Looking at the transparent font that gradually faded again in front of him, Sakakihara tried to re-evoke the interface, but as he had done a month ago, he sank into the sea and did not move.

"One more day."

He was not surprised by this result, he had been waiting for a month, how could he care about this day again?

Folding the student ID card of Tianhai Jiuliu in his hand into his trouser pocket, he raised his head and looked out the tram window at the city scenery that was gradually fading away.

Among the lush cherry blossom trees, my thoughts drifted into the distance.

Sakakiwara who died at the age of eighteen was reborn into a small family in rural Japan.

My father was a dishonest countryman, and my mother was a beautiful girl in the village.

In the countryside, because he always wanted to come to the metropolis to struggle, his parents brought him and his sister to Tokyo ten years ago to work.

His mother became a waitress in a restaurant, and his father continued to work as his maintenance electrician.

Although the family of four has no money and no status in Tokyo, it is quite passable.

It's that my father's habit of drinking has never been changed, and he always likes to get drunk at night, and when he comes home, the family always can't sleep well at night.

He is neither good nor bad.

Hobbies are drinking, pachinko, and betting on horses.

One of my favorites is drinking.

Even if he only had 500 yen left in his trouser pocket, he would run out and buy a can of beer.

He even used the excuse that "children don't need pocket money" to borrow the 100 yen pocket money that his mother gave to his brother and sister.

At that time, my father patted his chest and swore to the two brothers and sisters: I will buy you takoyaki for 1,000 yen tomorrow!

But Pachinko won't reason with him.

The 1,000 yen is gone, and the takoyaki is gone.

The night his mother went out to look for him, he bought the rice balls for dinner from the vending machine with coins pulled out of wooden sticks.

The next day when I went to work, I had to deduct a few hundred yen from my three-year-old daughter for lunch.

His colleagues laughed at him, and he had to live on his daughter, who didn't even go to kindergarten.

Alas...... I don't know if it's because my father has been unlucky all his life, who would have expected that just two months later, he met something that ordinary people can't encounter in their lives.

It was mid-July and he had just paid his salary.

When passing by the betting racecourse, he heard the enthusiastic horse racing commentary inside, and he was ruthless and did something that he didn't dare to do for ten years:

[Put a month's salary on the most unpopular racehorse.] 】

Providence favors, it's an upset!

He took a grand slam!!

God actually let him take the salary he just paid, and bet on horses and win!

That's a hundred-and-fifty-fold profit!

40 million yen!

But this guy, not only did he not share the money with his family who shared the suffering, but instead flew away with a huge amount of money.

Disappeared without a trace.

So far, there has been no news.

Sakakihara remembers the 100 yen his father owed him and his sister.

An adult, even a child's 100 yen, cheated him.

Even Sakakihara leke prides himself on being calm and approachable, but he can't stand this kind of temperament.

But that's all in the past.

Put away your previous memories.

The tram arrived and he got off.

Sakakihara went to a nearby convenience store and bought two nori rice balls for lunch, and then went to the flower shop to buy a bouquet of roses, which was counted as a welcome gift for the first meeting with Ashiya.

Even the proprietress praised herself for being handsome, although it was true, but this more or less increased some of his confidence.

"Is it a date? Do you want to write a card? "The hostess was quite welcoming and had a smile on her face.

"Cards?"

"Aren't there always a little card in the roses? There were some messages written on it. The proprietress standing in the bushes of the florist handed him roses.

"It's a love story..."

"I often have young people who come to me to buy roses, and most of them don't know how to write, I help them write, do you want me to write one for you?"

I can't see that the proprietress is still a veteran of the love scene.

"That's... Yes...? Sakakihara smiled as much as he could, "But don't write too intimately, first time meeting." ”

The florist lady had an expression that I understand, I completely understand.

Then I went to the front desk and picked up a pen.

"What's the name of the other party?"

"Suzuraku Ashiya."

......

The place to meet is in Tokyo's most famous shopping street, Akihabara.

What used to be a place to sell electrical appliances is now a gathering place for ACG culture. As soon as you walk into this cutting-edge electrical street, the distinctive advertising posters can immediately attract the attention of tourists.

Many duty-free shops in electrical appliances are constantly broadcasting in standard Chinese Mandarin: "There are desktop computers, laptops, computer accessories, digital cameras, ......"

A store full of banners, installment vouchers, duty-free promotions... Coupled with those colorful signboards and labels of commodity prices, it is dazzling to see.

It's to deceive Chinese tourists, and they're all rich people.

