A tidal wave of sin poured from her palms into Hatsu's body, and she could feel the great pain swallowing her. She could feel the sins gnawing at her body.

But she just looked at Sakurako in front of her, so if that's it, it's fine, right?

At first thought, so Sakurako can live peacefully again, right?

A black substance spread out from her primordial skin, clinging to her body and covering her cheeks.

At this time, Chu didn't want Sakurako to turn back, she didn't know why, she didn't want Sakurako to see her now.

Sakurako said that they were family, and she didn't want her family to see her ugly appearance.

Chu took the snack box that Shao Ren gave her.

She carefully and slowly pushed the box to Sakurako's side, not letting Sakurako see her pitch-black palm.

"Sakurako, these are left for you to eat, they are delicious. ”

Hatsu leaned into Sakurako's ear and whispered with a smile.

Then, her body shattered, and with the scattered maple leaves, disappeared into the clear and clean sky.

A book fell from mid-air and landed where Hatsu was standing, which was Hatsu's notes.

As she herself said, she will only take away sin, and she will take nothing but sin.

Sakurako had been sitting quietly, she hadn't looked back, and she knew that Hatsu didn't want her to turn back.

It's nice to say goodbye like that, too, isn't it?

It wasn't until there was only the rustle of maple trees behind her that Sakurako turned around.

She didn't look for the direction she had left, but picked up the box and books on the ground with her eyes down, stood up, and walked away silently.

Left behind a rusty knife and a dead Jizo.

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Six months later, Sakurako returned to Kiishinji.

The door of the temple has been covered with a thin layer of dust.

She pushed the door open, and the small courtyard in the door was still familiar. But there is no old monk drinking tea, and there is no beginning sweeping the floor.

In the yard, the cherry blossom tree was in full bloom, and the pink and white flowers were gently swaying in the wind, and under the tree, the petals fell to the ground.

Sakurako walked into the courtyard, she sat under the eaves and took out a book from her bosom.

The girl turned the page and read.

"Today I taught Sakurako to practice swords, Sakurako practiced very well, mood: happy.

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Today I accidentally smashed the water tank of the temple, and the abbot knocked me on the head with a wooden stick. Mood: Sad.

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The host said that the wish made in the New Year will come true next year, Sakurako looks looking forward to it, I may have a wish, let Sakurako's wish come true, should, it will come true, right?

······

This year's cherry blossoms are blooming again, and Sakurako is very happy, and I want to plant another one in the yard, but the abbot won't let me, and he says he can't plant it. Mood: Sad.

······”

On the page, the words were very short, but they made Sakurako seem to see the previous scenes again.

Those lives she once wanted to cling to, but didn't.

At this moment, a white flower slipped from the page, it was the flower that had been left behind, and its petals were now yellow, and it was impossible to see the original appearance.

Under the cherry blossom trees, tears wet the pages.

Sakurako smiled, her palm gently stroking the words on the book.

"At the beginning, if you don't say yes, will you only take away my sins?"

But you obviously took everything with you.

Take everything, take it all away.

Under the cherry blossom trees, girls with nothing wait for the evening bell, which will call for those who have not yet returned home to return early.

She waited, waited, even though she knew that the bell would call no one back.

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The land of the wasteland was still black-red and stinking with blood.

There are always people who say that wanderers who have left their homeland will miss the taste of their homeland.

But at first thought, she won't miss the taste.

The corpses on the wasteland have all disappeared, I don't know where they went, in short, they have been cleaned.

Hatsu's body appeared in mid-air and fell to the ground.

Even though she didn't want to be nostalgic, she had an intimate encounter with the land of the wasteland.

Her body couldn't move, and this time the pain of the sin was much greater than she had imagined. This time's evil, plus the last one, is obviously not as simple as one plus one. A great deal of sin surged through her body, destroying and repairing it, torturing her only remaining will over and over again.

Someone must pay the price for sin, and since she chose to bear it in the first place, she will have to face the price.

The cold evil eroded Hatsu's heart, and even she felt fear.

She was like the same ordinary person who had first come to the Apostolic Wasteland, terrified by the primordial killing, hiding in a corner and at a loss.

Hatsu's side face was buried in the soft dirt of the wasteland, she looked into the distance with her eyes open, she couldn't move, she couldn't see anything.

Pain, loneliness, and fear engulfed her.

Destroying people's weak hearts is what sin does best, and if she was still as numb as she was at the beginning, she might not be so painful.

But it's clear that the beginning is not as pure as it was at the beginning.

Hatsu opened his lips gently and moved.

"Help me ······"

She begged for help, and the feeling of helplessness in the mire magnified the fear in her heart.

But no one will respond to her, she has to take it all on her own, it is her duty.

The torture lasted for a long time, and there was no time in the wasteland, and everything seemed to be frozen, which made this execution-like punishment even more endless.

When she first fell on the wasteland, she thought that if there were still corpses around, it would make her feel some comfort, but those corpses had already been cleaned up.

When she got to the back, she kept herself awake by breaking her fingers, and for some reason, she just knew that she couldn't faint or lose consciousness.

Moreover, it also helps her to keep track of the blurred time.

It must have been when she broke her index finger for the hundredth and third time, and the pain and coldness slowly faded from her body.

She still lay there motionless, her lips chapped, her eyes half-closed blankly, and her cheeks stained with black-red dirt.

The severed index finger slowly repaired and trembled slightly.

"Congratulations, you've brought back another sin. ”

In the sky, the unknown voice sounded again.

It paused for a moment, as if staring at Chu who had fallen there silent for a moment, and after a long time, asked.

"Would you like to continue?"

There was a rare emotion in its voice, but it was impossible to tell what it was.

Chu Wushen's eyes finally moved, and she lifted slightly, and she looked at the sky of the wasteland.

There, the faint light was obscured behind the clouds.

"I do. ”

Chu said weakly, faintly.

Her palms clenched slowly, gripping the dirt of the wasteland.

It's the only meaning she has and the only thing she's able to do.

"Well, then I'll continue to help you strengthen your body and wait for the next mission. ”

The voice finished and vanished.

Once again, the wasteland fell silent.

At first, he fell there, in the endless wasteland, at the junction of the sky and the earth.

She stared with her dark pupils, at the dim light behind the clouds.

God said, "Be faithful to your oath unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."