Long, long ago, there was an old couple with gray hair, as old as winter.They desperately want a baby and are struggling to survive the long days and nights.

One day, the old woman said to the old man: "How pitiful! We are so pitiful! At this age, do you still want to live like this? Why don't you just walk along the valley at dawn tomorrow and take the first thing you come across?" Bring back an animal."

"why?"

"Whether it is a human, a snake, or other livestock, we will raise him as our own child."

The old man also thought this method was good, so he went out early the next morning.He walked along the valley and came to a bend in the river, where he saw a group of white cranes playing in the water.

When the cranes saw the old man approaching, they immediately flapped their wings and flew away towards the sky.There was only a newborn baby crane with red eyes, like a brown duckling, the thinnest and dirtiest, stuck in the mud and unable to get out, so had to stay there.So the old man immediately grabbed it and took it home.

"Hey, old man, look at the treasure I brought you back! God bless him to live a long life! Come, let's give him a bath."

The old lady washed the little crane, fed it bread crumbs and flour, and combed it every day.The couple couldn't be happier to have such a child. There is only one thing that makes them sad: that the child won't call Mom and Dad.

Another night, when the old couple were chatting, Xiaohe stayed silently on the stove, listening to their conversation.Later, a voice suddenly came from the stove, saying: "Dad, Mom, I'm going to moult!" The old woman fainted with joy when she heard this.As for the old man, he thought the devil was at work, and trembling with fear, he looked about the hut in dismay to see where the sound was coming from.However, he didn't see anyone, so he became more courageous.At this time, Xiaohe shouted again: "Father, don't be afraid, it's me."

The old man stammered, "My boy, what do you need me to do?"

"No, I just need some water and scald medicine."

The old man handed water and scalding medicine to Xiaohe, and saw that it first cleaned its feathers, then spread the ointment all over its body, and finally took off its feathers and turned into a very healthy and beautiful red-eyed girl.

The couple couldn't help being overjoyed, and every night, Xiaohe would take off her feathers and turn into a girl, sleeping soundly on the stove.During the day, it wraps those feathers again, like an ordinary white crane.

In this way, a few more years passed.

One day the old woman said to the old man, "What kind of life will our dear darling live if she can never see anyone? Let's keep the fire alive, and when she falls asleep, throw the feathers she has shed In the fire, burn it, so that from now on she can be human forever."

"You're so right, I didn't even think about it!"

The old man built a strong fire, and when the girl fell asleep, he picked up the feather and threw it into the flames. After a while, only ashes were left.

The smell in the house was so bad that the girl woke up. She jumped out of bed, stared at the coals in pain for a long time, shed a few tears involuntarily, "Oh my God, what did you do? I Being able to become like this is already the best, why do you want to take away my feathers?"

After saying these words, the girl turned into a beautiful white crane again, flew to the forest without looking back, and never appeared again.

——Excerpt from the fairy tale "White Crane"

Author: Chiho Kujo

Gender: Female

Marital status: married, childless

Personal resume: She was originally the daughter of a self-produced household in the countryside, and later published some poems and short fairy tales. She got married at the age of 20 and moved to Shizuoka after marrying Kujo Kosuke.Because her husband Kujo Kosuke loves gambling, as the director of the orphanage, he is basically not in the hospital on weekdays. Kujo Chiho temporarily takes over the responsibility of the head teacher and manages the daily life of all the children.

Cause of death: Indicated in the report as "death by suffocation"

Original Surname: Mu Chuan

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"Because the electricity generated by the suppressor is offset by your own energy, it is normal for the current to be large. Everyone is different. Your ability is uncontrollable, and you can only increase the capacitance."

Teacher Sayuri looked at the records on the sidelines of the training ground, and her eyebrows frowned: "However, it's too bad that every item is at the end of the crane. 50 meters run in 25 seconds? What's going on?!"

Drenched in sweat and limp on the sidelines of the training ground, student 2B24 panted heavily: "..."

