He didn't realize the meaning of this sentence for a while, and fell into the girl's trance gaze unexpectedly.

She tilted her head, seemed to be surprised by his silence, 【... Dazai? 】

There was an unprecedented barrenness on his face.

He almost thought that the person in front of him had horrible spider web-like cracks, and it would be shattered with just a slight poke. He even wondered why she could still breathe and talk.

The countless plans that had been sorted out in her mind all night were all swallowed up by this sudden change, and her words just now echoed in her ears over and over again.

……there is none left?

What does this mean?

He opened his mouth, and what came out of his throat was just a meaningless breath. When he came back to his senses, he found himself sitting on the side of the bed.

It seemed as if she had shed all the tears last night, the girl's eyes were dry, and her outstretched index finger bent and undulated from time to time, as if she was trying to use the abilities engraved in her heart.

[Number... I can't feel the value anymore...] She lowered her eyes and looked at her hands numbly, as if they were just skeletons without flesh, and murmured palely, [Originally more than 60.00% would not be cleared , but now I can't use my abilities... have they all disappeared? 】

The girl who paid countless prices and tried hard to climb towards the top of the pyramid even though her face was beyond recognition fell into the maze of thorns unexpectedly.

【This has never happened before...】 She looked up at him and asked in a daze, 【Dazai, why do you think it is? 】

The girl surrounded by thorns tried to grab something to relieve the pain, but finally got a suffocating silence.

He had no way to answer her, an emotion called "fear" pushed the frozen thinking, forced it to start running, and delayed time before he thought of a solution.

He swallowed his throat, trying to relieve his dry and hoarse voice, but with little effect, 【Calm down first, Yayoi...】

[Will I go back to the way I was before? 】The girl interrupted him softly, the desolate green emerald was covered with mist, condensed in the corner of her eyes on the verge of collapsing, 【Incompetent, burdensome, ants... Who will I kill in the future? 】

【Will not. 】He raised his hand, wanting to wipe away her tears like before, 【Yayoi, this is just a small accident, your ability will recover, maybe tomorrow...】

One second before the fingertip touched the corner of the eye, he heard her say——

[It will be impossible to recover in the future. 】

The girl numbly shook her head, touched her chest with her right hand, and grasped the soft cloth, her knuckles turned white due to excessive force, 【It doesn't want me to continue, and even... wants to kill me. 】

【No one can kill you," he looked at her straight, and said every word, 【It can't either. 】

At this moment, she couldn't listen to anything, and looked at him blankly for a while, then lowered her head and stared at her hand, and continued to try to use her ability - this seemed to be the only thing she could do.

He took a deep breath and decided to help her out of the predicament according to the previous plan, 【Yayoi, we...】

In an instant, his voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes widened in a daze, staring at her palm.

That gorgeous, disgusting... spark.

【Sure enough, no matter how many times you try, only Xiaosheng's personality remains. 】The girl's cheeks were illuminated by orange flames, and her stagnant eyes seemed to be ignited as well.

[...I only have you. 】

Numb and dry whispers overflowed from the corners of the pale lips, and collided with the sound of thundering sparks, forming the harshest noise in the world.

Suddenly, he seemed to have returned to the past.

No one can take a step in the territory occupied by the "one and only" in the girl's chest.

At this moment, all plans were burned to ashes by this ability.

He looked at the flame in the girl's hand expressionlessly, as if it was the only spark left in her life.

After waiting for so many years, is it necessary to return to the original point?

... What are you kidding.

Then, he heard a vague and hazy voice floating out of the bottle that imprisoned the devil, lingering around his eardrums.

[Yayoi, you are not wrong. 】

***

When the girl looked up, he tilted his head in doubt, 【Your feelings are your personal choice, and other people's feelings for you are their wishes. You are originally two people who have nothing to do with each other...Why should Feel bad about it? 】

The syllables lingering in his ears suddenly condensed into sharp arrows, which pierced hard into the eardrums and reached the apex of his heart. The pain made his fingers subconsciously convulse for a moment—he clenched his fists.

The thundering flames vanished.

The girl stared at him blankly, her pale lips parted slightly, but she didn't say anything, letting the poisonous snake neigh in her ears.

[Everyone's feelings are their own choice, no one is wrong, even if it does cause harm, so what?It's just the consequences of their own decisions, not yours. 】

Her expression gradually froze, and she repeated in a trance, [It has nothing to do with me...? 】

[Of course,] He said in a natural tone, even mixed with a helpless smile, as if guiding a lost child back on the right track, [After you turned on the value, did you ask for their reverse value? 】

She shook her head stiffly, and a moment later, a little blood appeared on her pale cheeks, as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw, trying to get out of the abyss of thorns with the only support point.

