Chapter 4: Atonement
Liukai's footsteps began to slow down, and finally stopped, and he looked at the simple tombstone carved with jade lacquer in front of him by the faint moonlight, which looked pale at this time.
However, compared to the pale tombstone, the young man's face in the dark is even more pale and abrupt. I don't know if it was cold or shaken, Liukai gasped, and then slowly bent down and placed the flowers prepared in advance in front of the tombstone. Then he slowly sat down next to the tombstone, habitually putting his hand in front of his mouth, and subconsciously biting his lip. As the teeth and lips continued to collide, it began slowly, and a red liquid flowed down from the corners of his mouth, but Liukai, who was immersed in inexplicable emotions, was unconscious, just silently and endlessly repeating an action.
The owl in the tree silently watched the tall and thin boy under the tree, and suddenly let out a loud chirp. Liukai stopped the movement of his hand and raised his head. The moonlight reflected on his unusually pale face, the red liquid was slowly dried in the wind, and the corners of his mouth suddenly outlined a smile, which was a strange and inexplicable smile.
"Rest in peace, old man!" Liukai just left the last eulogy that couldn't hear the emotion, and got up to leave. Thinking that all the people who have a relationship with me have perished by this point! Liukai, who was slowly walking towards the path, couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. However, he already clearly knew that he should not have such superfluous feelings in the first place, because feelings are unnecessary for him, and if he indulges his emotions, I am afraid that even the sea will not be able to hold these crying tears, which is really ridiculous
Wait, something seems wrong. Is the sea~ It's really a nostalgic place~ What is it for? When Liukai thought of the sea, his footsteps suddenly stopped, as if there were currents on the ground flowing through the soles of his feet and all over his body.
"Sunset!" Liukai suddenly woke up, and unconsciously called out the name, his right hand instinctively grabbed his hair, lowered his head, and listened to the whistling wind passing by him, and the rustling of leaves sounded particularly hideous in the quiet night.
"I forgot, forgot," Liukai muttered, blaming himself for being immersed in the darkness but unwilling to move forward and strive towards the light, completely dominated by sadness and self-blame, and forgetting his mission by giving up on himself.
That's right, the setting moon, the cursed gene, the gigantic tissue. There is an ulterior secret behind this world. Now is not the time for me to grieve, I am not qualified to grieve, and there is still a lot to face. Regret has no meaning, for this cursed soul.
When Liukai thought of this, his footsteps began to move forward slowly, but every step seemed extremely difficult, and he listened quietly to a long and low voice in his heart, as if he was deliberately trying to encourage Liukai to move forward.
"A soul that no one can save, even then it has its value and significance, yes, carry your sins forward. Even if you are like a dog, you can't give it up, because you don't have the right to die. You are too guilty to enjoy the easy and pleasant remedy of the death penalty. Only by constantly struggling, constantly atoning for sins, and constantly burning life to gain strength, to pay for one's sins. ”
"Wait for me, Moon, wait for me, the world of chaos. I'll save you, and bet my soul on six kai! Liukai's words murmured, and even if he tried to keep his voice down, the woods were mixed with words of firm sadness.
"Is that the man?" In the darkness, the figure of a man flashed on the path not far behind Liukai, and a deep voice seemed to be hidden in the woods, asking the figure that flashed into the woods. However, the tall, lanky black figure didn't seem to have the will to answer his question.
Beneath the enchanting dark red sky is the ultra-modern architectural complex, and the new anthropological campus on Mars still maintains that faint calm and serenity as always. In the window of a room with the curtains opened, on a single bed, the figure sat up like a young girl.
Mengmi, who was rubbing her sleepy eyes, had slightly messy hair, and the white nightdress on her body was also wrinkled. She didn't have time to sort it out, but she found the soul core that kept flickering, prompting Mengmi to receive the message sent not long ago.
