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

In front of the door of the room in the corner, I saw Sakurajima's surname. After her parents divorced, Sakurajima Mai took her mother's surname, and her biological father's surname was probably Toyohama.

Fengbin Hexiang walked up to the door nervously and knocked on it. The crisp knocking sounds were a bit harsh in the empty corridor.

Uesugi Genshin began to be alert to possible movements on both sides to see if there was any potential danger.

"Sister, it's me, Fengbin Hexiang, please open the door."

Time passed by minute by minute. Fengbin Hexiang was afraid that her sister would think it was a stranger knocking on the door and ignore it, so she began to call out quietly at the door: "Sister, are you there?"

However, there was no movement from inside the door. Perhaps the person was really not there. If she was, I would be able to see through the door mirror that the person outside was my half-sister.

Finally, Fengbin Hexiang stopped knocking, and Uesugi Genshin said behind her, "No one is here."

"Yes, no one is here." Fengbin Hexiang was a little dazed facing the door.

In the silent corridor, the light bulb above their heads made their shadows very long.

Nothing happened while he knocked on the door, and Uesugi Genshin was sure that there was nothing on this floor.

"This is the ninth floor." He said helplessly.

"What happened to the ninth floor?"

"If it's lower, you can crawl into the house from outside."

If it was three or four stories high, he could climb up from the outside, like Assassin, because people at high places almost never lock the windows.

But for the ninth level, this idea is directly rejected. It would be a single misstep that would lead to everlasting regret. There is no need to take such a big risk.

"...It's very dangerous, so don't do it." Fengbin Hexiang tugged at his clothes and advised him, still looking lost.

"Yes."

"Sister, have you already..."

"Don't worry unnecessarily, just wait and see."

When people are in crisis, they will think of going home, and they will feel at ease when they are home.

This is where Mai Sakurajima lives alone. Her relationship with her mother is strained, and she still has no boyfriend. So at the end of the world, her first choice is to return here as soon as possible.

"It's getting dark now, let's think about how to spend the night." Uesugi Genshin walked forward and touched the painted door, "How can I open the door?"

Movies and TV shows describe that the owner of a house would put the key under the carpet or at the bottom of a nearby flower pot for special occasions.

Uesugi Genshin looked around and saw no flower pots or carpets. Well, no one would dare to use the popular method, and this was a high-end apartment.

You definitely can't kick the door open. This is a new door, not an old wooden door.

"Ah, a phone call." Uesugi Genshin turned around and looked at the phone of Fengbin Kazuka who exclaimed.

"!"

But when they both leaned over to see the lit phone screen, the name on the phone was Mom.

Yes, it was Fengbin Hexiang’s mother who called.

Seeing that it was not Sakurajima Mai, Uesugi Genshin moved away from Fengbin Kazuka's pretty face, leaving enough space for the mother and daughter.

"Hey, Mom."

This mother and daughter are very similar to Sakurajima Mai's mother and daughter.

In order to mock her father who ran off with another woman, Mai Sakurajima's mother allowed her to debut in the entertainment industry as a child star and even acted as Mai Sakurajima's agent.

As a human being, it is understandable that one would feel happy if the person who has left him or her could see that he or she is successful.

It's like a kind of revenge, but it must be very uncomfortable for a child to have his or her parents' ideas forced on them. Especially when they are young, it's impossible for them to understand their parents' situation.

On the other hand, Fengbin Hexiang's mother also sent her daughter to the troupe, not to mention the situation. The mothers of both sides could not be calm, and there must be sparks flying between the mothers.

In short, Mai Sakurajima and Kazuka Toyohama are pawns in the proxy war.

Then, the war came to a temporary end, and its result could not be more clear.

Sakurajima Mai has established herself as a talented and popular actress, while Toyohama Waka has retired from the troupe and has become a new idol who is still working hard in the event venues.

They are said to be popular newcomers, but in fact, the shelf life of idols is very short, so short that even a miracle generation may become the tears of the times in just a few years.

But every day of humiliation caused by the huge gap also distorted the relationship between mother and daughter.

Her self-esteem as a mother...and as a woman, was also put on Fengbin and Hua, which is really cruel.

"Well, I'm fine now. I met my sister's friend."

"Don't worry, he's a good person."

"He is a man, yes, but he is very reliable."

This made Uesugi Genshin scratch his head. How could this be related to him?

"I'm at my sister's doorstep now."

"No, there's no one at my sister's house."

"He's my sister's friend, and the rest of my team is here, there's no way they're just going to send me home."

It's true that as a mother, she loves her children, but everyone expresses it differently.

"I'm safe now." Fengbin Hexiang's tone became a little stiff and a little annoyed.

"Yes, he is by my side." These words sounded a little bad to Uesugi Genshin.

really......

"Here, my mother asked me to give you the phone." Fengbin Hexiang's expression did not look very happy.

This also made Uesugi Genshin scratch his face. This kind of parent is the most troublesome. In this situation, she will treat you as a child and speak to you condescendingly in a scolding or instructing tone.

After all, he is a friend of Sakurajima Mai, which means he is actually of a different generation than Toyohama's mother.

"Pfft." Seeing Uesugi Genshin's distressed expression, Fengbin Kazuka laughed instead.

