After writing the book, all of Yokohama wanted to hunt me down

"Writing is a wonderful thing.

As long as it is serious enough and detailed enough, fictional things can be made to resemble reality. 』

Oda Sakunosuke got a letter from Yuan Xuan from the owner of the coffee shop.

In her letter, she said, "I am going to travel to a warm place with my family. 』

Oda Sakunosuke's eyes fell on the word "family", and he fell into a long silence.

Suddenly he remembered the first time he and Yuan Xuan met, when he asked Yuan Xuan what he thought of the protagonist of the novel "Memory", the other party gave him the answer, "The protagonist's "memory" is related to Memories between important people. "

He seemed to understand now why she had given such an answer.

Oda Sakunosuke thought that Yuanxuan was different from himself, she was just an ordinary little girl with an ordinary life and important family members.

In her heart, there must be many memories built by important people.And these memories will become part of her "memory".

In Yuan Xuan's memory, there must be many beautiful things.

This made Oda Sakunosuke sincerely happy for her.

He seemed to be able to read her happiness between the lines, which made him seem to feel the same or even greater emotion for a certain moment.

At this moment, Oda Sakunosuke realized the difference between them very clearly. Even if they were sitting in the same coffee shop, reading the same book, and expressing similar opinions on the same author's text, it could not change that they were not of the same kind. the fact of man.

They cannot be friends.

—At least not now.

Oda Sakunosuke is a good person.He's a good guy in every sense of the word.

The kindness awakened in his heart made him make many correct decisions, no longer killing, committing suicide, helping others...

And away from the ordinary people who had a happy life.

Perhaps this letter from Yuanxuan also played a role. For the first time, Oda Sakunosuke didn't have nothing to write when he held the pen. He also wrote a letter, which was a letter to Yuanxuan.

Like Yuan Xuan, he also entrusted this letter to the owner of the coffee shop.

"Please pass it on to her for me when she comes next time."

After that, Oda Sakunosuke never went to that coffee shop again.

The destination of Yuanyan and Shibusawa Tatsuhiko is Aomori, the northernmost point of Honshu Island.

She had seen this place in books before.According to the book, there is a [-]-kilometer-long path in Iwaki Town, Nakatsugaru County, with cherry blossoms planted on both sides. This is the longest cherry blossom avenue in the entire country.

So when Shibusawa Tatsuhiko asked where she wanted to travel, she immediately said Aomori.

After she finished speaking, she remembered that this world is no longer her original world. In that world, the contents of the book do not know whether it is true or not. Will this world exist?

"I've seen this place in books before."

Yuan Xuan added.In this case, even if Aomori does not exist in this world, it will not make people feel strange.

Words are such a wonderful existence, as long as you work hard enough, you can even make up fictional things that are indistinguishable from reality.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko agreed to her suggestion without hesitation.

So, they arrived in Aomori.

Every April and May is the time when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, but when Yuanxuan and Shibusawa arrived here, it was already the beginning of June.They missed flowering.

Yuan Xuan was a little disappointed when she heard the news.

— Really just a little bit.

For her, whether she can see the cherry blossom avenue is secondary, and she can travel with Shibusawa Ryuhiko, no matter where she goes, it is something to be happy about.

They rented a nearby homestay and asked the local residents for directions. Although the best time for viewing flowers had passed, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko took her out.

The meaning of traveling is to see more different scenery. If you stay in the B & B all the time, it is no different from staying at home.

Yuan Xuan has some special and strange views in some aspects.

Cherry Blossom Avenue is not far from the homestay, so they decided to walk there.Probably because the flowering period has passed, there are not many tourists on the road, only sparse figures occasionally pass by.

Yuan Xuan raised her face and looked at the sporadic remaining cherry blossoms on both sides. This was the first time she had seen such a large area of ​​cherry trees.

When she was young, there were no cherry trees near her house.Because of her poor health, Yuan Xuan seldom went out.

The only cherry tree in the village is on the hill behind the school, but the school is also some distance from their residence.

On the way from home to school, there will be a valley, and you can usually cross the river by stepping on the stones on the water.But in the annual flood season, the rising river water will submerge the stones.

At such times, Yuan Xuan's brother would squat down with his back to her so that she could climb onto his back.

Her brother, always trying to carry the weight of her whole life.

Such memories emerged in her mind, Yuan Xuan's expression was a little dazed, she held Shibusawa Ryuhiko's hand quietly, and the road under her feet was covered with cherry blossom petals.

"Don't like it?"

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's voice brought her back to reality.

Yuan Xuan came back to her senses, she raised her face and shook her head.

"I just think it would be nice if I came earlier."

If it is a little earlier, you can see what it looks like when it is in full bloom.This road covered with cherry blossoms will bloom the most beautiful posture in only a short month of the year.

