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

"...other students in my class would like to listen to it, too. Is that ok?"

"no problem."

When Kasumigaoka Utaha heard the reply, she turned on the speaker of her phone so that other students in the class could hear it.

Uesugi Genshin first told his story, "I first saw a man struggling and fainting at the school gate. The security guard went up and was bitten on the neck. He lost a lot of blood and then turned into a zombie."

"It has been confirmed that both of them are dead. There is no heartbeat, but the body is still moving, just like the zombies in the movies."

"This..." Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't know how to react for a moment, but all the students in the class immediately moved away from the people around them.

"Those who fainted are the first ones to be infected. They will slowly transform into zombies, and death or fatal injuries will accelerate the process. As for those who were bitten, they are probably already infected. If possible, tie them up first and see what happens next."

Uesugi Genshin told everyone his summary of experience and the next measures. He couldn't bring himself to say such cruel and hopeless words as "You are beyond help, just wait to die."

"It should be fine if you pay attention. Move to a safe place first. If possible, ensure the safety of the entire school. If not, find a place to hide first."

The first thing that came to her mind was, “What about going home?”

Uesugi Genshin shook his head and rejected it, "Since the school is like this, it is undoubtedly more chaotic outside. If you walk or ride a bicycle, your safety on the road cannot be guaranteed. The train is even more like a moving coffin. There is nowhere to escape. There are a limited number of zombies in the school, but the situation outside is more complicated."

The driver fainted and knocked down a large number of people, causing himself to be seriously injured and killed. Death will accelerate the transformation into zombies, and it is not impossible for this series of catalytic chain reactions to occur.

"I understand. I will find a way to solve it, Makoto-kun." But there was a slight tremor in Kasumigaoka Utaha's voice.

She wanted to ask for help, but her pride prevented her from opening her mouth.

"Then will you come to save me?" That's nothing!

Even though he had made a promise yesterday, Kasumigaoka Utaha had been waiting in her heart for him to say what she expected.

But what right did she have to ask him to ignore the danger and run across Chiba and Tokyo to save her, his friend? Maybe there was indeed some kind of emotion involved, and in the end, she still didn't say anything.

but......

"Well, I'll pick you up when I'm done here."

Kasumigaoka Utaha tightly grasped the phone, with a whimpering sound in her throat, trying hard not to let anyone hear anything unusual.

"It's too dangerous. As expected..."

"We have an appointment. Don't worry and just pay attention to your own safety." Uesugi Genshin interrupted.

She took a deep breath and responded obediently: "I know."

This was probably the first time that the students in the class got to know the other side of Kasumigaoka Utaha, a famous figure in the academy, which was very different from her usual cold, stern and sharp-tongued image.

"It takes about an hour from Chiba to Tokyo. I'll get there as soon as possible."

The reason why Chiba is considered within the Tokyo metropolitan area is because they are right next to each other, actually very close.

But considering the time it would take to get to Sobu High School, the probably paralyzed traffic conditions between the two places, and the time it would take to find a detour.

He had never been to Feng Zhiqi Academy. He only knew that it was in Tokyo. Or rather, he was not very familiar with Tokyo, except for a few famous places, such as Akihabara, Ginza, Shibuya, and Ikebukuro.

"it is good."

Kasumigaoka Utaha hung up the phone and looked at all the students in the class who were staring at her.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and soon returned to her usual cool, quiet and dignified self.

"Just follow my instructions from now on, is that ok?"

As the most talented girl and one of the two beauties in the private Fengzhiqi Academy, after returning to her usual appearance, she still seemed quite courageous to others.

"Yes, Kasumigaoka-san, we will all listen to you."

"No, no problem. I'll leave everything to Kasumigaoka-san."

"please."

There was a chorus of responses in the class, but everyone tried to keep their voices down, as if they might wake up the monsters under their feet.

Uesugi Genshin looked at the hung up call and put his phone away.

He smiled, "Let's finish our business neatly."

Chapter 10: Son of Heaven

"It's okay. I'm watching the news. The government said that something might have really happened. It's a large-scale influenza caused by an unknown cause, but the government is investigating. Don't believe the rumors on the Internet. Citizens, please rest assured." Hachiman said expressionlessly.

