Chapter 096: Eat First? Bath First? Or Eat Me First?

In the blink of an eye, it was already evening.

Due to the EMP attack, the streetlights that would normally light up during evening hours in the city were no longer working.

So the current evening felt like it came earlier than usual, and night would fall more quickly.

Here at the largest supermarket, Saya Takagi had also stopped directing personnel on how to reasonably prioritize moving supplies.

Actually, she had been in a somewhat absent-minded state all afternoon.

The reason for this was her loss of composure at noon.

She had been so bold, almost like a confession, and had exposed such a vulnerable side of herself in front of him. So after her emotions were brought under control, she felt what it meant to experience social death.

Because there had been other people present.

After coming to her senses, she said not to mind her earlier words, that she was joking and wanted to test if he had feelings for her—although this excuse was stupid and very far-fetched, and everyone wasn't foolish enough not to see through it.

In the end, after saying this to herself, she had fled in embarrassment under the pretext of needing to work.

"Hello, glasses girl, did you hear me?"

This voice made Saya Takagi very annoyed.

The voice belonged to someone from "Black Label" named Nashida Oriha, who had discovered she had some talent in networking and wanted to take her as a disciple.

Actually, her real purpose was to extract her knowledge.

Because when interfacing with that system, Saya Takagi had demonstrated network-related technology, easily cracking that system.

Correction—not cracking, but further optimizing.

Yes, it was Takagi's optimization.

The reason Saya Takagi could optimize wasn't because she possessed amazing computer technology. Actually, she wasn't particularly familiar with current computer network technology.

The reason she could optimize was because she was sensitive to numbers and had a stronger understanding of binary and such things than others—this was what the company that manufactured hard drives had taught her.

The foundation of computer programs was originally related to numbers, so somehow she could roughly understand and help optimize, also providing some code formulas.

This Nashida Oriha very much wanted to understand this.

"What is it?"

Coming to the computer, Saya Takagi looked at the grinning person across from her with an annoyed voice.

"It's about how you optimized..."

Before the other person could finish, Saya Takagi directly cut off communication. She wanted to discuss network technology, but she wasn't in the mood for that now.

Her gaze couldn't help but look toward a high-end apartment building not far away. One of the rooms there was occupied and being used by Senior Saeko Busujima.

Saeko Busujima had also just left carrying quite a few ingredients and was now preparing dinner. But it wasn't being prepared for everyone—it was being prepared for him.

That is to say, it would be a candlelight dinner for two.

Senior Saeko Busujima had also very openly announced this, asking everyone to give the two of them some alone time.

This declaration was quite naked—it could already be called a confession, a real confession, somewhat different in nature from Saya Takagi's noon incident.

So now Saya Takagi was biting her lip hard, somewhat unwilling.

Why was she so conflicted? Why couldn't she just be straightforward?

Thinking about how the two would be alone together, Saya Takagi couldn't help but recall that scene she had witnessed that day.

Senior Saeko Busujima had actually, even with her watching, slowly eaten that thing. And she had even licked clean the surface residue from what had produced that thing.

That image really made Saya Takagi's brain feel dizzy.

And here at the apartment.

A deep purple-haired girl wearing an apron was gently stirring the thick soup in the pot with a spoon.

Looking at the gradually darkening night, she covered the pot, then went to get candles and lit them, decorating with a somewhat atmospheric touch.

This room had originally been uninhabited, so the interior was rather plain.

When night truly fell, Saeko Busujima had placed dish after dish of delicious food on the dining table.

These dishes were somewhat different from the recipes of her country—they should be called chinese cuisine.

Saeko Busujima had carefully noticed this point—he seemed to prefer chinese food.

Not only that, but his mannerisms and behavior also seemed to match people from that country.

So today, when she cooked for him again, she had prepared this chinese cuisine as a little surprise, hoping it would suit his taste.

As for the afternoon confession, that had been a real confession.

Although they had only known each other for four days, which seemed rather hasty, Saeko Busujima absolutely wouldn't regret anything.

Regarding this confession, he had been somewhat surprised, and his response was that he couldn't give her any guarantees, which she understood.

Perhaps the time she and he could be lovers would only be the time he could still stay...

When that time came, Saeko Busujima, who would never see him again, would only experience pain and loneliness.

But she absolutely wouldn't regret it.

Mm, everything was about ready—just waiting for him to come over.

Landing on the apartment building rooftop.

After disengaging his armament, it transformed into a stealth fighter and soared into the sky.

Ejie, heading back to Tokonosu City's harbor, was also somewhat looking forward to what little surprise Saeko Busujima would give him.

His reason for going back to that city was that quite a few pharmaceuticals were piled up at the port. But they were placed too far inside, requiring the outer shipping containers to be moved first.

Unfortunately, due to the EMP attack, most of the equipment here was also damaged, making it difficult to move them.

Moreover, it would make a lot of noise and attract large numbers of dead bodies, so they needed him to come over and laser-cut a passage.

The general situation of this world had been confirmed by Ejie—most institutions had collapsed considerably. And various places around the world had indeed erupted in nuclear warfare of a certain scale.

Because "Syringe" had been very thorough—D99-related development wasn't just in drugs, but also involved new pharmaceuticals from recent years that could circulate widely.

Besides these, food products, cosmetics, feed, cigarettes, and other areas spread across the globe, penetrating into every corner of the world.

This didn't mean the "Syringe" organization was so terrifyingly powerful—mainly it was their financial backers' industries mutually benefiting from cooperation.

These financial backers just hadn't expected it would lead to such an apocalypse.

So regardless of how wealthy, powerful, or well-guarded people and places were, most had been invaded by the virus.

Actually, the people who survived also carried some related viruses to some degree. It's just that because the amount was relatively small, it hadn't been activated by the solar storm.

Alright, he stopped thinking about these things because he had reached the door.

He didn't knock but directly opened the door—there was also a sign hanging on the door saying "ready."

After pushing it open, he felt the aroma of food that made him slightly nostalgic, and a sense of longing welled up in his heart.

Following the source of the aroma, what finally came into view were familiar dishes that made him slightly dazed.

But what made him even more dazed was the beautiful cook nearby—a beautiful cook wearing only an apron.

"Welcome back. Will you eat first? Bath first? Or eat me first?"

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