Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 2171 Ways to Express Gratitude and Love
That is, the sound of metal hitting cement.

In the dark underground pipeline passage, travelers are carefully advancing in search of supplies.

In the ruined city, the gray snow still hasn't stopped, and the coldness has already invaded the huge underground space under the city.

They are advancing along a track at this time - Mr. Katz, who is the Iron Man, is at the forefront, exploring the way.

Remia followed beside [Z]...Her hands were holding a long sword tightly at this moment.

She and her companions fell into the black mud and found this sword in a shop that looked like a handicraft shop after they came to this terrible city... In fact, it has not been used before, but it is stronger than enough.

"[Z], you have traveled for so long, have you encountered any other humans?"

Remia has always wanted to ask this question... perhaps because she is about to step into an unknown and dangerous place, if some questions are not asked, there may be no chance.

"Yes, not a lot." [Z] replied with a smile.

"Then where are they now?" Remia couldn't help asking quickly... Those humans, maybe other people in the holy maiden ceremony venue!

"They all lived underground." [Z] thought for a while and said, "Inside the tomb."

"..." Remia was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "That's called a corpse, okay?"

"Well, that's what Taromaru said too." [Z] nodded, "It's a human being who has turned into a corpse."

Remia couldn't help but let out a sigh, how should I put it... After getting along for a period of time, she found that Mr. [Z] had many concepts that were completely different from hers.

"Look, the space here has become larger." Kaz, the armored man who was exploring the way ahead, heard a voice.

A group of travelers walked up quickly at this time, and Katz was already holding an old oil lamp and standing a little further in front—it was indeed a quite spacious space.

"This place is much more spacious than the place we hid before."

"This seems to be called a station...Look, there are stairs here."

They even found a train with a rusted outer shell... Remia approached the train curiously, and wiped the dust on the window glass of the train with her hand.

In an instant, a withered face appeared in front of Remia.Remia was startled, backed up again and again, and finally knocked into 【Z】's arms.

【Z】Pressed Remia's shoulders with both hands, "There are also humans inside."

"...Yes, it's a corpse!" Remia said with lingering fear.

"It's well preserved inside, and we should be able to find something."

But [Z] didn't intend to refute at all, but walked to the door of a section of the carriage with the oil lamp in hand, and tried to open the door of the train carriage.

Perhaps it was because of corrosion, but the door of the carriage was not really pushed open... When it was pushed open, there was even a harsh friction sound.

"I found the treasure!" Iron Man Katz uttered a cry of surprise.

But because of its size, it couldn't get into the train at all--Taromaru was the same, even if such a huge toad squeezed in, it would probably just be stuck and unable to move.

Only [Z], Mr. [Sunny], and the little blue bird could walk in—of course, and Remia, she hesitated for a while before finally following in.

When entering the door, Remia tentatively pulled the door of the train, but found that the door could not be pulled back, it was completely corroded and stuck tightly...but [Z] easily pushed it open.

What a lot of strength!
They should have found similar trains before... After entering, Remia looked at [Z] a few, and quite skillfully opened the luggage cabinets in the train, searching for useful supplies.

Remia walked cautiously in the carriage.

Probably because the train is almost a completely enclosed space, although there are mummified corpses everywhere, there are no traces of damage...the corpses are very well preserved.

In other words, at least this train has not been attacked by those terrible monsters outside.

"Why, are these passengers sitting in the seats?" Remia couldn't help asking curiously.

On the seats of the carriage, mummified corpses, men, women, old people and children, were all sitting in their original positions, and they hadn't even unbuttoned their seat belts!
Faced with this weird and terrifying scene, as a girl, she should have been too scared to move.

But after coming to this dangerous world, she even killed monsters... Worse things happened. Although she was a little flustered at this time, it was not useless.

"Isn't this very simple!" The little blue bird landed directly on Remia's shoulder at this time: "They were sitting when they died."

"That's right..." Remia hesitated and said, "But, don't you think it's strange? How can people just sit and wait to die?"

"If they died at the same time, it's possible." Mr. [Sunny Sky] sounded like a lecturer at this time, "Student Remia, do you have any questions?"

"In the end..." Remia said in shock at this moment: "What is it that makes the people here... die in an instant?"

[Sunny Sky] Mister thought for a while and said: "These corpses don't look injured, some of them died sitting down, and they should have died at the same time... If you can do this, it's probably because you inhaled something deadly ? You see, this corpse has been grabbing his own neck, is this appearance called uncomfortable?"

Remia looked at the mummy Mr. 【Sunny】 pointed to.

The hands of the mummy completely choked his neck, and his mouth was even opened, as if he had screamed and wailed... But I am afraid that all this happened in a short time, otherwise there would be no similar struggles in the seat Mark of.

"Oops!" Remia suddenly screamed, and then quickly covered her mouth and nose.

【Z】At this time, he smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, if there is poisonous gas, we should have inhaled it when we came in. There is nothing wrong now. If there is really poisonous gas, it would have dispersed long ago. The train Although the door is closed, many places have been damaged, and it is not completely sealed. This part of the carriage is useless, let's go to the front carriage to have a look."

The little blue bird flew from Remia's shoulder to [Z]'s shoulder.

"Then I'll go to the back compartment to have a look, let's split up." Mr. [Sunny Sky] said directly at this time: "Save time."

"Okay." [Z] agreed.

Looking forward, looking back... Remia subconsciously kept up with [Z]'s pace - when passing a car seat, Remia suddenly stopped.

On the seat, there seemed to be a family of three, parents and their children, leaning on each other... When death came, they probably just fell asleep, and there was no trace of pain on their faces.

