pandora box

It has been a few days since the Obon Festival, there is a sense of distance between Ryoko and Zun, or Ryoko unilaterally avoids Zun.Although no one pointed it out, most of the group felt the incongruity and began to worry about it.

Liangzi's approach is very obvious. Whenever she sees Zun when she is making jokes downstairs, she will use the excuse to go to the toilet and slip away. She will always go outside during meal times. Even if she can't hide, she will definitely find the most remote place to stay.

Kusanagi felt extremely depressed.

Because Ryoko's direct consequence of doing this is that his workload has increased a lot.When she slipped away halfway while drinking, he not only had to wash the glass but also poured out the unfinished drink first. When she was hiding, she would definitely run to his bar and accidentally break a few wine glasses.The most hateful thing is that if it was Hatta or Kamamoto who did this, he could still lift them up one by one and give them a good education.But the other party was a girl like Ryoko Amano, even if she was not a normal person, Kusanagi still couldn't do anything to a woman.

And other people have been on the sidelines for various reasons, and no one is willing to come to this muddy water.In Jushu's words, "It's fun to see the king's deflated appearance." In Hatta's words, "That woman hasn't taken any medicine and let it go for a few days. Mr. Zun just ignore her.".

Due to these reasons, Ryoko was like a child making trouble, and she didn't show her face in front of Zun for several days, and no one cared about her.It was only after she got into the habit of drilling the bar counter that everyone found that the arrangement of the bar counter had changed—every fragile item was moved to a place that was not easily accessible.

"Mr. Kusanagi is not easy." - This is Kamamoto's emotion.

But Ryoko doesn't care if Kusanagi is easy or not. When she thinks back to the last night when she held Zun's hand and leaned on his shoulder, speaking with such a weak expression and tone, she can't wait to grab the ground with her head. It's best to get all the memories of that day. It's better to block it.

No no, the one who should seal and kill the memory is not himself, but the Red King Zhou Fangzun.

Ciao, why would she show her true nature in front of that person in a momentary brain twitch!How should she face him in the future!When I think of my performance that day, I suddenly have an urge to jump off the building!

"Hey, Xiao Ling." On the fifth day of avoiding Zun, Zun has been drinking downstairs since the morning, and Ryoko, who was so hungry that he vomited blood and didn't want to go downstairs, hid in the room dying and called the small theater in his head, " You have no way to make people selectively lose their memory...Of course that person is not me."

If there is an entity, it must be Ayako who is rolling her eyes. She replied angrily: [How could there be such a thing? You really think that I am the omnipotent Pandora's box among those people. Even Pandora's box will not have such a way Is it okay?Speaking of which, Ryoko, you are really weak!I can make so many moths without looking at you for a while... Just give me the dominance of your body, and I will definitely clean up all your messes. 】

"Then you can use my body to realize your ambition of destroying the world and creating a new world, so get out of here quickly." Rejecting with a blank face, Ryoko clearly understands that she can joke with Ayako about anything except this one, " Speaking of which, Xiaoling, you are not too young, it’s time to graduate from the second year of secondary school. Becoming the Kami of the new world or something, just think about it occasionally and don’t really want to achieve it. It’s good for the world to keep the way it is now.”

[Cut, have you been seen through? ] Without the slightest embarrassment after being exposed, Ayako responded nonchalantly.Both of them are very clear about what the other wants, and the result of fusion is that no matter what thoughts one party has in mind, the other can hear clearly, and the temptation and concealment between each other is meaningless.

[But do you really think that it is good for the world to remain as it is now? ...Wake up, Ryoko, look at the greed in the eyes of those supernatural beings who chased and killed you before, as long as there are such people in this world one day, I will not give up my idea. ] After being silent for a while, Ayako spoke again, 【Selfish, evil, greedy.These are the dark nature of human beings, you...]

"Stop, stop, Xiaoling, I've said it since the first day that I don't want to hear you say this." Interrupting Ayako's next tirade, Ryoko frowned, "After staying with me for so long, why are you still talking?" Didn't get rid of your true and secondary thoughts, are you color blind...Listen, I don't care how dark the world is in your eyes. In my opinion, the bright side always outweighs the dark .I’ve said it since the day the contract was established, as long as I’m still alive and able to suppress you for a day, don’t give me that idiot idea again.”

After being told by Ryoko, Ayako also shut up.But Ryoko gave up on asking others for help, and looked through the food stored in the room again. Ryoko sighed deeply, then grabbed the coat on one side and opened the window next to it.

Since you don't want to go down the stairs and run into Zun, you should just jump out of the window... It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and it's the hottest time, so there shouldn't be any idiot who would give up the air-conditioned room and run to Go out and be a roaster.

Without even considering that this kind of thinking included herself as a fool who was planning to go out, Ryoko put her knee-length winter coat over her pajamas and jumped out of the window, too lazy to change out of her pajamas.

Not caring at all how stupid it is to wear a winter coat in the hot July, Ryoko looked around for a while, and walked to a nearby cake shop that Ayako said was "very popular and loved by many girls".

Pushing the door open, the waiter seemed taken aback by her attire, but still greeted her with a dutiful smile, "Welcome! What do you need?"

Seeing a chocolate cake in the shape of a rabbit standing on one side, Ryoko couldn't take her eyes off it.She pointed to the cake without hesitation: "Please wrap it for me."

The shopping guide lady showed a smile, and while quickly taking out the cake and bagging it with her hands and feet, she hurriedly praised: "Miss has a good eye, this cake is specially handmade by our store manager, it was just made at noon, and there is only one piece like this .”

