The expected gunfire did not ring at the summit.

Yuzuki Saya had a soft hand, and a self-deprecating and desperate smile appeared on his face.

After all, she still couldn't pull the trigger.

It's ridiculous, so many people have died because of themselves......

After losing the influence of divine power, I realized that I didn't even have the courage to kill people with my own hands.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sousuke Araki, who was full of bruises, had already rushed in front of the two of them, and knocked the revolver in Yuzuki Saya's hand to the bottom of the observation deck, and fell towards the crater.

"Hey...... The revolver was actually hovered over by me...... It's a pity......"

Second, Ryoma looked at the bottom of the landscape platform with a regretful expression.

In order to prevent tragedies such as the revolver misfiring and accidentally injuring the "Dragoma" in the crotch of his pants, in addition to buckling the insurance, he also had a good habit of hovering the nest of bullets against the chamber of the gun in an empty bullet position.

In other words, even if Saya Yuzuki pulls the trigger just now, it will only be as empty as playing Russian roulette.

He pretended to be nervous before, but in fact, he was trying to confuse the other party and create a gap for Sosuke Araki, but he didn't think that the woman didn't have the courage to shoot at all.

"Smack."

Sousuke Araki slapped him hard and slapped him in the face.

"I thought you'd have even a little bit of remorse after all that happened...... It seems that I was wrong. ”

His expression was as gloomy as water, with great sadness and anger.

"Ryoma, handcuff her and hurry down the mountain."

"Araki-kun......"

Yuzuki covered her swollen face and stared blankly at the crater below the observation deck.

At the same time, a soft morning light shone through the clouds, dyeing the sea of clouds around the crater a soft and dazzling gold.

"On the top of Mt. Fuji, it's really as you said, except for the snow and snow, it's as cold as hell."

She stretched out her slender finger and pointed to the southwest: "Now, at the foot of Mt. Fuji, there is a beautiful forest in the shape of a half-moon called Aokigahara...... It is said that hundreds of people choose to end their lives in that beautiful place every year. ”

"Hey, if you want to explain the knowledge of tourist attractions, it's not too late to go back to the police station to talk about it......"

Two years ago, Ryoma had already taken out a pair of handcuffs from Matsudaira and walked towards her.

The golden glow, like a giant hand, slowly opened the soft curtain, and the scenery of the entire Mt. Fuji suddenly opened up.

The darkness that had enveloped the hearts of the people all night was dispelled.

Just when everyone thought that the matter was over, Yuzuki Saya suddenly opened her arms as if she was stretching her waist.

Contrary to the rising sun behind her, which gradually rose and broke through the clouds, the light in her eyes was gradually extinguishing.

“…… It's nice to end your life in such a romantic place......"

With these words, in the stunned and green tendon expressions of Ryoma before Sosuke Araki and Er, Yuzuki Saya fell straight under the guardrail of the observation deck.

Seeing this scene, Mai Hanyu, who was originally standing in front of her, instinctively reached out and hugged Yuzuki Saya's waist, wanting to pull her back.

Unfortunately, she was too weak, and most of her body's center of gravity was in the upper front half of her body......

hugged it this time, but was taken out by the other party.

Underneath the observation deck is a crater as unfathomable as milk chocolate.

Two slender figures, just under the first rays of morning light, fell towards the crater.

"Reason failed to triumph over instinct...... Is this the fate of mad scientists...... Is it over early...... My research ......"

In mid-air, Hanyu Mai, who had "attempted to save people", looked up desperately at the rising sun and whistling snowflakes in the sky, making her final farewell......

A dark shadow burst out of the wind and snow, obscuring the morning light above, and grabbed Hanyu Mai's arm in midair.

That's Sousuke Araki, who followed the two of them and didn't hesitate to pounce on the observation deck!

"Puff ......"

At this moment, Mai Hanyu, who was ready to face death, looked at Sosuke Araki, who suddenly appeared in front of him, with a snot and a hideous face, but like an angel carrying the rising sun, and suddenly laughed for some reason.

“…… You're laughing at you!!! ”

Sousuke Araki's head was covered with bruised teeth, revealing Godzilla's fangs, and one hand grabbed her arm, and the other slammed into the mountain wall below the observation deck, piercing the snow and blasting into the cracks of the volcanic rock.

