[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

Although it was the weekend, Cheng immediately rushed over after receiving a call from the police station.

Coincidentally, this time the police station was the one that Cheng had been to, and even the person in charge was still the police officer Fujiki who had met once last time.When Cheng arrived, Shizuo Heiwajima sat in the same position as last time, and Fujiki sat on the other side, at first glance it seemed that he was teaching him a lesson.

Cheng greeted Fujiki first, then turned to Shizuo.

"Excuse me, Pinghe Island, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No..." he said, "I'm troubling you, sir."

"Phew - I was really shocked when I received the phone call all of a sudden."

Seeing him intact, Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, sat down beside Shizuo, and glanced gently at his profile.

"But it's fine."

"No way, Heiwajima-kun's parents are not here, and due to regulations, they have to meet and inform the adult guardian." Fujiki flipped through the file, "So, as I roughly said on the phone, this time it is not Heiwa. Please don't worry about Shima-kun doing something wrong...although there was quite an exaggerated scene."

He closed the case file and continued.

"To put it briefly, Mr. Heiwajima fought with criminal groups on the street. By the time we arrived, all the criminals who were clearly equipped with guns had been wiped out... It's almost like this."

"Does the other party have a gun?" Cheng couldn't help turning his face and asked, "Is it really not injured, Pinghe Island?"

"No." Shizuo answered Cheng's question obediently, "We'll kill them all before then."

"...Wait, Mr. Kawasaki." Fujiki said, "Will you accept this too quickly?"

"Is that so, I think it's quite easy to understand." She said, "Probably the other party did something to anger Heping Island..."

"Well, I saw them make little children cry."

Then, Cheng said it as a matter of course.

"Look, Officer Fujiki."

"..."

It's shocking that the frequency bands of these two people can match up.

"As a result, Mr. Heiwajima stopped the criminal process of the other party - they are a gang engaged in human trafficking." Fujiki said, "The children at the scene have found their parents, and other criminal facts are still being investigated... Although it is very Great, but Mr. Heiwajima, the other party is a vicious group after all, haven't you considered your own safety?"

"Before I think about it seriously, I can't help but move."

"Really?" Cheng said with a smile, "Pinghe Island is such a good boy."

...I didn't say that for compliments, what's the matter with you two.

Since the entire criminal group was wiped out in one sweep, and was scared out of the shadows by Shizuo's violence, there is little possibility of subsequent revenge... and it is really hard to hold back the complaints. After explaining routine issues such as paying attention to safety, the two He was released by police officer Fujiki.

It was already February.

The end of winter is still reluctance, and the temperature is still very low. Compared with the surrounding pedestrians, Shizuo Heiwajima wears much thinner clothes.After Cheng noticed this, he couldn't help touching his fingers, but found that his body temperature was actually lower.

"What's the matter, teacher?"

Shizuo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head slightly and asked.

"Is it too cold?"

"No, I..."

Cheng was about to deny it, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the advertising signboard of the cake shop next to him, the special winter desserts looked very tempting.

She changed her mind.

"Hey, Heihe Island, let's go eat something sweet."

"Ugh?"

"Madeleines or berry cakes or something."

Her eyes became bright.

"go?"

So, when he came back to his senses, Shizuo Heiwajima found himself sitting with Cheng in a warm cake shop.

"Is it okay to wear so little?"

"It doesn't matter."

He untied the scarf and put it aside, seeing the lightly dressed Shizuo opposite him, he couldn't help feeling a little envious.

"so good……"

"Does the teacher still feel cold?"

Hearing her words, Shizuo remembered what he felt just now, the slightly lower body temperature of the other party, and subconsciously held her hand.

very cool.

Moreover, Shizuo immediately discovered that her hands could be easily wrapped.

For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt slightly ashamed.This strange mood made him unable to look at the other person's face frankly, but he looked away, but did not let go of his hand.On the contrary, Shizuo Heiwajima completely folded Cheng's hands together, feeling her hands gradually getting warmer, until there was no difference in temperature between the two of them.

"Thank you."

Jingxiong responded in a low voice, not daring to look into her smiling eyes, when he slowly let go of his hand, about to leave her fingertips, the young waitress came over with the menu.

