PS: Yesterday's arrears will be made up on Tuesday.

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Li Nian walked out of the door of the Okura Hotel with a travel bag.

"Oh, here it is, here and here."

Oshino shouted as he stood under a street lamp at the corner of the street not far away.

Li Nian walked over, he raised his hand and threw something, it was a can of beer, and Li Nian reached out to catch it.

Apparently I just bought it, and it was still very cold, and in the cold, Oshino himself was holding a can of the pull tab that had been opened.

Li Nian lifted the can of beer and looked at it in front of him, and noticed that it was the same brand as the one he bought at the roadside convenience store that day.

"Hmm......" narrowed his eyes and said.

"You didn't put anything in there, did you?"

"Huh? Ah, alcohol or something? ”

There is no alcohol called beer.

Li Nian smiled.

"Let's talk about it first, that kind of thing can't paralyze my nerves, I'm the type who doesn't get drunk in a thousand cups."

"That's it, Remnant Thought, "If you drink at this juncture, your reaction will become sluggish, and the battle will be defeated in the future", my plot has failed, so it's useless to give you another drink, come back?"

"No, if you don't drink it, you won't drink it in vain."

Li Nian used his one-handed index finger to clasp the pull ring, put it to his mouth and took a sip.

It's just a joke to say that something was put in, and the possibility of an unopened jar being poisoned is not impossible, although it is something that is difficult to do in common sense, it can be done with unreasonable things, and if you don't know what you can do, you don't know if the thing in your hand has been manipulated, and Li Nian doesn't have to be the director of the processing bureau.

Before that, I didn't think that Oshino would really use this method.

Li Nian handed over the travel bag.

"Here's what you want."

Oshino took the bag, not confirming the contents, and nodded.

"Then, I'll go to Heartunderblade, and I'll tell you where I've chosen, it's going to be off the beaten track."

"Seriously." Li Nian suddenly lowered his tone and said in a slightly cold voice: "If I still lie at this juncture, I will really be angry." ”

Oshino smiled and shook his head.

"You don't trust me."

"That's impossible."

"Obviously drank the wine I gave?"

"It's a different story."

"It's really sad, I've been hit, I can only say, please rest assured, at least I won't miss the appointment."

"I hope so."

"An expression of relief."

"Alas...... Because I still don't understand what you're thinking. ”

Now that it has reached the last moment, Li Nian still has such a point of view.

What is the balance between human beings and non-human beings, what neutral position, is completely unknown to the idea, Li Nian can't understand.

Oshino, who did these things, must have his own considerations, but what these considerations were, Li Nian couldn't deduce.

All in all, he didn't understand what Oshino was doing this.

This is not something that can be explained by a creed, the purpose is something more explicit.

Oshino shrugged.

"My behavior looks strange, I know this kind of thing, and I don't think it, just saying something inexplicable, you can understand."

"That's how common sense is in the world."

"Well, this is the end, if there is something to ask, it's okay, listen before you go, there probably won't be a chance for other answers."

"Do you want to answer seriously until now?"

"I don't think you'll change your mind if you explain it, though."

"That's true, but it's true that I'm interested."

Li Nian straightened up a little and looked directly at Oshino.

"Then I'll just ask."

"Just ask."

The most important question.

"What is your purpose?"

"It's really a straightforward question."

"So don't fool me."

"Okay."

Oshino replied very dryly.

"To help Heartunderblade fulfill her wishes."

"What wish?"

"I've told you about this before. She had come to find a place to die. That's what she wants to do. ”

“……”

Yes, that's something Oshino said before.

"Is it understandable that you have lived too long and don't want to live? Nearly half of the vampires die like this. ”

Taken literally, the phrase "looking for a place to die" is equivalent to suicide.

Now I also got an affirmative answer from Oshino's mouth.

The reason why I have not been sure but always feel that there is some deep meaning is because-

"But no matter how I think you're saving her."

"Although it is a suicide volunteer, it is not okay to die casually, so I said that I came to "find a place to die", and obviously dying under your hands is not a good answer."

Hearing this, Li Nian was a little stunned at first, and then shook his head a little funny.

“…… Heh, there's still something special about it here. ”

Obviously, Li Nian was very contemptuous of Heartunderblade's so-called wish.

He scoffed and continued.

"I thought it was a wish, if I wanted to die gorgeously, it wasn't like I couldn't meet her request. What do you want to help her fulfill this wish, which means that the place has been found? What's that beautiful place? How about I go and see what happens? ”

At this moment, he was a little disappointed, feeling that this so-called desire was essentially just a decent pursuit because of arrogance, which had no value and seemed ridiculous, so he did not agree with it and did not respect it.

But this is prejudice.

What Heartunderblade is pursuing, the end of a five-hundred-year life, is not that kind of thing.

But.

"It's the Araragi calendar."

Li Nian frowned instantly.

