they sounded crisp and pleasant to the ear.

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced at Kagura Tendo, thought for a moment, and decided he couldn't confront Yukinoshita head-on. So, mimicking Kagura Tendo's style, he said, "..."

Who would want to come to this place? If it's too hot, you can turn on the air conditioning, but why look for an iceberg?

He just sits here in a daze for a while every day. Don't underestimate him. His longest record is eight hours of daze.

After staying for half an hour, Tendo Kagura got up to say goodbye.

Yukino Yukinoana took out her phone, checked the time, and frowned.

The timing was impeccable. But she didn't recall Kagura making any movement. Could she have silently counted to three in her head, eighteen hundred times?

Looking up and seeing Kagura Tendo's disappearing figure, Yukino Yukinoshita refocused her attention on her book.

Her language skills are quite good, but it's useless if she can't find opportunities.

……

After leaving the school, Kagura Tendou did not go back immediately. Instead, she went to the shopping street to buy some ingredients, as the food at home was almost used up.

A few minutes' walk away, amidst a dazzling array of shops, I entered a large supermarket. It was already quite late, and the discount shelves were practically empty. Kagura Tendou had no interest in competing with the older women for the special offers.

After browsing around, I picked out some fresh vegetables, potatoes, and onions, and also grabbed a box of chicken breast and beef, a bottle of ketchup, and a tray of eggs.

It weighs over ten kilograms, enough to sustain me for the next four or five days.

He walked out carrying his things. The commercial street was quite large, but it was far from his home. Although walking back wouldn't be a problem, he usually took the tram home from here.

Having spent too much time in the post-apocalyptic world, Kagura Tendou dislikes being active in the real world.

But if you don't go to the post-apocalyptic world frequently, then what is the purpose of the system, and what is its significance?

Or should I live a life like an ordinary person, without any ups and downs, and then decay in my coffin?

On her way to the station, Kagura Tendou carried her things and silently disappeared into the crowd. She glanced up unintentionally and saw a somewhat familiar figure in a department store.

It seems... to be that strange girl.

Kagura Tendo quickly remembered an interesting girl he had met by chance in the same residential area.

The golden pupils were beautiful and left a deep impression.

However, she seems to like performance art and often plays the "statue" game... well, it's quite cute.

"Look, Tang Ji really sells everything."

Beside that girl was a very energetic-looking girl who was currently hugging a rabbit doll and smiling brightly.

Is it called Jianzi...?

Tendou Kagura glanced at it silently, then picked up her things and disappeared into the crowd.

A chill suddenly ran down Yotsuya Miko's spine, as if she were being watched by something, but when she looked back, she saw nothing.

No way, I already bought prayer beads, four strings at that...

Yotsuya Miko looked at the prayer beads on her wrists. She had two strings on each wrist. Could it be that the exorcism prayer beads she bought at the store had not worked?

She believes that bigger is better and more is stronger, and that this can play a role.

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"See you?"

Hearing her friend Yurikawa's questioning voice, Yotsuya Miko snapped out of her reverie and replied with difficulty, "Yeah, it's normal for a famous department store to have a wide variety of products."

That's what she said on the surface, but the sense of peace that Yotsuya Miko felt from buying the rosary disappeared.

Thinking of the terrifying thing she had encountered in the past two days, Yotsuya Miko sighed silently, feeling that she had reached the end of her life.

Anyway, I'll just take it one day at a time and live one day at a time.

……

Kagura put the groceries she bought into the refrigerator, washed the lunchbox from lunch, and then started preparing dinner. Today she was going to make oyako-don (chicken and egg rice bowl).