Reasoning, and then being blasted by the neighboring idol

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"Anyway, let's not talk about this anymore and just eat."

"Senior." Miura Gensuke didn't let go of her hand, but held it tighter: "I encountered a very strange thing recently."

“That happened to me.”

Hearing him say this, Tsukimiya Sakurano's expression finally became serious.

Miura Gensuke lowered his voice and told her about his encounter with the "succubus".

Of course, there is also the matter of Asano Mio.

There's no need to hide anything at this time.

"Kissing countdown..." Tsukimiya Sakurano shook her head slightly: "My father's notes don't seem to mention such a thing."

"But...that Asano-san you mentioned..."

She bit her lip and said, "Maybe I'm going through a period of disappearance, which is similar to what my mother went through..."

Miura Gensuke quickly asked, "Was her body also shrinking before she disappeared?"

"That's not the case." Tsukimiya Sakurano carefully opened her wallet and took out a photo from the inner compartment: "She..."

The photo is very old and has turned a little yellow.

Inside was a young man and woman, sitting by a stream in the woods.

But the woman's face in the photo is blank...

It looks quite weird.

"This is my mother..."

Tsukimiya Sakurano's beautiful eyes trembled slightly, and she gently stroked the photo with her fingertips: "Actually, I don't remember her face, I just know that she and I look a lot like her..."

"For a long time... I even forgot a lot about my mother..."

"No, I can't say I've forgotten, it's just very vague..."

"It has only suddenly become clear in the past few days."

Miura Gensuke nodded.

The two had physical contact in the coffee shop that day, and perhaps that was why Tsukimiya Sakurano regained her memory.

"That is to say, your mother gradually disappeared from your memory..."

"The images left in various places have also disappeared."

Tsukimiya Sakurano carefully put the photo away and forced a smile: "You can say that... but maybe, maybe she is still alive..."

"Tsukimiya-senpai, I believe your father will find her." Miura Gensuke stuffed a piece of barbecue into her mouth: "He will definitely find her."

"..." Tsukimiya Sakurano nodded slightly.

After that, the two of them ate in silence, each thinking about their own things, and only continued chatting after they finished the barbecue.

"Senior, can you lend me your father's notes?"

Miura Gensuke guessed that Tsukimiya-senpai's father had studied abnormal phenomena for so many years and should be able to help him.

Chapter 22 Midnight Rain

In the evening, the rain got a little heavier.

Miura Gensuke returned home and placed the stack of notes that Senior Tsukimiya gave him on the coffee table.

It can be seen that these messy notes were recorded over a very long period of time.

Some of the paper has turned yellow and the ink has begun to fade.

Some of the papers were brand new, obviously having been sent recently.

"Asano?" Miura Gensuke called Asano Mio's name while flipping through his notes.

No one answered.

She must have gone to buy food. She has been cooking lately.

"The handwriting is so messy..."

After taking a quick look at the contents of the notes, Miura Gensuke walked into the bedroom, turned on the computer, took pictures of the text recorded by Tsukimiya-senpai's father page by page, and then extracted the text from the pictures or directly entered it into the computer.

This way, it will be more convenient to check it later, and you can also use AI to summarize the key points.

The project volume is really large.

"Ah——" After typing on the keyboard for several hours, Gensuke Miura yawned tiredly.

"..."

"Asano?"

He stood up suddenly and walked quickly into the living room.

Asano Mio did not come back.

Miura Gensuke quickly took out his cell phone and sent a message to the other party.

【Miura Gensuke: Where are you? 】

no reply.

【Miura Gensuke: I'll come find you now.】

After sending another message, Miura Gensuke put on a black raincoat and walked into the street where it was raining heavily.

It was almost midnight and the roads were deserted, not even a car.

He said he was looking for her, but Gensuke Miura had no idea where Asano Mio would go.

"..."

And did she disappear like Tsukimiya-senpai's mother, or did she leave on her own?

Aimlessly and impatiently, Miura Gensuke walked quickly through the streets.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the phone in his pants rang: "Asano..."

But the person who sent the message was not Asano Mio, but Tsukimiya-senpai.

【Tsukimiya Sakurano sent a picture. 】

[Tsukimiya Sakurano: The Rain Girl is here...]

Due to the heavy rain and the night, the content of the picture is quite blurry, and only a vague figure can be seen standing downstairs of Senior Yuegong's apartment building.

Something eerie and unsettling.

【Miura Gensuke: I'll be there right away.】

[Tsukimiya Sakurano: I feel like she's a bit... like my mother...]

These creepy words made Miura Gensuke feel a chill down his spine.

Fortunately, he had already run to a busier section of the road, and there were several late-shift taxis parked on the roadside.

"Go to Bunkyo District."

Gensuke Miura opened the car door and got in.

Bunkyo Ward is where the University of Tokyo is located, and Tsukimiya-senpai's apartment is located there.

But...where will Asano Mio go?

Miura Gensuke's thoughts were a tangled mess.

Think...think...

After the taxi started, Miura Gensuke pinched his eyebrows hard.

Asano Mio must have left on her own initiative.

She didn't want to cause herself trouble.

The other party wants to protect himself.

Some seriously ill people will refuse to meet with their relatives for a period of time before their death to avoid adding to the psychological burden on their families.

She probably has similar thoughts: the better their relationship develops, the sadder she will be when she disappears.

That's why I let myself forget about her yesterday.

"..."

After figuring this out, Miura Gensuke's thoughts gradually became clearer.

Since the other party is avoiding me, I might as well make some big news.

It would be best if it was something tragic, so that she would come to find me.

As for the Rain Girl...

Miura Gensuke glanced at his clenched fists.

I can ignore the influence of the "Succubus", slow down Asano Mio's shrinking speed, and let Tsukimiya-senpai recover her memory of her mother...

Then, I must be able to stop the Rain Girl from taking effect.

[Miura Gensuke: Tsukimiya-senpai, are you okay? ]

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