[Comprehensive] Manna's Summer

49#Swaying Phantom

Nuliang Rikuo watched the weeping cherry blossoms in full bloom in the darkness with a calm gaze, and the swaying flower branches in the night wind were reflected in the water, flicking the shadow of the moon that was out of reach.

His hand was on his waist, which was wrapped in a thick bandage, and only he himself knew how many wounds were hidden there.Reaching out his hand to take the medicine cup from Xue Nu, he drank the bitter medicine in one gulp.There was a huge impact sound from the door panel behind her, and Xue Nu jumped up immediately, the hard ice edge covered the entire wooden door, but was shattered by the huge impact force in the next second.

"...Really..." Xue Nu gritted her teeth, "It's endless!"

Lu Sheng stood up slowly with the support of a knife, and with his movement, blood seeped out of the bandage bit by bit.Xue Nu looked at him anxiously, trying to say something, but was blocked by Lu Sheng.

"Bingli, just stand here."

"But young master, you have been—"

"It's okay." Lu Sheng stretched out his hand and rubbed Xue Nu's head, a smile appeared on his tired face from days of fighting and blood loss, "It's okay."

No longer looking at Xue Nu's anxious eyes, Lu Sheng stretched out his hand and opened the door.

then--

Just like every day in the past, thick black resentment rushed out with a roar resounding through the sky!

***

When dawn came, Lu Sheng noticed that the girl in his arms moved, and opened his eyes in a daze.

"Good morning... Lusheng-kun..." Mana rubbed her eyes and sat up, looking at Nuliang Lusheng in a daze, "...why...huh...why are you here?"

"Because I want to watch the sunrise with you." Lu Sheng took the girl into his arms, "Don't you think it's beautiful? Watch the first light of dawn on the cherry tree."

When Mana followed his gaze to look over, Lu Sheng silently stretched out his hand to press the wound on his side, forcing down the severe pain.A layer of cold sweat crept down his back, but Mana didn't notice it.Facing the rising sun, her face became whiter and whiter, and her long eyelashes were dyed in an unreal color by the light. She stretched out her hand subconsciously, and her body left Lu Sheng's embrace, leaning forward slightly, as if Want to hold this nascent light.

Lu Sheng took Mana's hand.It was so hard that she felt some pain.

"... Mr. Lu Sheng?"

Lu Sheng held Mana's hand tightly, and slowly lowered his body, resting on Mana's lap.He closed his eyes tiredly. After so many days of high-intensity fighting, he was already very tired.

He squeezed Mana's hand again.

Fortunately, he finally snatched her back.

—from a nightmare.

"Mr. Lu Sheng?"

The girl's soft hands caressed his hair, combing it over and over again.Lu Sheng pulled her hand to his lips, and dropped a light kiss on his fingertips.

"I'll sleep for a while. I'm a little tired."

Nana sighed helplessly.She gently covered his shoulders with her sleeves, wrapping her arms around him gently.

"You'll catch a cold if you sleep here..."

Seeing that Lu Sheng didn't respond, after a while, his breathing became steady, so Mana could only shake her head lightly, and pat him on the back to make him sleep more comfortably.

Mana didn't notice.

The lake water under the cherry tree clearly reflected the reflection of her and Lu Sheng embracing each other.

A gust of wind passed by, and the ripples on the water confused the figures of the two people.

It was a swaying phantom.

***

National competition venue.Qingfeng was frowning and watching the game offstage, when suddenly a sweet female voice came from behind him.

"Is it now Seirin High School vs. Kirisaki Daiichi High School?"

When Qingfeng turned his head and saw the girl in Luoshan High School uniform behind him, he couldn't help showing a hint of surprise.

"Di Xiaolu?"

Erika took a step forward with a smile and stood beside Aomine.

Under the stage, the first few players of Kirizaki were surrounding Kiyoshi Teppei, elbowing and stomping on him from an angle that the referee could not see. A mocking arc.

"Kisaki Daiichi's leader, he is really nasty." Wine-red eyes stared at Hanamiya who was gesturing to the players, and Erika's lips smiled even more sarcastically, "That's the only thing for a guy with a bad heart It's a skill. But there is no shortage of such bugs anywhere, here and there, really..."

The girl smiled slowly and rolled her eyes.

"—I just want to trample them all to death just looking at them."

Aomine Daiki keenly sensed a strangeness in the girl, undisguised malice, almost vicious and sharp.

"Hey, that doesn't sound like you, Di Xiaolu."

"Then how do you speak like me, Aomine?...I don't understand."

Erika looked over slowly, under the shadow of bangs, those wine-red eyes became darker and darker, congealed into the color of blood.She smiled lightly, but the smile disappeared before it took shape, her pale face was dead silent, as if she didn't know how to react, she gave another short, sharp and broken laugh.

"...I said you are okay?" Aomine frowned and looked at Erika Flute Koji again, "I don't think something is right about you."

Erica seemed to have finally come to her senses, she tilted her head and smiled with sweet dimples.

"Ah, it's probably all right." She poked her dimples with a sweet smile, "Yeah, it's still all right now."

The noise from the audience interrupted what Qingfeng was about to say, and the two of them looked down the stage together, and their expressions changed almost at the same time——

"Zhe?!"

"--Wow."

Unlike Aomine's ashen complexion, Erika's face showed a seductive smile that she didn't even notice.

With one hand propped up on the railing, she leaned out deeply, staring at the scene of chaos in the audience.

When Hanamiya hit Tetsuya Kuroko's head with a basketball and the blood slid down Kuroko's forehead, Erika's eyes were amazingly bright, implying vicious pleasure, and she even covered it with her other hand He pursed his mouth to cover up the joyful arc of the corners of his mouth.

However, in the next second, her eyes suddenly darkened.

"...That's not okay."

Watching Kuroko Tetsu being carried down on a stretcher, and Hanamiya Zhen also being sent off, in the following game, Kagami Daiga entered the zone and blasted Kirizaki Daiichi High School with the aura of god-blocking and killing gods all the way.However, Erica Futekoji didn't care about the game at all, she just squinted her eyes and stared at Tetsuya Kuroko with an indescribable gaze.

"That can't be done."

The smile at the corner of her mouth deepened, but her eyes suppressed the surging darkness.She let go of the railing, stood up straight, and looked down at the stage, with the dimples on her cheeks deeply sunken.

"Mana will be sad." Erika murmured, staring at Hanamiya Zhen with a good look, "If you hurt him, Mana will be sad."

Yes, Mana will be sad.

and so……

Erica smiled.

"No. No one can make Mana sad. No one can."

She turned and left the gymnasium, leaving Qingfeng's voice behind, and did not take out the cell phone she had been clutching for a long time from her pocket until she walked down the last step.Erica quickly found the word "Taka Ando" from the row of contacts, smiled and dialed the phone.

"Hey ~ Chongchong? Guess who I am?" Erika giggled, not knowing what was said on the other end, "Guess right! Well, I need Chongchong's help with something, um , It’s okay to tell Chengcheng!…”

The darkness dragged a sticky shadow behind her, following her footsteps step by step.

At the same time, Hei Zizhe also opened his eyes.

"... Just now... I saw my sister."

To Aida Reiko who asked him with concern, Kuroko Tetsu also gave such an answer almost in a daze.

What prevented him from escaping Hanamiya Mana's blow was Mana who stood at the corner of the field and watched him quietly at that moment.

"I saw my sister."

He repeated it again.