THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS-Chapter 138: What The End Of The World Tastes Like

A/N: Important info, please... Shino’s amputated arm is actually his right arm not left, in case I mistakenly said left, it’s actually right. Thanks for understanding.

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"Is this what the end of the world tastes like?" Homura said, shivering with anime tears before sobbing. "I want cooked food"

He could literally smell the aura of a home cooked meal, it caused more tears to spill, He fed only his senses at this point, leaving his tongue to taste what the end of the world was.

More spilling sounds could be heard in the wide area of other groups seating and eating.

Murmurs filled the area, as everyone rejected the meal instantly, some cried and reminisced about the time there was something decent to eat.

Ten of course was on his third cup of ramen.

"HEY SUPPLY TEAM! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!" Ryu shouts from the rooftop with white eyes.

Daiki checked the rest of the food supply along with Yumi, they both sweat drop behind their heads. They were doomed if this was all they had to eat during their stay in the outside world.

If the Kaiju don’t kill them first then the food definitely will.

"It’s all the same," Yumi said, sighing out smoke. Before tears spilled. "We’re doomed, more doomed"

"The bread still smells okay though," Daiki said with a shrug. It was this or nothing.

"Let’s check the date to be sure," Yumi said, yanking the bread off his hands.

Fuijo checked the rest.

"I guess these were the supplies movable, we will have to make do," Fuijo said, sighing. They didn’t have any other choice, it was either this or starve.

"We needn’t worry," Sakura said, stepping forward, and they turned to her.

"Sergeant Tori said the food was well preserved over the years, the date is just there for nothing," she said.

A moment of silence passed. And of course, only the sound of Ten slurping his noodles could be heard.

They sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness

"I thought I would die with a running stomach"

"hehe that sounds like a decent way to go"

"Don’t be stupid!"

"Look Ten keeps eating!"

"Is he on the 10th cup now?"

"Hey Ten, don’t eat through everything!" Shino scolded, causing Ten to freeze up like a block of ice.

"Forget this if the ramen won’t kill us, the shortage of rations will"

"Don’t sound so depressing!"

"Hmph! Amateurs" Ten declared with an evil grin. "Even if it were expired, the nutrient is nutrient"

***

Tori dug into his ramen, which was covered in a transparent glass shield from a device he placed under, to prevent the infected air from penetrating, the noodles passed through the glass shield glass in a mirage, to his mouth, avoiding contamination.

His gaze gifts to Kazuya at a corner where her things were set up, on a piece of wood they placed properly like a table, and her computers were on it.

"Where should we keep this, ma’am?" San said he and Emiko were both carrying a black box.

"Over there but don’t unpack it yet, remember we are only staying here temporarily" she states.

San and Emiko nod, dropping it.

"Where’s Ryu, I need help installing the antenna so that I can gain some service," she said.

"He’s helping with guard duty," Emiko said.

"There isn’t much manpower in the field team so he offered to help" she added.

"I see," Kazuya said, facing the computers.

"It’s just three of you on my team now, huh?" She adds with sad eyes.

San and Emiko look dropped.

Tori pauses his eating action as his eyes sadden, he looks away.

"Both of you help me with the rest then, I need some help setting the antenna, as soon as I’m done connecting you take the boxes back to the Hellhound".

"Yes ma’am!".

***

"Here," Kaneki said, handing a cup of ramen to Sand, he was seated all by himself on the wood rooftop watching the others down as they ate, some engaging in small talk and some just sitting by themselves.

Sand turned to Kaneki.

"I heated it up, even though it’s expired and tastes a little sour, it’s still pretty good," Kaneki said.

"I’m not hungry, bruh," Sand said, facing downward.

Kaneki sighs, taking a seat on the wood beside him.

"I didn’t see you fight with the others, been looking for you, you know, I was worried," he said, opening his cup of ramen as he ate from his.

Sand was silent, he didn’t say a thing.

"First off, We suffered many casualties, a lot of injuries, Dr. Kashi said it would take days before they heal, so for the time being we’re stuck here until we can continue our journey," he said.

"Fuck bruh... most of our supplies are gone, there ain’t much we can do at this point," Sand said sternly.

Kaneki paused his eating actions.

"It’s weird not seeing your creepy smile," Kaneki said.

"You still blame yourself for Hanka’s death, don’t you?" he adds.

Sand’s fist clenched hard.

"It’s not your fault, we all lost a friend today and we couldn’t do anything about it, so stop hurting yourself!"

"You weren’t there," Sand said with a shaky voice.

He stared at his trembling palm before his gaze.

"I was holding it bruh... I was holding onto the wire" he trembled more.

"And yet I just let it slide my hand, not doing a damn thing, ya know".

"I saw Sand... and it wasn’t your fault, she sacrificed herself for you because she wanted you to live, not live blaming yourself for the rest of your life, snap out of it!" Kaneki hissed.

Sand’s teeth clenched in a tight hold as he rose to his feet.

"Sand!".

"Just leave me alone bruh!" he snaps as his fist clenches more.

"I wish I was the one who died instead of her" he adds as he walks away.

Kaneki watched as he left, his eyes shaking.

***

"So it just went back to being the normal useless stick it was," Ten said, adjusting his glasses and observing Hiro’s blood weapon, which was back to the black stick.

"I thought of speaking to Engr. Kazuya about it" Hiro said he needed an explanation about it.

"Well, Engr. Kazuya forged our blood weapon according to our blood type, and requested, there isn’t much she can do, the activation is up to us" Ten said, handing Hiro back his stick.

"But I never told her what I wanted, I simply just said I hate guns," Hiro said.

"Well that explains it, Hiro," Haya said.

They turned to her.

"You said you hate guns and then she gave you this instead so that what you desire will forge as your weapon, it’s a really deep manipulation if you ask me, Engr. Kazuya is a design genius, a genius known for inventing weapons beyond our wildest imagination and more adding our infected blood that can manipulate objects" she explained.

"That explains it," Shino said.

"It’s not just about Engr. Kazuya design but our blood, what we are capable of and how we manipulate objects to our use" he said.

"So you mean" Hiro’s fist tightens.

"It’s transformed because of my blood"

’Blood is still mutating’ Ten thought with shaky eyes. ’Was able to create that much effect... but’ he thought deeply, he remembered the astonished look on Dr. Touka’s face.

’From her looks... it could be because Hiro must have so suddenly entered the Sp3 stage which we’re all in, it’s only explainable’ his eyes land on Hiro. ’Hiro could be in the Sp3 stage right now’

Homura’s eyes landed on his blood weapon lying beside him, it was in a brown pack so it couldn’t be seen. A blood weapon he hasn’t used, his eyes sadden.

He observed the others he sat with. ’All of them’ his eyes shook. ’They look strong, they have all faced death... and I’ he trembles more.

*

"Wanting to live..." Hiro began.

"And being a coward are two different things"

*

He froze as his eyes widened when he remembered Hiro’s words to him one year ago, his looks darkened as he slowly rose to his feet grabbing his blood weapon.

"I’m sleepy so I will head out first," Homura said with a forced smile against his lips.

"Sure Homura" Shino said with a smile against his lips.

Homura’s eyes shake. ’Even after the state he’s in, he still smiles’ he thought looking away.

"See you guys later," he said, turning to leave.

His lips pressed in a thin line.

"He doesn’t look like he’s okay," Yuki said with a straight face.

"Everyone is still pretty shaken up about what happened, give him a break Yuki," Ten said, raising an eyebrow.

Yuki just shrugs.