Birdie is a relatively rare surname in Wano Country, which means that "without an eagle, a bird can come out to play", and the number of people with this surname is probably less than 100 in the country.

I don't know whether to say lucky or unlucky, but Kotori Yumisa is one of them.

She is a fair-faced, half-long hair with a shawl, a crisp and nice voice, and a few cute and naughty freckles scattered around the tip of her nose.

In his hometown, there are two younger brothers under the little bird Yu Meisha, who are called Little Bird You Sota and Little Bird You Kong, and their parents are authentic countrymen.

Since junior high school, she has longed for a life in New Tokyo where she has a café, can go out to work on weekends and after school to earn money to support herself, and does not ask her parents for money.

But contrary to her parents' expectations of her.

Kotori Yumisa's parents hope that she will go to a vocational school after finishing junior high school, graduate early, find a stable job close to home, and then feed back to the family to help take care of her two younger brothers.

There's nothing wrong with that thinking.

In fact, most of the girls in Misa's hometown are not very highly educated, and many girls have a similar experience to her - go to a vocational school after graduating from junior high school, and find a job after graduation to take care of the family.

When he is almost old, he will find a marriageable young man to marry and have children to spend the rest of his life under the arrangement of his parents and relatives and friends.

If nothing else, Misa Tori will be like those girls....

But when she was in her third year of junior high school, everything changed, and Kotori Yumisa awakened her abilities.

Although she only awakened the gray normal ability [Shadow Instant] of talent sequence 98, it still changed her life.

After seeing the special recruitment plan of the new Tokyo Takehara Minami Private School Park from the school to expand the number of students, the girl has the opportunity to appear in countless dreams.

Go to New Tokyo!

The parents did not agree at first.

They feel that their daughter is part of the family, and this choice obviously undermines their life plans.

But in the little bird Yu Meisha wiped away her tears again and again,Nearly a semester of unremitting attempts、Keep telling your parents that the treatment of special enrollment in Zhuyuan South Private School Park is very good,The school not only has meal subsidies and rental subsidies,For poor students, there are grants and scholarships for excellent performance every semester,These will all be sent back to her two younger brothers...

The attitude of the parents has finally loosened.

A year later, Kotori Yumisa graduated from junior high school, and with 100,000 yen earned from working at a ramen shop in Wakayama Prefecture during the summer vacation (150,000 yuan was given to his parents), he embarked on the express train to New Tokyo...

It's her second year in Minami Takehara.

Kotori Yumisa really works hard....

Very, very hard!

She knew that her talent sequence was relatively low from the time she entered school, so she worked harder, except for part-time work and sleeping time after class.

Hard work pays off.

With the only advantage of the rapid improvement of the early ability level of the lower talent sequence, Kotori Yumisa successfully won the scholarship for three semesters of the first year.

By now, she already had the strength of the fourth order, which was almost the ultimate that the gray ability [Shadow Instant] could achieve, and she was also invited by the Trinity Society.

But today, Misa Tori suffered a great blow - among the three grade teams of the new Tokyo Takehara Minami Private School Park, only the second-grade team of which she was the deputy general lost the exchange meeting.

For others,

Maybe it was just a simple failure.

For her,But she lost the training quota of the school park and a bonus sent to the family for the two younger brothers to study and live.,Didn't fulfill the promise to her parents.,In her mind, you can already imagine the submissive self after picking up the phone from her parents.。

She didn't like that kind of self.

So after she lost the team competition, she took to the streets alone in despair.

Several of her teammates followed at some point, and under the leadership of the second-year general Toshito Shibachi, they questioned her - several teammates felt that she was not performing well as a lieutenant, and even the others were affected, so they lost the game.

The girl who was criticized by everyone stood in the corner of the wall in a daze, with her head down, and the naughty and cute little freckles on the tip of her nose looked listless, with a faint sense of loss, and occasionally raised her eyes to see the general Shibachi Toshito standing with a cold face staring at her with a sneering face.

She vaguely remembers that since the second semester of the first grade, the other party wrote to herself saying that she liked herself.

That's a very good boy.

It's just that she is too inferior in her heart to carry such a family, and she reluctantly and clearly rejected the other party...

Later, the school spread his bad family background and all kinds of bad comments.

Little bird Yumisa never thought about it,

One day, I will see such a sarcastic and disdainful look on the face of the boy who smiled very brightly.

