[Comprehensive] The Light Chaser

At night, King Ren waited outside the window of his room for a red-haired man who called himself "Kangma".

He stepped on a leaf and floated out the window.

Although he knew it was stupid to trust strangers casually, Nioh followed Kurama to the hospital.No matter how you think about it, there is no loss, and that unreasonable sense of intimacy... What is going on?

"You can't really help." Kurama understood the situation with a glance. "It's not so much a physical ailment as it is a spiritual experience. If he can survive it, it will be good for him."

"...Is that so?"

"I don't know what you saw, but if you're really worried, it's okay to use the seeds." Zangma took out the two seeds, "It can indeed speed up the healing process. But if you want to use this one?"

"Share the pain?"

"That's right." Kurama smiled, "Do you want to try it? Experience the pain of your companions, and you can empathize with empathy and empathy. There will be no sequelae. Because what you share is only 'perception', not It will hurt the body."

No, why even this seemingly reliable person speaks in such a telemarketing tone.

"Then...try?"

There is no special feeling when the seeds enter the body. To make a metaphor, it is like eating grape seeds accidentally when eating grapes. Would you wonder if there will be grapes sprouting in your body?But the spiritual power flowed from the flesh and blood, and he didn't feel any feeling of being "rooted".

King Ni raised his head to look at Kurama. The red-haired man had a weird expression on his face: "Then, I have fulfilled my part of the contract. I will come back after your friend recovers."

"...Puri."

He returned home in a daze, not realizing what he had done in a daze.

And on the other side, the Tibetan horse who used magic to send the silver-haired boy home flew back to the roof of the hospital.

"I thought you were going to see him," he said.

The night wind blows through the railings and barbed wire on the top floor, and the moonlight shines on them.After a while of silence, a person suddenly stood on the top of the barbed wire: "No, you will be found."

Tibetan horse: "..."

He said speechlessly, "Do you think you haven't been discovered now?"

"If you haven't met face to face, you won't be discovered." The man jumped off the top of the barbed wire and landed lightly in front of Zangma.The moonlight fell and fell on his short silver hair. In the middle of the fluffy hair, the snow-white furry pointed ears trembled on the top of his head.

Zangma glanced at the top of his head: "Can't you put your ears back freely? It is indeed best not to see that adult."

"You can take it. But don't you think the ears are cute?" The person who said this stretched out his hands to the top of his head and rubbed his ears twice. He squinted his eyes when the hair was stroked.

Tibetan horse: "..."

He said earnestly and earnestly: "Don't have conflicts with your parents, it's better to speak directly. How can there be any overnight feud between mother and child?"

"I'm not losing my temper." The person opposite him opened his hand, "I'm helping. Isn't it interesting?"

Zangma decided not to get involved in other people's family conflicts.

Although the appearance of the person opposite was somewhat similar to his previous one, he was in a very delicate mood.

"I gave him the seed you found," he said, "but the lines you asked for... To be honest, it's a bit fake."

"But he still believed it." The man narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"...No, I probably just thought it was harmless. Besides, you used a spell on him." Kurama gave him a helpless look, "The lord told me to tell you to go home early when you've had enough fun. Lots to do."

"No~Yes." The person who shook his ears again firmly shook his head, "I'm also doing business, not just playing."

Zangma shrugged: "Whatever you want, I'm just saying."

"Puri. In short, there are still some small matters to trouble you, so I will pay half of the reward first."

There was a sound of breaking through the air, and Zangma stretched out his hand to catch the package thrown by the person opposite.He took it apart and took a look, and it was indeed half of what he said before....But let’s forget about herbal medicines, talismans and the like, half-painted ones are no different from waste products, right?

"Don't worry, don't worry, anyway, you can receive two rewards, which is not bad for me." The person who said so waved his hand, and jumped on the top of the barbed wire again with a little tiptoe, "Then we will meet again in a while Alright, Kurama-kun~ Be nicer to that child~"

He disappeared into the night sky after speaking.

Zangma stood there looking at the moon for a while, then put away the package.

"Two rewards? It's right to lose." He muttered to himself, and the leaves appeared under his feet again.

Didi, Didi, the bell in my pocket rang.He took out his phone and softened his expression when he saw the caller ID.

"Mom? Ah, I'll be back right away....No, I'm not working overtime. Yusuke has something to do with me....I see, you can go to bed early, don't wait for me."

He hung up the phone and glanced at the window where he had just stopped when he jumped from the top floor.

The young man whose seed he had left behind fell asleep peacefully, and he had a vague nightmare but quickly relaxed his expression.

Nioh also had a dream that night.

