Come straight.I pretended I didn't see it, and when the staff said I could enter, I walked in without saying a word.

Sawada let out a "huh" in surprise, and hurriedly followed him. Before entering the door, he didn't forget to look back, and said to me worriedly: "That...Fujiwara-san and Prison-kun are all right?"

It's no problem...

Although I thought so, I still squeezed out a 12 sincere smile and replied: "No problem!"

The voice echoed in the deep corridor. I looked around curiously, and found that the haunted house was carefully arranged, and the scene props were all lifelike. The lighting made the atmosphere of terror even higher by several percentage points.

But knowing that this is just an artificial haunted house after all, the fear in my heart is not so obvious.Of course, part of the reason for this is the result of exercising when I was a child.

At that time, I had only stayed in the orphanage for a few years, and suddenly there was a wind of adventure in the orphanage.Although we hold a test of courage every summer, almost everyone was keen to find a house that looked like a haunted house during that period. Once they found it, they would take the whole hospital to go there late at night, and those who did not go would be punished. Be on duty for a month.

Of course, no one would be willing to accept a one-month cleaning task for this reason, so all the children in the orphanage developed a strong heart that year—including me of course.

I was lost in thought about those past events, and I walked for a while before I noticed that Sawada had been completely left behind.I hurriedly approached him with a smile, and asked, "What's wrong with Sawada-kun?" Under the dim light in the room, the boy seemed to have a bad complexion, his whole face turned blue and white at times, but his back was still straight.

But it's too straight, right?It's almost as stiff as trying to be brave!

I was silent for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Well... are you afraid of ghosts?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi looked at me confusedly for a while, then nodded slowly: "It's not that I'm afraid...but I still feel creepy."

"These are all artificial, right?"

"...Although I know..."

"It's impossible to do anything to you?"

"...I understand that too..."

I kept trying, but Sawada still didn't seem to be able to cope with the situation.Probably seeing that I was helpless with a bitter face, he smiled awkwardly, and comforted him in turn: "It's okay, I'm not that afraid of these things, let's move on."

I scratched my hair, looked left and right, and patted the backpack I was wearing slung on my brain: "Yes! Please Sawada-kun pull my bag strap, so we don't have to worry about getting separated~"

Sawada was taken aback by what I said, so I winked at him and said with a smile, "It's so dark inside, it would be very troublesome if it gets lost."

He seemed to finally understand something, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he laughed: "Well, that's true." He stretched out his hand towards me, paused in mid-air, and then grabbed my bag belt.I felt a sinking weight on my shoulders, and for some reason, it seemed that my heart was also tightening along with it.

I looked back and reminded: "Then move on~"

In fact, this is the method Tou often used to comfort me when I was young.

When I first played the adventure game, I was always scared and cried. I couldn’t help it. Every time I walked beside me holding my hand, sometimes I would tell some inexplicable jokes.

The night is still dark and boundless, and the old floor under my feet is still creaking, but maybe because the temperature from my hands is so real, I gradually got used to it and became no longer afraid.

Thinking about it now, Tou at that time was like the whole world to me, but after all, I couldn't always rely on him.I want to find the meaning of my existence, and I also want to be someone's support.

"That... Akutagawa-san is indeed a very strong girl."

There was a hesitant voice from a boy beside him.His hand was holding my bag belt, and the back of his hand would inevitably hit my waist after a few moves.

I looked at the dark and narrow passage ahead, without looking at him: "Why do you say that?"

Sawada thought for a while before answering: "Because you seem to be not afraid of anything, even if you encounter difficulties, you will not shrink back."

I couldn't help laughing: "It's not that I'm not afraid of anything, I'm just an ordinary girl, and I have all my weaknesses and fears."

He didn't answer, so I just continued on my own, and there were only the unhurried footsteps of two people in the whole corridor, and my calm and flat voice: "But it's probably because I don't have parents, so naturally it's more Self-reliance, there are relatively few things that scare me.

"If you can't act like a baby to someone, even if you are afraid, you still have to face it alone; since you have to face it alone, you might as well overcome it, so that you don't have to suffer the same torture next time.

"Instead of complaining about yourself, it's better to let yourself live a better life. I think so. Because I was born with nothing, I can't continue to lose it."