The damp rain flowed down the tiles of the alley, and she raised her head to look at the sky and lowered her head again, and there was an inexplicable feeling of loneliness in her heart to resist this dark and rainy night.

She doesn't blame the other party in her heart, she knows that many things in this world only look at the result...

The result was that she did lose the game,

She did refuse to answer the other party, she is indeed the eldest daughter in the family who needs help raising her younger brother, she really didn't work hard enough, she really deserves to blame...

She understands everything.

It's just that in my heart, I'm inexplicably a little sad.

Even if it turns out to be wrong, Misa Tori longs for a partner who can smile and pat her on the shoulder and tell her it's okay, she's doing well...

But from childhood to adulthood,

She's never been on her own.

However, at some point in the next moment, the sound of crisp high heels hitting the stone brick floor suddenly came from the alley, interrupting the chatter of accusations.

Several people in the second grade noticed the woman who walked in from outside the alley with an umbrella, and when she lifted the umbrella, she revealed a pair of dark golden vertical pupils, and her heart suddenly became vigilant after realizing the identity of the other party's celestial being.

The little bird Yumisa, who had quieted down in her ears, raised her head and looked at the woman who had "rescued" herself a little blankly.

......

If there was a choice in life, she would rather never encounter this kind of "deliverance" herself....

Ten minutes later.

The little bird Yumisa, whose body trembled slightly, pressed the knife on her waist and stood in a pool of blood with three corpses.

Scarlet blood mixed with the rain stained the toes of the white canvas shoes that had been worn for a long time, slightly yellowed, and the humid air was filled with a disgusting blood.

The seventh ruling made the judge under his command, the commissioner of the special investigation team of the Shangjing Adjudication Division, Joan...

No, it should be said that it is an unidentified dangerous person Joan, who stands in the rain with an umbrella and a smile like that.

Not far away, the second-year general Shibachi Toshito was covered in blood, carrying a knife in his hand, bending over slightly and panting heavily, staring at the little bird Yumisa with his back against the wall with red eyes.

"Hehe, don't you understand?"

Under the black umbrella, the corners of Joan's ruddy and full lips were slightly curled, staring at the girl in the corner of the wall with a few naughty and cute little freckles on the tip of her nose.

Her leisurely gaze seemed to penetrate the rainy night, and when she saw herself who had not joined the adjudication envoy many years ago, she couldn't help but chuckle and shook her head and said:

"No matter how righteous and kind a creature is disguised as a human being, how much it looks like a perfect victim who has been oppressed by injustice, it is a cruel creature in its bones."

"Cruel to the enemy, even more cruel to their own kind, once the environment changes, they will not hesitate to swing the knife at the weaker, you say... Am I right? There is not much time left in the game! At the end, Joan chuckled and turned to look at Shibachi Toshito.

Shibauchi Toshito stared fiercely at the slightly trembling little bird Yumisa, and a beast-like roar squeezed out from between his blood-stained teeth:

"Draw your sword, bastard! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I'm a genius at Minami Takehara! You don't want to die just like me, do you? Come on! Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity to deceive my sympathy and sneak up on me? Stop dreaming! ”

"No... No! ”

Kotori Yumisa took a step back, found that there was already a wall behind her, and shook her head in a bit of a panic.

Until now, she couldn't imagine that three classmates, who had been together for almost two years, would fall forever in a pool of blood in just a few minutes after the woman chuckled and said she was going to play a "survivor game".

The rules of the survivor game are: there are five of them, and only one of them can make it out of this alley alive.

In the beginning, of course, no one would do anything to their peers, only to try to warn and question why they were doing what they did.

But when the first countdown to the femme fatale of the femme fatale in front of her ended, she mercilessly killed one of their companions at random...

The incomparable strength of the Seventh-Order Absolute Ability and the corpse lying in a pool of blood all touched everyone's nerves fiercely, causing a deep despair to swell in everyone's hearts.

An invisible rift has sprung up between the remaining living.

So, when they tried to fight back and run away, the second person also ended the second countdown, and was mercilessly slashed and fell in a pool of blood as the woman's cold gaze fell.

Before Joan's third countdown ends, the second-year general, Shunto Shibachi, finally collapses!

He personally killed the boy next to him who suddenly glanced at him, and the other party's eyes before he died were full of deep consternation and unwillingness.

