The bosses cry and put down the butcher knife

Although separated by a distance, it can still be seen that it is probably also a boy.

He was wearing a black three-piece suit, but the jacket didn't seem to fit well, hanging more like a cape than a coat.With a distance of tens of meters and a section of dim street lights, the two sides could not see each other's faces clearly, so they could only be sure that they were not enemies.

The three of them looked at each other for a few seconds at a distance, and then the boy in black turned back first.Fedya looked there for a while, and finally pulled the girl back.

Oda Miyuki didn't respond at first, but after a few seconds of half-pull and half-handle stalemate, she still followed suit.

"Sorry, actually, I've been wondering since just now...whether there will be any accidents here."

Back at the gate of the community, seeing the girl's stiff expression, the boy sighed and squatted down beside her.

"According to what you mentioned before, the relationship with my father should be very good. Generally, if a child is lost in a family, and there are no clues, there are only a few ways to find someone..."

For example, inquire about the surrounding residents, call the police, and release tracing information.If Sakunosuke Oda did this, the owner of the grocery store just half a street away would not be unimpressed by it.

"so,……"

The boy spoke half of his words, and then stopped.

Under the dim yellow streetlights projected on both sides, the girl standing beside him clenched her hands, her mouth tightly pursed into a line.She stared at the darkness of the neighborhood not far away, her whole body collapsed like a bow that was about to break.

However, in those gray, agile eyes, there was a warm and weak liquid that slowly flowed out.

Oda Miyuki didn't cry aloud. If you make a comparison, it's not even as good as when the two of them were by the fire and she learned that "I killed a lot of people".

But, there are some of the most pivotal things, like the most important turning points of a story.The boy knew that they were about to appear, and on this girl, it was like the crying voice choked in her throat...

"Cry, don't hold back."

After a short silence, Fedya said.

In the next second, he felt a small body pounce on him, and his shoulders were wet in just a few seconds.The boy froze for a moment, then tried to relax himself.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Feiga..."

The girl's vague whimpers were mixed with ravings, which were mostly meaningless things.She grabbed the opponent's hand so hard that she seemed to grab driftwood in the water, even though she knew it was just a straw.

The boy in the white hat looked at her, but his eyes didn't fall on her.After a while, he raised one hand and stroked the girl's hair as if stroking some small animal.

When Oda Miyuki calmed down again, the sky was a little darker than before.The boy wrapped his clothes tightly, looked at the small piece of dark fabric on his shoulders, and looked very serious with a troubled expression.

The girl hiccupped beside her, her eyes, nose, and even cheeks were all pink, and there were hardly any white spots on her entire face.

"Feeling better?"

"Ah."

Oda Miyuki's voice was a little buzzing, and he looked very embarrassed.Fei Jia breathed a little, glanced at her again, and then took out a few neatly folded lists from his pocket.

"Actually, I observed it on the road just now, and I was in the community just now—although I don't know where your father went, what happened to the group of men in black. But based on the current situation, he is still safe. "

Oda Miyuki was stunned.

Even though she just cried a lot, the girl didn't think deeply about... certain issues.But at this moment, when the point "he is still safe" was pointed out, she still held her breath for a moment.

"The destroyed residential area—your home should be among them—seemed to have some strange incidents before. But before that, the residents in this area were evacuated in advance because of the earlier gang fights. "

After all, as long as the disputes between gangs do not reach the point of breaking the boat, they will basically avoid ordinary people.In a place with a large number of residents like this, someone will even notify in advance.

Sounds like something out of a comedy show, but it's true.

This is still good news.And it can also explain why Oda Sakunosuke didn't inquire about the situation of the adopted daughter in this neighborhood.

After thinking about this point, new questions emerged.Fedya obviously knew what the girl was thinking, and pulled out another, bigger piece of paper.

It's the official daily newspaper this morning.

"If you want to find him, you can wait nearby. Other than that," Fei Jia said, moving his finger to a piece of news on the right side of the first page, "there is also a 'unusual event' mentioned here. It doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not. But according to common sense, in this state of chaos at the city level, the location of the center of the turmoil is also the place where news exchanges most frequently.”

The girl lowered her head and thought for a while, then looked at the location in the newspaper: "Don't you want to go home?"

Fei Jia refolded the other sheets: "I noticed when I entered the city. Since yesterday, several lines of communication have been interrupted. Let's treat it as a good thing to the end, so..."

He smiled and stretched out his hand to the girl in front of him: "Let's go?"

"……Um."

Oda Miyuki said, handing him his hand.

The place marked in the newspaper, in Sanhua Town two streets away, has a noisy night market every night.

Because of the price, Oda Miyuki seldom goes there, but only remembers that there is a restaurant that tastes good.

Even if it took a lot of time before, it was only after nine o'clock, far from the closing time of the night market.However, due to the recent turmoil, there is obviously no one here.

No, it should be said...

"It's kind of strange, it should be said, very strange."

Fei Jia seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be telling the girl beside her.

Oda Miyuki looked at the street ahead, as long as he turned this corner, it would theoretically be the entrance to Sanhua Street.However, they didn't know when they started, and they never saw half of the pedestrians again.

This is very unusual.Even in a special period, at the time of eight to nine o'clock in the evening, there are still strangers on the street.What's more, according to the information in the newspaper, this place is obviously a place where people gather.

"Do you still want to go, Miyuki?"

