After moving bricks in Hong Kong, I was favored by the group [Comprehensive]

This--

What kind of answer?

The boy blinked his eyes, a little hard to digest the meaning of Hanada Rina's words.

Help someone you feel needs help?

Sounds like the approach of a bad guy.

At the age of 14, it is still difficult for him to hide his emotions well. Even if he has doubts, it is written on his face, he just speaks out and asks questions.

The rising sun seems to have come to the horizon, and the shimmering light gently kisses the whole newborn day, and what hits her hair is only tiny bright colors.

Not bright, but enough to hold up a light on her hair.

"why?"

Oda Sakunosuke tilted his head, looking at this immature-looking girl who was only four years older than him.

why?

Oda Sakunosuke couldn't understand.

In the world of Oda Sakunosuke, it is not black and white.

There is no such thing as pure goodness, and there is no real evil.

Everything is like a solvent, poured into a jar and will fuse together.

Because Oda Sakunosuke knows very well that this world is an upside-down world.

So what answer will she give?

--why?

Hanada Rina didn't know the answer either.

What she wants to do is never considered from the so-called rationality.

Just want to do it, just do it.

But it seemed like something was about to come out.

The dark part of the sun is brighter than before, and the scope of penetration is wider and wider, but the sun is only showing the tip of the iceberg.

Hanada Rina felt that there seemed to be some voice in her heart encouraging her to speak out.

"Sakunosuke, let me ask you, have you ever heard such a sentence?"

She turned around, her back to him.The hem of the skirt floated up gently because of the shaking, like waves hitting the shore, and then fell with the wind.

Gee,

Another nonsensical reply.

It has nothing to do with just half a point.

But Odasaku continued to follow her meaning.

"What?"

The sun gradually climbed up with the passage of time. He was like an old man, walking up slowly step by step, but he could only go up slowly.

Hanada Rina pursed her lips slightly, watching the changes in this piece of nature.

A very important person once talked to her.

But she has forgotten that person's name.

"Someone once told me—"

The white light finally crawled onto their bodies, illuminating as far as he could reach.

It is not bright, but it brings life and hope.

"Life is bitter enough, if it can bring happiness to others, it is a good thing."

Hanada Rina's voice seemed to come from far away, and it had jumped into his ears unconsciously.

Her voice is very soft and soft, and it is difficult to dissipate in the air for a while.

"That's when I knew I was going to be like that."

Obviously her voice was soft, but it was clear and loud, staying in Oda Sakunosuke's ear for a long time and never leaving.

Oda Sakunosuke heard it——

It was a very firm voice.

firm to...

Do not allow anyone to question.

He looked at the girl bathed in sunlight, he could see the clarity in her blue eyes, and the smile on her mouth was something he had never seen on anyone before.

It was a smile of strength and hope.

At the age of 14, he didn't know why he was stunned by this moment.

Maybe it was shock or maybe it was anticipation, but it should be more of the appeal she brought to him.

Hanada Rina once said that he is a gentle child.

Rina Hanada who can say this sentence——

Why not a gentle person?

"Hey, Sakunosuke, look..."

"Isn't the sunrise beautiful?"

He followed Hanada Rina's gaze, and it was already the sun hanging in midair.

Oda Sakunosuke glanced at the distant view, but couldn't help but return to Hanada Rina's face, and couldn't help but want to be attracted by her.

Yes, the 14-year-old boy probably knew why at that moment he suddenly felt an indescribable emotion creeping up his spine.

Because Oda Sakunosuke heard it.

He heard the sound that something seemed to be cracking quietly in his heart.

And this voice can only be heard clearly by himself.

Perhaps it was too long to wait for the answer, and Rina Hanada's gaze returned to him.

Sunrise is indeed beautiful.

Oda Sakunosuke blinked, and answered silently in his heart, but he choked on the words that slipped to his lips.

The 14-year-old boy didn't know why he didn't have the courage to say "Yes, the sunrise is really beautiful" to the girl in front of him.

Because there is an unspeakable feeling...

How could he have time to enjoy these things in the days when he couldn't eat enough or wear warm clothes?Oda Sakunosuke thought so, but just blinked his eyes, and nodded slightly at the other party, expressing his agreement.

"Ah, let's go back after watching the sunrise... so sleepy..."

After admiring the beautiful scenery, Hanada Rina, who no longer had to suppress her sleepiness, yawned.