The boy who fell still remembers that after the failure of Shunto Shibachi to pursue Kotori Yumisa, he felt that he had lost face, and he still helped this "good friend" come up with an idea, how to squeeze out the country girl in the school park.

I didn't expect tonight,

But he fell under the knife of his "good friend".

Now, the only survivors in the game are Shun Shibachi and Kotori Yumisa.

The moment the familiar countdown sounded in his ears, Shibachi Toshito swung his knife like a beast and slashed at the birdie Yumisa, and a clear voice in his head told him.

He's killed one person now, and even if he and the rest of the birds, Yumisa, make it out alive tonight, he'll be a murderer from now on.

But if he follows the "rules of the survivor's game" and kills the country idiot in front of him who has "played" with his feelings, then he can not only survive, but also "clear" the identity of the murderer.

Dead people don't speak.

......

A bang of the bell!

At the last moment when Shibachi Toshito's sword fell, the sword in Kotori Yumisa's hand was finally unsheathed and blocked in front of her with a slight tremble, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.

But Shunto Shibachi, who had already killed a companion and suffered great mental stimulation, had a crazy smile on his face, and the sword in his hand suddenly accelerated and increased, slashing like a storm!

As long as the other party draws the knife, then he will not have any psychological burden to kill her again.

Bang Bang!

Two figures in the alley kept staggering.

Shibachi Junren is a person with the ability of the meat system, but he encountered the speed system of Kotori Yumisa, and no matter how great his strength is, he can't hit people at all.

Not to mention that Kotori Yu Meisa works in a dojo with a mirror heart and wisdom on weekdays, and her exposure to it and her secret hard work have also allowed her to master a set of ancient swordsmanship.

Under the acceleration of the fourth-order [Shadow Instant], four shadows suddenly appeared in the alley at the same time.

Shadow Moment. Mirror Heart Four in a Row!

Shibachi Shunto avoided it, and in just a moment, his calves and wrists were continuously slashed with the back of a knife by Kotori Yumisa.

In the last blow, he finally suffered from the pain and the knife in his hand fell off, and his body involuntarily fell to one knee in the rain.

Kotori Yumisa was worried that she would be heavy, so she hurriedly walked over with concern.

Shibachi Toshito looked at the figure in front of him walking with a knife, listening to the countdown of the woman who exuded terrifying coercion, and hurriedly begged for mercy in a panic:

"Don't! Don't kill me! We are classmates, we are teammates and partners, don't kill my little bird tour classmates! ”

The little bird Yu Meisa was stunned, knowing that the other party had misunderstood her, and stopped a little sneeringly.

However, at this time, Shibachi Toshito heard in his ears that the countdown of that terrifying woman had reached less than ten!

He suddenly gritted his teeth, picked up the knife that had just fallen off in the rain, and slashed at the bird's back.

But the moment when he put the knife in his hand and slashed down at the back of the neck of the birdie Yumisha,

The afterglow of the corner of Shibauchi's eyes,

Somehow, I suddenly saw the terrifying woman with a black umbrella, who seemed to glance at him, and shook her head gently with some disgust.

So the next moment,

There seems to be a wind in the night rain.

The cold wind can kill people, but it can also kill.

A mist of blood suddenly bloomed from Shibachi's neck, and his body in the air slammed into the blood-soaked floor tiles like a marionette that had lost its support.

Kotori Yumisa turned her head a little stunned, stood in place in a daze, looked at Shibachi Toshito in a pool of blood, and then turned her head and swept her eyes blankly over the classmates and teammates with familiar faces around her... They have closed their eyes forever and ever.

......

"Congratulations... Survivor. ”

Under the black umbrella,

Joan chuckled and clapped twice.

"You're the only one who can make it out of this alley alive tonight, can you bring me a word? Go back and tell you and your companion that the man I'm looking for is the man behind the dark golden mask, and if he doesn't show up tonight, we might as well play this game a few more times. ”

Speaking of this, Joan suddenly noticed that the little bird Yumisa lowered her head and silently clenched the sword in her hand, and turned her head to look at her tremblingly, and a dim black shadow began to appear around her.

She seemed to have guessed the idea of the little bird Yumisa, and couldn't help but shake her head, and sighed softly:

"I appreciate your courage, but I don't agree with what you are doing at the moment, cherish your hard-won life, people and abilities have limits, never try to do things beyond the limit."

