Traveler, High School Student, Homeless

The damp breath exudes, as if soaked in rainwater. If you look carefully at the walls on both sides, you can indeed see traces like water stains, as well as large and small cracks that spread out, which makes people I wonder if this house can still be lived in.

"I remembered..."

Aliangliang Muli frowned at this moment.

"What do you remember?"

Kamijou Touma turned his head curiously.

"My senior, Ms. Lu Jia. She once said that when she was a child, she lived in a dilapidated apartment building that could be said to be dangerous," Aliangliang Muli said with an expression of memory Said, "It's a house that has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is actually not suitable for people to live in. However, for her and her father, who are in very poor economic conditions, there is no better choice, and they can only endure the dilapidated house. Houses, and the rainwater that leaks everywhere when it rains."

"If I remember correctly, the reason why she moved out of this house was because of the rain that caused the building to collapse, and then received relief housing from the local government. However, even that relief house was later because of her father's willingness to gamble. The reason is gone after living for a few years.”

"Also, although she didn't say it, when her animal father did such a bad thing to her at the beginning, I think it was in this building."

"That is to say—"

In other words, is it possible that this dilapidated apartment at this moment is the beginning of that girl's nightmare?

As I said before, this weird place is easy to remind people of memory.Kamijou Touma immediately thought at this moment that this place might be a world made up of memories, a world made up of desperate memories.

"Let's go."

Aliangliang Muli walked towards the dark corridor in front of him.

"Ah."

Responding, Kamijou Touma walked into the building together while being alert to the possible dangers around him.

Oshino Shinobu disappeared without a trace.However, Aliangliang Muli didn't respond to this, and Kamijou Touma somewhat guessed that the blond girl was not an ordinary human being, so he didn't ask any more questions, but focused on the matter in front of him.

"If I remember correctly, Senior Lu Jia's house is on the fourth floor."

As Aliangliang Muli spoke, he walked forward cautiously.

"I see."

Kamijou Touma nodded and moved on.

"Speaking of which, I came to this place because I wanted to confirm the situation of the people I knew. Kamijou-san, why did you come here? Even though I said that before, that's it. In order not to let you get involved."

Aliangliang Muli, who was walking in front, asked suddenly without looking back.

"Although your attitude is indeed a bit bad, but how to put it, I'm probably the type who likes to meddle in other things. The more you behave like you don't want me to care, the more I care. And this kind of care always makes me When I encounter a reason that really requires me to participate, I will develop such a habit over time."

Kamijou Touma replied calmly, as if this was already a part of everyday life.

"It's really hard to say what to say. Maybe it's true what I said just now that the two of us are somewhat similar."

Aliangliang Muli laughed.

In the dark and damp corridor, the voices of two people spread far away.

There is water flowing down the corridor, and when you lift your feet up the stairs, you will accidentally stick to your pants. It is quite cold, as uncomfortable as ice water that has just melted.The stairs under my feet are somewhat cracked, and even the edges have a little collapse. When walking up all the way, I can still see that the doors of each floor have been sealed, obviously no one has lived there for a long time.

"The five-story unit apartment on the first floor has been abandoned for several years, but seniors still can't leave this place."

Aliangliang Muli said in a low voice.

"Actually, I didn't know that senior very well at the beginning. After all, she was very afraid of men, and I couldn't even communicate with her normally."

As if thinking of something, the boy in front started talking to himself in a low voice, but Kamijou Touma in the back could hear his voice very clearly, so it could be regarded as talking to him like chatting.

"It's just that such an abnormality made me a little concerned. I thought it might be some kind of 'weird', so I wanted to take care of it."

"I want to meddle in something that has nothing to do with me, ha, maybe it feels a bit hypocritical, but I really am like that."

"After the investigation, it was found that there was nothing unusual about this senior, but it was just a past that a normal person would hardly experience."

When I first learned about those things, I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart no matter what.

In fact, the same is true for Kamijou Touma. Even if it is a stranger who has no relationship, after knowing such a vicious and disgusting thing, this empathy, conscience and bottom line consciousness really mobilized the anger in the young man's heart.

And when further investigations revealed that the girl who was the victim had to bear the strange gaze that she shouldn't have to bear until now, the anger became more and more intense.

"I don't know much about traditional concepts, but insults like 'broken shoes' and 'bitch' are really annoying."

"Those who uphold the so-called traditional concept, do not ask themselves to do anything, but stare at an innocent girl who has been devastated and can't do anything to get rid of the darkness, and make irresponsible remarks, just like this can find the moral high ground, can make themselves appear As much as being more civilized and nobler, things like this make me sick."