Uesugi Genshin always felt that this behavior was familiar, "Does that mean we shouldn't take action yet?"

"Well..." Hachiman shrugged, not wanting to talk.

After all, they are democratically elected politicians. Before making major decisions, they always need to confirm, consider and plan again and again to ensure that there are no mistakes.

To achieve a foolproof nine, the time spent is the price, but this is also the meaning of the existence of the center.

"What you just said... were you kidding?" Although Yukinoshita Yukino spoke very calmly, her tone was so cold that it made people feel like she was blaming her.

If Uesugi Genshin didn't know her inner self, he would just keep his distance from her.

"Is this a joke? How about you just listen to me first?"

Like Uesugi Genshin, she refuses all socializing and is isolated in the class, although there are some differences between the two in this regard.

Uesugi Genshin was unwilling to waste his time on classmates who had no idea what he was doing, even though he knew that he had a reliable friend like Hikigaya Hachiman.

Once, before he became the gloomy weirdo in the class, for some reason, love letters were stuffed into his shoe cabinet, a common Japanese plot. Hayato Hayama received a dozen love letters, and later when they met in the courtyard, he found out that she was a girl in his class.

However, he decisively refused. If love can be compared to an investment, he expected a rewarding investment. In comparison, he already had the most suitable goal at that time. Buying a good house to live in for a lifetime was more important than a short-term investment that seemed to have an uncertain future.

Since then, the atmosphere in the class has changed. The high schools here are places to enjoy youth, and most of the students there are those who have missed the compulsory education, even in Sobu High School, a key school.

Bored high school students can spread any gossip in an instant. In addition, Uesugi Genshin had no intention of joining any circle and no one spoke for him. After the label of being unsociable and difficult to approach was said by one person, it was heard by the whole class.

Although it had absolutely no impact on his daily life, this isolation was an acceptable consequence of his voluntary actions.

There is nothing wrong with being isolated and alone. The problem lies in being isolated due to malicious intentions.

Yukinoshita Yukino's approach was out of complete malice: it came from the jealousy of the girls. The boys who approached her basically had a crush on her, but she rejected them all, which caused the jealousy of the girls.

Even if she didn't know the actual situation, she knew that under the isolation of all the girls, most of the boys in the class who were rejected by her did not speak out, which led to a common behavior that can be called a phenomenon here: bullying, which resulted in a terrible record of her indoor shoes being hidden about 60 times, 50 of which were hidden by girls.

In Uesugi Genshin's eyes, these were just children's trivial matters, and each of them was a naughty child from another family.

That’s right, this happened when Yukinoshita Yukino was in elementary school!

However, it left an indelible shadow on her, causing her to go abroad in junior high school and return in high school. But when she came back, she became a cold, sharp-tongued, always sarcastic iceberg beauty who always insisted on being herself.

And she, like Hachiman, refuses to change.

But she is also the kind of cute girl who, when asked if she has friends, will avoid the topic and say that we first need to define what a friend is, something that only people without friends would say.

"..." Yukinoshita Yukino turned her cold gaze from the main culprit to the accomplices.

"No, no, no, I haven't done anything yet." Hachiman was forced back by the gaze that was like looking at a criminal suspect.

"So what's going on?" Well, now it was indeed an accusation.

"Some students are suspected to be infected. There is potential danger across the building. It cannot be said that it is safe outside either. So we can serve the emperor to punish the rebellious forces." Uesugi Genshin made a plan.

Hachiman complained: "Are you Cao Cao?" As he was good at liberal arts, he immediately thought, isn't this what Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms said?

As for how much people here like the Three Kingdoms, a lot of games have been made for it. The well-known IPs include the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series and the Dynasty Warriors series. They also created a lot of particularly childish nicknames for their own historical figures. For example, Hanbei Takenaka, one of the two famous military strategists in the Warring States Period, who is known as "Today's Kongming", is as funny as the sick Guan Suo.

"No, I hate Cao Aman, although his behavior, which was later called "holding the emperor hostage to control the princes", was indeed a correct strategy."

After saying that, Uesugi Genshin spat, "He Tui~"

"So, does this Uesugi-san want to take advantage of this chaotic situation to control the entire school? This is really shocking."

