The entrance to the Aragaki apartment.

Nishimaru Miri, who had gone on spring break, wore a little girl's pink running shoes, a sky-blue jacket, and a goose-yellow headband tied the golden satin-like hair back of her head.

When running, the ends of the golden hair bounce back and forth in the afternoon sun, and it looks a kind of pretty and fresh cuteness.

Along the way, many neighbors in the neighborhood would greet her when they saw it, and some tenants probably knew that Nishimaru Miri's father had been adopted after his death and that his adoptive father had been "killed".

Except for some older people who are a little superstitious and feel that the little girl is a little unlucky, most of the young tenants feel that this little girl is very pitiful.

Some of them came back from the supermarket to look at Nishimaru Miri, who was standing in front of Aragaki Apartment after running seven kilometers, and took out some sweets that children like to eat from their shopping bags and gave them to her.

Nishimaru Miri would sweetly thank you and decline the kindness of her neighbors, and then continue to stand under the Aragaki apartment in the afternoon sun, tilting her little head and squinting in the sunlight like someone.

When Higashinohara left, he only said that he would "leave for a few days".

Since the day Higashinohara left, the little guy has been full of energy, strict work and rest every day, getting up on time to wash, eat, exercise, and study, and she has learned Higashinohara's "civilian exercise method" little by little.

Higashinohara often told her that the world was not as safe as it seemed, and that it was better to rely on people than on herself, and Nishimaru Miri was trying to learn to protect herself.

Of course, in fact, in her little heart, she hopes to surprise her big brother when Higashinohara returns.

It's like a child who got a certificate and a little red flower at school, and it would be better if he could be praised, and he could be happy for several days.

But time passed day by day.

Not only did she not wait for the praise she expected, but she didn't even see the shadow of Higashinohara.

I don't know why, Nishimaru Miri's heart began to be a little scared, it seems that since her short life was born, the people around her have been constantly leaving her for various "reasons".

First the mother, then the father.

And then the adoptive father

When Midnight Dream Back was curled up in the cot, Nishimaru Miri also tried to reach out his little hand to grab them, but each time he caught them empty.

Sunrise and sunset,

Time is still passing day by day.

Nishimaru was reluctant to think that way at first.

But every time I ran past the downstairs of the Aragaki apartment, I looked at the closed door on the far left of the fifth floor, and my hopeful eyes gradually dimmed.

The little girl gradually fell silent.

Now, is it finally Big Brother's turn?

She couldn't help but think so.

Nishimaru Miri took out the small mobile phone in her pocket, and on the screen was a photo of her eating sukiyaki with Higashinohara, her aunt Kolotia, and Sister Xia Li next door.

In the photo, Higashinohara is sitting in the center with a smile on her face, Xia Li next to her is holding chopsticks and staring intently at the gurgling and bubbling sukki-sukiya, next to her aunt Kolotia who is wearing an apron to help prepare dishes, and Nishimaru Miri is sitting obediently on the side.

It should have been Xia Li who took a picture of this moment with her mobile phone, and in the background, it was a dark night outside the window, and the glass was stained with cold rain marks.

Everything in the room was warm.

The gurgling hot pot is very warm, the warm yellow light is very warm, and every inch of light and shadow of everyone is warm, just like a warm family of four.

Every time Nishimaru Miri saw his face, he couldn't help but see two shallow pear vortices.

It was like at this moment, in the afternoon sun, Nishimaru Miri, who was standing in front of the apartment building, raised his small hand and straightened back the supple blonde hair that had flowed in front of his forehead.

She stared at the screensaver of her phone in a daze, and opened the text message box with Higashinohara.

The last text message sent out was on March 6, just before 10 o'clock last night.

"Big brother, I ran seven kilometers in one go today, and I feel like I'm getting better again, but it's definitely not as good as my big brother, well, I'll be even more powerful when you come back."

The eldest brother said that his routine is very regular, and he goes to bed on time at ten o'clock every night.

So Nishimaru edited the text message when he finished eating, and waited until 9:55 to click send.

But the text message is preceded by a red exclamation mark, which means that the sending failed.

Going back further, for several days in a row, it was a message sent out at 9:55 every day.

Most of this information is not very nutritious, it is just the self-talk of a young girl at this age, what she did today, what she ate, where she went, etc.

But without exception, the sending failed.

There is one in the middle that seems to be missing after it is posted, and another one is reissued below.

Well, there is also a red exclamation mark in front.

It's just that the little girl doesn't seem to care, it's like something for her that needs to be done every day.

It's like going upstairs and going home after a workout every day, saying "I'm back" to my aunt who was preparing the meal, "I'm back", and then saying "Welcome back".

After losing contact for so many days, Nishimaru Miri's original expectation has turned into worry, and the words sent out every day seem like a kind of sustenance.

Regardless of whether Higashinohara comes back or not, as long as the eldest brother can recover himself, at least it proves that the eldest brother is still safe, and this reason is enough for her to persevere.

