I still found the wrong target for the strategy today [Comprehensive]

Akutagawa's illness was mainly due to his own weak body, which directly caused infection and fever after being injured, and the longer it dragged on without medicine, the more fatal it was, which led to the current somewhat delirious state.

Fortunately, Hanase brought back enough things to survive this time. Everyone, including Yin, was very curious about her experience, but Akutagawa didn't say a word about it.

This is because of Akutagawa's indifference to external things. For example, if someone dies suddenly in front of his eyes, others may be a little surprised, but to Akutagawa, it is nothing at all. It is very common to wake up at night and find that the companions around you have turned into skeletons.

Hanase has never seen Akutagawa showing any fluctuating expressions. Not only that, she even seldom speaks. Even if she is knocked down and cannot stand up on the ground, she will only stare at him with those emotionless pupils. a void.

He is known as "The Heartless Dog".

At this moment, this dog who doesn't bark in the eyes of outsiders, who is extremely ferocious, said that he was drinking what Hanase fed him expressionlessly.

——This process is relatively complicated. Simply put, "violent suppression" is enough to explain it.

When Hanase was not around, no one dared to ask Akutagawa to do something forcefully, even for his good advice, he would hang on his mouth like a choke in his throat under the lifeless temperament, and finally he couldn't say it, and it disappeared.

And after Hanase came back, the scene was——

"Open your mouth, I want to open your mouth too."

"Eat a little more today than yesterday, and eat even if you don't want to. I just let you eat so little yesterday to take care of your stomach."

"The food is enough, let you eat it, don't swallow it so fast."

"If you don't finish eating, I'll throw you out to feed the wolves."

... The last sentence made the friends next to me tremble with fear, and they all cut off their thoughts of reading gossip, and devoured the food in their hands.

Food is a very precious thing in the slums, especially for weak children like them, who are often snatched from their mouths by adults or stronger ones, or even by certain animals.

Therefore, the ones you grab must be eaten quickly. Whether it is scalding hot or cold and moldy, even the experience of eating grass roots in the snow, these are nothing.

What is in front of you is fresh food, you don't need to snatch it, and you don't need to be afraid of being taken away by others.

The existence of Shiina Hanase itself is like a dream.

The reason why Akutagawa needs to be fed is of course because of his inconvenient mobility, and correspondingly in other things, such as changing clothes and cleaning... Originally, I thought about asking Yin to help, or anyone else. Yes, but not Hanase.

Hanase was quite puzzled: "Why did Dudu reject me?"

Akutagawa didn't answer her, and his face looked ugly. To be honest, being able to see the ugly on this lifeless face is already a big limit. Hanase also came to this conclusion by relying on the keenness of getting along with him for many years.

It is of course impossible to expect to get an answer from Akutagawa.

Hanase changed her clothes on her own, washed the injured area and some parts of her body, and finally applied medicine to him.

The whole process was also carried out under violent crushing, and the current Akutagawa couldn't beat Hanase at all.

The black clothes he was originally wearing were ready to move, as if he could talk to launch an attack at any time, and the onlookers did not dare to approach him. When he came back, he could calmly press his shoulder blades and said coldly: "Can you relax a little bit? No Good medicine."

Everyone held their breath and watched Rashomon like a lurking evil spirit.Quietly took it back.

Basically everyone feels that it doesn't matter where Hanase has been during this time, what matters is what Hanase's return brings, and it also ushers in a new round of support for them.

Perhaps because of careful care, the children in the slums have always been able to withstand beatings, and Akutagawa was able to move freely and get out of bed within a few days, but the work of taking medicine has not been erased from the relationship between the two.

This day, Amase applied the medicine to Akutagawa according to the procedure, and the action was very light, but even if it was a little heavier, Akutagawa would not make the slightest sound.

Others tacitly agreed not to disturb them at this time, and every time this time came, it seemed to be the space between the two of them.

"Who beat you up like this?"

Hanase spoke suddenly.

Akutagawa didn't answer immediately. After applying the medicine, he pulled his collar up, his voice still a little hoarse: "Do you know what to do?"

"See if I can avenge you."

"What I need is not revenge."

Akutagawa coughed twice, turned his face away, "The most important thing to think about now is how to maintain this situation. It doesn't feel good to fall from heaven to hell, and rashly provoking other people may bring about major disasters. "

Hanase poured him a glass of warm water, and also poured a glass for herself. The two sat at the table, and she said softly, "Aren't you very clear?"

Akutagawa who jumped into the pit unexpectedly and was euphemistically "educated": "..."

He glanced at Hanase without emotion, turned his gaze back, and said nothing.

Hanase didn't mind his attitude at all. After getting along for a long time, she knew what Akutagawa's temperament was. Now she continued to get the information she wanted, and Hanase asked, "Who is that person?"

