After choosing a big adventure at Lupine's Bar

Mingyin himself knew that something was wrong with his little finger after hooking that Mr. Phantom.

Suddenly I can't move freely.

It's not that he has any bad habits in "agreement" or "discourse", but the influence caused by the hooked object.

And he knew that if he hooked up with that person, something bad might happen.

He knew it would be like this, but he still did it.

Mingyin hesitated for a moment, and told Xiaoyu about the young man.

"Why make an agreement with him? It's not necessary, is it?" Xiaoyu's eyes were quiet, as if she was asking some common parental shortcoming.

"Because..." The words that came out of my mouth got stuck at the beginning.

…why?

He doesn't like to think about it.

Although due to professional reasons, he is used to observing the people around him and always involuntarily dissects their emotions, but he never thinks about "himself".

This is an instinctive avoidance.

Mingyin didn't realize this until now.

Or rather, "forced" to realize it.

There was always something repulsive dormant inside him, and once he discovered it, there was no going back.

"... Mingyin," the girl called her by her first name as always, "Do you still remember when we first met? Finger..."

[Pull the hook, pull the hook, a liar will swallow a thousand needles. 】

"You hooked your fingers with me too."

"why?"

Mingyin fell silent.

He knew that Xiao Yu was not really asking him why he had hooked up with him at that time, but wanted to guide him to think about why he would do such a self-defeating thing now.

Yes, suicidal.

The black mist wrapped around his fingers seems to be a substance similar to time. If it is not purified in time, it will be contaminated with An Wu a little bit.

When An Wu erodes into the internal organs, it is the end of life.

Although An Wu can be washed away with clean water, the black mist cannot be removed for the time being.

"Hey, Mingyin, you know that, right?"

Xiaoyu raised her head and moved her face closer to him, covering the back of his hand with her hand, breathing clearly and perceptibly.

"If this goes on, you will disappear."

Hearing this, Mingyin flattened the corners of her mouth.

They seldom talk about this matter on the bright side, they just tacitly tell it.

Strictly speaking, Mingyin on May [-]th cannot be regarded as a "human being", but an artificial creature with a similar human form created by the power of "feather".

There are other worlds beyond this world.

From the kingdom of sand dunes, the princess Sakura of Jiulou has incredible power. Because of someone's ambition, the "feathers" containing power are scattered to various worlds.

On May [-]th, because of this incident many years ago, Xiao Yu got a feather.

Just like her name, tiny feathers.

She was born with a strong spiritual power, but her spiritual power was strengthened by the feather.

This worsened the parent-child relationship that was already tense because of his "different from ordinary people".

One day more than 6 years ago, when she was shut out by her mother whose mental state had reached a limit, she met her "brother".

A pure white feather with red patterns emerged from the girl's chest, hanging in mid-air, emitting a dazzling light.

Xiaoyu stared at the feather without blinking, watching it disintegrate, scatter into light spots, and slowly converge into a human form.

It was a boy with the same height as her and the same hair color. Even his eyes were similarly calm and unwavering. The hair that was too long at the back of his head was tied into a small knot with a dark red rope, and there was a mole under the corner of his left lip.

【Who are you? 】

Xiao Yu tilted her head.

[Mingyin, written as 'bright voice'. 】

【I am Xiaoyu, written as 'Small Feather'. 】

[Xiaoyu...] Mingyin read the name once, and smiled very shallowly, 【Let's make an agreement. 】

He gently held the girl's bandage-wrapped little hand and curled her little finger.

【I exist here because of Kohane, so...】

【Until you don't need me anymore, I will always be by your side, okay? 】

Xiaoyu nodded very lightly.

[It's been a long time... no one has called my name. 】

【…Feeling lonely? 】

【No,】Xiao Yu shook her head,【Because, my mother is probably the same way, I hope she can stop having nightmares. 】

Mingyin hooked her little finger and shook it slightly up and down.

【Pull the hook, pull the hook, a liar will swallow a thousand needles. 】

【...Only you can swallow a thousand needles, is that okay? 】

【OK. 】

Because of the incredible power of "Feather", Mingyin became "May [-]th Mingyin" the moment she appeared in the world, and she and May [-]th Kohane are twin siblings.

As if he was born and raised here from the beginning, he has household registration, resume, and other people's memories of him.

It seems that only Xiaoyu himself was not affected by this "distortion of reality" power.

