Konoha is also very enthusiastic today

The sky is big and the earth is big, and the one who is good at coaxing and transcending is the greatest.

The girl looked young, but her body contained a combat power that could only be crushed by the military, police and hunting dogs. She was supposed to be a being on guard while extending an olive branch, but Konoha's three views were too righteous and human nature was too perfect. After long-term contact, no danger has been found.

It’s just a license, just give it.As long as that one is willing to stay in Japan, it won't be a problem even if she wants to play poker cards, let alone one!

What's more, it's not like the Superpower Special Agent Division didn't get anything. At least Konoha was willing to step in and deal with Mimic.

In the reader's letter, she finally mentioned that she would "come to visit." After much thought, Konoha thought that her fragile ocean-view room could not withstand the bombing, so she chose an open place as the meeting place, and she wrote it down Reply and send.

After making an appointment at a time and place, within a few days, Konoha met the reader who insisted on "visiting" her in such a formal way, the leader of the Mimic organization, Gide.

She was sitting on the steps. The concrete steps were so hard that she couldn't feel it. Her legs were swaying, and she was boredly flipping through the book in her hand - a short story written by Akutagawa-kun.

She was immersed in the world in the book and seemed to have lost her alertness to the outside world. It was not until a shadow cast over her head, blocking the light of Konoha's reading, that she finally raised her head.

The man standing against the light, with a tense expression, stared at Konoha seriously.

He spoke in a low voice: "You must be the Transcendent, Your Excellency. I, Gide, have been fascinated by you for a long time."

Konoha's eyelids twitched: "..."

There is a saying that "long fascinated" does not sound like a good word.

Konoha closed the book, jumped down the steps, looked directly at Gide and said: "What on earth do you want to spend so much time on?"

"I only have one long-cherished wish..." Gide's right hand moved, then slowly moved up, and was clasped beside his waist. Under pressure, the material outlined a familiar outline.

Then, with lightning speed, Gide drew out his gun and pointed it at Konoha's frozen face: "Please, Your Excellency, grant us these lonely ghosts a direction to die in battle!"

The tail sound followed the trigger pull, and the bullet crossed an arc and went straight into Konoha's face.

Konoha didn't even blink, he just tilted his head slightly and let the bullet grazed his cheek, leaving a trace of blood. After a moment, the small wound healed again and was as smooth as before.

Konoha wiped the blood on the side of his face with his thumb and licked it in his mouth: "So, you trekked from Europe to Japan and escaped from the hands of the God of Death. Are you just a group of desperadoes?"

Konoha turned a blind eye to his provocation and had no intention of fighting back.

Seeing this, Gide put down his gun in disappointment, but he was unwilling to give up: "We are lonely souls abandoned by our motherland. Only on the battlefield can we realize the meaning of our existence..."

What do you mean?

Intuiting that there was a story in it, Konoha pulled Gide and looked closely. There was no life in his eyes.

"Mind telling me? Your story."

Konoha thought that maybe her previous guess was wrong.

Gide never expected such a response.

He couldn't break free. His wrist was so slender that it looked as if it could break with just one break, but it was as solid as a rock. Even if he could predict the movement, he couldn't dodge it.Gide had no choice but to talk to her.

It was reluctant at first - the tragic past was torn open again, and the wounds that had not yet scabbed seemed to hurt a little, but then Gide couldn't control himself and couldn't help but talk to her more and more. , the resentment and confusion that can't be relieved from the heart, the sadness and resentment of being stabbed by the country, finally turned into cold water that extinguished the fire of life, extinguishing the belief in survival from the source of the soul.

Humans are social animals because they need communication, companionship, and understanding and recognition.

When Gide ended the topic in a daze, he didn't know how much time had passed, but when he looked back at the black-haired girl, she was still listening carefully, not showing any impatience.

The frustration in my heart poured out so easily.

.........

"Odasaku, is Konoha-chan out?"

I met Dazai at a curry shop, and the latter asked this question as soon as he came up.

Odasaku nodded: "Yes, I said I was going to meet a reader."

"Hmm." Dazai touched his chin, "Is it really okay if you don't go and take a look? After all, he is the leader of Mimic... Wow, it's so spicy, it's so spicy..."

Dazai, who was drinking ice water, heard Odasaku's reply: "Is it Mimic? No wonder she didn't let me disturb her."

"Pfft...this answer is indeed Odasaku's!" The sentence struck a strange point of laughter, Dazai lightly shrugged his shoulders and couldn't suppress his laughter, "So Odasaku plans to stay at home all day. Are you waiting for Konoha-chan to come back?"

