In summer, there is a face that will not grow old.

Blue sky, white clouds, cicadas, tree shadows.

The moment the keys fell, the hustle and bustle on the basketball court had not stopped, but the lights in the library had already been lit up one after another.

And just like that, day after day, time does not stop.

Until, the midsummer comes, until, the autumn frost is gradually dyed.

In my memory, the summer of youth seems to be like this forever.

Kazama raised his head and looked at the blue sky overhead.

The chirping of cicadas and the shadows of the trees have long since disappeared, only the sparse white clouds, timidly hovering on the distant horizon.

Sure enough, youth belongs to them, and in front of Kazama Yangyu, there is only the scorching summer.

and, a sentence "Thousands of miles are depressed, and the grass and trees are sad......

Sand.

Endless yellow sand as far as the eye can see.

It is as vast as the twilight clouds on the sea, connecting heaven and earth.

The long sand dunes, undulating like mountains, stretch all the way to the distance.

With the scorching air, it depicts a pleasant mirage.

It's like an ingenious labyrinth, obviously there is no obstacle, there is obviously no obstacle, but it is impossible to reach, the exit of hope.

Patience is slowly being worn out, with it, that faint hope.

"That...... Nana, haven't you arrived yet......? ”

Sweat, as if he didn't want money, rolled down his cheeks, Kazama glanced slightly at the number on his head that seemed to have not jumped for a long time, sighed in abandonment, and dragged his slow steps towards the petite figure in front of him.

Slender limbs, gently resting on the hot sand, Nana puppy like a puppy, lying quietly on the ground, her nose flushed with sunburn, twitching slightly, like a puppy, looking for the bones buried in the ground many years ago.

"Shhhh You'll be scared away! ”

Turning his head quickly, his fingertips quietly stood up in front of his lips, and a red little face was full of serious expressions, which couldn't help but make people a little embarrassed.

But Kazama still held back a smile, and nodded earnestly like a child who had admitted his mistake.

Turning her head happily, Nana began to sniff carefully again.

The tip of his nose twitched slightly, and after a while, he nodded happily towards the air in front of him.

"This way! This way! ”

The petite figure quickly ran out, and then, lying down again in a sand dune in the distance.

There was a hint of hesitation in his eyes, but Kazama's footsteps still quickly followed the crowd in front of him.

"Hee-hee~ Guardian, don't worry, Nana is not only a researcher of medicinal herbs, but also a qualified priest and primordial speaker~"

As if seeing the doubts in Kazama's heart, a gentle voice sounded in his ears.

The water-green clothes fluttered gently, making other people's moods relaxed.

"That...... Nana, is she really talking to a small animal? Wouldn't it be a ghost or something......"

"Shh——!h If Nana hears it, she'll be very angry. Although there are many lives in this world that are too small to be seen, even so, they do exist~"

"Yes...... That's ......."

It's a very common phrase, but if you taste it, it seems that there is some special meaning contained in it.

Kazama nodded thoughtfully.

"Moreover, Nana's original language is more special, it is a secret technique inherited from their family, and she has followed ...... since she was a child."

The words suddenly stopped, and with them, the water-green figure.

"Qianqian?"

Kazama stopped unconsciously and looked back with a puzzled expression.

In the eye, a hint of gloom flashed on the cheeks, which were a little crimson because of the heat.

"Hmm...... No, nothing ......."

The haze, as if delusional, quickly dissipated.

In its place, there was a smile that was still gentle.

"Hurry up, or Nana will run away~"

Quietly stretched out his hand and grabbed the other party, and the water-green figure rushed forward like this.

Together, the staggering silver-white figure.

The sand dunes, rolling and undulating, stretch into the distance, like a huge canvas, casually spread out under the summer sun.

Kazama Yangyu and others, just like that, under the leadership of Nana, who is like a puppy, slowly move forward.

From a distance, it looks like eleven tiny black dots, depicting their own footprints on this dusty canvas with their own stubborn steps.

Paragraph and paragraph.

Slowly, slowly, on and on.

It's not so much purposelessness as listlessness.

"Water...... I'm going to...... Water ......"

As if it was a wilted flower, Yaoyao, the beast-eared mother who had always been full of vitality, lay on Su Yu with a look of dying on her face, and let the other party drag herself forward step by step.

"Speaking of which, I can't find even a single water element in the air here...... So let's be patient...... Who told you to grow so much hair......"

Su Yu glanced back with pity, but there was no pity at all.

"I'm really sorry for too much hair...... Go back in the evening...... No, I'm going back after this competition...... Kneeling three ......"

didn't bother to look at Su Yu, Yaoyao had half-closed eyes, and her confused chattering voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Su Yu's heart trembled, just about to beg for mercy, but in front of him, there was a sudden cheer.

