Salvation equals death

The relationship between Takashi Natsume and Vera is complicated.

In terms of seniority, Natsume wants to call Vera "auntie".

But what about age?On the contrary, Natsume is one year older than Vera.

"Natsume has really grown up." A person who has no sense of elders folded his hands on his cheeks, tilted his head and smiled gratifiedly, "I can raise pigs."

Sanhua: "...Meow meow meow!!!"

Natsume: "...It's a cat, it's a cat, although it's really fat like a pig."

Obviously not an orange cat but still eats himself so fat, it should be said that it is a family connection, do the pets you raise have personality?

"Is that so? Miaoji is not healthy like this, although she has a personality." Vera picked up Saiki Miaomiao, pinched his little claws and waved at Natsume, "Come on, Saiki , say hello to Miaoji."

"Qimu?" Natsume was curious about the name, which was obviously someone's surname, and couldn't help turning her head to look at the noble and glamorous cat in the girl's arms.

"That's right, because there is a classmate in our class who also likes to stick two lollipops in his head. It's a very personal preference, so we named it 'Qimu'." Vera said nothing. I felt that I said something dark-bellied.

Natsume: "...No, no matter how you think about it, normal people or normal cats don't stick lollipops in their heads, do they?...Forget it, as long as you like it."

Natsume Takashi couldn't help but support his forehead, Mingming is a little older than his aunt, but I don't know why the two of them walk together and he always ends up miserable as a spitting slave.

The relationship between Natsume Takashi and Vera goes back many years.

Natsume and Vera's parents died in the same disaster. Natsume, who was still very young at the time, met Vera who was younger than him at the funeral.

At that time, Natsume, who was at a loss for the future and didn't know where to go, was pointed out by Vera to adopt him.

But that is obviously impossible. After all, Vera, who lost her parents, is still a baby who needs to be taken care of by others. Even if she is indeed related to Natsume, Natsume also has closer blood relatives.

Unlike Natsume, Vera's parents have an adopted son named "Shujumaru" who has grown up. Suzumaru himself has a lot of income, and it can be said that it is more than enough to take care of the younger sister.

At that time, although Natsume was an orphan, he still had his parents' inheritance and huge compensation from the insurance company, so there were quite a few people who were willing to adopt him.

Vera, who couldn't resist the law, held Natsume's hand all the time at the funeral. Her warm palm was like an anchor, holding Natsume who was swaying in the wind and rain and drifting with the current.

Natsume didn't cry much at the funeral, because she made a bunch of keys into a necklace and put it on Natsume's neck. She told Natsume that her home was also his home, and he could come back anytime if he had nowhere to go. Home.

The girl let go of her hand, but the key became Natsume's new anchor.

When being scolded by adults for being able to see monsters but being regarded as lying by adults, and being run around by monsters and being scolded by adults, Natsume can't help but hold the key hanging around his neck.

——It seems to be able to draw the temperature of "home" from the cold iron.

Later, the two children became pen pals, and Natsume moved between different families, but the letters they sent all flew to the same place.

[Why did you reach out to me then? ] The young Natsume asked in the letter.

[Because Natsume was asking for help at that time, right?Although you didn't say it, your eyes are very sad. ] The girl's reply was simple and straightforward, with determination that cannot be vetoed.

[Isn't it natural to lend a helping hand to someone who is asking for help? ]

"So, Natsume—" Vera took a small bite of the donut, and raised her foot to send a straight ball, "Have you stopped being afraid of monsters and even started raising monsters?"

Natsume and the three-flowered cat in his arms froze at the same time.

"Why do you have the expression of 'how do you know'?" Vera hugged Qimu Meow, a little puzzled, "Didn't you always write in your letters that you could see monsters and were harassed by monsters? "

Natsume hugged the Sanhuamao, a little at a loss: "I..."

He did say in the letter that he could see monsters, but as he got older, he began to realize that his words and actions would cause trouble to others, so he stopped mentioning these things to others.

As for this little cousin who is one year younger than herself, although she never denied Natsume's claim that "he can see monsters" in her letter, but because she didn't want to mention Natsume's sadness, she could not mention it.

