"Secret?" Yu Murakami looked at Nana Higashiyama's face, and asked suspiciously.

"Well, the secret, I can't say it now, I'll know Murakami-kun by midnight!" Nana Higashiyama, who replied to this sentence, immediately entered a state of serious eating, and there was no longer any response.

"Nakano, did you discuss something before?" Seeing that he couldn't find an answer, Yu Murakami turned his head to look at Ai Nakano beside him.

Ai Nakano smiled and didn't answer.

By this time, Yu Murakami had completely lost the desire to get answers from the girls.

After dinner, handing over the dishes to the girls to clean up, Yu Murakami said hello to them and prepared to go out for a walk.

It's really hot at home, and I can't calm down.

"Murakami-kun, remember to come back early!" Nana Higashiyama sent him to the door and took this advice as a parting word.

"I see." Yu Murakami nodded and stepped out of the door.

However, he thought that if he stepped into the house after Christmas Eve, in other words, he should be able to escape the secret of the so-called "vigil" by stepping into the house at 0:01 on December 25.

With this in mind, Yu Murakami dialed Nobunaga's number.

"Murakami, how come you have time to call me on Christmas Eve? Aren't you supposed to nest at home? Shimazaki Nobunaga's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone, with a faint teasing.

"Nobunaga, you're home now." Yu Murakami ignored his question and asked bluntly.

"Well, yes. I'm having a Christmas Eve with my paper man. Shimazaki Nobunaga made a joke, but he didn't necessarily envy Yu Murakami in his words.

"That's good, I'll come to your house for a while, and I'll be back a little later." Hearing Shimazaki Nobunaga's answer, Yu Murakami made a decisive decision.

"What's wrong, what's going on at home?" Yu Murakami's unusual words made Shimazaki Nobunaga think in a bad direction.

"No, it's too noisy for a group of them to play mahjong, and I can't read seriously."

This reason is very reasonable, and Yu Murakami is not lying. But partial truth is not the same as the complete truth, and he clearly skillfully uses it.

"Okay, you can come here now." Shimazaki Nobunaga didn't think much about it and agreed.

Yu Murakami hung up the phone and walked slowly to the tram stop.

It's past seven o'clock in the evening, and the sky in Tokyo has completely darkened, and the neon lights between the buildings are replacing the daylight during the day.

Tiny snowflakes fell from the sky and stuck on Murakami's clothes.

Yu Murakami, who was a little distracted while walking, didn't notice that a man on the side of the road stared at him for a while, and then followed.

"Murakami-kun, is it Murakami-kun?"

The voice was somewhat familiar, causing Yu Murakami to look back.

It's Yoshima Sato.

He was wrapped in a thick coat, but judging from the shape of his face alone, he had lost a lot of weight, probably as a result of his daily work in Hokkaido.

"Sato-kun, long time no see, how are you doing?" Yu Murakami turned around and walked towards Yoshima Sato.

"I'm doing well, Murakami-kun, what about you?" Yoshima Sato rubbed his hands together and looked very happy.

"That's good. By the way, Sato-kun, why did you come to Tokyo? I guess it's not for me. When he met a friend, Yu Murakami was in a good mood and made a joke.

"Where, Murakami-kun, you're laughing." Yoshima Sato waved his hand a little awkwardly, and then explained, "I sent the goods here because they were ordered by a customer here. ”

Yu Murakami looked at his hands carefully, and he could still see faint strangulation marks.

He put the matter aside and chatted with Yoshima Sato: "Sato-kun, I'm going to a friend's house as a guest now, do you want to come along?" ”

"That friend of yours probably won't welcome me." Yoshima Sato stopped and pointed at himself, looking a little hesitant.

Yu Murakami didn't stop, he dispelled Sato Yoshima's concerns with words: "That friend of mine is also a very good voice actor, and he knows that you are my former classmate at the training institute and will not refuse." And he lives alone, and his personality is also very good, Sato-kun, you can rest assured. ”

Yu Murakami picked up his phone and sent a message to Nobunaga Shimazaki on Line, mentioning that he would bring a classmate from his former training center.

Shimazaki Nobunaga, who heard this, was somewhat relieved and welcomed it.

"Alright, Sato-kun, I've already told him, let's go." Yusato Yoshima Murakami nodded slightly, signaling that he didn't have to worry.

They walked along the road, occasionally chatting about what they had learned from being in different places.

When I came to the door of Shimazaki Nobunaga's house, the time was exactly eight o'clock. Yu Murakami knocked lightly on the door, and soon heard the voice of "Coming, please wait" from inside the house.

