Salvation equals death

The maple forest is at night, and the tired birds are returning to their nests. After sunset, Kumamoto County is free from the hustle and bustle of big cities. It is so quiet that only the chirping of cicadas can be heard outside the window, and the shadows of trees curl up.

"I'm back, Natsume!" The cat teacher who went to the Monster Dog Club to drink again opened the window, and hiccupped boldly, "Ah, ah, are you still doing homework? Really~ pity~ yes Isn’t the moonlight beautiful now, or is the evening wind not gentle? You’re actually doing your homework in such a peaceful time, hahaha, quack quack——!”

"Bang", Natsume Takashi bestowed an iron fist of justice on this arrogant cat, and said expressionlessly: "Give me enough, it's just a bitch."

"How many times have I told you that I'm not a motherfucker!!!" The cat teacher with a swollen head and smoke was furious, but a certain ruthless and unreasonable owner not only ignored him, but even took away the original Bought him Nanatsujiya Manju as punishment for drunkenness.The cat teacher, who had no steamed buns to eat, collapsed on the tatami without love, and blurted out some words without thinking when he was drunk, and said, "Natsume, when is your cousin's funeral?" ?”

The boy who lowered his head to do his homework was breathing slightly stagnant, he endured and endured, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, he picked up the book on the table and threw it at Madara: "What the hell are you talking about when you're drunk?! Aunt Biao is not in good health, but you can't curse her to death! That's too much, Teacher Cat!"

Fat Sanhua jumped up, dodged Natsume's attack with agility that didn't match her stocky body, and blushed and shouted: "I'm not talking nonsense, her fire is about to go out, she's better than the one you met a few days ago. That old woman is not as good as that! A demigod like her who wouldn't even be reincarnated, if not because of her obsession, she would have fallen and dissipated long ago!"

Natsume was slightly taken aback. The amount of information in this sentence was too great. He didn't know where to start asking. He could only subconsciously ask the question he was most concerned about: "... What does it mean to fall and dissipate? There is no reincarnation. What does reincarnation mean?"

"That's what you think." Teacher Cat also realized that he was drunk, but he didn't intend to hide Natsume's matter, "She is Huang Quan's human pillar, do you know what a human pillar is?"

"..."

"After she dies, she will be eaten by Huang Quan and turned into a new Evernight Sea."

Natsume threw the cat away and rushed downstairs to call the landline on the first floor.

"Ah, Kishi?" Aunt Tako saw Natsume rushing down the stairs in a panic, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"

"I..." Natsume felt a little out of breath, he shook his head indiscriminately, and dialed the string of phone numbers with trembling hands, but the other end of the phone came "Sorry, the number you dialed is an empty number." ", his mind went blank, and he was so flustered that he could only keep flipping through the phone book, trying to find the number that could contact that person.

"Guizhi, Guizhi, don't worry, whose phone number do you want? I'll help you find it." Natsume didn't make much noise, but Mr. Zi still found out that he was in a bad mood, and hurried out of the room , put on the glasses, "Whose phone number do you want to call? I basically remember the phone book at home."

"Biao Aunt... Biao Aunt's! It's Xiao Ai, or Biao Uncle...their landline phone has been canceled..."

Tazi and Zi looked at each other, and they both realized that something was wrong. Fukuzawa's poor health was something their relatives knew.Zi Zi didn't say much. He took out his mobile phone and quickly pressed a series of numbers. Not long after the call was made this time, a deep and magnetic male voice suddenly came out of the phone: "Hello, this is Count the beads for a constant time."

Natsume's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "Cousin, is Xiaoai by your side?"

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and soon, Natsume heard a voice full of energy but in a small tone: "Natsume? Is it Natsume?!"

The person on the other end of the phone changed, and the girl's sweet voice was crisp and lively, cheering like a child: "Natsume! The bear rice in Kumamoto Prefecture is delicious! I like it so much! The scenery here is very beautiful, and the weather is very good! The people are also very nice! I will also live in Kumamoto Prefecture in the future! Together with Koji-san!"

Natsume had never heard that girl speak in such a tone, her words and sentences were intermittent, she was obedient and childish, like an eight-year-old child.

"Xiao Ai, are you in Kumamoto Prefecture? Where are you? May I come to you?" Natsume Yu said hurriedly, waiting nervously for a reply.

The other end of the phone was quiet for a while, and there was a faint sound of dispute coming from the receiver. It seemed that Vera and Suzumaru were competing for the receiver.Probably the girl won in the end, so her crisp voice came out of the phone again, like a child speaking loudly on purpose, every word is so powerful and resounding.

"Natsume—" she chirped, "Brother Hengci and I now live on a mountain, the hillside is full of small flowers, and you can see cherry trees in spring, I like it very much."

