wait for dawn

In the indigo flame circle.

As soon as Lan Ling's feet stepped into the range of the indigo flame circle, she felt violent shaking in front of her eyes.She quickly lost consciousness.

>>

fire……

Flame...

The sky is full of red.

"Hurry up, Xinzi, get out of here!"

"You go, leave me alone!"

"Idiot! Life is the most important thing, come with us!"

The flames froze, and under the terrifying blood-red sky, the elegant and serene girl with long hair turned her back to everyone and stood motionless in the middle of the sea of ​​flames.

No matter how the young woman behind her pulled, and the teenagers behind her panicked and panicked, she still stood where she was, with eyes full of sarcasm.

Day, suddenly dark down.

All the bright light seems to be pulled away in an instant, leaving only an empty darkness.

Not long after, a faint light shone in.

The cold and secluded cemetery was damp, and the air was filled with a suffocating smell.

The teenagers and girls lowered their heads mournfully, dressed in plain, sobbing endlessly.A young woman was dressed in black, staring up at the gray tombstone, her slender fingers caressing the layer of coldness that separates yin and yang.

The young woman stood expressionlessly for a long time. Suddenly, she seemed to go crazy and kicked and kicked at the tombstone.

"Lin Xinzi! You idiot! Do you think you can get rid of it after death? Do you want to see our jokes and make me, Xiao Lan and A Yuan feel sad because of your death? Don't dream, I won't Shed a tear for the bastard who committed suicide!"

"Miss Qingqing—"

"Let's go, let's go! Doesn't she want to be alone? Just as she wishes, let her stay alone in the grave and wait for the grass to grow on the grave!"

After saying the hate, the young woman turned around and left, leaving the damp tomb behind without any regrets.

"Xiaolan, Ayuan, let's make a promise... No matter what we encounter in the future, no matter where we are, living is always the most important thing, whether it's just surviving or walking dead...You guys, never be like that idiot ..."

Yes... It's an agreement, and you must not give up.No matter what, live on.

"Is it just a wish to live? What a humble wish."

A frivolous male voice sounded from behind.Lan Ling was startled and turned around quickly.

"Who?!"

"Hehehe?..." The smoke cleared, and the silver-haired boy in white walked slowly towards her.The purple pupils are demonic, and the same color of the inverted mountain tattoo is strangely imprinted on his left cheek, but the boy looks even more handsome and charming.

"Bryn?!"

As if facing a formidable enemy, Lan Ling took several steps back in horror, her body trembling slightly due to extreme fear.

"Ala, Ala, are you afraid of me~ Little Lily of the Valley?~" The silver-haired boy's voice contained a few traces of weird grievance, but his face was embarrassingly mocking, "Let me guess... it's because I'm afraid of myself. Die, is that why you are so afraid of me? Little Lily of the Valley?"

Lan Ling didn't answer, but bit her lips tightly, staring at Bai Lan who stopped five meters away from her.

"What a pity~" Lifting her lips meaningfully, Bai Lan spread her slender fingers and covered her eyelids.His body trembled, as if he was laughing, "Then Little Lily of the Valley, if I promise you, I will definitely not harm your life, will you still be afraid of me?"

...wouldn't hurt her life?

"Yes. I can guarantee that I won't hunt for the life of Lily of the Valley." Bai Lan put down her hand, slightly hooked her lips and approached Lanling step by step, "On the contrary, I will still protect Lily of the Valley~ But, I will kill It's just everyone around Xiao Linglan, they won't hurt Xiao Linglan at all~ So, are you still afraid of me?"

Without hurting her life?Guarantee her life safety?

Isn't this what she always wanted?

However, there is a voice in my heart, shouting, this is wrong, this is wrong...

"Why are you still hesitating? Little Lily of the Valley? Come here, hold my hand?~I'll protect you~"

What is wrong...

"If you don't come over, I can only kill you and Peng Gelie's gang~ So, little Lily of the Valley, come here—don't you want to live?"

No... compared to wanting to live...

"Nobuko...why did you choose that...and not survive with everyone?"

……

The cold tombstone was peeling off inch by inch.

"It would be great if...we could be together forever..."

Remember... the original belief?

"Is there anything wrong with being alive?"

"Why...why don't you live with everyone?"

She just wants to... live with the one she cherishes, and face all difficult things together.

"Live...to protect happiness with those you cherish."

