In the midst of the uproar, Sawada slowly walked to Jinxia, who was still holding the collar of the fraudster, and silently helped her to stand firmly: "It's okay, this summer?" ”

"Thanks, it's fine." With Sawada, this summer's attitude was a little stiffer than usual, and then he smiled and said, "It's great that this guest is okay too." ”

There was no superfluous affection in Sawada's smile, he didn't even look at the "this guest" that he said this summer, and his tone was still so calm and calm: "There may be a lot of things to ask me this summer, let's talk about it first?" Hell Temple—"

"Ten generations!" Hell Temple immediately agreed.

"Worries you."

"Ten generations are really amazing. My worries are unfounded! ”

Hearing this, Sawada lowered his eyes, smiled bitterly, and then raised his head: "It won't be superfluous, Hell Temple, thank you." By the way, this guy," he pointed to the fraudster with his eyes, and said lightly, "Just kick him out." Stop hitting him. ”

"Ah...... Good! The prison temple agreed, dragging the already frightened fraudster away.

Jinxia took a deep look at the guests who were said to be kicked out, smiled cautiously, and then said to the onlookers, "Well, it's okay here." Rest assured, I'm going to find out about the situation now, and if there's any information that you need to know, I'll tell you in time. Please keep an eye on my official website. ”

Sawada, who had already turned his head to face the store, smiled imperceptibly, and there was a trace of helplessness and a hint of pampering in that smile. No one knew what he was thinking, but he grabbed Jinxia's hand as he stepped up the stairs: "It's broken here, be careful." ”

"Oh oh......" Jinxia thanked him as he quietly withdrew his hand.

Kawahira was checking with the account office about what was broken by the two of them this time, and the lark sat at the low table without caring about himself, and Sawada led this summer to sit opposite the lark, and the person who helped in the store came to pull the door for them. The two who had just fought met again but were surprisingly calm, and they could still sit at the same table and talk, so they had to praise this group of pseudo-family squatters.

"The day has finally come." Sawada spoke first. His demeanor was no different from just now, it was very different from what he had been before, and he said in this tone: "There are some things that should be known to this summer." Skylark-senpai, what do you mean? ”

The lark just raised his eyelids and looked at them: "She knows more than you think." ”

"That's just right. This summer," Sawada looked at this summer: "I was saved by you." ”

This summer, with a kind expression of "I don't know what you're talking about, but you say yes and that's it", she keeps a smile on her face. In fact, she has already felt a sense of crisis in Sawada, and since the awakening of gender consciousness this summer, she has often felt a similar sense of crisis: Oh no, this guy has feelings for me above friendship...... Such a sense of crisis.

But that's just the kind of crisis that Cheng dù is. This summer thinks she can deal with those feelings that she doesn't really want to accept, but it's not something she can control alone, all in all, it's good to run to the friendship route in time when she is still missing a heart, but if she runs away, everyone can't even be friends - well, she needs friends at the moment.

"To be clear, you have untied the shackles on Tsunayoshi Sawada." The lark added.

"As I said this summer, we're all guilty of being here." Sawada said seriously: "Everyone's sentence is different. This question was asked to me this summer before, and at that time our bond was not deep enough for me to report to you in such detail. ”

It's not entirely a good thing that the bond has deepened. Jin Xia sighed inwardly, but said, "Anyway, it's great to be able to help." Now, what's going on now? If you break the shackles, will you be able to return to the original world? ”

Sawada and Skylark glanced at each other and smiled bitterly: "It could have been, but the things that were broken today should also be counted, so I have to stay here for a while." Fortunately, the guest did not have an accident, and if he did not harm his life, the sentence would not have increased too much. ”

"I see." This summer asked her most perplexing question: "So, who gave you an extra sentence...... And where is that shackle? Is it something I can't see? Even if she sues her now, the myths she heard when she was a child are true, whether it is a monster or a vampire, and she is not surprised that there is really a rabbit pounding rice cakes on the moon.

"This ......," a few of them fell silent.

"I don't know." Finally, the lark answered this summer's question. He said: "I came here all of a sudden, and I didn't have a clue at first, and these are all experiences that have been explored by previous people. All you have to do is know that your NEET employment plan isn't going to work. ”

"I already knew." This summer re-said what he said to Takasugi at the time: "You said the predecessors? Haven't you been in the first batch for a long time? ”

"Actually, I've been here for five years this summer." Sawada looked her in the eye and said, "In the past five years, my appearance has not changed at all. I know some of my seniors have been here for 10, 20 years...... And so they were, as they did when they came. ”

“…… Ha. This summer, I remembered Takasugi's act of calling the government "shogunate" and wondered if he had been here for a hundred or two hundred years. It's a chill to think about.

"But wouldn't people from outside notice these strange phenomena? For example, if someone suddenly goes missing, ordinary people who live outside will forget about that person," and think of his boss this summer, "Also, your appearance hasn't changed in five years?" ”

"No, it won't." The lark said lightly: "Even you, if you don't tell you, you won't notice." The whole city is in chains, and there are four seasons of the year, the morning sun and the sunset, but it is a different world from you. ”

"There are many, many people who can help us break the shackles, but we can't give anyone a hint, we can't take the initiative to talk about it, and even if we do, the other party may not be the one who can save me. Besides, for some reason, most people forget what they have experienced once they leave here. Although there is no official quarantine policy, it is like being quarantined. Sawada added the words of the lark. He spoke like two people compared to usual. Is it that if the shackles are untied, everyone will be promoted ten levels in a row, along with the language skills?