Opening the door, Nobunaga Shimazaki, dressed in loungewear and wearing low-end glasses, appears in front of the two.

"Nobunaga, good evening. The one next to me is Yoshima Sato, a classmate from the former training center. Yu Murakami palms up, a brief introduction to Yoshima Sato.

"Hello, Sato-kun. Welcome, I am very interested in Murakami's experience at the training center, and I can tell you what Murakami is like now. Shimazaki Nobunaga nodded to Yu Murakami and welcomed the two into the house with a smile.

When he walked into the room, Yoshima Sato came back to his senses a little: "It turned out to be Shimazaki-san, I thought Murakami-kun was talking about which female voice actor you were talking about." ”

Shimazaki Nobunaga smirked and pushed Yu Murakami onto the sofa and corrected Yoshima Sato's mistake: "Sato-kun, you are wrong, Murakami will never be a guest at the house of any female voice actor now." ”

Yoshima Sato was a little dazed: "Why?" After dating Nakano-san, does she manage Murakami-kun so strictly? ”

Shimazaki Nobunaga was about to speak, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Yu Murakami had picked up his handle, as if he was ready to try something to do.

He hurriedly paused the game before running to open the door. The phrase "here, please wait" that Murakami heard was that he paused the game in a hurry and raised his voice towards the door.

"Stop, stop, Murakami, I've been working hard for several days, don't move!" He immediately pounced on Yu Murakami and snatched his handle from him.

"Nobunaga, when I called you just now, didn't you say that you were spending Christmas Eve with the Paper Man?" Letting go of the handle, Yu Murakami brought up another topic.

"Ah, that's just me talking." Nobunaga Shimazaki glanced at his phone without a trace.

However, this did not escape Murakami's eyes, he accurately captured the action and looked at Shimazaki Nobunaga with some meaningful eyes.

"Surrender, I surrender! I won't speak. Shimazaki Nobunaga, who had nothing to do, raised his hands and gave up resistance.

"Sato-kun, you see, Nobunaga is such a person." Yu Murakami didn't respond and said to Yoshima Sato.

Yoshima Sato nodded and shook his head again, not looking very acceptable.

"Wait a minute, Murakami-kun. I came to visit Shimazaki-san on Christmas Eve without a gift, which was really inconsiderate! Ryoma Sato, who suddenly remembered something, looked frustrated and slapped his thigh hard.

"Ah, that's okay. Sato-kun, the specialties you usually send, Murakami sometimes gives me a taste, and it can already be used as a gift! Seeing that Yu Murakami was no longer focused on the phone or the controller, Shimazaki Nobunaga breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shimazaki-san, did you know about me before?"

"I know, Murakami mentioned it to us, and said that he would find a time to meet you in Hokkaido." Shimazaki Nobunaga nodded and answered Yoshima Sato's question.

"Nobunaga, you don't even have hot water at home." Yu Murakami stared at the tabletop that seemed clean and tidy, and reminded him.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to pour it now, wait for me." Shimazaki Nobunaga picked up his phone and headed to the kitchen.

"Just prepare it for Sato-kun." Yu Murakami reminded him behind him.

"Murakami-kun, have you always been so casual with Shimazaki-san?" Looking at the back of Shimazaki Nobunaga leaving, Ryoma Sato subconsciously asked.

"Well, it's always been like this, we're both used to it." Yu Murakami nodded.

In the kitchen, Nobunaga Shimazaki, who was holding a cup, suddenly felt a vibration on his mobile phone. He put down his cup and saw a message from Ai Nakano on the screen of his phone that lit up.

……

At Minato's house, Ai Nakano is sending a message in between the girls' shuffling.

She had just won another game, so she didn't join the shuffle as the winner.

"Aiyi, where do you think Murakami will go to relax?" Miss Sakura, a bystander, noticed Ai Nakano's movements and asked a question.

"Who knows, maybe find a café to be quiet." Ai Nakano replied casually while typing.

"Aiyi, your expression just now is revealed, you obviously already know it in your heart!" Because she was not convinced by Nakano Ai's strong luck, Nana Higashiyama has been observing Nakano Ai to determine if she is cheating.

Of course, the answer is no, but she also carefully observed Nakano Ai's expression.

"Love clothes, say it quickly, don't sell it!" The peerless beauty instigated.

"Sister Aiyi, how do you know where Brother Yu has gone?" You Mubi, who was also very curious about this, asked.