“…… Yes? ”

"On the verge of despair, about to die, almost desperate, the boy who suddenly appeared in this situation and saved her is not just like Prince Charming? She fell in love with such a man at first sight, so she chose him as the place to die—this is how it felt. ”

"That Heartunderblade, you mean? You're ......"

You're kidding me—you want to say that.

Oshino shook his head.

"To use a joking phrase, I'm not right. It's not such a fairy tale. But I think that's the essence of it. Because it's the Araragi calendar? With the consciousness of self-sacrifice, he used the way of self-sacrifice to be saved by almost dedication, and everyone would be moved, right? That's how Araragi saved the vampire, mind you, save. For the strongest species, it's probably the first time to be defeated like this, so it's the first time to be in a desperate situation, and it's the first time to be saved after being in a desperate situation, needless to say, it's also the first time, because it's the first time, is it strange to be like this? ”

“……”

What to do, he said it makes sense.

At this time, Oshino said this.

"Little brother, you're just, you don't think of Heartunderblade as a human being."

“……”

Li Nian was silent.

Say something "I didn't see Heartunderblade as a human being".

The phrase itself is a linguistic problem, because Heartunderblade is not a human being in the first place.

She is a vampire, and the strongest species of vampires.

She's a man-eating youkai.

It's a monster.

Obviously this is the case, and it can be simply refuted.

However, because I felt that there was indeed something in my heart that was accurately hit, I could only be silent.

……

Right.

I didn't realize that it was my own problem, and it wasn't a simple monster.

Oshino was right.

I didn't see Heartunderblade as a human being.

To be precise, it was a lack of awareness of acknowledging that Heartunderblade had a human nature.

It makes sense.

The fantasy species is inherently inextricably linked to humans.

Human nature is not unique to human beings.

Obviously, he has been in contact with Dlamandz Luki, and has admitted in his heart that he is a vampire mercenary with Heartunderblade.

Obviously, there is a youkai living in the house that doesn't want to eat people and is more like a human than a human.

I'm stupid.

Li Nian pressed his forehead and shook his head.

"I see."

"So it's okay to stop now."

Li Nian shook his head.

"But it's impossible."

"I think so. It's just talking. ”

Oshino smiled nonchalantly.

Originally, I didn't expect to convince Li Nian.

Li Nian took a deep breath.

"Well, I understand your purpose, but I will say, it has nothing to do with me."

"I know, I know."

"There's a reason I can't allow Heartunderblade to come back."

"It's okay if you don't say it."

"One of them."

Li Nian said to himself.

"Heartunderblade is a man-eating youkai, and this premise will not change, then she must die."

Oshino had an expression on his face that "you don't actually have to say".

He had already guessed that Li Nian would not compromise, and the reason why he would not compromise was also understood, and now that he said it, it also confirmed Oshino's guess.

"Two."

"The second is-" Oshino interrupted Li Nian: "It's an unthinkable thing to commit suicide or something, even if I believe Heartunderblade, you won't believe it-it's not a reasonable fact, so I don't use it as a reference, right?" ”

Li Nian nodded.

Oshino guessed right.

The so-called ideas have subjective elements, and they are not necessarily true.

Oshino's statement is one-sided.

What Oshino saw, what Oshino heard, and how Oshino deduced it were not Li Nian's personal experience.

So, it's not worth believing.

Li Nian said again: "There is a third point. ”

Oshino didn't care, he didn't think it would be any different from what he thought.

But Li Nian said yes.

"Personally, I'd love to kill Heartunderblade with my own hands."

This is the unexpected answer.

It's a little different from guessing.

Oshino's eyes widened.

Li Nian smiled at him and said.

"I want to help Watanabe, avenge the dead storekeeper."

And responsibility has nothing to do with obligations, this is selfish desires.

Oshino nodded thoughtfully.

“…… I see. ”

"That's it, so, as sorry as I am, I don't care what Heartunderblade wants."

"The persuasion failed, and my time was wasted, and there was wine."

"You're stingy, but thank you for giving me a beer."

"Little brother, you really can't get in oil and salt. However, with such a good reason, there is no way, oops, and I will return disappointed. ”

"If you go, you won't send it. And hurry up and give me the news here, if you release my pigeons, you will really be angry, but it's not for fun. ”

"I know, I know, please trust me with this."

Oshino sighed and left.

Then, staying behind, Li Nian said towards the air.

"That's it."

Quilokin Kada stepped out from behind the big tree behind him and said with a smile.

"I really heard interesting topics."

"It's not a good habit to eavesdrop, Lord Bishop, I don't shy away from you, just follow me if you want to listen."

"I'm just not at ease."

"You seem to have tampered with Heartunderblade's legs?"

"Just a mark."

"I thought it was going to be a curse or something."

"I want to be as undetected as possible."

"It's really faint, Oshino probably can't detect it, but he should have guessed it, and since I found out, it's better to think that Heartunderblade himself can also detect it."

"It's worth a try."

"Let's hope we don't need it, let's go back."