lerbook #117 - Heavy casualties
#117 - Heavy casualties
“Whoosh~”
In just five or six seconds, a flash of white light appeared before Liang Yue, accompanied by a gentle breeze, and a familiar figure materialized.
Long golden hair, exaggerated body proportions, and a beautiful, fair face.
It was none other than Shizuka Marikawa~
However, the condition of this teacher Shizuka was not good at the moment.
Her face was smeared with a lot of dust, her clothes were tattered, with pieces missing here and there, some places stained with blood, and even one of her shoes was gone?
As soon as this beauty appeared, she was panting for breath, her expression confused yet somewhat excited.
Upon seeing Liang Yue in front of her, her pretty face immediately lit up with surprise, she cheered, opened her arms, and with a fierce ball-carrying tackle, threw herself into his embrace~
“Liang Yue~ I missed you so much!”
“I missed you too~”
Holding the woman's slender waist, Liang Yue almost immediately smelled a strange, mixed odor emanating from her.
A fishy smell, a bloody smell, and the stench of sweat~
Upon closer inspection, the clothes on Teacher Shizuka seemed to be covered with a layer of hard salt stains.
“Looks like you guys haven't been doing well lately. Has it been a long time since I left your side?”
Tucking the hair in front of her forehead, Liang Yue couldn't help but ask with some heartache as he looked at Shizuka Marikawa's eyes, which were gentle but tinged with fatigue.
“Yeah, yeah! We've had a bit of a hard time lately. It hasn't been long since you left, Liang Yue, only a little over a month, but Shizuka has lost some weight from being hungry these past few days.”
Looking at the woman subconsciously stroking her belly, Liang Yue smiled softly, and with a wave of his sleeve, he took an apple from the space and handed it over.
“Eat some fruit to tide you over, and I'll prepare a delicious meal for you later.”
After speaking, Liang Yue looked around, then subconsciously frowned.
“Huh, why hasn't Saeko come over yet?”
“Ah! That's right, Liang Yue, hurry! Hurry and call them over too. We were, we were in a moment of crisis before, surrounded by zombies!”
Hearing this, Shizuka Marikawa immediately jumped out of his arms, grabbed his arm, and said anxiously.
“… … Wait a moment.”
With a thought, the light blue screen popped up again.
Shizuka Marikawa, who was beside him, was also leaning on his side at this time, holding the apple, looking over with a curious expression.
“?”
“System, can the villagers also see your existence?”
“Only if you wish it.”
“That's good~ Huh! What's wrong with this?”
“This is the state when a character dies.”
“I'll go~!”
Hearing this, Liang Yue quickly took his finger and clicked on the light screen repeatedly.
“Saya Takagi, Rei Miyamoto, Rika Minami, Yuriko Takagi, um~ I'll send Saeko-senpai again~”
Just as Liang Yue was ticking off the few portraits, one after another familiar names dimmed in these short few breaths.
Takashi Komuro, gone~
Toda Hirano, gone~
Soichiro Takagi, also gone~
Kyoko Miyamoto, still there, no wait~ why is she also starting to turn black?
“What? Rei Miyamoto is also gone!? Gotta hurry!”
Although Liang Yue was not in the Apocalypse world at this time, it did not prevent him from judging the situation there through the light screen panel.
The sudden turn of events startled him, who originally wanted to select a few more names and then send a group message, and he quickly pressed the invitation send button.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~
In just a second or two, four rays of light appeared one after another in front of Liang Yue.
Saya Takagi and her mother Yuriko Takagi, Rika Minami, who was Shizuka-sensei's best friend, and Saeko Busujima, panting for breath, her clothes almost soaked in sweat.
This Saeko-senpai was wearing the soul-absorbing bracelet he had given her before he left on one of her wrists, and she was also wearing Shizuka Marikawa's rabbit scout hat on her head, with her goggles covering her eyes in full combat mode.
Even as a kendo master, the Murata sword in this senpai's hand was broken, leaving only a section, covered in black blood.
Thus, it could be seen how urgent the situation they had faced before was!
“What's wrong with you guys~? Shizuka said, I've only been gone for a little over a month.”
Looking at the disheveled appearance of the few people at this time, Liang Yue couldn't help but ask, while quickly walking to the nearby gazebo to get a pot of water and a few cups.
“Father, father is dead… … Waaah~!”
“Komuro-kun, Hirano-kun, and Mami and the others were also killed.”
“Liang Yue, did Rei and Auntie Miyamoto come too?”
“No, you five are all the people there are. As for the others, let me see…”
The light screen popped up in front of him again, Liang Yue quickly fiddled with the table above, and the familiar names in that column had all turned black and gray.
After searching carefully, he could only shake his head at the few people with a regretful expression.
Immediately, a sense of sorrow began to spread among the crowd.
Saya Takagi lay in her mother's arms, crying loudly, as grief-stricken as a child.
Rika Minami directly lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then went to the side to stand guard.
Saeko Busujima and Shizuka Marikawa both silently lowered their heads, tears slowly sliding down their cheeks.
… …
Of course, Liang Yue was not among these sad people, after all, he was used to seeing life and death, and the number of villager slots in this guy's hands was really limited.
There were only ten in total, and now five slots have been used up all at once. Who knows when there will be another opportunity to replenish them~
He wasn't even that familiar with Rei Miyamoto and her mother.
Not to mention Takashi Komuro, who always had a rebellious protagonist face on, how could Liang Yue expect to have a good relationship with him?
It's a pity about the little fatty Toda Hirano, a harmless technical otaku, but if he really spent a villager slot to bring him back, his actual role might not be as good as the old abbot of Shaolin… …
As for Soichiro Takagi… …
Damn it~
After the crowd's mood calmed down, Liang Yue took them to the gazebo, then set up the lava grill, set up the wire mesh, and began to prepare food.
After all kinds of fruits, fresh vegetables, milk juice, etc. were put on the table, the attention of the people was obviously diverted, and before long, everyone began to gobble it up.
Saeko Busujima was sitting next to Liang Yue at this time, the grilled meat in her plate was cut into small cubes, and after simply sprinkling a layer of black pepper and rose salt, she couldn't resist the hunger in her stomach anymore, and took a fork and put it into her mouth.
“Liang Yue-kun, is this the world you are in?”
“Yeah, this is considered my private stronghold world. You can think of this place as a transfer station to enter the world I am in.”
Hearing this, Liang Yue began to explain to Saeko-senpai and the others at the table.
“Speaking of which, after accepting the invitation of the villagers, you should have all received some information in your minds, right?”
“Um… … indeed, it says that we have become villagers or something, and we have to help you manage the village, and there's also a bunch of~ messy abilities, a bit like your abilities before, Liang Yue, you can chop trees, mine and stuff.”
Shizuka Marikawa, who was on the other side, suddenly came back to her senses at this time, tapped her head, and then replied with a surprised look.