"Give me five more laps."

"Teacher... I can't move..."

Before he finished speaking, silver lightning flashed from his neck.The terrifying electricity knocked her down all of a sudden, the crackling sound was accompanied by the smell of burning, student 2B24 screamed violently and shrank into a ball.

"start running!"

The stick hit her body, and she had to support herself to stand up again, and ran forward staggeringly.My heart hurts like it's about to explode, and my breathing is almost stagnant.

"Tsk, no talent."

Therefore, the evaluation of the 2B24 physical fitness plan of the students who have been tortured in every way is like this: waste, it is recommended to train in other directions.

As soon as the verdict was handed down, it was like a life sentence.Since then, in addition to the usual physical test, students 2B24 no longer need to participate in training, just stand on the sidelines and watch.

"Hey! On the 24th, you will hold your heart that is about to explode for the rest of your life, hahahahahahaha——"

"Don't say that, maybe we won't see this guy in a few months, let's be a little gentler."

"You're right, she can live to such a big age."

Male students in twos and threes walked around the field laughing and laughing, and incidentally cast that kind of booing and malicious eyes.The first boy who finished training walked down the field, picked up the little raccoon cat by the flower bed in front of her, and crushed it hard with his military boots.

The poor kitten was trampled to a pulp. Student 2B24 looked at the red mass and held his breath.

And every time she was shocked by the suppressor, she had to lie on the ground for a long time before she could stand up again.As a result of the electric shock, his whole body was soaked in blood, his hair roots were scorched black, and he couldn't walk steadily.So when she went to the tatami room at Kujo Chiho's to get bandaged, or when she was smeared with burn ointment, she would say:

"It hurts... I will never use electricity again, just light candles, I hate electric lights!"

"I hate electricity, so what should I do? Xiaowei's favorite ice cream needs to be kept in the refrigerator, and the air conditioner in summer needs electricity."

"Well......"

"Don't hate electricity because of the suppressor, otherwise Xiao Wei will be very unhappy in the future, don't let the painful memories occupy the body. And, what if we meet a friend who is born with electricity in the future? It will be preconceived hate her?"

"friend?"

"Ah."

"Will anyone want to make friends with me?"

"There will definitely be. A friend who can have dinner and watch the stars together, she will always be with you, and nothing can separate you."

"Won't you bully me?"

"of course not."

"Then I won't hate her." Student 2B24 thought for a while, and added, "It doesn't matter even if the ability is electrical, I can treat her to strawberry candy."

"Woooooo my Xiaowei is really an angel!"

The woman was so moved that she took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

However, Kujo Chiho would always tell the angel that if someone sneaked up to her bed in the middle of the night, she must tell herself.

She said: "If someone ripped off your pajama bottoms and touched you, you should tell me. If the person pulled out a fat, thick snake from the front zipper of the pants, a short stick with a bad smell, want to To force it into your mouth, to come and tell me."

It turned out that there was no such thing. Student 2B24 was ignorant, probably knew what it was, and was a little confused.Others just poured water on her, said some ugly words, and booed around her.

Later, Mu Chuanyu said: But, at that time, I was always ready to have those things.

The surrounding space is distorted, and the world is dark.

The only place that shines is the baby in the center of the field of vision, who seems to have just learned to crawl, with chubby cheeks and big, round red eyes.

There's a dark-haired woman, the baby's birth mother, putting on makeup at a dressing table.She made coffee, drank it until the grinder ran out of beans, and cleaned the room until all that was left was her own reflection reflected on smooth wood and clean glass, filled with lemon and strawberry almond oil. fragrance.

She put on a neat little white blouse and a wrap-around skirt, and combed her hair.

She picked up the red-eyed baby, and the TV broadcasted the news of "Indiscriminate murderer arrested and executed on Boys' Day".She said goodbye to the baby.She said she loved her.

