[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

Cheng stood in the center of the courtroom.

In front of her, there are many faces she is familiar with.

After the aftermath work was over, the Xanxus rebellion was finally named the "Cradle Incident" and sealed up as classified information.

Few know that the leader of the rebels was not killed.But even so, many people still believe that there must be someone responsible for this incident besides the dead body that cannot be held accountable.

That's why Cheng is standing here.

Dino, who was sitting in the auditorium, couldn't help but said to Reborn: "I don't understand, Mingmingcheng—"

"Shut up, idiot," said Reborn, "She's protecting Valya."

"Protect?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Dino received a cold glance from the governess.Although he has achieved amazing growth and the other party's recognition, the awe of reborn is still stubbornly engraved in his heart, and Dino subconsciously fell silent.

"Except for her, any Valya standing here will undoubtedly receive the heaviest sentence," he said, "but Cheng is different."

"Because she didn't take part in Valia's rebellion?"

"It can only be counted as one of the reasons." Reborn pressed the brim of his hat, "On the day before the trial, Sawada Iemitsu officially chose Cheng as the successor of the next outside consultant."

"So……!"

"It's not that simple, it's just a statement."

Dino soon became depressed again, and reborn continued.

"The outside advisor is an important person next to the leader. Unlike the leader who must be inherited by Peng Geli's blood, the election of the outside advisor has greater flexibility." Speaking of this, he paused, "Do you think , People who are eyeing power, who would they rather see as the next outside advisor, Cheng, or me?"

"Of course it's Cheng."

Dino suddenly realized.

"No one would want to work with the ghostly and cold-blooded Mr. Reborn... Woo!"

Dino, who had been severely punched in the stomach, only had time to let out a half cry of pain, and swallowed it back under Reborn's sharp gaze.

"It's just a joke." He said with difficulty, "But, after all, Cheng does not belong to their camp, wouldn't it be better to let the unsightly candidates disappear..."

"At this time, the attitude of the nine-generation leader is very important." Reborn calmly said, "Do you think the nine-generation leader who is unwilling to kill even his rebellious son will allow his daughter to be sentenced to death?"

"Huh... I understand." Dino bent down and covered the painful position, but he still laughed, "It's best that Cheng will be fine."

In the auditorium, apart from Dino and his tutor, there was another person close to Cheng.

Prynne.Jesso.

As an outsider, Bai Lan appeared here, which seemed a little strange, but considering that he was also a person involved in the incident and had a special status as a collaborator, when he applied for the right to observe, Pengelie did not refuse.

Compared with Dino, Bai Lan has no unnecessary worries in his heart.

With just a snap of his fingers, he can easily destroy everything in front of him, and Vongola's trial court does not have any enforcement power for him.

But for some reason, he was still anxious about the scene in front of him... This was quite unusual for him. Bai Lan tried his best to suppress the destructive desire in his heart, while observing the development of the situation, while looking for the details that caused the abnormality.

Was it because of Valya, he didn't want to see Cheng take risks for someone else?

Is it because these existences as small as ants dare to pull her into the vortex of conspiracy?

Or because...

At this time, loud and sharp hammering sounds carried through the courtroom.

Cheng who was standing on the bench raised his head.

Bai Lan heard someone say——

"The trial begins."

Trial.

The word suddenly echoed heavily, overlapping and repeating, until it overlapped with another distant voice.

"The trial begins."

It was his own voice.

Bai Lan seemed to have fallen into a wormhole of time and space. In the blink of an eye, the scene in front of him had changed.

Turning back time, he returned to Mirufiore from Pengo Lie.

The part that remains unchanged is that it is still him, Cheng, and the Tribunal.

The woman being judged raised her eyes, while Bai Lan, the judge, looked at her coldly, but her voice was very soft.

"Can you tell me, Cheng, why did you betray me?"

"because……"

she says.

"Bai Lan, I can't agree with the world you want to create."

Cheng, who was in front of Bai Lan, was accused of more than a dozen crimes. According to Mirufiore's rules, the most serious one was "betrayal".

Indeed, according to Bai Lan's understanding of Cheng, she will not easily accept such a thing as "conquering the world", but it doesn't matter, she doesn't have to see the bloody side of the process, and when he realizes his long-cherished wish, only Cheng Stable and orderly rule.

But it's really difficult to hide from her, and she doesn't seem to be very good at explaining herself.

Although the exact time cannot be determined, she got in touch with Peng Gelie and started a joint operation about half a year ago.

