[Comprehensive] Manna's Summer

54# Hundred Stories

When the twilight engulfed the sky and the earth, the white mist swam in the garden, and Nura Rikuo's back that seemed to be stagnant finally moved.He stood up slowly, staring into the darkness behind him.

The girl stepped out of the darkness, the silvery moonlight shone on her face like flowing water, casting a bluish shadow on the snow-like pure white kimono, the sleeves and hem of the kimono were embroidered with scarlet camellias, she He stretched out his hand to Lu Sheng, showing the same gentle smile as always.

"Let's go, Lu Shengjun."

Lu Sheng felt that her figure was like a branch of red camellia lying on the snow in the cold winter, shaking silently in the cold wind, and would suddenly fall from the branch at some point.

However, Mana was still smiling.Elegant, safe and calm.

So he finally held her hand.

"Have you decided yet?" he asked.

Mana stared into Lu Sheng's eyes, and nodded very lightly.

"Well, it's already decided." She smiled again, "After all... I'm already dead."

The dream of the dead has come to an end.How long does this lingering phantom want to wander?Until the end, he still stared at the girl, and did not hold that hand until the end.

Just the last... last fragment of a dream.

At that time, you will know, which hand is it that pushed her...no, Kuroko Mana to the road of death.

I can also know... Kuroko Mana's last wish, what is it?

"Tell me, Lu Shengjun, I... no, what was Kuroko Mana thinking before he died."

The girl stretched out her hand towards the moonlight.

"Gathering so many causes and effects, and leaving such a strong longing behind, what kind of emotion did the last me die with?"

Is it hatred, pain, relief, or love?

"I really, really want to know."

What kind of emotion is it that made me meet you while I was dying.

***

I don't know who mentioned it first.

"It's time to play Hundred Monogatari!"

"Yes, yes, playing this game in the deep mountains and old forests is the most exciting!"

"I can't play with such a small number of people... I'll go to the next door and call a few more people!"

Somehow, so many people were found.

Like this.

"Little Heizi?! Little Vulcan is here?"

"Good evening, Kise-san."

"What did I say that I was there? Could it be that my sense of existence is lower than that of Heizi!"

Another example is this.

"sunflower."

"...Brother, brother."

"Is this the only time you call me brother? Who's next to you?"

"Aomine-san~ good evening!"

"What, it's you, Di Xiaolu."

And so.

"Is Miss Dixiaolu here?"

"It's been a long time, Miss Serizawa, can you stop texting me when I'm dating Qiaochan next time?"

"I didn't mean that..."

"What a coincidence, Erica didn't mean anything else, I just hope you don't bother us again."

"Hey, Erica, that's going too far."

"I'll be angry if you say that, Qiao-chan~"

"Okay, okay, go in first. Naoki, you're blocking the door."

"Oh! That's not right! Lian, you have the nerve to say me! It's obvious that you blocked the boy behind!"

And, at some point, there was a boy standing at the door with a box in his hand.

"My name is Nuliang Lusheng. I am a tenant who moved in a few days earlier than you. May I ask if this is..."

"Student Nuliang?"

"Eh? Student Heizi? Student Vulcan? Why are you here?"

"Because Huoshen won two free coupons for this hot spring hotel while playing a game, so let's come and have a look."

"That's really lucky. I came here because I wanted to have fun... But, it's so late, and you are all gathered in this room... What are you trying to do..."

"Someone proposed to play Hundred Monogatari, do you want to join, Nuliang?"

"Ah, Hundred Monogatari? I miss it so much, okay, I want to play too."

So, just like that, Kuroko Tetsuya, Kagami Taiga, Kise Ryota, Kuga Aoi, Aomine Daiki, Erika Futekoji, Kuga Kaoru, Ichinose Takashi, Serizawa Leila, Honjo Ren, Fujieda Naoki , Nura Rikusheng, a total of 12 people sat in the Japanese room.

However, the proprietress sent 13 candles.

"Miss Boss, you sent an extra candle."

Fujieda Naoki said so, but the long-haired and beautiful landlady showed a coquettish smile.

"Since it's Baimonugatari, why don't you leave a candle?" She bowed with a smile, and retreated. "Then, I'll take my leave first. I hope you all have a good time."

The paper door of the Japanese room was closed.Darkness enveloped the small room.Everyone hastily lit their own candles, which made them feel better.Several people sat down in a spiral shape, and Nura Rikusheng inserted the last candle on the candlestick in the center and lit it.A candle was shining brightly, as if being blown by some air current, the flame shook a few times before burning faintly.

The proprietress squatted outside the room, arranged the thrown shoes and clogs, and counted in a low voice while arranging them.

"One, two, three, four, five... eleven, twelve... thirteen."

Her hand suddenly stopped.

The shadows of twelve people reflected on the paper door.

Here are thirteen pairs of shoes.

An inexplicable chill climbed up her spine, her hands clenched and loosened, and after repeating several times, she let out a long sigh, got up and left the room.

"...Forget it, since it is the young master's order..."

Walking in the long shadows of the corridor, her eyes flashed red like blood.As if in response, countless pairs of scarlet eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness!

"Let me see what will come."

Hiding her body in the darkness, the proprietress - the hairy prostitute Ji Nai - spoke with endless killing intent.

***

In turn, I talked about things like "the sound of the piano in an unmanned music classroom", "the ghost of my mother behind my father's back", "don't lend an umbrella to a woman on a rainy day or she will take her away", "the dead bus at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night"" Kisaragi Station"... and other weird stories, it's finally Nura Rikuo's turn to talk.The boy wearing glasses scratched his cheek as if embarrassed, and when he was about to speak, he was suddenly interrupted by an outstretched hand.

"Please don't forget me at this time, okay?" The boy's voice was very helpless.

