Someone was talking.

No, the sound is in the ears.

The unexpected development made Lin Hui gasp and forget to breathe in surprise.

There shouldn't be anyone else here, no matter how focused you are, someone walks up and gets so close. You'll be aware of it.

He stiffened, trying to roll his eyes to the source of the sound.

Just a few minutes away, a face appeared.

Large black eyes, pale red lips, and almost transparent snow-white skin.

Hair that hung down long lines along her cheeks was white hair.

A petite figure, feeling a little childish, but surprisingly dreamy girl.

“…… You ......" couldn't even make a sound, and Lin Hui couldn't even blink.

"If you want to fly, you have to spread your wings. Or do you want to die? ”

The girl looked directly at him with her big dark eyes. A childish and soft voice, but very mature when he speaks.

"It's going to be very painful to fall from here. Unless you really want to die, think about it first. ”

The girl smiled slightly.

Lin Hui suddenly came to his senses. I wanted to escape from the girl's sight, so I left the window.

The girl in front of him seemed to be just an illusion in his mind from the beginning.

A slightly more childish appearance than himself.。

A white dress that looks like it's floating in the air. Paired with conspicuous red shoes.

In his hand he holds an iron rod that is longer than his height, with a large gray hook at the upper end.

Take a closer look. There was also a black cat beside the girl.

The cat's eyes were like the golden moonlight in the night sky, and the red collar had a large bell on it, and only the end of the tail that was raised upwards with a wonderful touch of white.

The black cat jumped lightly onto the windowsill that Lin Hui had just grabbed.

The bell rang softly.

Then, it spoke.

"Wow!! It's really high ...... here."

The black cat's eyes widened and her expression trembled richly.

It sounded like a teenager.

"Daniel, come here."

As soon as the girl called, the black cat jumped back.

It's an incredible phenomenon that a cat can speak. But the girl took it for granted.

In fact. The girl herself is more mysterious than a talking cat, and her whole body exudes a peculiar aura.

Just seeing her wearing only a thin dress in the cold winter is enough to be different. And stood generously without any disapproval.

An impulse bordering on fear surged in Lin Hui's body. Rapid heartbeat.

Something that appears in front of your eyes. What exactly?

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself." The girl responded to his question, as if hearing the voice in his heart, or perhaps Daiki himself blurted out unconsciously. "Daniel—"

The girl nodded, and the black cat named Daniel stood on two feet with its tail curled forward. Then it landed on its front foot neatly and grabbed the end white.

So the cat's body formed a circle. The girl put her hand inside.

"Huh?" Lin Hui stopped breathing again.

The girl's hand reached into the circle. But it didn't come out from the other side, as if the circle enclosed by the tail was an enchantment, leading to a different dimensional world.

"Strange? Where do you put it? ”

The girl ignored it and continued to move forward. until your elbows are in the ball.

"Oooo

"Hmm...... Found it, okay-"

"Whew-"

"Don't react so much, you really love to perform."

The girl withdrew her hand from the circle and held a small white box.

Daniel was already stiff and fell vertically to the floor like a puppet.

The girl still didn't pay attention to it, opened the box directly, and brought the card in the box to Lin Hui.

"—look."

A thing similar to an ID card, with a headshot of a girl with a straight face, and a few words printed next to it-

"Bleach A—100100"

“…… Death, death? ”

"If you think A-100100 is hard to pronounce, you can just call me "Baibai", Daniel calls me that way anyway, and I prefer the title Baibai. ”

The girl—in vain, said this joking line in a flat tone, with an unsmiling expression.

Her attitude is very serious.

It's a pity that for Lin Hui, all this is too unbelievable today.

"Death?"

These two Dong characters are particularly conspicuous, slightly affecting a corner of my heart.

"That's right, I'm the Grim Reaper."

Bai Bai nodded very naturally.

If these are true, it would be ridiculous and ridiculous.

In this world, the only people who can call themselves the Grim Reaper are martial artists and gangsters.

However. He couldn't even sigh anymore,

Should I be surprised by this kind of thing? Or is it just a bad joke? I don't know if this girl has a brain problem.

