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

"Mr. Kuriyama, would you like to have lunch together?" Yukinoshita Haruno asked with a smile.

"Okay." He climbed up the pole directly.

"Let's go." Yukinoshita Haruno turned around and continued walking forward, while smiling at Uesugi Genshin beside her.

Uesugi Genshin sighed in his heart and caught up with her. Kuriyama quickly ran a few steps and sat on the other side of Yukinoshita Haruno.

We were originally planning on chatting, but they had already walked into the dining area.

This is a place similar to a village in the city, quite far from the residential area where we originally parked our car.

It is rare to have large tracts of farmland in a crowded city, but there are very few such places, and there are only a few in the districts around Chiba City.

As he passed by, he saw that crops had been planted in the fields, which should be under special management. After all, it was a base for thousands of people. If the reproduction of food could not be guaranteed, they would starve to death if they relied solely on scavenging.

While accompanying Yukinoshita Haruno to get lunch, Uesugi Genshin asked, "What's going on with that person?"

"His father brought a group of more than 700 survivors to join them."

"I see." Uesugi Genshin nodded. That was indeed an influence. "Is it troublesome?"

"Little trouble."

"So what is the big trouble?"

"Food? Safety?" Yukinoshita Haruno pointed her finger at her lips and asked casually.

After saying that, she sighed, "I clearly kept a distance from him, but he was still very persistent. It's really annoying~"

Uesugi Genshin thought that her sense of distance was seen as reservedness by the other party, and felt that if he worked harder, there would definitely be a chance. After all, he felt that his father was one of the important managers of this base.

Then the union of the two parties' children should be correct and appropriate.

This is also a kind of marriage.

"Do you hate men who persevere?"

Yukinoshita Haruno glanced at Uesugi Genshin, then handed him the thing in her hand, "At least you don't hate it."

Chapter 201: Elite and Unrivaled

"That guy is vindictive, has a bad temper, is narrow-minded, and is self-righteous... It seems that there is nothing else about him."

"I will take revenge for any slight." Muttering softly, Uesugi Genshin raised his hand to remind her, "Education, education, Miss Yang No."

Generally speaking, shouldn’t slander be overcorrected by praising someone to the point of overcorrection?

Well, this is not slander, but the fact that Yukinoshita Haruno could express her disgust for someone so directly in front of him shows that the guy named Kuriyama is quite powerful.

"Ok?"

“You’ve been working hard too.”

"I originally planned to reject it directly. Anyway, his father has basically been sidelined, and he can't cause any trouble on his own."

"Hmm..., then isn't it a bit inappropriate for me to appear at such an inopportune time?"

If I reject him outright in this situation, it would be a clear indication that she is rejecting him because she likes me. Kuriyama would definitely think so and get angry.

Giving him a look that said "you know that too", Yukinoshita Haruno took him back to the dining table.

Only then did Uesugi Genshin realize that what he had in his hand was actually lunch, which was actually the Self-Defense Forces' Type 2 individual combat ration, and a self-heating pack.

Type one is canned, and type two is plastic packaging with a self-heating bag.

This small canteen was originally supposed to be a restaurant opened by locals, providing dine-in services to people nearby.

It becomes very lively at dinner time, and there may even be the sound of clinking of glasses at night.

Now it has become much quieter. There are obviously quite a lot of seats, but there are only three tables including them.

The other two tables were farther away, so the whispers could not be heard from here.

"Not many people are eating here?" asked Uesugi Genshin.

"Because they are given food every day." Before Yukinoshita Haruno could speak, Kuriyama answered first, his tone not very friendly.

"People who work basically eat at their workplace. No one comes here on purpose. People who live at home don't come here to eat either. Instead, they eat with their families." Yukinoshita Haruno explained with a smile.

"I see." Uesugi Genshin nodded, "Then what's the matter with this ration?"

It seems that the Self-Defense Forces' combat rations are distributed as emergency food.

"This is confidential," Kuriyama interrupted abruptly.

"It's not a secret at all." Yukinoshita Haruno said softly, "Although the Self-Defense Forces destroyed the weapons, the other things in the warehouse that couldn't be moved are still there."

"destroy?"

"Why do you have so many questions during dinner?"

