Vest life from scratch

When you're unconscious, you shouldn't be dreaming.

But Tsurumi Hitomi dreamed about the past for some reason.

Before joining the Library of Old, she was a ruthless killer who would stop at nothing to get her way.

Because of her superb and ingenious killing skills, as well as her wonderful and high-profile personal aesthetics, she often appears in various stories.And because of that surprisingly beautiful appearance, many colleagues who have met have been described as "he obviously has the capital to kill people with beauty, but he is more willing to become a demon who uses his own strength to take the lives of others. I am in awe of all life in my heart, but I am merciless when I strike."

At first, he worked for an evil organization named [Prime Lighthouse]. Although he was not considered the number one killer in the world at that time, he was still enough to rank among the top ten killers in the world. Later, because of his personal aesthetics, he did not fit with the organization that likes to keep a low profile. So he left the organization decisively, but because of his excellent relationship with the leader of the organization who was also deviant at that time, he was not driven out by the organization.

The few years as a freelance killer have been quite comfortable, but when he was hired for a cooperative mission, he was betrayed by his companions—even if he tried his best to kill the betrayer, he still couldn't escape prison.

Because of all the previous cases, the death penalty is a matter of course and helpless.The police often felt silent fear when she was not arrested, but after she was arrested, that fear turned into something else... The experience of those days in prison caused her knees to suffer some hidden injuries , although it is not serious, but the physical fitness has indeed declined, and the action has not become agile and flexible.

Later, with the rescue of the old library, he successfully escaped from prison, and became an existence that the police feared again—even, for some reason, he became an existence that was even more feared than before.

However, according to my intention, I have no idea about the police who tortured her.

Winners and losers, that's all.

After escaping from prison, she took the opportunity to ask an old acquaintance about the situation of the leader of the [Prime Ancient Lighthouse]. After learning that the other party had died because of something, she silently set up a piece in a certain cemetery with their real names engraved on it that only the two of them knew. The tombstone, waiting for maybe one day in the future when she dies, the souls of the two can meet again in front of the tombstone.

After that, I honestly kept my name anonymous, lived in the library, and only stood in front of the tombstone for a while at the beginning of each month.He is the person with the best coffee making skills and culinary skills (especially knife skills) in the library. He has a lot of experience in making sashimi and can easily cut fish into beautiful transparent slices, probably because of the The principle of the texture is similar...probably.

But when I dreamed back at midnight, I occasionally imagined: If I was still free on that day and at that incident, would I be able to rush to her in time.

... Now, can she still smile and ask herself for sashimi?

Later, she was assigned a partner named Eve Bivina, an old antique from 1920, who loves to cry and act coquettishly. Always thinking about standing in front of others, sniffling and saying that I am a doctor.Not good at all modern things. ...It's not the same as her at all, the two are not compatible to the point where she even asks the curator why they are partners.

The curator just said with a smile that Eve's child likes you very much, and he dismissed her perfunctorily.

"She took the initiative to partner with you." The consultant who passed by usually told her, "Your hidden wounds often recur. There are very few doctors in the library, and no one else is interested in going out. She is the only one who is free to follow you around on missions." "The consultant calmly revealed the truth about the two partners, "So she asked the curator if she could partner with you, 'If her hidden injury relapses and she can't move, at least I can help her relieve it, and then drag her back together', She said so at the time, and the expression on her face was very handsome."

"No matter how you treat her, it's useless, because she didn't do this kind of thing for you, but for herself." The consultant gave her an inexplicable look, "In other words, everything she did, It's just so-called self-satisfaction, you don't have to pay too much attention to her."

Tsurumi Hitomi frowned: "Please don't misunderstand her so much, advisor."

"Don't you really like her?" The consultant stood on tiptoe and patted her on the shoulder, "Be good with your friends, "Empty Affairs"."

Tsurumi Hitomi, who realized that he seemed to have been successfully set by the consultant: "..."

Although this consultant does not seem very reliable, but getting along well with friends...?