"It's really empty words." Bai Lan maintained a casual smile, and the confident look of "it should be so" on his face almost made Lan Ling shake, "This kind of words that the protagonist of the idiot of the juvenile will say... really let me I was surprised. Did Xiao Linglan think that the Mafia would be such a simple and pure thing? You, don't think too much about the Mafia."

"No..." Frowning and shaking her head, Lan Ling forgot her fear, and only seriously retorted, "My thoughts...have nothing to do with the Mafia.

"I just don't want to lose, I want to keep my precious people and things...

"I just want to live...to live with them."

"Ah-"

The orange flame mixed with a blue halo lit up the night sky and dispelled the fog.

Lan Ling opened her eyes in astonishment, turned her head, and found herself standing in the circle of indigo flames.

She lowered her head, staring blankly at Da Kongyan, whose hands were mixed with fine blue luster.

Could it be that everything I saw just now was... an illusion?

Looking up, Nobuko Kawahira, who was standing outside the circle of flames, was smiling softly at her.With a few thumbs up.

For a moment, she actually confused the real and the unreal.

"Nobuko..."

Whispering, Lan Ling inadvertently turned her head, and then froze.

Tsunayoshi Sawada, who was standing beside him, was lowering his head slightly.

His face was slightly painful, as if he was struggling in some nightmare.

Meeting his pupils, I saw a large area of ​​distraction and negative emotions violently tumbling like boiling water.

unprecedented.

Lan Ling looked at Tsunayoshi Sawada in astonishment, and the uneasiness and worries in her heart gradually formed.

"...Ah Gang-kun?"

(overhaul, rewrite memories)

(First draft: 2012-01-27)

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23. Goal 22 [Minor Repair]...

His vision changed from blurred to clear, and Tsunayoshi Sawada covered his messy head, faintly perceiving the coming and going of people around him.

It seemed that all the thinking circuits were messed up, except for the perception of the noisy and noisy environment, his brain was on strike.

"Agang?"

An anxious and tense voice came from his side, and the familiar clear tone made him temporarily escape from impetuous emotions.

When he opened his eyes, the bright sunlight seemed extremely dazzling. He was dazed by the sudden light for a moment, and his thinking fell into a dull trance again.

"Gang, what's wrong with you?"

He felt something cold on his forehead, and subconsciously opened his eyes, a white and slender hand covered his sight, and also blocked the restless scorching sun for him.

"It can't be heat stroke..."

The worry implied in that voice was even worse, he felt the coldness on his forehead all the way down his cheeks, and finally stopped on his jaw.

Supporting his face with those hands, he gently pressed his head down, so that his eyes had no choice but to meet a pair of exquisite water-blue cat pupils.

"What's wrong with you, Gang, don't scare me."

Sawada Tsunayoshi blinked blankly, still looking too unresponsive.

"...Ah... bell?"

Meeting the girl's delighted gaze, Tsunayoshi Sawada felt a strong sense of disobedience in his heart.

...something, something is not quite right.

His eyes scanned the surroundings.

The broad avenue is lightly filled with the joy of Italian festivals.

The rushing footsteps of the rushing crowds cannot conceal the joy and peace of the people.

Everything is so long gone.

"How is it possible, since Bailan... this city has ceased to..."

The shock and doubt in my heart only lasted for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace.

Because, the girl next to him suddenly hugged him, abruptly interrupting his thinking.

"Gang, have you forgotten? Bai Lan has been defeated by you, and now everything has returned to its original state!"

"Ugh?"

Bai Lan was defeated by him? !When did this happen? !

"...Ah Gang, what's wrong with you? Is there any discomfort?"

Meeting the girl's caring and nervous pupils, he only felt that the doubts in his heart were fleeting again.

...this feeling of not being able to think...is wrong...

"I'm fine... just a little..." uneasy.

"Bai Lan has already been defeated by you, so don't worry."

The girl's words seemed to have magical powers, and he was easily convinced.

——Yes, Bai Lan has already been defeated by him, so, is there anything else to worry about?

but……

No...it always feels like something is wrong.

"Gang, don't be in a daze. If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to catch up with the opening of the Four Nations Regatta!" The girl's coquettishness pulled him out of his doubts, and he was still being dragged by the girl to run wildly. The feeling crushed the shallow and imperceptible sense of violation.

Bai Lan, has already been defeated by him?Is everything back to normal?

very nice……

……

"Boss, the leader of the Lagrange family asks you to participate in the negotiation in person, this..."

"It's okay. I'll go there in person to show respect. After all, although Lagrange is only a small and medium-sized family, his intelligence capabilities are considered outstanding in the entire mafia circle."