[Comprehensive Master Brothers War] Stubbornness

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"...Is it really decided? In your current state, if you pay the price, you will probably—" Yuko Ichihara took a long pipe, took a deep breath, and asked humanely.

"Yes, please, Miss Yuko. 』

"Don't you regret it?"

The visitor shook his head, then remembered something, and after a moment of silence, he replied in a calm voice: "I regret it, but what I regret is that I made such a request at that time, and the harm——is all my fault." ,Because I don't want that child to blame himself anymore... So, please, for that child, no matter what price I pay, I don't care. 』

"Really? Then... I know, your wish, I will fulfill it for you. "

Hearing that Yuko Ichihara accepted his commission, the visitor was relieved, his eyes were shining with determination, and he didn't know what he thought of, and he looked at the long-lost sky: [This time we must ——! 】

Then, shortly after this conversation happened, Ichihara Yuko walked out of the Dimension Store and went to the InterHigh competition venue. While Yuko was walking, the wraith also successfully occupied Nao's body.

"Nao, wake up!" Natsume Takashi anxiously called out, trying to wake Nao up, but Nao didn't respond at all. At this time, the resentful spirit was still dominating Nao's body, plus his scruples Because of Nao's star status, his voice was not very loud.

"Cut, what a troublesome little girl, wake me up!"

There was a white light on the forehead, and he wanted to force the wraith out, but because the wraith's obsession was too deep, he failed in the end.

In the front, after the wraith seized Nao's body, she manipulated Nao's body to leave, but was stopped by Natsume and Madara-sensei. She only slipped to the back of the competition field and was stopped, but Because she was possessing Nao's body at this time, Madara had no choice but to stand in a stalemate.

"What are you kidding! !Don't come in my way! !It was hard, hard to find an opportunity...! Wraith said sharply. At the same time, there were some scars on Nao's body. They were wounds caused by Nao's body unable to bear the resentment of Wraith. The wounds on the skin exposed outside the clothes had already Quite a lot, let alone under clothes.

Because Natsume Takashi and Mr. Kitty put all their energy on the wraith occupying Nao's body, they didn't realize that there was a semicircular transparent barrier in the area where they were, covering the area where they were. The place is protected.

If there is no such barrier, no matter how soft Natsume's voice is, someone will be attracted by the voice of 'Nao' at this time.

"Please stop!" Seeing this situation, Natsume was startled. He had met Tsui who had become a wraith, and he had touched Tsui with his hands. His hands had been burned, but at that time he It was just a touch, but at this time Nao's body was occupied, so Nao's condition was more serious than he was at that time, so he asked in a panic, "Why are you staring at Nao!? You Is there something wrong with Nao? Can't it be resolved?"

"Why?You ask me why…? After hearing Natsume Takashi's words, Wraith Ling was taken aback for a moment, then questioned Natsume in a piercing voice, "I should be the one who asked this question!" !holiday?The word holiday is not enough to describe my dislike for her!Why should I become her substitute, not only insulted by that person/scum, but also killed?How could she be saved! ?I have to suffer those things! ?Why, why——! ! 』

"Hey?" Natsume Takashi was taken aback after hearing Wraith Ling's words, "What are you talking about...?"

Seeing the confusion on Natsume's face, a dark light flashed quickly in 'Nao's eyes, and then his face turned ferocious in an instant: "You don't know?Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--!Because it is irrelevant, it doesn't matter if you die... Do you mean that! ?ah--? 』

Realizing that something was wrong, Madara came to Natsume in a few steps, and then used his demon power to dispel the resentment that was rushing towards Natsume. The eyes of the beast were full of vigilance: "Natsume, don't come out! This woman... has a strong resentment!"

"Hey? Teacher, um, is Nao okay!?" After hearing what Mr. Kitty said, Natsume's first reaction was not her own safety, but Nao who was possessed, her handsome face was full of hatred for Nao Worry.