However, his left arm carries not only a Hanyu dance, but also a yuzuki saya who is held by Hanyu dance.

"Uhh......h

Sousuke Araki's right arm plunged into the snow and slid down the steep, snow-covered inner wall of the crater.

He was already extremely powerful, but at this moment, he burst out with all his survival potential, carrying the weight of the two of them, and constantly slamming into the volcanic rock under the snow with his hands and feet, buffering the power of falling.

Finally, halfway down the inner wall of the crater and encountering a hollow terrain on the cliff, Sousuke Araki completely stopped his momentum and grabbed half of the dead wood at the edge of the depression with his arm.

This half of the dead wood must have been an old tree that once grew in the crater, but after the eruption, it was covered by volcanic rock and turned into a rock-like existence.

At this moment, the belated sharp pain hit Sosuke Araki's already bloody hands and feet, causing his facial expression to distort.

Perhaps because the temperature was too low and the hands and feet were already stiff, the severe pain gradually eased and the bleeding from the wound stopped.

He just felt some swelling and congestion in his hands and feet, and maybe a slight fracture.

No matter what, he could only hold on with his will and didn't dare to let go.

However, dragging the weight of two people to hang on such a cliff is not a long-term time.

"Are you crazy? Why...... And save me......"

Looking at Hanyu Mai, who was holding on to him, Yuzuki Saya, who had just reacted to what was happening, showed a puzzled look.

“…… I knew that I would ...... you like that."

"I don't know what I'm thinking...... Perhaps, it is out of a mad scientist's last awe of research materials. ”

Looking at Yuzuki Saya in front of her, Hanyu Mai's eyes also had a look of self-inquiry.

"Two, now is not the time to chat...... Can you move, if you can, I'll lift you up a little bit, and you try to climb up. ”

In the wind and snow, Sosuke Araki yelled at the two.

His hand hanging from the trunk was frozen stiff, and he felt like he couldn't hold it anymore.

And the lava trunk in his hand began to crack painfully.

"It's good that you can maintain the weight of two people, and if you shake it again, everyone will fall......"

Mai Hanyu, who was grabbed by Sosuke Araki's arm, analyzed it rationally.

"It's better to let go of us, after all, to this world, you are a ...... more important than my life"

Even if she is gone, one day, there will be a better scholar than her to discover and reveal the secrets of Sosuke Araki and save the world that is about to be submerged by the "sea".

"What nonsense, Lao Tzu jumped down with it, and he wants to die together......"

In this situation, Sosuke Araki didn't have a good temper and scolded her.

"Araki-kun, no wonder you love her so much...... You don't even want to die...... I'm really envious. ”

Saya Yuzuki, below, suddenly showed a grateful and bitter smile.

She felt it, holding her own Hanyu Mai, with a mind far greater than that chest looked.

On that day at Fuji-Q Land, if I hadn't chosen to go to that lover's hotel, I might have been the one who was being guarded by Araki-kun with his life.

"Oh? So sleeper, do you love me so much...... I thought you were just obsessed with my flesh......"

"Hey...... Don't come out and make trouble at this time...... Although I'm slightly ......"

Listening to Saya Yuzuki's brainless words, Sosuke Araki instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

“…… It seems that my understanding of love is too superficial. ”

Yuzuki Saya remembers her fatherless and motherless childhood, and the false "love" that men have labeled as a price tag as an adult, and smiles self-deprecatingly.

After running away with the Elysium Society's belongings and being captured by Ryuo Uchimura, her spirit has been extremely unstable, and she has thought about suicide many times.

However, the "divine power" displayed by Ryuo Uchimura and the promise of giving "miracle things" allowed her to see a new world and regain a false direction in life.

"It's a pity that it's too late to wake up, and I've done so many wrong things......"

In Yuzuki Saya's eyes, there was a complex meaning, and then it became clear and transparent.

"If you give me another chance, I won't let you go......"

It's just that, at least once, I was so close to having such pure feelings.

“…… If there is an afterlife, let me atone for my sins......"

Sousuke Araki only felt a light hand.

He looked down, and without warning, Yuzuki Saya had broken free from Hanyu's already weak arms.