Then she was glared at fiercely by Uesugi Genshin, and she touched the side of Uesugi Genshin's hair with her hand as if to comfort him.

Staring at those eyes, which had no lethality and seemed cute to her, her irises were as deep as a whirlpool on the sea and as dark as an invisible abyss, making people suffocate.

"..."

"Hey."

"Hello, sir." The voice on the other end was very consistent with the image of a mother.

"Thank you so much for saving Kazuka."

"No, just by the way."

"Yes, but thank you very much anyway."

"No no."

"May I ask what your plans are for the future?" This was a test.

"...After that, let's find a place nearby to stay overnight."

"No, what I want to ask is..."

"I have a friend in Chiba, I have to hurry over there."

"Is that so? Then can you please..."

"The road is not very safe. It took several detours just to get here. It would be very difficult to deliver all the pink bullets."

"Sweet bullet! It's a sweet bullet!" Fengbin Kazuka next to her waved her pink fist in front of Uesugi Genshin's eyes, which was a little dazzling. Uesugi Genshin held her golden hair and pushed her aside.

"Well......"

"What about Kazuka?"

"I will find a safe place to put them down together. If they help each other, they should be able to survive."

The fists that had been waving continuously dropped, and Fengbin and Xiang also became quiet.

Although I had expected this, I still felt an indescribable sense of blockage in my heart when I heard these words directly from his mouth.

"Is it really impossible to send Kazuka home?" This really reveals the real purpose of the statement.

"It's very dangerous outside." This was Uesugi Genshin's answer.

“…Then I’ll leave it to you.” Distance creates beauty, and the kind and magnetic voice of the young man will not leave a negative impression on people.

"I know. She is my friend's sister after all."

This sentence should be very ironic to Fengbin's mother. In the end, her own daughter was saved because of her opponent's daughter.

Uesugi Genshin returned the phone to Fengbin Kazuka, who suddenly became cold.

"?"

"Hey, Mom."

"I see. Don't worry. You should also pay attention to safety."

She calmly spoke her last words to her mother. During this period, ordinary people were already doing their best to take care of themselves.

After hanging up the phone, Fengbin Hexiang pursed his lips and asked, "What should we do next?"

Chapter 31: Live Here

"Yeah, what should we do?" Uesugi Genshin looked at Sakurajima Mai's door again, "It would be great if we could pry it open."

"Huh? Can it be pried open?" Fengbin Hexiang's tone was excited, his eyes full of anticipation.

"How is that possible? I don't have that skill." There was no chance to learn that kind of stunt. The uniformly assembled apartment doors were not considered high-end. They were just the kind that could be opened with a key.

But now he was blocked by this small door. Uesugi Genshin, who was very confident in himself, touched the door in distress.

"... Let's go downstairs and take a look. We still need to find a place to stay tonight."

There wouldn't be many people who could stay in the apartment during the day. He would check the environment first. He remembered that there seemed to be someone on the first floor. Maybe he could find keys or something from him. The possibility was very high.

In an instant, Uesugi Genshin thought of a solution on how to spend the night.

"Okay." Fengbin Hexiang put her hands behind her back and grabbed her left wrist with her right hand. This standing posture highlighted the fact that she was not very attractive.

Uesugi Genshin turned and walked towards the emergency stairs, which was the stairs they came up.

The dark stairwell lit up again after the door opened, illuminating the sign for the ninth floor.

Following the stairs, we reached the eighth floor, with Fengbin and Xiang following obediently behind us. The layout of the eighth floor was the same as that of the ninth floor, and it was also very quiet.

But things are a little different on the seventh floor. An open door can be seen from the side.

"..."

At this time, it is abnormal to open the door, not that the owner accidentally forgot to close it.

Uesugi Genshin blocked Fengbin Hexiang's body with his hand slightly, then waved it back, signaling her to move back a little.

He approached slowly and looked around to avoid being attacked from both sides. Street fighting was what he hated the most. It was as if he was back in that winter in Stalingrad.

Keep your ears to the ground, pay attention to movements, keep your legs and feet flexible, and look closely behind you.

I walked slowly along the wall opposite the door and did not encounter the attack I had imagined, but there was indeed a wandering figure inside the door.

Like a wandering ghost, in the room.

It's a zombie.

Is it just this one?

Uesugi Genshin tapped the wall behind him lightly with the baseball bat in his hand. He would not enter the unknown area unless it was absolutely necessary.

The dazed man in the room, like a robot, turned around to look at the door, and saw Uesugi Genshin outside the door. In an instant, he walked towards the door with his uncoordinated body.

There was another person inside, who heard the voice out of sight, Uesugi Genshin judged.

First, he knocked down the one that was approaching, and then another one quickly appeared. This one was different from the first one. It was very agile, and its entire body was soaked with dried blood.

With a light turn, Uesugi Genshin made the zombies lose their balance and stepped on the body of the first one. The arc drawn by the baseball bat could be called a slash, and the wind whistled, and the second one was also killed.

The first zombie struggled to get up under his feet, but it was unable to break the constraints of its skeleton because it was lying on the ground and its hands twisted to reach behind it but couldn't.

Hearing that there was no more movement from the door, Uesugi Genshin broke the limbs of the zombies under his feet with a stick.