"Who knows, it's all because the little girl is too unsteady in her determination. If she is more determined, her strength will not be weakened to this point, and she will not be easily taken away! Cut, you have added so much to me. I’m sorry for the trouble, when the matter is over, I’m going to kill the little girl!” Although he said so, the gold-colored animal pupils stared straight at Nao, and while on guard, tried to Find a chance to drive the wraith out of Nao.

... When Yuko Ichihara came to the basketball game field, the sky had already darkened. Without the slightest hesitation, Yuko walked towards the back of the field, and then she saw a man, a demon, and a wraith who were in a stalemate.

"Ah, ah, it's so lively here~~"

Yuko's sudden utterance immediately attracted the attention of the three (?) present.

"Ah! Please don't come here, it's very dangerous here!" Natsume Takashi subconsciously said to Yuko when he saw a person coming suddenly.

After hearing Natsume's words, Yuko blinked her eyes, looked at the young man with powerful demon power, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, besides, I came here on the entrustment of others, so don't settle the matter." If you fall, you can't leave..."

After finishing speaking, Ichihara Yuko looked at 'Nao', and with her powerful magic power, she could see clearly the state of Nao and Wraith at this moment: "Ah, ah, it's really the worst state..."

"Entrustment?" Natsume repeated in doubt.

"Who asked you to help the little girl?" Seeing Yuko, Madara pondered for a while, and finally returned to the appearance of the beckoning cat. Since the witch has come out, then give her the wraith Well, after all, this dimensional witch is better at these things, "Hey, Yuko, get rid of that resentful spirit quickly, I'm going to find that little girl for a reward."

"You really know how to call people, Madara." After complaining plausibly, Yuko restrained her playful look, and started to purify very neatly. As for why she didn't come here on April [-]st, it was because there was no Not a good time.

Taking out a piece of talisman paper, Yuko clamped it between the index finger and middle finger, and then slowly, the talisman paper was dyed red, and then Yuko threw it out, although the wraith disappeared the moment Yuko threw the talisman paper Wanting to escape, but failed to catch up, the talisman was attached to the body of 'Nao' at once, and then, the black energy on 'Nao' body was reduced a lot, and a transparent figure came out of Nao's body , and finally turned into a human form, lying powerlessly on the ground.

"Why..." After the resentment was purified, the woman's rationality gradually returned. She remembered everything she had done. She died full of resentment, and because she was dissatisfied with Nao, she wanted to quit , obviously she was supposed to seek revenge from the murderer, but she set her sights on that innocent child like her, "Why...it's me?"

Tears trickled down her cheeks little by little, and the woman wept uncontrollably.

Before Nao fell to the ground, Natsume supported her. He looked at Nao's pale face worriedly, and called out "Nao", but Nao didn't respond at all. Nao was fine, so he was relieved, and then looked at the crying woman.

"Teacher, can you take a look at Nao for me?" After dragging Nao to the cat teacher, Natsume walked towards the woman who was still lying on the ground, "Well, can you get up?"

Looking at Natsume's outstretched hand, the woman blinked her eyes, and then laughed at herself: "Aren't you afraid of me? I'm the one who almost killed your friend, yet I stretched out my hand so carelessly, are you an idiot?" Said After she finished, she stood up by herself, and then wiped away the tears on her face.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Natsume apologized subconsciously, and after finishing speaking, he said, "But, have you calmed down?"

After hearing Natsume's answer, the woman choked, a little unsure how to answer, the boy in front of her was as kind as Nao, but she was...

After she occupied Nao's body, she peeked into part of Nao's memory, and also noticed Nao's guilt after the incident, whether it was for her or for Keita Hashimoto, but because of the previous Because she was full of resentment, even if she knew about it, she still hated it, and hated her Nao, so she ignored this part of the memory and chose to take revenge on her.

Now that she has calmed down, she can watch that part of the memory calmly.

