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

"Okay~" Hirokawa Uzuki responded in a low voice, and after carefully entering, he picked up two blue shopping baskets at the door and handed one of them to Uesugi Genshin.

She strolled among the shelves, humming happily and gradually filling up the shopping basket in her hands.

"Hum~Hum~" I just don't know if it's the song they sang themselves.

Uesugi Genshin was also walking around the store, taking away goods one by one without considering the price, and his mood gradually became happier. Although he felt like taking advantage of the situation, the society had collapsed to this extent and there was nothing he could do. He once again sighed that zero-yuan shopping was indeed very attractive.

"Ah, do you want to eat some perishable food first, brother?" Hirokawa Uzuki asked, popping his head out from the shelf two rows away.

"Well... although this is fine, cooking is a bit... and we probably won't be coming back, so let's try to get something cost-effective."

After hearing this, Hirokawa Uzuki stopped looking at the row of fresh food shelves and started taking some drinks such as yogurt.

"Ah! There are fruits too." Hirokawa Uzuki pointed at the boxed watermelon and smiled at Uesugi Genshin with surprise. Her face was like the clear sky and the bright sun, full of warmth, and her eyebrows were gracefully curved along with her eyes. It was the smile of an angel.

"Really?" He smiled back, "I'll give it to everyone to eat later."

"Yeah, there are bento boxes. I just saw a convenience store with a microwave oven." Hirokawa Uzuki continued, "Brother, are you still hungry?"

“Well… I’m not that hungry, but it’s okay to take a few more. I can eat them later. They will go bad if I leave them out anyway.” One day is the best day for them to be delicious, so convenience stores will put up discount labels late at night to attract cost-conscious people to buy them, with discounts as low as 10% off.

"Yeah!" She nodded in agreement.

After filling two baskets, Uesugi Genshin walked out first, holding a bulging basket in each hand.

"Ah, he's coming out." Nakago Ranko, staring at the door, called out to her companion beside her.

"Then I'll get off too." An Nong Yae, who was leaning against the door on the other side, opened the car door and got out. When he closed the door, he was careful to leave it ajar and did not dare to use force.

"I'll do it." Anong Yae reached out and took one of the baskets, his shoulders slightly hunched due to the weight.

"Give me one too." Nakago Ranko, who came down too, took the other one. Uesugi Genshin leaned on it with both arms and lifted the trunk.

"Put your things in there and stack them as neatly as possible," he instructed. "Ah, be careful around you. If it gets dangerous, get in the car or hide in a convenience store and I'll take care of it."

"Good~"

"I understand, Brother Xuanxin." The word "brother" came from the mouth of the sexy girl Nakago Ranko, like a fox seducing a traveler.

Worried, Uesugi Genshin slowly walked back to the corner and looked sideways. The zombies around him showed no signs of noticing or approaching.

Feeling temporarily at ease, he walked back into the store, picked up two new shopping baskets, and continued his "shopping."

It only took 10 minutes to fill the trunk, mainly because there was no one around and I was so unscrupulous.

Finally, Hirokawa Uzuki heated up several boxes of lunch boxes in the microwave, and took out several boxes of fruit, including mangoes, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, and watermelons.

After she got on the car, Uesugi Genshin also got on and prepared to continue on his journey.

"Here." Hirokawa Uzuki distributed the hot bento boxes. Everyone took them together, so they were all the same high-calorie fried pork cutlet bento boxes.

Put the other portions together with the one in the car. It is very important to supplement sufficient calories in the last days. Don’t worry about gaining weight. Instead, you should worry about whether there is enough fat to fight hunger.

“And there are fruits.”

"Great."

"so much!"

Hirokawa Uzuki got a peach, Anno Yae got a watermelon, Toyohama Waka got a mango, Nakago got a strawberry, and Okazaki got a cherry.

But they all took turns eating, so it didn't matter who took what.

Except for watermelon, other fruits are quite cheap. Watermelon is really expensive. This is indeed Tokyo.

"Come here, brother." Hirokawa Uzuki handed the fried pork chop with chopsticks.

"..." The heated ones are indeed more fragrant. Even though I had already eaten, tears came to my eyes when I smelled the aroma of the grease.