"That's not the case." Oda Sanosuke thought about it for a moment, "Konoha told me to pick her up later. The dessert house has a new snack. The supply is limited to one hundred. If you are late, you won't be able to grab it."

"Pfft ha ha ha ha ha..."

Dazai laughed even harder and rolled off the chair, holding his stomach and laughing until he cried: "It's really, really worthy of you!"

After a while, Dazai's laughter slowly stopped. The young boy with bright eyes got up from the ground, propped up his chair, wiped the saline solution from the corners of his eyes, and said, "Then Odasaku still doesn't get up? It's been so long. , they should have finished talking, right? If they are delayed and unable to buy snacks, little Konoha will be very angry."

Odasaku also realized the seriousness of the matter at this time: "Well, you're right. Then I'll leave first."

After saying that, he turned around, raised his windbreaker in an arc, and walked towards the door.

"Wait--!" The red-haired young man was grabbed by the back of his collar.

Odasaku turned around in confusion and saw Dazai's blinking eyes: "Take me with you, it's very boring here."

.........

"I will not try to change your mind, but before that, I want to confirm again... and please confirm again, is this really the true desire deep in your heart?"

"If so, I will grant your wish."

certainly--

"You are still alive, aren't you?" The smiling girl softened her tone, "If you are willing to tell me, you can still complain about injustice to this world, you are still alive."

"...I'm just a walking corpse." Gide lowered his eyes, "I'm just here to seek relief from death..."

"-No one lives to chase death!"

Among the two people arriving not far away, the figure of the black-haired boy suddenly stopped.

"The [relief from death] you keep talking about is just another form of [salvation]..."

"You are just asking for help, you are all asking for help, and the way you ask for help is to find death that fulfills your wish..."

"How can you find the meaning of survival in the fog? You insist on going your own way and are stubborn, but you are blinded. You call yourself the ghost of abandoning the country, but the fact is that you have never escaped from the shadow of the country, even if you escape to The island countries in the Far East are still caged birds..."

Gide raised a sarcastic smile: "So, do you have a way to bring meaning to our lives?"

As early as the moment they fled the country, they could no longer...

"I don't understand." The girl frowned. "I don't understand, why do you always want others to give meaning to life? Every life is an irreplaceable and unique individual. No one is qualified to give meaning to another person. Pointing fingers..."

"Whether it is the hope or the meaning of life, you have to find it yourself. As long as you live, even if you may not understand it for the rest of your life, there is still a glimmer of possibility."

"This is the most fascinating part of [life], the endless possibilities and unknowns! No one can fill the hole in your heart, except yourself. Even if it is to redeem yourself, you might as well go on and continue to use your eyes Go and see this cruel, ruthless and extremely beautiful world."

Gide was silent.

After a long time, he spoke, as softly as mist: "So, what can you let us see?"

Konoha smiled brightly.

She opened her arms as if embracing the world.

"In the future, maybe not too far away, or maybe a long, long time later."

"I will build a kingdom - strong and fertile."

Gide's pupils suddenly shrank, and what was reflected in his pupils was the irreplaceable light like the sun when the girl described the future.

"There will be no intrigues, framing each other, and there may be darkness, but when the enemy comes, we will be united as one."

“Leaders love their people, and people support their leaders, trust each other, and entrust each other. Ordinary people can live and work in peace and contentment, heroes can leave their names in history, and everyone can find their proper position, live happily, and live in harmony and friendship.”

"There, there will be no more blood and tears of resentful spirits, no more lonely wandering souls, Gide, no more things like you will happen..."

"I will realize such a country...not a castle in the air, but a real utopia."

"The choice is yours. You just have to say a word, and I can end your painful life now, or you can try to prolong this duckweed's life, if you are willing to witness its birth."

"I……"

His lips moved, and finally, Gide held the girl's hand.

I want to see.

he said silently.

The blueprint drawn by the girl was so beautiful that his heart, which had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but beat wildly again.

Is it really possible for such an incredibly beautiful country to exist?People love the country, and the country protects the people...

His tragedy will never happen again, and the abandoned soul can finally rest in peace.

If it had been the case, Gide would never have believed it, but the person who made the promise was Konoha.

This ideal to absurd picture suddenly became real.

If only I could witness it with my own eyes...

It’s not a worthwhile trip in this life.

The spark called life leaped into action again.

"Konoha is also very enthusiastic today"