Hearing this, Shibusawa Ryuhiko closed his eyelids, and his eyes fell on Yuan Xuan's face.

"Come again next year." Shibusawa Tatsuhiko said, "Come earlier next time."

His voice fell into Yuan Xuan's ears, like fine petals being carried by the wind.

She saw the fine cherry color falling between his hair and embellished in his white hair.

"Come on next birthday." Yuan Xuan suddenly said, "When you celebrate your birthday, it happens to be the time when the cherry blossoms are the most beautiful."

It seems to be eagerly celebrating blessings.

It's as if the world is silently speaking of love.

Even in Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's view, the blooming and decay of cherry blossoms are meaningless.But when he heard Yuan Xuan tell him this, for a moment, he also recognized this "beauty".

They saw a small shop at the end of the path, and Shibusawa Tatsuhiko walked in.

He saw a hair accessory in the shape of cherry blossoms, lying small and delicate in a box.

Yuan Xuan's gaze was immediately attracted by it.

It's just a little liking in his eyes, which can also be captured by Shibusawa Ryuhiko. He thinks he knows Yuan Xuan very well, so he can naturally know what she's thinking at this time.

He bought the hair accessory and pinned it on Yuan Xuan's hair.

The girl with pink-purple hair raised her hand and touched the hair ornament, her eyes showed a happy expression, "Does it look good?"

Yuan Xuan asked him.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko did not answer.He watched Yuan Xuan quietly, and stroked her hair.

"Go and buy a new suit." He said suddenly, "If you wear a bathrobe, it will definitely be more suitable."

Yuan Xuan froze for a moment.

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko gently held Yuanxuan's strands of hair in his palm, and he seemed to think of something, "At that time, we can watch the fireworks together."

For a moment, Yuan Xuan seemed to have a strange mood.

She wants to hold Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's hand, wants to press his cheek, wants to hug him and respond to him.

In fact, Yuan Xuan did so.

She wrapped her arms around Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's neck, almost hanging on his body.

"Let's go when we get home." Yuan Xuan said, "It's an agreement."

There are such legends circulating in Tsugaru.

In ancient times, when the army marched, the gods who protected the soldiers would accompany them.He will bless the soldiers and help them achieve victory.

Until the soldiers are defeated by the enemy, the gods who guard them will also be demoted.

When she heard such a legend from the local residents, Yuan Xuan vaguely remembered when she was still young.

Her mother had told her a similar story.

She said, "After the soldiers were defeated, the gods also lost themselves, wandering alone in other lands, and could never find their home again."

In the eyes of Yuan Xuan at the time, this was a very scary story.

To this day, she still finds it terribly frightening.

Whatever it is, from the moment it forgets itself, it ceases to be itself, and becomes something else.

In Yuan Xuan's first novel, the story called "Memory", she also incorporated such feelings.

The soul that has lost itself and forgotten its destination in the long years, responds to the call of mankind, and turns into what they call the "god" - "Bie Tian Wang".

In the eyes of some readers, this is an outright tragedy.

Yuan Xuan had received such a letter before.

"Everyone is immersed in "memory", no one is free, and no one has achieved happiness. 』

Yuan Xuan did not write any reply to the other party.

She thought about it for a moment, and then her attention was brought back to reality, she heard that the people of Tsugaru called their god "Arabato".

In this small town more than [-] kilometers away from Yokohama, many statues of him are enshrined.

Human beings always place their hopes on gods and Buddhas, and entrust to them what they can or cannot do. No matter how technology develops, the spiritual sustenance will not be eliminated.

Thinking of this, Yuanxuan stretched out his hand to hold Shibusawa Ryuhiko's palm.This kind of touch reassured her instantly.

When he heard the words "Huang Ba spit", Shibusawa Ryuhiko remembered the materials he had seen before.

Seven years ago, there was a huge explosion in Yokohama. After the explosion, a huge deep pit was left on the ground. Later, people gradually lived there, and it evolved into today's Saibo Street.

It was rumored that it was the resentment of soldiers captured during the war, but it didn't know where it started, and it was said that the cause of the explosion was "Huang Ba Tu".

In the documents that Shibusawa Ryuhiko saw, words like "Araba spit" flashed before his eyes.

He didn't take it to heart.

But Yuan Xuan had a different idea from him.

She connected the memories of the past with the present, and a lot of inspiration came to her mind, which made her finally decide to write a story.

One, the god of Tsugaru left his hometown with the soldiers during the war, but was left alone after all the soldiers died in battle, unable to find his way back home.

She decided to add this story at the end of "Memory" because it is also a story about "Memory".

After finishing the draft and writing down the outline, Yuan Xuan showed the story to Tatsuhiko Shibusawa.

She saw the other party narrowed his eyes, and the blood-colored pupils seemed to be filled with scarlet.

"Why do you want to write such a story?"

Shibusawa Tatsuhiko asked her softly.