The Crucifixion Cross

No one knows where she went, and no one knows why Akatsuki disappeared. They got nothing but "a different LeBlanc from before"...

This embarrassing situation has made Sakura Sojiro very upset recently, as have the members of the Phantom Thieves.

The reason why Xing used such a blunt tone to force Asuna to express her position was precisely because she was about to reach her limit...

Asuna can understand Xing's impulsiveness and impatience, and even understands this feeling of suffering better than her, because Asuna realized the possibility of making her sleepless and sleepy earlier than everyone else...

What Xing did was just to pierce the last layer of paper from the window, just like Kazumi Mishima forced Su Fei (this name seems to have not appeared for a long time...) to force him before he was ready It's the same as meeting Mei.

The difference is that Kazumi Mishima made an assist in good faith, while Xing finally couldn't help throwing the fact that Asuna didn't want to face in front of her because of inner irritability.

Asuna couldn't respond to Xing's questioning, she subconsciously wanted to avoid this question, but the question would not disappear just because she was blindfolded, it still existed in this world and corroded her heart all the time...

Xing's questioning is almost equivalent to forcing Asuna to choose between Su Fang and the Phantom Thieves.

Asuna is not those shameless businessmen in the movies, she can't say "help old friends, make new friends" without a limit, and she is kind-hearted by nature, and she can hardly look at her childhood sweetheart with suspicion.

In a week, Asuna passed by the gate of Baiyu House countless times, but she still didn't have the courage to open the gate that she was so familiar with, and asked Su Fang herself if it was her. Let Xiao mysteriously disappear...

Asuna can't choose between the two, so she understands this feeling of suffering better than Xing.

She bit her lip tightly, her white teeth left two deep depressions on her slender lips, and there were even bright red blood streaks overflowing faintly, but Ke Xing turned a blind eye to this, she died as if possessed by a demon Staring at Asuna dead, using his eyes to force her to admit this cruel reality...

The bitter depression made Asuna feel sad and almost suffocated, but at this moment, a light cough suddenly came from near the window, instantly breaking the tense atmosphere in the hall.

"Cough...Of course you can say that, because that's exactly what happened - the culprit behind Lai Qixiao's mysterious disappearance is that girl's childhood sweetheart, Baiyu Sufang."

Asuna didn't even have the time to turn around to confirm who was speaking, and a sense of panic emerged from the depths of her heart, which made her tremble slightly as if she had been electrocuted, and subconsciously retorted:

"Nonsense! Su Fang wouldn't do that kind of thing!"

"The White Feather Su Fang you know may indeed not be able to, but what about 'another White Feather Su Fang'?"

The man smiled:

"Maybe you don't want to believe me because you don't know me, so what about 'it'?"

As he spoke, he gently lifted something in his hand.

Borrowing the dim light in the coffee shop, Asuna and Xing, who were still at war just now, put aside their conflicts in an instant, and exclaimed:

"—Morgana?!"

If you spend zero words: Calculate the time, you will be able to enter the main line of Beng 3 in about eleven...

Also, does anyone know what the title is for? (laughs)

By the way, let me recommend the new book "My Name Is Fanged Wolf!" 》, although Tokyu is a minority, and Garo is even more of a minority, but I quite like this series that admits Tokyu, and interested book lovers can go and have a look.

Chapter 78. The cat that fueled the flames

After the only witness... no, Morgana the 'witness cat' showed up, the rest became very simple.

It didn't even bother to smear Su Fang with embellishments, but simply repeated the conversation that happened that night, which was enough to change Su Fang's image into Chen Gu's mastermind—of course, with the responsibility of "provoking White Feather Su Fang and The reason why Morgana did not add fuel to the important task of the contradiction between the phantom thieves is not because it suddenly awakened, lost its way, or any other reason, but simply because Su Fang herself was completely dark that night...

Even without Morgana's embellishment, Su Fang is full of Boss style, everyone looks like a proper villain, and it is even more accurate to scare children.

