57. Earthen seat
"Oh my God!"
Early in the morning, Aono, who was exercising downstairs, heard the exclamation of Kanda Yukie.
Aono thought of the black earthworm she had eaten yesterday and hurriedly ran upstairs.
Then I saw the petite girl at the door of the room on the third floor.
There were no pus and sores, no tentacles, and no mutation into an ugly appearance.
JK's school uniform was still a little wide on her body.
"Grow taller! I'm finally getting taller! β
Aono soon understood the reason for Kanda's exclamation.
Her little face was full of joy.
Pointing to the scratches left on the wall, the excitement in his eyes!
Since the third year of junior high school, she has been drinking milk, stretching, and measuring her height every morning when she gets up, but unfortunately, not even a millimeter has increased.
And today, I have grown 2 cm taller!
It is conceivable why the girl was so surprised.
Aono: "...... Congratulations. β
Kanda Yukie suddenly realized that this was the first time she had shown such a happy look in front of Aono.
At this point, I started to get shy.
Sensitive heart, began to worry about whether he would laugh at himself again.
Before I knew it, my little face was flushed.
"IβI'm going to grow taller!"
After saying that, he slipped back into the room and closed the door with a "bang".
Aono: "......"
I didn't say you wouldn't grow long, did you?
But it's good news that Kanda Yukie wasn't affected by last night's supper, so it's barely good news.
Kanda Yukie had breakfast and left.
Aono began to think about a serious question.
Do you want to tell Kinoshita Kiyomi of Tomie's identity, that is, the police?
Judging from Tomie's performance yesterday, this is undoubtedly a girl who exudes a dangerous aura all over her body.
In a way, she and Aono are the same kind of people - crazy!
However, Aono has [disguise] to act as his protective color among normal people.
Tomie, on the other hand, completely revealed her truest side in front of Aono.
Coupled with that strange ability to control the flesh, it's really like Tomie in that story, and he will never be killed.
Maybe after being split in half, it will grow into two identical Tomie.
Aono must admit that now he really doesn't have the ability to kill Tomie completely.
One can imagine how many casualties it would have caused if Tomie had started to attack ordinary people without any scruples.
Aono's morality has always been above the level, and although he doesn't care about the death of someone who is indifferent, if his own decision leads to this, it is still something he doesn't want to see.
If the police were to be informed, would it be of an extremely bad nature?
For example, the police went to encircle and suppress, but they suffered heavy losses.
After the failure of the encirclement and suppression, Tomie no longer had to pretend to be a good girl in the school and wantonly kill innocents.
When the time comes, she can completely change her face, hide for a while, and start a new life.
What Aono fears is that this kind of thing is happening.
If you don't expose her, the identity of "Tomshima Mie" is both a disguise and a layer of restraint for her.
At least judging from her performance in school, she is still very normal.
And Tomie's statement that "we have a common enemy", Aono is only half-convinced.
Just believing her like this, then Aono is too naΓ―ve.
Friend or foe.
is Aono's judgment of Tomie.
Thinking of this, Aono temporarily gave up his plan to expose Tomie.
'I'm still not strong enough!' β
Aono realized the crux of the problem and continued to work on himself.
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Two days later.
Aono receives a call from Natsuko Hoshino.
"Aono-kun, I have something very important to discuss with you, can I ...... Come to my house? β
Natsuko Hoshino has always taken good care of Aono, and he didn't ask the reason, but directly based on the address given by Natsuko Hoshino.
Came to her doorstep.
To Aono's surprise, unlike Asaka Tamagawa, who lives in a wealthy area, Natsuko Hoshino lives in an apartment complex in Shinjuku Ward.
- Although it can be regarded as "mid-to-high-end", compared with the value of Natsuko Hoshino, it seems a little ordinary.
"Manager Hoshino, what's the matter?"
Natsuko Hoshino personally opened the door for Aono.
It can be seen that her face is very haggard, and her eyes are slightly bloodshot, which is much worse than her previous delicate appearance.
Aono asked politely.
Natsuko Hoshino's face was both worried and guilty, and she spoke.
"Asaka her...... Something happened! β
Aono frowned slightly.
"Mrs. Tamagawa?"
Wasn't she taken abroad for treatment by her daughter?
Aono doesn't really want to pay attention to this matter, being released pigeons, normal people don't show too much mood, right?
Natsuko Hoshino was even more ashamed.
"I know it's rude, but I can't find any other way."
Aono heard a voice from the living room, turned his head and saw that Tamagawa Rin walked out with a complicated face.
"Hello, Miss Tamagawa."
Aono greeted lightly, without even blinking.
"If nothing else, I'll go back now."
Since he chose not to believe in himself, Aono would not stick a cold ass with a hot face.
"Whatever you want, I'll give it to you!"
Seeing that Aono was really about to turn around and leave, Rin Tamagawa stopped him.
"Money, houses, women...... I can give it to you! As long as you cure my mother! β
"No, miss, do you really think that I will be short of money now?"
Aono said calmly in tone and eyes.
But because of this, Rin Tamagawa felt a surge of anger in her heart, if she was put on her before, she might be angry!
But......
Thinking of my mother's helpless eyes in the room.
Rin Tamagawa swallowed the grievance.
She bit her lip and shivered.
She is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong, it is only because of her mother's condition that she made that choice, and she knows that she is wrong.
But as the daughter of a rich family, Rin Tamagawa, who has hardly been wronged, wants her to apologize.
It is undoubtedly extremely difficult.
"Right...... I'm sorry. β
From between Tamagawa's teeth, he finally spit out such a sentence.
Aono raised his eyes and glanced at her slightly, and continued to walk outside.
"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! β
Rin Tamagawa raised her voice, bent down and said loudly.
His eyes were slightly red, and he almost cried out on the spot.
There is no more pride.
'Poof! It's kind of fun to tease this little girl. β
Aono originally wanted to educate this Tamagawa Rin - not for the sake of money, but mainly because he was quite comfortable with Tamagawa Asaka, and Hoshino Natsuko's face was also to be given.
It's just that at this time, Tamagawa Rin didn't hear Aono's response, and he was anxious.
It's completely out of the way.
Knelt directly in front of Aono and said in the posture of a soil seat.
"Please! Save my mom! β