I really just want to grind for entries related to crossover anime/manga.

There was also an old man sitting at the door of his collapsed home, holding a cat in his arms, motionless, like a statue.

Kanomori Island itself has a severely insufficient rescue force.

The island only had a small police station to begin with, and after the earthquake, the few police officers there simply couldn't manage such a large affected area.

Some were directing people to safety, while others were using walkie-talkies to call local rescue teams, but the signal interruption made all communication impossible.

Without heavy machinery, professional rescue teams, or medical equipment, all those trapped under the rubble can only rely on their neighbors, passersby, and their own hands.

Yuan Chuanyou quickened his pace, knowing he couldn't save everyone.

Nowadays, having money doesn't necessarily buy things; it might help one or two people and get some supplies in return.

After walking for a while, Yuan Chuanyou heard the voice of a middle-aged man coming from the ruins of a shop ahead.

"Is anyone there? Is there anyone who can help? My daughter is inside...she's still inside..."

Yuanchuan followed the sound and looked in that direction.

It was a general store, with the sign hanging crookedly on the remaining door frame, barely legible as the words "Shangjin General Store".

The shop is a two-story building; the first floor is the storefront, and the second floor is probably the residence.

At this moment, the second floor had completely collapsed, pressing down on the roof of the first floor and completely blocking the entrance to the first floor.

A middle-aged man stood right next to a pile of rubble. He was about fifty years old, wearing a gray shirt covered in dust, with messy hair and several scratches on his face.

He was calling out to passersby, but most people just hurried past... They also had their own relatives to find and their own homes to confirm.

"My daughter is only fourteen years old... I couldn't hold her during the earthquake..."

Yuan Chuan You approached and took the initiative to ask the uncle about the situation.

It turns out that the middle-aged man was the owner of the grocery store, and he was taking inventory in his shop on the first floor when the earthquake struck.

The moment he felt the tremor, he ran outside and shouted to his daughter on the second floor to come down quickly.

But his daughter was doing her homework in her room on the second floor at the time, and she was a few seconds slow to react... In those few seconds, the second floor collapsed.

The boss ran away, but his daughter didn't.

The girl is trapped under the rubble on the second floor, and the owner doesn't know her exact location.

"So that's how it is."

Genkawa Yu observed the structure of the ruins again. The general store itself was not very tall, only two floors.

The second floor collapsed and landed on the roof of the first floor, but because the first floor itself has a certain load-bearing capacity, it was not completely crushed.

On the side of the ruins, there is an upside-down window. Originally a second-floor window, it now faces downwards, with the window frame wedged between the remaining walls on the first floor, forming a barely passable passage.

You can crawl in through the window as long as you can move some wood and pebbles around it.

"Let me give it a try!"

The man couldn't help but scrutinize the person who had spoken to him. The other person was about twenty years old, tall and slender, with delicate features, and didn't look like someone who could move rubble at all.

But at this moment he couldn't care less about choosing people; anyone willing to help was a lifeline.

"Great...that's wonderful..."

Yu Genkawa said this in a very calm tone.

"Let me check the situation first."

He walked around the ruins and carefully observed the structure. Although the second-floor floor had collapsed, the collapsed floor did not completely hit the ground because the walls and pillars on the first floor were still there, thus creating a certain space.

This means that people trapped underneath are not necessarily directly crushed and unable to move; they may simply be trapped in a small space.

"Approximately where is your daughter located?"

“It should be in the south direction,” the boss pointed to one direction of the ruins. “Her room was on the second floor, on the south side, with the window facing the street.”

Genkawa looked in the direction he was pointing. The upside-down window was deformed, but the opening should be big enough for a person of average build to squeeze through.

"I'll go in from here."

Genkawa Yu pointed to the window, "You stay outside and meet her. If I find her, I'll hand her out from inside, and you catch her outside."

"You...you want to go straight in?" The boss's eyes widened.

"Don't you want to save your daughter?" Yuan Chuanyu said. "At least if you go in, there's a chance to save her. If you stay outside, you can only wait."

"But..." the boss seemed to want to say something more.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Yuan Chuan Youjiu Long Liu; Si Liu… Qi Ba I pa walked to the upside-down window, squatted down, and began to clear away the rubble and wood around the window.

Without gloves, he carried it by hand.

The boss watched his movements and suddenly realized that this young man was no ordinary person.

"What...did you do before?" the boss couldn't help but ask.

"actor."

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The rubble around the window was quickly cleared away. Yuan Chuan You peeked inside, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. After all, there was no electricity and all the light was blocked.

"...There is airflow."

He could smell some groceries and feel a faint breeze coming from inside.

"I'm going in."

Genkawa Yu braced himself against the window frame with both hands, flipped over, and squeezed through the upside-down window.

The boss watched nervously from outside.

"Be very careful, buddy..."

The moment Genkawa Yu landed, he stepped on something... soft, like a blanket.

He crouched down and felt around with his hands, confirming that it was a quilt and a pillow.

This must have been something from the girl's room; it was thrown near the window during the earthquake.

We will continue to explore and move forward.

He couldn't see anything in the dark, so he could only rely on touch and hearing to determine his direction.

His hand moved along the wall and touched a bookshelf that was tilted, with books scattered all over the floor.

Further ahead was a desk, with everything on its surface lying on the floor.

Along the way, he stepped on a pen, a textbook, and a broken picture frame.

"Is anyone there? I'm here to rescue you. Where are you trapped?" he whispered.

No response.

But after a while, a faint knocking sound came from deep inside the room.

dong dong.

Upon hearing the noise, Genkawa Yu immediately perked up and groped his way toward the sound, crawling over the collapsed furniture on all fours.

dong dong dong.

Another sound, this time slightly clearer than before, and sounding somewhat impatient.

The next moment, Genkawa Yu's hand touched a tilted wall. This wall was probably a partition wall in the room. It was pushed to the side during the earthquake, but it did not collapse completely.

There was a gap about thirty centimeters wide between the wall and the floor, and the sound came from that gap.

Are you inside?

Genkawa Yu shouted into the crack.

There was a two-second silence, and then a voice came out.

"Ah."

It was a little girl's voice, trembling with tears, but it was indeed responding.

Genkawa Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that the person was still alive.

The way back was more difficult than the way there, and it was almost completely dark.

Yuu Minakawa navigates the ruins using his memory and sense of direction, occasionally having to avoid newly appearing cracks and collapsed buildings.

He was physically exhausted.

He has been active for nearly three hours since the earthquake began in the afternoon.

First, he carried two people on his back for a long way, then he crawled into the ruins to rescue people. At this moment, his body was already protesting, but he couldn't stop now.

After another ten minutes or so, he saw the outline of the grove of trees.

Then he saw the light.

It wasn't the light of a fire, but the faint blue light emitted from a mobile phone screen. Two points of light flickered at the edge of the woods—it was Higuchi Enka and Kasumigaoka Utaha using their mobile phone flashlights for illumination.

He took a deep breath and quickened his pace, walking into the woods.

"Genkawa-kun, you're back!"

Higuchi Enka's voice came from the darkness, filled with obvious relief. The girl stood up from the grass and ran towards him.

"Are you OK?"

"I'm just a little tired. I just went to rescue someone."

"Save them?"

Higuchi Enka and Genkawa Yu walked together toward Kasumigaoka Utaha under the tree. Utaha's expression was calmer than Higuchi Enka's, but the worry in her eyes was equally undeniable.

She glanced at the dust and scratches on Yuan Chuanyou's body, then at the large bag on his back, and said nothing, only nodding.

"Thank you for your hard work, Genkawa-kun."

"Ah."