The young man didn't know how to deal with such a person, so he chose the most straightforward way, which was to exchange fists.Beat until those people don't dare to open their mouths to talk nonsense, until those people show their ugly shit.

"If it were me, I think I would do that too."

Kamijou Touma spoke after a slight silence.

"Obviously I have suffered so much, and I have lived so hard until now, but in the end I have to suffer more because of this kind of thing. If I were you, I would definitely use my fist to stop those mouths. The unclean guy will be beaten hard."

The boy clenched his fists very seriously.

There is no need for any complicated reasons, nor is it because of such a glorious reason as wanting to punish evil and promote good.

It’s just that I can’t bear this kind of thing happening around me, and I feel physically uncomfortable when it appears in my eyes, because I can’t accept it, so I have to stop it.Follow your own burning emotions, teach and punish those who make people angry.

Kamijou Touma and Aliangliang Kili laughed at this moment, and the two really felt the similarities between each other.

"Then, if I were you, I think I would want to tell that senior one more thing."

When he had reached the third floor, Kamijou Touma spoke softly.

"I want to tell her that she is not alone. I want to tell her that she is by no means alone in this world. There must be someone who is willing to stand by her side and will not look at her with different eyes. If she feels that this kind of person If it doesn’t exist, then I will be such a person.”

"I don't know if such words are useful to those who suffer from such pain, but if it were me, I would definitely say this, and I would do my best to tell the other party like this, hoping that the other party can live a good life Go on and be able to live a more brilliant life."

While talking, the two of them approached the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

"These words are really inspiring. If Senior Lu Jia can hear it, he should be happier."

Aliangliang Muli showed a somewhat sighing expression.

I always feel that the atmosphere between these two men suddenly became better.

Shinobu Oshino, who was hiding in the shadow of Araragi's wooden calendar, showed his head and looked at the two boys with complicated expressions.For some reason, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"Looks like we should be able to be friends, um, my first friend in a sense, right?"

Aliangliang Muli smiled with emotion.

He has always acted alone, although for some reason, he is staying with Oshino Shinobu now, but Araragi's daily life is still quite withdrawn, and he has never met anyone who can be called a friend.

"Perhaps, but let's deal with the situation at hand now."

Kamijou Touma also smiled, but soon he became serious and looked forward.

Above the stairs is the dark fourth floor.

Even if one of the two relies on the vision of a vampire and the other relies on the vision of a dragon pupil, it is difficult to see what exists in the dark.This dark thing seems to have a solid body, as if it is covering something.

But then, out of the darkness, something stepped out.

"Senior Lu Jia?!"

No, not quite the same.

Although it can be associated with the same person on the outside, the girl in front of her looks like she is only seven or eight years old.Wearing mended tattered clothes, with a thin body and empty eyes, he stood at the top of the stairs, looking at the two people below.

Dark red blood dripped from the hem of the girl's skirt little by little.

Is it the same person?

"Senior Lu Jia, is that you?"

Aliangliang wooden calendar, without hesitation, will move forward.

"After you step back, don't get close to this thing!"

But the next moment, Oshino Shinobu's small hand stretched out from behind Aliangliang's wooden calendar and grabbed the boy.

【No, not you...】

【It shouldn’t be you, coming to such a place...】

Subtle, like a voice ringing in the ear, it sounded hollow and powerless.

The sound of something wriggling was mixed with the girl's sluggish voice.

But Kamijou Touma and Aliangliang Kili had no time to distinguish the sound, because the ground under their feet suddenly collapsed at this moment, and endless darkness swept up from below, grasping them tightly and dragging them dragged down.

Jingle Bell--

There was a sound, melodiously resounding from above.

"Tsk, what the hell is this thing?"

Jingle Bell--

Among the crumbling stairs, human hands stretched out from the darkness one after another, grabbing the girl with an indifferent expression.

Jingle Bell--

The ethereal voice finally became clear.

Kamijou Touma raised his head and saw something appearing in the darkness.

That's people.

Things that are made up of people, but can no longer be called people.

The skin and flesh are connected to each other, the arms are intertwined, the eyeballs and nose are wriggling, forming an incomparably huge meat ball, which looks at least hundreds of meters in size.

Human faces emerged one after another, lamenting, crying, and murmuring, crawling among countless twisted limbs.

Something is surging.

【You are such a waste!What is the use of your life! ! ! 】

Something is trembling.

【I really wish I never gave birth to you! 】

Something is twisting.

[If you can't do anything well, you can't do anything well in your life]

Lost, lost again, robbed, nothing, until nothing.Broken senses are spreading everywhere, desperate pain resonates with each other, and the final result is the memory of suffering and hatred fused with each other in the melodious voice.

jingle bell - jingle bell -

Only the ethereal and melodious voice continued to ring.