Where's my childhood sweetheart?

In the conversation with Tsunayoshi Sawada, Ayou didn't know what the other party thought in the end, but she was really relieved that she didn't come to her again in the past two days.After all the moving matters were prepared, Ayou moved away without even meeting Osamu Dazai.

Tell him?If it doesn't exist, why don't you hide from her after drugging her to expose the information?And under Saiki Kusuo's operation, Osamu Dazai would never know where they moved!

Spicy Chicken Dazai!Be a social animal for a lifetime!

Osamu Dazai:? ? ?

Breathing the air of the new place, Ayou stretched in a good mood, preparing to commit suicide to celebrate her escape from the sea of ​​suffering (no).

Since he couldn't go home too late, he could only commit suicide during the day.Ayou stopped and looked at the surrounding buildings, and soon found a group of semi-abandoned buildings.

Every seemingly glamorous city will have such a place, maybe an old city, maybe a dirty alley.There are either uninhabited, or breeding evils, they have their own independent rules, tenaciously rooted in the city.

What Ayou saw was the former, or maybe it was the former.There is no one in the old building under the sun, and the whole area exudes a deadly atmosphere. Even the mice don't bother to wander in this place where birds don't shit.

However, here is the best place to commit crimes.

Walking calmly into the alley, the sound of the heels touching the ground became more and more clear as Ayou went deeper.An invisible wind shuttled through the corridor and made a whimpering sound, which seemed to be conveying a message that strangers should not get close.

Ascending to the tallest building, the wind blowing on the roof made people's hair flutter, and Ayou walked to the edge step by step.She stepped onto the edge of the rooftop, which was as high as her waist, and smiled involuntarily.

Obviously it was the moment closest to death, but it was the time when she could relax the most.

Will it work this time?

Thinking of this, Ayou turned around, closed her eyes and fell backwards.

Chihei Xueran once again saw a familiar figure. Originally, it was just a shortcut for convenience, but it made him encounter something extraordinary.

The falling figure coincided with the night under the cliff, and even the posture of falling as if flying into the sky was exactly the same.There was no extra thinking, in fact, his mind started to move before it even started to analyze the body.

The correct posture obtained through hard training made his tall body extremely flexible. I saw that he reached a height that ordinary people could not reach with a few leverages between the walls.

Chihei Xueran stretched out his hand and hugged Ayou in his arms. After turning his whole body 360°, he kicked his right foot on the wall and turned sideways for two and a half weeks before landing safely with Ayou.

Ayou only felt that her face was blurred by the wind, and her head was a little dizzy from the rolling...

Feeling that she was rescued again, Ayou opened her eyes and saw Heimao who had met once.

"You are the……"

Mister Unlucky!

"Crimson and blood stained."

Chihei Xueran, who thought that the other party didn't know his name, said his name seriously.

"My name is Chihei Bloodstain."

As he spoke, he half-kneeled and put the little girl in his arms firmly on the ground.Ayou stood up and looked at the man who was about the same height as her at this time, bending his eyes.

"Then, Mr. Chiguro, thank you for saving me."

Chihei Xueran suddenly fell silent, he was deeply puzzled when he looked at the little girl with an innocent smile in front of him.

He knew that she appeared here at this moment, and the reason for making such a gesture could only be suicide, and he should be repulsed and disgusted as the existence that prevented her, but the fact is that he was sincerely treated by the other party without any grudges. grateful.

This is a bit... absurd.

But Chihei Xueran didn't say anything, he just looked at the sky, and then said a word.

"It's noon."

He looked at Ayou seriously.

"Have you eaten?"

"Hey?"

Ayou stared blankly at the scarlet blood stain who spoke words that did not match his ferocious appearance.

Have a meal?What to eat?

Oh, it's noon, it's time to eat.

"If not..."

It seemed that such an invitation was rarely issued, and the red-black blood-stained voice involuntarily paused.

"Do you want to come with me?"

Ayou:! ! !

Just like that, Ayou and Guangshu appeared in the commercial street in red and black blood stained in their 'common clothes'.It is said that he changed into a 'common clothes', but he just put a layer of windbreaker on the original equipment. He has hidden the long knife, and he has disassembled some of the particularly conspicuous parts.In the end, he looked perfectly normal like this.

Walking side by side on the street with people coming and going, Ayou has an extremely unreal feeling.

Brother, you are a killer!Is it really okay to swagger like this? ? ?

However, Chihei Xueran didn't think there was a problem and threw a question to Ayou.

"What to eat?"

Well, eating is important.

Ayou raised her head and looked around. Since she just moved here, she was not familiar with the shops nearby at all, so Ayou could only look at them one by one.In the end, her eyes stopped on a pink signboard.