Natsume never thought that she would really believe it—or, even if she really believed it when she was young, as she grew older, she would gradually feel that it was a lie, right?

"Do you think so?" Vera was also a little surprised, and couldn't help but lick Qimu Miaomiao, but the cold Miaomiao held her restless hand, "But you still wear the counting beads I gave you?" Ah, don't you see any difference?"

Natsume was stunned, and looked down at his wrist. There was a string of simple black and white number beads hanging there. Others couldn't see it, but Natsume could see the strong spiritual light on it.

"I thought this was the reason why my cousin often worked in the temple..."

Natsume couldn't help but smile wryly, this string of beads has saved him many times, but his uncle Shuzumaru is a well-known Buddhist lecturer, he thinks it's just because the beads were incensed in the temple.

When Vera knew that Natsume was often harassed by monsters, she gave him a string of beads containing the Buddha's meaning of Shuzhuwan. This string of beads not only contained the spiritual barrier she set up, but also contained the five swords of the world "destroying evil and showing righteousness". knife intent.

If it is a monster with malicious intentions towards Natsume, it will be shocked by Suzumaru Sword Intent. The Sword Fusangshen Sword Intent can even repel Ibaraki Doji's level of big monsters, let alone those low-level monsters. .

The three-flowered cat in Natsume's arms is named "Blade", it is a nine-tailed demon fox who has almost cultivated to the level of Tianhu, because it was sealed into a beckoning cat, it became what it is now .

Although Madara always said that he would take away the account of friends after Natsume died, he actually had no malice towards Natsume Reiko's grandson, which is why he was not deterred by Shuzhu.

"Hey, I'm so sad—" Vera, who has actress-level acting skills, pretended to wipe away tears, "I didn't think Natsume was lying, but Natsume didn't even take my words seriously?"

The gentle and honest boy panicked when he heard the words, while the big monster in his arms frowned, and shouted defensively: "You still have the nerve to talk about Natsume? Obviously you are half-dead—"

"Crack", the fat Sanhua's mouth was pinched by Vera, and the plump Sanhua cat made a series of "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" but couldn't say a word.

The two cats scratched each other in the eyes of Qimu Miaomiao, "Are you mentally retarded?"

"Ah——Xiao Ai, don't bully Teacher Kitty." Natsume held the little elder's head with some headaches, and at the same time grabbed Teacher Kitty's nape, "You two are not children anymore, can you be more stable? ?”

It is natural for cats to act like a baby, and Vera is also very obedient, even though she would sit on her father's clothes that stretched to the floor and play jiojio when she was three-headed, she was still very obedient.

The well-behaved Vera took the ice cream cone that Natsume bought weakly. Because of her poor health, she was ordered by Suzumaru to eat ice cream at most once a week, and this precious ice cream was right in front of her eyes——

"Robbery—someone is robbing! Help me stop it, it's my child's life-saving money—!"

"Go away!" A sudden impact came from behind, and Vera, who was defenseless, was thrown forward. She held the cone firmly, but the ice cream ball on it directly contributed to the earth.

"Ah! Ai! Are you alright?" Natsume hurriedly supported him, but saw his younger elder gracefully stabilized his figure, and glanced at the crispy cone in his hand with a smile.

There was no weapon in hand, so Vera's eyes fell on the blue-haired boy who was holding a basketball in a daze. Before she had time to look, she ran forward with a smile and asked softly, "Excuse me, is your basketball Can you lend me one? If it breaks, I will compensate you with a new one."

"Ah? Oh, it's okay, please." The blue-haired boy stared at her blankly, and handed over the basketball.

"Thank you for your generosity." After taking the basketball, Vera turned around without hesitation, aiming at the robber's back was a charged reshot.

"boom--"

Akashi Seijuro thought the voice was very familiar.

The silver-haired girl, who was soft and vulnerable to the wind, leaped over the railing with one hand, and the white gauze strung around her slender waist was blown up by the wind, as nimble and light as a butterfly.

Facing the robber struggling to get up after being knocked down by the basketball, she instantly completed the full set of operations of "locking the throat, twisting the arms, pressing the head into the soil", and smiled and said to the people next to her: " Please call the police."