Having said this, I will not continue.Sawada didn't answer either, and there was a sudden silence between the two, only the cold wind blowing from both sides, and the sound of footsteps swaying faintly.

I have never said these words, and I don't know why I mentioned them to Sawada Tsunayoshi.But one person listened to me and was a little happy in his heart.

But he never spoke again, and I still couldn’t help but glanced at him strangely, but the surroundings suddenly became dark and I couldn’t see anything. In order not to let this silence continue, I had no choice but to change the topic: “I wanted to ask you before. , Sawada-kun, do you know what Bailan's job is? Although you said before that you are from the same circle, what kind of business do you all do?"

Sawada was obviously taken aback, and even the hand holding my bag seemed to be stiff. "Eh? Why do you ask this?"

"Because of Xiaoyou's matter... If you don't know the reason, you still can't feel relieved." I frowned and thought about it, "Bai Lan refuses to say anything, even Tou and nun mother don't know anything about him."

Sawada thought for a while, and asked with some doubts: "May I know how you two met?"

"You want to know that? There's nothing wrong with it..." I briefly described the incident when the nun's mother brought Bai Lan back to the orphanage. He listened quietly and pondered for a moment: "I don't care about Mr. Bai Lan. I don't know much about him, even in that circle he is a very mysterious existence... But he is still very powerful, since he told you not to worry, then there must be no problem."

The boy's voice seemed to have magic power, even though his expression could not be seen clearly in the dark, just these words made me feel at ease a lot.

After walking for a while, finally there was a light ahead.We walked the entire distance without knowing it, and when we came out, Kyoko and Yamamoto were waiting outside, and each of them handed us a popsicle.

The four of them were sitting outside chatting while waiting for Mingli and Yusi to appear. After a while, the two appeared behind the curtain together.They looked at each other and looked away almost at the same time, with the words "I don't know this person" written all over their faces.

...what the hell happened to them inside?

I cautiously moved to Mingli's side, intending to care about it, but unexpectedly a "click" sounded from the noise, I turned my head reflexively, and saw Tou standing a few steps away, holding a DSLR and muttering to himself: "Oops." , there is a strange guy in the shot..."

"How will you be here?"

"I'm at work." The boy shrugged his shoulders as a matter of course, his eyes swept over everyone present, and finally fell on my face, "I'm very busy, unlike someone else."

I rolled my eyes towards the ceiling: "Yes, yes, someone is an outstanding young photographer." Before I finished speaking, he stepped forward and took a bite of the popsicle I just ate , I still didn't forget to raise my head and frown: "Well, it's so cold."

I was so angry that I almost jumped up: "Nonsense! Can I eat this without ice! And it's mine!"

He glanced behind me, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Forget it, I'll go buy it myself." He didn't forget to rub my head with one free hand a few times before he swaggered go away.

I stood there dumbstruck, almost speechless - this guy must have taken the wrong medicine!

Mingli sighed beside me, I hurriedly pulled her over, and complained unbearably: "Don't you think he's weird today?!"

The girl looked meaningfully at Sawada who was standing behind us, then turned around and rubbed the top of my head as well: "Well, he must have not taken the medicine." After a pause, "You haven't taken the medicine either."

"...You didn't take the medicine!"

"Ah, did you guys just play in the haunted house? What a coincidence." A familiar female voice sounded from behind, and Akari and I turned our heads together, and the next second we saw a brown-haired girl walking towards us.Her long hair was not combed today, but was loosely scattered behind her back, looking a little more elegant than before.

Ritsuko Kajiwara smiled at the crowd, her gestures were generous and polite, "Long time no see, everyone. I didn't expect you, Sawada-senpai, to come to today's school festival. When I saw it just now, I thought it was a mistake."

She is not in the same class as us this year, and we haven't seen her the whole holiday before, and it's been a long time.

I followed her gaze and looked at Sawada and the others. The boy who had just been named also smiled back and nodded politely: "It turns out that Kajiwara-san is also nearby."

Yamamoto is the most familiar with her, so he is naturally very happy to see her: "Haha, the people from the baseball club asked me to come over just now, do Kajiwara want to go together?"

"Probably not right now." The girl blinked regretfully and said with a smile

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