Akutagawa's Life as a Savior

It might seem strange to hold a book club while exploring the ruins, but the subtlety fits Kurapika's style.

This afternoon is a good time, they have arrived at the scheduled location, they can rest for an afternoon, and Xiaojie and Qi Ya can't stop running outside the camp to play, no one disturbs them, it's a perfect time.

Although he came to explore the ruins, Kurapika still brought a lot of books. At this time, Xiaojie and Kiya should be in the front line, and Akutagawa and Kurapika are responsible for reading books in the back.

The book club obviously needs to be held in a place with excellent scenery, just like where they are sitting now, with green grass at their feet, green mountains and majestic mountains above their heads, and shade trees above their heads.The two sat on a table and chair made of stone, two cups of tea were steaming, next to a plate of baked biscuits, Kurapika was adding sugar and milk to the tea.

"Has Mr. Akutagawa read that book? Dionysus."

"Read it, it's really wonderful, and your recommendations are always impeccable."

"Thank you for the compliment," Kurapika said with a smile, "As long as Mr. Akutagawa likes it."

"What does Akutagawa-san think of the protagonist? I think this character is very attractive, although he abandons his wife and son, and has a love affair..." Kurapika laughed as he spoke.

"Emm, so to speak, he is a rotten person with no sense of responsibility. But in the end, he is the only one who is willing to sacrifice everything to pursue his ideals. He abandons all despicable desires, passionate emotions, and a healthy body, just to pursue the purest Spiritual realm. From this point of view, he is simply a saint."

Akutagawa pondered for a while, "Probably because I have to, I can't control myself, and compared with that kind of instinctive fanatical appeal, everything in reality becomes insignificant."

"Mr. Akutagawa's answer was very passionate." Kurapika laughed happily.

Akutagawa's head was full of question marks, he couldn't figure out where the passion in the answer just now was, but he didn't refute it.

Students' ideas need to be respected, and they should not be given a feeling that they are not valued.

This is what he saw in educational textbooks.

Kurapika saw his confusion, but didn't explain it, just smiled happily. Akutagawa's answer was obviously talking about his personal feelings, because of his own experience, he resonated with the characters in the book.

With such a feeling, how can it be described without passion?

"What does Mr. Akutagawa think is the meaning of life? I can't understand this protagonist, maybe because the author made him too ordinary and vulgar at the beginning. , but in the end, he was able to sacrifice everything just to fulfill his own inner demands, how did such a person do it?"

Akutagawa put down his teacup, pondered for a while, tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, and finally shook his head frankly, "I can't answer your question, I used to be able to do this, but now that feeling seems to have withered, I can't Understand the protagonist and myself at the time."

"I once spent most of my life chasing a figure, a monument, and using everything I have to win him a compliment. Even if I fall into hell, I will climb up to the world for him."

"I gave up later, and suddenly felt that everything was meaningless. I couldn't understand the sacrifices I made for him at that time. Maybe my obsession was not strong enough and I was defeated."

He secretly thought, maybe because of this, I started to worry about Yin's life alone, and now I don't have the kind of sharpness and obsession that can break through everything.

Or maybe I finally found out that I am only an individual, and I may fail, so I have to make plans for the future instead of blindly pursuing forward.

Kurapika turned his head to look at Akutagawa, there was an unconscious calmness and compassion in his eyes, Akutagawa was drinking tea with his head down, his eyes were dim and unclear, the sunlight after being divided by leaves shone on his face, strength and fragility coexisted in this on the man.

And it's too much trust in me to expose my weaknesses so easily.

But he is really strong, and injuries or anything can't beat him at all.

Kurapika couldn't help feeling admiration for him, not because of his strength, Akutagawa has the charm of a strong man, but Kurapika saw the extremely tenacious vitality in him, the kind of eternal vitality , Never willing to fail, even if you are thrown into hell, you still have to struggle to climb out of obsession.

Even if he is frustrated, even if he is injured, he still has to go on by any means.

The cruelty of life has left extremely beautiful marks on him. As a human being, he is undoubtedly very moving.

"Mr. Akutagawa, please be my teacher. Don't think about it anymore. I believe that Mr. Akutagawa will be the best teacher I can meet in my life."

Akutagawa, who was still immersed in his thoughts, was suddenly pulled back by him, and asked him with a blink of an eye: "Are you sure? Wouldn't it be sad to think about the Phantom Troupe? Actually, even if you don't ask me to be your teacher, I will teach you how to change your mind." Strong."

At that time, Akutagawa's proposal to accept apprentices was just to prepare for teaching him, but he didn't plan to let Kurapika apprentice.After all, even if it wasn't intentional, Akutagawa was indirectly responsible for the extermination of the Kuruta clan. Even if Kurapika didn't hate him, how could he not have any grudges in his heart.

He didn't expect that after Kurapika's inevitable estrangement at the beginning, he actually did what he said, excluding other factors and simply looking at him alone.

