guardians are whiskey group

The tense nerves suddenly relaxed, Scotland sat on the ground at once, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Julip."

The girl dodged his sight as if she had done something wrong, Scotland chuckled lightly, opened her arms, and called softly, "Come here, Berry."

Julip immediately dropped the pistol/gun and ran to him.

Scotland pressed the girl into his arms and hugged her tightly.Zhu Lipu lay on his shoulders, closed his eyes, and rubbed his head against the side of his face. They maintained this posture for a long time without speaking.

After a long time, Juliep broke the silence.

"Scotland."

Clutching Scotland's coat, Julip raised her head and asked him, "Does the wound hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, it's just a scratch." Scotland touched her head, her soft cherry-colored long hair still had the smell of her favorite strawberry shampoo, and the sweet and sour taste made her feel happy.

After hearing this, Zhu Lipu lowered his eyes, seeing a blood-red mark under Scotland's quilt/bomb-torn clothes was very eye-catching.She bit her finger at Scotland's puzzled gaze.

"Julip?!"

Bloodshot fingers caressed Scotland's wound. As soon as she passed her fingertips, the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon the skin returned to its original appearance, without any trace of injury.

The scene in front of him subverted Scotland's cognition so far. He stretched out his hand to caress the injured arm in disbelief, his eyes sparkled, and he became calm in an instant.

Looking at Zhu Lipu, the girl's cherry pink long hair is naturally scattered, and the pink rabbit pajamas on her body are a bit messy after a series of tossing. The little feet without shoes are covered with dust on the ground, her hands are behind her back, and her face is the same as that of ordinary children. An expression of nervousness and anticipation of praise.

They thought they had given Julie the most precious positive emotions in their bodies, hoping that this flower born in the dark could feel the light and warmth outside.

In the dark, grow toward the sun.

Looking at it now, this idea is conceited and hypocritical.

If she really didn't understand anything, she wouldn't knock Miyamoto Takao unconscious after putting down the gun. If she really didn't know anything, she wouldn't use this unknown power in front of her.

She is not a fragile and petite flower.

Moving forward in the darkness with no end in sight, they have to lose too many precious things. The existence of Zhu Lipu allows these precious things to have a place to be placed so that they will not be lost.If Julep was lost, it meant that in this darkness they would no longer have a place to pour their affection.

Therefore, they are the ones who rely on them, they are the ones who give birth to Xiangyang, and the light is Zhu Lipu.

"Thank you, Julep."

Putting her hand on her head and rubbing it, the girl's eyes lit up after being praised, and her dull hair shook happily. She happily called him, "Scotland."

"But—" Scotland smiled and held her healed finger, "Don't do this kind of thing again next time."

Zhu Lipu pouted guiltily, "It will heal."

"That will hurt too."

"We don't want Zhu Lipu to help us in a way that will cause us pain. So don't hurt yourself again, it's an agreement." He held out his little finger.

"……Um."

The girl hesitated and nodded, raised her little finger to hook his little finger, and made a locked seal.

Scotland: "Liars don't get ice cream."

Juliep: "!! Swallow a needle! A liar will swallow a needle!"

Seeing how frightened she was, Scotland couldn't help laughing, "Okay, then swallow the needle, let's go. Let's find Bourbon and Ley to settle the follow-up matters."

"Ok!"

Scotland got up holding Julip, walked back, walked a long way and remembered something, he said 'ah' and said: "However, you can only eat a little ice cream, and you are not allowed to ask Ley to buy it for you secretly."

"Okay—" the little jellyfish crawling limply on his shoulders replied in a drawn-out tone.

After solving Takao Miyamoto, their mission came to an end. They sent the photo of Takao Miyamoto's death to Ruji Ueda. It is impossible for him who has been immersed in the organization for many years not to know what this means. In order to survive, he handed over the All misappropriated property.

And then—the whiskey team, who got together because of the mission, also ushered in separation after the mission ended.

It's just not what it used to be.

Bourbon silently compensated the high repair and compensation costs of the rented Mazda, and silently asked for an invoice/invoice to go back to the organization for reimbursement.

Scotch is very calm and calmly catches Ley who is about to secretly buy ice cream for Julep.

Ley, who was caught, was also very calm. Although Scotland told him to shut up and refused to listen to the explanation, he still calmly wanted to light a cigarette, of course he only stayed in thinking.

bang bang bang——

The tram swayed gently, and when I came back, I didn't rush the rush hour, and there were plenty of seats.The three adults crossed their arms, sat on chairs with their heads down, looking as if they were resting.

Julep is a little tired, but happy.Children are usually tired and happy when they come back from a trip. Zhu Lipu, who is completely unaware of the pain in the adults, looks at the advertisements about the seaside on the tram.

want to go to the sea.

Before she and the system started traveling, she lived on a planet full of seas, her body was still soaking in the sea, and her soul began to yearn for the sea.Sure enough, the sea is as attractive to her as strawberry ice cream.

[I want to go to the beach with Bourbon and the others! ] Juliep said enthusiastically.

The system silently complained about her idea of ​​coming as soon as she said it was so nonsensical. It is still a question whether the three of them can get together this time when they go back.

