[Comprehensive] Escape from shame is useless

The shaking ground, dull loud noise, as if some giant beast is slowly waking up deep in the ground.

There was a panicked crowd, and cries of pain came from all directions, echoing one after another around the eardrums.

Behind him was some kind of terrifying existence that had been dazzled by blood and anger and turned into a ghost.It has a green face with fangs, two horns on its head, and eyes like copper bells, reflecting her who still has nowhere to escape in this chaos.

Where is this, why is she here?

I have no idea I have no idea.

But you have to escape, if you don't escape, if you are caught up by it, something bad will happen.

Not knowing where to run, she just tried her best to push through the crowd and kept running.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't distance himself from that thing.

Finally, she ran to a particularly familiar place.

The empty space is covered with a wooden floor, and a thick curtain hangs on the right side.

This is the stage.

No, not in this place, not in this direction!

If you go from here, bad things will happen.

But when she turned around, the ghost had already chased to the edge of the stage, blocking all her escape routes.

She can only walk on stage.

"No, you can't go anymore!"

However, the evil spirit couldn't understand her words, and still pursued her step by step.

She had no choice but to back away.The heels of the shoes made a crisp sound when they stepped on the wooden floor.As if waiting for such an opportunity, the curtain slowly opened, revealing the already full auditorium.

Although she couldn't see their faces, at this moment, she knew that they were all staring at her.

They're all watching, watching the climax that's about to take place—

She stopped in the middle of the stage, next to the T sign.The lights in the entire space went out at the same time, only two strong lights hit her and the evil spirit respectively.

【It's all your fault, you made me like this...】

She wanted to shake her head, but her body couldn't move as if it was pinned.

【It was only after listening to your performance that I became a ghost...】

No, it's not my fault, I didn't, I didn't want to!

She wanted to speak, but her voice was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say any rebuttal words.

The evil spirit approached step by step, and finally opened its bloody mouth to her——

【So even if I wanted to eat you, I was forced by you! 】

The furious roar was close at hand, and the terrible stench came to her face, but she couldn't even close her eyes.

Suddenly, the ground shook again.

Something that blocked her movement was instantly released, and she fell to the ground while avoiding the terrible mouth.

In the next second, the light stand on the top of the stage crashed down, hitting the evil spirit right in time.

Bright red blood spread under its body, and the only claw that was grabbing at her faded away in a trance, with horrible lines and sharp nails, revealing his original fair skin.

It was a human arm.

Chasing and trying to eat her was a human called a demon.

[Yushi is dead!It was you who killed him! 】

The middle-aged woman sitting in the first row of auditorium suddenly stood up, pointed at her and began to curse.

Her words were too complicated, she couldn't understand, there was only one sentence that she could understand with her comprehension:

【If you don't run to the stage, Yushi won't be hit at all! 】

"No, I, I didn't think that much at the time, I was just too scared..."

Another man with a video camera beside him said:

【It's all on the stage, why did he get knocked down but you are fine?It's all because Uchida discovered the danger and pushed away your relationship first.So you have to be grateful to him. 】

"Why? It's obvious that he's chasing me, didn't you all see it?" What pushed away, it was obvious that he was going to eat her, and she fell because she didn't stand still.

【The dead are the big ones, how can you say that about Hiroshi?What an ungrateful child. 】The man on the other side of the woman reprimanded him sternly: 【Yu Shi chased you to save you!When the earthquake came, you ran around disobediently, but he chased you to the stage to save you! 】

The woman burst into tears when she heard the words: "Yu Shi is such a good boy, why did he save someone like you?"

[That's right, this child is really, relying on his own talent to be so inhuman, how did his parents teach him. 】

【You have to apologize to Uchida properly. 】【He died because of you. 】

[It is all thanks to him that you survived. 】

Is that so?

Did the evil spirit come after me not to eat me, but to save me?

I really made a mistake.

If I hadn't participated in this competition, Uchida-kun wouldn't have turned into a ghost just because he heard my music.