She never wanted Higashimoha to feel burdened and become a drag on her big brother when he was doing business, so every time she sent a text message, it was at night when she was about to fall asleep.

But today, Nishimaru hesitated and finally made a decision.

"Big brother, are you back?"

The moment the editing was completed and the moment he pressed send, Nishimaru Miri's mood suddenly became tense.

This is the first time she has sent a message to Higashinohara during the day, and after sending it, she is nervous and expectant, like walking to the podium during the exam and handing in the answer sheet, wanting to know if her score has improved in this exam, but also afraid that she will get a completely unsatisfactory result after the score really comes out.

On the screen in my hand, the paper airplane animation in the text message is used to take off and can't find the end, and after a circle, it often returns to the original point.

But today.

It seems a little different.

Nishimaru Miri's big green eyes like jewels shone slightly, and it seemed that there was a little beast in his heart that suddenly cheered up, and even revealed a look of dancing eyebrows.

It was at this moment that her little head suddenly reacted.

The message has been sent!

Does that mean Big Brother got the news?

Nishimaru Miri's little head couldn't help but think like this, and she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, her mobile phone "buzzed" and vibrate.

"You have a new message, please check it out."

The moment Nishimaru Miri saw the news clearly, the little beast in his heart who had been listless these days suddenly almost danced happily, and his little face was full of uncontrollable smiles.

It's big brother!

She immediately opened the message.

"Big brother, are you back?"

The other party's reply was short, just a simple word.

"Hmm."

Under the warm afternoon sun, Nishimaru Miri couldn't help but look up, his eyebrows and eyes were suddenly full of irrepressible joy, and his small body ran quickly in the direction of the apartment building like a gust of wind.

On the balcony on the third floor.

Satoru Aragaki, who was slumped on the recliner basking in the sun, put down his teacup, looked at Nishimaru Miri, who rushed up from his side with a cigarette, and suddenly reacted after being stunned.

Hey?

Is that kid back?

Speaking of which, it seems that he hasn't seen Higashinohara since spring break, and Satoru Aragaki even thinks that the kid who loves money like his life has gone to the clubhouse to find a job and join the ranks of sending warmth to rich women.

After running up to the fifth floor like the wind,

Nishimaru Miri nervously walked to Higashinohara's door and found that the door was still tightly closed.

But the text message on the phone will not be fake, and the big brother is even less likely to deceive himself.

Gathering courage, Nishimaru raised his small hand and tried to go up and knock on the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her little hand touched the door that had been closed in the past, the door opened.

Nishimaru Miri pushed the door in, and the next second, he covered his mouth in surprise and stupefied at the door.

In the dusty room, I saw a familiar figure with a pale face lying on a tatami mat in the middle of the living room, with a piece of clothing that did not fit very well, and his slender eyebrows trembled slightly, and he seemed to be in a deep coma.

When Higashinohara woke up, it was already evening.

Lying on the tatami mat, he could see the dark window outside the window, the city was lit up, the tip of his nose twitched slightly, but he smelled a familiar smell of rice.

Higashinohara turned his head sideways, and in the warm yellow light of the room, a tall woman in an apron was boiling porridge on an induction stove not far away with her back to her.

Seven days.

Say long is not long, say short is not short.

It can make him feel unfamiliar with all the familiar things in his daily life, and it also happens to trigger memories when he smells certain smells and sees certain people, and resets memories back to the original point.

Squeak!

The door was pushed open.

"I came back and bought miso and pickles."

"Well, Higashino-kun likes porridge and pickles very much, so let's put them over there."

"It's hard work, auntie."

"If anything."

While the two were talking, Nishimaru Miri inadvertently glanced in the direction of Higashinohara, and his little face suddenly showed an extremely happy look, and he rushed over at a quick trot.

"Big brother!"

At this time, although Higashinohara's face gradually regained its ruddyness, it still looked extremely haggard in the warm yellow light.

"You're finally back."

"yes, it's finally back."

He chuckled and nodded, touching Nishimaru's little head.

In those days of hell, he thought a lot about returning to this warm cabin again, returning to this little girl who was attached to and dependent on him, but when he really arrived at this moment, he found that everything was so warm and plain, and there was no need to explain much at all.

You're back.

yes, I'm back.

Such a dialogue for them,

That's enough.

Pedal pedal – !

At this moment, there was a familiar sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor outside the door.

Higashinohara and Nishimaru Miri glanced at each other, and Nishimaru Miri, who was in a pretty good mood, squinted and said with a smile, "It's Sister Xia Li, she also heard that you came back sick and said she wanted to come to see you." ”

"This guy doesn't look like such a kind person." Higashinohara smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, Xia Li came to visit Higashinohara, holding an apple and a banana in her hand, and she didn't know that she thought she was going to the zoo to feed the monkeys.

As soon as she entered the door, Xia Li's nose twitched twice, and her eyes fell on the induction cooker.

"It's so fragrant, Sister Kolotia!"

