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In the dead of night, the little man was sleeping soundly beside him, but Shiki, who still seemed a little interested because he had played during the day, did not sleep, and looked at the ceiling above with his eyes open.

"Huh?!"

Suddenly, a sense of urgency welled up in my heart for no apparent reason.

Even if the experience he has trained in the Seven Nights House since he was a child cannot be actively used due to the blockade of memory, it also clearly gives Shiki a hint - there is danger approaching here!

"This feeling is ......!"

Shiki jumped up from the bed suddenly, and in the faint light outside, a figure gradually appeared on the paper window.

No, that's not a person - Shiki had such an unfounded thought in his mind, and even though the other party had hands, feet, and head, he still believed in his feelings.

“…… Strange, monster?! ”

Zhigui swallowed nervously, although he was only eight or nine years old, he didn't feel scared at all. Incredibly, he even felt a sense of excitement rising in his heart.

"Gotta get out of here."

Suppressing the strange feeling that rose in his heart, Shiki didn't wake up the petite sister next to him, picked her up directly, and ran cautiously away from the place where the figure appeared, trying not to make a sound.

"Boom!"

At the moment when Shiki took action, the figure outside the window rushed straight as if sensing his movements, and the paper window shattered, and the figure rushed in.

"What!? Yes!! ”

Zhigui let out a rapid scream, and quickly and dexterously covered his sister firmly in his arms. Cover your head and vital parts of your body with your arms and fit into the window that is close at hand.

"Bang!"

The window shattered, and Shiki rolled on the ground a few times with his back on his back.

His posture on the ground was completely different from the instinctive reaction of ordinary people, and the perfect unloading posture and self-protective behavior made it so that neither he nor the sister in his arms were harmed by any harshness.

Took a deep breath. Shiki got up, pulled his legs and rushed into the forest next to him.

"Wow-ah-"

Because of the loud noise and tremors, my sister, who was only one or two years old in her arms, woke up and instinctively howled and cried.

"Well, don't cry! My brother is here. ”

"Uh......h Brother...... I'm afraid! ”

"Don't be afraid, with my brother here, no one wants to hurt you!"

Zhigui solemnly assured, but he didn't notice that his movements had exceeded the speed and dexterity that a child of this age should have, and even adults might not be able to compare.

"Whew!"

However. After all, it wasn't humans who were chasing him.

The figure that rushed out of the room quickly caught up with Zhigui, raised his right wrist, and the slender arm quickly extended, as if it was infinitely extended, and he crossed a distance of more than ten meters at once, hitting Zhigui's back.

“——！”

Shiki is knocked out and crashes head-on into a large tree. If he continued like this, the sister in his arms would surely hit the tree before him. Therefore. Shiki desperately forced the movement to twist.

"Bang!"

Shiki's back hit the tree and he snorted. Bleeding from the corners of the mouth.

After hitting Shiki, the outstretched wrist quickly retracted, resembling a "rift girl", and the puppet who was named a resident of Misaki City as a "rift man" looked at him coldly, and walked over with twisted movements.

"Brother——!

Although he didn't understand what happened, Dugu instinctively realized that his brother had been hurt. I couldn't help but cry again.

"Don't worry, brother is fine."

Zhigui coughed, suppressed the pain in his body, and struggled to stand up.

"Rustle—"

At this moment, there was a soft sound in the grass beside Zhigui.

Shiki's heart sank. When I turned my head, it turned out to be my playmates during the day, the eldest young master of the clan Tono Shiki and the eldest lady Tono Akiba. Looking at their disheveled appearance, it is obvious that they were also awakened and escaped.

"It turned out to be you." Shiki breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his head to look at the doll that was walking by.

"Brother Zhigui, are you okay?" Little Lori Akiba came over worriedly.

Hearing Autumn leaves call Shiki "brother", the four seasons of the genuine brother suddenly turned dark and very displeased. But I didn't say much, and followed Akiba with a black face.

Although staying away from here is the most correct choice, for these young children, getting together is the most important thing now that the sound of fighting can be heard everywhere in the house-

Even if there are scary and scary dolls coming across from the other side!

"Sister Akiba, Dugu is in your care."

Zhigui carefully handed the sister in his arms to Akiba and pulled out the short knife he carried with him, "I'll drag it, you two hurry up and find Makihisa-sama, it will be safe there." ”

With that, Zhigui resolutely rushed out.

"You-"

Shiki moved his lips, and suddenly a guilty expression appeared. He suddenly found that compared to Shigui, who volunteered to stay and drag down the enemy, he looked as ridiculous as a wreck!

Along with the movement of the body, the burning pain continued to spread throughout the body.

However, the pain did not affect Zhigui's motor function in the slightest. He adjusts his breathing as he tries to concentrate, anticipating the next move the puppet might take.

In the face of Shiki's attack, the puppet remained motionless, and it seemed to be a path of static braking.

The distance of more than ten meters passed in an instant, and Zhigui's figure rushed in, and the sharp short blade cut through the sky, stabbing at the joints of the puppet's body quickly and accurately.

This thorn concentrates on the keys of fast, accurate, and ruthless, not to mention an adult, even an ordinary magician in this situation, he doesn't want to dodge the past.

But—

After all, Shiki is not facing a magician, not even a human.

Just as Zhigui's knife was getting closer and closer to the target, the puppet's right wrist suddenly stretched out and twisted like a rubber, and a bend hit hit Shiki's chest.

"W-wow!"

Opening his mouth and spitting out a mouthful of blood, Shiki instantly flew upside down, fell to the ground and rolled out.

"Brother Shiki—"

Autumn leaves, who were being pulled by the four seasons and were walking to other places, saw this scene, and immediately broke free and trotted towards this side. As for Dugu she was holding, she cried directly.

"Don't come, let's go!"

Shiki let out a loud shout and staggered to his feet, "Take Dugu and go!" ”

"But—"

"Let's go!"

Akiba is still hesitating, and Shiki has already started to act again.

Although his body was in great pain, Shiki's heart was filled with a sense of joy that he had not felt for a long time. It's the thrill of battle! Every cell in his body was excited by the fight!

Under the premise that he must protect his sister's safety, Zhigui charged towards the puppet with a strong fighting spirit and fearlessly launched a charge towards the puppet. (To be continued......)