[Comprehensive] Manna's Summer

55#Shape, Truth, Reason

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

Amidst the screams of panic, Vulcan Dawo rolled his eyes and passed out neatly.Although Aomine Daiki was still standing firm, even Kugaoi could see that his face was pale with fright.Serizawa Leila threw herself into Honjo Ren's arms with a scream, almost knocking him to the ground.

Hei Zizhe also stared dumbfounded at the black figure slowly standing up on the sliding door, his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

"……elder sister……?"

I heard the sound of the wind.

The sound of wind resounded in the closed room.

The candlelight seemed to shake with people's fear, reflecting people's shadows into a frenzied dance, and the darkness danced and spread like it was about to devour everything.

However, the only thing not affected by the light is the paper door.

The black figure of the girl's figure was reflected on it.

"Hey...that's what..." Naoki Fujieda found his tongue with great difficulty, "Who is that?"

Erica Dikoji stared blankly at the sliding door, and unconsciously clenched her fists.

"Mana...?"

Kugaoi has already curled up, tightly covering her ears, closing her eyes and shaking her head constantly.Seeing her like this, Kaoru Kuga suddenly stood up, raised his hand and pressed the other sliding door.

"I'm not interested in whoever is playing tricks." So saying, he opened the paper door, "Anyway, no matter what, just leave here... let's go..."

Outside the door, it was no longer the original corridor.A darkness darker than hell devours everything and surrounds this place heavily.In the darkness, the girl's laughter sounded like she was crying.A gust of wind suddenly slammed into them with a strong smell of blood!

——Jiuga Kaoru quickly slammed the door shut.

Almost the moment he pulled the door shut, a terrifying force hit the paper door hard!

"boom--!!!"

The ground also trembled, and Kaoru Kuga fell to the ground unsteadily.The black shadow that originally appeared on the paper door opposite had disappeared without a trace.On the next side, in front of Kaoru Kuga, the black shadow slowly appeared on the paper door——

"It's useless, this room is like an isolated island now. The outside of the room is the realm of monsters, and we are already trapped in it."

The boy's voice echoed in a low voice.Ichinose Qiao narrowed his eyes and looked at him coldly.

"You seem to... know these things very well."

Nuliang Rikusheng smiled when he heard this.The candlelight flickered, reflecting his face in a gloomy and unpredictable way.Those eyes were covered by the reflection of the lens, and it was impossible to see what he was showing at this moment.

Erica suddenly turned her gaze.

"...That's, what's the sound?"

The panic in the room froze in her words.At this moment, everyone heard the sound of something colliding.

- cluck, cluck, cluck.clatter clatter.Squeak.

Accompanied by a tooth-piercing creaking sound, the treasure chest that had been placed beside Nura Rikusheng was slowly opened in front of everyone.

A scarlet dagger lies quietly in the treasure chest, inlaid with beautiful gemstones, flowing with strange splendor under the candlelight.A black spell wrapped around it, as if it was sealing something.

Nuliang Rikusheng smiled, picked up the short sword under the watchful eyes of everyone, and slowly tore off the seal on it.Following his movements, the bell shook slightly.

--bell--

As if afraid of the ringtone, the girl's black shadow took a step back.

Erica's gaze darkened.

"what is that?"

"The sword of expelling demons."

"Sword of Exorcising Demons?" Erica took a breath of air silently, her expression became more and more gloomy, "That's not... something that an ordinary high school student can have."

"Ah?" Ichinose Qiao looked at Erica strangely, "Do you know what that is?"

"From the time of the Warring States period, there has been a legend that there is a sword that can kill all monsters. In the Edo period, the house of Fue Koji was once occupied by the incense wood... Todai Temple, which became a monster. The monster lured countless people to Fue Koji. family, and killed them again. At that time, the one that killed that monster... was that sword."

Erika Dikoulu stared at the sword with a complicated and indescribable gaze, and there seemed to be small poisoned hooks in her eyes, deeply hooked on the sword.

Kugaoi's eyes stayed on the black shadow of the paper door, bit her lips subconsciously, and suppressed the name that had come to her lips.

"Then, pull it out quickly!" Leila Serizawa almost cried, "Pull out that sword!"