[Here, isn't this a very simple truth?You have done nothing wrong. 】He paused, and with the last bit of strength remaining in his body, he pushed the last venom out of his lips,【They forcibly gave you what you don't need, why do you feel guilty? 】

The slack eyes gradually condensed, and she closed her eyes tremblingly, so she didn't see him panting silently, her lips were tightly pursed into a straight line, and she forced herself to stop on the verge of collapse.

The time of being enchanted is infinitely prolonged, and the panic between the brows gradually fades away, and the peace and softness of the past are restored.

After a long time, she slowly opened her eyes, and almost at the same time, her right hand manifested the "Thief's Ultimate Intention"-this ability can more directly reflect the value.

The pages of the book that were flipped at a high speed were covered with dense texts and photos until they stopped on the last page. The girl's too tense and trembling shoulders finally relaxed, and she breathed out slowly, her eyes and brows were filled with joy and the aftermath of the catastrophe.

She turned to look at him, showing a gentle and soft smile, 【...Thank you, Dazai. 】

A few simple syllables caused a nuclear explosion in the cranial cavity, and the time and picture of the whole world were frozen.

He finally couldn't bear the surge of certain emotions, and he wanted to hug her weakly.

【Yayoi...】

I am sorry.

But the despicable criminal never had a chance to repent.

Almost the moment his fingertips touched the girl's shoulder, the green pupils shrank suddenly, and then slowly moved down.

With a pause on his fingertips, he reflexively followed her gaze and looked at the girl's right hand—the place that should have manifested the "thief's ultimate intention" was empty.

In the next second, the world spun.

【--Do not touch me! 】

The terrified scream almost tore through the vocal cords, piercing his temple like a blade, and his thoughts disappeared, leaving only a still warm corpse, which she pushed aside with all her strength.

[... Yayoi? 】He stared blankly at the girl who quickly moved away and shrank to the corner of the bed, like an elk that had just escaped from the jaws of a beast.

But obviously... He didn't do anything, he just wanted to hug her as usual.

The shivering elk opened its eyes wide, panic and fear turned into magma and overflowed from the emerald green eyes, instantly melting him into ashes.

With tears all over her cheeks, she tremblingly manifested the pitch-black book, and quickly turned to the last page, confirming that the [-]% copying perfection was safe and sound, her tense body relaxed slightly.

He witnessed all this in disbelief, and vaguely guessed something.

……how is this possible.

It wasn't until the girl's shortness of breath gradually stabilized that he tentatively and carefully leaned over - such a small movement made her tremble violently, and the eyes she shot at him were full of... resistance.

【Disqualification in the world is passive... Don't touch me again, Dazai. 】

He froze and stared at her blankly, the nerves under the skin were all disabled, unable to transmit the instructions of the brain.

Ah... is that the price?

He didn't know what kind of expression he had at this moment, but the girl who had been focusing on him could clearly see it.

She opened her eyes wide in astonishment, as if she saw something that had never appeared before, and it was absolutely impossible to appear. A trace of struggle and guilt flashed in her tearful eyes, and her lips, which had just recovered a little blood, opened, nah Na murmured uneasily, 【Dazai... I'm sorry. 】

Sorry - it was supposed to come from him, and it's still stuck in his throat.

Seeing that he didn't make a sound, she bit her lower lip lightly again, her eyes dodged, she didn't know whether she was explaining to him or persuading herself, [But, but... I'm really scared.The feeling of losing power, I never want to experience it again. 】

Her voice was getting lower and lower, on the contrary, the struggle and guilt gradually faded away, replaced by firmness enough to prove what she was thinking——

I know it's not right, but... so what?

【Dazai...I'm sorry. ] She repeated it again.

The morning sun pours into the bedroom, and every corner is dyed with the luster of life.

except him.

After an unknown amount of time, he raised his hand to cover his face, and a chuckle of unknown meaning overflowed from his lips. Then, the laughter became more rampant and reckless, as if he had just watched an extremely ridiculous comedy.

It's ok.

As long as he can achieve his goal, he can afford any... any price!

For him, there is no worse and more disgusting consequence in this world than the initial [-]% occupation of the "only".

The moment he put down his hand, the impeccable mask covered his face, and he looked at the disturbed girl with aggrieved and helpless expression, 【Hey, Yayoi, I just helped you regain your abilities, you are really going too far . 】

She pursed her lips, trying to defend herself in a panic, 【But...】

[Let me think... how to solve it. 】He got up and walked to the bedside table closest to her. When he bowed his waist, his black bangs blocked the girl's suspicious gaze.

The moment his fingertips touched the cold metal, he stretched out his other hand to hold her wrist, and pushed the slaughtered ant down on the bed.

- Click.

The girl's eyes widened in disbelief, and her astonished eyes fell on the silver-white handcuffs connected to their wrists.

On the beige quilt, the two people's fingers were intertwined, and the messy black hair struggled between the fingers.

With one hand on the girl's neck, he stared at her condescendingly, with a soft and gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, 【So... how about it? 】

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I love Dazai! ! !

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