[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

The graduation ceremony of Raishin High School came to an end.

Cheng stayed in the auditorium where the ceremony was held for a while. She watched the graduates leave the auditorium one after another before getting up and leaving.

Graduation is always in spring, and cherry trees are always planted beside the two roads outside the auditorium. This seems to be to let the children who are going to the future separately be able to say goodbye to each other among the floating petals. Sadness is tinged with tranquil beauty.

This is also the last graduation ceremony that Cheng attended at Laishen Middle School. Although she is no stranger to saying goodbye, it is probably difficult for her to get used to it... When she walked slowly through the cherry blossom road covered with petals, she still couldn't help it. I can't help but feel a little sad.

Cheng stopped in his tracks and looked back at the auditorium behind him again, as if he wanted to engrave the scene in front of him deeply in his heart.

Then, she walked on.

It is obviously a step of leaving, but every time I take a step, the pictures I have personally experienced vividly emerge in my heart.Cheng couldn't help but be amazed at how many memories he had created here.

"teacher."

When Lin Ye's voice sounded, Cheng almost thought it was a hallucination produced by himself immersed in memory.

She regained her senses and looked around, but she couldn't find the figure of the other party until he yelled again.

"Teacher, I'm here."

Cheng raised his head, and the boy leaning on the slanted branches of the cherry tree, surrounded by gentle pink flowers, smiled at her.

Their eyes met, and Lin Ye stared at her quietly for a while, then suddenly jumped down.

Like a gust of light wind, he carried scattered petals and landed in front of Cheng.

"Is it today, the day you leave?"

Cheng nodded slightly.

"Well, it's today."

"It happens to be the day of the graduation ceremony..." He turned his head a little distressed, "Are you a little too anxious, teacher?"

"Probably... But before I leave, I still have something to say to you—Orihara, what are your expectations for the future?"

Cheng said to him.

"Although we discussed similar topics... after that, has your mind changed?"

Lin also froze for a moment, then chuckled lightly.

"some."

He said.

"Although I don't want to admit it, after these things, I probably have changed in some places... For example, teacher, because I lost to you, my self-confidence was severely frustrated by you."

Lin also frowned slightly, but the expression didn't look like dissatisfaction or remorse, but closer to some kind of helplessness.Soon, his eyebrows stretched again, and his expression returned to relief.

"Because I met you like this, I once again felt awe of human beings, and in future actions, I will probably treat them more carefully... Also, for me, the way to love human beings, maybe There will also be subtle changes.”

——Because I love you, I will also try to understand the way you love others.

"But what will happen in the future..." Lin Ye said, "I don't know either."

"That's enough."

Cheng, who was listening intently to the boy's confession, nodded slightly, then, she took out a book from her bag and handed it to him.

"Although it seems to have been postponed for more than a little...but it's time to give it back to you now."

Lin Ye's eyes fell on the cover of the book, Salome's curly beautiful long hair and blood-stained delicate lips, and then he shrugged.

"Indeed, there's no reason to keep it with you any longer..."

Cheng saw that Lin also stretched out his hand, as if intending to take the book, but when their fingers slightly missed each other, Lin Ye suddenly stopped.

"but."

He said.

"Instead of—"

Cheng felt her fingers being gently spread by Lin Ye, as if the other party had put something into her palm.

After finishing these, Lin also took the book.But Cheng lowered his head and saw a button in his palm.

"The so-called second button closest to the heart is really an old and boring saying... I originally thought so."

he told her.

"However, since you have already taken my heart—teacher, I have no reason not to give it to you."

Cheng carefully held the button in his hand and looked up at him.

"I will cherish it."

she promised earnestly.

They stared at each other, and neither of them spoke for a brief moment.

Cheng's voice sounded.

"Orihara."

She gave a soft and bright smile.

"While loving human beings, the future will also try to accept human love without any grievances."

"This is the last thing I want to tell you."

she said to the boy.

"Goodbye."

The auditorium is located on the east side of the school. Since there is still some time before meeting with the agreed object, Cheng plans to take a short detour and take the route passing through the teaching area.

When passing by a familiar building, she inadvertently slowed down, and after hesitating for a while, Cheng walked in, and once again, she returned to the infirmary.

The replacement will not start until the next working day. At this time, the door is closed, and Cheng habitually goes to pick up the key, only to realize that the key has already been returned to the school.

Cheng felt a little regretful, when she was about to turn and leave, a voice came from behind her.

"teacher?"

Cheng turned his head, and Shizuo, who had probably just arrived, looked at her with slight surprise.

"Pinghe Island." She smiled a little embarrassedly, "I... came here without knowing it."

"Me too, I came here before I knew it."

He said.