"I'll talk about it later, play cards seriously!" Ai Nakano refused to answer.

……

Nobunaga Shimazaki, who unlocked the screen, saw such a message.

"Shimazaki-san, did Murakami-kun go to you?"

After thinking about it for a while, Shimazaki Nobunaga decided to tell the truth.

"Yes, Murakami is with me. Is there anything wrong with Nakano-san?" After thinking about the wording, Shimazaki Nobunaga finally replied to Ai Nakano like this.

"It's nothing, thank you Shimasaki-san for telling me Murakami-kun is there."

Shimazaki Nobunaga thought about it and always felt that Yu Murakami seemed to have run away. But he couldn't ask Yu Murakami about it in front of Yoshima Sato, shaking his head, he quickened his pace and walked out of the kitchen.

"What's the matter, Nobunaga, will it take that long to pour water?" Hearing Shimazaki Nobunaga's hurried footsteps, Murakami turned his head and asked.

"Well, I just got a message coming, and I replied."

"Oh." Murakami nodded nonchalantly, pulled out a light novel from Shimazaki Nobunaga's bookshelf, and flipped through it.

"Sato-kun, would you like to try it out with me?" Seeing that Yu Murakami had already read the book, and he shouldn't be able to come back to his senses for a while in the situation at home, Shimazaki Nobunaga took the initiative to greet Yoshima Sato.

He gestured to his host.

"Then you're welcome, Shimazaki-san." Taking the water cup handed by Shimazaki Nobunaga, Yoshima Sato nodded and sat down in front of the host with him.

So when all three of them fell into self-forgetfulness, the time soon approached half past eleven.

Shimazaki Nobunaga suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He said hello, paused the game, and walked to open the door.

Pushing open the door, he saw five girls.

Ai Nakano stood at the front.

"Nakano-san, why are you here?" Nobunaga Shimazaki stuttered a little.

He really didn't expect so many female voice actors to visit together, although most of it was because of Yu Murakami.

"Well, we made an appointment with Murakami-kun to keep a vigil together, but it turned out that he wasn't going to keep the promise, so we came here." Ai Nakano replied with a smile.

"Wait a minute, I'll call Murakami out. Are you going to come in? Shimazaki Nobunaga pulled his legs and walked towards the house, and then suddenly turned back on something.

"No need, Shimazaki-san, just call Murakami-kun."

Yu Murakami was dragged out like this, and Yoshima Sato did not follow, observing the movement in the house.

"Murakami-kun, why don't you keep the vigil you said." Ai Nakano asked a little angrily.

"Well, it's not midnight yet, and I shouldn't be in default." Seeing the gathering of the five women, Murakami Yu dealt with it simply, and then questioned Shimazaki Nobunaga with his eyes.

"Murakami-kun, don't look at it, it was Shimazaki-san who told Aii!" Nana Higashiyama immediately answered his question.

However, Yu Murakami has already arrived, and the girls quickly say goodbye and escort Yu Murakami away.

Only Yoshima Sato was left puzzled in the house.

"Why did Ai Nakano come to Yu Murakami, and the other four girls followed?"

Questions like these, he can only wait for Shimazaki Nobunaga to answer.

Back at home, Yu Murakami took the initiative to sit in the corner and wait for the results.

Looking at Yu Murakami, who was the same as the angry bag, Ai Nakano was angry and funny: "Murakami-kun, what do you think we are going to do?" ”

"Bell ......"

The bell rings to signal that Christmas Eve has passed and Christmas has arrived.

"Murakami-san, this is a Christmas Eve gift for you!" Mizurai took a crooked-looking scarf and handed it to Yu Murakami.

Yu Murakami looked up.

"Murakami-kun, the vigil isn't for anything else, it's just for gifts!" Nana Higashiyama smiled and handed out the scarf she had knitted.

The other three girls, as well as You Mubi, who had just stayed behind, gave the same gift.

"Alright, Murakami. This is a gift for you, thank you. Miss Sakura watched Yu Murakami take the scarf and said a little arrogantly.

"Six scarves, I shouldn't be able to wrap them." Yu Murakami whispered.

Surrounded together, it's really a shackle.

"Murakami, our gift is for you, what about the gift you gave us?" Risa Taneda looked at him and bowed his head slightly, and reminded him.

"Huh?"

Outside the window, the snowflakes are still falling slowly, adding a touch of beauty to the winter night.

PS: "It's hard to break free from the shackles" end

Another: Next is the morning side, but not necessarily tomorrow.