[Comprehensive] Did Zhixi watch pretty boys today?

The heat of summer and the dark clouds mingled into a muffled thunder with a bang.

She stood on the top of the building and watched, the sun was only a distant halo, her eyes were amber stone color, beautiful and quiet, her eyes and her real face were separated by soft and thick dark clouds, in which there was a moist and full smell of rain, And the bitter taste of dust.

If you lower your head, you can step into the air with one foot, and there is a continuous flow of road below.

The storm is coming.

Zhi Xi suddenly came back to her senses——

[where am I? ]

Looking around, there are tall buildings, straight into the sky, and the sound of the whistle on the road comes from the bottom up from a long distance, which sounds a bit distorted.A huge electronic billboard stood on a tall building not far away. When she looked at it, she just switched to the next advertisement.

[......]

She remembered.

correct.

[I'm back. ]

After death, people will go to Huangquan, and on the way there, there is a road that must be passed, which is called Huangquan Hirazaka.

After passing there, you will arrive at the bank of the Santu River.There is a ferryman by the river all year round. If you want to cross the river, you have to pay six cents first, otherwise you will be pushed into the Santu River by the ferryman and become a grieving ghost at the bottom of the river.

When Saiki Kusuo arrived there, the girl was standing by the river, talking to the ferryman who was pulling the boat.

"...I have sent away several groups of people, and you are still here."

Just by looking at his face, the man who was already very old was standing on the bow of the boat holding an oar and talking to her, his voice was like dry bark in winter, extremely dry, "Crossing the river?"

However, the girl just shook her head over and over again, "I don't cross the river...I just want to know, why am I here?"

Where is this?

The ferryman stopped what he was doing after hearing her confusion, but his drooping and wrinkled eyes fixed on her face with sharp eyes.

half an hour.

"It's not a good thing to insist on dwelling on the past..."

Before he finished speaking, he stretched out his hands to pull the girl off the shore, but before his dry fingers touched the corner of her clothes, the girl suddenly shrank back a few feet.

【—Then don’t bother you. 】

Saiki Kusuo pulled Zhixi behind him, and looked at the old man calmly and vigilantly with his eyes behind the lens.

"... Kusuo-kun?!"

Zhi Xi recovered from the gust of wind just now, turned her head in astonishment when she heard the words, and looked at him in surprise, "Why are you here? Could it be that you also..."

【How can it be. 】He interrupted her,【I'm here to pick you up. 】"--Eh?!"

The dark wind was hunting along the Santu River, and the fragrance of manjusawa became stronger and stronger, fascinating many lonely and wild ghosts, who lost their direction and fell into the river for the first time.

The scene was palpitating.

The ferryman grasped the oar in his hand, "You still lose your soul..." He looked at the red-haired boy, and said in a muddy voice, "You shouldn't have come here."

Zhi Xi finally found the opportunity, she grabbed the boy's clothes, extremely uneasy: "Where is this place? Why does he insist on me crossing the river?"

[The road you just came over is Huangquan Biliangzaka, the only road that people must pass after death. ] Saiki Kusuo looked at her, 【The river in front of me is the Santu River.If you cross the river, you can never come back. 】After he finished speaking expressionlessly, he was not surprised to see an expression of disbelief on her face: "But, but...! This is the place where people's souls come after death. How could I..."

【Ah, of course it's because of that】Living Soul has been staying in such a place with too much yin for a long time, he turned around and led the girl back and forth, ignoring the desperate roar of the ferryman behind him, 【— —You already have a soul, Zhixi. ] This is the first time he called her name.

Zhi Xi stared at him blankly.

[In other words, you have become a real human being. 】Saiki Kusuo noticed something wrong with the girl's expression, so he stopped and turned his head to look at her.

Saiki Kusuo had already had such speculations since the first time the girl consciously left her body in a dream and went to another world.

But he couldn't be sure until she died.

How exactly?Should it be said that she was lucky or that it was a miracle?

Fighting again and again, and escaping from death again and again, she alone endured the malice and tried so hard to survive.

But at that time and the last time, he lost his life in order to save a child he had never met.

Saiki Kusuo looked at her, the girl's eyes were wide open, as if they were filled with rainwater from a whole winter.

Then, burst out.

"...What should I do?" She broke away from his hand and squatted down, the sleeves were soaked in a large swath of water, "What should I do..."

Saiki Kusuo sighed softly.

Following her example, he also squatted down, stretched out his right hand but didn't know what to do, and finally just wiped the girl's breathless face with the back of his hand.

[Why are you crying, shouldn't you be happy? ——Becoming a human, is this your long-cherished wish?In other words, you did it successfully. ] "Yes...but, but I'm already too late, I've already..."

[Who said it was too late. 】

The crying stopped abruptly, Zhi Xi felt her throat was choked, she just raised her head to look at the young man blankly, with water droplets still on her eyelashes.

