[K] Shoot Zhou Fangzun

Until the end, Zhou Fang did not tell Ogata the reason for calling her back.

He even said that after listening to Ogata's statement, he was considering whether to tell her the truth.

The text message sent to his terminal came from Yosuke Tanaka, the person in charge of the Golden Mistletoe project and the leader of the second scientific research team of the Life Science Research Laboratory. Four rounds of re-examination.According to Tanaka, if Zhou Fang was on the scene, he could "effectively stop Toru Ogata's radical behavior."

Because Kaitong Temple Aoi died.

The golden plant harvested her life, and the time when the mistletoe penetrated the ventricle was nearly a day and a half earlier than the expected value of the scientific research team. They had tried their best, but they still could not prevent the recovery of the tree of life.

Zhou Fang stuffed the terminal back into his pocket, leaning against the window lattice, absently flipping through the poetry collection in his palm.This volume of Eliot's poetry originally belonged to Ogata, but it was stained with her blood during the first reexamination, and it has remained with him ever since.

The dried blood at the foot of the page showed a black-red color under the sunlight, Zhou Fang turned to a page he had read again, and the familiar verse made him startled for a few seconds.He stroked the black writing with his fingertips, remained silent, and finally closed the thin book.

This is the way the world ends

Notwithabangbutawhimper.

But for Ogata and the others, the way the world ends doesn't even exist, the tree of life will drain all the energy and body/fluid of the mother, and they have no chance to cry at all.

When Ogata woke up, what he saw was the silhouette of Su Fang standing by the window basking in the sun.

The sunlight outlined a layer of gold on his outline, and his short red hair looked extra warm under this light. He probably heard her movement, and turned his face to look at her.

Ogata's movements paused, and she rubbed her temples and asked wearily, "What time is it? You should wake me up if something happens."

"Reexamination." Zhou Fang leaned against the window, calmly watching the black-haired girl who had just woken up.She was troubled by the headache after a hangover, her thin eyebrows were twisted, and under the sunlight, her pale face was a little transparent.

"You go downstairs first, I will come to you as soon as possible." She smiled at him, her emerald eyes were full of tiredness, Zhou Fang unconsciously glanced at the metal instrument on her right arm, and on the electronic screen The red number displayed was getting smaller and smaller, his eyes darkened, he promised her and turned to leave.

On the way to the management center of supernatural beings, Zhou Fang mentioned the news of Aoi Kaidoji's death to her. He thought that Ogata would be shocked or frightened, but unexpectedly, the black-haired girl was just stunned, and soon disappeared. accepted the fact.

"Kui has been receiving injections of various experimental medicines, and I have also participated in the tests of several of them. There is a controlled-release preparation that has a good sedative effect, but no one can tell what the medicine will do to the tree of life after mixing. Such a stimulus. The moment we accepted the agreement, we were mentally prepared to struggle for survival, which was to risk our lives.”

Xu Xu explained to him that they were walking side by side, Zhou Fang could clearly see her calm and composed expression, that kind of attitude that he was accustomed to made him feel distressed inexplicably.

She didn't find out, and continued to talk about the current situation casually, "The investigation of S4 has no clue. Although there have been some small progress, the investigation of Ryota Asakawa or 'father' has come to a deadlock. I want to find out the source of life. The tree's restraint method probably won't work anymore. I want to try again, if the test medicine this time is still ineffective, I don't want to go for injections for the rest of the day."

She smiled, raised her hand to wrap her long hair behind her ears, then looked at Zhou Fang who was watching her, and asked, "Will you feel disadvantaged? Stay with me."

He held her left hand that was wrapped around the tip of her hair, and replied as he walked: "You are the one who suffers."

Ogata was held by his hand, and warmth came from his palm.

"I think so too." She looked up at him, and smiled softly, "It's not easy to be liked by Zun, but I can only get along with Zun for a few days, no matter how I think about it, I feel that I have lost a lot."

His fingers tightened, and Ogata waited for a long time without hearing his answer.

The translucent golden tree whiskers form a huge symmetrical sixteen-wing shape in the air. The delicate and complicated vein patterns seem to convey some mysterious power. The golden liquid flows in the tree veins, forming a self-circulating cycle and endless life.

If it can be ignored that it grows from the heart of the corpse, and its roots are still deeply rooted in the broken heart, then the tree of life can be called a miracle in the biological world.With its unique energy system, elegant and gorgeous appearance, and unspeakable religious connotations, this kind of filthy tree that grows by sucking human flesh and blood is stunned in its beauty.

Ogata stood outside the glass wall of the isolation room, quietly looking at the heavily protected body that was once called Haitong Temple. She thought that she would become like that one day, becoming a body sucked by the tree of life. The empty shell, the ostentatious tree wings unfolded in mid-air, cruel and beautiful, delicate and bloody.

She took two steps back, turned around and took Zun's hand, only when she felt his warmth, could she slightly drive away the coldness that permeated her heart.

"If I become like Haitong Temple, you must burn me to ashes before S4 finds me."

She reached out to ask for his hug, and Zhou Fang naturally pulled her into his arms.He looked up at the beautiful golden plants in the isolation room, and agreed to her request with an indescribably complicated mood.

For Toru Ogata, every second she spends with him is blissful yet terrifying at the same time. This intertwined emotion makes her both enjoy and uneasy.She misses the time spent with him more and more, even if she doesn't say or do anything, just being in the same space and doing her own thing - even if it's just like this, she will feel satisfied.