But to be honest, Bai Lan didn't feel very angry, his current mood... yes, his mood was probably just confusion and disappointment.

"Why, Cheng, I thought you would understand me."

he asked.

"For us, it doesn't matter if we use one or two worlds as a playground... The only real thing is ourselves."

"Why did you ever try to understand me?"

She couldn't help laughing.

"I am fundamentally different from you, Bai Lan. I am a person who cannot choose my own destiny."

"So, what do you think you can gain by stopping me?"

"..."

Cheng didn't answer immediately.

"I never understood what I am, and who is manipulating my constant travels...until I found out about the existence of Mare's Ring."

"I can feel that the power of Mare's ring and the power that is applied to me come from the same source." She said quietly, "It is luckier than me in that it is just a ring, and I But was born as a human being."

"The existence that created Mare's ring gave it the mission to become the cornerstone of the world, but I was never told what the meaning of my existence is—"

"But it doesn't matter anymore." Cheng said, "Male's ring can fill in the missing part of me, allowing me to truly control my abilities... Do you still remember that day, Bai Lan, the moment when the flames were injected into Mare's ring, I just found out that it fits me perfectly."

"So." Bai Lan said, "What do you want is the ring of Oku Mare?"

he continued.

"For me now, it is not difficult to get another one, as long as you ask me for it..."

He suddenly stopped talking.

"Cheng, the reason you didn't do this is because you think I won't allow this to happen." Bai Lan asked her, "Why?"

Cheng didn't answer.

But he guessed Cheng's answer.

Anger was only now beginning to build up in his heart.

"I don't want to live with someone as an anchor."

Cheng's voice was gentle and cold.

"That's not freedom."

Bai Lan watched her silently.

"I thought that we found each other with great difficulty when we met.

a long time.

"That's right, Cheng, so I'm the only one who thinks this way."

There is no other person in the world who has more followers...or more enemies than Bai Lan.

In the eyes of the former, he is extremely powerful and otherworldly, while in the eyes of the latter, he is crazy, cruel, and extremely evil.

Of course, the two are not contradictory, and sometimes his subordinates and enemies have no great difference in their views on him.

Only Cheng.

Only she should be different.

It's just that the unique person in his heart doesn't seem to be able to give him unique love.

It doesn't matter.

Bai Lan said to herself.

That's what I'm really good at, isn't it?

—Occupation, massacre and plunder.

"Thank you for telling me what you want."

He felt the strong love and hate entangled in his heart, gradually unable to distinguish each other, turning into a kind of gorgeous and dirty malice.

"I won't let you get it, Cheng, I swear." Bai Lan said slowly, "I will use the most painful way to deprive you of hope, but I hope you will not give in easily... But, I know you don't meeting."

His words are vicious and sweet.

"Never forget your desire for freedom, and don't mistake the object of your hatred—until you truly carve my name deep into your soul."

"Cheng, by then..."

Will you love me like I love you?

Bai Lan failed to ask this sentence.

His Mare's ring suddenly produced a strong fluctuation, and this fluctuation instantly caused the distortion of space, and everything except the two people peeled off as if they had been formatted. Space, there are no other people here, only the judge, the judged, and the court.

In Cheng's hand, pure golden red flames danced, and it was it that caused the ring to resonate.

"Then, just leave you alone."

She lowered her eyelashes.

"Flee to a place where even you won't be found."

Following her voice, the summoned Mare Ring began to try to escape Bailan's control. Bailan immediately held it firmly in her hand, but the power within it still flowed towards Cheng, Cheng's flames became brighter, and the space around her Agitated by this force, Cheng's figure began to become faintly visible.

"Don't think about it."

The majestic white flames rushed towards Cheng, and Cheng's seemingly fragile death flames possessed unimaginable tenacity. The ferocious attack did not shake her action, and as time passed, every minute and every second, The space became increasingly unstable, and Bai Lan began to realize that what she said was true.

She would literally run away from him, out of his reach.

Something in him shattered.

anyway.

No matter what method is used.

Never let her escape.

even though……

Cheng raised her eyes, and saw a completely different intensity and scale of flames attacking, it broke through Cheng's defense in an instant, but the killing intent in it did not weaken because of this, the flames entangled her wrist and spread to On her body, it was like a giant hand holding her.

The flame of death is not a real flame, it does not burn her with high temperature, but the flame that envelops her is indeed eroding her body, slowly taking away her life.

She is dying.

Cheng opened his eyes wide as if experiencing this feeling for the first time.

"It won't hurt, Cheng."