"Ah, that's right." The consultant blinked, "Recently, the curator asked me to go to Duwang Town to check some things, and I happened to call the curator to ask you and "Skylight" to help me, you go back and inform Let's get ready for "Skylight", "Little Garden" and "Far and Near" will take care of us there. You and "Skylight" have never gone out to have fun, so this time you can learn how to touch... a reasonable holiday .”

This consultant doesn't look like it, but it really isn't very reliable.

Tsurumi Hitomi, who was thinking in this way, found that he almost missed an important piece of information: "...Wait, if Moriomachi is concerned, isn't "Ichiban Star" also there?"

The smile on the consultant's face seemed to disappear for a moment: ""Ichiban Xing"...is our investigation object."

The advisor's face slowly faded away.

The scene in the dream suddenly turned into a starry night.

The familiar woman sits side by side with her in the past on the hillside, looking up at the stars.

"..." From her mouth, Tsurumi Hitomi's real name spit out, "I am not as strong as my father, nor as smart as my mother. If you hadn't been by my side to help me and support me, I'm afraid I would be nothing. I can’t even do it. Thank you for accompanying me to find the direction and belief that I want to work hard for.”

The past Tsurumi Hitomi hesitated and remained silent.

"..." After calling Tsurumi Hitomi's real name again, her voice paused for a moment, "No, I should call you Tsurumi now, what are you going to do after leaving the organization?"

"Continue to be a killer." The former Tsurumi Hitomi answered this question.

"Is there any goal to work towards?" she asked, "like becoming the number one killer or promoting your own aesthetics?"

The past Tsurumi Hitomi shook her head.

"Well, in this case, I will worry about you leaving the organization." She sighed helplessly, "Tsurumi, it's hard to continue with a life without meaning and direction. The order of the organization is used as the direction, and you can’t do this after you become a free person.”

In the past, Tsurumi Hitomi was deeply puzzled by this sentence, but her trust in women still made her answer obediently without questioning:

"Then, I will become the No. [-] killer, and my goal will be to carry forward my aesthetics."

"That's not what I meant..." The woman sighed again, "However, if it's Tsurumi, I believe it will be fine."

"Hmm." Tsurumi Hitomi in the past responded to the woman's words without blinking her eyes.

"If there is anything that needs help, be sure to let me know!"

"Ah."

"And there's..."

"Ah."

"I haven't spoken yet!"

"Ah."

"..."

"Ok?"

"stupid stupid stupid!"

The current Tsurumi Hitomi stared quietly and nostalgicly at the two people in the conversation, not noticing that there was a phantom of a woman condensing beside her.

"..." She softly spit out Tsurumi's real name, "Have you found that meaning now?"

"I've already found it." Now Tsurumi Hitomi finally has the answer to this question, and the courage to smile sincerely at his past, "And, please always call me Tsurumi Hitomi from now on."

The woman hugged her gently.

Fan Xing, carrying the past she couldn't let go of, fell towards the horizon like a meteor.

When Tsurumi Hitomi woke up again, there was the soft touch of the bed under her body.Apart from her breathing, there were also the breathing sounds of two people in the room, one of them could be judged to be still asleep by the sound, while the other was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at something.

Tsurumi Hitomi sat up on the bed, but her hand touched the familiar warm and soft skin.

She turned her head slowly and took a look. The blond long-haired woman who had been studying hard recently was sleeping soundly against the pillow.

...It's Eve.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and turned her head to look at the clock in the room, only to find that it was only about half an hour before she passed out.She raised her hand to touch her intact neck, and muttered to herself: "Just now, was it a dream?"

"I'm not dreaming." Noriaki Kakyoin, who was sitting on the other side of the clock, said, "Miss Tsurumi, you and this...Miss Eve were both attacked just now. Fortunately, my companion and I arrived in time. Drive the intruders away."

"..." The memory in Tsurumi Tong's mind gradually became clear.

intruder.Painful neck.Faint footsteps.people who are attracted.Dead Eve.

Powerless and weak.

remorse.Apologize.

What was lost is irretrievable.

In the future, I will do my best to protect the consciousness of the people I cherish.

——And, the deception made up of all the above.

