After the group wear, I became the group darling of the big guys

At dusk the next day, Lisa arrived at the suburbs at the agreed time. From here, she could already see black smoke coming out of the chemical plant not far away.

To be honest, she had never been to such a place, and couldn't imagine what a chemical plant looked like at night. But - she had to go.

【Private chat】

[Kanoin Heizo: Are you scared? Do you want me to switch roles with you? ]

【Lisa: No, I have already gotten rid of this emotion since I came here.】

Of course I was afraid. No one would not be afraid of the feeling of death, or the feeling of waiting for death, but... Lisa sat on a big rock, staring in a daze in the direction of the chemical plant.

She always felt that she had become accustomed to this feeling of quietly waiting to be destroyed and having consciousness erased.

This is the last chance, they are about to be devoured.

For some reason, such a vague thought suddenly popped up in Lisa's mind.

This was clearly the first time she had used the identity of Lisa since she could remember, yet she handled it so well. She was clearly not a student of an art academy, and she had clearly not even played the role of a tree honestly before, yet she was able to interpret a charming, complex and changeable witch so smoothly and without any mistakes.

A sentence popped into Lisa's mind: Your body can deceive you, your memory can deceive you, but your instinct can't. Trust your instinct, it will give you unexpected changes.

[Lisa: Heizo, hasn't our ■■ been ■■ed? ]

[Kanoin Heizo: What? There are many omissions in your words.]

【Lisa: ...No, nothing.】

Shikanoin Heizo was hiding not far away. He looked at the chat box helplessly. After a while, he moved his fingers.

【Private chat】

[Shinoin Heizo: Lisa, she noticed it. Our plan...]

【■■：Don’t worry, this is a natural phenomenon. 】

Heizo Kanoin looked at Lisa's back and sighed slightly, hoping that this feeling of being deceived by memory would not make her collapse.

No, of course these would not defeat her. Shikanoin Heizo quickly rejected the first thought.

His classmates are all serious, upright, kind, and tenacious. They can be praised for any good virtue in the world. Even if they have become cold, unkind, and indifferent to others, these have not crushed them.

Suffering will only become their whetstone, sharpening them and making their hearts more united. Look, even now, no matter how many temptations they have received, they have not pointed their sharp blades at any human being.

Human instinct is restraint, empathy and compassion, and the courage to stand up and face hardships.

As night fell, Kawaishi Ami came to Lisa as promised. The clown-faced girl jumped in front of Lisa. She bent down slightly and stared at Lisa with her eyes wide open: "Baby, are you scared?"

Lisa smiled calmly and shook her head gently and gracefully. She was always so peaceful: "Of course not. I even wish for it."

If she fails again this time, she will probably understand her life before she fails.

Lisa has figured it out.

The reason why it is recorded in the instinct is that one thing or one action has been repeated too many times. The reason why she is instinctively familiar with Lisa's personality and appearance is probably because she has had this identity, this appearance, and this power countless times.

But practice makes perfect is not the explanation for this feeling of being able to do things with ease.

She was becoming her.

She was forgetting her.

Two answers, one ending.

If I have paid so much but still cannot go home, I would rather die.

No one knows what kind of determination is hidden behind Lisa's smile, and everyone knows what a difficult decision she made.

Because everyone makes the same decision.

If I can't go home, if I can't go back to the life where the first thing I worry about when I open my eyes is what to eat and which teacher's class I will attend.

If we have to live in this world, a world that is familiar but without a sense of belonging, everyone will make a choice.

——Go to hell.

Fortunately, this time they had an anchor and a signpost.

Try a little harder, a little harder than last time, do all the links to the best of your ability, plan carefully, and have every step analyzed and proofread by a few people who know the truth. When the signpost knows nothing, suppress the anxiety in your heart and control your surging emotions.

This is the only hope.

So the Joker Gang, this accident among accidents, this accident that coveted the beacon - must disappear.

"You're lying, baby, you're lying!" Kawaishi Ami suddenly screamed, and her face was really ugly when it was distorted: "You're afraid, I can feel the fear of death from your body, your movements, and your soul, you're trembling!"

Lisa shook her head calmly and helplessly, and objected softly: "What I fear and tremble for is never death, but not being able to go home."

Lisa stood up, smiled, took Kawaishi Ami's hand, and walked towards the chemical plant.

Behind Shikanoin Heizo, the tall and strong man hit the boy with a club. The boy groaned and fell limply to the grass.

The interior of the chemical plant was very dark. The only thing that could be seen clearly were some steel buildings very close by. They stood there silently without making any sound. Right in front, under the lights, were huge chemical barrels. On the edge of the barrels stood a row of "clowns" who had voluntarily jumped into the barrels and survived by chance.

They were quiet and silent, staring at Lisa like weird sculptures.

Lisa took the initiative to walk up the iron stairs until she stood among the "clowns".

The barrel was very hot, and the pungent smell made people frown. The chemical liquid inside was boiling, and bubbles came out one after another. Lisa suddenly laughed. She stopped for a while and asked Kawaishi Ami behind her: "Do you know why I am not afraid of death?"

Kawaishi Ami tilted her head and looked at her without saying anything.

"Because we have already experienced death countless times."

Her voice was very soft. After she finished speaking, Lisa opened her arms and dived downwards like a bird embracing freedom. She was free and unrestrained, but the price was falling into the abyss.

We never feared death.

We are only afraid of dying before we have seen the wind of our hometown.