[Comprehensive] Did Zhixi watch pretty boys today?

It is now 10:30 in the morning, and it has been two hours since I did not know Zhixi lost contact.

Say it's missing.

After going through the procedures to obtain the right to call all the surveillance cameras on the route from her home to Area A, Hong Jiaodong stood behind the police without saying a word, watching the different surveillance cameras on the screen arrive at [-]:[-] in the morning. During the video recording at nine o'clock, the eyes are getting colder and colder.

According to Yuki Yumehara, the proprietress of the convenience store downstairs at Zhixi’s house, the girl came to the convenience store to buy breakfast between 7:05 and 7:10 in the morning. The surveillance video in the store can also prove this. After that, she went to Go to the station and get on the bus around 7:20.

Zhixi’s house needs to be transferred from Area A. The police screened out the three shortest transfer routes and checked them one by one, and finally got a precise time—I don’t know that Zhixi arrived at 7:50:37. Between 7:50:59, that is, when she changed to the next car, she disappeared.

Hong Jiaodong picked up the water glass to calm down the worsening emotions in his heart, but the water in the glass froze into ice the moment he touched it—he threw the glass aside, took a deep breath, and when he exhaled The voice was trembling: "...Is there any other possibility, other... monitoring?"

The police officer who was transferred to investigate the cause was too short to even reach the "disappearance case" and looked over apologetically, "I have confirmed it again and again...No, I don't know that Miss will indeed pass through a monitoring blind spot when changing trains. But the blind spot is very small, from the visible range of the previous monitor to the next, even at walking speed, the middle will not exceed 15 seconds."

——But the distance that can be covered by walking in less than 15 seconds, the girl just disappeared out of thin air.

Hong Jiao closed his eyes.

She was supposed to be on duty in Area A with him today.

Zhi Xi has a strong sense of time, and after the appointed time of 08:30, when she didn't come at nine o'clock, Hong had a bad guess in his heart.He sent her a message and called her but didn't get a response, and asked her friends in class, but he didn't know what he was doing. .

Faced with such a fact now, he suddenly felt a little numb.

It was as if all the strength had been drained from his whole body, and he had no ability to react when facing anything. He turned over and over the few surveillance images that recorded her actions, watched them frame by frame for countless times, and exhaled. The gas became cold at some point, and a layer of frost condensed on the screen, blurring the picture.

But Hong felt that the fuzzy eyes seemed to be his own.

When Zhi Xi came to her senses, she was in a strange room.

The reason why it is called "returning to mind" is because she vaguely felt that she seemed to be in a daze for a while. The exact length of time is not clear, but she clearly remembered that she was on the way to the transfer station the last second.

Looking around, this is a single bedroom with a very simple layout. There are many books on the bookshelves. It seems that the owner of this room is a student...but there are no teaching materials. The kind seen in the study, classical literary novels.

what's the situation?Do I still have the ability to teleport? ?

She called the system in her head, but as expected, she didn't get any response.

At this time, with a "click", the door opened.

Zhixi opened her eyes wide in shock——

【Feel sorry. 】

The boy with rose-colored hair opened his mouth before she could speak.

Zhi Xi paused.

Just like the last time at the dessert shop, his voice came directly into her mind.

Feeling ups and downs for a while, she slowed down by the window, and finally found her voice: "...Sai-kun?"

【it's me. 】

The boy's expression was calm, without any emotional ups and downs, and his face was a little cold, [I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Saiki Kusuo. 】"...Okay, Qi, Qi Mu-jun, I don't know Zhixi, uh, I..." Zhixi swallowed, for some reason she felt that her throat was dry, and the young man handed her a cup from the table if he felt it. Water, [This is my room. 】Zhi Xi finished drinking the glass of water, and thanked in a low voice, "Why am I at... Qi Mu-jun's house?"

When she just came back to her senses, her brain was still a little chaotic. Now she was sorting out her memory while talking to the other party, and remembered that she met the boy in front of her on the transfer road. At that time, she almost stepped on his glasses that fell to the ground. .

At that time, the boy looked up at her because he seemed to be flustered.

When I came back to my senses, I came here.

【You are here because of my personality. 】 Qi Mu answered her like this, 【At that time, I looked at you because I didn't wear glasses, so you turned into a stone statue. In order not to cause confusion, I brought you home, and I am sorry for this. ] "Oh, it's okay, Mr. Qi Mu didn't do it on purpose." Zhi Xi nodded clearly, and then asked in a deliberate way: "That... Mr. Qi Mu didn't attract onlookers on the way when he brought me back?"

After all, the scene of a student carrying a stone statue as big as himself is scary.

[I used teleportation, so no one else saw it. ] "——Wow! Qi Mu-jun's personality is too cool, and it feels so good!" Zhi Xi whispered enviously, looking at the other party's eyes full of longing, when she was in the dessert shop before, she Surprised that the other party can communicate with people without speaking, floating in the air, and disappearing suddenly (she thought it was invisible at the time). , really opened the eyes.