The screams of the robbers resounded through the sky.

The audience was silent, but Aomine Daiki who was standing next to Akashi whistled and said with a mean smile: "Wow, that's really cool."

Midorima Shintaro adjusted his glasses, and relying on his tall and burly body, he hurried forward to help hold down the robber. Seeing someone take over, the silver-haired girl decisively shifted her target, and handed the briefcase that fell to the ground to the one who was chasing him owner.

There was belated applause from all around. Some people clapped so hard that their palms turned red without realizing it. Some people hurried forward to help hold down the robber, and some surrounded the girl with excitement.

"That's amazing! Little girl, do you practice martial arts? What's your name?"

"Were you filming just now? Your skills are really beautiful!"

Unfortunately, the owner who lost the money was also careless. Because the child was going to have an operation, he withdrew a large amount of money from the bank. Who knew that he was being targeted, and the robber was not a habitual criminal.

The police quickly took away the robbers, and Vera also struggled out from the crowd, retrieved the basketball, and brought it back to the blue-haired boy.

"Ah, it's Akashi-senpai." If Vera had cat ears, she probably would shake together at this time, "Why did you come to Tokyo? Did you come to participate in some competition?"

Akashi, who was called "junior", stepped forward despite the gossiping eyes of his teammates, and said with a gentle smile, "Senior Fukuzawa, we meet again. My teammates and I are indeed here to participate in the Winter Cup."

"Senior, you're supposed to be here to participate in the kendo contest?" Akashi glanced at Natsume who hurried over, and said with a calm smile, "Senior is very famous in our area, a genius girl in kendo .”

Vera laughed when she heard the words: "To be famous is to raise a bad name, right? They thought I didn't know, and they all said in private that I was a 'drawing sword'."

"Xiao Ai." Holding an ice cream in one hand and a cone in the other, Natsume rushed over panting, with two cats on her shoulders. She didn't know if she was tired or was pressed by the fat cat. "You messed up again." Come, I want to tell my cousin."

"I can't hear the tea in my ears." Vera quickly avoided Natsume's accusation, holding a cone with only a crispy skin, mourning the ice cream balls that had passed away.

Holding the cone, she reluctantly gnawed on the crispy skin, her cat-like golden eyes looked at the teenagers with different hair colors in front of her, and said with some hesitation: "You are very famous in Diguang... huh? Team Rainbow?"

The members of the Rainbow team were all embarrassed, feeling like seeing Tetsuya, a natural black sunspot.

"It's 'Generation of Miracles'." Akashi smiled helplessly, obviously knowing that his team's hair color was full of personality, "Sister's competition venue is Tokyo Central Stadium, right?"

"Yes, you too?" Vera was really surprised this time, which was too coincidental.

Meeting is fate, the two sides exchanged names, Akashi was stunned when he knew that Natsume was actually Vera's junior, and Vera also knew that the blue-haired boy just now was named Kuroko Tetsuya.

The basketball team of Teiko Middle School is the leading team in the country, but there are actually only six members who can be called "Generation of Miracles", namely "Commander Tower" Akashi Seijuro, center Atsushi Murasakihara, power forward Aomine Daiki, and shooting guard Midorima Shintaro, small forward Kise Ryota, and Kuroko Tetsuya, the passer "Phantom Sixth Man" who has become the shadow behind all the lights with a super weak sense of presence.

Because they were all boys younger than her, Vera's chat revolved around basketball, and Akashi, who was originally just out of politeness, found out that the girl actually knew something about basketball.

"There are very few girls who like basketball." The manager of Miracle's era is a pink-haired girl with a good figure and a beautiful appearance, named "Momoi Mayzuki". Instead of Akashi, she stood next to Vera, "Has Ai-chan been the manager of the basketball team before? You seem to be very good at intelligence collection and data analysis!"

When Vera saw Fenmao, she thought of Ganluji Mitsuri and Saiki Chestnut, and her affection towards Momoi rose upupupupupupupupupupupup for a while, so she said truthfully: "I have never been a manager, but I have played basketball."