Remia clasped her hands silently, as if she was praying for something...but she quickly let go of her hands.

Praying was useless, she had tried many times.

But... if you just pray for the dead, even if there is no response from the saint, it's okay.

"May you rest in peace."

……

……

"What was it just now?"

In another carriage, [Z] suddenly looked at Remia with a trace of curiosity.

Remia didn't react for a while, showing a puzzled expression.

[Z] imitated Remia's appearance, and made the gesture of clasping hands together, "I said this, I have seen you do this gesture several times before, I have seen some pictures before, and some people can do it too Such an action, but I don't know what it means."

"This is praying." Remia subconsciously said, "Acquiesce to the gods about my wish, and pray that I can avoid disaster and live happily."

"God?" [Z] blinked, and then said: "Is this useful."

"Of course..." Remia burst out, but stopped in the end. She shook her head and hesitated: "Actually, I don't know either."

Prayer, is it really useful?
She really didn't know that when she was still in Liberty City, she would believe in it—because every prayer was always answered.

She is a candidate for the Holy Maiden, and the power of her prayers is so strong that she can even produce a radiance similar to the holy light... People in the village admire her very much when they see her.

But now, she couldn't do anything—even before her companion died, she couldn't warm her hands.

She shouldn't have any doubts about faith.But she couldn't do this now... Remia suddenly felt a sense of fear.

Perhaps... this is actually a place abandoned by saints.

In this world, apart from death, there is only death left.

In the whole world, there may be only [Z] who are still alive—she doesn’t even know whether [Z] can still be called human.

"Is that enough to pray?" [Z] asked again.

He is eager to learn, has always been like this, for any unknown and new things.

At this moment, Remia suddenly felt agitated, she suddenly reached out and clapped away [Z]'s clasped hands.

Facing the surprised look of [Z] at this time, Remia gritted her teeth and said, "Stop praying, if you have time to pray, it's better to find supplies, it's more practical."

"Hmm." [Z] was not angry, just nodded casually, and then began to search for useful supplies in this section of the carriage.

Remia opened her mouth, feeling a little regretful about her actions just now, but at this moment she wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything... She bit her lip, and silently searched around.

……

But things didn't go as expected.

They had already found the end of the train, and they didn't find much useful things, so they could only go back.

"[Z], you don't seem to be disappointed at all?" Remia seemed to have found a topic, and asked curiously: "We didn't find anything here."

[Z] said: "On the road, most of the time, we can't find anything useful, just get used to it."

"So..." Remia nodded, then gritted her teeth, and said in a low voice, "[Z], just now...I'm sorry just now, I shouldn't be angry with you."

"Just now?" He showed a puzzled look.

Remia murmured, "That's...that's when you want to pray, I..."

"I think you're right." [Z] shook his head, "It's not wrong to stop wrong behaviors in time. Since praying is useless, you stopped me, which is logically correct."

"Nor... I can't say that it was a wrong behavior." Remia smiled wryly, "I, I don't know how to explain this to you."

【Z】Smiled and said: "It's okay, you can tell me after you think it over."

[Z], if you go to [Liberty City Academy], you will be very popular, right?

Such a thought suddenly flashed in Remia's mind.

Thinking about it, she quickly took out something from her pocket - it was a book that looked completely yellowed.

"this is?"

"Just now, I found it on the seat of that family." Remia said with some apprehension: "I see that you usually like to read, so I thought about taking it down."

[Z] took the book from Remia's hands quite happily, opened it and glanced at it, "The little prince? It's like a fairy tale book, and it still has illustrations. I like this structure, Thank you, Remia."

"No, you're welcome... ah!"

She exclaimed softly.

What just happened?
Remia's breathing became short of breath in an instant!
The [Z] just reached out and brushed the hair off his forehead, and then...and kissed his forehead!

The temperature of the cheeks was rising at a terrifying speed—even reaching the position of the base of the ears.

"You, you...you, what are you doing, what are you doing!"

"Express my gratitude." [Z] said calmly: "I read some books before, saying that kissing is an act of expressing gratitude."

Well... It seems that there is such a saying, but, but I always feel that there is something wrong.

Remia was speechless for a moment, but the feeling of touch remained on her forehead, but...

[Z] At this time, he thought for a while and said: "The book says that kisses have many other meanings, such as greetings, respect, and love. Remia, if you are free, can you accompany me?" Can I experience it? I have always wondered why kissing each other's lips represents love."

As he spoke, [Z] stretched out his hand, and stroked Remia's lips lightly with his fingertips.

The girl shuddered for a moment, as if her mind went blank.

"I do not want it!!"

Suddenly, as if instinctively startled, she pushed [Z] away.

After pushing [Z] away, the girl lowered her head and hurriedly ran towards the exit compartment as if fleeing.

【Z】leaned on a seat, blinked his eyes, and saw the little blue bird squatting on the back of the seat in front of him, looking towards himself, "Let me try it with you?"

【Z】Thought it seriously, then shook his head: "I feel that I will be pecked by you, so I don't want it."

……

"I found some canned food here. I don't know if I can still eat it. Did you find anything... Remia?"

Coming back from the second half of [Sunny Day], when he walked to the exit car, he saw Remia standing alone in front of the door, motionless.

Remia heard the voice, turned her head, looked at Mr. [Sunny Sky], and said hesitantly: "Kaz and Taro Maru seem to be... gone."

Outside the train—at least in the area that can be seen by the naked eye, there is no trace of the Iron Man Katz and Gama Taromaru at this time.

(End of this chapter)