[Ellie.] Ally! Ally!! 】

I kept chanting her name in my heart, and the muscles of my whole body kept stirring, providing me with new strength as I ran wildly.

[What if she was caught? The man with the earrings told someone to beat her. 】

All sorts of bad speculations started to pop up in my head.

It was just a fantasy in my head, but those assumptions made my heart ache even more.

I'm afraid that she will go through those bad things; Very scared.

When I was never bullied, I didn't know how horrible it was to be surrounded by several people. Now I know.

I never knew how much it hurt when I was hit in the stomach with a fist. Now I know.

I wouldn't have known how sad it was to see those who were bullied, curled up crying. But now I know.

Because I have experienced it and seen it with my own eyes, I am more aware of the suffering of others.

Because we can understand the suffering of others, there will be a hope in our hearts to help others.

It is precisely because I recognize the darkness of all this that I am afraid that my cherished relatives and friends will be plunged into the darkness.

It's not something innately good, and it's not a plot of the Virgin. It's just that because I've experienced it, I don't want to let that experience happen to someone else.

If I've never experienced it, I'll just laugh and say:

"What the hell is going on with me?"

So it is now, and it will be so in the future.

For those evils that I have not experienced, I am not willing to sacrifice myself to stop them.

After all, people are selfish, and I am no exception.

"Damn!!"

Sweaty, I rushed out of a video game store, and this was the third one I had found. In the three video game stores I searched, I didn't find Elle.

Am I overthinking?

I wish I had thought too much.

Rather than saying that something really happened to Ellie, I'd rather believe it was a boring fantasy in my own head.

Feeling embarrassed about your impulsiveness, ashamed of your impulsiveness, regretting your impulsiveness, or something, is better than Elle being surrounded by real bad people outside of school.

She's so thin, it must hurt to be beaten, right?

Although she is very good at fighting, the bad people outside are all adults. How can a girl beat those people?

Damn it!

If she is caught, will she be circled like a small video on the Internet? She likes girls! Bastards!

Gassy! The thought of this makes me explode with rage!

The sudden beating of green tendons on my forehead and the beating heart in my chest made my already tense nerves more sensitive.

I really want to see her.

Even if she punches her in the face, I really want to see her.

Even if I could only catch a glimpse of her in the crowd, I wanted to see her.

As long as I see that she is safe and sound, I am satisfied.

Even though my mind is in a mess now, I am still clearly aware that these worries about Ellie are just imaginations in my mind.

But.. I still want to see her.

。。。。。

Breaking into a hidden video game store again, I pushed the door open with all my might. In the dimly lit room, only the lights on the arcade screen flickered.

"Crackle Crackle"

The sound of in-game currency being thrown in, the sound of the gamepad buttons tapping constantly, spread through the dark room filled with the smell of smoke.

"Whew. Call.. Call.. ”

I gasped and stood in front of the video game store and looked inside. The people inside all looked up at me because of the sound of my hasty intrusion.

“。。。”

But soon, they retract their curious gaze and continue to immerse themselves in the game's world.

Walking through the arcade step by step, the lights on the screen illuminate the adults who are hungry and thirsty for the game.

There are men with yellow muscles and thin muscles and cigarettes in their mouths, and there are also men with fat and gold chains. They are like a dark microcosm of the adult world, their faces illuminated by the screen, but their bodies hidden in the darkness.

"Ellie."

Whispering Ellie's name, I quickly reached the end of the dimly lit room. It's not a big game store, and it can't have too many people, and there can't be space for me to find it for a long time.

I soon realized that I still hadn't found Elle, and that I still hadn't found anything.

"Ugh."

With my hands propped up on the wall and my head bowed, I let out a sigh of disappointment again.

Sure enough, I'm thinking too much, right? Ellie may have slept comfortably at home.

I don't really look like a man like me.

Alas, go back, right?

Anyway, I'll see you in class tomorrow.。。

I thought so, and turned around tiredly, and walked back to the way I came.

。。。。。。。。。

When I passed the front desk, the girl dressed in fancy clothes at the front desk glanced at me, and then lowered her head and played with her phone.

This is the case between people, if there is no fate, they will not care about the people passing by. Even if you pass by, you won't have much communication with him.

If I hadn't met Elle that day, and hadn't had the karma that happened to her, I wouldn't have had so many fantasies about her.

In this way, such a thing as fate is really wonderful and chilling.

If a person does not have it, is he "dead"?

Although he is still alive, he is as lonely as if he is dead.

"Fate. Become the god of love. ”

Lonely as I walked out of the video game store, I muttered to myself and looked at my left wrist.

After attaining the so-called divinity, all the "fate" between me and others was embodied in my wrist.

As long as I am not far from those who have been married, a white silk thread symbolizing "fate" will appear on my wrist. However, if there are no people around you, those threads will disappear.

This seemingly magical thing, after all this time, I have almost gotten used to it.

Merely.. When I looked at my wrist, I noticed something different than usual.

"Powder. Pink line?? ”

Looking at the discolored threads on my wrists, I stood there in amazement, forgetting to move home.

Lighter than the crimson of cinnabar, more dazzling than white, the pink is like a delicate bud, and more pleasing to the eye than the pink of cherry blossoms with spring.

The faint pink threads, as if they were going to disappear in the next second, floated gently in the air, connecting to the streets in the distance.

"Ai... Beautiful? ”

I don't know who this thread connects to, but the first person who comes to mind is Ellie.

Although it was a white "fate" with her before, it symbolized the "fate" of a friend's relationship. But for some reason, when I saw the girl's shy pink thread, the first thing that came to my mind was her.

What does this pink mean? I do not know.

Step by step.

With a feeling of disbelief.

With a curiosity about the unknown.

I followed where the thread had drifted.

In the crowded neighborhood, there are countless dark alleys. No street lights, no people. It's like the darkness hidden in the human world, hidden behind the prosperity, staring coldly at human beings.

The deeper I went into the darkness, the more the threads in my hands condensed.

And then.

The moment I walked around the last corner.

I saw something that made me suffocate with anger.

Disheveled and covered in blood, Ellie was panting and leaning against the wall, wiping the blood from the corners of her mouth with her slender hands.

On the floor lay three motionless men, and seven adult thugs, armed with iron pipes, in front of her.

"Elle!!

It was the last thing I said when I rushed at Ellie.

All my worries that I had forgotten for the time being, all the anger that had been extinguished for the time being, flare-up again at this moment.