Even if he thinks like this in his head, the girl named Bai Bai in front of him does not look like a martial artist or a gangster. She did have a large scythe in her hand. But it is still far from the image of the Grim Reaper, and it can even be said that it is the complete opposite.

White dresses, cute red shoes, and this innocent girl can be the god of death in charge of death.

"No kidding." Lin Hui's throat was a little dry, and he said to her in a low and hoarse voice.

"I'm not lying. However, it is often misunderstood. "Say so in vain.

"Yes, vain is a very good god of death, although ...... It doesn't look like it on the surface. Daniel regained his feet on all fours, and immediately chimed in.

In the strange atmosphere around them, cats talking seemed to be nothing to fuss about.

"Haha, Death? Are you the Grim Reaper? Oh, yes? It turned out to be the Grim Reaper, so you're here to kill me? ”

Lin Hui plucked up the courage to ask her with anticipation.

"No, I'm not." It's a pity that it was immediately denied in vain.

"I just felt the breath of death, and then I saw you here."

Silently approached Lin Hui.

"You're getting ready to die right now, aren't you?"

"......" Lin Hui couldn't answer Bai Bai's question, and it wasn't because of his hoarse throat.

"It's weird, don't you really want to die? Then let's see. ”

This line did not carry any emotion at all, which made Lin Hui tremble all over.

Bai Bai smiled slightly, left his side, and stretched out his hand to the open window.

"Come on, please jump."

The childish eyes and straight line of sight made Lin Hui unable to dodge.

"Just jump off here. And you got it...... Right? So what are you waiting for, hurry. ”

The word for death. And so on and on.

Daniel suddenly whispered nervously to Bai Bai.

"Nothing, nothing, not good. This guy wasn't on the list. If you bring back unnecessary souls, you will definitely be scolded by the director again. ”

"Do you mean that the Celestial Realm is already full, and there is no way to receive any more extra souls? It doesn't matter, anyway, put the soul first, and he wants to die so much, let him die. ”

Daniel was speechless and seemed to be on the verge of passing out.

"What's the matter, do you want to jump and see?" Bai Bai said this to Lin Hui again.

Lin Hui was still unable to move.

"What are you doing? Wasn't it ready to jump just now, and I really wanted to die? ”

He sighed hard in vain.

"As a result, I was still reluctant to die. Was it just for show? I don't even have the willpower to decide to die by myself, it's really pitiful......" Bai Bai's eyes were full of sadness. "If you continue like this, the death you are hoping for will not come. I think you should have mistaken the smell of death around you for your own death, right? ”

The words entered my ears and slowly came to my mind, spreading like a melt.

"You can see us, that's the best proof of that. Although you also exude the smell of death. But it's definitely not your death, please remember that. All right...... Goodbye—"

- Tsuna.

For a moment, Lin Hui's eyes suddenly went blank, making him confused.

Looking around, of course no one exists.

What the hell just happened? Is it a pipe dream?

I felt very uncomfortable, as if my stomach was refluxing.

Dizzy, he held on to keep himself from falling unconscious.

…… It was a nightmare, and he had a nightmare.

Is it because of a passing relationship with death?

Unfortunately, the opportunity has been missed. It felt like being pushed away by death.

It seems that today, let's go back first.

As soon as I stepped onto the platform, the tram behind me immediately rattled and set off for the next station.

Place the commuter pass on the sensor and pass through the ticket gate.

There are still more than ten minutes to get home. Lin Hui's mind had refused to think about anything.

Even if I want to think, I can't do anything, and my mind is a blur.

The ninth floor of that building.

From the moment he began to draw, his memory began to blur......

Scenes overlap intermittently like photographs.

Drawing of black lines, dark orange sky, sunset, restlessness, impulsiveness.

Red shoes, sad eyes, lines, numbness, impulsiveness.

White dresses, black cats, maidens, words, wind, dust, the impulse of death.

Everything is far from reality, and the brain refuses to react.

That's not real, it doesn't exist in my real life.

“………………”

Come back to your senses. Suddenly I found myself standing at the door of my house.

