Roadside phone booths.

Shibata took out the coin, slipped it into the coin-operated telephone, and after confirming that the power was on, he pressed the button and began dialing.

A moment later, the phone was connected, but the other party did not speak.

Shibata whispered, "I'm Shibata and I've done as you instructed." ”

There was silence for a moment on the other end, and an old voice came: "I know." ”

"Is that really good?" Shibata lowered his voice: "The Nan family will be completely removed after today." ”

The old man's voice said lightly: "So what? It's just domestic servants and servants, and sooner or later they can be re-employed...... What I need is the result for now, and the point is whether or not you give my letter to Minami Shiori. ”

"It's been confirmed to be handed over to her."

"That's fine, just find a place to stay." The old man's voice was low.

Shibata asked hesitantly, "Will she really do what she is supposed to do?" ”

"Yes." The old man said lightly: "No one knows what kind of person Nan Shiori is better than me, and she will definitely not miss this opportunity." ”

Shibata fell silent, hung up the phone, and suddenly shuddered, only to feel as if his whole body strength was about to be drained.

Although the man was disabled, it became even more terrifying than before...... The mutilation of his body only strengthened his mind, creating monsters that were more powerful than ever.

In the past, the man was like an evil dragon guarding the treasure, but now it has broken free from the shackles of the treasure, and even used the treasure as a trap and bait, becoming more unrestrained and unbounded.

Almost everyone is going to be tricked.

Even the five families who have joined together don't know that there is this old monster operating behind this.

Everyone is targeted, and sooner or later it will become fat in his mouth.

Shibata's fingers trembled, and the fallen coin rolled down the ground, falling all the way down the sewer, making a crisp sound, and disappearing with the flow of water, like a life in limp.

……

When I woke up, it was already dusk in the afternoon.

Minami Shiori woke up, dispelling the tiredness, and just after freshening up, she looked at the clothes, and there was her favorite set of sailor suits in the cupboard.

The movie "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun" took Fuso by storm and made her remember it vividly, and since then, she has often worn sailor suits in and out of the house.

After hesitating for a moment, he chose a more solemn and serious set to put on.

Thinking that her sister had returned, she was in a good mood, but the news that followed made her nervous.

"I'm leaving." The comings and goings of Amamiya Masahiro are all surprising.

Nan Shiori thought for a while, didn't say anything to keep it, just nodded and said, "I'll send you to the station." ”

The two walked through the hall covered with white and black silk and left the mourning hall.

Left the house under the watchful eye of the guards and servants.

These people, who had settled down a little because of the return of Amamiya Maday, were shaken in their hearts again at this time.

At this time, the sky was once again drizzling.

A loyal Nan family guard gritted his teeth and stood up: "Miss, can't you stay?" Today's Nanjia needs your help! ”

He bowed his head, and the other guards and servants bowed their heads.

The black color of the brush is like a dense ant colony.

The atmosphere was suddenly solemn and solemn.

This group of people is like worker ants, they need the guidance and protection of the ant king, and the ant king is also responsible for their support, without the worker ants, the ant king will also fall and die.

"Shut up, Shinsuke!" Nan Shizhi scolded: "The Nan family and my sister have already broken their grievances!" What is the difference between you persecuting your sister like this and what your grandfather did at the beginning! ”

Amamiya didn't say a word.

Nan Shiori said angrily: "Get out of the way!" ”

The crowd stood up and stepped back to the sides, branching off into a path.

The sisters walked side by side and left the Nan family.

When she walked out of the door, Nan Shiori let out an overwhelmed sigh, she knew that when her sister left, the already small cohesion of the Nan family would be shattered again, and it was no longer crumbling, but collapsing.

Amamiya Masahiro said at this time: "Actually, I really hope that the Nan family will be destroyed, so that you can be free like me." ”

Nan Shiori shook her head: "I am free. ”

"It's just that you think so." Amamiya Masahiro picked up his umbrella and walked forward: "You and I both have chains on our bodies, the difference is that my chains are tangible, while yours are invisible. ”

Minami Shiori opened her mouth, seemingly unable to refute.

It's not that she didn't want to leave, but every time she moved this thought, it seemed as if there were invisible chains wrapped around her body in her memory, binding her to that house, and she couldn't break free from it.

Amamiya Masahiro suddenly raised his hand and gently held his sister's wrist and asked, "If I were going to forcibly take you away now, would you resist?" ”

Minami Shiori withdrew her right hand almost instantaneously as if she had been electrocuted.

This is also an answer.

Amamiya smiled and didn't speak.

"I'm sorry." Minami Shiori knows that her sister has good intentions.

"I forgive you." The elder sister touched her sister's hair, and the tenderness was still there.

"Now it's my turn to envy my sister." Nan Shiori said confusedly: "In the past, I wouldn't have thought like this at all. ”

"What did you think about the past?" Maji asked softly.

"Does my sister want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"So, listen to the lie first?"

"The lie is that I want my sister to get the same attention and happiness as me."

"What about the truth?" Amamiya asked again.

Nan Shiori paused for ten seconds this time before she said in a trembling voice, "The truth is: I never want to be like my sister. ”

After a long period of silence, Amamiya said quietly: "It turns out that you are so good to me because of sympathy and fear. ”

Nan Shiori rubbed her eyes: "Am I very despicable?" ”

"There is a person who said to me a sentence of Daxia - no one is perfect in terms of deeds, and no one is perfect in terms of heart." True day has already seen the past, and if you are open-minded, the world is broad: "Your care for me is true, no matter what the purpose is, I deeply understand it and am very grateful." ”

A well-timed gust of wind blew, and a few wisps of smoke rose in the distance.