When the tram arrived, Zhu Lipu remembered that this was the stop they got on when they came, and they were almost home when they got off.As soon as she jumped off the seat, she was carried back by Ley.

Julie: "?"

Ley didn't explain, but patted Julip's head to signal her to be quiet, Julip blinked, a little puzzled but still didn't speak.

At another stop, Ley took her hand and walked out at a very fast speed. In a hurry, Julip caught a small figure out of the corner of his eye.

Instead of taking the bus home, they bought another ticket and boarded a tram.Juliep was playing with Ley's hair, and she could feel a gaze falling on her, without any malice, just looking at her simply.

Ley embraced Julip's shoulders and leaned closer to him. Julip, who was like a puppet, leaned his body, resting his head on Ley's arm, the braids in his hands were loose, but the line of sight was still there.

After going around for a few stops, Ley seemed to realize something and was not going to buy a ticket.Letting go of Zhu Lipu's hand, the man squinted his eyes, strode to an inconspicuous billboard on the platform, and stretched out his hand to reveal a small figure.

The child who seemed to be twelve or thirteen years old was suddenly grabbed by Lai. She was very flustered. When she met Lai's gaze, she immediately lowered her head in aggrieved manner.

Because Julep was hungry, Bourbon went to the convenience store, and there were only Scotch and Julep on the platform.

With candy in her mouth, Julip looked curiously at the way Ley scolded the child. In her memory, Ley had never been so angry.

"You are waiting here!"

After Ley left these words, he turned around and went to the platform to buy a ticket. The girl looked like she was about to cry. Julip thought for a while, then let it flow and took out a strawberry candy from Scotland's pocket, and ran over to hand it to the girl.

"Give you."

As they got closer, Julip realized that the girl looked a lot like Ley, but she was much cuter than Ley.The girl took her candy and held it in her mouth, but she still hung her head limply, her dark green eyes were wet, and her soft and fluffy black hair made Julie's hands itch.

The girl was taller than her, and Julius tiptoed and touched her head.

The dark green eyes slowly widened, and the girl looked at Zhu Lipu unexpectedly, "What...is your name?" She seemed to muster up the courage to ask.

Julip glanced back, and now the closest to him is Scotland.

"My name is Green Chuanberry."

"My name is Shiliang Zhenchun." After she finished speaking, she asked tentatively, "Can I call you Berry Jam?"

"Well, it's so pure."

She looked much happier, her eyes were bent into crescent moons, showing her cute little canine teeth: "Berry sauce!"

"Ah."

Not at all like Rye, Julip thought.

"Why did Zhenchun follow us?"

Shiliang Zhenchun scratched his hair in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Because I saw Brother Xiu carrying a guitar, I wanted to hear him play the guitar no matter what, so..."

Brother Xiu...Is it Ley?

Rye played the guitar...Julip leaned on his chin to remember the last time he sang, and found that his beautiful singing voice was all in his mind, and he couldn't remember what Rye played the guitar at all.

"Let's exchange contact information."

She picked up the mobile phone hanging on her chest, "Next time Ley plays the guitar again, I will record it and send it to you."

"Ley?"

"It's your brother Xiu."

"Is it possible?!" Sera asked happily.

"Okay." Julip thought for a while, and said, "Lai attaches great importance to you, so he shouldn't mind."

"Eh?"

When the notification sounded that the contact information exchange was successful, Zhu Lipu closed the phone with a click, staring at Sera Masumi's surprised expression with raspberry red eyes, and said seriously.

"I don't know much about the details, but as a human being, you will only be angry with important people." Julip was also very clumsy when it came to enlightening people for the first time. If you understand: "That's... well, the more important an existence is, the more you have to stay away from that kind of existence. If you get close, you are afraid that the other party will be hurt, so you have to pretend to be angry and drive away like that... um."

The system that heard this when I rushed back: [Let you read less comics! ! 】

Shiliang Zhenchun froze in place, and burst out laughing the next second. She had a pretty smile, and her little face was flushed.

"Thank you, Berry Jam!"

Although I don't know what I have done, but I am very happy to be thanked. The little jellyfish with frizzy hair and two blushing cheeks: "You are welcome."

System: [It can't be saved. 】

Although they are not of the same age, Sera Masumi can communicate with Zhu Lipu without barriers. Sera Masumi said that she came back from watching a movie with her classmates, and also talked about returning her schoolmates. Julip talked a lot about Ley.

They got together and chattered non-stop. Seeing that they talked more and more deeply, Scotland finally couldn't help interrupting several side missions.

"Do you like guitar?"

Bourbon, who came back from the convenience store with a big bag of food, was stunned when he looked up and saw two little furry heads huddled in Scotland's arms, playing the guitar.

Ley, who bought the ticket and came back, was also stunned.

"Scotland, go and be a teacher." Bourbon raised his brows lightly and joked, "You are definitely suitable to be a primary school teacher."

Scotland smiled helplessly.

Ley's return means that it's time to say goodbye. Zhu Lipu held Ley's windbreaker and looked back at Sera Masumi who was holding the ticket in front of the platform. Feeling the sight, Sera Masumi also turned his head.

The two girls looked at each other, with similar emotions in their eyes.

——I envy her so much.