dance with you

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Faint drizzle.A stagnant cloud of lead hangs over the cemetery, and a few gray shadows slowly move between the pale tombstones, their sorrowful looks seem to melt into the miserable rain.

Cone Shengling didn't know how long he had been standing here.The taller man standing beside him held an umbrella for him, and the rain still drifted onto him with the cold wind.His hair, shirt, and trousers were all wet, and no one would come and nag him, telling him to take care of himself and to go to the hospital if he felt unwell.The world seemed to have suddenly quietened down, so terribly quiet.It was so quiet that a big mouth opened silently, swallowing all the memories of the past like quicksand into the darkness.

The tombstone in front of me, the girl with thick eyes in the photo, with a pure and cheerful smile will always stay at the age of 25.Shindo Nadeko was also an orphan, and her funeral was arranged by Sui Shenglei alone.There are no parents, no relatives and friends, only some people who are familiar with in the circle came to offer flowers, and then left in tears, with red eyes.

Cone Health Zero did not shed tears.He just stood by the tombstone blankly, watching the worshipers come and go.The few falling raindrops seem to have no end from dawn to dusk.

Cone Shengling didn't know what he was thinking.Maybe he still can't accept this fact.For so many years before, Coni Shengling had been alone, and Shinto Nadeko felt to him as his only relative, like a caring big sister.Maybe on the surface he would be bored with Shindo Nadeko's constant care, but his heart is always full of gratitude.However, such a kind, easy-going, aloof girl passed away in the 25 years of her life, and was killed by a vampire!Why, those beasts would choose to take the life of such an innocent person!

It seems that at this moment, those things in Zhui Shengling's heart awakened again, and he realized again: he is not only a LEVELD, but also a vampire hunter!It is his bounden duty to protect humans from vampires!But, he—he let his important person be brutally killed!This is his unforgivable mistake!

"zero……"

The people standing by called him softly:

"It's late, let's go back and eat something first, and come back tomorrow."

Jiu Lanshu also stood silently with Zhui Shengling in the rain for a whole day, missed his schedule, and didn't complain.

It was getting late indeed, and the cemetery was about to close.Cone Shengling moved slowly, wanting to follow Jiu Lanshu to leave. At this moment, a black figure came out from behind the nearby oak tree. Cone Shengling only saw his low hat brim, with one eye blindfolded. Cloth, seems to have been injured.

"I am Yagari Juba from the police station, and I am in charge of the investigation of this case."

The man held out his hand to him and briefly introduced himself in a rough voice.Cone Sheng Ling also stretched out his hand numbly to shake him, but did not speak.

"I'll come over and give you Miss Shinto Nadeko's belongings."

Somewhat dazedly, he took the thin card handed over by Yagari Shiya, with a photo of Nadeko Shinto on it, and Nadeko Shinto's personal information next to it.This is just... Nadeko Shindo's ID card...

"This is what she held tightly in her hand when she died. It has not yet been clarified what it implies."

Nodding his head, he accepted the card.Zhui Shengling looked up at the man, only to see that the man's only remaining eye was staring at him, sharp as a falcon.

"The last call she made to you before she died was not connected. It is speculated that the difference between before and after is only 3 minutes. I wonder if it has something to do with her death."

Cone Shengling was stunned, and took out his mobile phone. Sure enough, there was a missed call a few days ago, and the familiar number was Nadeko Shindo.Is this the call I made that night when I was lingering with Jiu Lanshu?The woman in the dark car, holding on to the phone and listening to the busy tone over and over, did she discover something urgent, or was she desperately asking for help before dying?If... If the self at that time connected to this call, would it be possible to save everything...?

Zhui Shengling suddenly felt his stomach twitch again.Holding the phone, he bent down silently.The man with rose red eyes standing aside quickly supported him, and said to the police officer in front of him:

"Thank you."

Yejia Shiya's sharp eyes stared at Jiu Lanshu for a while, then turned from Jiu Lanshu to the trembling silver-haired boy, did not speak, just nodded briefly, and strode away.

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Jiu Lanshu carried Zhui Shengling into the car.

By this time, Cone Shengling's emotions had calmed down.When the vehicle was driving fast, the silhouette of lights on the side of the road passed by his side, and the boy kept looking out the window, even rarely blinking his eyelashes.To be honest, the boy's reaction to the death of Shinto Nadeko was within Jiu Lanshu's expectation, and calmer than Jiu Lanshu thought.Maybe because this is not the first time he has faced death.

"My parents... were also killed by vampires..."

In the long silence, the boy suddenly spoke.The hoarse voice, like some unknown object slowly wriggling in the dark, made people feel an inexplicable anxiety gripping the heart.

"At that time, I was by their side, but I failed to save them, and I survived."

The boy suddenly showed a self-deprecating smile that was uglier than crying:

"Shu, do you know? I'm a vampire hunter, but I can't even protect the one I love."

In the dark and closed space, only the boy's voice slowly narrated like flowing sand:

"Maybe my parents killed vampires, so those relatives who were killed vampires came to seek revenge. However, Nadeko Shinto did not, she was just an innocent girl, she should not have passed away at the age of 25... ..."

Jiu Lanshu suddenly turned her head and interrupted the boy:

"—Zero, don't blame yourself! The death of Nadeko Shinto is not your fault!"

"Whether it is or not."

The boy turned his head back from the car window and took a deep breath:

"I've made a decision—"

When flipping through the small ID card in his hand, one side of the ID card reflected dazzling light under the light outside the car window at night. Nadeko Shindo in the photo was still in high school, with two braids and a bright smile.

"——I want to avenge Shindo Nadeko. Blood debt, must be paid with blood!"