Although it felt a bit weird and acidic to eat raw coconuts so early in the morning, Yukinoshita Yukino couldn’t find any other food on the beach.
As for the dense, dark jungle directly behind the coconut trees, she did not dare to easily set foot in it without a weapon.
“Kato-san, what should we do next?”
Yukinoshita Yukino sat on the sun-warmed beach in a daze, looking out at the endless, sparkling sea in front of her.
After the terrifying events of yesterday, before she even realized it, the famously proud and independent Yukinoshita Yukino had already begun to regard Kato Jun as the absolute backbone of her survival on this deserted island.
“Next…”
The transparent status bar panel Kato Jun had seen yesterday was definitely not a hallucination, as he could clearly see the updated status values floating above Yukinoshita’s head today.
[Name: Yukinoshita Yukino] [Hunger Value: 80/80 (Full)] [Health: 100/100] [Stamina: 80/90] [SAN Value (Sanity): 148/150] [Affinity: 20]
Her Affinity is going up way too fast…
Kato Jun groaned slightly in his heart; they were desperately fighting for their lives, but this bizarre system was moving at the pace of a speedrun dating sim.
“Next, since the wreckage of the plane is relatively near us, let’s use this beach as our main stronghold.”
“If a search and rescue team manages to locate the plane, they will definitely search the nearest shorelines and find us as soon as possible.”
The silent, heavy premise in Kato Jun’s mind was: Will there really even be a rescue team?
Given the utterly unrecognizable constellations in the sky last night and the sudden appearance of his system, Kato Jun had a sinking feeling that a rescue team was highly unlikely to ever appear.
“Well, what Kato-san said makes perfect logical sense.”
Ignorant of his dark thoughts, Yukinoshita Yukino nodded earnestly.
Being able to live and establish a camp relatively close to the wreckage of the plane made her feel like she was retaining some small tether to civilized society.
“So, first I need to build a grass shed or a lean-to to cover the entrance of the rock crevice in case it rains, and then…”
Yukinoshita Yukino had already retrieved her wind-dried leather shoes that she had left by the sea last night.
Although walking barefoot on the soft, warm sand actually felt quite good, she didn’t want to risk being stared at by that damned guy who always seemed to notice things.
To avoid any embarrassing incidents regarding her fair bare feet, she decisively slipped them back into her slightly stiff leather shoes.
Besides, if she needed to collect rough sticks and sharp palm leaves later, it would definitely be much safer and more convenient to wear shoes.
“We desperately need fire.
Without fire, we can’t safely eat any other food…
Of course, besides fire, finding a source of fresh water is also one of the most critical things.”
Kato Jun pointed to the raw scallops that had washed up on the beach and the little sea crabs that were scuttling through the sand.
Although the burly survival experts on TV could just bite the heads off these things and eat them raw, Kato Jun knew reality was much crueler.
If two ordinary, modern high school students ate raw seafood like that, there was a massive probability that they would contract severe parasites, suffer from extreme diarrhea, or even get violently sick and die.
“So, tell me, do you have anything at all in your pockets?
Anything will do.
Let’s see if there is an easier way for us to make a fire.”
“Something on me…?”
Hearing this, Yukinoshita Yukino hurriedly touched the damp pockets of her pleated uniform skirt.
“Sorry, I don’t have a single thing in my pockets…”
All of Yukinoshita Yukino’s personal belongings were neatly packed in her expensive handbag and her rolling suitcase.
And those things had all gone down to the bottom of the ocean with the heavy fuselage of the plane…
she was afraid they were gone forever.
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After all, the strict security checks before boarding the plane meant nobody was carrying a lighter…”
In Kato Jun’s pockets, there was only a soggy leather wallet given to him by his sister, containing a few wet, useless bills, and a handful of metal coins.
With such pathetic equipment, if they wanted to make a fire to boil water and cook crabs, they could only rely on the primitive method of friction by vigorously drilling wood.
However, Kato Jun knew full well that it is basically impossible for a modern person who has never practiced drilling wood to successfully make a fire on their first few tries.
Then, in this case…
Kato Jun turned his attention back to the massive, half-sunken wreckage of the plane out in the ocean.
Although it was several kilometers away, Kato Jun, who now possessed a literal “Stamina Lock” cheat skill, could absolutely swim back there to explore without drowning from exhaustion.
But swimming all the way out there might still lead to absolutely nothing.
There were definitely no lighters or open fire props permitted on the passenger plane.
However, it might still be possible to scavenge some wires, a battery, or a thick piece of glass that could be used to start a fire by focusing the intense sunlight.
After struggling internally with the terrifying prospect for three minutes, Kato Jun quickly made up his mind.
He had to take the risk today, because even if he didn’t go this time, he would eventually be forced to try his luck at the wreckage when their coconuts ran out.
He might as well go right now to see if there was anything useful trapped inside.
“Yukinoshita-san, we simply don’t have anything on us that can be used to start a fire.”
“So, I’ve decided to swim back out to the plane wreckage to find out if there are any tools or luggage that we can salvage…”
“You’re going to swim all the way back out there?!”
Yukinoshita Yukino’s eyes widened in shock.
“Isn’t doing something like that entirely too risky…”
TO BE CONTINUE