"To be precise, it's not control, it's manipulation."

"Isn't this different?" someone next to him whispered.

"Manipulation? Why would you do such a stupid thing when Hiratsuka-sensei and other teachers are here?"

Yukino Yukinoshita was confused. She saw that Hiratsuka-sensei was still alive and checking the roadblocks outside. So was what the man who claimed to be the manipulator said reasonable?

"So, since we are students, everything is left to the adult, Ms. Hiratsuka. After all, she is an adult and a teacher, so she has the obligation to protect us?"

"No, that's not what I meant..." Yukinoshita Yukino was about to retort.

"I know you don't mean that, and I don't mean that either."

Uesugi Genshin raised his hand to stop Yukinoshita Yukino from continuing.

"But most of those students will subconsciously accept this."

"......Yeah." Hachiman thought for a moment and gave an affirmative answer.

"so?"

At this time, Yukinoshita Yukino's cell phone rang. She took it out from the pocket of her pleated skirt. The word "Mother" was written on it. Just by seeing this word, one could imagine that the other party must be a dignified woman wearing a kimono.

"Hello, mom?"

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was extremely soft and urgent, peaceful and far from the strict mother in my impression.

"Yukino, I'm glad you're okay."

"Well, but it seems like many people in the school... fainted." Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but confide.

"I know. Your father's company is also organizing rescue operations. The driver's phone number is unreachable. You should stay in a safe place and wait for your father to drive over to pick you up."

This is really a rare behavior. Because of the situation at home, my father hasn't driven a car himself for a long time...

"I'm fine here for now, where's my sister?"

"I'll contact Yang Nai later."

"......Yeah." Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly felt a surge of joy for having defeated her sister, but in an instant she felt ashamed of herself, and complicated emotions echoed in her chest.

"Mother......"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Don't worry about me for now. Everyone stay in another building. The corridor of the teaching building has been blocked. Also... the person who fainted this time... someone said that the person who fainted was already dead, but he stood up and bit people, just like the zombies in the movies."

"......Okay, I understand. Anyway, you just have to be careful. As long as you are safe, it's fine." The voice of Yukinoshita Yukino's mother was very calm, and there was no fluctuation in it, which gave Yukinoshita Yukino a sense of security that her mother was in charge of everything.

After all, Yuki's mother is indeed the daughter of the local famous Yukinoshita family, and her and her sister Yangno's father is a son-in-law who married into the family.

"Ah."

After the call was hung up, the atmosphere between the three of them was a little depressing, as if there was an inexplicable sense of déjà vu that three people had not yet started a business, but one of them was already preparing to run away.

“That’s what I’m considering, too, if the worst happens.”

Yukinoshita Yukino turned her head and asked, "What?"

Uesugi Genshin asked a question that was very poignant to someone who was not present, "How many teachers in our school do you think are unmarried and childless?"

"Ah..." Hachiman instantly understood the deep meaning of Uesugi Genshin's words.

This is the classic trolley problem. Even now there are many modifications, but without exception, it is difficult to choose.

No, this situation is far less extreme than the trolley problem. It’s more like a good choice.

"Students" and "family", "duties" and "family affection".

This is such a good choice!

Parents will worry about their children, husbands will worry about their wives, and those who live with their parents will worry about their families. If the situation gets really bad, it will be the students like them who have basically nothing to lose and are "left behind".

Because they are underage, nothing is expected of them, and they don’t have to take any action. Rather, they are “idlers” who should be thankful as long as they don’t run around.

Why are high school students the only ones who can save the world? Because they have so much free time~

After figuring this out in an instant, Hachiman noticed the shining point of Shizuka Hiratsuka again: she was not married! She didn't have a boyfriend!

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

There is no need to talk about children. She currently lives alone. Even if something might happen at her parents' home, given the powerful background of Ms. Hiratsuka Shizuka's family, she really doesn't need to worry about it.

This is exactly what Uesugi Genshin thought. The difficulty of the other teachers is probably that one of them fell into the water is a friend, and the other is a relative. So he has to choose the relative.

But Ms. Hiratsuka was completely different. At this moment, something about her shone unexpectedly.