"Good morning, Mengmi, are you free today? I've always wanted to find Liukai and you, and everyone went to a place together, but I'm sorry I didn't go earlier before that happened, but, even so, I want you to know that place. At 10.30, I'll be waiting for you in front of the main entrance of the school, if you don't want to come, you don't have to come. I'll be there until the evening though! Frank. ”
Seeing that the news from Frank was displayed on the soul core, Mengmi got off the bed and walked towards the long table in front of the window, rubbing his eyes with one hand and yawning with the other, and said with some displeasure: "This bastard, what kind of cuteness is he selling, wait until night, isn't this a provocation to me?" Think I'm such a soft-hearted person? I just don't go! ”
Although Mengmi said this, he kept thinking about the place mentioned in Frank's message, and subconsciously muttered: "Do you plan to go to a place where everyone goes together?" Thinking of this, a scene suddenly appeared in Mengmi's mind, which was the cliff garden where the three of them frequented.
"The Past"
"That, I said," Xiao Sleep muttered with a reluctant look on his side, and Meng Mi beside him was fiddling with a small thing with a blank face, not taking Xiao Sleep's words to heart at all. Immediately afterwards, he rushed to Mengmi's side, with an interested expression, pulled her arm, and said happily.
"I said Mengmi, let's go play games in the afternoon?" For the game mentioned by Liukai, Mengmi didn't seem to be interested at all, kept shaking his head, and replied weakly: "Eh? Can't you just do some aerobic exercise? Stay at home every day! ”
"This is also considered aerobic exercise, according to the exciting plot, I am also nervous and excited, and I sweat every time I come down!" Hearing Mengmi's words, Liukai retorted very excitedly, and tried to explain to Mengmi the fun of his game. But Mengmi, who was full of helplessness, didn't seem to buy it, but sighed and said to herself: "What is this! ”
At this time, the two of them only cared about you and me, completely ignoring the silent man beside them. The face of Xiao Sleep, who was ignored, became extremely ugly, and his voice involuntarily amplified a lot, and he shouted at Mengmi and Liukai: "I said, can you two listen to me?" ”
"Huh? What are you going to say? Mengmi and Liukai finally reacted to Xiao Sleep's words at the same time, and turned their heads very tacitly to look at Xiao Sleep together.
"Ahh was startled by the sudden action of Mengmi and Liukai who was still screaming just now, and his voice became a little stuttered in an instant, and he replied with an inexplicable and wonderful answer.
"Actually, that's what it's all about!" The two who looked at each other didn't know how to complain about the sentence Xiao Sleep. However, it was Mengmi who found out quickly, and muttered: "It's rare to sleep who doesn't like to talk, this time it's so bold, it seems that there must be some explosive news!" ”
"Oh ~ I see~ lucky~ What's the matter~ you make it clear~ Xiao sleep!" Hearing Mengmi say this, Liukai was also interested, echoing Mengmi's question and said.
When Xiao Sleep heard these words, he showed his usual expression of disgust, but there was no trace of malice. After he was silent for a while, he said in a low voice: "Actually, I know that a place in Lu Dao is very good, but I don't know if you like it there, if you have time in the afternoon, you can go together, that's it!" ”
It's like a sentence-filling question that I often do in high school.,Xiao Sleep made up the key points that were not said just now.。 "Huh!?" This unexpected answer obviously made Liukai Mengmi and the two of them scream at the same time. They couldn't seem to believe that the indifferent Xiao Sleep in front of them would say such a thing.
"So this guy still has a favorite secret place?"
"Bastard, bastard. It's not a secret place~ It's just"
Xiao Sleep's voice was lowered, but after a long silence, there was no follow-up. On the contrary, it was Xiao Sleep's move that aroused the curiosity of Liukai and Mengmi.
"Just what?"
"It's just that that place is very remote and dangerous, and ordinary people don't even think about it."
"Huh?"
Listening to Xiao Sleep's words, the two looked at each other again, but this time, their eyes showed a smile of expectation and joy at the same time.