The shining Shoko Toyokawa

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Lixi stood up, walked out of Miaomeng's umbrella, raised his head and let the rain hit his face and then slide down his cheeks.

'Why……'

It looked like Xiangzi had forcibly pulled the lamp away, but in fact the lamp did not resist at all.

Perhaps... for Deng, the place where Xiangzi is is the place she wants to go.

Obviously, Li Xi already knew this.

'But...but why am I so unwilling?

Toyokawa Shoko, you really are a nasty guy...'

…………

"Lixi, Sushi..."

Mu stood beside Su Shi, his expression like a piece of wood.

She wanted to reach out and support Su Shi, but Su Shi slapped her hand away.

"Xiao Mu... no, Ruo Ye Mu-san, could you please move away from me?"

"Sushi...are you crying?"

"Su Shi..."

"I told you to go away quickly. Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

"Alas!"

Su Shi's hysterical roar scared the shop assistant who was about to come over to comfort him and ask about the situation.

"Um,"

Mu calmly lowered his head, walked to the clerk and whispered, "Check out, for the five of us."

After paying the bill, she stopped to look at Su Shi for a while, then turned and left the cafe.

In the rainy cafe, except for the waitress who dared not answer, only Su Shi was left.

'The world is so quiet,'

It was as quiet as the home where my mother could hardly come home twice a month.

'The world is so noisy,'

Because the sound of rain outside the glass, the sound of people talking, and the sound of car horns... have nothing to do with her.

'Why did it become like this?

Finally I have a warm home.

I want to live with my family for the rest of my life.

Two happy things intertwined,

It brought more joy.

Happy times like a dream,

I already had it.

however……

Why……

Will it become like this?

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the coffee shop reflect the empty faces of the world.

A few drops of unknown liquid slid down from the mirror. That... must be rain, right?

after all……

"Mom said she can come home tonight,"

Su Shi smiled, a gentle smile,

After all…she… “I want to be a mother’s strength!”

Because… “Mom is very hard-working,”

So… “I have to smile.”

Nagasaki Suyo is a child who cannot cry.

…………

"Su Shi and Xiang Zi are both going to be ruined..."

Mu stood in the small world under the umbrella, like a lost doll.

Chapter 16: Can you please die with me?

"Shiina-san cares about you very much,"

In the world in the rearview mirror, the girl with long black hair can no longer be seen.

The sound of raindrops outside the car and the engine accelerating and decelerating from time to time were like waves in the rain.

"Richie-chan?"

"I'm talking to you," Xiangzi sighed when he saw Deng's puzzled expression. "You're still the same as before, everything..."

"Just yesterday, the terrorist organization Ave Mujica attacked a shrine in Chiyoda Ward, causing tens of billions of yen in economic losses and destroying thousands of exhibits. The following is a manifesto published online by Ave Mujica."

The driver turned on the annoying car radio,

Xiangzi frowned slightly and didn't say anything else to Deng.

The only thing that echoed in the car was Ave Mujica's declaration from yesterday—

“…Is the world moving toward light, or sinking into the abyss?

It's up to you, folks.

You have endless possibilities in your hands!

above……"

"The internet says that Ave Mujica's spokesperson...what's his name? O..."

Taxi drivers are always talkative. When Ave Mujica's declaration ended, the taxi drivers started talking about the hottest topic of the day, Ave Mujica.

"In short, that spokesperson should be very young, maybe just a college student.

I heard that many people donated money on their website.

My idiot son did the same thing. He donated all his living expenses.

I don't know, for him, it was the 'spokesperson' lady who was attractive.

I still think those slogans are really effective, making him willing to eat only a few rice balls every day for the next month."

Apparently, the driver had some complaints about Ave Mujica.

The car ahead of us turned on its speed lights, and the taxi also slowed down and stopped in the middle of the road.

Xiangzi looked ahead and saw a group of people wearing flags over their raincoats and holding parade signs in their hands, crossing the road at an intersection more than 20 meters away.

Because of the rain, Xiangzi couldn't see their faces or the slogans on the parade signs.

But the faint slogans still reached Xiangzi's ears through the rain and the car window glass.

She lowered the tightly closed car window a little, and the sounds of the marchers immediately became clearer -

"Down with Ave Mujica!"

"Eliminate all terrorists to comfort the souls of the 'heroes' in heaven!"

“Ave Maria is a scam!”

…………

Xiangzi closed the car window. She had expected such a scene.

"They are so laid back. If they are so laid back, why don't they go and protest against that damn four-eyes guy and increase the tax on goods?"

The taxi driver's index finger tapped the steering wheel impatiently.

"And the same goes for Ave Mujica. Since he has extra bombs, why not go and blow up all those bastards in the cabinet?"

Xiangzi smiled and cheered up, saying, "It would be meaningless if they were blown to death. Ave Mujica seems to be thinking about the future."

"Ave Mujica is just like them, I would say,"

The driver pointed with his chin at the people marching against Ave Mujica.

He mechanically shifted into gear, stepped on the accelerator, and drove forward with the flow of traffic, "Just like a little kid, he was afraid that the world would not be in chaos,

They can blow up the shrine in a mysterious way, and perhaps they can also strike at the Ji'an Kingdom to a certain extent.

But can they still defeat America, who is behind the Gian Nation?

Xiangzi was silent. Outside the car window, the New Year's atmosphere had not yet completely dissipated.

Several girls of the same age as her didn't mind the rain. They held umbrellas and chatted while walking. When they talked about something happy, they laughed together.

But through the car window, Xiangzi didn't know what happy things they were talking about...

After a while, the taxi stopped beside an unfinished building.

Deng hurriedly opened the umbrella to shield Xiangzi from the rain.

Because she didn't dare get too close to Xiangzi, half of her body was exposed to the rain.

The taxi drove away, and Xiangzi walked towards the area that had been shelved due to the bursting of the real estate bubble in the 90s and no one was taking over.

There is an iron fence around the area, but due to long-term lack of management, there are holes in several places that people can get in.

Deng followed Xiangzi in fearfully.

This place seems to be another world, with faint footsteps and the sound of rain echoing in this complex of buildings with only concrete skeletons.

Finally, Xiangzi stopped in front of a three-story building in the middle of the unfinished buildings.

“Auspicious…”

"I heard someone committed suicide here,"

Before Deng could finish his words, Xiangzi interrupted him, "Hey, Xiao Deng, could you please come with me?"

Xiangzi looked back with a smile on his face, just like the day in spring when he invited Deng to join CRYCHIC.

But this time, the hand she stretched out to the light was holding a defibrillator, with blue arcs flashing on it and the "sizzling" sound of the electric shock was chilling.

"Xiao Deng, can you please die with me?"

Chapter 17: I wish you happiness, and I love you

"Xiao Deng, can you please die with me?"

Die with me

These should be chilling words.

But the lamp is incredible,

Beyond common sense, unreasonable——

I feel very happy.

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Komatoshi