Doomsday Leader Reborn As A High School Girl

Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the afternoon, the sun was shining the brightest, and the sound of crickets could be heard continuously.

Su Junxin had bought a microwaveable lunchbox at a convenience store. Then, she climbed to the top floor of the school building and found a cool spot to sit down, enjoying her lunch together with Rightie as she continued drawing up the blueprint of her safe zone. 

That’s right; she was planning to build a safe zone of her own.

She had already endured and fought her way through for ten years during the apocalypse, suffering countless tough moments and injuries; hence, she did not wish to relive those moments again. She decided to take advantage of her rebirth and build a safe zone that belonged to herself. ‘When the end of the world comes again in three years, this will become the world’s strongest base with an impenetrable defense!’

At the thought of her grand plans, Su Junxin suddenly had a wave of indescribable passion welling up inside her; her entire body was instantly filled with inexhaustible energy.

She raised her head to look at the cloudless sky, and her eyes were simply filled with ambition. However, at the same time, her sharp senses suddenly noticed that there was an unfamiliar presence creeping close towards her. As she turned her head, her right hand swiftly reached out and even hugged Rightie, who was munching on a piece of beef, into her embrace.

A tall figure suddenly appeared within her sights.

Because Su Junxin was against the light, she could not clearly see what the other party looked like. However, she was able to confirm that it was a tall male.

She raised her eyebrow slightly and had her guard up as she stared at him. Although she was still in a seated posture, she had already subconsciously readied herself in a defensive position. 

Qin You stopped in his tracks for a moment about two steps away from Su Junxin. There was a hint of apologeticness in his voice as he said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know that there was someone else here.”

When she heard that it was the voice of a male student, Su Junxin lowered her guard and casually replied, “It’s fine.”

However, just as she was about to retract her gaze, the sun that was shining high up in the sky was suddenly covered by some clouds, allowing her to make out the man’s face clearly.

“Plunk.”

The chopsticks in her hand dropped onto the floor as Su Junxin took a deep breath in disbelief.

“Cloud?!”

…

Su Junxin would never have been able to forget that face for the rest of her life.

Nobody knew Cloud’s real name. However, over the ten years during the end of the world, Su Junxin would hear someone mentioning his name almost every day.

He would always be wearing a butterfly-shaped half-mask and would never show his true face in front of others; he has also never shown his superpowers. Nevertheless, he was able to build the world’s largest safe zone at the mere age of 25.

So long as there was a homeless person who had sought his help, he would definitely open his doors for them.

He was hailed as the world’s savior! After he disappeared, the people had used his name to name their safe zones. His disappearance had always remained a mystery. However, only Su Junxin knew that he had been murdered by none other than herself.

That evening, she personally removed his mask and watched as his corpse was burned to ashes and scattered by the hills. Only she knew what Cloud looked like in the entire world.

At that very moment, a person who had the exact same face as Cloud had suddenly appeared in front of her.

Su Junxin looked at the young man, and a sudden surge of lightning seemed to have struck her mind, causing each and every one of her nerves to be instantly ignited to the point where one could hear some immense “crackling” noises.

When Qin You noticed her expression changing, he blinked his eyes in suspicion.

Then, he subconsciously took a step forward and was a little worried as he asked, “Are you alright?”

Su Junxin suddenly regained her senses and swiftly stood up to distance herself from him; her voice had changed due to her nervousness.

“Hold up! What’s your name? Which year are you in?”

“… My name is Qin You; I’m in my second year.” He paused for a moment before revealing a friendly smile. His pale lips arched into an angle that made him look pleasant, and the dimples on the sides of his cheeks made his slightly aggressive appearance seem a little more friendly. 

When Su Junxin heard him, her eyebrows were knitted even tighter.

‘Second year… That means he’s around 17 years old. But, in my memories, Cloud was five years older than me. So, if I were to backtrack it to this timeline, he should be 19 years old now and should’ve already been in college long ago.

‘Although this Qin You person has the exact same appearance as Cloud, their ages don’t tally up. On second thought, both have different gazes, and their personalities are vastly different.