Although she appeared to be a normal person, Nao never let go of these things. She blamed herself all the time, brought in the innocent Keita Hashimoto and her, and caused the two of them to lose their lives... …

Even if people around comfort her, saying "it's not your fault" and "you're actually innocent", but the person who blames her the most is Nao himself, because of the precedent that Mayu's mother died because of her, So Nao is very sensitive to this kind of thing at this time.

Just like Maria Takarata, when Maria was five years old, her mother encountered a plane crash and died unfortunately in order to visit her. Although people around her comforted her again and again, Maria still thought her father hated her. What a similar experience, the biggest The difference is that Nao watched her mother die with her own eyes, while Maria killed her mother indirectly.

It is precisely because of these differences that Nao's obsession is much greater than that of Takarada Maria.

"You don't need to apologize. I should be the one who should apologize. By the way, is Kiyohara-san okay?" After sorting out her thoughts, the woman finally calmed down a lot. If there is no trace of guilt in Nao's memory , I'm afraid that she will blacken again in seconds, but when she knows that Nao has been sleeping restlessly because she blames herself for connecting her with Hashimoto Keita, and she is a bit of a sign of mental weakness, she can't blame it Nao, and after all, it wasn't Nao who killed her, she blamed the wrong person.

"Still sleeping, probably because you are a little tired." Looking at Nao, Madara said without the slightest hesitation, "Compared to little girl, you might as well worry about yourself first, and if you don't leave, be careful and If you want to become a wraith, there will be another time, but there will be no way to save you."

"Huh? Yes, is that so?" Frightened by Mr. Cat's serious words, the woman said hesitantly, "Really... will it become like that again?"

"Yes, the premise is that if you stay in the 'mortal world' again..." Yuko, who had been invisible for a while, spoke, her blood-red eyes glanced at Madara, she did not expose Madara, but followed Madara's words go down.

"Ah, I'm sorry, that..." After hearing the words of a man and a demon, the woman hesitated for a while, and then said to Natsume, "Can I ask you something, Natsume...kun?"

Although he didn't know what it was, Natsume still complied. In other words, he felt that she would not make any excessive demands, so he agreed: "Yes, please tell me."

"When Kiyohara-san wakes up, can you say 'I'm sorry' to her for me?" She rubbed her cheeks in embarrassment. Although the woman wanted to apologize to Nao herself, she was afraid that she would become a Wraith, and then hurt other innocent people, so...Although she was very reluctant, she still begged Natsume.

"No problem, I will pass it on to Nao."

After hearing Natsume's answer, the woman smiled, maybe because she wanted to leave the relationship wholeheartedly, her body gradually became transparent: "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble..."

"Cut, it's good that you know." Teacher Cat said angrily, "Leave me quickly, really, there are so many things to do just to watch a game, the little girl is troublesome!"

The last word for a woman, that's - I'm sorry.

Natsume heaved a sigh of relief after finally solving the wraith, and then he looked at Yuko Ichihara: "That..."

"Just call me Yuko." Walking to Nao's side, Yuko squatted down, stretched out her hand to caress Nao's forehead, and then felt it carefully, "Sure enough..."

"Huh? What's the matter? Is something wrong with the little girl?" Madara jumped off Natsume's shoulder and asked in a deep voice.

"SA~ who knows." After Yuko said this, she got up and was about to leave, "I'm leaving, Natsume-kun, can I ask you to send this child home?"

Although he didn't know Yuko's identity, Natsume thanked him and said, "Yes, yes... By the way, that, thank you for saving Nao."

"It's okay, after all—" Yuko didn't finish her sentence, she deliberately concealed part of the truth, and then said, "By the way, after sending her home, it's better for you to leave later."

"Hey? Why?"

"There is no reason, how to choose depends on your own wishes, Natsume Takashi." After speaking, Yuko looked at Nao who was still asleep, then turned and left.

——You too, Hinata... Nao.