"Aunt Tazi and Uncle Zi are very gentle people. People here are very gentle. You are right. This city can heal the pain of not being loved by others."

Natsume slightly widened his eyes.

Her voice was separated from the mobile phone, and her words were vague and somewhat indistinguishable, but the childish happiness was like a chick that broke its shell.

"So, Natsume doesn't feel lonely anymore, right?"

"—that's really, really good."

Her voice gradually weakened, and the feeling of infinite gentleness once again appeared in a trance.

Natsume only felt the corners of his eyes sore, and tears welled up in his eyes.He was like a scholar who saw an unfortunate ending, vaguely aware of something.

"Aunt Tazi, Uncle Zi, I'll go out for a while, don't wait for me, I'll be fine."

"Hey! Natsume!"

Teacher Cat skillfully jumped on Natsume's shoulder, and the boy rushed out of the house. While running, he shouted to the person on the other side of the phone, "Xiao Ai, are you still there?"

"Wait for me and don't sleep, okay?...Today, tonight there is a temple fair! Let me take you to the temple fair, okay?"

The drowsy girl on the other end of the phone suddenly became happy again, and her weak voice became clear again, with some subtle anticipation: "Is there a temple fair?"

"Yes, the temple fair, the one where you can see the fireworks, let's go together!"

The moment Mr. Cat landed on the ground, he turned into a huge white fox. He carried Natsume and rushed towards the forest. They needed the help of monsters.

Just when one person and one fox were getting angry, a voice suddenly sounded in the dark night: "Natsume Takashi."

Natsume looked up, and the pink-haired boy was standing quietly under a cherry blossom tree, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Do me a favor."

……

"Temple fair, I'm going to the temple fair!" Vera shook her arm holding Shuzhuwan, "Brother Hengci, I'm going to the temple fair!"

Suzhuwan was sitting upright, with a compassionate smile on his lips, allowing the girl to roll around in his hand like a cat, doing all kinds of nonsense.Seeing that she was about to bump into the corner of the table, the indifferent and elegant Buddha knife suddenly reached out and hugged her hairy head, preventing her from moving.

He lowered his eyes, and with a deep and magnetic voice with almost deep tenderness, he patted her head like a cat: "The bathrobe and haori are in the cabinet, will you wear them?"

"Yes!" She replied, then got up and ran to the room by herself, like a child eager to eat candy.

Shuzhuwan knew that she only had the memories of an eight-year-old child now, and she had lost her sense of taste and smell, and even her hearing and vision had begun to weaken.

At the age of eight, she used to be such a lively and playful child, and she couldn't see the gentleness and forbearance in the future.

Shuzhuwan didn't think there was anything wrong, because she forgot the sadness of being abandoned by the whole world, and she lost the cautious and humble appearance in the hero world.

Now she is a happy child, many people love her.

"Brother Hengji!" The girl in a cherry blossom kimono ran out of the house, holding a Japanese halo, smiling with eyebrows and eyes curved, "This haori is beautiful, is it a gift? "

"Ah." Shuzhuwan smiled and patted her head, "Your brother gave it to you, do you like it?"

"I like it very much!" She hugged Haori, but tilted her head in a little ignorance, "Who is my brother?"

Shuzhuwan didn't answer, just smiled, and at this moment, the doorbell rang.

Vera trotted over to open the door. Outside the door, Natsume was standing there wearing a kimono and a mask of Inari God. On his shoulder was a fat three-colored cat, wearing a montsu that would only be worn for major festivals. Yu Zhi's eyes were gentle but with a faint sadness like a candle: "Xiao Ai."

"Wow, Natsume!" Vera threw herself into Natsume's arms without any grievances. In fact, she couldn't force an eight-year-old child to understand the difference between men and women. She was bouncing around like a hopping rabbit, For a while, he grabbed Mr. Kitty's tail, and for a while he rubbed Natsume's head, as if he was surprised by his clothes, "Where is the temple fair? Take me there!"

"Okay." Natsume hugged the girl's already thin shoulders, and he tried his best to make his voice sound the same, "I'll take you there."

When Natsume came over, he had already discovered that there was no mirror in this room.

The mirrors were all broken and piled in the woods outside the yard.

So she must not know what she looks like now.

The silver-haired girl, who was so thin that she almost collapsed in the wind, was as pale as paper, with pale blue tattoos all over her face.

The golden lotus in her eyes was shining, gorgeous and yet ominous, and there was an inhuman aura all over her body.

Weird, yet beautiful.

Like a tulip in full bloom.