Noticing Akutagawa's movement, Hanase continued: "I won't be reckless and impulsive, I just want to have a general understanding of the current distribution and composition of forces."

Generally speaking, the distribution of power in slums becomes more fixed as you go to the upper level, like a progressive pyramid, and those at the bottom can be replaced at any time. It is not uncommon to replace them, and the higher you go, the harder it is.Judging from Akutagawa's injuries, the person he's facing shouldn't be a particularly powerful person. Hanase already has a few candidates in mind, and she just wants to find Akutagawa to make the final decision.

In the end Akutagawa still said a name, and Hanase nodded calmly after hearing this, with a calm expression and did not make any gestures.

The comfortable life lasted for a few days, and Akutagawa insisted on going out. He thought that if he stayed in such a comfortable environment for a long time, he would lose his ability to respond to crises, and what he could not lack was this ability to adapt.

This is the correct approach with a sense of crisis, and others have echoed his decision, even though Akutagawa's injuries are not fully healed.

But unlike usual, they knew that Hanase was following Akutagawa this time.

Before Akutagawa went out, the two had argued.

Hanase: "You are still injured, don't be so brave. The existing conditions are clearly enough for you to recover from the injury, why drag the sick body to aggravate the injury?"

Akutagawa: "Is this kind of thing rare? You need to crawl out of hell when you are seriously injured. If you lose the courage to face such pain, your heart will already relax when you face a crisis."

Although Akutagawa doesn't usually speak, he still has a set of principles when he talks about it. Whether he is right or wrong, he can always stun people. Hanase often can't talk to him, and he can only compromise in the end.

When Akutagawa went out, she was worried, so she followed him quietly. Others knew this well, but no one told Akutagawa.

But only one day, Hanase came back and stopped doing things like this.

Silver saw Hanase sitting on the steps in a daze, and ran to her side: "What's wrong? Did my brother find you?"

"Your brother..." Hanase looked a little dazed, and answered irrelevantly, "He is really strong."

Even if he is seriously injured, he can continue to challenge the limit. The dark and cold aura covering his whole body is like Shura, telling everyone that he doesn't need to care about him, let alone inviolable.

Hanase suddenly realizes that her concern for Akutagawa - even under the serious injury of dying - may be superfluous.

Yin didn't understand what Hanase had seen, and naturally he didn't understand her deep meaning, but subconsciously wanted to make the relationship between the two of them better: "You are kind to my brother, and my brother knows it. Don’t say it, but I still really care about you.”

Hanase lowered her eyes: "I have nothing to care about."

Regardless of whether Akutagawa is the central character or not, she doesn't want to attack.

The friendship that lives and dies together cannot be explained clearly in a few words, and it should not be affected by love that will be destroyed sooner or later.

"How could it be!" Yin exclaimed in a low voice, in an unbelievable manner, "Did brother really lose his temper with you today?"

"No, how could he lose his temper?"

Akutagawa rarely even has mood swings. To be precise, maybe he can't feel the existence of those emotions now, so after Dazai appeared, he almost regarded him as a god.

Hanase propped her chin and said truthfully: "I just suddenly realized that maybe he never needed protection."

Silver choked.

Subconsciously want to refute this theory, but do not know where to find an argument.

It's not that the strong don't need protection. People who seem to walk alone and alone may have expectations for a specific person. All assertions are not absolutely correct under the changeable human nature.

Hanase's words made Gin suddenly feel uneasy as if he was about to lose something.

"I've always wanted to ask..." Gin spoke slowly, with great courage, "Hanase, why are you being so nice to my brother?"

It has been like this since he appeared, but it seems that Hanase is not a very loving person when getting along with him, but he and Akutagawa have been treated the same for him and Akutagawa in the past few years.

Hanase was taken aback when he heard the words: "Does this need a reason?"

"Of course it is necessary. No one will be so nice to another person for no reason." Yin was silent for a while, and hesitantly asked the question that had been pressed in his heart for a long time, "Hanase, do you like brother?"

Hanase turned her face to look at Gin, without any hesitation, she answered firmly, "I don't like it."

The tone of this sentence seems to be not only an answer, but also a promise that such feelings will not arise in the future.

Yin was stunned and couldn't take his eyes back. After a while, he smiled awkwardly and said, "This, that's it... I know."

Hanase reached out and squeezed her palm, like she used to do every time she reassured Gin.

"Love is not a necessity, nor is it that good." Hanase's tone was light, as if talking about other people's affairs, "I am the worst option."

This is not out of contempt or inferiority for herself, but out of the objective fact of choosing love, Hanase clearly knows that she is not a good love partner.

Yin left silently with his head down, unprepared to see a shadow flashing past the corner of the wall, as if dazzled.

And this day Akutagawa came back very late, and didn't say a word to Hanase.