Although a little confused, Natsume didn't pay much attention to it, but when sending Nao home, he had a difficult time.

He didn't know which home to send Nao back to, the old home?Nao and the others have already moved. Although the house is still there, the things in it may not be there; new home?You know, Nao sneaked out because she was in a bad mood, she probably didn't want to go back there.

Natsume was struggling, and then heard Nao murmuring in a coma: "Mom..."

After hesitating for a while, Natsume finally decided to send Nao back to her previous home, just like he sometimes misses the birthdays when his parents were there, he thought Nao should also want to go back to that home, if not, wait When Nao wakes up, he will send Nao back to Asahina's house.

Embarrassed, she rummaged through Nao's bag and found the key, and then Natsume gently placed Nao on the sofa.

"Hey~~ Is this the little girl's home? Everything is put away, Natsume, that's why I said, why not take the little girl to her new home..."

After hearing what Teacher Mao said, Natsume said angrily: "So... Teacher, didn't I say that? Nao ran out secretly after a fight with her new family. If she was sent back like this, Nao would If you are angry, let's wait for Nasu to wake up and then ask her what she wants to do, let's wait here first."

Natsume decided to wait for Nao to wake up before making a decision, but at this time, Nao was caught in a nightmare and couldn't help herself.

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Nao had a dream, a false dream about daily life, but it was so beautiful that she almost shed tears.

That is a world different from reality, mother is still alive, she and Ema are still sisters who love each other, she is still the child who respects her father, and she grew up under the love of her mother and sister, so she is more than In real life, she is much more lively and innocent.

A happy family, good academic performance, friends around her are her best friends, even if there are sad things, she can share with them, her life without worries... is exactly what Nao really wants.

No sad things, no painful memories, just laughing and making noise, this kind of life will never be realized in her body.

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"Mom, mom, let me tell you~~! During the school festival today, Tun kept dragging me to eat snacks, I was so stuffed, Tun was still eating, I really don't know how Tun's stomach grows Yes, you can actually pack so many things, Atsushi is really amazing...ah, and there are more! Akashi-kun, very prescient, pulled Tetsuya and the others to buy all the snacks in the back! Then, my sister and I Take Dun and the others to eat snacks on the rooftop, because there are too many people in other places~~”

At the dinner table, Nao was excitedly talking to her mother, her flushed face from excitement made Ema laugh for a while, and then she added with a smile: "Mom, you didn't see that Aomine-kun and the others snatched food Speed, there are obviously the same snacks there, but they just want to grab that one. I am really speechless, but they are very tacit and didn't come to grab me, Nao, May, ah, and Akashi-kun I didn't get robbed of my food, and I always felt like 'I really deserve to be Akashi-kun'..."

After hearing Ema's words, Nao couldn't help nodding her head, agreeing all over her face: "Yes, yes! I think so too! Sure enough, Akashi-kun is very powerful!"

"Are you really so happy?" Seeing the happy appearance of the two daughters, Hinata Mayu also smiled, a very gentle smile, full of affection, with a bit of mother's unique kindness, "It's great .”

"Hey~~" Nao smirked, and just as she was about to lower her head to eat, she saw the onions in the dish. Almost instantly, the smile on her face collapsed, "Mom, I don't want to eat onions..."

"No, okay! Eat well, don't be picky eaters." Hinata Mayu said with a straight face, facing her coquettishness, she did not back down.

"Hmm..." Seeing that it was useless to act like a baby, Nao blinked, then puffed up his face, poking his rice sullenly, full of childishness.

Ema laughed and took the untouched dish in front of Nao, and then replaced her own dish. All the onions in her dish had been picked out, and then she tapped her fingers and looked at herself gratefully. sister's forehead: "Don't do this next time, really, it's not good to be picky eaters."

