the living [comprehensive]

If all kinds of events in the long river of history are rolling forward like wheels, then the development of the situation in Hina Misawa definitely has the wheel speed of a sports car at full speed.

Shirou had just woken up when he was overwhelmed by a series of events.

Sonozaki Shion went out alone the night before and has not returned yet.

While the girls were splitting up to find their missing partner, Hojo Satsuko also disappeared in the dense forest; but the uncle who lived with her and took pleasure in abusing girls didn't care about it.

"So many things happened this morning." Shirou could only sigh.

"It's not that you slept for too long." Guiyi choked, but there was not much blame in his tone, "It's all right now, Shiyin has not been found, and another one is missing."

Sitting next to Keiichi was Sonozaki Mione with a sad face.Because she was worried about her younger sister, the girl who was always full of energy was very quiet today.

"Speaking of which, it will be another festival soon." Guiyi suddenly lowered his voice, "There must be a conspiracy brewing."

"Don't think too much. Don't you know the consequences of being suspicious..."

"I guess Shion was kidnapped." The girl interrupted Shirou abruptly, "She ran out in a hurry last night, there must be something wrong. We have to go to a nearby town to call the police. Just use my family's car."

"A young lady like her does have the possibility of being targeted by the kidnappers." Gui Yi deeply agreed.

There was an indescribable subtle feeling in Shirou's heart, but the minority couldn't hold back the majority, and those two people had already made a decision to go to the shrine.

The girl who has always been very active stood up and turned to Shirou: "You taught everyone how to bow for a long time yesterday afternoon, you must be very tired? So, I will go with Keiichi-kun."

Shirou wanted to say that he was okay, but he was taken aback when he noticed the girl's hands crossed in front of him.

The girl's white and slender fingertips had smooth and flawless skin, and even the slightest trace of callus could not be seen.As for the Meiyin he knew, because of family affairs and personal hobbies, there were tiny calluses on her fingers.

At the same time, when the other party got up, there was a faint smell of disinfectant on his body.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Shirou made a suggestion: "Just the two of you are too hard. If you can, ask Reina to go with you."

"Of course Reina will go!" Guiyi took over the conversation, "She promised me that she will come soon."

Hearing Keichina's natural tone, the girl's eyes flickered.

Shirou quietly watched the two interact.

After the two left, Shirou left for the clinic.The smell of disinfectant on the girl's body just now gave him such a premonition: in the only place that can receive patients, he can find the answer he wants to know.

——It is true.

"Shiyin did come to me because her leg was scratched...but she left when I went to the pharmacy to pick up things." The doctor gave such an explanation.

"Then, the records of the patients who died of scratching their throats in the past few years are also with you, right?" Shirou emphasized his tone, "For example, the one who got sick last summer, that boy who was about my age."

The young doctor was shocked, and finally admitted with a wry smile: "Yes. I took their blood to try to develop a vaccine, and I carefully recorded all the tests. Although the outbreak of the virus is doomed, after all, many people survived safely. Live your life. I hope to help everyone."

"Thank you. I won't say anything about today's matter." Shirou took a deep breath.

Things are almost clear.

Here, Shiyin learns that the person she likes has died tragically.She hides herself, not chewing the pain alone, but trying to drag the person she hates to be buried with her.The girl I saw just now, who has delicate fingers that have been cared for and is wearing a long skirt, is probably not "Mei Yin" herself.

To verify this, one must sneak into the shrine.Shirou thought a little confused.

Is it a crime, in a sense, to enter casually austere places that are inviolable to the locals?But right now, I can't care less about it.

Suppressing the guilt, sneaking into the shrine is not difficult.Using projection magic to create a knife, Shirou easily opened the lock.

When I checked out the shrine last time, it was just a safe and solemn place, without any smell of blood or murder.But today's shrine has been stained by an unpleasant smell of blood, and the interior is a different scene: rusty instruments of torture are piled up in dusty corners, with dangerous metallic luster shining slightly in the dark.At the end of the hall, there are cells built inside the thick walls.

Through the wide gap between the iron bars of the cell, Shirou saw someone's long grass-green hair.He was certain in his heart, and walked over quickly: "Mei...yin?"

The imprisoned girl was not injured, but fell into a deep sleep.Shirou gave up his plan to wake up the other party, and instead gently pulled the girl's hand away.

There are small hard calluses on the fingertips of this hand, which seem to be caused by holding a bow or pen for a long time.

