Where's my childhood sweetheart?

"I think... the poisoning..."

Ayou spoke with difficulty.

"It's not a thing..."

"No, I don't want you to think."

Edogawa Rampo felt that it was necessary to convince Xiaodian (huyou) to go there.

"Well, let's go to the hospital first and see what's going on with the poison."

Edogawa Ranpo gave a reason that Ayu couldn't refuse.

"It's hard to guarantee that that person won't attack other members of the detective agency. Let's find out first, shall we?"

Ayou was silent.

If it's just for yourself, you can do whatever you want, but it involves the safety of other people...

"Ok."

Ayu sighed.

"Then go to the hospital."

Inspections are fine, and research is optional, but whoever dares to detoxify her will have her head smashed!

In this way, with some people, everyone went to the hospital secretly and mightily.

It took more than three hours to complete a set of inspections. This is only a preliminary analysis, and it is temporarily known that it is a virus that can continuously devour life, and the cause is a supernatural ability.

Alien virus.

Although it involves supernatural powers, Osamu Dazai's [Disqualification in the World] unexpectedly cannot be used. The toxin acts on the whole body, mainly the internal organs.

You can't dig out all the organs :)

"Sitting on the hospital bed, Ayou shook her legs and looked helplessly at the people who were talking."

"So that's all right?"

The inspection is also over, [Please Don’t Die] and [Disqualification in the World] are not easy to use, although they are quite dangerous, but she shouldn’t be needed in the future, right?

"no!"

The one who spoke was Akiko Yosano, she put down the analysis in her hand, turned around and patted Ayou's head.

“There’s always a solution to be found to be reassuring.”

Ayou: "..."

No, when the time comes, you are all at ease, I am worried...

Fortunately, Brother Bug had already called to say that she would stay in Yokohama for a few days, but this is not good, she will be unconscious after a while.

I'm really in a coma, I'm afraid it's not because this group of people do whatever they want!

So... I really slipped away!

Thinking of this, Ayou took a careful look at the few people who were still discussing, and then decisively activated the illusion!

"Ayou."

Osamu Dazai came to sit beside Ayou, he seemed a little curious.

"How does it feel to be poisoned? Otherwise, I will try to be poisoned too?"

Illusion□□Pomelo has no expression on his face.

"Give up, [Disqualification in the World] showed you an embarrassing yet polite smile."

"Huh? I'm so miserable..."

Dazai sighed

"It's obviously such a powerful poison! If I am also poisoned, I can die in the same way as Ayou."

Saying that, Osamu Dazai blinked.

"It doesn't get any better than this."

"No, it's good not to be poisoned."

Ayou patted Osamu Dazai on the shoulder.

"You know, the feeling of being eroded and absorbed in life is not good at all. Don't look at me now as if I don't feel anything. In fact, I blocked it."

So if she is really dizzy, don't have to shield her and reveal everything!

As she spoke, Ayou couldn't help showing a satisfied smile.

"Illusion, really easy to use!"

Before Ayou could sigh, the next second, Osamu Dazai's gentle voice came from his ear.

But it sounded like a thunderbolt.

"So the Ayou who is talking to me now is also an illusion, right?"

Ayou:! ! ! ! !

Fuck!How did you know! ! !

Ayou looked at Dazai Osamu in horror, but the smile on the other side's face was smiling.

"It's okay~"

Dazai Osamu's voice was extremely light.

"After all, I'm different from those people."

"but……"

A dark color rose from Dazai Osamu's eyes.

"You promised me."

His eyes stared at Ayou, as if he saw the body that had already run out of the hospital, his eyes were filled with something that could not be rejected.

"Let's die together~"

He raised the magic pomelo's already somewhat transparent right hand, smiling brightly.

However, under this surface, there are all danger signs?

"Otherwise, I can only..."

……

……

Because Osamu Dazai didn't expose it, Ayou walked out of the hospital very smoothly.Along the way, she shielded her figure and walked blindly by throwing dice. After all, the most unpredictable thing is the destination that she doesn't even know!

Because of the use of illusion again, her vision has begun to blur, and her weakened spirit caused the toxins that had been suppressed to burst out. She leaned on the wall and walked to the corner of the street, staggering again.

Feeling dizzy and uncomfortable...

And Dazai's side...

Ah...then...let's look for him later...

Feeling the information sent by the illusion, Ayou shook her head vigorously, and continued to turn along the intersection.

No, you can't fall down yet.

At least... at least go to a place where there are no people...

Hide it, don't cause trouble to others...

Eyes half-opened tiredly, Ayou took unsteady steps mechanically, at this moment, she bumped into someone head-on.

"Well--"

Today was a slight touch that wasn't even a collision, but for Ayou, who was already in a precarious state, it was no less than the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the whole person began to crumble.

"Ayou! What's wrong with you?!"