The white-haired man walked up to her, obviously the one who was going to kill her, but there was deep melancholy in his eyes, and he gently stroked her cheek.

"Perhaps we did experience some mistakes in this encounter..."

Bai Lan kissed her forehead.

"But, next time, we will surely find a way to understand each other."

He gazed tenderly at his lover.

"Please sleep for a while now, in the next world, we will still..."

"Sorry, Bai Lan."

Cheng interrupted him softly.

"This is the end."

Bai Lan suddenly fell silent.

"……what?"

"The powers of Mare's ring and mine are similar but mutually exclusive. Even if I mobilize it for a while, it can't be used by me—in fact, Bai Lan, it wasn't Mare's ring that saved me from the very beginning."

The flames surrounded her, causing her to annihilate little by little from the tip of her hair. While she was being devoured, crystal embers were born from the flames, and they drifted away like broken star trails.

"It's you, Bai Lan. For me, you have always been the one who has performed miracles." She smiled slightly. "Unfortunately, I have nothing to give you—I can't even stop you, By the time I found out, you had become too powerful and too arrogant."

"Gradually, I no longer have the confidence to make my voice shake your long-cherished wish."

As Cheng spoke, even the flames quieted down in her eyes.

"Also, I do feel a little tired... So, Bai Lan, I made a bet with myself."

——"About whether you can be my final destination."

"What are you talking about, Cheng?"

A strong sense of unease rose suddenly. Bai Lan tried to hold her hand, but she couldn't feel the touch it should have. The softness turned into a hazy spot of light.

His heart suddenly sank into a pitch-black void.

Bai Lan's concept of death has long since become very indifferent. Outside his vision, the life and death of mortals are mediocre and ordinary; within his vision, most people are not irreplaceable. In the parallel world, he can still Find countless similar individuals.

Cheng is different from them, Cheng is unique, but she is also a time traveler, so Prynne takes it for granted that there will be no permanent separation between them.

However, at this moment, he faintly realized that something had already shifted.

Bai Lan changed his mind almost immediately, he raised his hand, wanting to take back the flames that were eroding her, but those burning flowers no longer obeyed his orders, they were blooming enthusiastically, like gold and snow adorning her.

……stop.

"We are so similar yet so different, if there is someone in the world who can kill me, then..."

The last words she had spoken fell away in his ears.

That person will only be you.

"You want me to come and end your fate."

Bai Lan stared at her blankly, her pupils trembling slightly.

"Is this what you've always been thinking about in your heart, Cheng?"

"Even when we're dancing and kissing?"

"And when I told you I loved you, too?"

"Why did you treat me so cruelly?"

he asked very lightly.

Cheng didn't answer him.

She is like the Little Mermaid welcoming the dawn, quietly turning into a transparent bubble, only her eyes are still quiet and gentle.

From those eyes, Bai Lan belatedly realized that they were like two-tailed whales wandering in the vast lonely sea, and when he thought he finally met her, she, who was already tired of the journey, was looking for It is his own resting place.

Now, she is going to sink into her deep sea.

"Do you think you can get rid of me like this?"

The fire was so close that when he gazed at her it was as if he were looking directly at the scorching sun.

But he didn't allow himself to look away.

"No matter where you go, even at the end of time, I will..."

Cheng's fingertips caressed his eyelashes, like the soundless wind blowing the morning dew from the wheat leaves.

The drop of dew vanished in the flames in an instant.

"Just stop here."

She pressed his forehead lightly.

"From now on, don't look for me again."

"No, Cheng."

The last bit of calm he used to pretend was shattered in front of her in an instant, and a man in panic, pain, and panic was reflected in the scattered fragments.

No.

Prynne stretched out his hand, and when his finger wearing Mare's ring touched her, the flame seemed to avoid it, which gave him a glimmer of hope.

He firmly grasped Cheng's wrist, and quickly took off the ring, but just as he was about to put the ring into her palm, the ring pierced through her palm and fell down.

Bai Lan folded her fingers helplessly, but she could only grasp the flickering phantom in vain.

do not go.

do not leave Me.

His soul screamed with all its strength, but his body could only watch the ring fall to the ground dumbly.

Watching her shadow gradually fade away.

Farewell, Prynne.

In the end, did she say this to him?

Bai Lan couldn't be sure.

All he could feel was that something was missing from his body.

Until he also left the place where she left, until he conquered time and space without her one after another, until one day he faced a brand new world, but felt that it seemed to be the end of time.

Ah, I did lose her.

At that moment, Bai Lan thought so.

If so, where should I go?