Sure enough, the guy who pretended to be anxious and proposed to call the police was Shiyin in disguise.The child who disappeared in the morning is probably also hidden somewhere in the shrine, right?

Shirou guessed like this, when he heard a slight sound from a corner of the dark hall.

It was terrifying, the sound of teeth chattering and rubbing together, mixed with extremely painful and suppressed moans.

Shirou turned around at the sound.He quickly caught the source of the sound with his keen eyesight, then was dumbfounded by what he saw.

The missing blond girl was chained to a tall wooden frame.The little girl was almost suspended in the air, the rope branded bright red marks on her wrist.There was a huge cut on her shoulder, the white bones were exposed in the gap between the flesh and blood, and there was also a huge blood hole in the forehead, as if someone had stabbed a sharp knife into the skin, and then stirred the place to a bloody mess.Blood gurgled out from the shocking wound, as if to drain all the blood.

Magic is needed to stop the bleeding, or the child will die.Shirou, who had avoided using magic power as much as possible so far, made an immediate decision.

Slowly repairing the wound with magic power, Shirou saw the girl close at hand opened his eyes: "Brother."

"Huh?" Shirou subconsciously denied, "I don't..."

"Brother, I'm very good." The girl's eyes were out of focus, but she forced a smile, "I didn't cry when my uncle and Shiyin bullied me."

Feeling sore from this pale and weak smile, Shirou pursed his lips, showing a warm smile: "Yeah."

Afterwards, with a smile warmer than anyone else's, the boy waved his hand behind him and grabbed the slender wrist that was trying to sneak up on him.

——Of course I can subdue Shion; that's just an ordinary girl.

This is Shirou's idea.However, the blue electric light tore through the air that smelled of dampness without warning, and made him feel the severe sting like being whipped.

Is it a high voltage stun gun?This can explain how the other party subdued and imprisoned the two girls.

The brief numbness brought by the electric shock caused Ling Shirou to be thrown to the ground by the attacker.And it was Shiyin who jumped over and wanted to stab his head through with a knife.

"I avoided Keiichi, that meddlesome guy, and I also avoided Reina, that ghost. I didn't expect, but I ignored you." The girl's voice was like ice being crushed bit by bit, extremely cold.She seemed to know that she would be subdued by Shirou, but she still showed an attitude of not retreating.

To Shirou, the girl's strength is simply not enough.He easily snatched the sharp knife from the other party: "Why did you do such a thing?" He looked at the girl who made him feel complicated, "This child is the sister of the person you like, right? And Mei Yin has always been there Protect you."

The girl suddenly broke out into piercing laughter: "Haha, isn't the so-called 'sister' just a burden? Besides, the elder brother who has been protecting her is dead, shouldn't she go with him? As for the elder sister," she After calming down, her voice became colder, "Why can she like others happily?"

"You mean Keiichi? But he doesn't like Meiyin..."

"So he deserves to die too."

"Huh?" Shirou was already dazzled by the girl's weird logic.But he knew that the top priority was to appease this crazy and fragile girl: "Let's not talk about that for now. Doesn't the personal meaning of 'like' just make you a better person? There is no point in self-destruction."

"He is already dead," the girl smiled sadly, "I cannot forgive the 'partners' who are indifferent to his death and live happily. Actually... I want to work hard to protect his sister and be friendly with her Get along. But after his death, none of that matters."

"I have a dream object. He and I are people from different worlds in a sense. Even if we meet again, he will not remember the situation we got along with. Even our short time together is full of unhappiness."

The girl bit her lower lip to restrain herself, and finally asked curiously: "Is it someone you like?"

"No. That guy is my ideal person. In other words, he is my ideal." The pain penetrated into the internal organs like venom, and finally made the young man's clear voice tainted with a bit of bitterness, "He is a hero-like figure , and achieved the ideals they both dreamed of. It’s just that the ideals promised for others have become a bondage that prevents him from being redeemed.”

"Is there no way to save him?"

"I can't help it. Neither he nor I, as long as we don't abandon this ideal, we will never be redeemed. But as long as there is a glimmer of hope... I also hope to free him from loneliness, even if he doesn't remember me It doesn't matter." Shirou's voice was calm, but it was as firm as declaring something, "I will never regret it, and I will never give up my ideal. In my own world, I have to go further than him."

The girl let out a chuckle that sounded like she was crying, turned over and sat next to Shirou.Both of them threw their weapons far away.

"You are so kind." Shiyin said softly, "And I'm just a bad guy."

In the dim light, Shirou could only see the slender silhouette of the opponent.The girl lost her violent hostility and became submissive and lonely.