"I can't pull it out yet." Nuliang Lusheng demonstrated with the sword, and it was true that he couldn't pull it out, "There are certain conditions for pulling out this sword—you must gather all the [shape], [real] 】,【reason】."

"What kind of truth!"

"Shape is the shape of the monster formed by human karma, truth is the truth of the event that caused the monster to appear here, and reason is the inner thinking of the monster, or the reason why it behaves like this."

A huge force hit the paper door again, and the impact made the ground tremble. Leila screamed, and the candle flame shook violently.

"Anything you want." Bencheng Lian's forehead dripped with cold sweat, "Quickly pull out that sword! In case that thing rushes in—"

"For the time being, I can't rush in yet."

Nuliang Rikusheng calmly interrupted Ren Honjo's words.The young man's face was illuminated by the shaking candlelight, and the light and shade were unclear, showing a bit of mystery and mystery.

"When Hundred Stories was going on, this room was protected by an enchantment. Look, isn't the candle still extinguished?"

Only then did everyone realize that even though they were constantly shaken by the impact, none of the candles had really been extinguished.

"So, isn't it already out now? Isn't the shape of the monster you mentioned already out!" Qingfeng Dahui pointed to the black shadow on the paper door, "You should already know the [shape]!"

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Nuliang Rikusheng's mouth.

"Although I don't know what you saw... But in my opinion, there is only a large black shadow on that paper door."

"——!!!"

The room suddenly fell silent.

A trembling hand was raised.Fujieda Naoki's weak voice sounded.

"I, I just saw a vague black shadow from the very beginning..."

Ren Honjo calmed down, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed one to Ichinose Takumi.

"I just saw that paper door suddenly darkened."

There was a tremor in Aomine Daiki's voice.

"... What I saw was a girl in a school uniform with two three-strand braids..."

Kugaoi bit her lip even harder.

"What are you talking about? She was obviously wearing... the costume from our last live show... isn't it, Erica?"

Erika Fuekoji shook her head expressionlessly.

"...Erika saw Mana in a white chiffon dress. It was her favorite dress."

Kise Ryota covered his face with trembling hands.

"...Hey, am I the only one who saw her bleeding?"

Hei Zizhe also clenched his fists.Nothing was said.

Ichinose Qiao was smoking a cigarette, and glanced at Kaoru Kuga.

"I didn't see anything... What about you?"

Kaoru Kuga crushed the cigarette on the floor and extinguished it, and raised his hand to hold his arm.

"I did not see anything."

Serizawa Leila hid behind Ichinose Takashi tremblingly, curling herself up.And Vulcan Da I was still unconscious.

Nuliang Rikusheng adjusted his glasses.

"So, everyone sees a different shadow?"

"It looks like it is." Honjo Ren took a puff of cigarette, and seemed to have calmed down, "Hey, boy, although I don't know who you are, it seems that you are very experienced in this kind of thing. Tell me, what do you need after pulling out that sword?"

"Didn't I say it before? The [Shape] that represents the shape of a monster, [Truth] that represents the truth, and [Li] that represents the motivation. The expressions commonly used in mystery novels are who, what, why—who is that ( whoisit?), what happened (d?), why is it doing this (whyisitdoingthis?).”

Lu Sheng raised three fingers to explain one by one.Then, he scratched his hair and showed a embarrassed expression.

"Although I can't tell what the [shape] of the monster is... But, there is a clue." His eyes swept over the people in front of him one by one, "Who is the mana you just mentioned...?"

"Who is the girl you saw?"

Accompanied by the boy's question——

The pitch-black shadow slammed into the room again!

"boom----------------!!!"

Amid the panic and screams, the candlelight in front of Kugaoi suddenly trembled violently!

"……I'm done."

Aoi lowered her head deeply, and made a few barely audible sounds.Aomine Daiki held her hand subconsciously, frowning.

"Hey, for a long time, you..."

"I said I've had enough!!!!!!"

The suddenly raised female voice caused everyone to subconsciously cover their ears, Kugaoi vigorously waved Aomine's hand away, laughing out loud with trembling shoulders.

"What... What monsters, shapes, truths, shadows... I've had enough of them all! How long are you going to hide! How long are you going to hide!"

In the girl's hysterical screams, the candlelight in front of her——

— went out.