Ah, this guy, can I beat him? Hachiman thought to himself, this was something he was interested in, but he was interrupted again and again.

Yukinoshita Haruno and Uesugi Genshin smiled at each other and began to eat quietly.

Generous? How could it be possible? They both remembered it.

Fried rice, white rice and hamburger patties, carbohydrates plus carbohydrates and hamburger patties with very salty soup. Has the Self-Defense Forces' military funds been embezzled?

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"Are they bean sprouts?" Isshiki Iroha picked up a handful of bean sprouts with chopsticks and examined them carefully. "They are very rare."

What’s strange is that these are fresh vegetables. The vegetables that come in the canned foods we usually eat do not contain bean sprouts.

"The beans that the cooking department distributed on the second floor of the cafeteria can be eaten now. Apart from leaving some to continue to see if they can bear fruit, the rest will be eaten." Yukinoshita Yukino, who was sitting opposite, lowered her head to eat the food on the table, but still explained to Isshiki.

"I think we'll be eating bean sprouts in the near future."

"Hey..." Isshiki Iroha said hesitantly, "I eat a little bit every day..."

"Ha..., it's an important vegetable supplement after all. If you don't like it, then be prepared to eat it." Hearing Isshiki Iroha's whisper, Yukinoshita Yukino sighed as if blaming her, "I'll have to ask the Organization Department to gather some people to help plant the sprouts, right on campus."

The park next to it is all green space. It would be a pity to remove it, but it will be useless if it is not removed. It needs to be planned later.

"That's too much. I still have to eat in the end. I will eat it." Isshiki Iroha just wanted to complain, "Come to think of it, Senior didn't come back yesterday."

"As for him, there's no need to worry at all, right?" Yukinoshita Yukino chewed gently.

"Click." The sound of chopsticks poking a plate came from the side, which came from Hayasaka Ai's resentment.

"Hayasaka-senpai, it looks like you missed me a lot." Covering his mouth, Isshiki Iroha chuckled.

"Not at all." She would complete any work assigned to her without any complaints, as long as it was within the scope of her responsibilities.

But why was her workload becoming heavier? How come most of the work of the executive department fell on her?

She participates in all aspects of training, planning, action and post-processing, and can be said to follow up the entire process.

No! She wants to protest! She wants to appeal! When he comes back, she will tell him that he only does his job and not to throw the work to her casually!

Seeing Hayasaka Ai clenching her chopsticks with a determined expression, Yukinoshita Yukino and Isshiki Iroha said nothing and continued eating.

The hummus was stewed till soft.

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"Yonano, I'll be there in the afternoon too." Kuriyama suddenly said at the quiet dining table.

"Really? It's very dangerous. In case something unexpected happens, have you discussed it with your father?" Yukinoshita Haruno asked with kind concern.

"Dad, they haven't said anything yet, but there's no problem," he assured confidently.

"Just in case, you'd better tell me. I don't recommend you to go." Yukinoshita Haruno smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Since you, Yang Nao, have gone, how can I stay here?" And it doesn't mean that if a gun is found, everyone involved has the default right of priority distribution.

"It's better to talk about it."

"Since you said so, Haruno." Although it was very reluctant, he still showed an attitude of listening to Yukinoshita Haruno's advice. His expression seemed to say: You said it, so I listened, are you happy?

"I've finished eating. My mother still wants me to hand in my report from this morning. So I'll take my leave now."

Kuriyama looked at his half-eaten meal and found that the other person had already finished it.

There was no need for Yukinoshita Haruno to look at this. Uesugi Genshin and Hachiman, who were mentally prepared, also picked up the food packaging, threw it into the trash can, and followed Yukinoshita Haruno out of the cafeteria.

Kuriyama was the only one left at the table. He stared blankly at the two people who left, his face darkening.

When we got outside, the midday sun was still very bright, shining golden light on the ground and the fields in the distance.

"So what's the matter?" Uesugi Genshin continued talking about what he had not finished just now.

"Did you know that there is a Self-Defense Force base in Funabashi City?"

"Um, the 1st Airborne Regiment, huh?"

The only special forces unit in the Ground Self-Defense Force, with the slogan "Elite and Unrivaled", is also the only combat-capable unit in the Ground Self-Defense Force.

It is organized at brigade level, but has only 1900 people, and even fewer combat personnel.

