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The Last Man in the Universe

A man with a unique name, Ue (spelling; Yu), decides to accept an offer to join a program called 'Into The Hole' because he is bored with his life. The program requires someone to be flown and enter a Black Hole which for thousands of years has always been a mystery to scientists. This program is sponsored by Hidetoshi Akimura, who spent his entire life dedicated to studying a Black Hole which they named the Black Eye, somewhere in the Norma Arm, Milky Way. While Ue is on his mission to the Black Eye, there is chaos on Earth, a catastrophe that nearly wipes out humanity. The disaster was caused by the Healer serum, a serum previously touted as a miracle serum and highly revered by the public, now become a deadly serum that wipes out more than two-thirds of the Earth's population. Can Ue complete his mission? And what about the fate of the remaining human beings on Earth? Find the answer in this novel.

Ando_Ajo · Sci-fi
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172 Chs

Unexpected Luck

"Fucking-asshole…!" cursed the thug who was near the liquor cupboard. He immediately grabbed one of the firearms on the table. "You guys are really unreliable! Piece-of-shit! Taking care of just one rat you ain't good enough!"

Yu, who realized that his position would not be advantageous if he intended to fight the five people, immediately got up. He grabbed his clothes as he ran towards the big door.

"Don't run you, damn rat!" shouted the boss of the four thugs. He pointed the muzzle of the gun in his hand, aiming at Yu's back. "You are dead now…!"

Bang!

The sound of gunshots sounded quite deafening in a room like this one.

Yu lowered his head quickly. Maybe the thug wasn't used to using firearms, or maybe the gun itself had to be repaired before being used. But for sure, thanks to that, Yu was not hit by the shot.

The young man ran as fast as he could, even though he still had time to close the only door.

Slam!

The door slammed shut. Yu fell down but quickly got back up to save his life.

He didn't have time to just grab a jerry can in the kitchen filled with drinking water, Yu continued to run towards the food storage room, climbing quickly to enter the ceiling of the room without clothes.

He recognized every inch of the underground space better than anyone. Of course, Yu could easily have arrived at the entrance of the secret passage much quicker.

Yu in the previous days had thought about the worst possible things that he would face in the room. And yes, he had designed and made some kind of trap.

Once he was at the highest part of the building, Yu kicked up an array of stones, boards, and several boxes.

Thump!

Crash!

The passage near the entrance collapsed, Yu even heard someone yelling at him very harshly, then repeated gunshots. Yu who was still frightened immediately crawled out of there.

Yu still heard the rumbling sound of the ceiling collapsing which he had been making his secret passage for. There would be no chance for the five thugs to get out of the underground now.

"You bastard…!" cursed the leader of the thugs. He had to go down because of the dust and sand that scattered about his face and head. He coughed as he covered his eyes. "Damn you, piece-of-shit…!"

Four of his herd caught up. Two were drenched, and two others had the same broken nose and injured lips.

"What are we going to do now, Boss?" asked the drenched girl.

"Argh…!" the man slammed his hand hard, punching the empty air. "What else, huh?!" he rebuked his four colleagues. "Way out! Find a way out!"

But there was nothing the four comrades could do. The problem is, they both don't know the ins and outs of the underground room. The only entrance they knew of was now closed forever. Unless they're a mole, well, they'll surely get out of there pretty easily.

Yu was panting under the only rubble in the middle of the desert.

"It's, it's over…" he said, one hand resting on the wall of rubble, he glanced down. The sand was still moving as if sucked. "Ev–Everything is covered in sand. Just die down there, you bastard…!" Yu suddenly screamed so loudly that his voice became hoarse.

He held his breath so that his chest wouldn't be too tight, and after that, Yu put on his clothes.

"Damn girls!" he said. "You think I'm an easy guy, do you, huh?! Now, die down there, rotting forever!"

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"Wow…!" Alina was stunned to hear the story from Yu's mouth just now, even the food in front of her became cold because she didn't touch it. "Just barely, huh?"

"Yeah," Yu nodded as he chewed the food in his mouth. "I guess I'm lucky enough because I've never looked after those two guns before."

Alina giggled. "No," she said.

"No?" One of the man's eyebrows rose higher than the others.

"I mean, not about the shot."

"Then, what?"

"You almost lost your virginity to those two delinquents!" and yes, continuing with the beautiful doctor's laughter which she could no longer hold.

"Damn you!" Yu said and laughed along with the doctor.

"I mean, you always said to be able to feel the pleasure of making love, right? Why not just give up? Not bad, huh, you can make love to two girls at once?"

"Yea, yea…" Yu let out a long sigh. "Unless those two are really clean, or I would never want to do that at all."

"Well, I think you have a good decision," Alina smiled, at least she saw an unusual charm in the man. "Then, what happened after that? Yeah, I think you're right, those thugs will die eventually from running out of food and water."

"Nothing special," said Yu. "I was forced to return to my previous life, on the streets, scavenging trash to just fill an empty stomach. In fact, most of the time I fast because there is no food that I can find."

Alina took a deep breath. Well, that sounds pretty pathetic to her.

"From there, I ended up taking a ship to Java," said Yu a few moments later after the silence between the two of them. "Even then, I was actually riding secretly by hiding on the deck carrying goods."

"You're desperate," said Alina.

"I had to," Yu replied. "If mainland Sumatra doesn't give me another chance, wouldn't it be better if I tried in another land?"

"Well, I guess you're right." The next second Alina stood up with her metal plate at the same time. "All right, Yu. See you tomorrow."

Yu smiled and nodded. When Alina came out of the room, Yu remained in his chair while finishing the rest of the food on his plate. Also, two kinds of drinks in front of him.

Leaving food is not in his nature. Yu knew exactly what it was like to be hungry for days. That's why, while at the Akimura facility, Yu always finished the food that was given to him.

Fifteen minutes later, then Yu finished eating his food and drink. After that, he returned to his room to get a break before the session at the pool he had to do in the afternoon.

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