The strongest scum after me

It was sunny and sunny for several days, and it was so hot that ghosts could be seen on the road. Many people complained on social platforms that if this continues, they will be dried out.The sky seems to have heard everyone's complaints. After the sunny day in Yokohama today, it rained suddenly at night.

Thunder and lightning flashed outside the window, and dark clouds gathered above the dark city night sky, bringing a suffocating sense of oppression.The low pressure in the air makes people unreasonably irritable. When Shimizu Sakura closed the window, she subconsciously looked at the Yokohama Port in the distance. When the weather is fine, the calm and gentle sea becomes violent and violent in the storm. , The snow-white foam slapped was swallowed by the black sea water, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

She closed the window to temporarily block the wind and rain outside the window, but even if she was only exposed to the humid air for a short time, the broken hair on her forehead was still wet.

"Jay, thank you for taking me back."

Shimizu Sakura turned around and looked at the handsome young man behind her, she said gratefully.

During her time in Yokohama, Xia Youjie was always by her side and took care of her a lot.

It rained suddenly tonight, if he hadn't sent her back, she might have been drenched by the time she got home.

But the clothes on his shoulders and cuffs have been soaked by rain.

Xia Youjie did not speak, and his face was not the gentle or peaceful expression she had seen before, but was uncharacteristically silent.

He walked up to her, because Shimizu Sakura was sitting on a chair, he didn't want to look down on her, so he had to squat down halfway.

He raised his head and looked up at her without avoiding it.

His eyes wandered, from her light golden hair, to her snow-white skin, to her bright red lips, and finally fixed in her empty pupils.

He actually had a lot to say to her.

He wanted to say: "Sakura, what I'm going to do next, in your and Wu's opinion, it should be absolutely impossible to forgive."

He wanted to say: "But even so, even if you can't understand now, I still hope that you can believe me."

He wanted to say: "I don't want to describe you as weak or beautiful like those people. Such adjectives are too superficial for you, superficial to the point of insult. Sakura, you are the smartest and bravest I have ever met in my life , the toughest girl."

He also wanted to say: "Sakura, I really like you."

But in the end, in the end, he said nothing.

He didn't know when the "surveillance" eyes would appear, and whether they were still watching them at this moment.

So he can't say anything.

His silence seemed to be too long, so long that Shimizu Sakura noticed his abnormality.

She has always been a person who is very sensitive to changes in the surrounding atmosphere, and she was a little at a loss: "...Jie?"

Xia Youjie looked quietly at her pair of clear and bright pupils, his face was clearly reflected in it, it was no different from the face he usually saw in the mirror.

So he laughed as usual, handed her the warm milk in his hand, and said softly: "It's nothing, I'm just a little distracted."

"Sakura, drink the milk." He lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "It's late, you should go to bed."

Shimizu Sakura took the milk, she trusted him very much, so even if there was a brief hesitation, she still chose to drink it up.

When she woke up again, her consciousness was still very vague. Her soul seemed to be floating in mid-air, and it took a long time to land on the ground. The moment she returned to her body, she felt a clear pain in her wrist and ankle.

She opened her eyes.

The sight in front of her made Shimizu Sakura stunned for a moment.

She was on a cliff, and the huge full moon above the forest stared at her coldly.

Under the moonlight, there are bluestone steps and torii gates that seem to be stained red with blood. Candles are burning in the shrine in front of the shrine. It is obviously a weak flame, but it illuminates the entire shrine.In front of the empty pool, the long-handled wooden spoon used for cleaning hands rotated regularly in the pool, and the wind chimes on the hemp rope kept screaming sharply in the night sky.

A magnificent shrine.

This is clearly... the shrine she arrived at when she was robbed when she was 14 years old!

She remembered that after she was rescued by Gojo Satoru, the shrine was burned in a raging fire and turned into ruins.

But now, it is as clean as new, no different from what it was before it was destroyed.

It was back in front of her again, in the same posture it had never changed.

Shimizu Sakura suddenly felt a little cold.

That ominous, haunting premonition gripped her tightly again, as if she had never escaped from this shrine.

"you're awake."

Shimizu Sakura looked in the direction of the voice, and the slender and tall young man walked slowly in front of her, his tone and expression were still so gentle and gentle, Shimizu Sakura subconsciously wanted to ask Xia Youjie for help, but before he could speak, In a second, he suddenly realized that the one who brought her here... seemed to be Xia Youjie himself.

It was the glass of milk he gave her.

She was stunned for a moment, but her heart sank suddenly.

She looked up at Xia Youjie, his figure and the figure in the dream who sent the dagger into her heart without hesitation overlapped vaguely at this moment. If it was in the dream, she could still find the reason and reason for him , what about this time?What is the reason and reason for his betrayal this time?