[Do you want to go back? 】

he asked her.

Zhi Xi nodded, paused, and shook her head again.

"I want to... go back to the original place."

When the car lost control and was about to hit the little girl, the only clear thought in the girl's mind was: I want to protect her.

Like... in that "dream", seeing him protect another child.

Just like those people she met in the world she first lived in, those boys and girls who are outstanding and dazzling with different personalities, even though each has a different temper, and their hobbies and habits are also different-but when faced with such a situation, Zhixi can be sure without hesitation that they will definitely do the same.

Even if she did it all over again, she would still rush forward at the critical moment and protect the child from under the wheel.

The reason why she has such thoughts and actions... Zhixi thinks, it should be because of the reflection of her in that world.

Although she left there later, and met many equally dazzling and amazing people after that, as expected, only after dying once would she realize what she was most reluctant to part with.

……

Saiki Kusuo looked at her quietly.

He was not at all surprised to hear such words. Rather, before coming here, Qi Mu was already prepared for this answer.

Can,

[What if I don't want to. 】

Zhi Xi was taken aback, "...what?"

【I said, if I don't want to, let you leave my world and go back there. ] "..."

She looked at him fixedly.

Saiki Kusuo looks very good-although he always deliberately lowers his sense of existence in order to make himself inconspicuous, but just stare at his face behind the lens for a moment, you can easily get this in conclusion.The boy's facial features were crisp and sharp, and because his expression rarely changed on weekdays, his expression appeared a little indifferent.

But Zhixi had this feeling from a long time ago: Saiki Kusuo is a somewhat divided existence.His soul seems to be divided into two parts, one half is superficially repelling people thousands of miles away, and he always feels unfamiliar when he first met; When he tasted the coffee jelly, it was when he thought about trouble and shot again.

But now, Saiki Kusuo who suddenly said such a sentence made Zhixi feel a little strange.

After a long time, she licked her lips and carefully said: "There is no problem for a person like Kusuo-kun to become a god in this world."

"Or, Kusuo-kun is a god in the first place."

When the girl said this, she lowered her eyes slightly, her slender eyes looked like lines drawn with fine brushwork, and there was a grateful smile on her lips, like a believer after prayer.

"I'm a small person, I've spent so much effort until now I only have a little soul... I guess it has something to do with my good luck. If I stay with the gods, I should lose my life."

She stuck out her tongue, her tone revealed a bit of natural intimacy, but also a bit of fear, as if she was sincere.

Saiki Kusuo sighed slightly again.

He can say something half-truth and half-false like a joke, but the meaning he wants to express is not ambiguous at all.

Who did you learn this from?

【I see. 】

He held out a hand to her.

【…】

"...Yesterday afternoon, the hero 'Qing Ling' successfully rescued two hostages from the roof of the downtown building during the criminal attack."

"...The hero 'Tianzai' successfully captured the A-level fugitive Toru Ichiyama this morning!"

……

Walking on the street, the latest deeds of the heroes of the new era are scrolling on the large and small advertising screens that can be seen everywhere.Since the first luminescent baby was born in Qingqing City, 80% of the people now have their own superpowers, which are collectively referred to as "personality".

In order to combat some people who use their "personality" to commit crimes, the profession of "hero" was born.

This is an era that needs "heroes".

Coming back here again, most of the buildings on the road became unfamiliar, only a few iconic high-rise buildings were still standing in place, which more or less gave her a feeling of "coming back".

And watching those old friends now become great heroes who can stand on their own one by one, while feeling aroused suddenly, Zhi Xi felt as if it was a lifetime away.

She was walking on the road, and her face was reflected in the glass window next to her.

A completely unfamiliar face.

A woman's face that didn't belong to her.

Her long black hair fell to her waist, and she looked at the eyes reflected in the window, amber, but darker than her previous pair.The bridge of the nose is high and straight, but the lips are very thin, just looking at it like this reveals that strangers should not get close.

The corners of her lips dryly wanted to pull out a smile, but no matter how she looked at it, it was awkward.

"Do you like this dress? You can come in and try it on." The gentle clerk saw her looking outside for a long time and came forward to meet her.

"...Ah, no," Zhi Xi waved her hand, "I, I'll just take a look, sorry..."

"It doesn't matter, this skirt is the main style of this summer, and it will always be here before the season changes. If you want to see it anytime, you can come and see it at any time."

The clerk's voice was too gentle, which made Zhixi feel a little embarrassed, she nodded, "Thank you..."

The sound of glass shattering came from a nearby store, followed by the screams of passers-by.Two people who were close to each other were splashed with debris on the spot and fell to the ground.

As for Zhi Xi, who was standing not far away, her calf was inevitably pierced by a piece of splashed glass, and the blood flowed out windingly, staining her shoes and socks.

Two seconds later, a "person" whose whole body was covered by a white shell of unknown material came out from the hole in the floor-to-ceiling window glass. It stood there without moving immediately, but looked down at the two injured Passers-by seem to be confirming their aggressiveness.

