[Net King] Bright Summer

This is the Shinkansen from Kanagawa to Hokkaido, because it was already late at night, and the passengers on the Shinkansen had already fallen asleep, only two high school students and an elementary school student were still sitting in the last row of seats.

Tezuka glanced at Zuosuke who was sitting next to him, and Sanada who was sitting by the window. A few hours ago, he accompanied Sanada to take away the ashes of Genemon Sanada that Sanada's family put in the palm of his hand, and then Take Sanada Zuosuke to board the Shinkansen to Hokkaido.

Sanada Genemon’s last words were that the ashes of the Sanada family were scattered on the spot after death, but the Sanada family has never had such a precedent before. Even after death, the descendants of the Sanada family must enter the Sanada family’s temple. Persisting, the ashes of Genemon Sanada are still placed in the family temple.

But when Genichiro Sanada took the ashes from the auditorium, there was only Sanada Zuosuke in the auditorium, and Zuosuke did not stop them from taking the ashes. He left the Sanada home with Genichiro Sanada who took the ashes.

Sanada Genichiro sat on the window seat, he kept looking out of the dark window, his exhausted expression was reflected on the glass window of the train, Zuosuke sat quietly in the middle seat, he looked up at Sanada Genichiro , and then stretched out his hand to gently hold his hand. As long as he can remember, the house has always been deserted. Most of the serious grandparents and young parents are outside Japan. The concept is still a little fuzzy. When he knew that the old man who had been with him had left, he vaguely remembered that one day, other people he loved the most around him might suddenly disappear like this.At that moment, his heart was full of fear, and he wanted to ask the adults, but some of the adults were calm and some were sad, and probably the only little uncle who could explain his doubts to him, was locked in the bedroom and refused to come out.

Zuosuke broke the silence. He tugged on Tezuka Kunimitsu's sleeve and shouted, "Brother Kunimitsu."

"What's the matter?" Tezuka Kunimitsu looked down at Zuosuke who was opening his big eyes.

Sanada Zuosuke's big eyes were full of doubts. After hesitating for a moment, Zuosuke still asked the question that had been bothering him. He said, "One day, will I disappear from this world like Grandpa Zeng?" ?”

Tezuka was taken aback by Zuosuke's question. Sanada, who was sitting inside, obviously heard Zuosuke's question. He moved his body, but his face was still facing out of the window. Tezuka was stunned for a moment, and then said to Zuosuke He replied, "Of course, we all will."

Zuo Zhu blinked and asked again; "Then why does it still exist? Anyway, it will disappear, so isn't the previous existence meaningless?"

Hearing Zuosuke's question, Tezuka didn't say a word, Zuosuke saw that Tezuka didn't answer, so he also turned his face out of the window.

The Shinkansen has stopped at a small station along the way. Several people in the carriage got off with their things, and then several people got on the train. A few minutes later, the Shinkansen started again. After thinking about Zuozhu's question, after a while, he looked at Sanada Zuosuke with a serious face, and said: "Zuozhu-kun, we came to this world, it is not our choice, regarding the question you asked, Our thinkers have also pondered hard, and the answers they got are also varied."

Sanada Zuosuke turned his head, looked at Tezuka, and asked, "What kind of answer is the most correct?"

Tezuka Kunimitsu didn't know which answer was correct. He remembered a sentence he had seen before, so he said to Sanada Sasuke: "Some ancestors thought that our existence seems to be to continue their will."

Sanada Zuosuke looked up at Tezuka Kunimitsu: "What is the meaning of Brother Kunimitsu's existence?"

Tezuka paused for a moment, glanced at Genichiro Sanada, and then said slowly; "I didn't believe in God before, but later, I began to slowly try to believe that my coming may not be arranged by God, you know There are so many people in the world, how difficult it is for me to meet that person, maybe this is what I mean."

Sanada Zuosuke listened to Tezuka's words, with some sadness on his face, he said; "If one day in the future, he suddenly disappears, how sad brother Kunimitsu who finally met him will be."

Tezuka's eyes became very gentle, and he said to Zuosuke; "Yes."

This is probably the longest sentence Tezuka has ever said. Zuosuke still had a vague understanding. Zuosuke raised his head, and when he was about to ask again, Tezuka raised his hand and stopped him. He said; "And I Zuo Zhujun who thinks like this is really careless. There are too many unknown factors in this world. I can’t think about everything. Although I don’t advocate hedonism, I still think it’s a good day to be down-to-earth That's what matters."