She felt very uncomfortable, her throat was so dry that she wanted to cough, and after a long time of hard work, she finally squeezed out a sentence mixed with despair: "...Why?"

Xia Youjie was unmoved.

His expression is still calm and calm, as if he has made enough mental preparations before deciding to do something, so he will not waver in any situation he faces.

"Sakura, I have no malice towards you." He said softly, with a faint shadow covering his brows and eyes, "I brought you here just to tell you some facts and truths."

"About your life experience, about why you were adopted by the Gojo family, about why Satoru's attitude towards you is so strange and awkward, and the thing that has always been attached to your heart—"

"[Puppet Deed]."

The candlelight of the entire shrine mixed with the cold moonlight on the cliff reflected in Shimizu Sakura's eyes.

Like countless will-o'-the-wisps dancing and burning.

Xia Youjie and Gojo Satoru chose the place where the [Puppet Contract] changed hands, which is a shrine in the deep mountains of Aomori Prefecture.

He discovered the weirdness of this shrine a long time ago. It seems that it cannot be destroyed by humans.

Even if it is burned that night, the shrine will still exist in its original form the next day.

"...Why did you choose the location here?"

Gojo Satoru asked him.

Xia Youjie shouldn't have known about the existence of this shrine.

"This place is remote, so it's not easy to be found." Xia Youjie said succinctly, "And... Wu, I have memories of dreams just like you."

"I know that Sakura died here as a curse spirit, so this time, isn't it just right to treat this place as her new life?"

Xia Youjie said.

They walked on, and silence spread through the woods.

"Enlightenment." Xia Youjie said, "If you were given a chance, back when you were 14 years old, would you choose to sign a [puppet contract] with her and become her puppet in order to keep Sakura alive?"

Gojo Satoru was silent for a long, long time.

"...I don't know." He said, "I don't seem to have told you. At the beginning, the old guys from the Gojo family gave me the puppet contract. They hoped that I could use it to completely control Shimizu Sakura. She has completely become my accessory, willingly giving everything for me. But Shimizu Sakura is too innocent, why should she deserve to be wiped out by me as a person, her personality, feelings and dignity? She did nothing wrong, I I don’t want to use the puppet contract on her, so I hate it, to the point of abhorrence.”

"I love her, not because I really love her, but because of the existence of Puppet Qi so I have to love her."

When he used it, it was just because she was dying and he wanted to save her.

He never thought that as a [puppet], he would have to pay such a huge...price.

His emotions are controlled, his thoughts are out of control, and his previous ideals and morals have nothing to do with him.

Under the control of the puppet contract, he would willingly sacrifice everything for her, until he gave up his life for her.

And he could only clearly see all this happening, unable to resist.

Lost self-will, is he still him?

"The moment you asked this question, my first reaction in my heart was 'I will. If I go back to the age of 14 and know everything now, I will still choose to become a [puppet] for her', firmly no No hesitation."

"But what's ridiculous is that even this unswerving feeling of sacrificing for her...is just the result of being manipulated by the puppet contract."

He laughed lightly, unable to tell whether it was ironic or sad.

Xia Youjie stopped talking.

They walked through the red torii gate, getting closer and closer to the entrance of the shrine. Just as they were about to finish the last step of the bluestone steps, Gojo Satoru stopped.

Xia Youjie who had already passed the torii also stopped.

The fog in the mountains and forests at night was gradually thickening, filling the space between the two of them. They stood facing each other, but they could barely see each other's faces clearly.

"Enlightenment?" Xia Youjie said, "Why did you stop suddenly?"

"It's too quiet." Gojo Satoru said, "After walking for so long, I haven't heard a single bird call. It's really too quiet for the mountains and forests."

"Are you also afraid of places that are too quiet?" Xia Youjie smiled slightly, "Is it influenced by 'Silent Hill'? Don't worry, it's just a fictional place in the game, how could it exist in reality? ?”

"I'm not afraid of 'Silent Hill'. When we used to stay up late to beat the game, we were only excited. When have you ever seen me afraid?" Gojo Satoru also smiled, and he said, "But I am afraid. As soon as I walk into the shrine, Surrounded by conjurers prepared by high-level officials."

"I'm even more afraid..." He said softly, "Even my most trusted friend will betray me."

In the mountains and forests, only the sound of the wind whizzing by can be heard for a while, and the leaves rustled in the strong wind.

[Spell Reversal · Cang! 】

【Curse Spirit Manipulation! 】

As expected of a close friend, the swords are drawn to the extreme, and even Tu Qiong sees them in such a tacit understanding!

Neither side had the determination to kill the other, and after a brief confrontation, the score was scored in one blow. The moment Wujo Wuyue jumped into the sky, the six eyes clearly "saw" the many conjurers lurking in the shrine.

