"Do something you don't need."

Quirrel Kinkarda said boringly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

Oshino stopped in place and watched silently.

Looking at the two of them, Hanekawa bit his lip, but didn't say anything.

The three of them remained silent in unison, leaving Li Nian and Ara Liangmu to sit opposite each other in the middle of the playground.

Hearing Li Nian say that he wanted to talk to himself, Li was stunned for a moment.

He thought for a moment, then showed a weak expression.

“…… If you want to ask me about Kisshot's hideout, I don't have anything to say! ”

"It's not that kind of thing, though...... But what you say, you don't mean that you won't say it no matter how you win or lose, isn't that what you agreed to be? ”

"If you want, if you want to ask, you go and ask Oshino, I won't betray kisshot."

"Huh? Ahh ”

"Get Kisshot's legs back first, I won Quillokinkada."

"Yes, yes, didn't I say before that I wouldn't miss the appointment? If you win, you will let Oshino take your legs back first, and then ask where you are hiding, this is the original plan, and now I don't want to talk about this matter. ”

"Isn't that the thing?"

"No, no, no."

The finger points to the calendar. Li Nian said.

"I just wanted to have a good talk with you." This statement is simple and easy to understand, but the person who said this sentence is an opponent who has just faced each other with swords.

I was only pierced in the chest a few times before, and because it is like this now, the wound has already recovered.

But the burning pain and stinging pain are profound, not a feeling that can be easily forgotten, Li Nian's position in Li's heart is still a terrible enemy, such Li Nian said such a thing, Li Nian can't understand it.

His eyes widened and he pointed to his face in confusion.

"And me? Have a good talk? ”

"Can't understand? Is that a word so inadequate? So to put it another way, life talk, life talk, I've always wanted to talk to you. ”

What Li couldn't understand was not the words in Japanese, but Li Nian's purpose, which he was confused about.

“…… If it's a persuasion, then don't say anything more, it's all nonsense, Dramanz Luki said the same topic, I have already refused. ”

This may sound like a misunderstanding, but it's not wrong in a sense.

Li Nian thought for a moment and nodded. "Persuasion, that's probably how it feels." "Then we don't have anything to talk about."

"Does that mean you're going to stand firmly on the side of Heartunderblade?"

"That's not a matter of course."

"Really? I don't think there's any credibility to say that. ”

"I've said it many times that I won't betray kisshot."

Hearing Li Nian questioning his loyalty, Li snorted disdainfully, and said sarcastically.

"It's someone else's story, but kisshot is a beauty of that level, that's different, I'll turn into a knight to protect it to the end!"

Li Nian shook his head with a smile.

He felt that the current Araraagi calendar was not qualified to say that he would not betray Kisshot for another reason.

Do you really dare to look arrogant in front of my eyes?

"You, here."

The fingertips tapped his chest, which was the area in the center of the ribs, and where Araragi had been pierced several times.

Said lightly.

"Doesn't it hurt?"

Li's expression froze suddenly, remembering that he was a defeated subordinate, he lowered his head in frustration and returned to the appearance of a defeated dog.

“…… It's super painful. ”

"Avoiding the heart, you know?"

“…… I know. ”

"Isn't it going to be a game next, do you know what that means?"

“…… I understand. ”

"Then I don't want to talk nonsense, you, can you almost stop doing stupid things."

“……”

It's a straightforward threat, simple and easy to understand.

Li Nian has clearly expressed the meaning that should be expressed, and the past that should be conveyed has also been conveyed in the past, and this threat is full of weight.

Araragiri's current silence is a good testament to this.

In front of an enemy who can shoot through his own heart, there is no point in thinking about luck.

There was silence for about a dozen seconds.

"No, even so. I wouldn't give up kisshot either. ”

That's how he answered.

“……”

Li Nian stared at him.

Just stare at it.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

"What, what? I'm not afraid of death! ”

Li Nian lowered his eyes.

This guy says he's not afraid of death.

There are indeed such people in this world who have the consciousness to give their lives for something.

But leave aside the credibility in this guy's trembling tone.

"At the end of the day, I don't really understand why you would have the idea of protecting a guy like Heartunderblade?"

As a dependant of Heartunderblade, it sounds natural to fight for Heartunderblade, but in reality, this inference does not apply to Araragiri, who does not seem to be bound by this aspect.

"Are you really conscious these days?"

“…… Even if you ask? ”

"Are you doing this of your own volition? It's not being manipulated by kisshot, is it? ”

"What? What stupid things to say, of course I stand here with my own will! ”

"It feels the same, but it's strange, if you are conscious, how can you do something stupid and say something stupid? Do you really understand the nature of what you've been doing so far? ”

“…… I know I'm not a recipe for justice."

"Then why are you standing in the way of me and Quilokingada? You've done it, I'm asking for reasons. ”

“…… I just can't sit back and watch you guys kill kisshot. ”

Hearing this, Li Nian was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

You can't sit idly by.

For Li Nian, many things that have been done all the time can be summarized in this sentence.

This is his "Word".

But the person in front of him is not qualified to say so.