Xing and Asuna did not doubt the authenticity of Morgana's words, because in their eyes, Morgana, as a 'leader', could be trusted.

However, if Lai Qixiao, the other protagonist of the incident, was here, she probably wouldn't just nod and believe Morgana's words.

She, who has always been delicate in her mind, will definitely notice a suspicious point that neither Xing nor Asuna found out—Morgana knows too clearly about what happened that night...

Indeed, Akatsuki and Morgana acted together that night, but when dealing with Kallen Kaslana, Akatsuki threw it out for Morgana's safety, and when she entered the White Feather Mansion to try to get away with it, Morgana was not there .

So here comes the question—since Morgana wasn't there at all, and didn't experience the confrontation with Su Fang with Akatsuki, why would it be clear about the conversation between the two?

Why... only Morgana made it back to LeBlanc safely?

The two didn't notice these problems, and after the middle-aged man carrying Morgana showed up, his face exactly the same as Tom Cruise's also attracted them to a considerable extent—especially Xing's attention.

"Tom Cruise?!" Xing exclaimed in exactly the same way as when Xiao Chu saw him, and the middle-aged man with the cat—Ethan Hunt also reflexively said: "No, not Tom Cruise, it's...cough!"

The familiar conversation made Ethan stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized that he showed a kind smile to the two:

"Nice meeting, two beautiful ladies, my name is Ethan Hunt."

He shook the kitten in his hand, and said slowly:

"Your companion was saved by me. At the same time, that girl named Lai Qixiao also encountered misfortune in order to save me..."

"Save you?!" Although Ethan's good looks are a bit against the sky, and Xing is usually a bit of a nympho, but she is still a normal person who can distinguish priorities, before she marvels at Ethan's good looks. , she first noticed Xiao's whereabouts: "What does this mean? Also, what happened to the misfortune! Could it be that Xiao has...?!"

Misfortune……

This damn word caused a cold fear to emerge from Xing's heart, and the words even had a questioning meaning, but Ethan was not angry, because he could well understand the feeling of losing his composure because he was worried about his companions.

"Calm down, girl," Ethan made a comforting gesture, "Lai Qixiao did encounter it to save me... Well, maybe I misunderstood it, maybe 'encountering misfortune' in the Far East means being killed rather than I understand the 'misfortune', but it's not important, what I want to say is——Lai Qixiao is still alive, just imprisoned."

If Ethan was a real Far Easterner, he should know that in the Far East, not only 'misfortune' can often be equated with 'death', but the word 'imprisonment' also has a somewhat obscene connotation in it.

However, all the girls in the hall are pure-minded girls. It is possible that Ryuji, who knows these dirty things, is suffering upstairs again, so no one's thoughts are wandering at this time, and everyone's attention is focused on the story Ethan tells. superior.

"Lai Qixiao met me after returning to LeBlanc—or, I was waiting for her at LeBlanc. After that, Bai Yu Sufang's men quickly raided the coffee shop and made a mess here."

Ethan pointed to the decoration near the gate:

"Their people are very fast, and it took only an hour to repair the damaged place. It looks basically the same as before, but the situation at that time was still very tragic... It can be said that if it was not for Lai Qixiao at a critical moment Throw me out with the summoned Pale Knight, maybe the number of captured people will change from two to three..."

Saying that, Ethan shook Morgana in his hand:

"After that, I tried to get into their base camp more than once, but..."

Ethan smiled helplessly:

"Maybe this is a field beyond the reach of human beings? The stealth skills I am proud of are not worth mentioning in their eyes. This poor kitten, which has been tortured for a week, is my only harvest—— It wasn't that it sneaked out cleverly when I triggered the alarm, and wrote a line with that cat's paw, maybe I would just treat it as an ordinary kitten..."

Recalling the thrilling night that night, Ethan couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his words.