His heart was completely cold, there was no room for luck, he believed in him so much, entrusted all the people and things he couldn't let go of to his best friend, and Xia Youjie really betrayed him at this most critical moment killed him!

Unparalleled disappointment and anger filled his heart. He looked at Xia Youjie who was standing on the body of the curse spirit suspended in mid-air, and said word by word: "Why? Jie, I don't believe you are such a person."

"Ah, so you think so. I'm sorry to disappoint you." Compared with Gojo Satoru, who was emotionally depressed, Xia Youjie seemed unwavering, and he even had the strength to maintain a smile, " Wu, you put so much energy on Sakura that you almost can't see the world clearly."

The anger was burning to the extreme, but Gojo Satoru calmed down instead. Instead of being agitated by his few words and losing his mind, he laughed contemptuously: "The one who can't see clearly is you. I don't know why you choose to find high-level cooperation , but you don’t naively think that you can win me with this group of crooked melons they sent, do you?”

"Of course not." Xia Youjie said, "You are the 'strongest'. How dare we deal with the 'strongest'? Of course, we are fully prepared."

Gojo Satoru looked at his so-called "perfect preparation", his pupils constricted for a moment.

He froze in place.

The magic spirit flying in the air removed its wings, revealing Shimizu Sakura who was blocked by it.

In the contract, Gojo Satoru is her [puppet].

And at this moment, she became Xia Youjie's [puppet] to restrain Wujo Wu.

She looked down at him, gritted her teeth, and said nothing, but tears fell like rain.

Just now, Xia Youjie told her everything.

Her life experience, why her parents died, the coveted blood of the Qingshui clan, including all the sacrifices Gojo Satoru made for her, his protection and devotion to her, and even the fact that he was about to die because of her——

...she knew it all.

No wonder the father died.

No wonder mother hated her so much.

No wonder Wuhui protected her while hurting her.

No wonder he said that she owed him too much, and it was impossible to repay it in this life.

It turned out to be the case.

So this is ah.

But she has lived for so many years without knowing anything. She is clearly the culprit but unknowingly puts herself in the position of the victim, and even uses this to condemn Gojo Satoru who has paid so far for her with peace of mind. If he If her plan is successful, she will never know how much he has done for her, and she will always be immersed in her so-called "sacrifice" and cannot extricate herself——

She simply, she simply lived as a joke.

【"Wu...you don't want to be nice to me...it's like killing your parents...no one who treats me well will have a good ending..."】

【"Don't worry. I'm different from your parents. I'm the strongest. Being nice to you won't kill me. You might as well worry about yourself. After all, you're so weak. I'm sure I'll die sooner than you You are late."]

The childish words of boys and girls echoed in her ears again, Shimizu Sakura closed her eyes in pain, and tears fell in strings.

It turned out that mother was right.

It was her fault that her father would die.

It was her fault that the mother suffered inhuman torture.

She killed her parents, and now, she is about to kill Gojo Satoru, the only one who has been kind to her since she was a child.

It turned out that those people were right. People who treat her well will not end well.

If I knew this would happen, I should have died at the age of 14.

If she really died at the age of 14, Wu would not use a puppet contract because of her, and he would not lose his dreams, morality, love and even life for her.

After seeing the dream, Shimizu Sakura always guessed that the reason why he treated her so badly, sleeping with her but refusing to give her any promises was because she owed Gojo Satoru too much in her previous life, so it was her turn to make up for him in this life, All the bad things he did to her were the punishments she deserved.She owed him in the last life, so it's his turn to owe her in this life.

In the end, it turned out that he never owed her anything, and even in this life, she still owed him more.

In fact, Gojo Satoru also regretted it, right?Although being manipulated by the puppet contract can't recognize his true feelings in his heart, if he is really given another chance, if he really goes back to the age of 14, he will not choose to form a bond with her, right?

【"I love her, not because I really love her, but because of the existence of Puppet Qi so I have to love her."】

【"But the ridiculous thing is that even this unswerving feeling of sacrificing for her...is just the result of being manipulated by the puppet contract."】

The basis of love was not there from the beginning, the basis of hate was not there from the beginning.If it weren't for [Puppet Deed], the matter of "she didn't want to take responsibility when he slept with him" would never have happened. He might have made it clear to her long ago and gained his own freedom. There will be no future, and there will be no entanglement here.

It's ridiculous, but for so long, she, the "beneficiary", has always acted as a victim, and the person who has really sacrificed so far has remained silent.

Shimizu Sakura felt that she was broken. Her love, belief, dignity, personality, and long-established concepts were all crushed by the truth. Every time she repeatedly crushed, what overflowed was the blood of her heart.She is like a ceramic doll, with the colorful shell peeling off one by one, finally revealing her pale and fragile self, and she has not faced the sun for too long, and she has long been unable to bear the temperature of the truth, and was exposed to the sun casually , will be completely melted into the soil.

