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

The moment Hayasaka drove away, a genuine thought crossed her mind: would Hayasaka Ai run away?

Therefore, she couldn't say she truly believed her because she had doubts; her belief wasn't 100%.

"Don't have any expectations of me." Feeling the heavy trust placed in him, Uesugi Genshin gave a heads-up beforehand.

"Don't worry," she nodded and smiled, "I can tell the difference, and didn't you already say so?"

"What?" Uesugi Genshin asked in confusion.

"You won't lie to me." Yukino Yukinoshita slowly turned her head to look at him.

"Ah, that matter." Uesugi Genshin suddenly realized, "That was so long ago." "Amen."

As he spoke, he began making religious gestures.

"Are you religious?" Yukino Yukinoshita tilted her head and asked, puzzled.

"Didn't you ask this question before?" I've forgotten when it was.

"Why then?"

"It's just a habit." It's a habit, no doubt. There are times when you want to complain to the heavens, when you regret something, when you're fighting. There are always moments in life when you feel that it's good to have a god.

"Whoosh"

The roar of an engine came from afar, and it sounded so familiar, because Uesugi Genshin knew it was his car.

Once the car came into view, the driver inside immediately made a near 180-degree turn upon seeing them.

It came to a screeching halt right in front of them.

"Get in the car." Hayasaka Ai said urgently as soon as the window was opened a crack.

As she stopped, she also unlocked the door.

Genshin Uesugi and Yukino Yukinoshita got into the car from opposite sides.

After they slammed the door shut, the horde of zombies appeared before them.

Uesugi Genshin, especially those sitting in the passenger seat, could see it even more clearly.

However, after they got into the car and closed the door, Hayasaka Ai stepped on the gas pedal with her foot, pressing the sole of her shoe hard against the accelerator.

This caused the Jeep to shoot out like a rocket, crushing everyone inside into their seats.

Not to mention the turn, the force of the swing was also very strong, and the tissues placed in front rolled down.

After taking it, Uesugi Genshin stuffed it directly into the glove box.

He also noticed the revolver in the middle, picked it up, and saw that it was indeed missing a bullet.

"Was it so urgent that a shot was fired?"

"Ah, because it's fast enough." Hayasaka Ai said nonchalantly, seizing an opportunity when she didn't have to pay attention to where she was going.

"Who is that person?" Yukino Yukinoshita, who was behind, wanted to ask about the corpse.

"Well, after you guys went up there," Hayasaka Ai paused, then quickly turned the steering wheel to avoid the zombies in front of her, "someone came down and said that you asked me to go up there so we could have dinner together."

It doesn't necessarily mean she actually ate; it could just be an excuse, in case she did eat.

“I told him to stay where he was, but he kept coming closer, completely ignoring my repeated warnings, so I fired.” After saying that, she glanced at Uesugi Genshin beside her and asked cautiously, “Did I cause any trouble?”

"No." Uesugi Genshin noticed Yukinoshita staring at him strangely through the rearview mirror, but he still answered Hayasaka Ai's question at that moment.

"You did very well."

To strike unexpectedly and catch the enemy off guard is a military tactic.

Chapter 239: Relatively Hard to Drink

"I was still thinking about what to do if I killed the wrong person." Hayasaka Ai gently closed her eyes, then immediately opened them again to look at the road. With a serious expression, she drove meticulously.

Her nonchalant tone almost made Uesugi Genshin think she really didn't care.

“I’d like to ask about that too,” Yukino Yukinoshita interrupted from the back seat, reaching for the seat in front of her. “Why were you so sure back then?”

Uesugi Genshin glanced in the rearview mirror; Yukinoshita's expression still held a hint of gloom.

Hayasaka Ai immediately shut her mouth, glanced to the side, and then focused on driving again.

The vehicle's surface is reinforced with a steel plate, allowing it to easily smash through zombies blocking its path without worrying about damage, which is very convenient.

"If I'm wrong, you... you'll be a murderer."

“It doesn’t matter if he’s a murderer.” Through the rearview mirror, their eyes met, and Uesugi Genshin waved his hand dismissively.

“No, there must be something to it.” Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, clenched her fists tightly against her chest, and shook her head.

"You care that much?" This surprised him a little.

"I was worried you might have nightmares tonight." It wasn't killing zombies, it was murder.

Without answering her question, Uesugi Genshin turned to Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Hayasaka, do you think you have nightmares at night?"

"..." In a moment of distraction, Hayasaka Ai's hands froze on the steering wheel.

"..." Yukino Yukinoshita then realized that Hayasaka had also just killed someone.

"Well, maybe." Hayasaka Ai nodded slightly as she turned the steering wheel again, her voice unchanged from before.

"That's what she said." Uesugi Genshin turned his head back from the passenger seat and smiled at Yukinoshita. "Then you'll have to sleep with her tonight. If there are two of you, you won't have nightmares, right?"

"!" Hayasaka Ai's heart skipped a beat. What was this person saying out of the blue? Her face flushed slightly, but she pretended to be calm and refused, "No, I'm fine."

And if I go back to Shuchiin... if I go back...

She suddenly realized that if she went back, she wouldn't be able to express her troubles.

Whether it's my friends in class, they are all innocent girls, and I'm also wearing a mask when I interact with them. I can't tell them this kind of thing.

Even if she is the only person he can confide in, Lady Kaguya, he cannot expose his insecurities and weaknesses, as this would only increase her unnecessary worries.

"I understand." Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly laughed. She knew that half of what he said was directed at her, but she pretended to be concerned about Hayasaka Ai, being secretive, just like before.

