"Digimon 04" Like Water and Clear Song

Back in the real world, things basically haven't changed much.Even if they spent 10 minutes becoming heroes to save the world, when they came back to reality, they were just fifth graders.

To say there is no change is not necessarily true.

Qin Hui spent a week thinking about the current changes, but still didn't get an answer.In other words, she just used "didn't think about the answer" as an excuse to avoid Kouichi.Because comparing the situation of the two before going to the Digimon world, it is completely reversed.Kotoe always seemed to have some excuse, and left in a hurry before Huiichi came to talk to her.After a long time, even Wu Hui found some clues.

"What's the matter with you and Huiyi?" Wue asked casually while bending down to adjust Kotoe's messy short hair.

"It's nothing." Koto replied calmly, but Wue still noticed that she looked away.

Despite some reluctance, Wue finally agreed to Kotoe's participation in the selection meeting.From Wue's point of view, it's not a bad thing to let Kotoe participate in this kind of activity that is doomed to fail, at least it can dampen her ignorant spirit.

"Then you will also go to the station together?" Wue asked self-consciously, pretending not to notice Kotoe's stiff body in vain.

Kotoe pushed Wue's hand away uncomfortably, and then replied: "No, no..." She knew that Huiyi would be a guest at Huier's house today, and it was Huier who took the initiative to invite her.Natural Huiji came to ask her opinion symbolically, but she resolutely rejected the invitation this time.

"Really?" Wue took two steps back and tilted her head, "It seems that you didn't negotiate this point." She tapped the door with her thumb.Qin Hui followed her gestures, but saw Hui Yi standing at the door, looking at her in a daze.Kotoe noticed that he was carrying a beautifully packaged paper box in his hand, which should be the handmade cake that Aunt Kimura was best at that she mentioned to Huiji.

The lie was exposed too quickly, Kotoe lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Then I'm leaving." She bid farewell to her sister in a hurry, ran to the door quickly, grabbed Huiyi's hand and dragged her outside.Until the two of them left the block quickly, Qin Hui quickly retracted her hand with a guilty conscience.She glanced at Huiyi again, and saw that he was just looking at her in silence, feeling a lot of uneasiness in her heart for no reason.

"Is it today?" Qin Hui asked knowingly.

"En," trying to pretend that the strange week between the two never happened, Huiyi resumed his usual gentle smile, and he raised his hand to motion for Kotoe to look at the cardboard box in his hand, "because Huiji said , today his dad..." He still didn't seem to be used to saying this name, so he could only pass by unnaturally, "He is away on a business trip and is not at home these days, so..."

"That's right," Koto replied absent-mindedly, "This is very good." She felt like she was talking to Huiyi about a complete stranger, and after saying a few symbolic exclamations, she never No other suitable phrase could be found.

Maybe, she couldn't say something like "have fun" from the bottom of her heart.

The atmosphere between the two became weird again.

In fact, neither Huiichi nor Kotoe belonged to the talkative type.Even if they go to and from school together on weekdays, the number of times they open their mouths to chat is very little.However, this time they also kept silent and walked on the street, but both of them felt that strange atmosphere.To use an alternative adjective, it could be "rusty".

Qin Hui felt that her walking posture was much stiffer.Several times she wanted to turn her head to look at Kouichi's expression, but in the end she hardened her heart and stubbornly kept her gaze straight ahead.

After arriving at the station, Kotoe secretly breathed a sigh of relief.She knew that Kouji's home and her destination were completely different directions of two lines.But immediately, her heart became heavy again.It is clear that there will be no more days of being alone with each other like this, why did she still choose to run away?

No... that's because she had to get used to such days quickly.Kouichi already has a twin brother who is connected to him, and he no longer needs his bad self to continue to be the "only" friend.

Constantly persuading herself and adjusting her expression to a normal state, Kotoe finally plucked up the courage to turn and face Huiichi. "I went over there to buy a ticket." She pointed to the ticket machine not far away, "Then... I hope you can..." As the words reached her throat, she felt that the bitterness was even worse, so she nodded hastily and turned to Go in the other direction.

Qin Hui didn't notice that Lu Huiyi's eyes never left her, just like many days in the past.He is used to walking half a step behind her, just because he can watch her back when he walks in that position, and only from this angle can he let his feelings stay in his eyes.

But today, after he passed through the initial confusion and anxiety, a very deep blackness quietly swallowed up those useless feelings, until it engulfed the back figure reflected in the center of his pupils together.