——And the personality of "teleportation" is also amazing, right?Don't worry about being late for school!

【Yes, but I will still get up on time. 】

"—Eh? Can Qi Mu-kun hear what I'm thinking?!"

【correct. 】

So cool, what a winner in life.Zhixi couldn't help being sour, looking at Saiki Kusuo and then looking at herself, thinking about how to survive every day is really the daily life of a high school girl? ?

[Speaking of which, there is something I want to ask you. ] Saiki Kusuo took a few steps towards her, and the distance between the two of them got closer, 【Because in this society, most people have only one "personality", so I hope you can keep it a secret for me. My personality. ] "No problem—heh," the girl raised her head in surprise, "Sai Mu-kun...why do you trust me?"

Although it is said that they are netizens, but if you really want to look closely, the two people are obviously not familiar with each other, right?

Why would he tell her these things?

【Probably because】 Saiki Kusuo said lightly, 【You are not human. ] "..."

So you were actually threatening just now, right?

Zhixi raised her forehead: "You discovered all of this, I thought I did a good job, but suddenly I thought Qi Mu-jun was scolding me when I said that."

After all, "not human" doesn't sound like a good word.

【Ah, I'm really sorry, I never meant that. ] "It's okay." Zhi Xi waved her hand, took out her phone from her pocket and checked the time, "It's getting late, I'm going to Area A, otherwise I'll be late."

Then she saw Qi Mu's complexion visibly stiffened for a second, 【...There is one more thing I forgot to say. 】"Um?"

[My "Petrochemical" ability will last for 24 hours before it is released, so...] Saiki Kusuo watched the girl click on the date, and his face instantly turned pale.

"..." She raised her head to look at him speechlessly, "Wow, this is the first time I've spent the night at a boy's house since I was a human, it's so exciting (great reading)."

Zhi Xi didn't dare to click on the line to see what was going on, after all, there were dozens of missed calls in the bottom of the main page alone.

【You can't just go back like this. ] Seeing her intention of action, Qi Mu spoke out to stop her, 【Because you disappeared in the blind spot of the monitor, if you go back like this, you will be asked back and forth by the police what happened during the day. 】Thinking of such a chilling scene, Zhi Xi couldn't help but tremble, "Then, then I..."

[I have a solution, and I need your cooperation. 】

"you say……"

The next second, her neck hurt and her consciousness fell into a deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already lying on the hospital bed.

There is a faint smell of disinfectant in the nose, looking at the white ceiling in the ward, and then looking down at the white quilt covering her body, Zhixi, whose neck is still aching, is the first time to review whether she has made friends carelessly.

She tried to move her fingers, but before she could make another move, the boy's face appeared in her vision, "...you're awake."

The voice was so hoarse that even Zhixi felt strange.

His face was three points paler than the sheets, his lips were usually pale pink and chapped, and his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes.Surprised by his state, Zhi Xi took a moment to respond: "...Jiao Dong, are you okay?"

"—you were missing for a day."

"—was in a coma for almost ten hours."

"...That's it."

At this moment, Zhi Xi didn't dare to talk nonsense, because she didn't know what the situation was, what happened to the people around her during her petrified day and the time she passed out, so she simply kept quiet and prepared for the next thing It's all about improvisation—that is, making it up.

But after more than ten seconds, Hong Jiaodong still didn't say a word.

The atmosphere was too quiet, his expression was too inexplicable, Zhi Xi couldn't help but stretched out her hand from under the quilt, and touched him lightly——

"Twig Xi."

This slight touch on the back of the boy's hand seemed to bring him back to his senses after he had fallen into a certain state, but he still stood by the bed without any other movements, staring at her with strange eyes, and It was as if... looking through her at something else.

Zhi Xi blinked her eyes, but didn't speak.

"...I've been thinking," for a long time, Hong Jiaodong spoke again, his voice was hoarse and dry, very soft, as light as wind and sand, "would you still, like this, leave or disappear suddenly."

The ending sound was broken in the air a little bit.

He moved his fingers and grasped the hand she touched with very slow but firm force.

But the trembling of the fingertips revealed a certain wavering emotion.

Hong bent down and leaned on her bedside, still holding the girl's hand in his hand, fingers intertwined.

His hands are cold.

Touching and caressing the delicate skin between fingers, Zhixi seems to be able to feel his pulse.

"Zhi Xi," he grabbed her hand, and slowly pressed it to his eyelids, "...I'm afraid I won't have the strength."

His eyelashes trembled at her fingertips.

The youth is full of vigor, and everyone thinks that he is invincible - but what can break people the most is never the hardships and setbacks encountered along the way, but the needle stuck in the softest part of the heart.

The end of the thread that passed through the eye of the needle was wrapped around her hand.