It was a completely different dream from the ones I had before.

There is no school, no tennis, no boardwalk, not even a story, and not a single person.

There was only a fluffy mass of faint light in the darkness.

At first it looked like a small mass, but when the consciousness got closer, it was actually quite large.

It's a fox.

The hair is very long, the color is snow white, and it looks good to the touch.But don't say hugging and rubbing in your arms, it's even a little scary to look closer.Because it is too big, like a mountain.

The fox curled up, as if sleeping, with its fluffy tail in its arms.The eyes are closed, the breath blows a few strands of hair, and the few hairs are rustling like branches.

King Ni looked at the thick hair in front of him, and touched it tentatively.

very soft.

But such long hair, even if it is soft...

If only it were as big as a red fox.

Nioh thought of Honosuke of Honmaru.

If it is as big as Honosuke, then this fox must be very cute.Special, special, very cute.

Cuter than the fox on Minghu's neck.

Hey, why doesn't my mother let me have a cat.

In his dream, he finally couldn't help but bury himself on the fox. The long fur was warmer than a down jacket. He rolled on it, and felt that the down quilt at home couldn't compare to the fox's fur.

When he woke up, he saw the sunlight outside the window, which was slightly dazzling.He blinked somewhat disappointedly.

But before he could recall the feeling of rolling on the fox, a sudden paralysis hit him.

At first, it was just a little numbness in the right hand, which gradually spread to the whole body, and gradually even the vision became black.I couldn't hear anything, and the sound of leaves rubbing against each other and birds chirping that I heard just now disappeared.

This is……

What's wrong with me?

He panicked for a few seconds, but his reason suddenly returned.

What unbelievable thing happened yesterday, what decision did I make, what contract did I sign, and what proposal did I agree to in the end...

He came down in a cold sweat.

What inexplicable contract did I sign? !

No, why would you believe that? !

Bewitched? !

But now... now this feeling... Could it be...?

The paralysis didn't last long, and Nioh thought a lot during the ten minutes.When he regained his sense of sight, touch, smell and hearing, he turned his head and glanced sideways at the tennis bag next to the bedside table, and suddenly understood what kind of mood Yukimura was in that night.

"Masaharu? Are you awake?" There was a knock on the door, "I'm going to be late for school."

King Ren responded.

When he changed his clothes and went downstairs, he saw his mother wearing a beautiful improved kimono and putting on makeup, her eyebrows were curved, and the kimono was still new.He asked suspiciously, "Don't you have to go to work? Still have a date?"

"Going to meet a cute kid." His mother said with a smile, "as cute as you, Yazhi."

"……what the hell."

"By the way, I prepared a bento for you~" Niwang's mother waved her hand, "Remember to take it away~ I'm going out first."

King Ni looked at her jumping back, feeling a little depressed for no reason.

"Who are you going to meet, or is it a discount at the department store?" He walked to the table and glanced at the breakfast and the prepared bento, and was overwhelmed by the large bento box.Open it up, fried fish, egg rolls, assorted dishes, barbecued pork...

No, what happened to be happy about it?He closed the bento box again and couldn't help sighing.

The morning training atmosphere of the tennis club was a bit dull.

Yukimura's words had a huge impact on Sanada.People who were already serious became more serious.Even with a chilling aura, no one dared to provoke him.

Others were also down, including Nioh who had been through too much in one day.

Such a dull atmosphere did not dissipate even in the afternoon practice time.

But in the middle of the practice, Sanada, who had been silent and just swung his racket with a black face, suddenly stood up straight.

"Sanada?" Liu turned his head a little uneasy.

"I have a proposal." Sanada said suddenly.

"……proposal?"

"In the future, we will be in Lihaida, and we are only allowed to win, not to lose!" Sanada slightly raised his head and said loudly.

In the separate stadium, there was only the newly selected main pick, and everyone looked up at him after this sentence.

Those eyes that seemed to contain flames under the brim of the black hat looked around the field: "There is only victory!"

"What happens if you fail?" In silence, King Ni asked.

Sanada frowned, snorted coldly, and raised his fist: "Then you will be punished!"

Kirihara and Marui looked at his fist and couldn't help shrinking their necks.

"Puri." King Ni turned his head to the side and sneered.

"King Ren!"

"No, it's nothing, I just think, if the rules are like this, then you lose and you want to beat yourself up?" Nioh raised his lips and looked at Sanada, "You lost just two days ago, right?!"

"you--?!"

"Don't get excited." King Ren raised his hand and waved, "I actually have no objection."

Sanada looked at him suspiciously.