She is wearing a royal blue dress today, and the hem of the skirt will rise slightly as she walks. The paler complexion of ordinary people also adds a bit of vitality and vitality because of this bright blue.

Just looking at her figure walking in front of her like this, Huiyi suddenly felt dazed.There are several similar scenes overlapped between the blurred memories, but without exception, the girl turned her back to him and gradually moved away from him.

He suddenly understood.

The coldness and detachment she displayed these days only meant one thing.In Qin Hui's perception, it was time for them to part ways.All she did was simply want to leave.

As for myself, I could only shrink helplessly in the dark corner, watching her gradually go away to the dazzling light.That was clearly what he feared the most, but he could only watch everything happen, but he was powerless to turn back.

"Don't go." As if making a useless struggle for the last time, Keiichi stretched out his hand abruptly to grab the fading figure in front of him.

The fingers really touched the cool skin, and the illusion gradually receded with the temperature of the palm at that moment.

Qin Hui turned her head and looked at him with a little confusion: "What?"

Hui looked at him expressionlessly.He seemed to have forgotten the purpose of the two of them at present, but simply and stubbornly grabbed her wrist: "Kotoe, don't go." Huiyi lowered his voice while meeting her gaze.

Like a delusion, Kotoe seemed to hear a hint of pleading from it, just like the tone he used when he forced her to agree to the promise in the Digimon world. "What are you talking about?" She wanted to pretend that she didn't understand anything and try to break free from his clenched fingers, but the moment her hands were stretched out, they froze in vain.

Is it her illusion?She found a familiar color in Huiyi's eyes.

Those are blood-red pupils that belong exclusively to the Dark Beast, without any emotion.

The person who grabbed her in front of her was no longer Kimura Kouichi, but a dark beast that had already disappeared.

"Hui, Yi?" In the end, Kotoe's fingers just lightly covered the opponent's hand.She dullly realized that Kouichi's hands were cooler than hers.

Fai blinked.The person he thought was about to disappear was actually very close at hand, staring fixedly at him with her light gray eyes full of confusion and...almost imperceptible worry.Looking down, he found that it was his own fingers, firmly grasping the slender wrist of the person in front of him. "I..." He didn't know how to explain his actions for a moment, so he quickly retracted his hand, and then hid it behind his back, as if he wanted to hide the darkness that he accidentally revealed .

The idea that even he himself was afraid of had signs of being ready to move again.

"Then...you work hard." Huiyi said mechanically, he didn't know where his eyes were looking at at the moment, "But, if it's Kotoe, there must be no problem." He just didn't dare to look again A pair of light gray eyes in front of him.

"En." Qin Hui nodded.She forced herself to pretend she didn't notice Kouichi's strangeness.Then, turn around and leave.

Qin Hui didn't dare to look back, so she didn't notice that the boy carrying the cake box had been standing there, staring blankly at her back until he was completely submerged by the surging crowd.

A few hours later, Kotoe sat in a park near the destination building in a daze.She knew her sister was right.After all, there are always some force majeure in this world. When those passionate people are hindered, they will naturally calm down gradually.

So now, she has calmed down.

The selection process was much faster than she had imagined.It was because her number was relatively late, so there was a delay.During this period, Kotoe only felt like a doll being repeatedly manipulated, which made her extremely awkward, so that when the thin, fancy-dressed man sitting in the chair said "I'm sorry" to her in a professional tone , Qin Hui actually felt that she was relieved, and she didn't feel lost in her heart, but more relaxed.

It's just a pity that apart from a simple opportunity to introduce herself, she didn't even get a chance to speak.

When leaving the building, Kotoe caught a glimpse of a girl about her age who was sitting on a bench in the lobby sobbing silently because of failure.Beside her, someone who seemed to be her companion was comforting her in a low voice, but the companion showed a mocking smile when the girl covered her face with her hands.

Qin Hui walked past the two of them without looking sideways and left the building.It's just that she didn't go back to the station immediately, but turned into the green park near the building.She chose a secluded bench to sit down, but when she wanted to shrink her legs, she found that today's skirt made it impossible for her to do this action, so she had to straighten the skirt and let it go.

At this moment, the phone rang, as if the time had been calculated.

Kotoe took out her mobile phone from her small bag, glanced at the incoming call and found that it was Huiji's number.She stared blankly at the number for a moment, then immediately understood.

"Kinto," before she could speak, she heard Huiyi's voice coming from the receiver, "I'll be back soon, do I need to pick you up?"