"Well, although they cleared out the zombies at the beginning, they suffered heavy losses because it was too sudden, and the commander, General Lu, was killed." Yukinoshita Haruno said the information she got from somewhere, "Someone is planning to follow the cabinet's orders to go to Tokyo to protect important personnel."

Although the Prime Minister is nominally the supreme commander, the highest military decision-making body is the Cabinet meeting, and the Ministry of Defense is primarily responsible to the Minister of Defense.

But in addition to the front-line commanders within the troops: the brigade-level commanders are land generals, and above them is the Land Staff Headquarters within the Joint Staff Headquarters, which is the Army Staff Headquarters within the General Staff Headquarters.

After that comes the Minister of Defense, and orders coming directly from the Cabinet are somewhat against the rules.

"Some company commanders also proposed to go to Gunma Prefecture, where it would be safer to stay in the mountains and wait for the troops to join up. However, members of other companies revealed that he was from Gunma and actually wanted to return to his hometown to defend it."

Gunma Prefecture is located in the northern part of Kanto. It was called "Ueno" in ancient times. Two-thirds of it is mountainous and hilly. Agriculture is very prosperous and the livestock industry is also very good. If you can hold on to the mountains, you can live well.

But if he said he had no selfish motives, it seemed like no one would believe him. After all, his superiors were all dead, and who knew whether friendly forces in other places had suffered heavy losses. He went there purely to stay there and make plans later.

"Most of the soldiers' families live with them in the local area, so many of them are considered Chiba people. Some people don't listen to anyone and plan to go look for their families."

"Isn't this a deserter?" Hachiman asked behind them.

"I don't think so." Uesugi Genshin thought for a moment, "After all, the command system is completely destroyed. It would be a bit unreasonable to follow anyone's orders."

If there was a superior, this wouldn't have happened. People in other companies of the same level would have objections to whoever they listened to. Since there was no unified opinion and command, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with saving the family first.

"I don't know what happened after that. Some should be heading to Tokyo, and some to Gunma. Let's go there this time to see if we can find anything left."

"What about the destruction of the weapons?"

"Ah, that was the cabinet's initial instruction. It was to prevent the weapons from being obtained by the mob and causing greater social unrest. The order was to destroy the weapons that could not be taken away on the spot."

Are they considered a mob? Uesugi Genshin and Hachiman looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. It was obvious that they were thinking the same thing.

"But execution depends on the actual situation. Maybe there is no execution, or maybe they have been completely wiped out and cannot be executed. This time we went there to check and confirm this."

Although it is a garrison, it is built in the city. Some residents would run there for protection when they see the situation is bad. Who knows what happened later.

Maybe there are supplies left there, maybe there are still people left there, or there are hordes of zombies inside, no one can say for sure.

Back in front of the hall, Yukinoshita Haruno went in to change her clothes. When she came out, she was wearing breeches and a jacket that allowed her to move around in easily. However, the breeches were a bit tight, and the size of her buttocks could be clearly seen.

"What are you looking at?" As if jokingly, she put her left hand on her waist and raised her right index finger to remind him.

"No, are you sure you want to wear this?"

"What's the problem? The pants are sturdy, and the jacket is fine."

Originally, breeches were designed to prevent thigh abrasions when riding horses. The thick fabric used can indeed provide a defense that is difficult for zombies to scratch.

"You can ride a horse?" Uesugi Genshin asked curiously, putting his hands in his pockets.

"I like it very much." Instead of answering "yes", she said "like" and Yukinoshita Haruno showed a big and luxurious smile. It can be seen that she has a deep love for horse riding.

"Let's go." She said as she walked forward and led them to the next place.

"Come to think of it, I haven't met your father yet." Uesugi Genshin looked back at the guild hall.

"Father is busy, and mother is busy too." Yukinoshita Haruno even added a respectful title after her mother, "It's better for you not to meet now."

She raised the corners of her mouth and smiled: "Originally, she wanted to meet Yukino first. Fortunately, I have been very busy recently and have no time to go to Sobu High School."

"agreed?"

"Maybe." Giving an ambiguous answer, Yukinoshita Haruno chuckled, "Maybe I want to see Yukino's determination before making any plans, so how is Yukino-chan?"