"Goodbye, Araki-kun, please be sure to ...... Live happily ......"

Facing the sky, Yuzuki Saya stretched out her arms and descended towards the crater as if embracing the blue sky.

In the midst of the rapid fall, the last image in her eyes was the panicked and desperate face of Sosuke Araki in the midst of the snow.

In mid-air, she smiled like a fox, mischievous, relieved.

Some things, once passed by, may be missed forever.

Perhaps, there will never be a chance to feel it again, which makes him look flustered with happiness.

"Bastard!! You give Lao Tzu back!! ”

Sousuke Araki's roar echoed powerlessly in the crater.

Struggling to maintain his balance on the edge of the snow cliff, he could do nothing but watch as Saya Yua's familiar and unfamiliar face was swallowed up by the wind and snow of the crater.

It's too ...... to do so many bad things, but to die when you want to die It's cunning.

I am and will never forgive you!!

The chaotic thoughts and scenes of the past replayed in Sousuke Araki's mind like a marquee......

"My hometown, in Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a remote place where there is nothing but hot springs."

"If it's a boy, let's call him Araki Aohara...... It's like the vast forest at the foot of Mt. Fuji that we looked at together that day. ”

"Araki-kun, we...... Let's do it. ”

"Thank you, Araki-kun, one of my dreams in life is to achieve the Fuji-Q Four King Kong punch card."

"People call Yuzuki Saya, so remember the girl's name......"

"Anonymous-kun, my name is Yuzuki Saya, thank you for the gift, goodbye ......"

……

"Sousuke !!!"

At the top of Mt. Fuji, on the observation deck, Ryoma leaned over the fence and roared loudly at the sea of clouds below.

However, the only thing that responded to him was his own echo in the wind and snow.

The white crater shrouded in clouds and mist, like a jagged mouth, mercilessly devoured the figures of the three people.

Sousuke...... You idiot! I haven't seen you drive a Bentley yet, how can you ...... in such a place?"

A tear fell into the clouds, and before it hit the ground, it turned into ice particles.

"It's all you black police scum, ugly-looking, bottomless guys......"

Two days ago, Ryoma turned around and angrily kicked Kota Matsudaira, who was still gasping on the ground, handcuffing him and the unconscious team member.

Then, his hands groped indescribably over the two of them.

“…… Say, where is the phone? ”

He and Sousuke Araki's mobile phones had been taken away by these people a long time ago.

"Cell phone...... All...... Destroyed...... The only one, in the teak woman......"

Kota Matsudaira was awakened by the pain in his abdomen, and his consciousness became clearer.

"Damn, what should I do, I have to call for help immediately......"

If you go down the mountain to ask for help, it will be at least a few hours back and forth, and I'm afraid Sousuke's body will be cold.

Ryoma, who has always believed in "being prepared", feels a high wall called "despair" in front of him, separating him from Sousuke Araki forever.

"Squeak......

Just as he was about to bite the bullet down the mountain to ask for help, the sound of the door opening behind him caught his attention.

The observation deck at the top of the mountain was too dark before, and I only cared about fighting with a few people......

After sunrise, I realized that there was a small shrine with a red roof and gray walls, standing on the top of Mt. Fuji behind the observation deck.

Next to the torii, which is as gray as volcanic rock, there is a small plaque that reads "Mt. Fuji Hongu Asama Taisha".

An old man in a gray robe, with long white eyebrows and a beard, was cautiously peeking through the gap in the temple gate, looking with frightened eyes at the chaotic viewing platform not far away.

I knew there was a post office and a shrine at the top of the mountain before I came, but I didn't expect that on days when the mountain was closed by heavy snow, there would still be people living in a place where such birds don't lay eggs.

Two days ago, Ryoma rushed to the shrine as if grasping a life-saving straw, and pressed his foot against the door of the temple that the old man was about to close with a hideous face.

"Old man, don't be nervous, I'm the ...... of the search lesson"

Despite the pain in his feet being caught by the wooden door, Ryoma tried to squeeze out a kind smile and showed his police badge to the other party.

"Hand in ...... Also? ”

The old man looked horrified at the man in front of him who looked like a burglar in the backlight.

“…… It's the police, Pelis, Sliver, A SIR, and the old man!! ”