When I finished everything and walked out the door, it was already raining outside.

It doesn't seem to be very big, and as I said before, rainy days are my favorite weather.

Looking up at the gray sky, the light spread out through the gaps in the clouds, and the air was illuminated very thoroughly.

Raindrops were ticking down the fallen leaves on the road downhill.

Mr. Shi gave me a wristband before, and it is now being placed in my briefcase.

And now, today's work is finally over, and I am carrying my umbrella while going down the hill along the path.

A crisp birdsong sounded in the mountains and forests.

With the birdsong singing, I looked back at the top of the mountain.

What caught my eye was the little girl in a Tang costume, standing at the door of the laboratory, looking at me from above in the rain.

Oh, it's Mr. Shi's daughter, why is she standing there?

With an indifferent look, like a cold doll, this child is so young, although the appearance is cute, but why is there no little child's unique liveliness?

At this time, the other party seemed to notice my gaze, and she immediately withdrew her gaze from me, like a robot, and quickly turned around to open the door of the laboratory and walked inside.

The coherent duration of the entire movement is barely more than a second under the naked eye.

But before she entered, the moment the door was closed, I saw it clearly, and at the end, I saw that she had turned back slightly, and at the end she looked back at me again.

His eyes seemed to be filled with disgust.

"Smack! ——”

With the sound of the door closing, the ticking of light rain echoed in the air again.

"Rustling ......"

……

Nothing to say all the way.

When I got back to the station in the field, where there was no one but me, I waited about 10 minutes for a bus to pass by, and I was finally saved.

Sitting in the penultimate row by the window, empty except for me and the bus driver, I couldn't help but recall what he said when he handed it to me.

"This is our company's latest research product, please take it back to the company by my husband."

"What is this?"

"A bracelet, and then you will understand what it does."

When the time comes, you will understand... But I'm not a company, so why should I understand?

Of course, at that time, I didn't ask much, just gladly accepted.

And now, because it took a long time to get here, my physical condition is not very good, and I always have headaches, including the moment I talked to myself before, and I don't know why......

All in all, I guess I have already gotten off work when I return to the company from this kind of countryside, so I sent a text message to my boss to ask if I can go home directly from work to avoid an extra trip.

Originally, I thought I was going to procrastinate and find some reason for something.

But unexpectedly, the company readily agreed to my request this time.

Maybe the boss went on a date, right?

I thought about it.

Sitting on the bus and watching the scenery of the rainy farmland outside the window is very beautiful.

At this time, I put away my mobile phone and watched the driver's back from afar, a middle-aged man, bald, who seemed to be humming some song.

"Hello, how are you? Thank you from the bottom of my heart, will we meet again......"

But because I was in the penultimate row of the car, and because I was on the news on the mobile TV, and the rain and some of the noise of the bus running, I couldn't actually hear the lyrics he was humming very clearly.

But I don't want to figure out what it is.

Then again, I don't know why, I've been feeling physically and mentally exhausted lately.

Even for a short while, I was a little dizzy again.

But since you don't have to go back to the company tonight, let's rest for a while......

Thinking like this, I closed my eyes and relaxed my body, and the feeling of lethargy slowly expanded and overflowed throughout my body.

……

I slept for an unknown amount of time.

When I opened my eyes, I was the only one in the bus, and the bus had stopped.

"Knock knock knock ......!"

It seemed to have arrived at the station, and in addition to the sound of the bus engine, there were some small birds chirping in the air.

At this point, the front door of the bus is open.

The driver's seat was empty, and it seemed that he had gotten off the bus to go to the rest stop to rest, and now I was alone in the car.

I looked at the phone time, 5:43.

By the way, I looked sideways at the sky outside the bus window, and it was dusk and crimson.

It seems like the sky is clear after the rain, I think.

I looked at the briefcase on my lap, which contained the bracelet I needed for this business.

I don't know what the hell it's going to be, but I'll take it home anyway.

Pack up your things and get out of the car.

In the parking lot of the station, it seems that since it is the rush hour for work, there are more or less dusty young people in formal clothes who have just returned from the city on the roads of the town.

But all of them had a tired look on their faces.

It's very hard for adults to enter society.

Nothing to say all the way.

After walking more than 10 minutes from the station, I finally returned home.

"......"

I sat down on the couch and let out a sigh of relief.

"Bang Bang~!"

The sound of the steel hand of the clock turning was heard in my ears.

At this time, the alarm clock on the wall has pointed to 6 o'clock, and now my sister has not come home, and I am the only one at home.

I was the only one sitting on the sofa, and I remembered the entrustment of Mr. Shi before, so I opened the briefcase, took out the bracelet in it, and confirmed that there was no problem.

By the way, you can observe it.

On the surface, this is a very ordinary-looking bracelet, all black, from time to time under the light to emit some luster, it looks, it seems to be no different from the usual smart bracelet.

I don't know if the business that our firm deals with this mountain laboratory is reliable.

Although the firm where I work now is not very reliable.

And now, I can't figure out the condition of this bracelet after turning it over and over again.

What Mr. Shi said at that time that you will understand its role by then is still unclear to me.

All in all, since there are no problems, let's put them in the briefcase first and talk about them tomorrow.

Thinking about it, I reached out to touch the black bracelet again, but as if I had accidentally touched something, a burst of darkness suddenly covered my vision.

Wow......

What is it?

When the light reappeared in front of me, I felt a shivering wind in my ears and cheeks.

The wind carries the fishy sweetness of blood.

And the scene in front of me has changed drastically.

Blood-red patterns, colorful, overlapping with various shades of red, swayed in the air, and an uncomfortable visual sense came with it.

In the distance are endless invisible black holes.

"Hmm-"

Faced with this situation, I can't help but retch, this... What the hell is going on?

"Oh, are you the one Mr. Shi entrusted to Twilight?"

The silent cold wind, which was as cold as the snow of March, and a soft female voice gradually sounded in my ears.

I don't know where it came from, but it seems to be an echo.

"I..."

I endured the discomfort in my heart, raised my head, and looked at the girl in front of me who suddenly appeared.

Like a bud blooming in a red lotus, a petite body, wearing a black dress, a very cold face, Angel's angelic appearance, not tall, and my sister's face...

Same.

“……”

But soon, I finally got used to the discomfort of the moment.

And at this time, I was able to look at her more clearly again:

Her hair was bright red from the roots, but by the ends, the bright red color had become nothing. The eyes are more energetic and vivid than they usually see, like the eyes of fireflies.

It seems to be filled with something, something like light, like a strange creature.

This... What's going on? Why is there a girl here who looks like my sister but is not my sister?

Is this my sister?

No... No, it's just for a second, and I don't have to think about it at all, I'm sure that this guy in front of me isn't my sister.

But what is the current situation of this colorful world like Van Gogh's brush?

Is this really my home?

“… What's going on here? ”

I was a little out of shape, sweat dripping from my forehead on the couch.

Although in this case, I don't know exactly where the sofa is.

The light from the ceiling stinged me like a knife.

I blocked the light with my left arm and half-sat up with my right arm on the floor behind me.

"Hey, I ask you, is this twilight entrusted to you by Mr. Shi?"

At this time, the girl in front of me, who looked like my sister, was waiting for my answer.