It would be great if I didn't panic and escape to the stage when I was chased by him.

That way, he wouldn't be hit by a falling light stand trying to save me.

It's all my fault.

"Sorry, it's all my fault."

Facing the auditorium, she bowed deeply.

The audience was finally satisfied, had seen enough of this performance, got up in twos and threes, and left here.

The curtain was raised, and she was left alone on the stage in a daze, not knowing what to do.

【Hey, Maria, I'm leaving the day after tomorrow, do you want to go to America with me? 】

On the other side of the stage, a boy with headphones around his neck appeared, looking down at her.

[I made a deal with my father, when you come to the United States, you can get a better environment.You must be the youngest violinist in history. 】

"No," she still looked at the black curtain with blank eyes, "I can no longer play the violin. My music will turn people into evil spirits."

[Are you going to give up the violin just for this kind of thing?So much for your love of music! 】

The boy didn't get the answer he wanted, and left the stage in frustration.

【Jasmine too, everyone regrets what happened last time, but it was just an accident, not your fault. 】

Mother came to her with a delicious meal and touched her head.

[If you don’t want to practice piano anymore, don’t practice, how about coming to bake cakes with Dad? 】

Dad pointed at the freshly fermented bread and smiled with big white teeth.

"Well, okay."

On the stage, various dramas were staged in turn, and she seemed to be split into two herself.One stood on stage laughing and laughing as the leading actor, and the other watched his clumsy farce indifferently as the audience.

In the days without the violin, it turned out that she could still laugh.

The day when she can no longer play music, it turns out that she can live on.

[It's all the teacher's fault for not protecting you well.Jasmine also, although I have no position to say such things at this time, please don't hate the violin or music. 】

What are you talking about, teacher, hate the violin, hate music?

How could I hate it?

If I hate it, how can I suffer like this?

It's only a month.

The days without music, the days without playing the piano, seem to have passed ten years.

It's been so long that she almost forgot how she used to live.

Kazama-sensei, you must have made a mistake.

She wasn't made for music, she just couldn't live without it.

It was when she finally realized this that Akashi opened the thick curtain and found herself hiding in the corner of the stage crying alone.

[If you want a reason to continue playing, I will give you a reason.If you want an audience, I am your audience. 】

[From today onwards, you practice the piano just for me to listen to, and you can only listen to me. 】

【You are a violinist who belongs only to me. 】

She survived.

From the most difficult, painful and desperate time, she survived with her violin.

So she believes that no matter what happens, as long as Zhengjun is there, she can go on.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in darkness, only the dim moonlight quietly falling from the window, casting a very light silver light on the room.She sat up and looked around. This was an overly spacious bedroom, and the decorations were exquisite even if they couldn't see clearly.

No matter how you look at it, it is a guest room of a rich family.

The only thing that was out of place was a ventilator next to her bed.

But the moment Jasmine saw it, she immediately understood her situation——

I think it's either Zhengjun's house or Yuno's house that came here. The reason why she is here is because she is sick again.

PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, seems to be the name.She is not very clear about the specific pathogenesis, but she only knows that every time she has an attack, she will suffer from respiratory stagnation and interruption of consciousness.Fortunately, she should be fine now, otherwise she should still be lying on the hospital bed now.

She remembered that she and Yuno went to the recital of Kaoru's school this afternoon. Why did she suddenly get sick when she was fine?

I don't understand, I hope I don't scare Xiao Xun.

I don't know how long I slept, the phone is not with me, and there is no clock in the room.

But the stomach doesn't care if it's inappropriate, it's really merciless when it's time to be hungry.

So now Jasmine is also facing such an embarrassing problem, whether to suppress the hunger in her stomach and sleep until morning, or wake up the others and ask them to get something to eat for herself.

After struggling for only ten seconds, she decided to take the third route——

Go to the kitchen to get something to eat.

Jumping out of bed, I found that the floor was covered with a particularly soft wool carpet.She rolled on it twice when she felt itchy. After realizing that her behavior was really a bit embarrassing, she pretended to be calm and pushed open the bedroom door.