Without taking his eyes away from the front, Uesugi Genshin opened his mouth to take it, and swallowed it in one gulp, chewing on the pig's final contribution to the world.

"Is it delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious." Uesugi Genshin frankly expressed his thoughts. Do you want to have another meal later?

"Me too, open your mouth." Fengbin Hexiang leaned out from behind the car, with half of his body already in the front.

"Don't interfere with my driving." He complained casually, and in order to cooperate with her actions, Uesugi Genshin leaned over to eat the watermelon handed to him.

"The watermelons in this season aren't very sweet."

"Really? I think it's quite sweet. Ah, we're almost there." Fengbin Hexiang pointed at the navigation. It was only about 400 meters away.

"I've seen it." Uesugi Genshin stared at the vague group of buildings in front of him.

Finally arrived at Mineahara High School in Kanagawa, will I meet the bunny girl "senior"?

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

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

Chapter 26: Good Trouble

A black car was driving on the road. If you look closely, you can see that it is covered in blood. The blood on the wheels had dried on the ground after leaving its mark along the way.

"Was that Uesugi just now?" Hiratsuka Shizuka asked in the front without turning her head, her eyes fixed on the front.

"Eh? Is it my brother's friend?"

"Well, Xuan Xin said there's some trouble over there, and he may not be able to come back today." Hikigaya Hachiman bent over with his elbows resting on his knees. His drooping hair blocked his dead fish eyes, and combined with his slender figure, he looked like a quiet and handsome boy. Unfortunately, as long as he raised his head, this beautiful atmosphere would be destroyed.

"It's about calling each other by name? Why haven't I heard brother say this before?" Hikigaya Komachi, who was sitting in the front, kept talking to the back.

"Well...it's fine with me."

"It's not like anything is fine. Do you know how worried Komachi is that Onii-chan is withdrawn and isolated at school and can't find any friends?"

Well... the heart is soft and will bounce back, and as long as it doesn't create wounds or reveal scars, he is now completely immune, even to his sister.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Hikigaya Hachiman moved his feet and kicked the blood-stained stick at his feet.

"Well, I don't think brother needs to care so much." The person who called him brother was not her sister Komachi, but Kawasaki Daishi who was next to her, Kawasaki Saki's younger brother and Komachi's junior high school classmate.

"Who is your brother..." Hikigaya Hachiman muttered to himself, feeling a little helpless.

On the other side, Saki Kawasaki tilted her head, opened her mouth slightly as if she wanted to say something, but finally closed it silently and continued to lean against the side of the car without saying a word.

She has two younger brothers and a younger sister. Apart from Kyoka who is in kindergarten in her arms, the only people in the car are Daishi, the Hikigaya siblings, and Hiratsuka-sensei.

Komachi looked back and forth at the two of them with squinted eyes, poked her index finger on her forehead, and tilted her head slightly, "Hmm~, but if Saki-nee-san and brother get married, it won't be weird to call me brother, right?"

Hearing Komachi say this calmly, Kawasaki Saki reacted and replied hurriedly with a creaking sound: "Stupid, idiot!? This, this sister! This, this is impossible!"

"Oh, Saki-sister, just call me Komachi. There's no need to be so restrained." Hikigaya Komachi will never give up the opportunity to find her sister-in-law. Since her stupid brother won't take the initiative, the responsibility of continuing the Hikigaya family falls on her.

"We're here." said Shizuka Hiratsuka in front.

"Onii-chan and Saki-nee, cheer up. We are all still alive and uninjured. Isn't this a blessing?" Hikigaya Komachi continued to encourage the two extremely depressed people with her energy.

"Ah... yes."

"Sister, cheer up." Kawasaki Kyoka, who was in Saki Kawasaki's arms, raised her head and held Saki Kawasaki's face with her two little hands. The innocent smile on her face was like a sunflower that could attract the sun.

"Yes, Jinghua." Saki Kawasaki hugged her sister in her arms, but she couldn't help but shed tears.

"The past is not everything. There are things that can only be done now, and there are things that can only be found here. Seize the present moment!" Shizuka Hiratsuka said in front, "You guys, the family members who are still alive are the most important."

"Teacher, sometimes what you say makes sense."

