[Bungo Stray Dogs BG] Blue Hitomi

After exporting, Matsushima was ready for severe questioning or cruel punishment.Unexpectedly, what was waiting was Chuya's affirmative reply after a moment's hesitation, which undoubtedly gave Matsushima a bit of confidence secretly, almost believing the rumor that 'Mr. Chuya is a good talker'.He raised his head, and said hesitantly, "Actually, among the people who cleaned up the battlefield after the battle at that time... I was one of them..."

These few words that sound intimidating, but like the key to open the memory cassette, seem to have gradually touched the most secret part of Zhongye's heart that conceals the strongest emotions, and Zhongya can't help but wait with bated breath. Speaking of the next words, the gaze cast on Matsushima became sharper unconsciously.

Under such gaze, Matsushima didn't dare to hide anything.After forcibly suppressing the timidity in my heart, the strong incomprehension and curiosity about the truth behind the incident finally prevailed.His eyes flickered several times, and finally he lowered his voice, and confessed to Zhong what he saw that day: "We found the remains of our former colleagues in the depths of the wreckage of the building—corresponding to the photos in the original 'threatening letter' , a total of five people. As for the No.6 girl in the photo, Sue Herono Aotomi, we didn’t actually find her body, but... saw a bunch of blue maple leaves scattered all over the ground in the corner..."

"What did you say?!" Zhong also opened his eyes wide in disbelief, feeling that there seemed to be some truth that he could barely bear was about to come out.

For the battle at that time, he has no memory afterward.Therefore, he could only accept the answer Dazai gave him back then, and believed that his five subordinates and Qingtong, as shown in the photos in the "threat letter", had already died in the line of duty, and their bodies had been buried after the war. Properly buried in the seaside cemetery.

But recalling it now, even what Hongye said to him when he stood in front of Qingtong's tombstone for the first time after the war seems suspicious.

Before he could think about it, Matsushima's narrating voice had gradually outlined for him a more complete picture of the day: "...the green maple leaves appeared there, no matter the season or the location, it seemed very inappropriate. It's just that the pile of maple leaves was mixed with There was a lot of blood, and this pendant fell on the edge of those blue maple leaves..."

The truth of the incident that Zhong also did not know gradually surfaced, with a cruel form that answered many doubts, like a sharp blade cutting through flesh and blood one by one, until the white bones were exposed.

The photos in the "threat letter" mentioned in Matsushima's words reminded Lingzhong of the last information he had obtained about Qingtong's whereabouts. In the photo of the "threat letter", Qing Tong was fatally injured in a complete human form.However, according to what Matsushima said, in the end, after Qingtong died, all that was left was a pile of maple leaves—before that, it seemed that only when her abilities were affected by Chuya's own abilities would she be invincible. Avoiding the runaway and drifting away into maple leaves that can no longer be gathered...

In Matsushima's increasingly detailed description, Chuuya finally gradually guessed a terrible fact that he dared not face, and he was unwilling to believe anyway——

If Qingtong didn't die when she arrived on the battlefield... then the person who really killed her was herself...

It was him who naturally restrained Qingtong's ability, and it was the power of Huang Ba that he unleashed indiscriminately...

...It turned out that it was himself who personally killed the girl who lingered in his heart, and I am afraid that he would not be able to erase the traces in this life.

Those indescribable emotions in Chuya's heart, the secrets that had been carefully hidden in a small corner of his heart for a long time, collapsed instantly at this moment.

Matsushima never thought that his straightforward words would lead to such a terrible result.

When he hesitated just now, he was more worried that he would be punished or even sentenced by Mr. Chuya for telling what he saw at the beginning.However, everything in front of him really told him that in the truth he said and saw, some seemingly unacceptable facts stimulated Mr. Chuya, making him almost unable to control his own power.It seemed that the anger that was about to burst out, like the power of the Rage God that was about to sweep everything, would raze this place to the ground in an instant—just like what he had done to the enemy's stronghold back then.

The terrifying gravity rushes in with a crushing force, leaving almost no gap for people to react, and they will be crushed into dust by this terrifying force.Everything around is rapidly disintegrating at a speed that is almost invisible to the naked eye, and it has become ruins in an instant, making people unable to help but suspect that they will be the next one to disappear.