Qin Hui was a little stunned.Hearing Huiyi's gentle and calm voice, she suddenly felt that perhaps the embarrassment and estrangement created by her a few hours ago had never happened.But another detail quickly brought her back to reality.In addition to Keiichi, she heard other voices, which seemed to be Keiji whispering to his stepmother.

"No need," Qin Hui replied calmly.She turned her head and saw the high-rise building she came out of. The silver-white exterior of the building was coated with a hazy and ambiguous light in the orange-yellow sunset. "It will take some time for me to finish." She lied without changing her face.

"It's been going on for so long?" Keiichi's tone was still calm, and he couldn't even find the basic confusion in the question.

"En..." Qin Hui looked away from the high-rise building, even though it was already rush hour, fortunately she chose a relatively secluded location, so she couldn't hear the hustle and bustle of the street not far away, "You, It's better to go back first." She tried her best to maintain the calmness in her voice as she said.

The answer on the other end was long overdue. "Well, I see." In the end, he just left such a compromise dialogue.

The call was over, and the light screen of the phone also dimmed.Kotoe held the slightly hot metal shell in the palm of her hand, as if doing so could make her cold hand feel a little bit warmer.

It was so quiet here, as if she was the only one left in the whole world.

For some reason, at this moment, she was inexplicably reminded of the place that Bogomon called "the sound of the deep sea".It was a rectangular room surrounded by snow-white vines that was silent on the bottom of the sea.

If it is the bottom of the sea, there should be a similar sense of tranquility.

Qin Hui narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she had returned to the situation at that time.

Suddenly, a soft applause interrupted her thoughts.

Kotoe raised her head alertly.Only then did she notice that she had unknowingly hummed the melody she found in that transparent house.Although it was a tune she had never heard before, it was deeply hidden in her heart after that time.As long as she thinks about it, she can hum naturally.

On the path not far away, a long-haired woman looked at her kindly.Sensing Kotoe's vigilant gaze, the woman smiled apologetically, and said softly, "I'm really sorry, I heard an attractive singing voice, so... I hope I didn't disturb you."

Qin Hui shook her head, the arrival of the stranger made her immediately put away the fragile emotions that she hadn't intended to reveal a moment ago.Even if someone disturbed her, she didn't want to stay in this park any longer.Seeing that it was getting late, Qin Hui stood up from the bench, slightly bowed to the other party, and was about to leave.

"Well, please wait a moment." At this time, the other party stopped Qin Hui, "Miss, I don't know if you have free time, I want to chat with you."

Qin Hui turned sideways, her gaze subconsciously resting on the woman.She noticed that the other party appeared to be in her thirties, dressed elegantly and decently, and when she was talking, she always had a friendly smile on her face.

"Sorry." Even so, Qin Hui still refused the woman's request stiffly.Facing strangers always made her feel a little uncomfortable. "I have to go home." After saying that, she bent down to salute the other party again, and Qin Hui planned to leave.

did not expect.

"Undine."

This familiar pronunciation made Kotoe's footsteps stop unconsciously.She didn't know if there was a look of astonishment on her face.

The woman still stood where she was, and said slowly in a faintly smiling voice: "It is said that the elves who live in the water, their sweet voices can sometimes overwhelm the sound of running water. However, they are indeed soulless. Exist." As she spoke, the woman shook her head helplessly, "It's really strange, there are so many fairies with moving singing voices in myths and legends, but I just think of her."

"Ah, I'm so sorry for saying such strange words." Noticing that Kotoe was still standing there, the woman smiled apologetically at her, "If I can, I really want to help your singing find its lost soul .”

"Who are you...?" Qin Hui's gaze was fixed on the woman, she didn't notice how impolite her question was at the moment.

"Ah la," but the woman was not annoyed, instead she showed a surprised smile, "So, can I understand that you are willing to chat with me?"

The woman walked up to Kotoe slowly, put her hand on her chest, and introduced herself to her with a smile: "My name is Minazuki Saiya, and my job is just a piano teacher. If you want, call me' Minazuki-sensei' will do."

The author has something to say: Here are the original two DM references.

Undine, the element of water among the four elements.The name of the weapon conch "Sleep Song" comes from Undini's famous curse "Sleep Curse".The trick "Light of Laska" comes from the water elf Rusalka in Slavic mythology, because Du Niangpedia said that this name is also similar to the names of other water elves in Europe.

Qualle.German for "jellyfish".The translation comes from Kingsoft PowerWord.