"Wow!" Momoi Wuyue whispered, and said flatteringly, "Ai-chan's physical statistics are amazing! She must be a good player in the women's basketball team, right?"

"Women's basketball team?" The terrifying memory of devil training suddenly appeared in Vera's mind. Playing a basketball game under the circumstances of personality, for a while, he showed an authentic expression of "the body has been hollowed out", "Well... well... it's actually a mixed match between men and women, it's okay, I just broke two ribs, it's not a big deal ..."

Everyone: "... Then what is the big deal!"

The sunny, handsome and very familiar Kise Ryota couldn't help but leaned over and asked curiously, "Ai-chan, how did you meet our team leader?"

Others may not know it well, but how could the internal members of the Generation of Miracles not know?Their team leader, Akashi Seijuro, seems to be gentle with everyone, but he is actually alienated from everyone. This is the first time I have seen him so proactively provoking a topic.

Akashi didn't give Kise Ryota a chance to tease himself, and said without hesitation, "Just like just now, Fukuzawa-senpai saved me."

Vera also felt that the boy probably didn't want to lose his temper in front of his teammates, so she said kindly: "Actually, I had a high fever that night and ran away from home. I don't remember what happened at all."

Everyone: "..." So how did you manage to save a big boy when he ran away from home with a high fever?

A group of people chatted and walked to the stadium. Akashi invited Natsume and Vera to visit their basketball game. They would also go to cheer for Vera when she was in the kendo competition.

I have to say that Akashi Seijuro is really perfect in dealing with people. Even Natsume, who is not very interested in basketball, has the idea of ​​​​"Why don't you go and see it".

But what was quite disappointing was that just as the group of them stepped onto the basketball court, a basketball smashed towards Natsume's face with full vicious force.

"Bang!" The dull sound of the basketball colliding with the body echoed in the gymnasium, and the basketball stopped within a fist distance from Natsume, so close that Natsume thought that if he blinked, his eyelashes would touch them.

Vera caught the basketball that almost hit Natsume with one hand, even though the momentum of the basketball was frighteningly strong, her hand was as steady as a rock.

Akashi, who was standing on the side, lowered his face almost instantly, and glanced at the culprit in the basketball court, but that person actually walked over with a smirk, and apologized without sincerity: "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that It's Kise."

"Haisaki Shogo!" Kise Ryota was standing behind Natsume, he naturally knew what kind of malice this basketball came with, and suddenly trembled with anger, "Are you trying to kill me?!"

"Well, how could it be?" The boy named "Shogo Haizaki" smiled maliciously, "As a member of the 'Generation of Miracles', if you can't even catch the ball that hits you directly, Isn't it ridiculous?"

Kise Ryota gritted his teeth, and Haizaki Shogo was also the main pick of the Teiko basketball team, but this person has always wanted to replace the members of the Generation of Miracles. Not to mention his character is corrupt, he has no competitive spirit, and there have been violent incidents.

"You——!" Kise couldn't help rolling his sleeves, but a sweet female voice suddenly sounded from the side: "Hey, the duel on the basketball court seems to be called 'one on one', no wrong?"

The silver-haired girls in white dresses came out more and more, holding the basketball that Hui Qi threw at them steadily in their hands, smiling gently and gracefully: "This one... classmate Hui Qi, can you have a oneonone with me? "

"You?" Hui Qi sneered, looked the girl up and down very presumptuously, and said in a frivolous tone, "I never duel with girls on the basketball court, if you want, you can go to the hotel with me to try."

"Bang!" A loud explosion sounded in the basketball court, which made everyone hold their breath subconsciously, and the basketball court was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

The basketball hit on the backboard whirled around the edge of the blue frame twice before falling into the frame. Everyone saw that the place hit by the basketball was slightly sunken, and traces of white smoke could be seen faintly.

"Hui Qi, can't you understand human language?"

The silver-haired girl who bent over to pick up another basketball smiled brilliantly. That smile was three points mad, three points cold and arrogant, and four points turned into heavy anger in her eyes.

"I mean, either you're oneonone with me, or I'll break your leg."

"Do you need me to help you choose?!"