[Comprehensive] Manna's Summer

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Kugaoi opened her eyes wide, took a step forward subconsciously, but hesitated again, seeing this, Aomine Daiki slapped her on the back, pushing her to stagger a few steps in the direction of Mana.Seemingly determined by this push, Kugaoi bit her lip, walked up to Mana step by step, bent down so that her eyes were at the same level as hers.

"...Really, is it Mana...?"

The candle in front of Mana shook slightly, and she smiled quietly, reaching out to caress Kugaoi's face that was almost crying.

"Aoi is indeed the strongest." Mana looked at Aoi tenderly, "It's been hard work so hard for our dreams all this time, isn't it? But, I still think it's great that Aoi can continue singing."

Jiu Wokui's eyes were red, she bit her lips tightly, stubbornly trying not to let the tears fall.She slowly held Mana's hand caressing her face, trying to calm herself down, but her voice was still a little trembling when she spoke.

"I've been thinking that it would be great if I could see you again. If I could see you again, I must apologize to you. I'm sorry for saying so much to you. I'm sorry for letting Kaoru do so much to you. Everything I'm really sorry about everything..."

Mana was stunned, and after tilting her head to think for a while, she reached out and hugged Aoi into her arms, and patted her on the back lightly.

"Well, I accept Aoi's apology." She smiled slightly, "Aoi is just too clumsy, I know that."

Jiugaoi laughed, wiped away her tears and straightened up, turning her head away awkwardly.

"What... I just don't want to be said that by you, an idiot."

Mana just smiled quietly, and then turned her gaze to Aomine Daiki.

"Aoi will take care of you from now on."

Qingfeng froze for a moment, stretched out his hand to scratch his hair.

"...Don't just ask others for such troublesome things." He clicked his tongue, "Okay, I will watch this idiot and prevent her from doing stupid things... Hiss! It hurts! Hold on to me!"

Seeing Kugaoi kicking Aomine Daiki's calf in anger, Mana shook her head helplessly.After smoothing the lapel of the kimono with her hand, she stood up and walked towards Erika Futekoji who had been silent behind Kugaoi.Erica lowered her head very low, and her face was hidden in the shadows, making it difficult to see what kind of expression she had at the moment.After staring at her for a moment, Mana put her hand on Erica's shoulder.

"I will not forgive Erica."

Erica's shoulders trembled, and she finally looked up.Those wine-red eyes looked back at Mana's, and tears slowly pooled in their sockets, but she bent her eyes and showed a sweet smile.Tears were about to come out of her eyes, but the dimples on her cheeks became deeper and deeper.

"Yeah. Make sure you don't forgive Erica."

Mana's eyes were dark blue with melancholy, she stretched out her hand, and gently hugged Erika.Erica's eyes widened slightly, tears could no longer be suppressed, rolling down her face in big ones.

"However, I still feel that I was able to meet Erica that day, I was able to form bios with you and Aoi, and I was able to become friends with you and work hard together... I am really happy." Mana touched Ai Lika's hair, "Also, at that time, I didn't notice that Erica was already in so much pain, I really regretted it."

Erica trembled all over her body, she closed her eyes, raised her arms to hug Mana back, and gently pressed her tear-wet cheek to the side of her neck.

"...Don't apologize, Mana-chan has nothing to apologize for, Erika herself is wrong." Erica shook her head, "Mana is just...too gentle."

Erika slowly let go of Mana, reaching out to wipe away her tears.Those wine-red eyes stared intently at Mana, as if wanting to engrave her image in his mind forever.

"I am very happy to have met Mana-chan." She smiled sweetly with dimples, "It would be great if I could realize this earlier, and notice it before doing such unforgivable things That's good...the only thing I regret is this."

Erica took two steps back with her hands behind her back, away from Mana.She tilted her head, showing the same charming smile as usual.

"Okay, let's go to Tetsuya-kun. I can't occupy his sister for too long."

Mana stared at Erika for a moment, and finally walked past her.But the moment he passed by, he patted her on the back lightly.