For Araragi, this reason is not sufficient.

Li Nian said suddenly.

"I said before that your loyalty is not worth believing, and it makes sense, you know?"

“…… What the? ”

"I should have said that, right? Say you're a stupid person who doesn't understand anything. ”

“……”

"I thought you had a bad character before, and I told that girl to stay away from you, I took back the preface, I was mistaken, you are very good, and you are too good, because you have to protect that kind of guy if you sit idly by? Do you want to die for it? Hehe, you're not letting it be bad, but it's simply good. ”

“…… Say whatever you want. ”

"No, no, no, don't be so impatient, listen to me, your current pure appearance, pure good, the appearance of a male high school student, it's not strange in normal times, ordinary children will have kindness, right? You're just kinder than they are, that's fine, it means you're the way you usually - but ah, why are you still the same way you are? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? If I just want to say some meaningless ridicule, I'm sorry, I can't listen to it. ”

Araragi Liteng stood up, already a little impatient.

"Listen to me."

"I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of death, when I saved Heartunderblade, I came to my senses." Ara Ryagi ignored him and turned around to leave. "It's still uncertain whether the winner will be lost, come on, who's afraid of whom."

"- Is it interesting to deceive yourself like this?"

After saying the words that Ara Liangmu couldn't ignore, he took back the steps he had taken, bit his lip, and turned around, Li Nianzheng looked at him with interest, not worried that he would leave at all.

“…… Tsk, what exactly do you want to say? ”

"Your life is very different from what it used to be, you are not even human anymore, you are already a vampire, you know?"

"Of course I do!"

Araragi erupted in emotion and roared loudly.

"Of course I know my life has become a mess, I know that I have become a vampire! Do you still need to say it?! ”

"But you still look like you're normal, obviously it's not normal now, it's not normal for you to do this, which shows that you don't understand deeply enough."

"So what does it mean to understand profoundly?! I know I'm not human anymore! Know you've turned into a monster! How else do I understand?! ”

There was some hysteria in the calendar.

It's not that I haven't thought about my life.

He thought about the future, but he saw nothing but a blank sight.

It is unrealistic to expect a high school student to come out of his current predicament, and he has no clue about it. I don't know what to do.

He also felt uneasy, he was scared, he also felt overwhelmed.

But he couldn't help it.

He could only go on like this.

can only go on at the same pace as before, just like this.

Thus, in the present that must be changed, we run away from change, and in the present we have to face it.

"I'm not wrong to say that you are stupid that you don't understand anything."

"That's right! I just don't understand anything! I just don't understand anything! But no one told me! How could I possibly know! I don't understand what you're saying there! ”

Compared with Li's excited emotions, Li Nian seemed very calm, and at this time he even turned his head to look elsewhere.

Seeing Li Nian glancing at him, Oshino waved his hand.

Li Nian stared at the uncle coldly and said.

"Like you said, because no one told you, no one told you that you were this stupid, and the culprit who made you appear to me this stupid way was someone over there, who was hiding something from you, and maybe misleading you."

Oshino spoke helplessly.

"Sounds like I'm the villain somewhere."

"Am I wrong?"

"That's right...... But I just judged that this would be better for Araragi-kun. ”

"On the contrary, my judgment is to let him know things as soon as possible, and I personally feel that what you said is a bit against your will."

"Well, I have to admit that there are some impure intentions in it."

"I'll tell him."

"The original idea was that this Chilo Kinkada would tell him after this battle, and I feel that it is best for me to explain it to him, having said that, you won't accept it now, so you can do whatever you want. But I'd suggest a euphemistic, more acceptable term......"

"Rejected, I'm not that patient."

Li Nian looked back at the calendar.

Sure enough, he was a stupid person, and he didn't understand it at this time, and he didn't even understand that Oshino had admitted that he was hiding things from him, and he looked stupid at a loss.

Hanekawa is a very smart girl, she has understood a lot of things, and her expression is very worried.

Li Nian patted his ass and stood up, and said slowly.

"Araragiri, when was the last time you ate?"

“……”

"Answer me."

“…… Yesterday, Hanekawa brought me a sandwich. ”

"Sandwich...... What does it taste like? ”

"Nice, huh?"

yes, it's the same as the one at home, so that's fine.

"That's fine, remember the taste of human food...... So now, Araragi, close your eyes and open your mouth - let me see your tongue. ”

Although Li Nian didn't know what Li Nian's intention was in asking these strange questions, it seemed that he was going to make observations, and it sounded like he felt the need to do it, so he opened his mouth.

The next moment, something was stuffed into his mouth.

Then, instinctively, there was a strong thirst, and before he could react, he swallowed the thing with a grunt.

After a long absence, I felt a little, and at the same time I felt satiety, I heard an indifferent voice.

"Lie to you, well, I've done a lot of things like this these days...... And so it was. ”

Ara Liangmu was in a cold sweat, and his eyes looked up in disbelief.

"That's, what."

Li Nian pointed to the upper arm of his right hand, where a piece of flesh was missing, showing a wound with a flat incision.

Said.

"My biceps."