"I see." Jinxia thought for a moment, and then asked, "But since there is a prison sentence, then even if I don't do anything, you can go out one day, right?" ”

"Not really." Sawada said, "Theoretically, that's the case, but things that are broken, people who have been hurt, and people who have broken the rules...... All of them will increase the sentence. To tell you the truth, the people who come here are more or less unruly. So far, there have been zero people who have been released from prison. ”

"Hmph, it's useless to run away." The lark said again: "Kisuke Urahara, who was used as a lobbying case by you, how did he deceive the rules, I don't know." Oh, but I can sue you, he can't escape, and sooner or later he will be thrown back. I've seen this kind of thing a lot. ”

"Really...... Kisuke Urahara, yes. "This summer I decided to re-investigate the matter about Kisuke Urahara.

Skylark and Sawada looked at her with an indescribable look.

Smile back this summer.

Suddenly, he came to a strange place, and he was told that no matter what he did, it would be in vain, and he might not be able to wait for someone to redeem him for the rest of his life...... What would it be like to feel like that? I tried to experience it this summer, but she couldn't realize it, she only felt a depression in her heart.

"So, what about a manager like Uncle Kawadaira?" Asked again this summer. She still remembered that Keigo Keibe, like Uncle Kabunira, belonged to the administrator of the residence, and the same was the administrator of Konoha who only had a one-sided relationship. Are people like them also inmates?

"It's the same." The lark said briefly.

"They are very responsible, and they automatically take on errands that others find troublesome." Sawada explained further.

"I see." Jin Xia nodded: "I've thought about it roughly, you guys listen to it: the quickest solution now is to tell this secret to the people of the outside world." As you said, there are a lot of people who can break the chains, but they just don't happen to be able to meet them all the time. It's just that the whole thing is very inconsistent with the outside world's perception of 'scientificity', and if the media is used to lie a little bit to make them acceptable-"

"You can give it a try. Knowing this, you are also caught in the shackles. You can't talk about it to anyone. The lark interrupted her.

"Yes, since the time when I knew some secrets, this summer has been with us. Moreover, it is useless to lie. You've been doing this this summer with the mood of letting us leave NET Town and return to the world of ordinary people, right? You can't lie about this kind of feeling. Sawada also said.

Speaking of which, their attitude is already obvious: instead of waiting for the next outsider who doesn't know when he will find out this secret, it is better to seize this summer and use it well.

"I see." Jin Xia nodded and said, "But you know, I do these things and get nothing but self-satisfaction. So, I think...... If you want me to continue to help people who want to leave and return to the world here, we need to come to some consensus? Let's say reciprocity or something. ”

"Hmph, just a few words, and the tail is exposed." Although the lark said this, there was a happy expression on his face. He stood up and looked at Sawada and Jinxia: "You discuss the rest, and when the results come out, let them show me." With that, he left.

This summer, Wasawa was relatively silent.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, but Sawada said first: "Thank you so much, this summer." ”

"You're welcome. Either give me some substantial thanks and buy me a bag. This summer deliberately made a joke to try to distance some of the two people: "The joke will be made later, so let's pick up the key points for now." I've got some things to attend to after that, so let's hurry up. ”

"......" Sawada looked at her quietly, looked at her for a while, and suddenly regained his usual expression: two big eyes widened, wet, like a harmless little animal, reached out and scratched his head: "Feeling...... Are you hating me this summer? ”

"No, no, I really have something to do, something at work." Not lying this summer. She felt that this guy Sawada was pretending to be this expression now, and even so, she further explained: "Today's incident is not a good publicity opportunity, well, you won't understand the dirty world of adults." ”

"Oh, oh." Sawada said very sensibly: "Then, then it's okay to discuss this matter later, let's go and take care of my own business this summer, right?" ”

"Huh? All right. After a little hesitation, he agreed, deliberately slowing down the action of packing up his things to show that he didn't really want to escape from this room where Sawada was alone. People sometimes just do things that are contrary to their own ideas to show their attitude. Now this summer, I only expect Sawada to be young and not understand this tactic.

As usual, he sent her out of the door, to the damaged gate of Bunglie.

"This summer!" After she had taken a few steps, Sawada suddenly stopped her again.

"Huh?" Looking back this summer, I just wanted to ask what was wrong, but I felt something soft and warm on my cheek, and I left immediately.

"Thank you, goodbye."

This summer was startled, took two steps back, couldn't stand up right away, and almost fell to the ground. Tsunakichi Sawada kissed her on the cheek? Why? It's just a matter of thanks, but there's no such etiquette here. Looking at Sawada again, he was still harmless like a docile little rabbit, with a pair of big eyes that were wet and flashing, but his originally black and white eyes gradually turned red, was it an illusion this summer, and he always felt that there was something other than a smile in those eyes......

She didn't dare to look at it anymore, and felt that as an "adult", it was really embarrassing to be scared by a mere cheek kiss, so she pretended not to care and waved her hand: "It's really coquettish, Tsunayoshi." Okay, I'm going back, you can rest early. If there is anything to say, we will talk about it tomorrow! ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for any more reaction, and he didn't care about brushing the hair hanging down from his ears this summer, so he hurriedly turned around and walked quickly. Until she walked out of a distance of more than ten meters, she always felt that Sawada's last sentence of "thank you, goodbye" was inexplicably weird, and she couldn't help but look back at the past from afar. However, as a big myopia, she could only see that in the deepening night, there was a pale golden broken light floating in the place where Sawada Tsunayoshi was just now......

Probably who hung up the night light, right? The light that flickered and quickly dissipated was so beautiful. This summer, I squinted my eyes and looked at it from a distance for a while, and I always felt that there was something empty in my heart.