Sakakihara glanced sideways at the clerk who was talking to a Chinese tourist wearing a large gold chain in Chinese and continued on his way.

Previously, through the contact information on the black confession letter, the two had sent each other a month's line, and now they only know each other's names.

Ashiya Suzuraku sounds like a pretty girl.

For female netizens who have never met, they can't help but fantasize about her appearance.

But the other party just sent two photos, and before he had time to enjoy them, the phone flew away.

Alas......

It's also bad luck.

However, although the phone is gone, Sakakihara remembers clearly that Suzuraku Ashiya said that he was waiting for him under the Sega No. 1 building in Akihabara.

If you see a girl wearing a beret, a gray pleated skirt, and a cup of milk tea, it's her.

As soon as I thought of seeing her, Sakakihara Le, who was walking on the crowded street, couldn't help but feel a little... Hesitate?

He didn't know if he should describe it that way, but he even began to think of her.

Is it good-looking?

Isn't it cute?

What does she like and what are her hobbies?

When we meet later, do you want to take her to a movie?

It's been two lifetimes, and it's only then that I have my first love... I'm a wonder myself.

For love, Sakakihara actually doesn't matter, isn't it good to live alone?

He believed in love, but he didn't believe that love would come to him.

But there really is a girl like a bosom friend in life...

She will say hello to you in the morning and say goodnight to herself in the evening... She seemed to be shrouded in unattainable dreams in her heart.

Even if it's only been less than a month.

Sakakihara thought to himself, at least, he should meet her.

For the first time in two lifetimes...

......

The street market is noisy.

Sakakihara Raku, who was holding roses, suddenly stopped, because he saw a girl exactly as described in the message through the endless crowd and passers-by on the opposite side of Sega Building 1.

Berets, gray pleated skirts, cat masks, and a cup of milk tea......

The girl had her back to him, facing the huge "Like a Dragon 7" advertisement for Sega Hall 1.

The girl's beautiful back flickered faintly between the people's mistakes, and from the perspective of Sakakihara Le's street, the moment she noticed the girl, the shadows of passers-by seemed to become blurred in an instant.

The noisy intersection suddenly fell silent, and in my eyes, it seemed that there was only the back of the girl opposite.

I found out that she was the girl, the first girl who made me feel funny......

Even if they haven't met, judging from the back, the feeling she gives Sakakihara Le is not lost to the two twin beautiful girls with unique temperaments she just met.

"It's coming."

Sakakihara felt his heart become a little nervous, he breathed a sigh of relief, calmed his mind, and waited until the traffic light on the opposite side turned green, he held the flower and walked over slowly.

Between the staggered crowds, on the zebra crossing, the backs of Sakakihara and the girl slowly approached.

Finally, his footsteps stopped a meter away from the girl.

Sakakihara looked at the girl's back, at her hair swaying lightly in the wind.

"Hello."

......

When the beret girl in front of her heard this, she stopped drinking milk tea to pass the time of boredom, and looked up at the Sega No. 1 Hall painted with Coke, with a bright smile on her face.

She pulled the cat mask on her face, deliberately did not turn around, but put her hands behind her back, cleared her throat, and asked in a cute voice:

"Yes, Sakakihara Le...?"

There is a girl's youthfulness in her voice, a slight reserve, and the beauty of a lark.

It's the same as the voice in the chat history.

Sakakihara nodded, trying to keep his voice as soft as possible: "Yes." ”

The girl put her hands behind her backs and brushed her toes:

"So... Sakakihara-kun, do you know what to do on a date? ”

“... Shopping? Sakakihara tried to ask.

"Shopping, that's right, dating is definitely going shopping, but... That's not all~ Before telling you the final answer, does Sakakihara-kun remember one thing? ”

"What?"

The girl chuckled lightly and continued tactfully in a lovely voice: "Two days ago, just after school afternoon, you made a promise, a promise that you were willing to gamble and lose. ”

Two days ago, in the afternoon, a promise, a willing bet to admit defeat...?

What, that's?

However, he seemed to have thought of something, and the key words were connected in his brain.

Sakakihara looked at the girl's back as if she was snickering, and suddenly felt that the feeling she gave herself was becoming more and more familiar.

He frowned.

What is this familiar feeling?

He thought about it in his mind, as if he realized something, and the smile on his face instantly collapsed.

Like a thunderbolt from a sunny day, it hits the door of the brain.

Sherlock Holmes said to Watson, "When you exclude all the impossible, the rest, no matter how unbelievable, is true." ”

And myself, why didn't I think of it?

Suzuraku Ashiya.

Bell music.

Bell.

Suzu Sakakihara!