[Comprehensive] Let me go and let me die

"Meow--"

At the critical moment when Ayou shot at the white-haired young man, a familiar cat meow sounded, which made Ayou dazed for a moment, and the gun was deflected with a flick of the muzzle, and even the rising pillar of fire is gradually disappearing.

The white-haired young man fell unconscious on the ground with a burnt appearance.

what happened?

Ayou was puzzled in her heart, but there was no time for her to be too confused.

The continuous overdraft made her look extremely weak at this moment, as if she would be blown down by a gust of wind at any time, and her body and spirit began to send out strong signals that she needed to rest immediately.

"Ayou!"

Zhongyuan Zhong also rushed forward, trying to catch Ayou's crumbling body at this time, but someone caught Ayou's body one step ahead of him.

It was a thin middle-aged man with a round hat and a beard on his chin. He looked at the girl in his arms lovingly, raised his hand and stroked her hair, and spoke softly.

"Got you."

Ayou was surprised, hey, hey opened his eyes that were already tired and almost could not be opened.

"You are..." The one at the beginning is highly respected!

Ayou has a deep memory of the words "highly respected" that the system said.

"Sleep, I'll take you home."

The voice of the thin middle-aged man seemed to be filled with magic power. Ayou's last resistance was no match for the body that had already made a strong protest, and finally closed his eyes tiredly.

"who are you?"

Zhongyuan Zhong also looked at the thin middle-aged man who suddenly appeared vigilantly, taking into account Ayou who was in the man's arms and did not make a move.

And this man seems to have something to do with Ayou...

The middle-aged man picked up Ayou who was in a coma, adjusted his posture slightly to make the girl in his arms more comfortable, and then turned his head.

"I'm a friend of the child's parents."

He looked at Chuya Nakahara with sincerity in his eyes.

"Her parents entrusted her to me before they died, but I didn't expect that when I told her that we would live together temporarily, this child would run away from home while I was not paying attention."

There was helplessness in his eyes.

"Presumably she should have found out at the time, her parents are no longer here..."

Zhong Yuanzhong just looked straight at the middle-aged man in front of him, with extremely complicated emotions in his heart.

She actually...

Nakahara, who has no parents, can't understand how the death of a parent will stimulate a child, but it must be a strong emotion that can make a person's sky fall.

Like giving birth to a strong emotion like a personality, or...

What he couldn't imagine was that if Ayou died suddenly one day, he would probably want to throw away his reason and turn into filth to blacken the world.

but……

Zhong Yuanzhong also took a deep breath and made a decision in his heart. He looked up at the middle-aged man.

"You're here to take Ayou away."

He could feel that the man was not lying.

"Yes, if possible, I think her parents must also hope that she can grow up happily and carefree."

The middle-aged man freed his hand to support the brim of his hat, then looked at Nakahara Chuya, and said in a deep voice.

"You are the companion who has been taking care of her. Do you want to go with me?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also knew clearly in his heart that as long as he responded briefly at this time, he could go to the world of light. However, he looked at Ayou who was held in the arms of the middle-aged man, and finally rejected him.

"You promise to take good care of Ayou so that she won't be in danger again!"

Zhongyuan Zhong also stared at the middle-aged man with burning eyes.

Natsume Soseki looked at Chuya Nakahara calmly. His experience determined that he would not be easily offended by some trivial things. On the contrary, he felt relieved at this time.

Natsume Soseki gave his answer with certainty.

"I can protect her from exposure to these dangers in the future."

Zhongyuan Zhong also lowered his head silently, with complicated emotions flashing in his heart. Finally, he looked at the girl in the arms of the middle-aged man, and his blue eyes were full of reluctance.

So he asked again emphatically.

"you sure?"

"I'm sure."

After a long time, Zhong Yuanzhong squeezed out five words from his throat.

"Take good care of her."

He took one last look at the pale-faced Ayou who was being held in Natsume Soseki's arms, turned around and came to the side of the half-dead white-haired young man, and stepped on his cervical spine viciously, as if he wanted to vent something.

"Crack-"

As the breath of the white-haired young man disappeared, the space formed by the supernatural ability also disappeared instantly. Zhong Yuanzhong also restrained his desire to turn his head, and walked out of this area with heavy steps.

He was still too weak, so weak that he couldn't fulfill his promise at all.

Just like today, if Ayou hadn't found the enemy, in such a large space, he would be helpless if he couldn't find the enemy...

She also fits into the world of light.

So only grow up--

Central Plains Zhongyehai's blue eyes were full of firmness and determination.

He will become so strong that no one can hurt them.

- Use the fastest way!

The middle-aged man looked at Zhong Yuan Zhong who was going away and shook his head slightly, then turned and walked in another direction.

"They probably don't know that their children have such abilities..."

Ayou, who woke up, looked at the somewhat familiar middle-aged man with a bewildered expression, feeling like he was slapping the screen in his heart.