"In the future, we must work harder, Erika."

Tears were about to flow out again, but Erika held back, she straightened her back vigorously, and showed a smile without haze.

"Well, don't worry."

Mana walked towards Kuroko Tetsuya, the blue-haired boy stood where he was, and when Mana walked in front of him, before she could say anything, he had already hugged her tightly.A sad look appeared on Mana's face, she reached out to hug him, and leaned gently on his shoulder.

"Azhe...has grown so tall."

"Ah."

"I see, getting along well with new companions."

"Ah."

"I've watched almost all of your games, and I've become a very reliable boy, whether it's basketball or friends, no matter which aspect has become very reliable."

"Ah."

"You are my pride, Zhe."

"Ah, you too."

"Mom, Dad, and grandma... I'll leave it to you in the future. Can it be done?"

"Except for preventing my mother from making hellish dishes, I can probably do everything."

"Pfft, boys have to learn how to cook too. I'll leave everything at home to you, including the kitchen."

"...Don't be too hard on me."

"In short, the useless sister will throw all the burdens on you, brother."

"...Nothing like that."

Heizi raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Mana's eyes, with a calm and gentle voice.

"You are the best sister."

Mana was taken aback, and slowly smiled.Heizi finally hugged her tightly and let go.

"Relax." He said softly, "everything will be fine."

Mana closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the sadness in her eyes had faded away.

"Ah, then I'm relieved."

The clasped hands were released, and Mana raised her face, walked to Kise Ryota who was watching them not far away, and reached out to hold his face.

"Don't show such an expression, Ryota-kun." Mana looked into those sad eyes with some sadness, "It's not your fault. That kind of thing will happen, and no one can think of it."

Huang Lai smiled wryly, his eyes lowered in a pitiful manner, and he whispered, "I promised to save you, but I didn't."

"No, you have already saved me, Ryota-kun." Mana raised his head, let his eyes meet her own, and solemnly repeated, "You have already saved me."

Huang Lailiang was too stunned.

"What happened that day was just an accident. It's just an accident made up of countless coincidences. You've done enough, so don't judge yourself any more, okay?"

Mana stared into his eyes and smiled softly.

"Since that day, you have kept that promise, thank you very much."

Kise Ryota's shoulders slackened, and he rested his forehead with one hand, showing a weary smile.

"That's the only thing I can do for you."

Mana shook her head.

"No, you have done a lot for me." Mana's voice was very soft, "Because of you, Kuroko Mana did not die with resentment."

"Eh……?"

"Because you are working hard for her. There is a person who is doing everything he can to keep her alive. When you think about it, there is no way to resent it."

At that time, he kept holding her hand, saying over and over again, "Don't die", "Please survive", "Persist a little longer", "The ambulance will come soon", "Anyone can save her"... …Amidst half-dream and half-awake, Kuroko Mana watched the weeping boy, those warm tears fell on her face, driving away the cold of death.As long as you see his tears, you can no longer resent.

"So, you have saved me, Mr. Liang."

Nana said softly.

Kise stared at her blankly.After a moment, he covered his eyes.

"Really..." His fingers were wet with tears, but he smiled slowly, "That's good."

Even if it was only a little bit, if it could make her feel a little less hopeless when she was dying, it would be a small redemption for him.

Mana slowly raised her head, and met Nura Rikuo's eyes.She was taken aback and gave him an apologetic smile.

Tiny dots of light drifted from her fingertips.Mana withdrew her hand and nodded at Kise's surprised gaze.

"I have to go, Mr. Liang. There are still people waiting for me."

Kise Ryota just smiled when he heard that.

"Then, let's go."

Mana bowed slightly to him, and walked in the direction of Nura Rikusheng.Those little fireflies fell from her body, like an unseasonable fine snow.In the scattered light, the edges of her figure showed a slight blur that was not easy to detect.

When passing Leila Serizawa, the weeping woman bowed deeply to her.

"I'm sorry...really...really sorry..."