"No one wants to lose, and it's good to have an incentive." King Ni took a step forward, "People's desire to survive is always the strongest."

"...It's good that you know." Sanada snorted and put down his hand.

The others, who almost thought that the two were about to quarrel again and then fought, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Then they start thinking about the conversation they just had.

Um?Wait... wait, what did Sanada say just now?

Punishment... punishment? !

"If you lose, you will be beaten by the vice minister?!" Kirihara opened his eyes wide and almost jumped up.

King Ni glanced at him and was amused: "What are you afraid of? Isn't Sanada beating you all the time?"

"What's the difference!" Kirihara exclaimed loudly.

After he finished speaking, he came to his senses, looked at Sanada's face, saw Sanada turned his back and started swinging again, and then bared his teeth at Nio.

After the training, they talked about it again in the social office.

"Is something wrong? Sanada won't mention this for no reason." Nioh asked while changing clothes, "Except for what Yukimura said yesterday... Isn't Yukimura always saying that? It shouldn't cause such a big reaction. ?”

"We had a practice match with Ice Emperor this weekend," Liu said.

"...Practice? This weekend?" Nioh turned his head.

Liu had already changed his clothes, and smoothed out his half-dry hair with his hands: "Yes, Atobe-kun called at noon. Genichiro answered the phone."

"Ice Empress..." King Ni frowned slightly in confusion, "Why did Ice Empress ask us to play a practice match?"

Isn't there enough Kanto competitions played every year?

They are all the same group of people, from the first to the second grade, and now they are going to be promoted to the third grade. Do you think there are not enough mobile phones?

"It should be because of Akutagawa-kun." Liu said.

"Akutagawa?" Nioh raised his head and thought for a while, "Did you play in the Kanto competition last time?"

"No, but he came to Lihai University several times last week." Liu said.

Nioh remembered.

"The one who looks like Bunta's cheerleading team is Akutagawa?" He opened his eyes wide. "I thought it was Bunta's younger brother who came over to cheer him on after school and had no club activities."

Liu: "...King Ni, have you read the information about Ice Emperor I gave you earlier?"

"Yes." Nioh said confidently, "But it is impossible for me to be my opponent, and it is not within the scope of my data collection."

willow:"……"

"I suggest you go to the hospital and talk to Yukimura about this in two days," he said.

At this juncture, the practice match with Bingdi is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing is that they can adapt to the game without Yukimura in advance (but Nioh thinks that Yukimura's illness should be cured before the next Kanto competition, if not, he will go to the red-haired guy to settle accounts).The downside is that with everyone's current state of mind, facing a powerful enemy like the Ice Emperor might lead to an unprecedentedly difficult battle.

"Hey, it's a pity that I gave him a limited edition puff that day." Marui muttered.

King Ren heard it, and leaned over: "You can ask Bingdi's Atobu to buy another copy for you, the young master will not refuse."

"Wow, why are you here?!" Marui was taken aback, "Wait a minute, did you hear that?"

"Understood. Every time I snatch the limited-edition puffs that you don't want to give." Nioh said, "I ended up giving it to someone from Ice Emperor. I'm so sad."

"...You also know that you are robbing." Marui said speechlessly, "Also, what kind of character do you think Atobe of Ice Emperor is?"

"Glittering golden characters." King Ni snapped his fingers.

Although it was a practice match, Sanada was determined to take it seriously as an official match.

"It's the Ice Emperor after all." Liu said.

Nioh participated in the meeting for the first time to determine the order of appearance.He glanced at Liu, then at Sanada with a gloomy face, and felt that he shouldn't appear on this occasion?

"You two just make a decision, don't ask me to come." He said.

"No, Yukimura said, when he's not around, you have the right to make decisions." Liu said with a smile.

Nioh glanced at Sanada, expecting this guy to speak out against it.However, the expressionless man just nodded lightly: "Let's start, stop talking nonsense."

Nioh leaned back on the back of the chair, causing the chair to shake twice.

He turned his head to the side: "Mr. Akutagawa is playing three in singles? So Bunta is playing three in singles?"

"Yes." Liu nodded.

"Five games, play five games?"

"Atobe asked for that. He must have heard something." Liu said.

Nioh was not surprised: "You can find out about Yukimura if you want to, and Atobe must already know about it. No wonder he would suddenly ask for a practice match at this time... definitely not just because of Akutagawa."

"Stop talking nonsense. No matter what the purpose is, just win!" Sanada interrupted the conversation between Nioh and Liu.He turned his head sideways: "I'm playing singles, but do you have any objections to the combat department?"

King Ren shrugged: "Whatever."

