When the hodgepodge world of anime meets the shadow king

The riverside is very lively, with vendors setting up simple stalls with steel frames.

They took out the ingredients they had prepared and put them on the chopping board. With bursts of sounds, the ingredients were put into the pot and turned into delicious dishes for tourists to buy.

The long line with red lanterns was pulled up and hung two meters above the heads of tourists. The bright lights instantly dyed the blue-gray stone floor red.

The crisp sound of wooden clogs is heard one after another. Most of the people who come here are couples who want to leave a good memory, but there are a few outliers among them.

"Finally there are fewer people here. It was so crowded before that I was dying," complained Kitahara Akira who was walking in the middle.

"It's a romantic fireworks display after all, so there will definitely be a lot of people coming," said Kato Megumi, who was walking with Yukinoshita Yukino and slightly behind Kitahara Akatsuki.

Yukinoshita Yukino looked around at the couples holding hands and said, "And most of them are couples..."

The three of them attracted the attention of many couples without realizing it.

Several men looked at the two women behind Kitahara Xiao in surprise, then gave him an expression that said, "Brother, you are awesome."

The women all looked at Kitahara Akira with disgust as if they were looking at a scumbag, and then quietly stayed away from him like they were away from garbage.

Kitahara Akira himself didn't care. He was used to it. A scumbag is a scumbag.

The three of them were walking and playing

"Here" Kitahara Xiao handed the apple candy he just bought to the two girls

"I've only seen this thing in anime before, this is the first time I've seen it in real life."

Yukinoshita Yukino took a bite of the candy apple and said, "Has Kitahara never been to a fireworks display before?"

Kitahara Akira shrugged, "About the same."

Uncle Nagano was very busy when he was a child and had little time to participate in such activities. He also had no friends close enough to come with him before he entered high school because of his mature thinking.

He took a bite and found that it tasted a bit like the Chinese candied haws, but not as sour.

“Emm, tastes ok”

The three of them passed by a small shop that fished out goldfish. This game is also a must-have item in the fireworks display.

Seeing that both of them were quite interested, Kitahara Akira went straight to the stall.

"Welcome..." The boss just looked up and wanted to say something nice, but he was stunned when he saw Kato Megumi and Yukinoshita Yukino.

WC, this young man is really good at playing

"Two nets please," said Kitahara Akira with a smile on his face.

"Okay..." The boss's professional ethics finally overcame his curiosity.

Sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing

After handing two paper nets to Kato Megumi and Yukinoshita Yukino, Kitahara Akira looked down at the big fat goldfish flapping their fins in the pool.

To be honest, he always thought this thing was a scam. It was too difficult to catch these nutritious bighead carps with a thin paper net.

If you are lucky, the goldfish doesn't move, but if it starts to struggle, the net is basically useless.

as expected

Kato Megumi's net just caught a fish in the water. The bighead carp struggled and the paper net broke instantly.

Yukinoshita Yukino was better off, at least she managed to pull the fish out of the water, but the paper net couldn't bear the excessive weight of the bighead carp in mid-air and broke.

The bighead carp also fell back into the pool, creating a big splash.

Kitahara Akira bought another paper net and said, "Let me try it."

[Shadow] quietly attached itself to the paper net and easily caught the bighead carp that was originally smug about its successful escape.

Now the strength of this paper net is so strong that even a dagger can't penetrate it, let alone a mere fathead fish.

The boss's eyes were wide open.

'This kind of throwing tile! You are! '

Then he watched Kitahara Xiao easily scoop up the struggling bighead carps with a paper net, and his heart ached.

Just as he was trying hard to suppress his sadness and personally packing up these colleagues who had been with him for so long, Kato Megumi and Yukinoshita Yukino both shook their heads and said they didn't want the goldfish.

They are just here to have fun, they don't really want to raise goldfish

Then the boss changed from a sad face to a cheerful one. Who wouldn’t be happy to make money for free?

The three of them continued to move slowly towards the location where they were going to watch the fireworks.

"I saw it, Xiaojun just cheated," Kato Hui said in a low voice

"I earned this by my own ability," Kitahara Akira said without hesitation, "The boss didn't say I couldn't use my super powers."

Yukinoshita Yukino listened silently and said nothing. She had long been accustomed to Kitahara Akatsuki's occasional mischievousness.

There are more and more pedestrians on the road, and most of them are moving in the same direction.

"The fireworks show seems to be about to begin, let's go." Kitahara Xiaoka quietly held the hands of the two people

Kato Hui felt the familiar touch and silently held on to the other person.

Feeling the warmth of her hand, Yukinoshita subconsciously tried to pull it back, but Kitahara Akira held it tightly.

"Be careful, don't get squeezed," he reminded

Yukinoshita Yukino was stunned for a moment, but she didn't take her hand back after all.

Both women hoped that the other didn't notice, otherwise it would be too awkward if they were discovered.

And [Little White Dragon in the Waves] Kitahara Akira took the two of them to the riverside to watch the fireworks while keeping his vision at a minimum.

"It seems like we're a little late," Kato Megumi said worriedly as she looked at the crowded riverside.

Don't even think about watching the fireworks. It's probably too hot to be crowded here.

Kitahara Akira stood there and waited for a minute until the ghost soldier sent back a message and called out to the two of them, "Follow me, there is a small path here."

Following the path into the woods, the three of them came to an open space with a wide view, just in time to see the fireworks.

"Swoosh!" A beam of fire shot up into the sky, and when it reached a certain height, it exploded and turned into beautiful fireworks.

This seems to be a signal

In the next moment, countless colorful fireworks, like a group of colorful butterflies, can't wait to flap their wings and fly high into the boundless deep night sky.

They seemed to be endowed with life, showing their unique charm and beauty. Each firework bloomed the most dazzling light in the night sky.

In the quiet atmosphere of only three people, Yukinoshita Yukino and Kato Megumi turned their heads at the same time and happened to meet each other's eyes.

After a moment's pause, both of them smiled faintly.

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[Ahem, sorry... Juuka, daddy, I guess I can't do it anymore... You're my older sister... You must... take good care of Rikka.]

【dad!】

[Ding... Ding Ding Ding Ding (funeral music)]

【Excuse me】

[Wuwuwu… (Woman crying)]

[Mom... (Jukka, Rikka)]

【…】

[Mom, where are we going? (Touka)]

[Go to...Grandpa's house (sobbing)]

【Noise】

【Mom! (Touka)】

[I'm sorry... Juuka (sobbing) I'm not a qualified mother (she storms out after saying this)]

"Ahh!" Touka Kotori sat up from the bed in fear. For some reason, a palpitation that seemed to come from her blood lingered in her heart.

"Ah..." She rubbed her swollen and painful eyes speechlessly, and then she realized that her back was soaked with cold sweat.

Get out of bed

As she passed the dark living room, she glanced at Takanashi Rikka's empty bedroom.

There was a fireworks display today, and Rikka Takanashi and Yuta Togashi went to play together. She had to get up early for work tomorrow, so she went to bed so early.

"Click" Touka Kotori turned on the light in the toilet

She turned on the tap and washed her face with cold water, and she felt much better.

I looked up at the mirror and saw my face was covered with water droplets and bloodstains around my swollen eye sockets.

The white of her eyeball had turned red at some point, and a triangular windmill-shaped black pattern was engraved in the center of her eyeball instead of the pupil.

Touka Takanari looked at herself in the mirror in silence

"Is this it again?"