Cheng glanced at the closed door.

"That's a bit unfortunate..."

"Do not."

Shizuo shook his head lightly.

This is clearly the same luck as being favored in the dark.The reason why he came here was only because he was attracted by his desire to see her.

Although he also knew that she who was about to leave would not stay where she was.

...Before it happened, Shizuo Heiwajima was already having a bit of a hard time being forced to get used to its future.

And at the moment of seeing the other party, the melancholy entrenched in Jingxiong's heart was swept away - I don't know if it was luck or misfortune, but no matter what, she is still standing in front of him now.

"What time is it today?"

he asked.

Cheng knew what he was referring to.

"About……"

She glanced down at the time.

"Five hours later, my flight."

"you……"

Where are you going?

Shizuo hesitated, because he wasn't sure if he had the position to ask such a question.

But even such a secret concern about gains and losses was discovered by her.

"Landing place is Milan Malpensa Airport."

she said suddenly.

"It's just a whim to go to Italy, but I don't think it would be a bad idea to go there... Milan Cathedral, the Arch of Peace and La Scala - and then maybe Rome, Venice or Sicily."

Cheng continued speaking, with a little thought in his expression.

"After that, I don't know whether I will continue my trip to Europe or return to China... Anyway, that's about it."

She hesitated here.

"Pinghe Island..." Cheng said, "I'm sorry, but I may not be able to send you a postcard."

Shizuo smiled apologetically when he saw the other party.

"If you do that, the farewell itself will lose its meaning."

"I see."

Shizuo said.

"But missing is my business, and it has nothing to do with you, teacher."

Cheng seemed to want to say something, but Shizuo continued.

"However, I will try my best."

The boy told her seriously.

"I will try to free myself from thinking about you as soon as possible... I know this is your expectation."

Cheng couldn't help being stunned.

But it was at this moment that she suddenly understood that the other party was no longer a child.

"I can no longer look at you the way I used to..." She laughed, "Pinghe Island, you are already an outstanding adult."

"...No, at least not now."

He said.

"Because I still have the last bit of willfulness—"

The boy took her hand and handed her a button.

"I still love you."

At this moment, Heiwajima Shizuo stared deeply at Cheng, however, he did not escape his feelings.

"However, I will also try my best to be the person you want me to be."

— even if it goes against my love for you.

"I don't know when that will be...but one day, I will graduate from you."

- "So, please don't worry about me."

Finally, the teenager said goodbye to her softly.

"goodbye teacher."

When Cheng walked out of the school gate, Celty had already arrived first.

This was what they had agreed upon before. Serti went to pick up the luggage for Cheng first. After the graduation ceremony, the two met again, and then Serti sent Cheng to Nippori to take the express, where they said goodbye.

Today's Celti is more silent than ever... It may seem strange to say that Celti cannot speak, but it is true.

From the beginning of the meeting, Celti hardly communicated with Cheng, and his movements were quiet and neat, but Cheng, who was sitting in the back seat, listened to the wind in his ears and saw her back, his heart became soft and sour.

So she hugged the Headless Horseman from behind, and put her face close to her beautifully lined back, which now makes people feel a little thin.

Celty shuddered slightly.

She couldn't see Celty's expression at the moment, not only because she was behind Celty, but also because of the part of Celti that was different from humans...

but.

Cheng always felt that Celty might not belong to human beings, but she was no different from herself.

She also has her own visions and expectations, and is afraid and lonely...and sad about being separated.

Cheng was right, but she was not Celty after all, she couldn't see how the Headless Horseman, who was trying to arm his heart with armor, was suddenly shaken when she hugged him.

They soon reached their destination.

Celti stopped, but didn't get out of the car, and Cheng didn't urge her, they still maintained their original posture.

After a while, Cheng was tentatively trying to let go of the other's hand, but Celti suddenly turned around and hugged her forcefully into his arms.

All she wanted to do at the moment was hug Cheng, so Celti had no time to express her feelings in words, but Cheng accepted her voice without a doubt.

"I'll miss you too, Celty—it's been great meeting you."

she said to the Headless Horseman.

"Even after a long time, the memories you gave me will still support me towards tomorrow."

--Me too.

Slowly, Celty let go of her.

She took out the pda.

——"I have probably become a little bit stronger for you."

"Cheng, if you're tired, it doesn't matter if you come back here."

"Or, you went to a far away place..."

How I hope that our separation is because you are heading towards your own happiness——

Celty said to Cheng.

"And don't forget, there are still people who love you."

After exchanging the boarding pass, going through luggage check-in and other procedures, Cheng walked into the departure hall and sat down on an empty seat.

When she started to be alone, the suppressed emotions in her heart began to become unscrupulous.