Dusk, drizzle, umbrellas, kimonos, green silk, light smiles.

The picture was frozen in Nan Shiori's eyes, and she once again deeply realized that the distance between her and her sister was so far away.

Since she walked out of Nanjia, what she has seen is not the wind and waves at all, but the yearning for a wider world, a freer life and a more precise goal.

On the contrary, it is himself, bound here, with nothing left but the sword in his hand...... Even this sword is a responsibility given by the family, and it is the inheritance of the Nan family.

She bit her lower lip.

She began to envy.

After collecting her mood, she forced her composure and chatted with her sister, the journey became a little long, on the road to the station, after a while, the rails passed through the not long tunnel, like a vein made of steel, the red-green lights flickered, and a train passed in front of the two, bringing a gust of wind and a piece of water.

"It seems that the timing of the arrival is not coincidental, and the next train will take half an hour." Amamiya Masahiro heard the news from a passerby, turned around and said, "Continue to walk with me?" ”

"Hmm."

"Remember when we went out together as kids?"

"When I was eleven years old, I secretly ran out with my sister, and I was arrested halfway through." Minami Shiori looked somewhere.

"We went through the tunnel and wanted to run to the end of the world." Maji whispered nostalgically.

"When I grew up, I realized that it was not the end of the world, that is, less than 20 kilometers away from home." Minami Shiori said: "That section of the railway track has been abandoned. ”

"Let's go and see, and look at the places where we didn't get to the end."

Holding his sister's hand without saying anything, Mahiro ran to the tunnel, and the two walked through the tunnel to a long-abandoned lot.

The railroad tracks are stained with turquoise rust, mushrooms grow under the wooden sleepers, the yellow-green weeds are half-withered and half-glorious, the trees on both sides are lush and green, and the distant dusk is setting.

Amamiya Maki raised her hands to keep her balance, and stepped on the railroad tracks to walk forward, and with her serious clothes, she looked quite out of place.

Nan Shiori suddenly thought that if her sister put on a sailor suit and walked like this again, she would definitely look better and be more suitable.

Just walk, along the railroad tracks, to the end of the cape.

It is an abandoned railway, but the road ahead is very long, as if there is no end in sight.

"If you keep going like this, you'll see the sea soon."

"That's not bad, we haven't been to the beach together." Mahiro turned around and said, "I heard that there are swimsuits in the West, and I want to try them out too." ”

"That's not good, it's too reserved!" Nan Shiori wearing a sailor suit must be a long skirt style, showing her arms is the limit for her, she blushed and shook her head after imagining it, and said, "Sister is much bolder." ”

"People should be bold, live boldly, and love boldly."

Amamiya Masahiro, who raised his hands, took his sister's hand: "You can try it like me, it's fun to walk like this." ”

"It's so childish." Minami Shiori is forced to pull onto the railroad tracks and learn to walk a tightrope.

"We're not old people, so don't be in a hurry to grow up." Mahiro held his sister's hand.

Seven years ago, they walked here, one big and one small, Shiori in front and she in the back.

Now it's the other way around, she walks in front and Shiori walks in the back.

Perhaps letting go of the knot, Minami Shiori also regained her lively smile.

The two simply forgot that there was still a train to sit on, so they walked forward, thirsty and bought barley tea from the roadside vending machine, drank a bottle of beer in turn, and when they were hungry, they took out the rice balls they carried with them and ate them separately.

It's like going on a long trip, laughing and laughing.

Once again, a short tunnel appeared ahead, through which the ebb and flow of the tide could be heard.

After passing through the last tunnel, you can see the sea.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the sunset they were chasing was approaching, and the air was filled with the salty smell of the sea breeze, and on the right was the outline of the mountains, which cast a shadow in the last afterglow of the day, and there was no farmland and no people.

Suddenly, Minami Shiori stopped.

The sudden pause made Mahiro turn his head: "What's wrong?" ”

Nan Shiori looked at her sister, her eyes reflected the afterglow of the sunset through the tunnel, and she smiled lightly: "I won't go." ”

The two of them were still holding hands, but my sister was reluctant to move forward.

Masahiro persuaded: "We are about to go to the beach." ”

"It's getting dark." Nan Shiori let out a whispering sigh, lamenting this fateful journey that could not reach the end: "It's too late to see the sea." ”

In her eyes, the last rays of the sun were extinguished.

The beautiful scenery suddenly became gloomy, and the infinite darkness enveloped the two of them.

The tunnel, which was only a stone's throw away, had become a pitch-black abyss where you couldn't see your fingers.

Night covers the earth, and there is no moonlight tonight.

Shiori let go of her fingers, took a step back, and stepped off the railroad tracks, stepping on the sleepers.

Backwards, away from the true day, away from the tunnel, and away from the sea behind it.

She is no longer the fearless and naughty little girl she used to be.

That's your poem and distance that belongs to my sister, not mine.

You are free.

But my chains are still there.

"It's time for me to go back."

She turned around and turned her back.

"さよなら、お姉さん." (Goodbye, sister)

(End of chapter)