"Let Chi also play singles two. He needs to feel the intensity of the official match in advance. Bingdi is a suitable opponent." Liu suggested, "I will play doubles."

"So Nioh, what's your opinion?" Sanada asked.

"Me? I have no objection." Nioh blinked, "I also play doubles."

"With Liu Sheng?" Liu asked with a smile.

"Yes." King Ni nodded, "It's been a long time since Hiroshi and I played."

"What Yukimura thinks, you should know." Liu said.

"But I still..." His words were interrupted by the ringing of the phone.Liu's phone call.

Sanada frowned, the expression on his face was "You're so slack that you didn't turn off your phone during the meeting".And Liu looked down to show it, and made a mouth shape.

"It's Yukimura."

The corner of Sanada's mouth twitched.

"Yukimura." Liu answered the phone, "We're in a meeting....Yes, Nioh is also here. Are you looking for him?...What?...Okay, I understand."

He put down his cell phone and turned on the speakerphone, then turned his head to his two companions and said, "Sanada, you and I will play doubles for this practice match, and let Nio go for singles."

"what do you mean?!"

Nioh and Sanada spoke at the same time.

Liu pointed to the phone.

Nioh and Sanada looked down at the mobile phone on the table at the same time.Yukimura's voice came from the hands-free cell phone.

"Sanada, you and Atobe have played many times, and there is no need to do it again. You know what I mean? Your hole card is not yet ready for the flop."

"Yukimura..." Sanada frowned, "I..."

"You know what I mean. Lei and Yin. Who are you preparing these two moves for?"

"I see." Sanada said after a moment of silence.

"Then..."

"Wait, I haven't agreed yet!" Nioh couldn't help standing up, the chair made a harsh sound, "I don't play singles."

"King Ren..."

"Absolutely not!" Nioh propped his hands on the table and leaned closer to the receiver of the phone, "Hey, Yukimura, if you must ask Sanada to avoid Atobe, then I would rather play doubles with him! Let Liu play singles!"

"What?!"/"Nioh..."

Sanada doubted his ears, and Liu frowned and shook his head at Nioh.

But Nioh didn't care about them.

He squinted slightly and looked at the name "Yukimura Seichi" on the phone screen: "Minister, I'm serious."

silence.

Yukimura's breathing came faintly from the other end of the phone.

The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, Liu tried to smooth things over, but despite being separated by radio waves, the auras of the two seemed to be colliding. He thought of several ways of saying but couldn't find a suitable one, so he had to give up.Sanada was still in shock.

"Niou..." Yukimura tried to persuade, "Atobe is a good opponent, this is a good opportunity..."

"No." Nioh tapped his fingers on the table.He frowned a little irritably, and suppressed his voice: "I want to play doubles."

"This is a practice match..."

"That's why I don't want it!" Nioh snorted, "No matter how you play, you can win. It doesn't matter if you let Sanada and Atobe play. Everyone knows that it is a practice match, and the cards that should be kept will be kept. .”

He actually understood what Yukimura meant, but he just didn't want to do it.

The sense of repulsion was too obvious, and he couldn't convince himself to agree.

"At worst, Sanada and I will play doubles." He said, "Anyway, I won't play singles."

"Okay." Yukimura's helpless voice came from the other end of the phone, "Really, you..."

"You're too impatient, Yukimura." Nioh said, "Don't act like you're being chased by something. Since you're sick, take care of yourself and don't worry too much. You'll get better sooner if you eat more and sleep more."

"It's really long-winded, don't you even listen to me?" Yukimura chuckled, "But your relationship with Sanada is progressing very quickly, so soon you can play doubles?"

"If you don't try, how will you know?" King Ren said.

"Forget it, there's nothing we can do about you." Yukimura said.

He gave a few more casual instructions, such as paying attention to safety when going to Tokyo, checking the route in advance and booking a ticket before hanging up the phone.

As soon as the phone was hung up, the conference room suddenly became quiet again.

Then Liu tentatively looked to the left and then to the right: "Really let the two of you play double-doubles?"

On the left, Sanada's face is embarrassed and embarrassing.

On the right, Nioh seems to be in a bad mood lying on the table.

"So it's settled?" Liu asked again.

"Puri, I'm joking. You really mean it." Nioh whispered.

Liu then laughed: "I said yes. But you are really, you said it so directly——"

"There's no need to be tactful. This kind of thing." Nioh said, "Okay, let's follow the previous order of appearance. Let Sanada play singles."

"Okay. Genichiro, do you have any objections?"

Sanada, whose expression changed several times inexplicably, took two deep breaths, raised his hand and held down the brim of his hat: "Too slack!"