Chihei Xueran followed her gaze, dessert shop?

Just when he thought the little girl would say that she wanted to go there, the other party reluctantly looked away, and instead raised her finger to a ramen shop not far away.

"Let's eat ramen."

The little girl looked at the scarlet and blood stained seriously, and even tugged at the hem of his clothes.But how can a weather-beaten adult fail to see the little girl's kindness?He was silent for a while, and followed the strength of the other party, and walked towards the ramen shop.

The furnishings in the store are very traditional. The wooden tables and chairs are arranged neatly. The lanterns hanging on the wall exude a soft light source. There are ukiyo-e murals on the wall. The middle-aged boss in front of the stage greets warmly.

"Isn't there... a super small portion?"

Ayou looked at the menu twice, but she didn't see a "small portion" in it, let alone a small portion, the label in this store was only "super large portion".

"Hahaha because I haven't seen a little girl like you a few times, so..."

The middle-aged boss is a bit difficult to deal with, how should I put it, because the nearby schools are either junior high or high school, and it is really rare for a child like Ayou who seems to be only in the fourth or fifth grade to exist, especially when he happens to come to his shop Those who eat here are even rarer.

"Is that so..."

Ayou turned her head and looked at the red and black blood stain sitting beside her.

"Mr. Chihei, otherwise we..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chi Hei Xue Ran's deep voice sounded.

"It's okay, you can call me."

"Hey? Is it okay?"

Ayou looked at Chihei Xueshen's strong figure, and suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with this proposal, so she asked the middle-aged boss again.

"Can I have another bowl?"

"no problem!"

"Then, tonkotsu ramen."

After choosing the one she was interested in, Ayou turned her head.

"Mr. Chihei, you..."

"the same."

Chihei Xueran looked at the middle-aged boss with a low voice.

"Tonkotsu ramen, two servings."

During the waiting time, the two of them didn't speak. The boss had already entered the back kitchen to work. The sound coming through a curtain made the shop a little more noisy.

Ayou was the first to speak.

"Does Mr. Chiguro live near here?"

Or do tasks?Otherwise it would be too coincidental!

"Ah."

The aroma gradually rising from the back kitchen moved the red and black blood-stained fingers, and he lowered his head slightly, adding.

"It wasn't very safe there before, so it's best not to go there."

He should be thankful that the little girl didn't go deep there, after all, every old place will attract a lot of rats in the gutter.

"Is that so..."

Ayou nodded thoughtfully, her gaze shifted from the milky white lantern to Chihei Xueran's body, the other's slightly lowered head allowed her to see his expression.

"Mr. Chihei is still unwilling to accept my last request?"

Red and blood stained: "..."

The air became silent again, Chihei Xueran remained silent, and he looked at Ayou with extremely intense emotion in his eyes.

People fear death and hate death.But the flowers that are obviously growing in the light have done things that no one in the darkness would do.

But so what?It was as if he was willing to hunt those unqualified 'heroes' and sacrifice his life for the real heroes. He didn't seem to have the right to criticize the little girl, or persuade her to cherish life.

Life is extremely precious, and life is very light/cheap.

"If you can convince me."

There was a hint of hoarseness in the red-black blood-stained voice.

"If your reasons allow me to agree, then I will accept your request."

"Is that so..."

Ayou couldn't help laughing, the corners of her mouth curled up, her eyes were bent into crescent moons, the unobstructed sunlight slipped into the room from the outside, and passed between the two of them.Where the light shines, strands of fine dust in the air are churning, showing every detail in the eyes of the two of them.

Chihei Xueran saw light in her eyes.

"So what if you want to end it just as the holder of your own life?"

Chihei Xueran was silent, he looked at the little girl who didn't even change her smile, and could only answer in a low voice.

"That reason doesn't convince me."

Although it was her life, the fetters created made him unable to agree with this reason.People start to have fetters at the moment of birth, and as they grow up, they become more and more, or more profound.

In many cases, your life is not only yours, but also your friends' and your relatives'.There are so many tangled lines that you can't even tell which one is yours.

Just like him.Because of this fetter, the balance in his heart cannot be shaken just because of this reason.

You helped me who was seriously injured. If it can be realized, I want to take you to see the lush mountains and the magnificent sea, and I want to give you all the good things in the world.How can this feeling be shaken by a sentence as the holder wants to end his life?

"Huh? Can't you—?"

The little girl drew out her voice, puffing up her cheeks slightly as if acting like a spoiled child.

"Then Mr. Chihei's conditions are too harsh?"

There was a little smile in his eyes unconsciously, as if he suddenly knew what humor was, he opened his mouth like a red-black blood-stained joke.

"My appearance fee is very expensive."