【"Jie... why did you tell me all this?"】

【"Because a living Gojo Satoru is more valuable than a dead Gojo Satoru, and a dead Shimizu Sakura is more valuable than a living Shimizu Sakura."】

Xia Youjie was right.

Shimizu Sakura thought in a daze.

How could she believe in the naive idealism of "everyone is created equal"?

Human life is not equal, Gojo Satoru is more valuable than Shimizu Sakura if he is alive. He is a super magician.What was the use of her being alive?And let him make unnecessary sacrifices for her again and again.

Even now, she is just a pawn used to contain him.

If only she had really died at the age of 14.

If only she had died at the age of 14... just fine.

As long as she dies, he will never be controlled by the puppet contract again, and he will never be emotionally affected by her. The "strongest" who has no weakness is the real "strongest". Extra, she is the extra person beside him!

[Puppet Deed] has such a powerful ability to control, but its body is just a thin "red line", blown by the wind, looming in the moonlight, firmly connecting two people who should have nothing to do with each other. tied together.

Like the red thread of fate.

Shimizu Sakura is the party who is the [Master] in the [Puppet Contract].

So as long as she wants, she can terminate the contract at any time.

The "red line" is clearly visible under the cold moonlight, not evil or weird at all, but rather delicate and poignant.

She lowered her head, held the "red thread", and without hesitation, in Gojo Satoru's suddenly constricted pupils, easily——

cut it off.

She once signed a puppet contract with him when she was dying. Over the years, he shared his life with her, so she could rely on him to live healthily.

It was the source of her life.

The puppet bond is released, and her life will come to an end in an instant.

The "red thread" split into two, broke in the air, was blown wildly by the strong wind, and the vitality was pulled away in an instant, Shimizu Sakura was like a thin piece of paper, swayed by the wind, and fell straight from the midair .

"cherry--!"

From Gojo Satoru's perspective, from the moment she cut the "red line", everything is playing rapidly before his eyes like a revolving lantern at the end of life.

The first time they met, she thought he was an elf turned from the dead kitten, so she boldly reached out and touched his face.

He was surprised for a moment, forgave her offensive behavior, and laughed.

She followed behind him like a little tail that couldn't be shaken off. He walked too fast, and she fell to the ground anxiously and wept.

The young Gojo Satoru had no choice but to return, and pulled her up, in exchange for the girl's reliance.

He started to go out for training, and the little girl who couldn't go out with him pulled him by the corner of his clothes and asked him tearfully when he would be back.

He patted her head and solemnly told her to keep contact with other members of the Wujo family.

……

In the past, he always felt that Shimizu Sakura was too dependent on him, liked him too much, and was too clinging to him. Although he was willing to protect her, sometimes he felt impatient and troublesome, and hoped to get rid of her entanglement.But God made a joke for him, [Puppet Deed] forced him to bind her more closely, so at some point, he would also wish that the "red line" connecting them would have never existed .

Now, the "red thread" is really broken, and his wish has come true.

But why, he didn't feel happy at all?

Why doesn't he feel happy?

why?

why?

...Because Shimizu Sakura is about to die.

Because she is going to die!

Every moment of her falling from the sky was frozen in slow motion in his eyes. With his ability, it was a breeze to catch her before she landed, but even if he caught her, it would not change the ending!

Her vitality was pulled away in an instant, the cells in her whole body were rapidly decaying, the feeling of her internal organs gradually melting was as painful as if she was in purgatory, Shimizu Sakura was bleeding all over her body, she was vomiting blood uncontrollably, tears mixed with blood At the same time, I gradually couldn't tell whether it was tears or blood.

[Puppet Contract] It's useless, and the reversal technique is useless. He clearly knows that he can't save her. dying!

This feeling is really maddening, Gojo Satoru can only hug her, and now he can do nothing but hug her.He didn't dare to hug her too tightly, for fear that she would hurt even more, but he couldn't let go of her, as if he was afraid that she would die completely the second he let go.

"... Wu... I'm sorry... I never knew... what you did for me..."

Shimizu Sakura said intermittently that she could no longer utter a complete sentence, but at the end of her life, she was still thinking about apologizing to him.

He gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes were blood red, and he kept wiping the blood overflowing from the corners of her mouth, trying to make her feel better at the end of her life.But Shimizu Sakura vomited more and more blood, more and more urgently, gradually dyed his hands and sleeves red, everything went against her expectations, and instead made her original clean face even more dirty.

Shimizu Sakura's consciousness has gradually lost, but she is still repeating a sentence over and over again, she seems to be about to lose all strength, her voice is getting softer and softer, and Gojo Satoru bows her head and gets close to her, finally at the last moment I heard her voice clearly.

She said: "...the puppet contract has been lifted..."

"Wu, I'm sorry..."

"you're free."