Meguro Conference Hotel.

It was late at night, but the lights in the hotel room were still bright, and the bright light filtered through the glass into the night.

In the room, Tetsufumi Hirakawa leaned against the head of the bed, reading the "Lolita" he had brought from home.

Only a few thin pages remained in the back of the book.

"Whoa."

There was a slight scraping sound of the page, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned another page.

So, what is displayed in front of me is a large blank space at the bottom, and at the top of the layout, a small piece of text is the last sentence of the text of "Lolita":

"I now think of the European bison and the angels, of the enduring secrets of paint, of prophetic sonnets, of the refuge of art, and that is the only immortal thing you and I can share, my Lolita."

“……”

It's over.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stared at the book, staring at the last paragraph of the book.

It's the end indeed.

After a long stare, he let out a dull breath.

"Lolita."

The tip of the tongue moved down from the roof of the palate three times, and then gently pressed against the teeth the third time, and in this way, Tetsufumi Hirakawa pronounced the word.

This is the first word of the book, and the last word of the book, and it also indicates that the story has indeed come to an end.

There was a sense of amazement.

At the end of every reading, I say goodbye to a story.

And, with that, all sorts of chaotic thoughts begin to arise in your mind.

And these fragmented thoughts will move irregularly in the mind, collide, collide together, and become even more chaotic fragments.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was not restrained, and allowed these thoughts to run rampant in his mind and spark them.

It wasn't until a long time later that he came back to his senses after staring at the word "Lolita" in a daze.

He looked at it and flipped another page of the book.

What appears in front of you is the preface to the book.

It took me a few minutes to read it, and then I turned to the beginning and read the preface until I confirmed that the book "Lolita" had indeed been translated.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa clipped the bookmark to the first page of the book and closed it.

A new bright yellow cover that reflects the light in the night light.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa put it on the bedside table.

Then, I picked up my phone and looked at it again.

It's 11:30 a.m.

It's already a little late, after all, tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, the teaching and research meeting will officially begin.

But I can't sleep now.

The chaotic thoughts that wander through her mind are fragments of Lolita's story.

Before the fragments are annihilated, it is not impossible to fall asleep, but it is probably more difficult.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa held his phone and slid idly around the main page, locking and unlocking the screen back and forth.

This lasted for several minutes, and Tetsufumi Hirakawa finally made a decision.

He got up from the bed.

He decided to go out for a walk.

It's late, but it's okay, Tetsufumi Hirakawa is a casual person, and since you have an idea, let's go.

With his phone, room card, and shoes on, Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened the door to his hotel room.

Bright, white corridors, full of business-style decoration design.

Conference hotel.

After looking left and right to determine the direction of the stairs, Tetsufumi Hirakawa walked to the left.

After taking two steps, he paused in front of a room.

This is Kuda-sensei's room, so I don't know if I've slept or not.

After such a thought flashed through his mind, he was ready to step forward.

Result –

"Click."

It's the sound of the door lock opening.

The pace of preparation for walking stopped again.

The door next to him was slowly opened, and the figure of the female teacher appeared in front of him.

The eyes are facing each other.

Moment.

"Huh?"

Kuda Maki blinked her eyes quickly.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa appeared in front of his room, showing obvious confusion.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled, turned around and said hello: "Mr. Kuda, good evening." ”

"Hmmm......"

Kuda Moshu hesitated for a moment, and also waved his hand, "Teacher Hirakawa, good evening." ”

Then he asked, "Teacher Hirakawa, why are you in ...... Here? ”

He pointed his finger to the floor at the door of the room.

"I was going to go out for a walk, passing by, and I was thinking about whether Mr. Kuda had slept or not, but it just so happened that Mr. Kuda also came out." Tetsufumi Hirakawa explained.

"Is it such a coincidence?"

"It's such a coincidence." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded, then asked, "What about Kuda-sensei?" Are you going to go out now? ”

"I have a habit of drinking milk before bed." With that, Hinata Moshu walked out of the room and closed the door.

"That's right." Get out of the way, and walk with Kuda Moshu in the direction of the stairs.

In the quiet corridor of the hotel, the footsteps of the two stepped on the carpet, and there was only a small sound.

Arrived at the top of the stairs.

"Elevator or ......"

"Stairs."

Kuda Moshu glanced at the floor where the elevator was located, which was relatively far away, so he walked towards the staircase.

"Okay."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa responded and followed.

Their floor was on the third floor, not very high, and it didn't take a few steps to reach the hall on the first floor.

Walk up to the drink machine in the lobby on the first floor.

"Does Mr. Hirakawa want to drink?" Kuda Moki turned his head and asked him.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced at the strange drinks in the drink machine, but suddenly he had the idea of wanting to drink it.

"Hmm." Nodding, "But I'll ask Mr. Kuda." ”

"Really? Then you're welcome—" Kuda Moshu stepped out of the way, but as soon as he got out of the way, he saw Tetsufumi Hirakawa patting his pocket a little embarrassed.

“……”

"Ahem." Tetsufumi Hirakawa coughed dryly, "The wallet is in the coat." ”

“…… All right. Hinata Moshu laughed, walked over to the drink machine again, and put in the coin, "What does Hirakawa-sensei drink?" ”

"Hmm...... That's it. ”

A finger at your finger.

——

"So, will Kuda-sensei go back to his room now?"

"Let's take a walk with Mr. Hirakawa."

"Well, where to go?"

"Whatever."

Biting the milk straw, the female teacher puffed out her cheeks slightly and said vaguely.

"Okay."

In response, Tetsufumi Hirakawa also took a sip of the drink he bought at random, and he didn't know what flavor it was.

And after just taking a sip, he put the cap back on the bottle with a strange face.

Lifting the drink, he looked at the bottle.

Seeing Tetsufumi Hirakawa like this, Maki Kuda immediately laughed.

——

The streets around the hotel.

The evening wind, the cicadas chirp in the ears.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Jasmine Kuda, walking under the boulevard.

It's just walking aimlessly, and most of the time it's in a situation where they don't open their mouths and are at ease.

Occasionally talk to two sentences, and there is a pair of non-matches.

"Kuda-sensei, do you know what came to mind?" Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly spoke.

"Huh? And what? Kuda Moshu held the milk carton in one hand and stretched out the other, feeling the direction of the wind at the moment.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa glanced at the female teacher and learned from her to open one hand.

So, under the reflection of the street lamp, the shadows of the two bodies were pasted together, and on both sides, the outstretched hands became the left and right hands of this "shadow monster".

"Night tour of the Meguro Hotel." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said.

Kuda Moshu chuckled softly.

"Hinata hasn't slept yet, and he's stepping in——"

"Shade of the trees."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa took the words, retracted his hand again, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip of the drink.

Sure enough, it's still a little unpleasant.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.