Driven by her curiosity, Xiangzi had completely forgotten her original intention of looking for Chaoyang and the ambiguous position she was in. She was still sitting on Chaoyang's body, and she really wanted to know whether what happened just now was true or false or was actually a magic trick.
She slowly reached out and picked up an ice pick suspended in the air. The icy touch penetrated her fingertips and penetrated deep into her heart. The biting cold reminded her that this was not an illusion, but reality.
Xiangzi gripped the ice pick tightly, his hand trembling slightly, the cold air spreading from the ice pick to his entire arm. He bit his lips and aimed at Chaoyang's arm.
Finally, after a long period of psychological preparation, Xiangzi's hands began to relax, and the ice pick slipped from his fingertips, gently touching the ground, making a collision sound.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened them.
"...I really can't do this kind of thing... But I believe it's true... After all, the ice cones around here are enough to prove that you are not an ordinary person."
"Well, um...you should get up first..."
"what?"
At this moment, Xiangzi also felt something was wrong. It seemed that something under his butt was gradually hardening.
"……!!!rogue!"
"Snapped!"
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At this time, Chaoyang and Xiangzi had separated again. Chaoyang spent dozens of minutes explaining to her his specific abilities and what he had done during this period of time.
"fraud…"
Even as he said this, Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief.
"I definitely don't want to talk about this kind of thing unless it's absolutely necessary..."
"...But Chihaya-san and Soyo know, right?"
"They both have their own reasons, so I won't go into details with you."
Xiangzi stroked his chin and considered the current situation.
"Since you know so much magic, is there nothing you can do to save us?"
"I've explored this space and it's perfectly balanced. I can easily carve a tunnel with my body, but... I can only protect you, not everyone in the car. This car body... do you want to bet on its sturdiness?"
Chaoyang asked Xiangzi in return.
"If that's the case... then in order to survive, everyone might really have to eat your flesh sooner or later... I really can't accept that..."
Xiangzi murmured.
"But don't worry, even if the worst happens, we two will definitely survive..."
Chaoyang said something comforting that wasn't really comforting.
When Xiangzi heard the news that he could be rescued at any time, he did not look happy at all.
"There are children and babies here. How can I just run away and ignore my stomach? ...Oh, I'm sorry..."
After Xiangzi spoke loudly subconsciously, he immediately apologized, thinking that he shouldn't have treated Chaoyang like that. It's not an exaggeration to say that the fact that everyone is alive and well today is all thanks to Chaoyang.
So there is no reason to blame him for saving everyone.
"Go to sleep first. Maybe you'll be able to think of a good idea tomorrow."
Chaoyang could only deceive himself at this time.
Xiangzi nodded gently, leaned against the corner of the roof, spread out some clothes he had found inside the car, and prepared to rest. Although it was difficult to completely relax, the physical fatigue eventually made them gradually sink into an uneasy sleep.
…………
external
On the ground, rescue efforts are underway with intense and arduous effort. Following the subway tunnel collapse, the Japanese government immediately activated its emergency rescue plan. Rescue teams, comprised of firefighters, medical personnel, engineers, and crisis management experts, are conducting various rescue operations at the three main collapse sites.
They had to operate with extreme caution. Every advance had to ensure that no further damage to the tunnel's structural stability occurred. Every excavation was accompanied by immense pressure and risk.
"No, the soil in this area has become very loose. It will take several days to clean it up."
"Several days!? Are we all going to be completely chilled?"
"...Honestly, I'm afraid it's already been destroyed...Who would bring something into the subway? And that's assuming the buried vehicle is still alive."
"But the Prime Minister has demanded that the bodies be found alive or dead, and that the investigation be conducted as quickly as possible. I heard that a chaebol heir was among the victims."
Inside the rescue team's tent, the leaders discussed the current progress.
The government established a temporary command center to coordinate rescue efforts across various departments. The Prime Minister's residence closely monitored the situation, with instructions and resources constantly being relayed from the highest levels to the rescue site. Outside the safe zone, news media and family members anxiously awaited any news about the trapped people.
"Just received news... The damaged vehicles have been successfully dug out at the other two locations."
"Great, what a result."
"...The victims...all died...the vehicles were severely deformed at the moment of the collapse, and they died on the spot. Fortunately, it wasn't during rush hour, so there weren't that many casualties...around a hundred each..."
"Aha…"
Inside the rescue tent, the air was so heavy you could almost touch it.
Every rescuer's face was filled with fatigue and frustration, and the new news increased their psychological burden.
"How's the situation here?"
A government official quickly walked into the tent and asked anxiously.
The rescue captain in charge glanced at his watch, sighed and replied
"We've faced considerable challenges here. The underground structure is much more complex than we anticipated, with multiple tunnels intersecting in this area, and the soil is extremely unstable. We're doing our best to advance without causing further collapse, but progress is very slow."
360. Magic is the world of imagination! ! ! 【4k】
The sixth day
Aiyinjia
It was just dawn, but Aiyin hadn't slept all night. She hadn't been able to sleep in the past few days because she hadn't seen the rising sun for several days.
"...Where on earth did this guy go..."
Aine stared at her phone in a daze, waiting for someone to reply.
Tokyo has experienced earthquakes before, too. She had also experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake nine years prior, though she was still very young at the time. This time, the impact wasn't as dramatic. So, she went back to school as normal three days after the disaster, initially expecting to quickly return to her normal routine.
Until I heard that several students had not come to school.
Everyone speculated whether he had died.