The huge sense of crisis finally occupied the main position in Matsushima's heart at this time. He looked at Chuya in a panic, trying to regain the usual appearance of this rumored and approachable cadre.However, what he saw at this moment was only the dreaded gravity envoy of Hong Kong gangsters.

His eyes were red, and it was already impossible to tell how much sanity remained in them, as if they were about to turn into destruction itself at any moment.

The countless near-death combat experiences over the years finally played a huge role at this time, making Matsushima search for countermeasures in his fast-running mind in an extremely dangerous situation.

Suddenly, the cyan maple leaf-shaped pendant caught his eyes again—even when everything around was completely destroyed, this pendant was the only one still lying intact in the palm of Mr. Nakaya , is carefully protected like a rare treasure.

This pendant naturally reminded Matsushima of the scene at that time, and suddenly found an important detail that was almost missed by him, which seemed to be the key element to save himself.

As if grabbing a life-saving straw, under tremendous pressure, he reluctantly opened his mouth and said: "At that time, there was still a line of writing, which seemed to be reserved for you..."

The overwhelming coercion finally stopped for a moment, and while Matsushima secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he had the opportunity to seize this precious few seconds and describe the details in full: "On the edge of the maple leaf, with blood Written like this—"

As if in order to restore the deep meaning contained in the words written in blood to the greatest extent, Matsushima paused, and repeated the last words of the dying girl word by word in a solemn tone.

"Nakaya-kun, don't forget, everything you once had as a human..."

It is like the key to open the locked magic box of the mind, and it is also like a good medicine to cure a huge ailment.Such a simple sentence can have such a miraculous effect in turning the tide when the terrorist forces occupy an absolute dominant position.

The overwhelming coercion was finally slowly and carefully restrained until now.Like the calm sea after the storm gradually subsides, like the silent mountains and forests after the storm has passed.The will known as human nature finally gradually returned to the cage, restraining the violent power that was almost uncontrollable in the middle, and let him stop before the Hong Kong and Black Building completely collapsed.

Sensing the change in the environment, Matsushima finally raised his head with relief, and hurriedly checked Chuya's situation.

He had thought that he would see Chuya who was suppressing his rage, who was in uncontrollable grief, who was blinded by hatred, or who was in some other extreme mood - but anyway, Chuya It shouldn't be what he sees now...

What he saw was just there in a daze, as if he hadn't heard Qingtong's last words he repeated just now, and he was a little dazed thinking about something—maybe he didn't think about anything, but The last sentence left by the old man made him subconsciously regain his humanity.

Matsushima doesn't know Qingtong, just as he doesn't know what Qingtong means to Chuya.Just as he was secretly speculating on Chuya's thoughts at the moment, he was shocked and clearly saw a scene he shouldn't have seen——

On Zhongya's face, which was still in a trance, two lines of crystal clear liquid slowly slipped down without Zhongya himself realizing it.Those few tears fell to the ground just like that, just like the pair of clearest blue pupils that Zhongya carefully cared for in a secret corner of his heart, they just shattered and splashed away, no longer complete, and could never be found again ...

Episode 23.

When he stood in front of Qingtong's tomb again, Zhong Ye had returned to his usual appearance in front of others.

After learning that in the Ganghei Building, the entire floor where Zhongye's office was located was completely destroyed by Zhongye's gravity, Hongye rushed to the cemetery by the sea in person.

Just like the last time I saw Zhong Ye here, this time it was the two of them who Qingtong was most familiar with in Hong Kong and Heilongjiang, standing in front of Qingtong's tombstone with different postures.

The bottle of icewine, which was kept under strict storage conditions, had already been opened, and even though it was complained that the taste was too sweet, most of the bottle had already been drunk.But only the cup placed in front of the tomb remained unmoved, reflecting the sunset glow, shining like the most clear ruby.

Zhong also sat on the stone steps in front of Qingtong's tomb in an extremely natural posture, completely disregarding the majestic and dignified image of mafia cadres cultivated by painstaking efforts over the years.Because of the alcohol, his cheeks had already turned a suspicious blush, but in his seemingly blurred eyes, due to the extreme grief, there was still a cruel gleam of clarity.

"You already know." Hongye finally couldn't help but speak, and said in an affirmative tone.

"Ah." Zhong was just vague