"Found it! Got it! ”

Not far away, Nana jumped up excitedly, and her little red face covered with sand and dust was full of joy, as if flowers were blooming.

The petite figure ran out with a smoke.

"This way! This way! ”

As if hearing the voice of salvation from God, Yaoyao, who was originally dying, suddenly opened her eyes.

The turquoise eyes burst out with a scorching sun.

Su Yu only felt a lightness on his back, and before he could react, a figure had already swept out like a gale.

In an instant, he overtook everyone and ran to the front of the line.

There, a faint shade of greenery slowly emerges from the horizon.

It seems that in the deepest winter night, the slight glow of the fire on the matchstick, even if it is so small that you can't even feel the warmth, but the light soaked in hope still spreads irrepressibly.

All the time, it spreads into everyone's heart.

Tear that night-like despair to shreds.

The originally listless crowd, as if they had eaten dozens of cans of Red Bull plus a mixture of black coffee and mustard, in an instant, went wild.

It's a competition, in the midst of wind and sand, gambling on the glory of being the first to be liberated.

The wind, whistling in the ears, the sand, swaggering in front of the eyes.

But in the eyes of the wind and feathers, there is only the green that is getting closer and closer.

It's close!

It's close!

It's closer!

The verdant greenery, in an instant, is coming.

Every cell is cheering for the coming water molecules.

But......

"Bump!"

He was knocked down and lay on his back on the ground.

"You...... Hmmm......"

"Shh

mouth, tightly covered......

Kazama Yangyu's eyes widened, and he stared blankly at Yaoyao, who was suddenly lying on his side, covering his mouth and nose.

Belch...... Are all the people in the cute girl trading company kidnapped professionally...... Even the skills of covering the mouth and nose are so well-trained, it can be described as "fast, accurate, and ruthless".

Also, there seems to be a thousand ants belly dancing on this face, what is it......

"Hmm...... ......Uh-huh" (Translation: "Take your hairy ears off my face!") ”）

"Don't talk!"

Now it's you who is talking!

Oh...... Wrong...... Like, there are others......

"It's all said! We're just going to stay for a while, and we'll be away when the sisters who are suffering from heat stroke take a breath of relief! ”

The girl's voice was loud and crisp, with a hint of anger that had been forcibly suppressed.

Kazama finally stopped struggling, letting his furry ears flap from time to time, challenging the limits of his nerve endings.

The ears, like Yaoyao, quickly stood up.

"Hey! Stay for a while? Anyone can say this kind of thing, but who knows how long this will be? ”

The low male voice, without a trace of emotion, is so cold that just a few more words can completely block the scorching sun.

"You ......!"

As if it was angry, the girl's voice rose in an instant.

"What the hell do you want?!"

"What do we want? It's what you want to do, right? ”

A strange voice of yin and yang suddenly sounded.

"But what if you have to ask us what we want? Hey! You guys...... I think we know better than we do......"

"Dirty!"

"Perverted!"

"Shameless!"

There were several girlish timbres again, as if the yellow warbler was out of the valley and came quickly.

"Hey, hey! Anyway, it's all a false body created by a fantasy, so there's no need to pretend to be reserved, right? ”

The yin and yang weird voice is not angry, and the playful tone seems to be able to imagine the lewd gaze of the pair of thief eyebrows and mouse eyes.

There was a wind, a passing sound, a hint of exclamation.

"You're ......! Let go! ”

There was a slight popping sound, which sounded in the air.

"Wangcai, don't talk nonsense with them...... We're only left with a few hundred numbers left...... Let them wait outside......"

A confused voice, as if he had just woken up, with a hint of interest.

"Yo~ I was asked what I wanted to do just now? Regret it now? In that case......"

But the yin and yang weird voice was obviously a little angry, and the playful tone suddenly changed.

"Let's get out!"

Silent.

Deathly silence.

It was as if an imminent outbreak was brewing.

Kazama's heart was suddenly stuck in his throat and motionless.

It was as if a slight jump would break the silence.

There is a wind, blowing.

Carry, suffocating temperatures.

The ground, suddenly, became hot, accompanied by a terrible sound of breaking the sky.

When Kazama raised his eyes, a fireball several meters in diameter fell straight from the sky, grazing past the bushes where he was hiding.

Then, with a "boom", it smashed to the ground.

"Selene!"

"Stinky! Dare to smash Lao Tzu! ”

"Humph! It's you who smashes it! ”

"Huh? Is there another fight, oh also! Belch...... How is it a woman? ”

"Huh? Do you look down on women? ”

"Humph! What's so great about stinky men! Let's go together! Come on, girls! Long live the girls! ”

For a while, the light of swords and swords, lightning and thunder, and a bloody battle quickly kicked off in this small oasis......