Kuroko Mana paused, and finally cast her gaze on Layla.Facing the woman who killed her, she didn't have anything to say.

"Go and surrender, Miss Serizawa."

Except for this sentence.

"And... Mr. Ichinose."

Bypassing the two of them, she went straight to Nuliang Rikusheng and held out her hand to him.Ye Lusheng's eyes were so complicated that it was hard to describe, he finally took hold of the hand whose fingertips were already transparent, and hugged her into his arms.Mana nestled in his arms, seeming to remember something, she turned her head and showed the same gentle smile to everyone.

"Then, everyone, Sayonara (farewell)."

Clasping the hand that was holding Lu Sheng tightly with his fingers, Mana raised her face and leaned on Lu Sheng's shoulder with a calm and gentle voice.

"Let's go, Lu Sheng."

"The last tenderness...? You are really a gentle and cruel lady."

Having said that, Lu Sheng hugged Mana horizontally, and jumped on the body of Snake who had been waiting outside the door.Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, Snake carried the two of them and flew towards the night sky.There are only endless fireflies scattered from the sky like stardust.

Traveling through the endless night, flying in the sea of ​​clouds, Kuroko Mana quietly leaned against Lu Sheng's arms, countless fragments fell from her body, shining with a beautiful to cruel brilliance.She was breaking in his arms, she was disappearing.However, Mana still smiled, and even opened her hands in the night wind, watching the fragments of light flow away with the sea of ​​clouds.

"It seems that I haven't said it yet." She said suddenly.

"What?" Lu Sheng asked.

"I love you."

Meeting Lu Sheng's gaze, Mana smiled softly.

"I love you, Lu Sheng."

The lord of monsters and monsters who ruled all the monsters in the Kanto region showed an almost fragile expression at this moment.Those golden eyes stared at the smiling young girl, and no one could understand the emotion in his eyes at that moment.All the words froze between his lips, and he finally only printed a kiss on Mana's lips.

"I love you too."

Between lips and teeth, he whispered.

Half of her body has turned into a phantom, Mana stared at Lu Sheng's face, a tear quietly slid down her cheek, and fell with her words.

"Even if it's just a phantom?"

Lu Sheng stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, not surprised, but asked in a low voice, when did you remember it.

“When [Jue] disappeared, I remembered everything.”

Yeah, all of them.

"Including the fact that I'm not Mana Kuroko."

I remembered everything.

"So, Lu Sheng, when did you know?"

Lu Sheng stared at the night sky and smiled lightly.

"When I killed you for the seventh time."

In that dark Japanese room, the crazy monsters were killed again and again.However, no matter how many times you kill it, you will come back alive.Just like this, with these hands, again and again...killing the crazy lovers.

No matter how slow he was, he still found it when he killed it for the seventh time.

It's not that ghosts become monsters.What he encountered...was not undead from the beginning, but monsters.

No, to be precise, what I encountered from the very beginning was the phantom of the undead.

Nuliang Rikuo stared at the thousands of twinkling stars in the night sky. They were the distant rays of light that had traveled through millions of light years, the afterglow of stars that had long since died.What he fell in love with, what he embraced, was from the beginning only the long-dead light.It was a swaying phantom.

The real star is dead long ago, not out of reach, but never in his arms.

"Mana" smiled, and gently stroked Lu Sheng's face.

"Yeah. This heart, this body, these memories, these feelings... are all copies of someone. However, only the love for you is not. I love you, only this heart, not copied .”

Only the words "I love you" are the only truth here.

Nura Rikusheng slowly closed his eyes.

He's in love with the best girl in the world.

But she died before they met.

Nuliang Rikusheng never really met Kuroko Mana. What he met and fell in love with was the phantom of the undead from the very beginning.

"There is no difference."

"Hana" said with a smile.

"Just like the reflection in the mirror, I have no personality. Everything is copied from Mana. I am Mana. So... You have always loved Mana, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that." .Your feelings are real, and no one can deny it, and neither can you.”

