"I didn't expect it to be like this."

Seeing Jiang Yuan's absent-mindedness, Zichuan Shenyue smiled embarrassed and said,

"But if Jiang Yuan, you think that you are already very happy here, then it can be when I have never appeared again, there is no real world and fake world, as long as you want, this place is also real."

Jiang Yuan shook his head cautiously, the cause of everything may not be himself, but among the many choices, the person who chose this path is himself.

Now, however, he only wanted to know one thing-

"Why is the young puppet god playing my sister? What's the use for her? ”

Is this a sexual fetish of the gods?

Azusa Kawa Fukatsuki's lips outlined a smooth curve, and he put his hand against his chin and said:

"I don't know, but she's been here for the past five years, and she'd rather stay with you than in my world."

"Does Kyoko know?"

"She doesn't know, either." Zichuan Shenyue's smile that seemed to be attached to his face made Jiang Yuanshen have a chilling premonition, "Are you going to see her?" ”

She cast a meaningful glance.

Jiang Yuan was silent for a while, and after a long while, he muttered, "You are here to stop me?" ”

"I'm just here to tell you the truth, and the final choice is up to you."

Azusa River Deep Moon slowly faced Lake Kamo, and the black hair draped over his shoulders outlined a smooth arc,

"If you don't want to pretend, Kyoko and I will help you."

Jiang Yuanshen did not comment on this proposal.

It is important to shake the apricots in the sky, the people around you are important, and Kyoko is also very important.

Late at night, Zhiniao Island was brightly lit up by the residents, and while gradually getting used to this fresh island, Jiang Yuanshen felt a completely different world.

It's also a small island, but there isn't even a street lamp, and the sun goes down quietly makes people's hearts hairy.

That was the scene when I left the island before.

"Go to the shrine." Jiang Yuan squinted his eyes and slowly moved his gaze.

In the distance, the West Island looms, and the buses traveling along the coastline turn around to see the wild and dense forests.

The sound of the churning waves is like a lullaby, stopping time on the island.

Zichuan Shenyue stared at Jiang Yuan, who had a calm face, and stopped cautiously to keep up with his pace.

"When I was a child, there was no convenience store on the island, so if I wanted to buy something, I had to go to Shuangjin Port to buy it." She spoke suddenly.

This sentence made Jiang Yuanshen smile slightly, he knew too well how "poor" the island was when he was a child.

"I used to walk with Shaoxing for a long time to go to the store, and in the end I just wanted to buy a bowl of fried noodles and soda, and I had to share them."

"There are a lot of convenience stores now."

Azusa Kawa looked at the convenience store on the street, where the lights were bright, and there were people coming and going in and out.

"Yes."

"At that time, most of the roads were dirt roads, which was very troublesome to walk, and the shoes were very dirty when I came back, so I had to wash them every day."

"Indeed."

"The teacher took us to camp in Najiu Mountain, but there were a lot of mosquitoes there, and the bites were very painful, so everyone didn't like to go."

"Hmm."

"Jiang Yuan, do you think it's boring to be with me?"

“——？”

The sudden question made Jiang Yuanshen not know how to answer, but she didn't show an angry expression.

He just felt that he was too young to fall in love with every inch of the scarred Zhitori Island.

"What are you talking about, Azusa-san."

He lowered his eyes quietly, and a warm wind blew between them.

"No, I'm just asking." Azusa Chuan Shenyue subconsciously stroked the hem of her skirt with her fingers, "And if you call me Jinghai, maybe I will feel more comfortable." ”

From her tone wrapped in layers with a casual attitude, you can vaguely hear a little self-deprecation and anxiety.

"Don't feel guilty for any reason." Jiang Yuanshen said.

Azusa Chuan Shenyue glanced at him disappreciatively and nodded slightly.

The unique calm sound of the nearby sea, the suffocating smell of the tide, the deep smell of the night, and the scent of the girl's hair are all vividly engraved in my heart.

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The road to Nakuyama reached the end of the road at once.

Chitori Shrine is located in a forest, so it naturally comes into view, and the door of the shrine is always open.

"I'll wait for you outside." Azusa Kawa Fukatsuki said.

The sticky air, full of tension, clung to Jiang Yuanshen's skin.

"If you move forward, you can't turn back, do you want to go back?"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but laugh, it was so stupid to be able to come up with this question by himself.

As you step into the torii, the wind with the smell of the tide blows through the bangs, and in the field of vision, a shrine maiden stands on the approach, her face the same as that of Hatsumi, wearing a mask of a chick.

"Kyoko?"

Jiang Yuan stood cautiously in place, for his current self, who was the young girl in front of him.

"You're welcome, brother." A clear, simple voice came.

She raised her hand to remove the mask of the chick doll, and what caught her eye was the faded childish Kyoko Emoto.

Jiang Yuanshen was half-asleep and half-awake, and he didn't know what kind of expression to use to face.

Kyoko Egen's eyes widened in surprise, probably confused by the fact that he was unexpectedly calm.

"Kyoko?"

The gentle wind blew on his body, and Jiang Yuanshen was more tired than knowing the existence of Jiang Yuan Jingzi, how to tame the gradually expanding uneasiness in his heart.

Jiang Yuan Jingzi frowned slightly, and the clogs made a knocking sound when she stepped on the stone road.

She leaned her face to Jiang Yuanshen, raised her eyebrows dissatisfied, and said:

"Listen well, I can't say much, I'm not the real me next to you, and I will never allow that guy to be coquettish around you in my skin."

Jiang Yuanshen's mouth opened slightly, but he couldn't say anything.

Because I feel very guilty in my heart, as long as that Kyoko is coquettish to herself, she will try her best to meet her requirements and buy her all kinds of things.

And Jiang Yuan Jingzi in front of him was like jealousy because of another sister's coquettishness, which made Jiang Yuanshen feel quite interesting for a while, and slowly gained a sense of reality.

"Brother, you want to save me, I can understand, but no matter how many times you do it again, I can't leave here, and I can only be her "pot" for the rest of my life."

Jiang Yuanshen only felt confused, even if he was sorting out the situation one by one, he didn't even know where to start.

"Don't think it's too complicated, there will always be only one real world, and the rest are the worlds derived from the young puppet relying on it, as long as the young puppet dies, there is no force on the island that can maintain the operation of the derived world, and that world will be wiped out, and in the end, only the real one, without the world of the "young puppet" will be left running."

Jiang Yuan Kyoko said something that made him feel suffocated, and even gave up thinking for a short time because of it.

But he could catch the particularly glaring words in it—

"Death".

"That guy isn't a god at all, she's just like us, but she's the first to taste the sweetness and knows how to coordinate the power of the puppet world."

Jiang Yuan Jingzi stretched out her slender fingers, gently pressed against Jiang Yuanshen's nose, and said solemnly,

"Get rid of her and return everyone's world to its original trajectory."

(End of chapter)