He sat up slowly, and touched the top of the girl's head with gentle force: "How could it be. In the eyes of your friends and Meiyin, you are still a good boy. Since you are willing to fight for the one you like Taking care of his sister and loving her sister, that's fine."

The girl trembled violently.

Suddenly, the blond boy who made her crazy came into her eyes, and the people in her vision became blurred as the pupils of her eyes were covered with water mist.As if seeing the last straw, Shiyin threw herself towards the young man who was trying to comfort her, and her sharp fingertips pierced deeply into the other's skin.

"...!" Shirou subconsciously wanted to push away the strange girl, but remained silent because of the other girl's crying.

After crying, everything will return to normal.As for the matter between these three girls, it is inconvenient for me to ask.

Speaking of which, if everyone in Chienizawa has the potential to go crazy due to negative factors, it is indeed too late to save everyone...

Shirou, who felt uncomfortable because the girl was too close, could only try to think about business.

After Shiyin cried and fell asleep, Shirou carefully pushed her away: "It's really embarrassing." He said softly.

"I see you are enjoying it."

Shirou was taken aback by the sudden voice, but then he was relieved by the familiar, mocking upturn: "Archer!"

"Although this girl has mental problems, she is right in one thing. You are too gentle." When looking at Shirou, Heroic Spirit still had that teasing smile on his face.But compared to before, the other party seemed to have a little more praise in his eyes.

"I just want to help them as much as possible. Besides, I won't cause trouble to anyone." Shirou stood up and looked at Heroic Spirit seriously.

Looking at her undefended gaze, Ying Ling couldn't help frowning.But soon, he stretched his brows and let out a contemptuous sneer: "Hmph, let me see how far you can go. At the moment when everyone is out of control here, you will probably be tired from running around You might even die."

Getting used to the way the other party spoke with venom in his mouth, Shirou didn't care.But when he saw the heroic spirit approaching with a sullen expression, some inexplicable throbbing in the apex of his heart made him dazed for a moment.

Speaking of which, how much did Archer hear what he said to Shiyin?

Although "longing" and "the other party is my ideal" are true thoughts, I will not deny them; but if this guy finds out, it will be another matter!

Heroic Spirit's sharp eyes with unknown meaning made Shirou's back feel cold, but he could only watch the other party come to him with his legs numb.

"Besides, who said you didn't cause trouble to others, brat." Ying Ling's tone was full of displeasure.

Except Keiichi Maehara who took him in, did he trouble anyone? "Although I live with Gui's family, I help him with housekeeping! This can be regarded as compensation."

Heroic Spirit sneered again full of sarcasm: "Facing your elm head, I'd better say it straight. As a magician, don't you know that if I waste time here, it will cause unnecessary consumption of mana ?"

Shirou was at a loss for words: If Hinamizawa should have self-destructed on the day he arrived, but he made Archer stay here for two more days...then what the other party said is indeed very reasonable.

"I'm sorry." The boy lowered his head deeply, "I just... don't want you to get hurt for killing everyone here."

Ying Ling raised his eyebrows.Complicated emotions rose in his eyes, but he concealed them all: "Stop joking. Instead of fantasizing about unrealistic things, it's better to compensate me with magic power."

"I can give you blood." Shirou, who thought he was wrong, said in a voice as small as a gnat.

"Then he lost too much blood and died? It's really epic." Heroic Spirit remained unmoved, and continued to stare at the young man who was close at hand, "If you want to die so much, how about I help you now?"

"That's not true! Of course I know how magicians and heroic spirits who have nothing to do with each other can replenish magic! I don't dare to use other methods!" Shirou glared at Archer imposingly, "Even if you want to exchange it with saliva, I can... "

Eh?

The boy with flushed cheeks stared at Heroic Spirit with wide eyes not to be outdone.After that, he lowered his head little by little under the icy cold gaze of the other party.

...I really can't do it.

"I said, brat."

"Ok?"

"You don't really think that, as a heroic spirit, I, who haven't fought yet, need a half-baked guy like you to replenish my magic power, right?"

"Uh... that is to say..." Shirou looked up in astonishment, just in time to catch the faint smile on the corner of Yingling's resolute lips.

In other words, I was molested by Archer? !

Shirou, who understood this, felt bad about himself.

The author has something to say: 噫~Fat Tang’s daily life~

But if you really want to kiss to replenish your magic power, it will probably be a long time later. Everyone in 2333 Hina Misawa is a child, so don't scare them!