"I..." Hayasaka Ai's gaze wandered as if searching for words.

"Look ahead."

Uesugi Genshin's reminder completely interrupted her thoughts. She immediately tightened her lips and began to drive seriously, as if acknowledging what had just happened.

"how about you?"

Uesugi Genshin thought the conversation was over, but Yukinoshita asked again.

"What? Oh, you guys want to sleep with me?" He looked out the car window and said in a teasing tone.

“That’s sexual harassment,” Hayasaka Ai said harshly.

"Ah, sorry, sorry," Uesugi Genshin waved his hand.

Turning her head slightly, shifting her gaze away from the road ahead, and looking clearly at that face again, Hayasaka Ai said with a faint smile, teasingly, "Well, it should be fine if we share a room, right?"

As if he were bothered by it, Uesugi Genshin quietly looked out the window and said, "We'll see."

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The second half of the journey was driven by Hayasaka Ai, the experienced driver. Although Uesugi Genshin didn't want to admit it, she was probably a more stable and better driver than him.

After all, if you really think about it, it seems like I haven't driven a car in decades. The only reason I can drive now is because I'm daring.

If he were to perform some kind of reverse parking or S-curve maneuver, he would probably have to turn the steering wheel back and forth slowly.

The closer you get to the center of Tokyo, the more zombies you'll encounter; we came down the same road last time.

The zombies don't seem to have changed; they're still the same ones.

He couldn't remember the specifics, whether they were exactly the same, but the number of zombies was similar, only the flow of people in residential areas was much smaller.

So they don't dare to drive in commercial areas at all. Even if the car is so resistant to collisions, they still have to worry about the tires.

Finally, not long after entering the port area, the density of the zombie horde dropped sharply.

Finally, they could see the walls of Shuchiin. Hayasaka Ai eased off the accelerator and stopped in front of the roadblocks set up by the people of Shuchiin.

This time, it wasn't at the school gate, but on the road not far from the gate. And they weren't students from Shuchiin Academy anymore; they were mostly adults, survivors from other places.

The person across the street waved to signal them to stop. When Hayasaka Ai stopped the car and rolled down the window, one of the men stepped forward and asked, "Where are you from?"

The next question will probably be, why did you come here?

“I am a student at Shuchiin High School.” Then Hayasaka Ayase realized that she had left her pass at Sobu High School, or rather, she had left it in the car she used to drive, and she had completely forgotten about it.

"Then where is your pass?" The man looked at the cute little girl with a suspicious gaze.

"..." Hayasaka Ai didn't know what to say, because it was embarrassing. She couldn't get in by scanning her face, and she wasn't wearing her school uniform.

"Um, which class are you in?" The only student from Shuchiin University present stepped forward.

"Class 2-A, Hayasaka Ai." I can't believe I'm actually announcing my own name! What a blunder!

Hayasaka Ai didn't even dare to turn around and look at the expression on the man's face in the passenger seat. That sadistic department head was probably laughing at her in secret.

"Ah, I think I vaguely remember seeing this somewhere before."

Of course I remember! She even performed on stage during the Fongshin Festival, but back then she was pretending to be a hot girl. Now, she's a little ashamed to pretend in front of these two people in the car.

Perhaps that's why the student from Shuchiin University didn't recognize him.

"What are you doing outside?" the man who had spoken first asked again. He couldn't just let someone go based on a vague memory.

"Yes, I am heading to Chiba under orders from Chairman Shirogane and Vice Chairman Shinomiya."

"Ah~, that's right." The male student said suddenly.

"I see." The man felt there was no problem. Since he could accurately say the name of the president of Shuchiin, and he had also heard about that matter, he went to the side and used a walkie-talkie to notify the people inside.

"You guys go in first."

They then removed the obstacles and allowed passage.

Anyway, they'll check it again inside, so there's absolutely no need to worry.

The second investigation revealed that they encountered an acquaintance.

"Isn't this Uesugi-senpai?"

Kei Shirogane, Miyuki Shirogane's younger sister, is a slender, white-haired beauty who is very good at managing a household. Whoever marries her will probably be henpecked for life.

On the other hand, the extent to which she is virtuous is unimaginable, and this is also a source of happiness.

She casually turned her head to look at the people in the car and greeted them.

"Yo~, Kei." Uesugi Genshin also smiled happily. Meeting a girl as lovely as snow naturally put him in a good mood.

"You're here to see your brother, right?"

Everyone has a different way of addressing their older brother, but for Kyu, it's just "Ani," which is rather casual.

Compared to Komachi's older brother and Nii-san who went to America, he lacks a bit of respect or closeness.

Ah, after all, she's a rebellious teenager.

This is more realistic than Yukinoshita, even though they both appear indifferent on the surface.

"Yes."

"Is this Shuchiin's senior?" Shirogane Kei recognized the person driving the car at a glance; he had seen him several times before.

But driving... does this senior know how to drive?

This slightly shocked her; she was clearly a girl, and a very cute one at that.

Could it be that he carried Uesugi-senpai all the way from Chiba to Tokyo?

Concealing her surprise, she calmly turned to the person in charge and said, "No problem, I know them."

"Well, since that's what Shirogane-kun says."

Thanks to Shirogane Kei's good reputation, Uesugi Genshin and his group were allowed to pass.

"Kei, see you later." Uesugi Genshin waved goodbye to Shirogane from the passenger seat.

"Well, goodbye, Uesugi-senpai," Shirogane Kei said with a very polite bow and a serious expression.

As the car continued driving in, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but remark, "What a beautiful girl."