Chapter 7: Is Yukinoshita Yukino Missing?
After getting the reading glasses, Jun felt very excited. He didn't miss a single spot in the cabin and hurried to search every corner, no matter how small.
Then I went to business class, and then to first class.
The crew room and the cockpit... This door was locked. After Jun kicked it twice in frustration, he finally gave up.
But now, he had a big harvest.
He found a full box of plastic tableware in business class, and a box of tissues...
The plastic knives inside were much sharper than expected. Kato Jun also put the foam-wrapped lens into that box of tableware.
As soon as Kato Jun entered first class, he started to act very strangely.
He found a wristwatch in first class, and also a dead body in the water...
Honestly, it was disgusting.
But he put up with the bad smell and feeling sick, and kept searching through first class.
A first aid kit!
This was a life-saving item!
When Kato Jun saw the white box with a red cross on it, he was very excited. He didn't care about the dead body in the water. He immediately swam over and grabbed the box.
Huff...
Jun swam out of the airplane. Seeing the dead body made him feel strange, but he couldn't help but smile because of what he had done.
After resting for a while, Kato Jun remembered that there might still be one place he hadn't checked.
The cargo hold!
Just the name sounded like a treasure trove.
Some cargo and large passenger luggage were usually stored there.
The cargo hold was usually located below the passenger cabin.
To get in, Jun had to hold his breath, figure out how to open the cargo hold door, and only then could he enter and search for items.
It was very risky. If they opened the cargo hold, seawater might rush in and sink the plane to the bottom of the ocean.
That would be very dangerous.
Forget it, let's wait and see!
Jun dived back into the sea.
He found the cargo hold door, but it was sealed tightly with no gap at all.
If you wanted to enter, you'd probably have to go to the captain's room, try to activate the emergency switch, and enter through the cabin's emergency door.
Hah... ha...
After coming back up, Jun stopped exploring.
Today's harvest was a surprise.
He found not only things to start a fire, but also a lot of other supplies.
This was enough to survive until the rescue team arrived.
But is there really a rescue team?
Jun still felt a little uneasy.
He sat on the plane wreckage and counted the things he had found.
A box of tableware, a first aid kit, a pair of reading glasses, a box of tissues, a mechanical watch, a woman's handbag (most likely a flight attendant's), and a small bundle of plastic rope.
The handbag was also found in first class, while the plastic rope was discovered during his second dive, behind the passenger cabin door.
It was already noon.
If he didn't return to the island now, he wouldn't be able to use the reading lens to start a fire today.
Jun realized this and put all his findings on a plastic float. He started the journey back, wearing Yukino's school uniform.
Let's hope we can start a fire today.
Jun activated his skill, conserved his stamina, and swam toward the island's shore, smiling, carrying a full load of harvest like a little motorboat that never gets tired.
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"Yukinoshita! Yukinoshita-san!"
Jun looked for Yukino on the beach, but she wasn't there. He had left her there that morning.
He followed the faint footprints in the sand to the cave where they had slept the night before.
"Where did she go?"
At the cave entrance, Jun only saw her school uniform jacket, but there was no sign of Yukinoshita.
Did something happen?
Jun put the plane wreckage at the edge of the hole, then walked forward with a worried look on his face.
Could it be that Yukinoshita-san didn't follow my advice and went into the dense forest, risking her life to look for water?
Jun looked for Yukino, worried.
Then...
He found his clothes folded neatly on a rock.
The underwear patterns made it clear that the owner was Yukino.
In other words...
Jun felt compelled to walk toward the shallow waters behind the rocks.
"Yukinoshita-san...?"
As he expected, Yukinoshita Yukino was bathing naked in the sea.
After the seawater dried on her body yesterday, Yukinoshita found that a lot of sea salt, like fine sand, had stuck to her skin. This made her feel very uncomfortable.
While looking for fresh water, she accidentally found this cool, clean shallow bay and wanted to jump in and enjoy the seawater.
Yukino—
Her skin was very pale.
Jun stared blankly at the girl cleaning her body in the sea. His eyes froze for a moment.
"Ah!"
Yukino noticed someone had arrived and quickly covered her flat body and crouched down in the shallow bay.
But the water was so clear and clean that it didn't block the view.
"Kato-kun!"
When Yukino saw someone staring at her, her face turned red.
"Oh, sorry. I was just looking for you... I'll turn around now!"
After calming his pounding heart, Jun turned his back.
"Get away from here!"
Once she calmed down a bit, Yukino understood why Jun had come looking for her.
But she still looked unhappy.
Living together in a cave was bad enough, and now even her body...
Yukino looked angrily at the boy who was standing a short distance away. She was relieved when she found out he was really gone.
Then, she started putting her clothes back on.
However, her pair of black knee-high stockings were already torn and couldn't be worn again.
Yukino knew very well how tempting a pair of ripped black stockings could be to a teenage boy.
She didn't want to mislead anyone.
Even though Kato-san wasn't a creep, she still had to protect herself.
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