Noriaki Kakyoin watched as those eyes that were pretending to be calm were gradually filled with regret and sadness.For the first time, the gentle and elegant woman threw away all her composure, threw herself on her friend and eagerly confirmed her heartbeat.

"Eve—Eve! Are you okay?! Eve, wake up—!"

She touched her friend's chest with trembling hands, and when she felt the strong heartbeat, her whole body suddenly relaxed.

"Hmm..." Eve opened her eyes in a daze, and finally her distracted eyes focused on Hitomi Tsurumi, "Tsurumi?...I haven't slept so well for a long time... Please Let me sleep for another half an hour..." Her plan to close her eyes was suddenly interrupted by the cold drops of water falling on her face, and she was shocked when she realized what it was.

"He, see...?" She looked at her always mature and calm friend in confusion.

However, Hitomi Tsurumi had already adjusted her expression back to normal, and even put that iconic masked smile back on her face. Only the slightly reddened eye sockets and the cold touch on her face proved that the other party's tears just now were not It was Eve's hallucination.

After a moment of being at a loss, a flame of anger suddenly ignited in her heart.

"...Who is it?" She asked in the coldest voice she could ever make in her life, "Who is bullying you?"

As she suppressed her angry words, a snow-white double appeared beside her.It responded to the inner anger of its owner, showing a very aggressive posture - the humanoid double in a snow-white dress turned all its fingers into cold scalpels, and circled around its body The long silver snake above spit out the snake letter threateningly and intimidatingly.

When Eve looked left and right to find the enemy, she met the double's eyes.

"What is this!"

...and then startled myself.

"This is a substitute." Kakyoin smiled and explained the concept of substitutes to them, then looked at Hitomi Tsurumi, "By the way, Ms. Tsurumi should also get a substitute and become a substitute messenger."

Tsurumi Hitomi: "..."

She glanced at Eve's double, and cautiously tried to call her own double.The connection between the substitute and the substitute messenger is very close, so this is not a difficult thing.

Different from Eve's humanoid double, Tsurumi Hitomi's double is a giant fish with four limbs. The wide mouth is lined with curved tusks, and seven black eyes are arranged in an upward curved shape on the head. crescent.The most important thing is that there is not only one substitute for her, but a whole group, but the number that can be summoned each time is uncertain.

Noriaki Kakyoin looked in admiration at the four giant fishes of different shapes swimming in the air in front of him: "My companion will definitely like you very much, just like the owner of the research object."

"Thank you, Bumin." He Jiantong was neither humble nor overbearing.

Kakyoin immediately laughed.

Eve looked up and down the appearance of the giant fish, and his expression became more and more strange:

... Isn't this the empty fish (Desh) in the Cthulhu mythology?

"As long as you can successfully summon a substitute, then the abilities of your respective substitutes will automatically appear in your minds, almost like a novice guide for playing games, but whether you can integrate them and develop various uses is up to you. "

So far, the small class of teacher Kakyoin has come to an end.He didn't inquire about their stand-in abilities, but just assigned them an after-school homework.

"Then the after-school homework is: come and name your stand-in!" He said solemnly, he took out a small board from nowhere and handed it to the Emperor's Green to hold, while he rolled up his sleeves and grabbed a Just a pen, "I'm in charge of grading you!"

Respecting the teacher, Eve thought for a while and raised her hand: "I want to call this child God's Hands."

"Sounds cool and strong! Great name! So 100 points for my decision!"

Tsurumi Hitomi said perfunctorily, "Fish of the Void (Desh)."

"Simple! Interesting! And it fits the appearance of the stand-in! 100 points!"

Kakyoin happily awarded two 100 points, and officially announced with relief that all of its two students had graduated, and then told them to remember to take a good rest, and if they needed something, they could go to the next door to call him or his companions, and then left their room.

Eve: "... Tsuru, Miss Tsurumi..."

Tsurumi Hitomi: "What's wrong?"

Eve: "He, he, a man came into my room—my room! Woo!"

Tsurumi Hitomi: "...It's okay." She comforted, "In this era, there is no law that a man breaks into a woman's room and a woman has to marry him."

"Ah." Eve calmed down instantly, "That's okay."