However, what he didn't know was that Morgana hadn't been caught at all, it had been watching everything from a safe place all the time—whether it was the conversation between Xiao and Su Fang before, or Xiao being caught by Xiao after returning to the coffee shop. He knocked down neatly, and managed to control Pale Justice to throw Ethan far away before he lost consciousness. It could see clearly...

In other words, it wasn't Ethan who took the risk to rescue it in a dangerous situation, but Morgana, who felt that the time was ripe, appeared in front of Ethan on her own initiative, using the intelligence agency to cover her disappearance for seven days, and Take advantage of the trend and pin the blame on Su Fang—no, strictly speaking, this is not actually a blame, because those things were indeed done by Su Fang's people, Morgana just dispelled the doubts she had already had about Su Fang The last doubts in everyone's hearts, and show up at the most suitable time to target Su Fang.

As Ethan said before, they may not believe the words of the stranger Ethan, but Morgana is a 'companion'.

The facts stated by the 'companion' made the Phantom Thieves finally make up their minds——

"So, the next goal is decided like this?"

Ryuji who said so - no, he should be called 'Skull' at this time - slapped the table vigorously, glanced at the house structure diagram drawn by Ethan and Morgana, and finally stopped at the third floor The room on the inside.

"Rescue the companions, defeat Bai Yu Su Fang - no one should have any objections to this?"

Chapter 79. Su Fei: Sorry, I’m Late

Asuna knew very well that Ryuji's words were actually addressed to her.

Xing, Zhen, Yusuke, and Ryuji himself who became the temporary leader... Everyone will not be shaken in the slightest because the target of the action is Su Fang.

For them, this is no different from the 'changing mind' actions in the past period of time - after all, apart from those 'heinous' criminals, the Phantom Thieves have also taken action against 'little people'.

However, Asuna is different.

Indeed, code-named 'Elf', she is a member of the Phantom Thieves, and also regards other members of the Phantom Thieves as important partners. Akatsuki is like a lighthouse in the dark night of Asuna's life.

For Asuna, Su Fang is not only her childhood sweetheart who has been with her for nearly ten years, but also the only close friends of Asuna, who wants Asuna to abandon the old friendship and draw a knife to her best friend for the sake of Xiao...

"How could it be possible..."

Asuna slumped weakly on the armchair, her voice was hoarse as if sandpaper had rubbed the tabletop, with a heavy and rough feeling.

Even if all the clues lead to the identity of the man behind the scenes to Su Fang, even if the "lighthouse" guiding the way forward in the dark is imprisoned in a dark prison, ten years of love, ten years of fetters, and ten years of companionship , How could it be possible to just give up and give up?

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?

Those who can sacrifice their loved ones for the "righteousness" have always been a minority, at least Asuna does not feel that she is a person who can harden her heart and draw a sword against Su Fang.

She realized this cruel reality earlier than everyone else, but before the truth was revealed, Asuna had been evading, and she told herself that all of this may not be Su Fang's handwriting, maybe she is just behind the scenes It's just a shield pushed by the black hand.

Asuna didn't even dare to think deeply about why Su Fang was chosen as a shield, and what role her childhood sweetheart Su Fei played in this series of events...

Ethan, who suddenly appeared in front of the phantom thieves, and Morgana, who had been missing for a long time, unraveled the "mystery" in this way, and tore apart the truth that Asuna had been avoiding for a long time in front of everyone, just like this... …

"Is it still like this..."

Yusuke sighed softly.

As an artist, he is naturally more sensitive than others, whether it is the art in life or the feelings of others. What he is best at is expressing strong emotions with painting skills, so Yusuke can understand this very well. The bitterness and helplessness in Asuna's heart.

Just imagining Asuna's mood at this time, Yusuke felt his heart throbbing. If he was faced with such a choice, he would definitely not be better than Asuna's performance, right?Maybe worse or not necessarily...

If you want to use his best painting skills to show Asuna's mood at this time, then this painting must be full of mysterious brushwork and mottled with heavy colors, just looking at it will cause discomfort to the viewer—that It is not a manifestation of "beauty" at all, but a cohesion of contradictions and entanglements, a purely unpleasant existence.