The two who left the laboratory and returned to Homra avoided the topic of the tree of life at the same time, as if they forgot what they saw today.Zhou Fang lazily basked in the sun and took a nap as usual, while Ogata was busy watering potted plants, preparing dinner ingredients, and playing with Mao Jiu for a while when he was free.

The retrieved little white dog was not very flexible when running. According to the identification given by the pet hospital, the right hind leg was born with dysplasia. This is probably why the little guy was abandoned.Nevertheless, the members of Homra still love it very much, especially Misaki Hatta and Kosuke Fujishima. Whenever they are free, they will take Maojiu out for a walk, and even add a lot of messy things to it regardless of Kusanagi’s obstruction. .

For example, the little orange sweater Mao Jiu is wearing now was bought by Fujishima. The already chubby white hair balls are covered with a layer of warm orange, which looks like a rolling orange when running around.

The little hairball has been in Homra for ten days, and has become familiar with several people who often hang out in the bar.It has grown in a circle, but it is still a small lump for an adult.Mao Jiu likes to find people to play with, and especially likes to pester Zun.Probably because Ogata and Shuo were the ones who brought it back, so it has always been very warm to them both.

Seeing that Ogata was taking care of the leaves of the potted plants, he had no time to care about it, the idle little white dog rolled to the foot of the sofa, and the sound of whining and humming woke up the half-sleeping Zhou Fang.He looked down and saw a ball of orange fur, so he moved it away boredly. The chubby little white dog thought he was playing with it, and soon came closer.

When Ogata found Mao Jiu, it was thumping on the floor, struggling with its short legs for a long time before getting up and standing still, the culprit didn't care at all, and was yawning without guilt.Ogata walked over to pick up the puppy, patted the dust off its clothes, looked at Zhou Fang and said, "If you're sleepy, go upstairs and sleep."

"No." He rubbed his short hair as usual.

"Can't sleep? It's good to lie down and have a rest. Take a shower and change clothes. When you come out of the laboratory, you smell like disinfectant. It hasn't gone away after half a day." Ogata approached him and sniffed, but he pinched his face Rubbing, "Hurry up, hurry up, I just want to help Mao Jiu take a bath, Hatta must have taken him out for a walk again, his paws are dirty."

After chasing the lazy red lion back upstairs, Ogata hugged the chubby Mao Jiu to take a bath.

Mao Jiu has a very good temper. Unexpectedly, his combat power surged during the bath, and Ogata could hardly catch it.After finally washing it, Ogata was messed up by the water and foam. She simply cleaned up her clothes, looked at Maojiu who was shaking her hair and water, and plugged the hair dryer in her hand. Going back to the original place, he picked up the struggling Mao Jiu and trotted all the way to find Zhou Fang.

"Zun, Zun, dry it up!"

The wet and soft dumpling was stuffed into Zhou Fang's arms. The red-haired man who was smoking a cigarette and flipping through magazines was taken aback for a moment, and then glanced at her impatiently.A red flame flashed for a moment, Mao Jiu, a fluffy and soft white fur, stood on his lap vigorously, Zhou Fang carried it to the empty seat on the sofa, and he himself pulled Ogata to his side.

"How did it happen?" He frowned at Ogata who was in a mess, and was about to dry the moisture on her body, but the other party waved his hand and said, "I have no experience in bathing Maojiu for the first time, and it is too floppy." , I'll just go and change my clothes. You take it with me for a while, and I'll clean it up."

Ogata was busy for a while.After taking care of herself, she didn't go upstairs immediately, but first planned the dishes to be prepared for the evening. Tonight, only Anna, Kusanagi, Zun and her stayed in the bar.It is now three o'clock in the afternoon, Kusanagi has an appointment to go out, Anna is invited by Kamamoto and Hatta to participate in the food festival, and only she and Zun are left in the house.

"Where's Mao Jiu?" She handed the soda biscuit to Zhou Fang, looking for the fluffy white guy.

"In the nest." Zhou Fang pulled her into his arms and dried her long wet hair.He smelled an unfamiliar light fragrance, with a bit of sweetness, which was not annoying, "Have you taken a shower?"

"Well, anyway, I need to change into clean clothes, and my hair is also covered with foam, so take a shower to refresh." Ogata leaned against his chest, unpacking the soda biscuits with his hands, and smiled a little teasingly Said: "The ability of the red group is very convenient. It won't be cold to take a bath in winter, and you can dry your hair without a hair dryer."

Because she didn't plan to go out, she was dressed very simply, a home-style cotton plaid shirt, fitted jeans, and no odd ornaments, which looked soft and clean.Zhou Fang put his hands around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, watching her unpack the biscuits.The heat from his body enveloped her, and the warm temperature made her a little drowsy.

"Are you hungry? Seeing that you haven't eaten much at noon, let's use a biscuit as a pad before dinner, or you will have a stomachache again." Ogata broke off half a soda biscuit and handed it to his mouth.

Zhou Fang lazily replied: "I don't want to eat."

"Then I'll eat it later." She didn't force him, anyway, she was hungry, and half a biscuit quickly entered her stomach.

"Sleepy." The red lion gently rubbed her cheek, his voice thick and lazy.

"Huh? Go to sleep, I'll go back to my room and read a book."

Ogata picked up the biscuit bag to get up, but Zhou Fang didn't let her go.He chuckled lowly in her ear, and when he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse with laziness.

"Hey, won't you accompany me?" he asked.