Although this did not improve the estrangement between Xiaoyu and her mother, and it was even worse because both children had strange powers, but when the two held hands and snuggled together, something developed in a good direction.

Since the day when Xiao Yu met Jun Xun on April [-]st.

Princess Sakura and her party embarked on a journey to retrieve the feathers.

But later, after they learned the truth of the journey and Fei Wang's ambition, they decided not to look for the remaining feathers.

Including this root that made Mingyin.

At that time, Mingyin met the princess in a dream.

[The body made of feathers is not stable...] She frowned slightly, reminding Ming Yin, [Please be sure, don't forget your name... That probably is the proof of your being a human being. 】

[Am I a "human being"? 】

[Although we are all man-made things, me, that person, and you... But, we are indeed human beings. 】

The unstable body will collapse across the board if it is not careful.

It's just because Xiao Yu is fine now alone, so he always feels that it doesn't matter.

"Mingyin," Xiao Yu stroked his cheek with one hand, "You didn't live for me, for the promise."

"Otherwise, neither I nor Jun Xun will be happy."

"Because you and Jun Xun are very similar in this respect."

Mingyin recalled the accident of falling from a building six years ago.

After Kohane was taken in by Yuko's acquaintance, the divination mother-in-law, he has been temporarily living in the "shop".

So that day, he saw it.

The bloody look after falling from the window on April [-]st.

On the way to the store, a lot of blood was shed.

The accident was the result of many coincidences, but in the final analysis, it was because of that person's self-destructive tendencies.

"Mingyin, you are my most important person. Please don't forget this matter."

Kohane smiled lightly.

"Speaking of which, you imitated Junxun's accident before and almost jumped off."

"Accidentally brought myself too far." Mingyin laughed dryly and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

"Little finger, what should I do..." Xiao Yu thought about it, "If the black fog cannot be eliminated, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

"I know a nameless god who is very good at 'cutting', so there should be a way."

Xiao Yu slept in the hotel that night, and Sakura got a roommate as she wished.

Early the next morning, Mingyin opened the curtains with heavy eyelids, and saw Yato's cheek pressed against the window, patting the window in a very embarrassing posture.

Mingyin's sleep-deprived brain took 30 seconds to kick in.

He casually put on the shawl and went out in slippers.

"What happened to you so early in the morning?" Mingyin yawned.

"This, I found it!" Yato grabbed the red hair rope that Mingyin had lost before, with a proud face.

"Ah...thank you." Mingyin took it dumbly.

"Why are you not happy at all, it's rare that I'm kind..." As he spoke, he noticed something was wrong, "What's wrong with your little finger? An Wu is so serious."

"This?" Mingyin stretched out her little finger.

"It's not good. It seems to be more serious than yesterday. I can't move my wrist."

"Don't you eat with your hands? At least show me more care!"

"Well, I'm good with both hands."

"Really..." Yato scratched his head, "When I find the artifact..."

He muttered, and suddenly had an idea.

"That's right! I found the person with the clear "Qi" I mentioned earlier. One came to Yokohama from other places yesterday, and the other is a local. "

"What's the name, Hirome Kisuke and Oda Sakunosuke."

"..."

"What's the matter, shocked by my efficiency?"

"No, it's just..." Mingyin rested his forehead with one hand, "I happen to know both of these two people."

"That's not right," Yato snapped his fingers, "If you stay with them, the black mist will disappear soon."

"However, speaking of it, you are usually very careful, how could you suddenly be contaminated with such serious An Wu?"

Mingyin tied up her hair while returning to him.

"Meet a cute furry monster."

For the time being, he believed what Yato said.

Sure enough, Mr. Odasaku has a magical aura?

However, it's not good to bother him all day long.

Yesterday he said that he wanted to ask him for help, or it might just be a polite talk.

Jing Jun didn't come to Yokohama to play, but to work.

"Is it a cute furry monster..." Yato added another piece of information, noncommittal.

"That person named 'Oda Sakunosuke' has a very powerful superpower... he can predict his own death in 5 seconds."

"It's super easy to use in battle. 5 seconds can save too many things."

When Mingyin heard this, she suddenly stopped talking.

In the morning of early spring, the sea breeze is bitter, and the warm and cold damp and cold air brushes over the drooping tassels of the shawl.

Predict my own death in 5 seconds...

In other words, his life so far has actually been stepped on his own corpse step by step.

What is the concept of "self" death for that person?