Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

"The consequence is that it will cause too much of a commotion. We will attract all the thousands of monsters along the way."

"And then?" He looked at Shiyu. "We might be able to kill them all, but what about the car? This 'treasure' that we've worked so hard to modify, can it survive an attack by thousands of monsters unscathed?"

"If anything goes wrong—the tires, the engine, the fuel tank—we'll be trapped in the city center. Once we're surrounded by endless monsters, this place will become a veritable tomb."

These words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly sobering everyone present.

Yes…

They only thought about the "thrill" of driving recklessly, but ignored the most realistic problem of "wear and tear"!

That school bus was only lightly modified and couldn't withstand a high-intensity war of attrition!

"Therefore, the biggest risk of going by ground isn't that we can't win," Su Chen summarized, "but that there's a very high probability that our 'vehicles' will break down halfway. This is a risk that is highly likely to occur."

He paused, then pointed to the subway line that had been rejected by everyone.

"But it's different underground."

He looked at the puzzled looks on everyone's faces and smiled confidently.

"The 'darkness' and 'complex terrain' that you are worried about are not a problem for me at all."

A white light flashed in his dark eyes.

For him, who had cultivated the Reverse Rebirth Triple Stage, nothing in the darkness could hide.

"And for you..."

He took a few things out of his pocket and threw them on the table.

Those were several pairs of military night vision goggles that he found in the security room of the TV station.

"—That problem has now been solved as well."

"!"

Everyone was stunned when they saw those high-tech gadgets.

"As for monsters..." Su Chen's tone became incredibly relaxed, "The density of monsters underground is far lower than on the surface. Moreover, they mostly fight individually and are not large-scale. Dealing with them is much simpler than dealing with the 'monster tides' that can easily number in the hundreds or thousands on the surface."

“Most importantly,” his voice was filled with unwavering decisiveness, “walking the entire way means that we have transferred all the ‘uncontrollable risks’ to me alone.”

"but me"

"—It is absolutely controllable."

"..."

The entire conference room was completely silent.

Everyone was completely stunned by Su Chen's wildly imaginative final plan.

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at him, opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

I'm impressed, truly impressed.

This time, I am truly convinced.

Chapter Thirty-Five: The Night Before the Expedition

Su Chen's ruling was final.

He skillfully and forcefully averted an impending internal rift.

The entire base was operating at high speed around this brand-new, near-perfect "Akihabara Expedition Plan".

The efficiency is astonishing.

Yukino Yukinoshita fully demonstrated her talents as a "queen".

Holding her notebook, she meticulously selected the personnel accompanying the expedition and precisely calculated the amount of supplies that needed to be carried.

Not a penny more, not a cent less. Mainly, there's no way to have more.

Mai Sakurajima, on the other hand, leveraged her approachable charm as a "national idol."

She patiently comforted the survivors who were anxious and fearful because they could not go with the group, and planned out the future defense and production work of the stronghold for them.

With her there, the rear is as stable as Mount Tai.

Meanwhile, Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri, these two "arch-enemies" who are still locked in a fierce battle, have no choice but to temporarily join forces.

They found a huge engineering plan for the Chiba City subway line in the school's archives.

Shiyu was tasked with using her terrifying logical analysis skills to decipher this incredibly complex blueprint and plan the optimal route forward.

Eriri, on the other hand, used her genius-level drawing skills to simplify and replicate the routes analyzed by Utaha into clear action maps that anyone could understand.

When the two genius girls joined forces for the first time, they unleashed a terrifying energy that was far greater than the sum of its parts.

Yui Yuigahama wasn't idle either.

She and several female survivors were preparing provisions for the journey the next day.

Although it was just a simple grilled rice ball, the warmth and vitality unique to "dumplings" brought a touch of warmth to everyone's hearts.

Everyone shines in their own place.