Cheng flipped through the menu and showed a hesitant expression in front of the dazzling array of beautiful desserts.

"Do you need a recommendation?"

"Okay, then trouble you."

Cheng looked up at the waitress, who was probably a high school girl working here. For some reason, she seemed a little excited and nervous.

"May I take the liberty to ask a question." She said shyly, "Excuse me, are you two siblings?"

Cheng and Shizuo glanced at each other, as if they were both puzzled by this question.

The last one to answer was Shizuo.

"…No, we're not."

"Really!" The girl showed a little excitement and became very motivated, "I recommend raspberry cheesecake..."

A little bit of anticipation flickered in Cheng's eyes, so he noticed this and Shizuo retracted his gaze, saying, "Let's decide on this."

"Ah, okay."

While writing down the order, the waitress said the second half of the sentence.

"...This dessert happens to be limited to couples."

She smiled at Cheng and Shizuo.

"But if it's two people, it's fine."

Hey?

This means that--

Jingxiong was stunned for a moment, and when he remembered to explain, the other party had already walked away.

Cheng looked in the direction she was leaving, there were several young girls talking happily, and couldn't help but chuckled.

"They're making a bet." Her eyes fell on the boy again, "A bet on whether we are siblings or..."

She concealed the key words, but it was this kind of thoughtfulness that made Shizuo's face gradually warm up.His bewilderment came to a head when he saw a cake decorated with pink jam for a distinctly romantic element.

"Teacher, I..."

"Pinghe Island, do you find it annoying to be misunderstood in this way?"

Cheng asked.

——It's not so much hate as it is...

what is it then.

Shizuo couldn't find a word to describe his mood well, or, in fact, he didn't clearly understand what his chaotic mood represented.

"it's OK."

"Really." Cheng moved a little closer to him, and whispered, "Since the dessert is ready, explaining rashly now may turn into a mistake in the girl's work just now... So, let's pretend a little for the time being. .”

Shizuo Heiwajima stared at her as she spoke, and everything seemed to be as usual.

However, Shizuo vaguely realized that this was not the real peace, but the moment of tranquility before the rainstorm.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that the color of her eyes seemed to be a little lighter than in the impression, a bit like Cocoa, but clearer than that...

"Peace Island..."

The eyes he was looking at blinked and took on a light color.

"Let's just pretend to be lovers for now."

boom.

Is this a heartbeat... or is it the sound of a heart being pierced by an invisible bullet?

Shizuo Heiwajima could clearly feel this momentary change.

He stopped looking for anything to describe the color of her eyes, because from this moment on, everything about her had a unique meaning.

But the heart of a young man will always erect some kind of barrier, which can be indestructible enough to stop thousands of troops, but it will become extremely fragile at a certain moment, so fragile that a butterfly can't help it to rest.

He can hardly feel the passage of time

Shizuo couldn't remember when they finished eating dessert, when they walked out of the cake shop, and when they came to the fork in the road where they had to part. When Cheng was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly woke up, and before he had time to think, he stretched out his hand to hold her arm.

"What's the matter, Peace Island?"

Cheng stopped and asked softly.

"……nothing."

Shizuo maintained this posture for a while, and then slowly let go of his hand.

"Goodbye, teacher."

—he heard the flapping of wings.

The butterfly belonging to Shizuo Heiwajima landed quietly.

Originally, Cheng planned to go home directly.But she had not been separated from Shizuo for a long time, and she remembered the key to the medicine cabinet that was left in the school infirmary yesterday.

Although she was quite sure that she locked the door of the infirmary before leaving, but after careful consideration, Cheng still thought it would be better to be more cautious about drug management, so Cheng decided to go back to school for a while before it was completely dark. trip.

Laishen High School allows students to board, so even though it is a rest day, there are still many people staying in the school, and the school does not seem so deserted.

But this is limited to around the school building. In the teaching building, there are only a few dimly lit lights in the corridor. Cheng walked up the dark stairs, opened the door of the infirmary, found the key, and checked the medicine cabinet to make sure everything was clear. After the abnormality, I finally felt that I had settled my mind, and walked down briskly.

It was at that time that she inadvertently caught a glimpse of another building next to it with a light on.

That's... the reading room of the library.