Kurapika smiled and said, "I know, the teacher has no reservations about me, so I am more sure that the teacher is the best teacher I can meet."

"If that's the case, then fine."

Akutagawa put his hands on Kurapika's shoulders in a strange way, "As a teacher, I have no other requirements for you, whether you do good or evil, as long as you can live smoothly."

"Thank you, Sensei." Kurapika laughed.

Akutagawa thought for a while, and said comfortingly to Kurapika: "But if you really accidentally die, I will help you avenge it, whether it is the person who killed you or the Phantom Troupe."

"There is no need for this. If the teacher is so strong, but I simply died, wouldn't I be very sorry for the teacher?"

Akutagawa laughed, but he did have a slight regret in his heart. Regarding what happened back then, why couldn't he do better at that time? Obviously, he only needed to be more careful.

I don't know if Kurapika noticed Akutagawa's strangeness, but he always smiled happily. When reading, he often shared the wonderful passages in the book with Akutagawa, and spent a very pleasant afternoon.

The study session ended before the sun went down, and Kurapika finished dinner by himself.

Xiaojie and Qi Ya came back a little late today, and it seems that they will gain something.

So the two ate first, because the barbecue with lettuce is so delicious, wouldn't it be a pity to let it cool down?

Halfway through eating, Qi Ya rushed in first, his hair drooping down and his face covered with ashes.

"Okay, you two, it's too much to steal and eat without our backs! Hurry up and get some more, I want to eat too."

Xiaojie followed behind him, with a lot of odds and ends hanging on his body, and said excitedly: "Kurapica, Akutagawa, it's a pity that you didn't go today. Kiya and I discovered a very interesting place today."

"Eat first." Kurapika stood up, and put the previously prepared meat skewers, vegetable skewers, fruit skewers, etc. on the grill.

"You two go wash your hands first and put everything down."

After entering the ruins, it’s like entering the survival mode in the wild. The food I bring is for emergency. I usually use local materials for meals. Fortunately, there is Kurapika, and I use as few kitchen utensils as possible to make tricks.

But one thing is very bad, Kurapika will strictly control the type and method of food intake, and strive to eat healthy and nutritious food.

Xiaojie and Qiya felt that it was very bad. They didn’t eat out as much as eating hot pot and barbecue. They drank soup and salad every day. What kind of picnic was this.

It's a pity that those who can cook and are willing to cook have the right to speak. In Xiaojie's words, Kurapika is like Aunt Mit in the kitchen. Therefore, eating barbecue is a very cherished opportunity, and you must eat enough.

"This is the weird monster we caught yesterday. It tastes delicious."

"I told you yesterday that this is a rare species. There are less than a hundred of them in the outside world. It is a rare beast of SSS level. It is so delicious that it is almost eaten up. It can be said to be the white moonlight of a gourmet hunter. It is a pity that I The cooking skills are mediocre, and the ingredients are wasted."

"That's not it!" Xiaojie raised his thumb high, "Kurapica's cooking is super delicious, and this skewer is also super delicious!"

Kiya snickered, "It's delicious to cook now, but I still remember the nigiri sushi that Kurapika made during the hunter exam, fish wrapped in rice balls, it's so funny."

"Hey, Qi Ya, I also cook fish wrapped in rice balls. If you want to say, Qi Ya is the outlier. He actually made red wine and seafood risotto, which is even more unsuitable for sushi!" Xiaojie retorted unconvinced went back.

"What, delicious food is the most important thing, just like the barbecue made by Kurapika, you don't need to know what kind of monster it is, delicious food is enough, right, Kurapika?"

"Concentrate on eating, and organize the things you brought back after eating." Kurapika picked up the rice expressionlessly.

"Okay, okay, let's talk after dinner. By the way, I found a very interesting place in the afternoon. Let's go for a tour at night. It's very interesting. It's a pity that you didn't go. Go in first, thank us for remembering to bring you back and share with you." Qi Ya's blue eyes rolled, and a sly look appeared on his face.

"Hey, Qiya, didn't you say..." Xiaojie asked with some doubts.

"Yes, just to prevent you from missing it, Xiaojie and I suppressed our curiosity and deliberately didn't go in, just waiting to play with you!" Qi Ya interrupted Xiaojie loudly, blinking and blinking, Try to show his thoughtfulness.

Kurapika was expressionless.

"It must be that the two of you didn't know how to get in. If you want to help, just say it."

"How could it be? We obviously invited you to play together with good intentions." Qi Ya said with a wronged expression of being misunderstood out of good intentions, "You actually misunderstood me so much?"

"Besides, it's too embarrassing to say that you can't beat it. If we go together, we will work together and help each other."

"Actually, if the two of you can't fight, and I can't, you actually want to find Mr. Akutagawa."

"Yeah," Qi Ya said with a beaming smile, "Akutagawa is so strong, don't waste too much, you have such a good relationship with him, of course we have to start with you."