Chapter Twenty-Three: Cold to the Marrow

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The shattered barrier over the Tianshui District has been temporarily closed, and Rannoha is working overtime with the barrier team to repair it, but it will take a long time to return to the state before the destruction.

The street garden and the surrounding area where the incident occurred have been cordoned off, and at this moment, the crowd of people who are wailing for their lives has dispersed, and the scene is silent, but it is still shocking.

The petals of the cherry blossoms swirled and fell with the cold moonlight and fell on the bloodstained ground.

Suddenly the rain dropped,

Little by little, the pink petals were wet.

The blood on the ground mixed with the rain and merged into a blood-colored torrent.

The rain is flying obliquely, and the small silver wind chimes in front of the window are stained with raindrops, swaying in the wind and making a "ding" sound.

Thick dark clouds were surging and churning outside the window, and the windows were covered with water droplets. The wind blew against the window, shaking violently and making a startling "clang" sound, like some kind of hungry ghost coiling around the window and roaring.

Qianling stood motionless in front of the window.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating her expressionless face and her reddened eyes.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier.

She stood there like a sculpture.

I don't know how long later, there was a knock on the door.

She suddenly came to her senses, and rushed over to open the door, like a man in the water trying to grasp the last straw—

"Satsuki-"

The expression on his face froze the moment he opened the door, replaced by a deep despair.

Amber eyes suddenly lit up again, as if with the last bit of hope, she stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, her eyes were red, and her voice was hoarse and almost pleading:

"Linchuan, have you found Xiaoyue? You must have found him with so many people! He was waiting for me in the street garden, and he ......."

A pair of hands gently pressed her shoulders.

Lin Chuan stood in front of the door, his hair covered with water droplets, and a pair of wings hanging down behind him, dripping wet.

"I'm sorry. The voice was low, with deep tiredness.

He searched almost the entire Tianshui area, but he couldn't find the missing child. It was as if he had evaporated, and he had disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace.

This sudden massacre caused countless casualties, and thanks to the timely arrival of the Holy Angel Snow Mirror, the disaster was stopped and more innocent people were prevented from being involved. Later, the number of deaths reached 36, and the number of injured reached nearly 100.

The deceased has been brought back by the grieving family for burial, and the injured have been taken to a medical clinic for treatment and recuperation, but the whereabouts of the child are still unknown.

"No one expected this to happen, don't be too upset. He patted her gently on the shoulder.

Qianling looked at him blankly, her lips trembled slightly, as if she was saying to herself: "You must have missed something, I'll find ...... myself"

She stumbled out the door,

The rain line was all over the sky, and the pouring rain overwhelmed her in an instant.

"Qianling!" Lin Chuan grabbed her wrist and pulled her over, "Stupid! What are you going to do!"

"I'm going to look for him, Satsuki won't disappear for no reason......"

"Don't be stupid!" he suddenly shouted, his eyes looking straight at her, his eyes shining.

Qianling was stunned and looked at him blankly.

"You are also at the scene today, and you have also seen how strong and terrifying those demons are! Even adults cannot escape the fate of being torn apart and killed, let alone a child! He has been staying in the street garden at the center of the incident, even if he is not torn apart by the demons, I am afraid he will not be able to escape the squeezing and trampling of the chaotic crowd at that time!"

"Qianling...... I'm sorry for this happening, but now that it's happened, you can only accept it......!

"No, no, no——!"

Tears rolled down, Qianling cried and broke free of his hand, her hair was soaked and clinging to her cheeks, and the cold rain on her face was mixed with tears, and it was difficult to distinguish them.

The familiar face came to mind, silver hair falling over his shoulders and down to his feet, soft as moonlit silk.

He looked at her quietly, his eyes helpless but revealing a hint of connivance.

The white dress was soaked by the rain, Qianling raised her face to look at the sky, the pouring rain washed down from the depths of the sky, and the dense raindrops hit her face, unable to open her eyes.

“...... I don't believe ......," the voice muttered with a cry.

Tears of rain on his face flowed down his chin.

I remember that she always sat by the window in a daze, and when it rained, the rain drifted in and wet her hair.

At this time, there was always a pair of small hands that took the coat and draped it over her shoulders, and the soft towel dried the water droplets from her hair little by little.

"Satsuki, why are you so good to me?" she reached out and rubbed his little face with emotion, her tone soft as a sigh.

“...... Fool, I should ask you this. He dodged her hand, his eyes strange, but the movement of his hand did not stop.

That day, he was dressed in a white robe with an apron and cartoon dolls drawn on it, and he held the bowl of poached eggs in front of her, and his voice was light, but she found a lot of burnt poached eggs that had failed to be made in the kitchen trash can.

That day, the morning sun was shining, and a gentle kiss fell on her cheek, and his soft voice was in her ear.

Satsuki, Satsuki......

Where are you?

"If he's still alive, why don't he come back?"

The rain was pouring down, and Linchuan's voice was drowned out by the sound of rain, but every word was extremely clear.

shattered the last vestiges of illusion in her heart.

The chestnut hair clings to her shoulders, Qianling hangs her head low, and the rain flows down her hair into a stream of water.

She bit her lip hard, and gradually tasted a hint of fishy sweetness between her lips and teeth.

She slowly turned and walked forward, stepping on the waterlogged ground, making a shattering splash with each step.

"Where are you going?" he ran over and grabbed her hand tightly, suddenly feeling a little unbearable.

It's been a long time since I've seen her so depressed, seven years ago, Qianyu's death, she was almost insane, but now it's so quiet, just lifeless, and it makes people feel scared.

rain line,

Ripples all over the ground.

Slowly letting go of his hand, he stood in the pouring rain and watched the girl stagger away.

He looked up at the sky, the pitch black canopy, the surging dark clouds, the shuttling lightning.

The rain rolled down the tip of his nose as he slowly closed his eyes.

It's another storm.

Lightning pierced the night sky, illuminating the dark clouds.

Thunder rolls down!

Click——!

Not far away, a cherry blossom tree on the side of the road erupted into a loud bang in an instant, billowing black smoke!

"Ahh

Lightning illuminated her face, which was covered with water droplets.

Her white dress crumpled and clung to her body, her hair soaked with rain on her cheeks, and she crouched on the waterlogged ground and buried her head deep in her knees.

Weeping was drowned out in the torrential rain.

A beggar sat under the eaves of the street, the rain was all over the place, and he looked curiously at the girl in the middle of the road, huddled in a ball.

The icy rain trickled down his neck, like he was submerging his heart.

In addition to the sound of rain, there is still the sound of rain.

The world can be so noisy and yet so silent.

The familiar feeling of powerlessness seemed to spread from the bone marrow.

She remembered seven years ago, on a rainy night, she ran out of the Rose Garden, and the children behind her laughed and threw rocks at her. She lost count of how many falls she had fallen, and how many times she gritted her teeth and got up, and she rushed into the medical clinic covered in mud.

"Sister...... Sister ......" Xiao Yu cried in her arms, her hands clutching her tattered sleeves.

She hugged him tightly and muttered his name in her mouth.

But the bosom gradually lost its movement.

Irreversible, irreversible.

Despair swallows the sky,

The world was once again flooded by rain, and finally I was left alone.