"Thank you sister, I love you~~" cheered, Nao

"Ema, MO~~ If you dote on Nao like this again, her picky eating will never get better." Although she said so, Hinata Mayu did not stop Ema's movement, she raised her eyebrows and said jokingly , "Next time, Ema, do you remember how many times you said next time? Nao, do you remember?"

"Mom—!" Nao, who was being teased by her mother, yelled coquettishly, and complained about her mother's behavior of exposing her dark history.

Blinking her eyes, Hinata Mayu had a pure face: "Huh? What's the matter? Nao."

"No!" Nasu groaned and said with a pout, "Really, mom is mean and bullies people all the time! Now, sister?"

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She is a bystander, an insignificant bystander.

Listening to the conversation between herself and her mother and sister in that world, she felt very uncomfortable, and her heart ached so much that she couldn't breathe, because such a happy life... formed a sharp contrast with her life.

[Why...my life is like this? 】

"Because it's all your fault, you ruined my life."

Suddenly, there was a voice, and Nao raised her head in shock. Only then did she realize that the scene of eating happily together had disappeared, and it was replaced by... the day when her mother got into a car accident.

On the road, my mother was lying on the ground silently.

The other one knelt beside her mother, caressing her mother's pale face, then slowly stood up, her white skirt was stained bright red by her mother's blood, she was smiling so happily in front of her At this time, his eyes were full of resentment: "It's all your fault. If you hadn't been willful, mother wouldn't have died."

"I..." Subconsciously took a few steps back, Nao didn't dare to face himself, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just..."

"Just feel unbalanced? Because Dad loves Ema more?" The other she took Nao's words, her smile was full of sarcasm, "So, this is all your fault, if you are not self-willed, you It should be said that my life is the same as mine, but it's all because of your willfulness, and all of this doesn't exist anymore."

"Because of you, my mother died."

"Because of you, my sister has been sad for so many years."

"Because of you, Dad didn't come back for so many years."

"All of this...is your fault."

Another of her words, every word punishes the heart.

Nasu took a few steps back unconsciously, she shook her head lightly, her face full of bewilderment: "No, I——!"

"Do you want to deny it? It's obviously your sin, but you are shirking responsibility in an ugly way?" At some point, the other her long skirt has turned red like blood, as if reminding her that she is a murderer. The culprit of the dead mother is general.

"Does Nao think my death is not your fault?"

This voice is——!

Raising her head in surprise, Nao gasped, and in front of her was Mayu Hinata covered in blood—her beloved mother.

With trembling lips, Nao uttered two words with difficulty: "Mom, mom..."

"Nao thinks my death is not your fault?" Hinata Mayu repeated her words again, at the same time she was walking towards Nao step by step, Nao couldn't move at all, she could only stand there in a daze, Watching her mother stretch out her hand and caress her face, the blood on her mother's hand stained her face, it was wet and extremely cold, "It would be great if Nao wasn't self-willed..."

"Mom." Tears rolled down her cheeks, Nao bit her lip and said, "Mom, I'm sorry..."

"Just saying sorry is enough?"

This time it was someone else who spoke.

Nao looked up and saw that it was Keita Hashimoto, he was also the same as when he was dead, after realizing that Nao was looking at him, Keita smiled, and after just a blink of an eye, Nao widened his eyes, He took a breath, because Keita Hashimoto's body suddenly became covered in blood.

"Why? I just asked my brother to ask for your autograph. Why did this happen? Hey, can you tell me why? Kiyohara-san."

Facing Keita Hashimoto's questioning, Nao was speechless because she didn't know what to say. She knew about Keita-kun's innocence, so she felt guilty.

"My mother was very sad because of my death, my brother quit his job because of my death, and my father seemed to be ten years old overnight because of my death. Kiyohara-san, this is all your fault." Keita Hashimoto laughed suddenly, and it looked particularly terrifying with the blood on his face. What he said made Nao's face pale a little bit, "Didn't you see Kiyohara-san? My mother's sad look, Because I was so sad, I was going crazy..."