"Huangquan has begun to devour her soul." Madara's voice sounded in Natsume's mind, the superpower named Saiki Kusuo established a spiritual connection for them, and now they can hear each other's voices in their minds, "Those Tattoos are a kind of 'deed', and when the tattoos spread all over her body, even God can't save her life."

Natsume couldn't hear these words, he knew what Mr. Cat said was true, but he still felt so sad.

It is more sad than any parting.

"Where are we going?" The girl looked up at him, her golden eyes were so bright that lotus flowers bloomed in her eyes.

"Before going to the temple fair, I'll take you somewhere first." Natsume pursed his lips gently and smiled. He thought, if it wasn't covered by a mask, his current expression would look more like crying.

He took the girl's hand and took a vague step.

In the next second, the scene in front of them changed.

The moonlit and clear night turned into day, the sun was just rising, and the soft lawn under the feet instantly turned into the streets of the city, and the dark sky turned into dark blue and light blue intertwined colors.Not far away is a huge building complex, like a behemoth that has woken up from its roost in the middle of the night, breathing slowly in the light of dawn.

The two parallel high-rise buildings are connected together, and there is a spacious bluestone path in the middle. From the layout and furnishings, it can be felt that this is a school.

The dawn sun made it hard for people to open their eyes. Vera was at a loss for a moment, and then she saw the brightly colored banner not far away that read "Graduation Season of Heroes".

"Xia—" Vera turned her head subconsciously, but found that there was no one around her. She was wearing a college uniform, carrying a backpack, and was obediently standing at the school gate.

--summer?Who am I looking for?Why do I always feel that there should be someone standing by my side?

Vera was confused and puzzled, but soon, a slender and straight figure of a young man appeared at the end of the road. He came against the sky, wearing the same style of uniform as her, very handsome.

The boy's red and white broken hair was slightly moist, his strange-colored pupils were dimly lit, and his expression was rather dull than cold.

When he saw Vera standing there stupidly, he was also slightly taken aback. Before Vera came back to his senses, he had already walked towards her with the exact goal, and stretched out his hand naturally——

pinched her face.

Vera: "..."

"Morning." The young man greeted her blankly, and held her hand in a very natural manner, "Why didn't you go for a morning run today? Overslept?"

Just as he was talking, he seemed to feel that the temperature in his palm was not right. He squeezed her hand and frowned: "Is your hand cold?"

While talking, he walked from her left side to her right side inexplicably, took her right hand with his left hand, and said calmly: "Well, that's good."

The boy's hands suddenly became slightly hot, and he stuffed his arms into her arms, like a big warm baby.

"Because today is the graduation ceremony, so you can't sleep?" He looked down at her, and there was nothing unusual in his plain expression, but his eyes felt inexplicably warm.

Vera vaguely remembered something, she tilted her head, smiled very obediently, and suddenly tiptoed to kiss him.

The young man was startled by her sudden action, his eyes were wide open, and he subconsciously leaned back tactically, but he quickly reacted, let himself quickly return to his original position, and looked at her calmly and calmly.

However, the capricious cat didn't want to kiss him anymore, she pulled his red tie curiously, patted his shoulder, and fiddled with his strange-colored hair.

Vera remembered who he was, and only one person had such a curious hair color, so she clapped her hands happily and shouted: "Jiao Dong!" It is Jiao Dong!

"Huh?" The boy replied in confusion, seeing that she had no other reaction other than staring at him and smiling, he hesitated for a while, but still felt that he had missed a great opportunity, so he pretended to go over and kiss him naturally The roots of her ears were so itchy that the girl's ears trembled slightly.

After kissing, he stood up straight, held her hand, and changed the subject expressionlessly, "Let's go to the classroom first."

The girl was obediently led by him, and she just stared at him, smiling with crooked eyebrows, as if she possessed a huge treasure.

Hong Jiaodong was stared at inexplicably, but he is a very serious but straightforward person, and he must look back when people stare at him, so he also turned his head to look into her eyes.

Looking at it, I couldn't bear to look away.

Holding hands, the two walked into the campus without looking back.

In the gradually brightening sky, the figure of Saiki Kusuo appeared in mid-air in a translucent posture. He looked at the backs of the two leaving expressionlessly, and suddenly reached out and put the lollipop-shaped lollipop on his head. The suppressor was removed.

"The hero's flash has not passed away."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the core of the whole world tremble slightly, like a tsunami and landslide, and the huge evil force that rebounded at that moment almost wiped out the world.

Saiki without the suppressor is the god of the world, and his words will become the "rules" of the world. Like the words of the spirit, he can "command" the world to turn "false" into "real".

——But the world rejects this "order".

Qi Mu persisted for three seconds expressionlessly, until the moment before the world was on the verge of destruction, he put restrictions on this order.

"On the day of graduation."

——This is the regret that the savior himself did not know.