This is a strange thing, because according to the regulations, the library is not open on non-weekdays.

It's strange, but it's actually not a big deal, so at first Cheng didn't take it to heart, but when she passed the library, the lights that were still on aggravated the original light doubts, and under this thought, Cheng was driven by curiosity , pushed open the door of the library.

Orihara Rinya was alone in the brightly lit reading room.

He was standing in front of the bookshelf, probably looking for a certain book. When the door was pushed open, he turned sideways in a little surprise. After seeing that it was Cheng, he seemed a little more surprised.

But soon, his expression softened.

Lin didn't even ask Cheng why he was here.

In short, she appeared in front of him at this moment, and this was the most wonderful thing.

"Good evening, teacher."

"In a way, you're quite remarkable." Cheng said, "In terms of ignoring rules and regulations..."

"It's different from the time at the swimming pool."

Orihara Rin also explained lightly.

"This time I have properly applied to the administrator for the right to use it...I am looking for a few books here."

"did you find it?"

"One book is missing. After all, it is a day off, and there is no staff here..." Lin Ye put back the book he had just pulled out, "It's a bit difficult to find it just by rough classification and numbering."

Cheng turned his head and looked at the list of books that Lin Ye held in his hand.

His reading interests were astonishingly wide, from romantic novels popular among schoolgirls to obscure books on the science of thinking, as capricious and unpredictable as himself.

Now, all the books on the bibliography list listed by Orihara Rinya are ticked after the name, except for the last one.

Cheng felt that the title of the last book was familiar.

"Ah... I borrowed this book."

she recalled.

"Approximate location, I seem to have a little impression."

As she spoke, she walked deep into the bookshelf and stopped at a certain location.Cheng raised his head, and sure enough, he saw the familiar spine of a book on the upper shelf.

"found it."

Cheng stood on tiptoe to reach for the book, but it was always a little short. At this time, a hand was lightly placed on her shoulder, and Lin also stood behind her, and pulled out the book without too much effort.

"The teacher is the person who read this book before me..."

He turned to the bottom, and sure enough, he saw Cheng's name on the record card.

"So, what does the teacher think of it?"

When Cheng was about to answer, the lights in the library were suddenly extinguished.The sudden darkness enveloped the two of them, Cheng subconsciously moved, and accidentally knocked an unsteady book on the shelf with his elbow.

"Don't be afraid, teacher, probably the power has tripped."

Lin Ye's voice came from a very close place, Cheng responded, and stopped moving, waiting for the time for his eyesight to adapt to the darkness to pass.

After a while, she began to be able to see the outline of the bookshelf, and she gradually became able to see where the book that was knocked off just now was lost. Cheng picked it up, but before she had time to put it back, she heard a burst of distress. Wonderful voice.

This is the sound of locking.

"..."

Orihara Lin also spoke.

"Did you know that the sound insulation wall in the library of Laishen University is very effective. Even if you shout for help inside, no one outside can hear you."

He slowly took out his phone.

"Unfortunately, my phone is out of battery."

Then, Lin also looked at Cheng.

A moment of silence.

"……Feel sorry."

she says.

"I was too anxious to go out today, so... I left my phone at home."

Cheng and Lin also had to accept the unfortunate fact that they would be trapped in the library for about twelve hours, and could not regain their freedom until the staff routinely checked the next day.

By the way, in the process of looking for other exits, they also found that the problem of the lighting system did not seem to be as simple as a trip, so their situation became more difficult.

"Leaving aside myself who lives alone, won't your family worry about Orihara?"

Cheng asked as he groped his way back to the reading room.

"Family..." Lin also thought about it, "Probably not."

Cheng was stunned for a moment, and many guesses surfaced in his mind for a while.

Lin also seemed to have noticed something, and quickly answered her doubts.

"No, my family is very common, the parents are nothing special, and the twin sisters are—well, they seem to be quite strange." After muttering in a low voice, Lin Ya continued, "Basically, family The relationship is very ordinary and stable... except for the part about me."

Cheng couldn't see the other person's face clearly in the dark, so she didn't know what kind of expression Lin used to say such words that excluded herself.

"Of course, I'm not dissatisfied with this. Rather, I think it should be done." His tone was as normal as if he was telling someone else's story, "After all, I rejected them first, and in turn Being rejected by them is justified..."