‘Cloud’s gaze was always calm and intelligent… he was quiet and introverted, giving off the feeling that he was like an unsoiled lotus flower. However, this person before me has the gaze akin to a deer who has just entered a new village for the first time – both passionate and curious. One look at him is enough to tell that he’s a talkative, silly kid who can be very easily tricked.’

At that thought of that, Su Junxin very quickly calmed herself down.

She sized up Qin You before she carefully asked, “Do you have an older brother who looks just like you?”

Qin You shook his head and very honestly answered, “I’m the only child, and I don’t have any cousins either.”

Su Junxin nodded after understanding the situation. Very soon, she had come up with a reasonable explanation for everything that’s happened. ‘Since I was already able to be reborn into a person who has the exact same face as I do, it’s obvious that this world is filled with wonder and mysteries. So, it wouldn’t be strange for a person who looks exactly like Cloud to show up again…’

“What about you?” Qin You suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

Su Junxin was startled for a moment. “What?”

“Your name. I’ve already told you so much, shouldn’t you at least tell me what your name?”

She pursed her lips as she very briefly replied, “Su Junxin, Jun derived from nobility, and Xin derived from happiness.”

Qin You lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before smiling as he looked at her.

“The five tones resonate in unison, causing the King to be happy and in good health. The King secretly means nobility, while happy secretly means glee… Your name is very well thought through.”

His expression was extremely sincere, but Su Junxin could only faintly raise her lips as she thanked him insincerely. 

She did not wish to be affiliated with that man any longer, so she packed up her stuff and prepared to leave. However, she was once again called out by him.

“Hold on, Student Su, your arm… Have you injured yourself?” Qin You, who had shock in his tone, asked. 

Su Junxin instantly stopped in her tracks and lowered her eyes to glance at her left arm, which was revealed through her short sleeve.

The wound that Liu Ya had inflicted with her fingernails last night may have been ghastly, but it was already slowly healing, so Su Junxin did not seem to be bothered as she shrugged. “I was scratched.”

“Scratched? Was it by a cat? I used to have a cat that loved to scratch others as well,” Qin You replied very naturally.

Su Junxin turned around to look at him after hearing his reply. She remained silent for a few seconds before expressionlessly opening her mouth.

“No, it was a mouse, a very big mouse.”

When she noticed how the talkative young man had finally been shocked by her words, Su Junxin’s mood improved, and she curled up her lips in satisfaction before swiftly disappearing by the stairs.

When the sound of her footsteps disappeared, Qin You finally got out of his faze.

He lowered his eyes, and his extremely long eyebrows covered the emotion beneath his eyes as he helplessly scoffed.

“Scratched by a mouse… To think that you would even be able to come up with that excuse.”

…

There was no self-study session during the first day of school, so Su Junxin went to the washroom once school was over. When she returned to her seat and was about to pick up her bags to leave, something suddenly dropped from inside her drawer. It was a rectangular-shaped box.

She stopped for a moment before she turned around to pick it up. Then, her gaze swiftly scanned through the English letters on the packaging.

“Quick-Action Scar Remover?”

Su Junxin suspiciously blinked her eyes when she suddenly seemed to make light of the situation and recalled the young man called Qin You whom she met on the top floor that afternoon.

‘Could this have been given by him?’

Her eyebrow arched upwards very slightly. After thinking for a moment, she still decided to place the cream back into her drawer to return to Qin You the next day. With that, she quickly headed home.

The moment she stepped on the first step of stairs in her villa, her sharp instinct for danger caused her to instantly stop breathing as she quickly took a large step back.

In the next second, a large pail of black-colored blood fell from above, landing right on the spot where she had just stood a second ago.

The pungent stench of blood instantly bombarded the entire forecourt.

Su Junxin lowered her eyes to look at the single drop of blood that had stained her shoe and slowly raised her head, fixing her gaze at two pairs of terrified eyes on the second-floor window sill. Then, she casually curled her lips upwards.

“Mom, what are you doing?”