The three of them became quiet again. Before they knew it, the Shinkansen had entered Hokkaido. It was exactly two o'clock in the middle of the night. Zuosuke leaned on Genichiro Sanada and fell asleep. The three of them got off at Hirai City. The main line stopped in this small town, and Sanada carried Sasuke on his back and walked out of the gate together with Tezuka.

Hirai City is an ordinary plain town in Hokkaido. It is not a special tourist attraction, and most of the people in the town are local farmers. On this vast plain, there are patches of rice fields everywhere. It was summer, and as soon as Sanada and Tezuka stepped out of the platform, they could smell the fragrance of rice flowers and hear the cry of frogs. At this moment, they were already standing in the countryside far away from Tokyo.

It's past three o'clock in the morning, the hotels in the small town have already closed, and the night in the countryside is very quiet. They walked out of the platform and walked along a dirt road. It was dark, and it was another moonless night. Zuosuke quietly crawled on Sanada's back and fell asleep. Sanada and Tezuka couldn't see each other's faces clearly, but they could hear footsteps beside them. And the sound of breathing, which made both of them feel at ease, they didn't know where they would stop, and the road conditions in the countryside were not very good, so Tezuka could only hold Sanada's clothes tightly and follow behind him.

Neither of them knew how long they had walked. Sanada Genichiro and Tezuka Kunimitsu stopped. In the early morning, even in summer, Tezuka was still shivering from the cold, and the grass was covered with dew. Tezuka helped Sanada took Zuosuke from his back. Sanada sat down on a small dirt bag, and took Zuosuke back from Tezuka. The early morning dew was heavy, and Zuosuke didn't sleep well. The body moved in his arms, Sanada took off his coat and wrapped him tightly, Tezuka was also sitting beside him, the two were very close, so Sanada could feel the chill coming from Tezuka, In the dark field, he stretched out his hand silently, and tightly held Tezuka's Tehama. Tezuka struggled a little at first, but in the end he couldn't match Sanada's hand strength, so he could only let him hold it. Fortunately, it was very dark , they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.

It was the darkest time before dawn, and Tezuka and Sanada were very close, waiting for the dawn.Finally, a ray of purple light appeared on the horizon that had been silent for a long time. The faint light of dawn calmed the hearts of both of them suddenly. The rice seedlings are often rendered golden yellow, and then, a few red rays of light seem to struggle out from the ground, and the fiery red sun slowly rises from the horizon.

Sanada Genichiro looked at the round sun, at this moment, in this strange place, he held Tezuka Kunimitsu's hand tightly, and his heart was slowly settled.

The sky was already bright and everything became warmer. Only then did Tezuka see the surrounding scenery clearly. Surrounded by endless rice fields, they seemed to be in a sea of ​​rice fields. With the breeze blowing, the boundless rice fields seemed to undulate. waves, white birds rushing out of the rice seedlings in the dense forest and flying low, and dogs barked from the distant villages.Sanada and Tezuka were overwhelmed by every delicate scene that was happening in front of them. Their lives were shackled by the fast pace of the metropolis. The two of them hadn't been moved by the sunrise that repeated every day for a long time. At this time, their An unprecedented peace of mind.They admit that, for a split second, they almost forgot their original purpose.

In the days that followed, Tezuka often recalled this night. He and Sanada walked on such a quiet country road. I don't know the destination, but I am absolutely not at a loss. That is Tezuka's most precious memory. They trust each other and support each other.

Sanada wakes up Zuosuke, who has decided to scatter Sanada Genemon's ashes in this peaceful countryside.

Zuosuke rubbed his sleepy eyes. He saw Genichiro Sanada take Genichiro Sanada Genemon's ashes out of his backpack. In the early morning when the sun was rising, Sanada held up the ashes and lifted them into the sky. The wind carries far away, gradually blending into the whole world...

Tezuka and Zuosuke watched every detail of this ceremony devoutly. The three of them watched the direction of the wind quietly. In the wind, there seemed to be the footprints of this old man. Sanada Zuosuke put his hands together, He said silently: "Grandpa Zeng, please go all the way, we will definitely meet again in the future."

Tezuka Kunimitsu rubbed the top of Zuosuke's hair, then looked up at Genichiro Sanada standing in front of him.

Twenty minutes later, all the ashes were scattered in the wind, and the last trace of Genemon Sanada in this world was also erased. Sanada stood there silently for a moment, looking at Tezuka's side face, quietly Said: "Tezuka, if I die in the future, you can also hold such a funeral for me."

Tezuka turned his head, glanced at Sanada's expressionless face, bowed his head in thought for a moment, and said to Sanada, "Okay."

Sanada stared at Tezuka, and then fell into those bright eyes. After a while, he nodded towards Tezuka; "Thank you, Tezuka."

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