Ryoko finished the cake bag and was about to pay the bill, but when she touched the pocket, it became stiff—it’s not good to be lazy, and when she came out in pajamas and a winter coat, she only had a few coins in her pocket, which were definitely not enough to pay the bill, and she didn’t even bring out the terminal.

Seeing Ryoko's expression, the salesperson asked thoughtfully, "Did you not bring any money? It doesn't matter, our store provides terminal payment service, just swipe the terminal and that's it."

Looking at her with some embarrassment, Ryoko said helplessly: "Well... I wore the wrong clothes today, and the terminal was not brought out... Can I make a phone call? Let someone else pay for me... The one next to me Bar HOMRA."

In fact, there is another option to run away on the spot. Anyway, no one here knows her, and it is a piece of cake to run away with Ryoko's ability.But in this way, the cake in her hand may be damaged during the escape. Secondly, after all, she usually does a lot of activities around here. It was bad to be recognized—she didn't want to be wanted again just for a piece of cake.

With the clerk's permission, Ryoko borrowed the public phone in the store like them, and after realizing that she couldn't remember the phone number of HOMRA or any member of the red group, she decisively woke up Ayako in her mind to ask questions.

Although not omnipotent, but her memory is surprisingly good, Ayako did not disappoint Ryoko's expectations. She reported the phone number that was engraved on the door of HOMRA and could be seen every day when passing by, but Ryoko never cared about it. According to her Press the instructions one after another.

The call was quickly connected: "Hi, this is HOMRA bar."

"Mr. Kusanagi..." Kusanagi Izumo's Kyoto accent can be easily distinguished without any skills. Ryoko suddenly felt that it was silly to go out shopping like herself and forget to bring money. "I'm nearby. There is no money or terminal in the cake shop... Can you find someone to rescue me?"

There was a weird silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds: "Speaking of which, Liang Zisang, when did you go out?"

"Ahahaha, please don't pay attention to such a small matter..." Ryoko felt that she was about to kneel to Kusanagi, "Better than this, come and save me."

"Understood, please wait for a while." Kusanagi answered her with some helplessness. After hanging up the phone, he looked around at the group of idle and moldy people who were all looking at him at the moment, and then locked his target on Zun, " That's it, hon, go help her."

Zun, who didn't care about this place and didn't expect to be called at all, raised his head to look at him in surprise: "Me?"

"Isn't the atmosphere between you and Ryoko-san very embarrassing lately? It's just a step down for you. Don't keep the little girl waiting." Putting the terminal into Zun's hand, Kusanagi pushed Zun out, "I guess It's the nearest cake shop, the one with all the pink decorations, you'll know it at a glance."

Pushed out of the bar by Kusanagi and a ten bunches to join in the fun, Zun stared at the closed door speechlessly, feeling disgusted for the first time.

Which one is their boss, myself or Ryoko Amano?

Scratching his head, he appointed and walked to the cake shop on the side, and Zun's face turned black until he reached the door.

pink.

Eyes full of pink.

A place full of pink bubbles... He thought he understood Kusanagi's expression at that time... By the way, would anyone really enter such a place? !

With a stinking face, he stepped into the store door, and was surrounded by all the shop assistants as soon as he entered the door.Although I am used to being watched by others, I really can't bear it all of a sudden.Zun walked forward and saw Ryoko who was leaning on the cashier counter pointing his finger in boredom, his face became a little more stinky.

Feeling a sense of coercion and raising her head, Ryoko's mouth twitched on the spot.Why...why is it him... By the way, is it really okay to send Chi Wang here to pay the bill at will, Mr. Kusanagi? !

But since the other party has come, running away is obviously not a good choice.Ryoko stood up slowly, and showed Zun the bag in his hand: "As long as this... I'll trouble you."

Zun, who originally didn't intend to give the girl a good face, couldn't get angry when he saw her embarrassed expression. He sighed, took the bag and handed the terminal in his hand to the cashier.

Quickly check out and go out, not wanting to stay in this pink place for a second, until after walking out, Ryoko seems to have finally decided something: "Mr. Zun."

"Huh?" After being called by name, he turned around and saw the girl looking at him with extremely serious eyes, and Zun subconsciously frowned.

"What happened that day... Please forget about it. Also, I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I won't hide from you anymore."

Quickly said the above words, admitted that Ryoko who had been avoiding him before turned around and ran away without hesitation.Amidst the screams of passers-by, I jumped up to the second floor of HOMRA and went in through the window, leaving Zun standing alone on the road.

Squinting to watch Ryoko disappear into her room, Zun pulled out a cigarette.

It's not a bad feeling.

I vaguely feel that something that shouldn't grow is gradually sprouting, but I can't be sure what it is.

But it doesn't do me any harm.

He already had a rough idea of ​​what kind of person Amano Ryoko was.A stubborn, serious child who likes to hide himself with various masks.She has the magic power to make people around her feel comfortable unconsciously.

Maybe what Kusanagi said is right, maybe that child will become the second key to hold him.

However, Ryoko Amano will collapse faster than Zhou Fangzun.

Observing and evaluating her with objective eyes, Zun did not intend to get closer to this girl.

Since one day she will collapse, it's better not to get close.Rather than watching her disappear when he was close to the end, he was more inclined to wait on the sidelines and wait for the girl to die.

But at the same time, Zun also confirmed that as long as Ryoko Amano is alive, HOMRA will give her shelter.