It is useless to stop it now, clarify this point.So she simply let it flood, sweeping her whole heart, and then waited for the tide to recede... Next, Ikebukuro, which she was about to bid farewell to, would also become a unique corner of her memory, which she cherished well.

But it is not an easy task to touch all those pictures, but, Cheng thought, there is still a long time before boarding the plane, and she has enough time to complete it...

Her plans were interrupted by the arrival of a young man.

The waiting room is not very noisy, but there are still many passengers like Cheng, and the seat she is in is not attractive... So, when there are still many empty seats, someone chooses to sit next to her Cheng couldn't help being attracted by the other party.

It was a man wearing a light-colored long windbreaker. He was elegant and silent when he sat down. The slanted suit vest just pressed out his slender yet powerful waistline.

And when Cheng looked at him, he was taking off his gloves, noticing Cheng's gaze, he slightly turned his face to her.

The young man's face has a contour that seems to be carefully carved. The rare hair color and eye color should bring a sense of detachment and delicacy, but his demeanor is clearly a little frivolous, but when he smiles at you, that Sunny intimacy is too much to take as an offense.

He doesn't look Asian, and Cheng guesses from his appearance that he is a traveler.

The moment their eyes met, Cheng subconsciously began to search his face in her memory...but she immediately determined that she was meeting him for the first time.

However, the other party's eyes really didn't look like they were staring at a passerby who met by chance.

"salve."

He told her that something seemed to be suppressed in his voice, which sounded low and hoarse.

"long time no see."

"……gentlemen?"

Cheng said.

"I thought you might..."

"I won't admit it wrong, no matter what your identity and appearance are... a unique imprint across time and space, you are a similar existence to me."

He laughed.

"... Cheng."

It was probably because he mentioned some words and phrases that touched Cheng, and Cheng was almost shocked.

"How am I going to explain it to you now..."

He said.

"After all, this moment really doesn't belong to our band, and it's not even the past tense of the future that I'm familiar with... However, there is one more important thing now."

The youth paused slightly.

——"I'm sorry, but your journey in this world will soon be over."

"I think you have probably noticed that you are a unique and complex existence... You can be accepted by countless time and space, but this kind of acceptance often lasts extremely short..."

"You may be closer to an exile than a traveler."

In fact, he is not unaware of the cruel meaning in his words, on the contrary, he has a deeper understanding than anyone else... But the youth still continues.

"Your stay in this world is about to end."

"Sudden illness, accident... I'm not sure which one it is, in short, you must bid farewell to it, because this is the inevitable fate under the domination of the world—"

He stopped.

"Are you afraid?"

"……Do not."

She said that although there was a sense of regret, the light in her eyes did not dim in the slightest.

"I don't know who you are, how can you know about me..."

Cheng smiled at the stranger in a foreign country.

"But sir, thank you for telling me that."

After getting her answer, the young man's smile gradually melted away, and a sad expression appeared in those beautiful blue eyes, and then he called her name.

"... Cheng."

he said in a low voice.

"I miss you."

The other party stretched out his hand, and for a moment, Cheng thought he wanted to touch her face.

But in the end, as if he was afraid of breaking a fragile dream, he didn't do it.

"I'm here for you."

He withdrew his hand and put a striking ring on himself.

"Although we can only meet in this fragmented space-time gap...but it's enough."

The young man's ring suddenly ignited a bright flame. The moment the fire lighted up, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and time seemed to be frozen. Cheng looked at this scene in surprise. The flame was so beautiful that she couldn't help it. Time didn't treat the dangerous things on the spot... Then, the other party's finger with the ring lifted up, and a little flame fell into Cheng's heart.

"It's the 'Mark,'" he said, "Even for me, it's hard to find you in the endless world... But it will bring you closer to the world I anchor, and one day— —”

It was the first time that Cheng felt the change of space so clearly. She was being repelled by the world she was in now, and at the same time was being pulled by another force.

The young man pushed her, and Cheng fell backwards following this gentle but irresistible force. She looked back in a little panic, and found that behind her was not the ground, but a black whirlpool as deep as the night sky.

"Go, though what happens now won't leave traces in your memory."

He looked at Cheng silently.

"But one day, we'll see each other in the future."

"please tell me--"

Cheng shouted at him before being swallowed by the space-time vortex.

Countless questions filled her heart, obviously she was unable to ask each other one by one, but in the few seconds before she left completely, Cheng still asked that question.

"……tell me your name!"

Time began to flow again, but there was no one around him.

He stood up, lowered his eyes, and put on the gloves slowly.

Suddenly, he spoke.

Almost inaudibly, towards where she disappeared.

"Bryn."

He said.

"Bryn. Jesso."