In the next second, it turned its head to Zhi Xi's side.

The clerk who was standing near the door let out a short exclamation. She stretched out her trembling hand to pull Zhixi into the store, but her body hesitated whether to run away.

"Do not be afraid."

Facing that "person", Zhi Xi tilted her head again, and said to the clerk with a gentle expression.

"You, what did you say..."

"I said, don't be afraid, a gentle person like you will always be well protected."

The woman turned her head and smiled brightly. The next moment, her figure flickered, leaving only an afterimage.The long black hair was flying in the air with the airflow and movement, and the clerk couldn't see clearly when she rushed to the criminal, and how she punched it out of the shell. pit.

Zhi Xi shook her hands and sighed: "This body's quality is not good..."

Erin Yuyu Rin, 20 years old, has no personality.

He grew up in an orphanage since he was a child, his biological parents were unknown, and he had almost no social activities.

Suffering from depression for nearly 7 years, because he could not integrate into the society, he left a suicide note and chose to jump off the building to end his life.

This is the situation of Zhixi's current body.

After being attacked by this punch, the criminal who seemed human but not human finally reacted. It raised its right arm, as if it was going to hit Zhixi down.

She aimed at the small spot not covered by the white shell near the elbow joint and swept out her left leg——

The right arm turned suddenly at the wrist, revealing a circular launch port underneath.

--Oops.

At such a close distance, even Yi Zhixi's former body couldn't retreat fully, let alone the lack of exercise of Erzhi Yu's body now.She could only keep her eyes wide open and watch the launch port aiming at herself. Under the high-speed operation of her brain, everything seemed to be in slow motion, but it was too late anyway.

The frightening cold came.

Bitter icy slammed into that arm at an invisible speed, and deflected the direction of the bullet at the last moment. Zhi Xi only heard a bang behind him, and then a faint fire came from his nose.Medicinal.

But she couldn't turn around.

The wind blew again, this time mixed with a shuddering chill, she clenched her fists uncontrollably, her teeth were clenched tightly, and she heard the heart beating so vigorously in her chest.

The white ice sculpture fell, and the last few bullets that could not be fired in the future were also frozen and fell to the ground, clanging.

Someone stood behind it, with one hand still stretched out in the air and not retracted.

——Just like so many times in the past, when he activated his personality, with a slight lift of his hand in the air, a tall iceberg rose from the ground.

"Sorry, it has affected you," the man stepped forward, said "offended" in a low voice, then knelt down and covered her feet.

Only then did she notice that her feet had also been frozen.

"..."

The voice seemed to be taken away at this moment.

"All right."

The young man looked up and glanced at her.

It's all about looking at strangers.

Looking away again, he stood up.

There are already several carrying long.The reporters with guns and cannons chased over here, and she heard the same sentence, or the same name, shouting from their mouths.

"It's 'Frozen', the hero is Frozen!"

"Quick, hurry up before he leaves..."

"Hero Jiao Dong, may I ask you..."

……

[I have crossed a lot of time, many nights and days that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, to pursue those colorful flowers in life. ]

[Even if my feet are bruised and my whole body is covered in dust. ]

[I held back those times, I held back not crying, I know I can no longer rely on you. ]

[At that time, I thought I was strong. ]

She looked at the figure of the young man being surrounded and leaving, her eyes gradually blurred.

Once after a competition, I thought about this question: If something that I have for a long time is taken away by others, or it no longer belongs to me, will it cause a huge psychological gap?

At that time, she didn't get an answer of her own.

The shoelaces were untied, the wound on her calf was a little deep, and the blood was still gurgling. In fact, it was nothing compared to the pain she had suffered from those injuries, but at this moment, she suddenly broke down in tears.

[I'm not as strong as I thought I was. ]

The world in front of my eyes was already blurred, but it was obvious that it had suddenly darkened.

Someone crouched in front of her again.

"twice."

It is the deep voice of a young man, familiar yet unfamiliar, hoarse and dry.

"……what."

"You asked me twice if I would remember to miss you."

She raised her head in disbelief, not even daring to breathe, but he avoided her gaze, and his fingers fell on the unraveled shoelaces.

Slender fingers grabbed both ends and tied a bow.His hands were trembling, and he tried several times before he succeeded.

Then, he raised his head again and looked into her eyes.

The look from bottom to top reminded her of many things at this moment, as if it happened yesterday in a trance.At that time, there was also a teenager who tied two bows on her shoelaces without any explanation or refusal.

Just like, now.

"Twice," he repeated.

"The first time I thought about why you left, I thought about it for 20 days."

"The second time I wonder if you will come back,"

The calm appearance fell apart, and his voice began to tremble uncontrollably, "...I have been thinking about it for seven years."

It was raining cats and dogs, and in the rain was a torrential city.