What should I do if I get caught? !

Zhongye!Chuya where are you!

The middle-aged man looked at the silent Ayou, sighed, and raised his hand to touch the top of Ayou's head.

"I don't blame you, it's because I didn't think carefully."

Ayou bowed her head in silence.

"You are an independent and good boy, I should have told you the truth from the beginning, otherwise so many things wouldn't have happened..."

Natsume Soseki really felt guilty, because he was not good at dealing with children, especially as the only orphan left by an old friend, and because of his negligence, she had been homeless for nearly two years.

"Where's Chuya? It's the boy who was with me!"

Ayou looked up, with eager inquiry in his eyes.

The middle-aged man showed embarrassment and sighed softly.

"The boy's words, he decided to leave."

Ayou's eyes widened in shock, in disbelief.

"leave?"

"I also made an invitation to him to go with you, but he didn't accept it, he just asked me to take good care of you and left alone."

The middle-aged man knew it clearly.

Everyone has their own way to go, the boy chose a dark way, good or bad depends on his own destiny.

He should come out on top, though, the boy has enough conviction to get him out of most situations.

"Is this... so..."

Looking at A You who was so depressed that he might cry in the next second, the middle-aged man just wanted to comfort him when he saw the girl sitting on the bed blinking, and she raised her hand to see the watery eyes. Wipe vigorously.

Then she opened her reddish eyes and bent towards him as if she had never been sad.

"Can I live alone?"

----

Natsume Soseki dismissed Ayu's request and discovered Ayu's suicidal tendencies in a short time.

Ayou only knew the name Natsume Soseki at this time.

He even wanted to send Ayou to study in school, but Ayou found a set of college papers and handed them to Natsume Soseki after twitching in his heart, successfully preventing the other party's terrible idea of ​​sending him to elementary school.

But Natsume Soseki still used his connections to give Ayou a name in a school, the kind that only needs to take an exam at the end of the semester.

But the point is that when he discovered that Ayou not only had suicidal tendencies but also took actual actions, he had a long talk with Ayou as an elder.

"Why do you have such an idea?"

Out of fear of preventing Ayou from committing suicide several times, Natsume Soseki euphemistically did not directly say the word suicide.

"Is it strange?"

Ayou sat across from Natsume Soseki, tilted her head to look at Natsume Soseki, and before waiting for the other party's response, she asked and answered herself.

"It's probably strange to most people, but just because there are far fewer people who pursue death than those who pursue life, has it become a forbidden thing?"

"But don't you think that you are still young, only nine years old, and haven't seen the scenery of the world yet, why do you have to think about the end so early?"

Natsume Soseki communicated with Ayou with an equal attitude, because he didn't see in her those who easily commit suicide because of frustration or suffering.

Apart from suicide, she was inconceivably normal, and she seemed to have thought about death rationally. It was a very surprising thing for a nine-year-old child to have such a feeling.

"I know that there will always be happy things in this world, just like I will feel happy because I see a cute bird in a tree for no reason."

Ayou gave an extremely common and simple example. When she said this, she seemed to think of those happy things, and smiled slightly.

"But what does that have to do with my wanting to die?"

"Won't you feel sorry if you can't see it again?"

Natsume Soseki was genuinely puzzled, he had never met such a person in his past life.

He has met someone who risked his life for his ideals, gave his all for his dreams, died generously for his beliefs, even exhausted his family for his desires, was completely disappointed with the world, and lost all hope of life...

This child is not any kind, but a brand new existence that he cannot define.

"Then Uncle Natsume, will you give up the dream you have been pursuing all this time just because you want to see more of the little flowers on the roadside?"

Natsume Soseki sighed.

"In life at 25, you know the benefits of life. At [-], you know that where there is light, there must be darkness. At [-], you know that where there is much light, there is also much darkness. Where there is joy, there is more sorrow."

Ok? ? ?

Ayou was dumbfounded.

Why did you suddenly mention ancient Chinese?

Aren't we having a collision of ideas?

Natsume Soseki looked at Ayou who became confused after hearing his words, and showed an open-minded smile. He stood up, came to Ayou's side, raised his hand and touched her head.

"That is to say, the dreams you see now are not necessarily real dreams. The so-called dreams are like the world outside the deep pit. The sight of people standing at the bottom will be restricted by the boundary, and they can only see the afterglow of the setting sun. You can't see the sun rising or setting."

No matter how precocious he behaved, he was still just a child.

He looked down at Ayou with kindness and love in his eyes, and the words he said were calm after a long period of wind and rain.

"Only when you walk up step by step, can you see the vast sky. What people see determines what people think. I just make a suggestion as an elder. You might as well wait until you grow up and do it again." Let's make a decision."

Then the next day, Natsume Soseki temporarily put Ayu with his disciples because there was a very urgent matter to deal with_(:з」∠)_