A familiar voice sounded above Ayou's head. It was different from the Qingqing in her youth, with a mature magnetism, and a hand carefully supported her.

"Yes... Chuya..."

It took three seconds for her chaotic thinking to react slowly. She raised her head, but she clearly saw the other person's appearance at this time in her already blurred vision.

Nervousness, shock, urgency and worry, and…

what else?

Ayou, who was extremely tired, could only close his eyes, and fell into the arms of the other party.

"I'm fine."

Ayou thought her voice was the same as before, but she didn't know that it was actually extremely weak, like an exhausted butterfly that had already struggled, and could only flutter its wings slightly.

"Don't be known."

With the last of her strength, she grasped Nakahara Chuya's arm tightly, but the strength was so light that she couldn't even bring out the folds of her clothes.

"Chuya's words must be fine, right?"

she begged.

"Can... take me to a safe place?"

Maybe it was only a second or two, or more than ten seconds had passed, but it was an extremely long time for Ayou.

She couldn't take it anymore.

Fortunately, at the last second when she was plunged into darkness, she heard an affirmative answer.

There was a hint of hoarseness in the deep voice, but it made people feel extremely at ease.

He says--

"as you wish."

Ayou woke up on the second day. At this time, the sky outside was extremely bright, but when she opened her eyes, she saw only a strange and vague ceiling.

The curtains cut off the light from the outside world, making the room look gloomy.

This is……

Before Ayou could fully wake up, a very familiar voice came from not far away.

"you're awake."

Ayou was startled for an instant, and sat up straight away. Before she could turn her head, she fell back a little dizzy because of her too fast movements.

Zhongyuan Zhong also hurriedly caught Ayou.

"Don't get up so suddenly!"

"It's Zhongye..."

Ayou sat up with support, and looked at the nervous Nakahara Chuya.

"What time is it now?"

She looked up and down Zhongyuan Zhongye's appearance at this time, with a teasing smile in her voice.

"Hasn't Zhong been here all the time?"

"What's wrong?"

Nakahara Chuya's expression didn't look unnatural at all. He used to sleep together a lot when he was running away when he was a child, so what's the difference now?

"It's eight o'clock in the morning, and you've been in a coma for almost 13 hours."

Saying that, Nakahara Chuya's face became serious.

"what is the problem?"

Ayou: "..."

This... What do people say?Could it be that she was so happy to tell the other party that she was poisoned and died soon?

"This one……"

Ayou looked around with wandering eyes, but there was nothing that could change the topic. In the end, she felt that she had only one way.

"Zhongye."

Ayou looked serious, which made Zhongyuan Zhongye's expression solemn.

However, just when Zhongyuan Zhong also thought that Ayou was going to confess leniently, the other party's mouth almost made him lose his breath.

she says--

"I'm hungry."

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."

What about telling the truth?

He fixed his eyes on Ayou, but Ayou's face was neither red nor heartbeat, and his expression was extremely sincere.

Zhong Yuanzhong also felt extremely aggrieved because he couldn't get up or down in one breath.

Finally, he sighed.

"I see."

He stood up, and precisely pressed the top of Ayou's head with his raised right hand.

"Don't say what you don't want to say, I just..."

He paused for a moment, then bent down, and the hand placed on top of Ayou's head slipped to the back of her head.

Zhongyuan Zhong also lowered his head, his forehead was only a little bit close to that of Ayou's, and his gem-like eyes made people feel that they were shining even in this obscure room.

He stared into Ayou's eyes, and said the next words as if sighing.

"It's just that I don't want to see you suffer."

During her coma, whether it was her pale face, furrowed brows, or sweat from time to time, everything in this meaning expressed a meaning.

She is in some kind of pain.

However, he could only watch all this happen, unable to do anything.

This feeling of powerlessness...

— this feeling of powerlessness.

Zhongyuan Zhongye's eyes darkened for a moment, he straightened up, and was about to leave to prepare breakfast.Just when he turned half of his body sideways, a pair of cool, soft little hands touched the warm palms that he hadn't taken away yet.

Nakahara Chuya's body stopped on the ground, he turned his head, and saw that the girl on the bed was lowering her head at this time, but her hands grabbed his palm that was still on top of her head.

The force wasn't that great, it could even be said to be light and fluffy, like a feather or a gust of wind.

However, it was such a feather-like weight that he couldn't move his hand at all.

Zhong Yuanzhong also saw his hand being taken from the top of his head by the other party, and then held in front of his eyes as if it were an extremely precious existence.

There were eyes extending from his hands to his arms, as if they were some kind of tangible existence. They went all the way up, over his shoulders, up his neck/neck, and finally came to his eyes.

The eyes of the two were intertwined.

"I'll tell you all about it."

As she said this, there was a kind of cautiousness in her eyes, as if she was hoping.

"So, don't be angry, okay?"