The boy looked at the girl beside him, with the calm expression on his face, and asked for her opinion.

For a moment, Oda Miyuki almost flinched.

But maybe it was something in the other person's expression, or maybe it was just a premonition—she clenched the other hand that was not being held, felt a faint tingling pain, and nodded vigorously.

***

When Oda Miyuki regained consciousness, he found himself sitting in a strange place.

The long sonata of some kind of orchestral music echoed in his ears, and a dark wooden table was in front of him.She was leaning on a large sofa, and because of her height, she almost seemed to be buried behind the table.

She was stunned for a while, and then gradually recalled... what happened before.

She and Fei Jia went to Sanhua Town where "it is said that something strange happened".When I got there, I found that something was wrong——

That place is too|quiet, like a closed no man's land.

It seems that there is something lurking in the darkness that is close at hand... Then, it "swallows" all the lives that approach it.

Even so, they didn't just leave, but walked in.

The two shuttled through the empty streets and alleys, only the sound of each other's footsteps could be heard in the darkness.I don't know how far I went, when the sleepiness surged again, there was a sudden burst of noisy and chaotic sounds around me.

Like a hallucination, Oda Miyuki heard the sound of the ability to activate, gunshots, wailing and other things... She froze in place, and before she had time to react, she was engulfed by a glaring white light.

Then, she woke up here.

Staring at the table in front of her, the girl recalled what Fedya had said to her along the way.After excluding three or four brain holes, I finally came to an unreliable conclusion:

Maybe the current situation is related to that "unusual event"?

What is this place?

As a girl under the age of 11, Oda Miyuki had never been to a place like this...not like a restaurant.She moved on the hard leather fabric twice, tried to sit up straight, and looked around.

Then she found that there was a stranger in the empty seat on her left.

Oda Miyuki: "..."

Although she didn't want to admit it, she was indeed taken aback.

It was a guy in black, with black hair that was a little shaggy, showing a little bit of white dressing.He was half leaning on the back of the sofa, his drooping temple hair and bangs covered most of his face, and he didn't know if he was in a coma or asleep.

Oda Miyuki stared at the other person for a while, and found that this person didn't seem to be awake at all.She hesitated for a few seconds, slipped off the wide loveseat, and realized—

This double sofa is very large, and the two of them sit on it, leaving a large space in the middle.But also because of this, just a pair of legs of the man in black blocked the gap between the sofa and the wooden table.

If she wanted to go out, she had to wait for the other person to wake up and make way, or... she could only crawl over this guy.

She doesn't want to choose any of them ==

The girl looked past what was a big one for her, and out into the aisle.It took a while for her to confirm that this was probably... the kind of water coffee or bar on TV.

As a 14-year-old "retired" killer, Oda Sakunosuke showed amazing lack of concept in various daily details.For example, the awareness of "normal family" and "how to be a qualified adopter" has been corrected little by little after making mistakes and learning over the years.

However, the ex-assassin and current dad still possesses common sense after all.For example, he would never bring Oda Miyuki to a place like a bar.

"Little sister, how did you get in here?"

Just when the girl was struggling in place, a clear boyish voice suddenly sounded in her ears.

"..." Oda Miyuki froze.

Two seconds later, she slowly turned her head and met a pair of...no, one eye.

This place is probably a bar, and the overall light is not bright.The boy's right eye was covered with a white bandage, and the exposed left eye had a dark pupil, which didn't seem to be pure blackness.

Because of the change in angle, Oda Miyuki could also see clearly—the other party was wearing two or three stacked suits and vests, revealing a white shirt and black tie.

It looks familiar, but I can't remember it for a while.

Seeing Oda Miyuki's stunned expression, the boy turned his head and looked around with an elusive expression.

In the end, he turned around again, and poked his own face twice with the index finger of his right hand: "This is not a place for jokes, you look so small... Are you eight years old?"

"Ten years old."

The other party froze for a moment: "Huh?"

"I said I am ten years old, and I will be 11 years old in a few days." Although she always felt cheated, the girl couldn't help retorting, "What about you, how old are you?"

"……"juvenile.

"Puff...Puff."

The other party was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed tremblingly.It's like a child who gets a new toy and dances with joy.

When he finally had enough shaking, he adjusted his breathing and shook his head as if he had compromised:

"Okay, okay, let's treat it as a mutual exchange-I'm 16 years old, my birthday was two months ago."

"Oh."

Oda Miyuki replied, suddenly feeling that something was wrong—so, how did the topic turn to age?

And this person's answer just now seemed like he had suffered a lot.

"You said just now, 'this is not a place for jokes'," she tried hard to recall what the boy said just now, "that is to say, do you know where this is?"

"Well, I guessed a little bit." The other party said without knowing the truth, and then stood up from the sofa, "If you want to ask for proof, you can't just stay here."

The power of this action was really unresponsive, and when Oda Miyuki came back to his senses, the other party was about to step out of the cubicle.

"If I'm not mistaken, after going out from here..."

In the next second, his voice stopped abruptly.

In front of the line of sight, in a bar with few people, a boy in a black suit—without a jacket, sat in front of the bar near the door.There was some good wine in front of him, and the left and right sides were empty, as if he was waiting for someone.

"Oh, Odasaku."

The boy in front of the bar spoke for the first time when another person appeared on the steps outside the bar.At the same time, he stretched out his index finger and flicked the wall of the glass, and the ice cubes in the drink shook slightly.