She stretched her waist and exercised, and she raised her legs and there was a tendency to walk back.

But the 14-year-old boy standing there subconsciously grabbed Hanada Rina's hand.

"...Miss Rina."

Oda Sakunosuke stopped Hanada Rina.

At that time, he was a little shorter than Rina Hanada, about 1.5 meters tall, but as a boy, he was still slightly stronger than her in strength.

With just a slight pull, the few steps taken by Rina Hanada were wiped out, and she returned to the position just now.

He didn't know why he did this all of a sudden.

But action always comes faster than thinking.

Seeing Oda Sakunosuke stop her, Hanada Rina said "huh?", expressing her doubts.

"What's wrong, Sakunosuke?"

For Oda Sakunosuke, she always felt that he was like a younger brother.

So when she and Natsume-sensei met this child for the first time, she couldn't find the light that her peers should have in her eyes.

There is only endless darkness and destruction.

Ever since, she couldn't help but pay more attention to this child.

But since he read Natsume-sensei's unfinished "light and darkness" and decided to become a novelist, his blue eyes are no longer only dirty.

Already picked up--

what he wants.

"...You lower your head."

Oda Sakunosuke knew something about the relationship between men and women because of the mission.

So in some things he does know.

"?"

Hanada Rina was a little strange by his instructions, but she didn't think much about it, she just lowered her head following Oda Sakunosuke's words.

What are you going to do...?

She blinked, and when she was still thinking about what Oda Sakunosuke would do, the boy suddenly put his hands on her shoulders, lifted his toes slightly, and left a very light stroke on her forehead remember.

...? !

Just when she was shocked, Oda Sakunosuke withdrew his hands on her shoulders, and turned his head away from meeting Hanada Rina's gaze.

Oda Sakunosuke knew that the atmosphere had become a little delicate.

"I did not mean."

It was also the first time for the 14-year-old boy to do this, and a faint blush spread on his face.

Even if it is blocked with hands, it is difficult to hide.

Oda Sakunosuke calmed down his breathing a little, and explained to Hanada Rina.

"——That's just my brother's blessing to my sister."

"That's all."

Because he once learned that if he brushed lightly at that place, it represented the most sincere blessing for that person.

Oda Sakunosuke couldn't think of a better idea, so he could only do it like that.

If there is a better idea, he will definitely choose a better plan.

It just occurred to me, and I did it like that.

Hanada Rina didn't know if she didn't react, she was still staring blankly at the boy in front of her with her head down.

"Pfft..."

It turned out to be the case.

She understood what Oda Sakunosuke meant.

Hanada Rina smiled, with slyness in her eyes.

"So Sakunosuke has admitted that he is my younger brother?"

"..."

Where is this.

Oda Sakunosuke looked up at this girl who was older than him and four years older than him, and didn't feel that Rina Hanada had the temperament of a sister in any way.

Rather like a younger sister, silly.

If he hadn't seen Hanada Rina's skills, Oda Sakunosuke thought, maybe a girl like her might be cheated and count the money.

"...Don't talk nonsense, I'm an orphan."

He looked away, not wanting to meet that face that smiled heartlessly.

"I don't care, Sakunosuke is my younger brother now. If you want, of course you can change my surname to Hanada."

"..."

"as you like."

"Mama, children should smile more, what's the good of keeping a blank face like Ah Yu?"

She pinched his face with both hands, as if she wanted him to smile.

The 14-year-old boy slapped her hand away and went home on his own.

At that time, Oda Sakunosuke really thought about treating Hanada Rina as his relatives.

She is older than him, then Hanada Rina will be the older sister, and he is the younger brother.

If necessary, Oda Sakunosuke will always guard Hanada Rina as a younger brother.

At that time, he was still looking forward to seeing the sunrise with Hanada Rina again, and told her that the sunrise was really beautiful.

But in the afternoon of an unknown day after that, he, who had already joined the port mafia, received a message from Mr. Natsume.

A news of her sudden disappearance from this world.

Quietly without leaving a trace.

Until seven years later——

Rina Hanada appears again.

At this time, Oda Sakunosuke has grown from a 14-year-old boy in his professional life in port mafia to a 21-year-old youth.

Of course, when he met Hanada Rina,

Oda Sakunosuke has changed from her "brother" to her "brother."