"This guy wouldn't... not show it as read..."
Aiyin had long been accustomed to having Chaoyang following her during this period of time. She could see him every time she went to RING, and it was definitely not because she had any feelings for him.
But... Aiyin herself didn't know what her relationship with Chaoyang was. In her eyes, the relationship between the two was that of victim and perpetrator. Although Chaoyang had ten thousand reasons to say that he didn't mean it, he actually did it.
So Aine felt that her hatred for him at that time was real.
But as they spent more time together and Chaoyang took the initiative to provide various servant-like services, Aiyin did get used to his presence in her life.
Moreover, in the eyes of others, it seemed like I had been his girlfriend for a long time. Although I did not admit it, it was too troublesome to explain so I didn't say much.
But in her heart, she actually thought that her boyfriend was very rich, and she felt that she was more or less in the spotlight.
Especially when someone occasionally looks at me with envy, but of course that’s all.
"...It's not that I care about him! It's just that I'm used to him praising me! Suddenly he's gone, ah, I really can't do anything about it, it's because I really like being in the spotlight..."
Aiyin tried hard to explain her behavior, but if that was all, it couldn't explain her loss of appetite and insomnia over the past two days.
"...It's not a coincidence that he would be trapped here for two days... But he's the son of a wealthy consortium. If he were in trouble, it should have been reported, but it wasn't. Besides, he's so powerful and knows all sorts of strange things. It's impossible for him to be in trouble, right?"
Aiyin was baffled, but she didn't know that Chaoyang's father was afraid Chaoyang was already dead, so he temporarily suppressed the news. If he still had fertility, it would be fine, but now he was gone, and there was no way he would give the position of head of the family to someone who was destined to have no descendants. So he had to create an heir while suppressing the news. Of course, it would be best if Chaoyang was still alive, but after so many days, Chaoyang's father had lost hope. Aiyin believed that all parents loved their children equally. If a man as powerful as Chaoyang's father saw his son in danger, he would definitely rush to let the world know and come to save his son. Unfortunately, family affection exists within wealthy families, but when faced with a choice between family and profit, most people choose profit.
Roppongi
Su Shijia
In the room, Su Shi was also looking at his phone in silence.
It's just dawn
But like Aine, she suffered from insomnia and had never had a good night's sleep.
Because she learned from Aine that Xiangzi had been missing for several days.
Although none of Ave Mujica's teammates told her that Ave Mujica's debut performance would be in a few days, she had already learned the debut date from Chaoyang, so she knew that Xiangzi must have encountered something, otherwise he would not have disappeared.
She tried calling Chaoyang a few days ago but received no response.
"What the hell are you doing..."
Su Shi looked at Chaoyang's past on LINE and sent messages while talking to herself.
"Let's go to his house tomorrow."
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地下
Chaoyang woke up early in the morning and heard breathing sounds beside him. It was Xiangzi who was still sleeping soundly. Xiangzi fell asleep while they were chatting last night. After Chaoyang took off his clothes and covered her with it, he closed his eyes as well.
"...Haa ...
When I woke up, the terrible situation had not changed.
Yesterday I divided the last remaining rice into two halves. Today I am finally going to use up the last of the rice and plan to cook it all into porridge. Although I can also take half of it every day and it will last forever, it is no different from not eating.
As if she heard the sound of Chaoyang waking up, Xiangzi rubbed her eyes and slowly woke up... Looking at the pitch-black surroundings, her first reaction was that it was still dark.
Then he remembered that he was still trapped underground.
"It's really ironic that I used to hate my current home so much, but now I think that place is pretty good."
The distance between the two of them has been infinitely shortened during these days of being together. In addition, after Chaoyang's briefing yesterday, Xiangzi subconsciously let his guard down towards Chaoyang and spoke directly from his heart.
"That's right. Everything needs to be compared. I'll take you down... I'll have to trouble you for a bit today..."
"Um…"
……
Everyone listlessly drank the thin porridge that was very close to water. No one died today, but severe malnutrition was already apparent.
Although the people's expressions were calm, the despair in their eyes was hard to hide. Some people leaned against the wall, helplessly hugging their families; some elderly people closed their eyes helplessly, relying on others to help them drink porridge.
The cries of the children were almost inaudible because they also felt the atmosphere of despair.
"Master Chaoyang, today's porridge..."
A thin woman looked up at the rising sun and spoke in a weak voice.
"Well... I'll find a way for everyone."
Chaoyang spoke casually.
"Why didn't you give us the meat from yesterday?"
Chaoyang was too lazy to look at who asked the question.
"Do you think there's meat underground? If there is, what kind of meat do you think it is?"
Chaoyang felt that hiding it like this would be counterproductive. He shouldn't have been so obsessed with trying to solve the problem from the beginning. Later, he regretted it and decided not to give them the food.
"..."
Faced with Chaoyang's question, no one had thought about this question, or they dared not and did not want to think about this question.
"That meat... I'll only give it to you before you starve to death... Just understand that the food might run out in the next two days. People can survive for many days without food, so don't waste your energy on unnecessary activities."
…………
After Chaoyang sent everyone away, he knew that he could no longer wait for the incompetent rescue team. Normally, these people would have died without him, and if he relied on rescue from outside, he would basically be doomed.
By this time, Xiangzi had already completed his work arrangements for today.
"What are you thinking about?"
Chaoyang saw Xiangzi sitting in a seat on the side of the carriage in a daze, so he started asking.
After hearing Chaoyang's question, Xiangzi smoothed his hair and said seriously.
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