However, as someone often said, understanding does not mean forgiveness.

Yusuke can understand the bitterness in Asuna's heart, but...

On the side of the Phantom Thieves——from Fox's standpoint, he couldn't forgive Elf's 'betrayal' of Joker and the entire Phantom Thieves.

Selfish?

Maybe……

However, this is just human nature...

Whether it's Asuna, Yusuke, or other members, everyone is no longer a child. They know very well that some contradictions cannot be coordinated, and some choices cannot be made just because they can.

The first step towards the distance is always more difficult than the last step...

No one will criticize Asuna at this time, everyone can understand her weakness and helplessness, but it is undeniable that her performance at this time has left a trail of 'distrust' in the hearts of all members of the Phantom Thieves. cracks.

Even if Akatsuki can finally return to the Phantom Thieves safely, Asuna will be isolated intentionally or unintentionally.

And if the Phantom Thieves finally fled in front of Su Fang, and even fell to the end of being captured as prisoners like Akatsuki, how would Asuna face Su Fang?

She can't find the answer...

The questioning and disappointed gazes from his companions, the bitterness and helplessness of being unable to choose between the Phantom Thieves and Su Fang, made Asuna's heart seem to fall into a bottomless abyss with no end in sight, toward a darker than darkness. The endless whereabouts of places...

She slumped on the chair weakly, watching her companions who had shared weal and woe, led by Ethan and Morgana, pass by her one by one, and walked towards the door of the coffee shop.

They are full of anger, they have already made up their minds like the protagonists of hot-blooded animations, they will not give up if they fail to achieve their goals, and their strength is not enough to make up for it, but...

Unfortunately, the protagonists of this book are not these impulsive young people.

Someone temporarily acting as the villainous boss is not a devil in the traditional sense—compared to flirting with the princess in the deepest part of the castle while waiting for the hero to brush monsters and get all Lv. Prefers to be proactive.

Before Ryuji in the front pushed open the door of the coffee shop, a crisp wind chime sounded without warning.

The brand-new wooden door opened silently, and the sun that had been brewing for a whole day shone through the open door into the gloomy hall. The warm light filled with spring breath instantly filled every corner of LeBlanc, filling the air with the Anxiety and restlessness are all dispelled.

"what--"

Ryuji couldn't help but stop - the most basic safety awareness of a phantom thief made him lock the doors and windows before the battle meeting started, no one should be able to open the door except the boss who was accompanying his daughter .

Could it be that the boss is back?

Just because of this sudden possibility, Ryuji began to think about what reason to use to deal with the boss'Why did he lock the door in broad daylight! ? ' When he was in doubt, he couldn't help being startled by the tall and straight figure and the sharp sword-like temperament completely different from the boss.

What made Long Si even more puzzled was that he obviously had no impression of the visitor, but somewhere deep in his heart, he couldn't help but trembled with fear...

This kind of inexplicable fear that he didn't even know the origin made Long Si frowned uncomfortably.

Feeling impatient because he finally got the information on Akatsuki's whereabouts, Ryuji ignored the anxiety and fear in his heart, and said in a rough voice:

"Hey, who are you?"

However, the tall and straight figure ignored Ryuji's rude words, and just walked forward on his own - from the beginning to the end, his eyes have been focusing on Asuna in the corner, not even those strange thieves in the hall. Stay even for a second longer.

At this moment, Asuna felt something in her heart, and slowly raised her drooping head, and turned her gaze to the direction of the gate.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the shoulders of the visitor, making his appearance extremely blurred in the sunlight, almost unrecognizable.

but……

This level of visual impairment, how could it be possible to separate the two people from the bond of ten years of companionship.

"...Su Fei?"

The moment the name was said, the water-colored brilliance moistened those maroon eyes in the blink of an eye.

"Hmm..." Su Fei responded softly, with a bit of guilt and apology in her gentle eyes as always, "Sorry, I'm late..."

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