The Reason for "Falling Asleep"

The train had finally left Nagazora City. Under Otto's arrangement, the train was on an old track, avoiding that group of Honkai beasts in the military base.

Mei stood by the window, watching the sea move slowly in her view. The emotions in her heart were intertwined, making Mei feel a little uncomfortable.

She didn't know what these emotions were, but she had some idea.

"Sigh..." After looking for a long time, Mei felt that her eyes were a little sore, so she had to turn her gaze away. "Shu still hasn't woken up… I should let Bishop Otto take a look again…"

"Mei!" At this moment, Kiana's joyful voice came from another train car. "Shu's awake!!"

Mei was stunned. She immediately turned her head to look in the direction where the voice came from.

In the passageway connecting the train cars, Kiana was slowly helping Shu walk over.

"Shu!" Mei looked at Shu, who was being helped by Kiana, in surprise. "That's great. You're finally awake!"

"Hi, Mei…" Shu smiled bitterly and waved at Mei, then turned his head to look at Kiana. "Kiana, I really don't need help. It's not like my legs are injured…"

"But you're still injured!" Kiana pouted, and loudly rejected Shu's "declaration of independence." "What if you fall or bump into something again…"

"...Am I that fragile?" Shu said, feeling his face turn black. "And Fu Hua is the one whose legs are injured. Speaking of injuries, Himeko is more serious than I am, why don't you go worry about them?"

Kiana and Mei didn't speak. The two looked at Shu, and after a long time, from behind Mei, in another train car, Fu Hua's voice came.

"Actually, when it comes to injuries, yours is the most serious," Fu Hua slowly walked over. There were no traces of any injuries on her feet, and she wasn't limping as she walked.

"Fu Hua, is your foot better?" Shu looked at Fu Hua's foot in surprise.

Fu Hua shook her head, bent over, and pulled up her pant leg, revealing the bandages wrapped around her leg.

"It's not. It'll still take a long time to heal, but it doesn't affect my daily life." Fu Hua lowered her pant leg, and then looked at Shu's chest that was wrapped in bandages.

Shu's upper body was only wearing a simple coat. Combined with the bandages, it could almost be completely covered, but he ultimately didn't put it on.

Now that Fu Hua was staring at him like that, Shu subconsciously hunched his body, trying to cover up a bit. But, this caused a sharp pain in his chest, making him gasp for breath.

Damn it, it hurts even more when I inhale.

"Himeko's injuries also didn't affect any vital areas. And Himeko's injuries were treated with medicine in a timely manner, so they aren't too serious," Fu Hua explained, taking her gaze off Shu, who was uncomfortable.

"What about me?" Shu asked curiously.

Fu Hua choked. Obviously, she didn't expect Shu to ask that.

Shu smiled awkwardly. Speaking of which, he really didn't know why he had suddenly fallen asleep. Maybe he was really a bit fragile...

"Shu, you… don't remember?" Kiana couldn't help but ask, confused. "Like how you got injured, you've forgotten that?"

Shu nodded. "I really don't have any impression…"

"Could it be that he hit his head when he fell?" Kiana frowned, and said in a low but clear voice.

Shu: "…" Why don't you just let me go?

"It's okay if you forgot." Mei walked over to the seats with a smile, and motioned everyone to sit down. "Shu, if you want to know, we can tell you."

Shu was silent for a moment.

He didn't have any masochistic tendencies. Deep down, he didn't want to know why he had suddenly fallen asleep. And, in fact, he had a pretty good idea of the reason.

He was most likely hit by an arrow from behind, and it should have been a penetrating wound since his chest would hurt if he just breathed a little harder.

But there was still a question: which stray bullet had given him the shot?

Could it be that it was because he hadn't given that dead soldier from the coffin a final blow?

"Tell me, I don't want to suffer like this again next time." In the end, Shu still chose to listen to how he was attacked.

"Mei, you tell him." Fu Hua looked at Kiana, but saw Kiana avoid her gaze. Sighing, she could only say to Mei.

She wasn't at the scene at the time, and didn't know the specific reason.

"Yeah." Mei nodded. "At that time, Shu, you pushed that bicycle to the door of the train, asking Kiana to help you carry the bike onto the train.

"Because the bicycle was a bit big, you guys were trying to find the right angle to bring the bicycle in. It was at this time that a dead soldier appeared from the coffin that hadn't been opened and shot an arrow at you. You didn't dodge it…"

Mei recalled that day. No one had seen that arrow. Maybe Kiana had noticed it, but at that time, the bicycle was blocking the door. Kiana couldn't get past it, and only had enough time to warn Shu.

But Shu didn't react. By the time he heard Kiana's warning, the arrow that had flown from behind had already pierced through Shu's chest, sending Shu crashing into the train and almost falling onto the tracks.

It was Kiana who had managed to pull Shu up in time. It was also Kiana who had taken care of the new zombie that had appeared.

Shu had immediately lost consciousness, and the wound in his chest had been torn open due to the collision. Blood was flowing like a stream.

Bronya couldn't handle it. In the end, Mei had found Otto in the driver's seat, and Otto had treated Shu's injuries.

"The one that hadn't been opened?"

Shu was speechless. So, it was because I had put in a final hit but hadn't done so completely.

Got it. In the future, when he encounters these dead soldiers, he needs to pry open all the coffins.

"Okay, I understand now." Shu covered his face and sighed. "How long was I unconscious?"

"One day and two nights," Fu Hua said.

Shu was silent. The next moment, his stomach let out a thunderous howl of protest.

"Grumble~"

Shu remained silent. Then came the pain in his chest. After that, Shu gave up.

"Mei, I... can you help me make something to eat?" Shu really wanted to shout "Mei, I'm hungry!" like Kiana.

But Shu was too embarrassed to do so.

Mei smiled softly, and stood up. "Okay, but you have to drink some porridge before you eat anything else. Wait a moment."

"Okay." Shu smiled, and then looked around. "By the way, where are the others?"

"Bishop Otto and Bronya are in the driver's seat. Bishop Otto wants to teach everyone how to drive this train," Fu Hua replied.

"Because we don't know what will happen on the tracks, the train's speed isn't fast, and someone has to be watching the road conditions in the train's control room at all times."

Shu nodded. He didn't want to experience a rear-end collision on the train.

"Theresa is watching over Himeko. There's quite a bit of alcohol among the supplies on this train. Kallen… probably hasn't woken up yet."

Fu Hua said a bunch of things, then suddenly added, "By the way, Kiana was the one who was looking after you these past two days."

"Huh?" Shu was stunned. "Kiana? There weren't any shifts?"