The entire team was like a sophisticated war machine undergoing final adjustments, filled with a tense yet exhilarating atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Su Chen, the "core" of the machine, seemed to be doing nothing.

He simply gazed quietly at the scene before him, a scene brimming with "hope."

He looked at the girls he had personally rescued from the apocalyptic hell, now working hard for a common future.

An uncontrollable smile, genuine and unnoticed even by himself, crept onto the corners of his mouth.

This feeling…

Ok.

I must say, it's actually pretty exciting.

……

Late at night.

Most people have already gone to rest, to conserve their energy for tomorrow's expedition.

Su Chen was conducting his routine patrol outside the stadium.

Suddenly, he noticed a small figure sneaking around in the moonlight next to the school bus that Kasumigaoka Utaha had named "Black Chariot" (a name full of chuunibyou).

Su Chen walked over without making a sound.

Then, he saw a scene that made him both laugh and cry.

Eriri was standing on a small stool, holding paintbrushes and paints, and drawing a chibi-style golden cartoon figure on the hardcore-style steel-welded ram of the tank.

The little figure had bulging muscles, but an unusually cute expression. It wore a heart-shaped headband and carried two oxygen tanks on its back.

"..."

Su Chen's eye twitched involuntarily.

This painting…

If it's not "the world," then who else could it be?

"cough."

He coughed lightly.

"ah!"

Eriri, who was focused on her work, was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She trembled with fright and almost dropped her paintbrush.

She turned around abruptly and saw Su Chen. Her little face, which was smeared with paint, turned bright red instantly.

I was caught red-handed!

"How come you walk so quietly?!"

The blonde girl questioned him, her tone fierce but her voice weak.

“I was going to ask,” Su Chen pointed to the little golden figure on the hood of the car that looked kind of silly and cute, “is this the [World]?”

"Not at all!"

Eriri seemed to have had a switch flipped, instantly bristling and baring her teeth as she blocked her "creation".

"I'm drawing a 'guardian angel'! Yes, a guardian angel!"

As she spoke, she nodded vigorously, as if trying to convince herself.

"With its blessing, our expedition tomorrow will definitely be safe and sound! I'm not drawing that violent and ugly thing of yours!"

"Oh……"

Just right, just right. Truly a masterpiece, as expected of you!

Su Chen looked at her adorable appearance—her face flushed, her eyes darting around, and her stubbornness—and nodded, suppressing a smile.

"So it's a guardian deity."

"I thought you were drawing a stand-in for me."

"It seems that I am too sentimental."

He feigned a somewhat "disappointed" expression and turned to leave.

"Ah! Um, wait a minute!"

When Eriri saw that he was about to leave, she panicked and instinctively reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes.

"What's wrong?" Su Chen turned around.

"Well, it's not entirely true..."

The blonde girl kept her head down, her voice barely audible, like a mosquito's hum.

"It's just a little bit, just for reference..."

"puff."

Su Chen finally couldn't help but laugh.

"you!"

Eriri then realized she had been tricked and was so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into the ground.

Seeing her proud and adorable appearance, Su Chen stopped teasing her.

He simply extended his hand.

Under Eriri's slightly widened, azure eyes, which were filled with tension, he gently wiped away the bit of yellow paint that had accidentally gotten on the corner of her mouth when she spoke, with his fingertip.

"..."

Eriri's body froze instantly.

The warm, rough touch of her fingertips sent a shiver down her spine.

Immediately afterwards, that close, masculine breath brushed past her ear, and she felt her thoughts instantly drained.

"Well drawn."

Su Chen looked at his fingertips, then at the Q-version "World" on the front of the car, and sincerely praised it.

"I love so much."

After saying that, he stopped looking at her and turned his head to look in the distance towards Akihabara, which was completely shrouded in darkness.

His eyes became deep and sharp.

"tomorrow,"

"We're driving this car that carries the 'golden spirit' (questionable)."

"--Set off."

A brand new expedition to an unknown "holy land" is about to begin!