"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm your teacher." Shizuka Hiratsuka spoke rudely and in a very manly way.

If only I had taken the first step at that time, it would have been fine. Hiratsuka Shizuka felt so regretful in her heart that she was a step slower.

She looked at the empty road, "It's still safe."

No need to worry about bringing those things into the school.

The car drove into the side door of the school, which was the entrance between the teaching building and the special building, and where they left.

I stopped in an open space, skillfully shifted the gear to P, and the car door lock opened.

Shizuka Hiratsuka took out the cigarettes from the pocket of her white coat, got out of the car with one in her mouth, and said, "Let's go home."

The campus is very quiet, so quiet that it seems as if there is no one there, like a devil’s den.

Hikigaya Hachiman picked up the wooden stick on the ground, opened the left door and got out of the car.

"It looks fine." The best proof is that it's as clean as when we left.

"Yes." Shizuka Hiratsuka lit the cigarette in her mouth.

"Ah, Jinghua, slow down." Saki Kawasaki took care of her little sister and watched her jump out of the car.

"Hey, besides the cultural festival, I came to my brother's school. Yeah, I originally wanted to get in, but now my dream of staying in Sobu High School has come true."

"Hahaha, Hikigaya's sister seems very smart. Well, if this were a normal world, you would be fine."

Shizuka Hiratsuka seemed very kind to this former reserve student of hers.

"You're joking, you're joking. I'm still far from that, Mr. Hiratsuka." Hikigaya Komachi said modestly.

Sobu High School is a key school in Chiba City, no, Chiba Prefecture. It is a great achievement for Chiba people just to get in.

"Ah, it's the students from Sobu High School." Shizuka Hiratsuka took a big sip of the last puff of cigarette and saw the students peeking out from the building.

But it’s not that Hayama, Hikigaya Hachiman muttered.

After confirming that it was safe, several people walked towards the entrance of the building together.

Hiratsuka Shizuka walked in front, Hikigaya Hachiman followed behind, next to her was the jumping Komachi, behind them were the Kawasaki sisters, and finally Kawasaki Daishi who was looking around.

"Teacher Hiratsuka." After entering the building, I met two students holding mop sticks guarding the entrance in the corridor.

“Who is in charge now?”

The two boys looked at each other and said, "It's the student union."

"In the student council room?"

"Yes."

"Let's go to the student union room first."

Hiratsuka Shizuka led the way in front, and several people followed behind.

The windows of the special building have been covered with discarded papers. Looking closer, some of them are outdated magazines, which should be the property of the Literature Department.

There was no one in the corridor at all. A few people came out and then disappeared again immediately. The place they disappeared to was the toilet.

Looking toward the teaching building from the corridor of the special building, nothing can be seen, but the obstacles in the corridor have not been removed yet and cannot be removed for the time being.

The teaching building opposite has not been confirmed to be safe. If the passage between the two buildings had not been blocked, who knows what would have happened.

Should we say that he faced the reality? There was no sound coming from the room, as if no one was inside. It was completely different from the noise that overflowed from the building during school breaks.

When they arrived at the door of the student union room, it opened from the inside and a student walked out quietly, and they just happened to go in through the opened door.

The figures of Yukinoshita Yukino and Hayama Hayato were spotted in the room at a glance. They were arguing in a low voice, and next to them was the Castle Patrolman sitting, and several members of the Hayama group were standing against the wall with their arms around their chests.

"I don't agree. If we alarm them, do you know the consequences?"

“But everyone is very uneasy.”

"Then we should give them some time to calm down."

"That's why I wanted to do this. If everyone can eat the food, they will at least feel safe."

"Then what makes you think you can do it?"

"If we are all together."

"Everyone? Do you mean the yes-men who are only noisy and capable, or the one who is slow to react and indecisive, or the fence-sitter who is always watching other people's expressions?"

"Hey, isn't that a bit too much?" Tobe Sho, one of the three members of the Hayama group with orange hair and who looked like hip-hop teenagers, couldn't stand it anymore.

It is indeed noisy.

"Over there, that monkey-like noisy fellow, can you promise that you will not cause any trouble? Even if you alarm them, you will be responsible for leading them away?"

"Promise...this promise..." After hearing this, Hube Xiang's eyes became vague.