She sighed slightly.

"It's just...you haven't met her."

even so.The phrase "I love you" that Nuliang Rikusheng said to Kuroko Mana is still true.

"Your [form] is..."

"[Mirage]." She whispered the truth about herself, "Mirage's [Mirage]."

It is said that the mirage exhales into a tower.In reality, however, mirages are nothing more than mirror reflections.The distant reflection of things far away.

"The day Kuroko Mana died, I met her."

——When youkai sense human emotions and obsessions, youkai will become monsters.

"Caught by her desire to 'don't want to die,' I became her."

The [Mirage], which has no self and can only reflect the image of others, has thus become Mana Kuroko.

"As for Mana... after the little girl who passed away Wen passed the last letter for her, she no longer has any resentment or concern... and became a Buddha."

[Mirage] is a very weak monster, so weak that it doesn't even have a ghostly aura. Even if Mana is copied, it can't maintain its complete shape, it's just a swaying phantom.

"Until that day...March [-]rd."

March [-]rd, a long time ago, it was a day when a wedge was needed to drive away bad luck.

"On that day, I truly possessed a physical form."

It was the first time for her to have a physical body. When she passed by the old house, she was attracted by the huge cherry blossom tree.

"Remember, there was a fox rain that day. It was because of that rain that you could see me."

Fox Rain is rain with spiritual power, and it is the spiritual power in the rain that helps her fix her body.

"It is also because of this that I have forgotten my identity when I have a body, and I only know that I am Kuroko Mana."

[Mirage], who was born as Kuroko Mana, has already forgotten her true nature.

In this way, she met, knew each other, and fell in love with Nura Rikusheng as Kuroko Mana.

However, [Mirage] is not just a copy of Kuroko Mana, but also the reflection of everything around her.When people related to Mana changed their perception of Mana, the darkness in their hearts not only gave birth to [sensation], but also polluted [mirage].How powerful is the darkness and fear of the human heart, turning the weak [Mirage] into a monster that even the Lord of Demons and Monsters can hardly deal with.

[Mirage] is essentially just a virtual image, a reflection.So no matter how many times she was beheaded, she would not die.How many times did Lu Sheng kill her?It is no longer possible to calculate.

However, he finally snatched back the Mana he knew from the darkness.

However, the darkness was too deeply connected to her after all.If she doesn't cut off all the causes and effects related to Kuroko Mana, she will eventually be taken away by that darkness again.

For people who were closely related to Mana's death, if they want to dispel the darkness in their hearts, the truth is necessary.

"They are like Rashomon. Everyone hides the truth they understand. Everyone thinks that they killed Mana. If the real truth is not revealed, the darkness will swell again."

Compared with the darkness that gave birth to [Jue], the monster [Jue] itself is not even scary.

Therefore, Nuliang Lusheng set up this trap, locked everyone into a secret room, and killed the darkness in their hearts together with the monsters they recruited.

however……

[Mirage] will also disappear.

Yes, she was originally the reflection of Kuroko Mana.Now that she has lost her reflection target, her existence itself relies on those people's thoughts and memories of Mana.

When Lu Sheng cut off the cause and effect, he also cut off the foundation of her reflection.

Nura Rikusheng already knew this, but he had no other choice.

Now, the mirage... no, Kuroko Mana is about to disappear.

In the shattered light, the girl smiled at him.She stretched out her blurred arms and embraced the monster master in front of her.

"Thank you...and, sorry."

The girl shattered in Lu Sheng's arms.She is disappearing.Countless fragments of light scattered down like flying snow, dazzling like stardust in the dark night sky.Fluttering, fluttering.It slid from his arms and fingers like silver sand.Unable to retain, unable to grasp.

Yet she was still smiling.

"I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble."

The night wind blew that figure away, and the silver-sand-like glow flowed away like a river, and the nothingness swayed, and finally dissipated.Only that gentle voice still lingered in Lu Sheng's ears.

"However, I still think it's great to meet Lu Sheng."