Then she took an orange extension cord, tied a knot on the clothes hook on the wall, put the rope around her neck, and kicked the bench away from her feet—relaxed and collapsed.

tick-

That ticking sound.

The sound gradually stopped.

A group of boys and girls waited, listening to the silence, straining their ears for other sounds.

The space began to expand to both sides, and colors appeared in the black world.The baby learns to walk, walking forward on the road in the middle of the world, with light and dark on both sides, showing clips like a movie film.

Gradually, the baby's figure began to rise, and slowly, she began to run.

In the images of debris on both sides of the road: there is a teenager wearing an orange cowboy hat, wearing black shorts, his hands, his ten fingers are covered with scars and calluses, which can ignite a red fire.

There was a girl with chains around her ankles and a neck ring with the word “□□” around her neck, lying in the operating room.Her legs were bound at the foot of the bed in medical sanitary pants and spread far apart, iron-tipped pliers and a large syringe cast shadows inward.

There were other motley people, the audience in some theater, rows and rows of people, all clapping.Some people called her "Xiao Wei", and others, many people called her "Mu Chuan" and "Wei".

The grown-up child didn't stop and continued to run forward.

Then, those images turned into white snow, and the snowflakes were scattered one after another, and behind her was a long series of footprints that she had run past.In the next moment, the seasons change, the snowflakes kicked up by the toes are still flashing in the air, the world is white and flawless, and the blackness disappears.

At the end of the road stood a woman who knew how to make honey scones, and she stood there far away, holding a golden-red star in her hands, shining.

Student 2B24 finally stopped running and stood there looking at her.

The woman held the star and laughed, her figure gradually disappeared, and finally disappeared in a white light.Everything stopped, there was nothing but a thick and old wooden door in front of him.

Student 2B24 stretches out his hand——

Her hand hesitated slightly, and then, she pushed the door open.

The dream scene is over.The dream is also over.From then on, the girl whose time was always stuck on that day opened her red eyes, staring blankly at the banknotes all over the floor.

"That... Chiho looks very painful... can you..." student 2B24 murmured.

When being held down by the male teachers collectively, student 2B24 did not respond, but kept trembling. She was about to suffocate, like a dying fish, lying sideways on the ground, desperately breathing air.

Dead body.

Corpse Corpse Corpse Corpse Corpse...

A woman with no vital signs sat in the corner, among the candles, behind the figures, her head bowed.

[If someone tears off your pajama pants and touches you, you have to tell me. 】

Student 2B24 struggled violently. She kicked the man in front of her vigorously, and felt for the knife in her pocket in the confusion.

"Ah!!! This bitch—" The man who was stabbed mercilessly screamed, and let go of the little girl.

Student 2B24 finally turned into Yui Kikawa, without looking back, he hurriedly ran out of the house.During her lifetime, Chiho Kujo had been earning money by making greeting cards and writing books and selling them to outsiders, saying "Congratulations", "Proud", "Happy Birthday", "Happy Wedding Anniversary", "I Love You", and "Happy Mother's Day" instead. Those who have nothing to say speak.

But every sentence "Happy Birthday" is actually written with Yui Muchuan in mind.The girl is Chiho's ideal object of congratulations.

So, after her death, Yui Kigawa can find the right "I love you" or "proud of you" to celebrate a moment in the distant future.

but.

Mu Chuanyu said, there is another blessing, which the other party did not expect.

There needs to be a greeting card that says: I'm so sorry.

Please, forgive me.

Mu Chuanyu stood on the stage, the cuffs of her clothes were stained with the man's blood.At this moment, there is no spotlight, no soundtrack, only a few young audiences, watching her walk up to the rooftop, watching her bright red eyes shine, no longer dark pupils.

In the end, without looking back, she jumped up and left the world behind.Like a bird, back to the sky.

The author has something to say:

Mu Chuan fled from that room without looking back, leaving Chiho behind.

It's like she's left the world behind.

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