The key, turning, holding the doorknob, and was about to open it at the moment, Lin Hui hesitated.

It's been a long time since I've had such a mood.

Once, when he was a schoolboy. For this door is always ...... Feeling repulsed.

I don't feel anything anymore, so I don't think about it anymore.

He opened the door and entered the house, stepping onto the floor.

"I'm back"

Talking to yourself in the air. Put your shoes away and walk into the living room. If you want to go back to your room, you have to pass through here.

Stepping into the living room, the antique furniture that "the man" prefers and dazzles visitors is crowded on display.

In the dazzling array of antique furniture. He saw the back of "that man", and his father, he—was sunk in the couch with a bottle of brandy in his hand.

My father didn't drink a single amount of alcohol on weekdays, only drinking a little on special occasions or banquets, and almost never drank alone at home. What happened today? Father seemed to be in a good mood.

It must be the first dozens of overseas solo exhibitions, and it has been well received again.

is worthy of being a world-class famous painter - Lin Yiyang.

No matter what your nature is, as long as you paint a good work, you can be admired by the world.

"Dad, you're back, good night." He said in a flat tone without any emotion.

Lin Yiyang maintained the same sitting posture, didn't even look at Lin Hui, and opened his back to him.

"Why are you wandering outside so late? You don't have much time left for your solo exhibition, and you're lazy while I'm away? ”

A low, yet powerful voice, full of majesty and power.

In contrast, Lin Hui's tone was particularly flat.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to embarrass Dad, just keep drawing. ”

"Really? Then show me it. ”

Yiyang said this, and Lin Hui took out the sketchbook from his handbag.

He flipped through the pages of his work, and his thoughts boiled for a moment.

Carved picture on the building、Black distorted landscape painting...... It was originally intended to be a suicide note.

The experience of not having a sense of reality really emerges at this time.

He resisted desperately.

Those things, not true, can't be true. It was just a dream, just an illusion. It doesn't exist in my real life.

"What's the matter, bring it quickly."

Lin Hui was still hesitating, and the sketchbook was taken away by Yiyang, staying on the page of the black landscape.

Yiyang examines the painting in silence.

Plop, plop, heart beating violently.

What's going on? Why are you so restless? What are you afraid of? Even if it is seen, what is there to worry about, even if the person says something. It doesn't matter anymore.

What am I still afraid of?

He asked himself questions and answered himself, and said to himself in his heart.

As a result, the thoughts and emotions in Lin Hui's heart gradually receded.

“…… This is...... What is it? ”

Yiyang's gaze left the sketchbook in his hand and looked towards Lin Hui.

"Are you kidding? Daiki, what's going on with this mess? ”

"I'm sorry."

"This solo exhibition is the starting point for you to officially become a painter, you should know how important it is, right? Why did you draw something like this at this time? ”

“…… I'm sorry. ”

"Didn't you just say that you wouldn't disgrace me?"

"Yes."

"It's a shame to take out something like this. It's not even garbage. Don't you feel embarrassed to draw this kind of thing yourself? You are my Lin Yiyang's son. After speaking, he tore the sketch in his hand in one go.

However, Lin Hui's reaction was rather cold.

"—I'm sorry, Dad."

Yiyang tore up the drawing paper and threw it all into the trash can in the corner. Then he sighed vigorously and walked back to the couch and sat down.

"Don't draw anything like ten again...... No more ...... This ......"

Lin Yiyang seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

"Forget it, let's go."

"Yes, I'm back in my room."

Lin Hui leaves the living room. Head to the bedroom on the second floor.

Why, that person will always only think of himself, the unfinished words just now are to tell Lin Hui not to lose his face, not to lose the face of the world-famous painter, Lin Yiyang, right?

It's really, it's boring.

I just have to do your will and be an obedient puppet, right?

This is the so-called real world.

That's my reality.

All the while, I have been following your lead.

And then—I realized that the path you led was a tunnel with no exit.

It's boring.

There seemed to be a faint murmur in the air.

Before he was sensible, Lin Hui knew painting. He has no other value other than painting, but he cannot grasp himself in painting. So now he has more and more tendency to deny himself.