As far as looks went, she really was quite pretty. In his opinion, she was even more beautiful than Ibuki Mio.
But aside from her looks, she was practically useless.
"Um..."
Manabe Shiho coyly tapped her index fingers together, making it obvious she wanted something in return.
What a shallow woman.
Even so, Ye Yunchuan merely glanced at her expressionlessly and said,
"Go on. What do you want?"
"Handsome, I've been hungry for almost two days. Could you give me something to eat?"
"..." Ye Yunchuan said nothing. He simply tossed a piece of bread and a bottle of milk in front of her.
"Food!"
The moment Manabe Shiho saw the food, she pounced on it, tore open the plastic packaging, and began wolfing it down.
"There really is food!"
"Wasn't all the food on the island moved away? Where did he get that?"
"Ugh, I'm so hungry. I want some too."
At the sight, the people from Class C all swallowed instinctively.
Hearing them, Ye Yunchuan smiled.
"Want some? If you follow me, you'll get at least one meal a day."
"As long as you give us food, we'll do whatever you say!"
They were already starving. If someone had food, they were king. They couldn't care less whether Ye Yunchuan was from Class C.
As for Ryuen?
He'd lost that right the moment Ye Yunchuan defeated him.
"You've eaten enough. Tell me where Class B is."
Less than a minute later, Ye Yunchuan impatiently urged her on.
"I overheard this from Ryuen and the others. Class B is around a villa by the sea. They have fish there, and Ryuen was planning to take us over and steal their food."
Manabe Shiho didn't dare try to trick Ye Yunchuan, and immediately told him what she knew.
"Fish? I see. They've been easing their food shortage by fishing."
At first, Ye Yunchuan had been just as baffled.
After all, he'd moved all the food on the island. Even what little remained wouldn't have been enough to feed an entire class.
He hadn't expected Class B to solve their food shortage by catching fish in the sea.
He had to admit, they were pretty resourceful.
Unfortunately, they wouldn't be able to hold on to the fruits of their labor for much longer.
"Manabe, you actually betrayed us!"
Ibuki Mio gritted her teeth, clearly furious at Manabe Shiho's actions.
She and Ryuen had accidentally spotted Class B fishing by the sea.
They'd planned to go there before Class B took over the area, but Ye Yunchuan had stopped them before they could even leave.
"Betrayed you? I'm Master Yunchuan's person now. How can you call that betrayal?"
Manabe Shiho simpered. Then she fixed her makeup and said,
"Master Yunchuan, I'm no less pretty than that Ibuki woman. Could I be your woman too?"
Ye Yunchuan merely glanced at her, then turned to Ibuki Mio and said,
"Show me the way, Ibuki. I'm sure you know where Class B's base is, right?"
"Hmph! I found that place. Why should I take you there?"
Ibuki Mio was clearly defiant toward Ye Yunchuan.
Ye Yunchuan leaned close to Ibuki Mio's ear and whispered,
"Ibuki, you wouldn't want Ryuen getting hurt right in front of you, would you?"
"You... how despicable!"
Feeling his breath against her ear, Ibuki Mio was both embarrassed and furious. She hated Ye Yunchuan to the core.
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"Class B really has managed to pull themselves together in just a few days and even set up a fishing ground by the sea. You have to hand it to them."
Ye Yunchuan looked at the few wooden boats moored beside the seaside villa, then at the Class B students standing guard outside.
Even Ye Yunchuan had to admire Class B's unity.
Before the apocalypse, this bunch of goody-two-shoes from Class B wouldn't have stood a chance of surviving in the cruel school.
But things were different now. Their strong unity had helped them protect most of their classmates right from the start, giving them a huge advantage.
Still, that would only last through the early stages.
By the middle and later stages, their naive nature would still get them killed in the brutal struggle against the outside world.
Rather than let them drown in their naivety,
he might as well teach them a lesson himself.
That had been Ye Yunchuan's plan.
But plans never kept up with changes.
"Something's wrong! There's a monster inside the villa! Ichinose's group has suffered heavy losses. Hurry back and help!"
A bloodstained boy suddenly ran out of the villa.
Seeing him,
the students on guard had no choice but to abandon their posts and rush inside at once.
"Looks like they're in trouble. What should we do?"
Sakayanagi Arisu watched with an air of amusement.
"Let's go take a look."
Ye Yunchuan easily used Xiao Hei to break the villa's lock, then had it open the door from the inside for him.
"What kind of monster is that?"
Ichinose Honami was facing the greatest crisis of her life.
As she watched the muscular, leopard-shaped monster move like a ghost, claiming the lives of her classmates one after another, despair gradually filled Ichinose Honami's eyes...
"Run, everyone! If we stay here, we'll all die!"
"Run, Ichinose!"
Seeing Ichinose still standing there in a daze, a girl with twin tails hurried over and grabbed her hand.
"What are you doing here? Hurry and go! It's dangerous, Himeno!"
Ichinose quickly pushed the twin-tailed girl away.
"Then come with me!"
The girl panicked. The monster's attention had already shifted toward them.
"Take everyone and go, Himeno. We can't stay here."
"What about you?"
"I'll hold off the monster and buy you time to escape."
"No! How can I let you act as bait, Ichinose? You're much more important to everyone than someone as insignificant as me."
To everyone's surprise, the girl named Himeno stopped Ichinose.
"Himeno..."
Before Ichinose could react, Himeno threw the water bottle in her hand. It smacked into the Sprinter's head with a loud thud.
"Roar!" The Sprinter flew into a rage.
It was a predator. It had let the prey go without hunting them, and now this bit of food dared to provoke it.
Himeno Yuki had drawn its attention.
"Come get me, you ugly thing!"
Once she had its attention, Himeno Yuki sprinted upstairs as fast as she could.
"No, Himeno Yuki, that's too dangerous..."
Ichinose came to her senses and tried to stop Himeno Yuki, but it was already too late.
"Come on, Honami! We have to go, now!"
After Himeno Yuki left,
a short-haired girl appeared from somewhere and grabbed Ichinose Honami's hand.
"But Himeno..."
"Himeno sacrificed herself to save you. You have to get everyone out of here alive."
Shiranami Chihiro watched the direction Himeno Yuki had gone with a complicated expression.
To be honest, she was a little jealous of her.
By rights, she should have been the one to sacrifice herself to protect Ichinose.
But faced with a monster that terrifying, she hadn't had the courage to step forward.
"What should I do?"
Even so, Ichinose was still lost. She couldn't bring herself to abandon Himeno Yuki, who had risked her life to save her.
Should she lead everyone in escaping, or turn back to save Himeno Yuki?
Ichinose Honami was caught between two impossible choices.
"Still hesitating? You're a pretty unqualified leader."
Seeing Ichinose still lost in thought, Ye Yunchuan stepped out with his group, unable to watch any longer.
"Who are you people?!"
Seeing the large group emerge, the timid Shiranami Chihiro froze on the spot.
"You're..."
Ichinose Honami had come to her senses, but still looked at the group warily.
"So this is Ichinose Honami?"
Ye Yunchuan was a little surprised.
When he'd seen the illustrations, he hadn't thought much of Ichinose Honami. At most, he'd have put her on the same level as Hasebe Haruka.
He'd even thought she wasn't as pretty as Hasebe.
But now that he was seeing her up close, even he—someone who'd seen countless beauties—found her stunning.
It was no wonder Ichinose Honami was said to be every bit as beautiful as Horikita Suzune in the novel.
Her looks and figure were seriously impressive.
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