He asked himself, and then got the answer from his own heart.

There is nowhere else to go.

No matter which future it is, there will be no more of her.

"In this case, let the future not come."

That was the last word before countless worlds collapsed.

When time goes against the flow, there is still one person in this world who is still awake.

He seemed to have returned to the theater in that rainy night, but this time he was the only one left in the theater.

He watched alone as the scenes they had experienced were staged one after another and annihilated one after another.

After the world restarts, everything will return to zero, and the story of him and her will no longer exist.

He never met her, nor killed her.

It was the last night at the theater.

After this night, the memory will only survive in his own mind, but she will come in the morning.

Bai Lan couldn't help smiling.

This time, what would he say to her, and what would he do for her...

Like a neglected spectator, Bai Lan was accidentally left in the dark after the last light went out.

So he took off his hat, put it on his chest, and fell asleep in a deep sleep with sadness and hope.

"...The above is the result of your trial."

The voice of the chief of the Nine Generations was low, but he looked at Cheng with gentle eyes.

"Are you willing to accept it, Cheng?"

"I have no objection." Cheng shook his head slightly, "From the day the trial takes effect, I will no longer be a member of Vongola or Valia, and I will leave Sicily at the same time."

"Good boy."

The nine-generation leader spoke to himself in a voice that only he could hear, and then raised the volume.

"The trial is over."

"Why did you plan to leave so soon..." Dino said gloomily, "It doesn't matter if you stay for a while."

"Dino, it's true to say so, but I have nothing to do here." Cheng replied, "Squalo will take over Valia's recovery work, and Bell's side will also... um ..."

She recalled the intense scene at that time, but she still couldn't go against her heart and say "a good farewell".

"...In any case, according to the results of the trial, I can no longer maintain close contact with Valia, and it might be better to leave at this time—ah, right." Cheng said, "I probably won't be able to join you It is a pity that the succession ceremony of the family is now over...Dino, forget about my special seat."

"Cheng." Dino couldn't help laughing, "Well, I'll have to find you from now on... By the way, the place you're going to is in Japan...and...and..."

"Peaceful." She said. "This is the idea of ​​the nine-generation leader and Iemitsu. It is said that they entrusted old friends to pick me up there... Ah, yes, Iemitsu's wife and children also live there."

Cheng's eyes were bright, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed.

"It must be a peaceful place, I thought."

Dino listened to her words quietly, he looked at her for a while, and put down the suitcase in his hand.

"So, it's over here?"

Cheng nodded.

"You will be an excellent leader, Dino." She lowered her voice, "The kind that Mr. Reborn has to admit."

"I……"

Dino seemed to want to say something, but he still carefully and cherished it, keeping it in his heart.

In the end, he turned all these into a "goodbye".

Cheng has said goodbye to many people, but there are still many people, she has not had time to say goodbye.

When she saw Bai Lan who came late, she couldn't help but feel happy that she was able to make up for this regret.

Bai Lan never left his eyes. He watched her find him in the crowd, saw her waving to him, and then walked towards him with a smile.

"I can't seem to ask for more."

He said to himself, and Cheng caught a few words from it, and before she felt confused, Bai Lan cast her eyes on the people rushing around.

"This is not an unfamiliar situation for us."

He said.

"Cheng, I'm actually a little dissatisfied." Bai Lan stared at her again, "Obviously there are so many people who love you deeply and treat you with respect, why did you choose him?"

"...?!"

Some parts of his words struck Cheng violently.

"Blanc?"

"Whether it is then or now, you always seem to fall into the trap of villains easily..."

Bai Lan took out a ring from his pocket.

Apart from himself, it was the ruins of another that had trekked from the ruined previous chronology.

He lightly picked up Cheng's right hand and put it on her ring finger.

"I really want to see that guy's expression. If he knows that he is not the first person to put a ring on you, he will definitely go crazy with jealousy."

Bai Lan laughed.

"Of course, I don't feel any pity for that person alone—"

I'm quite happy to be a hindrance between you.

Bai Lan snapped his fingers.

In the noisy airport, the sound of his snapping fingers was very clear, and Cheng suddenly felt that certain memories in her mind were rapidly fading away. She tried her best to keep them, but she was powerless to resist Bai Lan's power.

"If you want to completely delete the memories between you, I'm afraid you will be strongly resisted...so I just hid them."

Although he said that the other party would be jealous and mad because of his existence... But Bai Lan thought that he was the same.

Because he had seen it with his own eyes, he could understand how sincere and beautiful everything that person had was.