It was pitch black outside.

Jasmine also tiptoed to the railing, and went downstairs on tiptoe, holding onto the handrail.Just when she began to think about which door led to the kitchen, she saw a light coming from a door crack in a room on the left side of the first floor.

Great, it seems that there is no need to sneak into the kitchen to steal food.

With such a relaxed mood, she knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Pushing open the door, one can see a large bookcase covering two walls, and beside the black desk in front of the cabinet, there are two Akashi, one big and one small, standing one mile away.The older one was already middle-aged, with a few silver strands in his brown hair, and his calm and majestic face did not change much from his memory.

"You're awake."

"Ah, yes. I'm a little hungry, so I came down to find something to eat..." Her eyes dangled from the two of them, and she asked hesitantly, "Am I bothering you, Uncle Zhengchen?"

"No."

His tone was very cold, and someone else might feel that this person did not welcome her visit very much.But Jasmine also knew that this person had always been like this, never with a warm tone.Even when facing his wife, Shiori, he is always reserved and restrained.So he said no, that is no.

Sometimes when talking to Zhengjun, she occasionally wonders if he will be like this in ten or twenty years.

No, let alone ten years later, this trend seems to be happening recently!

"We'll talk about that next time."

After leaving such a sentence, he left the study.

"Why did you go downstairs without your shoes on?"

After his father closed the door, the younger Akashi asked what he wanted to say from the beginning.

"Ah? I thought you were all asleep, and I was afraid of disturbing you. You must have not noticed before I knocked on the door, right?"

Being stared at by him, Jasmine thought about hiding her right foot behind her left foot, but she immediately realized that it was pointless to do so.

"So Zhengjun, is there anything to eat?"

When I went to the kitchen, I wanted to make fried rice and found no leftovers. I wanted to order noodles but found no noodles. I couldn’t even find instant noodles.Jasmine, who had put on her slippers again, clutched her stomach that was convulsed by hunger, and desperately took out the cake from the refrigerator.

Fortunately, there was hot milk to warm her cold stomach, otherwise, after eating this meal, she would probably have to go to the hospital again because of stomach pain.

Seeing her eating the cake on her own, she seemed not in a good mood. It was impossible to imagine that ten hours ago, she was still lying in the hospital with tubes all over her body.

"Do you remember what happened?"

"I don't remember clearly." Jasmine also licked the cream on the fork, and said nonchalantly, "I remember going to Xiaoxun's concert. Ah, it was the one I told you on the phone that day, who I met in the park The little girls of La Clayce. They play the spring one very well, and it's cute and lively, and I like it."

"What else do you remember?"

"It's gone, is there anything else?"

Seeing her puzzled face, Akashi didn't continue to ask, but just gave her a reassuring smile.

"If you don't remember, the explanation is not very important, just forget it."

Outside the cold ward of the hospital, two teenagers who had never met before met for the first time.

【Hey, how did she become like this?What the hell happened? 】

【This has nothing to do with you, Mr. Eto. 】

【How can it be okay, Maria is my friend——】

【That's all in the past, and your appearance here will only bring trouble to her. 】

What he regrets the most is that he was not by her side on the day the incident happened.

And this person who claimed to be a friend, who was obviously by her side, could not do anything, he didn't even know the suffering she had endured, and arrogantly left her alone and ran back to the United States.

For so many years, he ignored her.Does it make sense to put on a concerned face until now?

[Your plane is about to take off in five hours, remember not to miss the time. 】

She doesn't need you now.

The author has something to say: the rest of the kids are tight-lipped about what happened in the break room.Komaeda was taken to the hospital, but the Tsukimori family refused to interview.

Uchida's parents claimed that their child was killed because they wanted to save Jasmine. They cried out in front of the media how good their child was, and Jasmine was treated as an arrogant freak who falsely accused her savior of a liar.

The writing is cryptic because this is Jasmine's perspective.For the young Jasmine, she couldn't imagine and understand the complexity of this matter.