"[Shadow Instant] This kind of talent series 98's gray normal ability... It will never be your confidence to be self-sufficient, you just need to help me bring it. ”

However, Kotori Yumisa was indifferent, still biting her lip and staring directly at the woman in front of her.

Her body trembled slightly in the rainy night, as if stubbornly looking for some kind of opportunity that simply did not exist.

"I don't like...

People who do not respect life. ”

Joan shook her head again and sighed softly.

She suddenly raised her hand slightly,

Qu Zhi flicked his fingers lightly at the eyebrows of the little bird Yu Meisha from a distance of more than ten meters.

Whew!

The terrifying wind blade tore through the rain curtain in an instant.

However, at this moment, in the dark alley, a somewhat grotesque voice suddenly came from the direction behind the bird Yumeisha.

"Shadow Instant is not self-sufficient?"

While the voice followed the wind through the dark alley on a rainy night, the little bird Yu Misa, who had not yet reacted, only felt that a dark shadow flashed in front of her, and a dark golden double-edged ancient knife was blocked one meter in front of her.

With a terrible whimper!

The violent and terrifying wind blade passed through the double-edged ancient knife, and when it reached the neck of the little bird Yumisa, it was already sliced into a wisp of gentle wind at some point.

The next moment, a long figure appeared next to Misha Birdie!

Higashinohara was wearing a coat that didn't fit well, and a wide black top hat on his head, the long brim drooped slightly, hiding his face in the darkness...

From the perspective of the birdie Yumisa, you can only vaguely see the plain chin and neck.

On the other side of the alley, Joan, who was holding a black umbrella, was slightly stunned, and looked at the familiar phoenix double blade in Higashinohara's hand, and the corners of her ruddy and full lips couldn't help but rise slightly.

Without any hesitation, she bowed her head slightly, and whispered to the communicator at the collar of her coat, "The target has appeared, and it is located in my current position." ”

After saying that, she raised her head again, looked at the man in front of her with a face hidden under a wide black top hat, and chuckled, "You're right, aren't you?" But what shall I call you? Captain Dragonfly? A member of the Discipline Commission of New Tokyo? ”

Joan knew Gaius. After Rhine receives the news, she will definitely come as soon as possible, so she must now try to delay the other party as much as possible by all means.

So her gaze fell on the black courtesy, "Tut-tut... It's so sad, is it this funny outfit every time you show up? I'm worried about what I'm going to do next... Will your ridiculous top hat be blown away by the wind? ”

Captain Dragonfly?

A member of the Discipline Commission of New Tokyo?

Could it be him?

The little bird Yu Meisha, whose body trembled slightly in the rain on the side, was suddenly shocked when she heard this, and the few freckles next to the tip of her nose seemed to tremble incredibly, and she was about to raise her head subconsciously.

"Don't look up."

A gentle voice rang in her ears.

Suddenly, Misa Totori felt a big hat fall on her head.

The lowered brim of her hat blocked her view and the cold night rain.

She was slightly stunned for a moment, not knowing if it was an illusion, but from this hat she actually felt a trace of long-lost warmth.

The impression seems to be only in a very small very small ... She felt this warmth when her two younger brothers were not yet born.

In my ears, the voice rang again.

It's just that this time it was replaced by that grotesque emphasis, and Yao Yao said lightly to the woman with a black umbrella opposite:

"Now you don't have to worry about me."

"So...

We can get started. ”

The moment the words fell, the little bird with his head down, You Meisha, only felt a dark shadow flickering in the corner of his eyes.

In the next moment, the terrifying and terrible sound of wind slashing and the sonorous sound of blade strikes instantly resounded throughout the dark alley.

The crisp and sharp sword light splashed on every inch of the dark alley like mercury, and the night rain above the head instantly shattered into a burst of rain and mist.

yes, it's like a fog.

Time seemed to be stretched out in this moment.

It gets slow...

But it was like just a blink of an eye.

When the freckled girl, whose ears were still full of buzzing sounds, was taken off the hat on her head again, she suddenly froze in place when she regained her vision.

There was really a "fog" in front of her eyes...

A blood-colored fog.

The man beside him also put on his black wide-brimmed top hat again, and he waved the knife casually, the arc of the knife was in a perfect semicircle, and the blood and water were scattered on the wall of the dark alley.

Not far in front of the bird's body,

The rain-washed floor tiles were bloody, and at some point a woman's body fell, and a broken black umbrella slowly fell from the sky...

......