Kolotia smiled and said, "Hehe, Xia Li-chan hasn't eaten dinner yet, let's wait together." ”

"Okay, okay." Xia Li nodded like pounded garlic.

After confirming the location of today's dinner, she came to Higashinohara's side, staring at Higashinohara, who was yellowed and haggard under the light, and shook her head.

She glanced at Xiao Budian Nishimaru Miri who was standing on the side, opened her mouth a little bit and stopped, and then swallowed the words again, with a look of wanting to say and stopping.

Seeing this picture, Higashinohara was a little puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Li smashed her mouth, and finally said, "Dongye, as a good friend, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Pal?

We're not that close.

Let you eat a few meals and become good friends.

Higashinohara complained in his heart, but said in his mouth, "I don't know if I should say it or not, so don't say it, let's eat first." ”

Xia Li suddenly choked when she heard this.

She just habitually politely, where is the person who can hide her words, really want her not to say that she can suffocate herself, and quickly said, "Dongye. Did you go there? ”

There?

What does this guy know?

Higashinohara looked at the two restless long ears on her head twitched slightly, and asked quietly, "Where are you talking about?" ”

"It's a place to send warmth to a rich woman."

Xia Li paused, looked at the haggard Higashinohara, and the expression on her face became a little more determined, "I asked the boss why I haven't seen you in the past few days, and the boss said that you are so handsome, most of you use the holidays to do part-time work, although I envy you for making money, but I still want to say that is not right!" ”

This time it was Higashinohara's turn to be dumbfounded, even if it was a part-time job, I was also doing part-time work above board.

Is it profitable? Swap your life.

Something is wrong.

Wait, Higashinohara was surrounded by a large series of words behind Xia Li, and then realized that the first sentence she said was "send warmth to the rich woman".

I'm about the same as sending warmth to the demons.

He suddenly glanced at her a little angrily, "Your boss has a hole in his head, you be careful, don't fall into it." ”

"Huh? Could it be that the boss guessed wrong? Xia Li looked at Higashinohara in surprise.

"That's right, there are ghosts!" Higashinohara said.

Although Nishimaru Miri is young, he is familiar with the information age, and he is not so confused that he can't understand what the two are saying.

Although she didn't know where Higashinohara had gone for more than a week since she disappeared, she still said to Xia Li seriously, "Sister Xia Li, the big brother is going to do something very important, not as the boss downstairs said." ”

"Oooh! I said. Here! This apple and banana should be atonement for your sin. Xia Li's eyes were full of reluctance.

Higashinohara definitely doesn't want this kind of reparation.

But in order to make this second cargo painful, he not only took it, but also peeled off one on the spot and ate it.

Well? Why does this banana taste weird, it can't be given to him after a long time, right?

Dinner was of course still for four people.

Although Higashinohara doesn't like to see this second goods, it's compared to the time when there was no temperature when he lived under the cold sun every day in that lost hell world

Xia Li, a girl who chases her dreams in the countryside of Okinawa and a big city in New Tokyo, is at least warm and sincere, and the atmosphere will become very relaxed and happy when you get along.

After eating, Kolotia cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Xia Li and Nishimaru Miri helped, and Higashinohara, the "sick number", sat on the tatami mat and continued to rest.

He was a little bored, turned on his phone, and swiped the news, wanting to see if there was any follow-up report on the big movement in the Sky Tree today.

Higashinohara evacuated decisively after completing his mission today, and he couldn't help but be a little curious about the man from the West Sea and the outcome of the Fifth Judgment Envoy's subsequent battle.

He thought that the big man in the Beijing Adjudication Division was now putting pressure on the Wano Country officials, and all the reports about what happened in the Sky Tree today might have been suppressed a long time ago.

As a result, I didn't expect to find many reports about what happened to the Sky Tree after he left, but a large number of short videos and screenshots of the scene circulated on the Internet.

The source of these materials is not any news media, but an outdoor anchor named "Kaka", whose water network has been shut down so far.

Higashinohara flipped through the enthusiastic and even excited comments below, and his face suddenly became a little subtle.

Whether it's a short video or a screenshot, it's basically a picture of him fighting madly in the Celestial Corridor with the verdict in the [World Breaker] state.

There are even people who make a GIF of him holding the sixth ruling, which makes the back of Adeline's neck shake back and forth.

In the minds of the people, those who challenge the rulings of the powerful institutions of the world government are warriors who are behind the hearts of the people.

But compared with the last time Captain Dragonfly and the fox-faced man, the man in today's video caught the attention of people all over the world in an instant.

Don't say anything else.

Just the body that is 3.5 meters tall and full of muscle knots and full of power like a demon god is enough to leave an indelible impression on everyone's mind.

In particular, the other party's violent fall in the Tianwang Corridor, the sixth verdict made Adeline's GIF full of an almost indescribable magic.

Many people want to watch it again after watching it once, and the more they watch it, the more enjoyable it becomes, and the more they watch it, the more comfortable it becomes.

brainwash

It's so brainwashing.

The next update will be tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, and the next plot will begin.

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