Everyone looked at Heizi Tetsuya in unison, and collectively showed expressions of being frightened.

"Little Heizi, your presence is too scary!!!" Kise Ryo complained unbearably.

"Please believe me, I don't want to do that either." Hei Zizhe still had a calm expression on his face, "It seems that the order of the Hundred Stories cannot be disturbed, right?"

indeed.

In order to save space, twelve people sat on the floor in a spiral shape, and a candle was stuck in front of each person. According to the order, it was indeed time for Heizi Tetsuya to tell a story.

"So, I started?"

Kuroko Tetsuya's expression remained calm, but his voice sank slightly.This change made Aomine Daiki and Kise Ryota straighten their backs reflexively—once Kuroko Tetsu spoke in this voice, it was when he was very serious.

"Some time ago, I saw my sister."

Several gasps sounded in the room.Aomine Daiki subconsciously held Kuga Aoi's hand, that hand was still trembling slightly as cold as a dead person.Kise Ryota looked away.Erica looked at Kaoru Kuga's slightly changed expression with interest, but didn't notice that Takashi Ichinose's expression also turned ugly.Serizawa Layla Honjo Rendoeda Naoki looked unknown.

I looked at Heizi Tetsuya in disbelief, and my voice trembled a little.

"Hey, wait! Heizi, isn't your sister—"

"Yes, my sister passed away a year ago." Kuroko Tetsuya clenched his hands on his knees, "She should have passed away."

The girl who handed him the posthumous letter did indeed say that.

'After the wish is fulfilled, the deceased will be able to pass away safely. '

"However, when I was playing against Kirizaki Daiichi High School, I did indeed see my sister on the field. And..." The water blue eyes swept over everyone in front of me one by one, "You should all watch it too. Here you go."

Kuga Aoi's shoulders also trembled, the smile on Erika's face disappeared, Kise Ryota lowered her eyes, Aomine Daiki frowned, Ichinose Takumi reached into her pocket and took out the cigarette case irritably.

Kaoru Kuga's voice sounded indifferently.

"Yeah, I saw it." He pulled up the sleeve of his right suit, revealing the bandage under it, "Thanks to her, if I hadn't been so fast, she would probably have ripped off my entire arm."

Kugaoi's face suddenly turned pale!

Hei Zizhe also quietly watched the people in front of him.There was a determined look in those eyes that were very similar to Mana but completely different.

"No matter what disturbed my sister's rest...no matter what made her unable to rest, I will never forgive. So, please tell me, that year...no, what happened that day."

Kugaoi's trembling suddenly calmed down, she raised her chin, and let out a sneer as if she didn't care.

"...what can happen?"

Erika Dikoulu laughed again, the dimples on her cheeks sunk sweetly, she raised her hand to poke her own dimples, and bent her big eyes with a smile.

"Yeah, what can happen, are you right... Mr. Xun?"

Kaoru Kuga calmly pulled down his sleeves, reached out to take a cigarette from Ichinose Qiao's cigarette case, but didn't light it, just held it with his fingertips to play with.

"There's nothing else going on except that, as you know, the company dropped her from the band. What do you want to happen, Tetsuya Kuroko? Did one of us get her killed?"

Kuroko Tetsuya's expression turned a little ugly, he tried his best to calm down, and turned his gaze to Kise Ryota.

"Student Huang Se?"

Kise Ryota stared at the ceiling in a daze, and turned her head as if suddenly awakened by hearing the words, and pulled out an ugly smile.

"...Just like I told you, little Heizi, she was already unconscious when I arrived, and she didn't say anything to me."

Heizi Tetsuya's expression was very ugly, Kagami I glanced at him with some concern, but he suppressed the emotion on his face after taking two deep breaths, only the ups and downs of his voice could be heard a bit depressed.

"...Since you say so, then so be it." He slowly raised his head, staring at everyone in front of him with eyes similar to but different from Mana, "you can continue your lies, I will The truth has been found out. Even if there is only one person, I will pursue the truth until...the murderer gets the punishment he deserves and my sister rests in peace."

"……………………"

The room was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.The silence spread as if it had substance, and the air seemed to be frozen.

It was Nura Rikusheng's voice that broke the dead silence.

"That... it should be me now, right?"

Although it is a bit out of date, it is exactly what they need now.Ichinose Ko nodded and waved the cigarette in his hand to him.

"Please speak."

The boy with brown-black hair lowered his head slightly, the reflection of the lens covering his eyes.Only his calm voice was heard, flowing gently in the room.

"From a long time ago, this hotel has had ominous legends."

I don’t know if this kind of voice is especially suitable for telling ghost stories. Everyone felt an inexplicable chill running up their spines. Leila subconsciously approached him. A very ominous premonition——

"It is said that many of the guests here are 'special guests'. When their karma merges together, they will attract some... particularly bad things."

"That is the existence called 'monsters' or 'ghosts'. Different from monsters, monsters bred by human karma."

"People's fears, sins, longings... All these things come together to form monsters."

Nuliang Rikusheng clapped his hands suddenly, and Leila let out a small scream when he was startled, but at this moment, the boy showed a strange smile.

"Speaking of which, the autumnal equinox will be in two days' time."

Realizing the chill in his words, everyone's expressions changed.

"That's right, now we are in the 'Day of the Other Shore'."

The boy's voice rose slightly.

"On the day of the other side, in this ominous place, at the time of encountering the devil... the game of Hyakumonogatari. Isn't it normal to attract something?"

The candle flame shook for some reason, and in the horrifying silence, the boy named Nura Rikusheng slowly raised his hand and pointed behind him.

"Well, I just have one question now—"

The smile on the boy's face widened.

"Who is the figure on the sliding door behind me?"