"I hide your memory in the box in your heart, and the key to open it is in the hands of that person."

——"As long as he can find you again."

Prynne said.

"If he misses you because of the change in appearance, then consider that person failed the test." He raised the corner of his mouth, "It's not a bad thing for you to just forget him."

Just as Bai Lan finished speaking, everything about Dazai Zhi was sealed in Cheng's heart.

She blinked, and for a moment she couldn't remember what the two of them were talking about last moment.

She glanced at the electronic time displayed on the wall and couldn't help being surprised at how quickly time passed.

"Did I get distracted?" She said a little confused, and accidentally touched the ring on her ring finger, "Ah, this is...?"

"Although it probably doesn't have much value to you, just take it as a souvenir." He said, "I'm leaving too, to do what only I can do."

"However, Cheng, we will meet again."

This time, we will definitely usher in a completely different ending.

——Yokohama——

Kunikida Doppo was in charge of sorting out the letters this week.

He walked in with a large stack of letters, and anyone could see that the backlog of letters far exceeded a week's worth.

Likewise, everyone here understands why—because it was Osamu Dazai who took on that role last week.

"When will you be willing to change your lazy habits?"

Kunikida suppressed his anger, and placed the letter heavily on the desktop in front of Osamu Dazai, and Osamu Dazai, who was lying comfortably in the office chair, actually laughed, bent and stretched his long legs, and shamelessly rested on top of the letter.

"Thank you, Kunikida, the height is just right."

"too--"

Kunikida Doppo seemed to hear the sound of reason breaking for a moment.

"--slaughter!!"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry." He comforted lightly, "In fact, I also check emails every day, and I have picked out every important letter in it. As for the rest..."

He laughed viciously.

"Anyway, the person who will take over next week will be you, Kunikida."

With a bang, Kunikida demolished the office chair with his bare hands, and Osamu Dazai, who had been prepared for a long time, jumped away nimbly. In the end, even the letters were scattered in all directions, but the culprit just dusted off the dust on his shoulders and remained unscathed.

"It's too bad, Kunikida, this month's salary will be used to compensate the public property again... um, it's my letter?"

A letter landed at Dazai Osamu's feet, and the name written on the cover could not help but attract his attention. Dazai Osamu knelt down to pick it up, and he quickly saw the sender's signature.

The familiar name made him smile.

"Then... goodbye, Kunikida, in order to calm you down, I decided to skip work for a while."

Osamu Dazai jumped out of the window, his coat was blown up by the wind, until he landed, he kept the letter in his arms cherishingly.

He walked along the Yokohama coastline while opening the letter from a friend.

The sender is Oda Sakunosuke.

He is now a well-known writer, but his tone of letter writing is still the same as in the past, a bit plain and bland... Rather, this serious blandness has become his interesting point.

"That's right, Odasaku has moved again." Dazai tore the letter paper to the next page, "Ah, this time it's Nishimori."

And Sheng...

Osamu Dazai had never been to Binemori, but he thought that since Oda Sakunosuke had been there, it might be a good place.

If it was her, she would probably have the same thoughts as him.

Osamu Dazai had just thought of her when his thoughts were interrupted by the unexpected visitor.

The black thorns passed in front of Dazai Osamu, and Dazai Osamu leaned back reflexively. He immediately put away the letter, but a corner was still torn unavoidably.

His expression turned cold, but when he saw the other person's face, Dazai still showed a smile.

"Akutagawa." Dazai greeted him, "Have we not seen each other for a long time?"

"Mr. Dazai."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke's expression was as cold as ever, but the emotion in his eyes was so intense that it was daunting.

"This is really interesting, Akutagawa, I'm not really looking forward to meeting you..." He said softly, "But, when I saw you, I still felt a little bit of joy."

Osamu Dazai looked away and looked at the calm sea at this moment.

"Maybe it's because... I keep meeting things that remind me of her, but not people I can talk about her with."

--"And you?"

Dazai asked.

You, like me, still miss her...

Are you still looking for her countless times in reality and dreams?

The sea breeze blew across his side face, and there was a warm breath in the dampness. Osamu Dazai suddenly found that the people in front of him—the former subordinates and students had also grown a lot at a speed he didn't realize.

The armed detective agency received more and more commissions.

A new work by Oda Sakunosuke will be released next month.

Even that Akutagawa has grown up.

The cold weather is gradually passing, and the sea water will become warmer.

Time has entered a new cycle again.

Cheng.

Osamu Dazai said to her from the bottom of his heart.

Another spring has come.