Cheng's footsteps stopped.

Sensing this, Lin also stopped talking and looked back at her.

"Orihara," she said, "then where did you put your own place where you can go back?"

Orihara Lin also fell silent.

"What about you, teacher?"

Then he asked.

"Do you have a place to go back to?"

This time, his words didn't contain any irony or acrimony, it was just a question purely from the heart of a teenager.

Probably because of this.

Only then did Cheng's heart slowly ache.

If you give an affirmative answer, then this is a hypocritical lie.

However, if there is no...

no.

Cheng thought.

I used to have it.

Although the place that can be called the destination is very far away, it is still as vivid as yesterday.

Otherwise, why is the pain still so real when I think of it.

Her silence was too long.

Lin Ye, who had been waiting for the answer for a long time, suddenly remembered the sea of ​​loneliness that had glimpsed in her eyes.

"Then again, it's too dark."

he said suddenly.

The conversation just now seemed to be just a dream, easily shattered at the touch of a finger.

The atmosphere gradually eased down.

"Not going back to the reading room." Orihara Lin also said on a whim, "Let's go upstairs."

In the darkness, he naturally held Cheng's hand.

"Let's go."

The library is a three-story structure, and when they finally reached the top floor, Lin Ye's intentions were clarified.

In the middle of the third floor, just above the bookshelves and the center of the aisle of the bookshelves, there is a skylight. The outside light pours in through the glass roof, softly illuminating the ground, a corner of the bookshelves, and the covers of several books.

Perhaps, humans and insects are phototaxis.

They walked under the skylight, sat down by the bookshelf, Cheng observed the shadow on the ground, and found that the light from the transparent zenith just happened to envelop the two of them.

This incident made her feel at ease... because, it was like being sheltered.

Cheng raised his head, looked at the dark sky where his eyes could touch, and said softly.

"Orihara, I don't know if I have one or not."

Although this sentence was somewhat abrupt, Lin immediately understood what she was talking about.

For neither of them, the subject hadn't faded from their minds.

"But..." Her voice was close to a sigh, "Seeking a home is a very luxurious thing for some people..."

"Then, teacher." Lin Ye asked, "What kind of thing do you think can be called a destination?"

Maybe it was a bit of a difficult question, since Cheng didn't answer right away.

"In a literal sense, home is a place where you can go back, but it's too rough to define it just like that."

While speaking, she stretched out her hand towards the roof, watching the bright moonlight flowing down from her fingers with gentle eyes.

"Do you believe what the soul says, Orihara?"

"This is really a classic topic." Orihara Rin also replied briskly, "However, I believe it."

"Really?" Cheng said, "After experiencing some things... I also began to believe it."

Then, she returned to the subject.

"The Bible says that God endows people with souls, ancient Greek civilization believed that God judged souls, and Platonism believed that human beings are self-purifying processes from birth to death... In a word, there is a consensus between them."

"That is, compared with the ****, the soul is immortal."

"The place where the immortal soul rests is probably what can be called a destination... However, I don't completely agree with this statement."

Having said that, she paused.

"After all, we are all still alive, and the present is the most important thing. So I think, the so-called home—"

Cheng said.

"It is the place where we who are still alive believe that no matter how difficult the journey, until the end, our souls can be accepted."

She lowered her gaze.

"It doesn't need to be somewhere specific, it could just be an item, or..."

"Or someone."

Orihara Lin also said.

"Right?"

Cheng smiled, but for some reason, looked a little sad.

"Yes."

she says.

"For the person you have identified, you will find peace because of him, and you will also fall into chaos because of him. On the one hand, he will give you beautiful things..."

Her voice became softer little by little.

"Take away other precious things, so that you have to go back to him..."

Finally, the library returns to silence.

"In that case..."

After a long time, Orihara Rin continued the conversation alone.

"You have taken enough from me."

Asleep Cheng couldn't respond to his accusation, but luckily he didn't need her confession either.

He looked at the woman who accidentally leaned on his shoulder. She was so pale that she almost disappeared in the moonlight and stars falling from the skylight, so he couldn't help touching her cheek with his fingers.

Fortunately, she is still there.

"Good night, teacher."