Nao was speechless.

She obviously wanted to say so many words, but she couldn't utter a single word. Her throat seemed to be blocked by something. At this moment, she couldn't even say sorry.

"Yes, everything is your fault." Another person joined in, that innocent woman who was similar to her, her face was livid, her lips were purple, her eyeballs were bloodshot, her beautiful face was no longer the same, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be used as your substitute, and thus be insulted/humiliated and then killed by that prisoner. Without you, how could I have experienced these things! I should have had a great time!! "

A group of people surrounded Nao, and the words they said were like knives, piercing Nao's heart, without the slightest pause, one after another.

Under the pressure of several people, Nao almost collapsed.

Yes, it was all her fault.

If she hadn't been willful, none of this would have happened, and those innocent people wouldn't have died, it was all her fault.

all of them……

"If you keep blaming yourself like this, your spirit will really collapse, huh? Little sister." A black-haired young man suddenly appeared,

The moment he appeared, the scene of the car accident and Hinata Mayu and the others disappeared, as if everything in front of him was an illusion of Nao, but Nao knew that it was not an illusion, it was true, mother and the others were indeed Blame her, they all blame her.

"Yeah, yeah, what a troublesome child." Domeki Haruka looked at Nao, who was in a state of self-blame again, and sighed helplessly, but he didn't leave. Anyway, since he promised, he would take the child Take it out, then he will naturally achieve it, "The ones just now are your own thoughts, not what those people really want to say."

"No. Mom and the others...are angry." Without even thinking about it, Nao directly denied Domoki Haruka's words. She hugged her head, squatted down, and put her hands on her knees, trying to protect herself, but the biting cold But from the tiptoe up, she almost shivered, "Mom, they are angry, they are blaming me, because it's all my fault, it's all..."

As if possessed by a demon, Nao kept repeating these few words, even if Baimu Guiyao talked to her behind, but she didn't hear it at all, and was completely immersed in her own thoughts.

Baimu Guiyao looked at the turbulence in the spiritual world and frowned. This is not easy, the child's spirit has been stretched to the limit, and if this continues, it is not impossible for him to have a nervous breakdown.

"Your mother, wait for you outside." After much deliberation, Domeki Haruka tentatively said a word, because he heard from that person that she attached great importance to her mother, so he tried.

With just this sentence, Nao raised his head, and the reaction was extremely huge, he stood up with a 'shua', and grabbed the clothes of Domeki Haruka out of excitement: "What did you just say!?"

——At last there was a reaction.

"Your mother is waiting for you outside. Is it really okay for you to stay here?" Hundred Ridge Guiyao repeated patiently.

"Mom? Outside?" The eyes were slightly dilated because of surprise. After the initial surprise, Nao's memory came back, so she retorted a little excitedly, "No! Mom is gone! How could she be here? Outside! Stop lying!!"

"Don't you believe it? How about you calm down and listen?"

I can't trust this person, knowing that I can't trust strangers, but Nao's intuition is clamoring - this person has no malice, he is a good person.

Nao didn't know who the person in front of her was, but she didn't want to ask, and she didn't want to care, because she didn't have the energy anymore.

"Really...?" Nao asked, her words were full of fragility, she didn't know when she cried, her tears wet her clothes, at this moment she looked very pitiful, "Mom... Are you really outside?"

"Well, but you won't believe me when I say that, if you don't believe it, how about using your eyes to confirm it?" Domeki Haruka stretched out his hand to Nao, waiting for Nao's response.

Hesitating, Nao stretched out her hand a few times, but she didn't do so. She looked at Haruka Baimugui. The world at this time was her spiritual world. If outsiders had malicious intentions, she would immediately notice it, but she But she didn't feel it in Baimu Guiyao, so she was hesitating whether to believe his words.

...Finally, Nao stretched out his hand.

If, if she could really see her mother, no matter what the price, she would be willing.