Chapter 4 - A broken kite has no weight

"What's wrong, Uesugi-senpai."

"I understand that it's surprising, but isn't it a bit too much? "

Indeed, Ziongzong, who was so surprised that he didn't know what to do and was doing push-ups on the wire fence, was surprised too much no matter who was watching.

"There is a very complicated reason for this. "

Ziongzong stopped his push-ups and readjusted back to a sitting position.

"Anyway, I'm looking forward to this overseas training. "

"Oh."

"It's good to look forward to it, but you haven't even held a bow once, right? "

"......"

"I always imagine it in my mind when I read books."

"Then I hope you'll do well too."

"So that I don't make a fool of myself in front of someone."

A sly smile flashed across Ito Tomono's face, she finally had the chance to take revenge on Ziongzong.

When Ito Tomono left, Ziongzong also stopped dwelling on the abstract riddle and chose to go home.

Ziongzong's path home was through the elementary school where Uesugi Yuuki was, so occasionally when they met, the two siblings would go home together.

Today, such an occasional occurrence happened.

Koga Mizuo was also there.

"It's been a long time, Ziongzong-san. "

Today's Koga Mizuo was acting quite polite, which made Ziongzong instantly raise his guard - as the saying goes, you have to be caution when thing ain’t usual. Under this little devil's smiling face, there must be a conspiracy.

"It's okay, haven't we met recently. "

"I think it's ......."

"But it's really hard to see you, Ziongzong."

"Uh."

Ziongzong didn't know why Koga Mizuo kept emphasizing this.

"It's hard to be a Ushio, isn't it, Ziongzong?

"......"

Ziongzong was dumbfounded.

"Mizuo, what does Ushio mean?"

Soon, the naive Uesugi Yuuki was got confused.

"An Ushio is a person who accompanies a cow when it is lonely. "

"Eh?"

As Ziongzong predicted, Koga Mizuo only half understood it, and a mere sixth-grade student was no threat to him.

"You don't understand that, Mizuo. "

"Actually, a Ushio is a person who manages cows and takes them to graze. "

"But, but I heard that it's a kind of sex work."

"What's a sex job? Can Mizuo explain?"

"Well..."

Koga Mizuo's face was torn up.

"You guys, don't learn anything you shouldn't."

"Come on, let's go to Mizuo's house and do our homework today."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

It is the duty of a good brother to be understanding and take time for his sisters, whether they are cute like little angels or tricky like little demons, and to be by their side as much as possible during this period.

Only by doing so, in five years, ten years later, when these sisters no longer sweetly call brother as brother, as a brother will not regret their departure after growth.

Even if it is like Ziongzong, talking about helping them with their homework but falling asleep on the table first, it is also desirable.

Of course, this is risky, unprepared to fall asleep in front of people, what will be done ...... that is unpredictable.

When Ziongzong woke up, he noticed a pang on his thighs.

Ziongzong felt four warm things on his thighs, and quite soft, but, rather than four, it was a continuous piece of some soft substance - in short, full of comfort.

Mindful of what was on his thighs, Ziongzong opened his eyes and looked.

The two of them were lying on Ziongzong's lap, sleeping peacefully with a light smile on their faces, as if they had dreamed of something beautiful, drooling and soaking Ziongzong's pants little by little... ...

"......"

Ziongzong had nothing to say about the sticky transparent liquid that was spreading out on his thighs, and could only try his best to wipe off the saliva with a tissue without affecting the two little lollies' sleep.

The slimy, also holding silk, shining with an ambiguous glow.

The name saliva body fluids although there is so a little disgusting, but Ziongzong looked at the two of them sound asleep, it does not mind so much.

The sisters' fluids, what is there to mind.

Ziongzong has a solid, reassuring feeling.

Their subtle snorting, occasional slight fluttering of eyelashes, and pink cheeks, all give rise to the urge to violate youth regulations, er, no, the urge to protect.

In order not to wake them up, Ziongzong carefully stood up the upper half of his body (ahem, not the other half), and then, thinking how to get out of this situation.

Ziongzong looked at the bright white ceiling, and then, once again, the touch on his thighs invaded his senses.

--Yeah, they were just, like, putting their heads a little further inside

--The one resting on my thigh is their breasts.

No wonder it was such a special touch.

The uncle heart also sent a feeling together.

-- Oh ~~~~ so that's it.

"......"

---Eh?

-What What, what ！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

At the moment when Ziongzong realized this fact as well as his mind went into the life and death of thinking, the entire senses of his thighs exploded with amazing energy as well as work enthusiasm without the permission of his brain, passing an amazing amount of even the latest emerged counting unit TB to the cortex of the brain's unknown place at a speed that even exceeded the first time first live and even global hot news battlefield live The number of information that is like a flood of information that explodes like a trillion numbers.

1TB=1024GB=1024*1024MB=1024*1024*1024KB

-The Encyclopedia line that was slapped away -

The unique feeling of the youthful touch of a young girl's immature breasts is indescribable, and a god once said that the most appropriate word to describe "micro breasts" is "subtle!" Nowadays, it's a wonderful phrase that makes people admire it. This kind of feeling is like hovering in the sky, like a misty fog, giving people a dreamy experience that is both real and unreal, like entering a fairyland but too unreal.

--That's not what happened!

Obviously have had a good sleep, why there is still a muddled mind unexpected situation ...... it is not the previous continuous all-nighters to the brain to mess up, right?

Ziongzong's heart immediately cold half.

-- Calmly think back, last night to solve a quadratic equation, a system of binary equations, plane geometry ...... science topics are no problem, and when facing the ancient text is still a mess of errors, should still be normal, right?

--I'm not sure what's going on with the unexplained fluttering I'm getting from these two little girls whose status in my heart is set to 'little sister'!

--I think there's something wrong with my heart ......

---that's why I'm beating like this ......

--Yes, that's right, it's just my heart, but I'm still mentally healthy ......

"Ziongzong ...... brother."

Koga Mizuo rubbed the corners of her eyes, sleepily left Ziongzong's lap and stretched a little, the subtle undulating line of her chest made Ziongzong panic and move his gaze elsewhere.

He felt an inexplicable pang of tension.

--Ziongzong Uesugi ordered his face not to appear in a state called "blush" with the authority of the administrator!

Ziongzong, who had such mental activity, was probably broken.

"Good morning ...... ...... ......

Uesugi Yuuki also woke up.

"It's not morning, it's almost evening!"

It was Koga Mizuo who carried the weight of the trolling here, she did not have the body that would turn into a fool after waking up, while the trolled Yuuki looked at the clock with some confusion, converting the Roman numerals on it into Arabic numerals was quite difficult for Yuuki who had fallen into the state of a fool after waking up.

"Ah, good afternoon, Mizuo."

Judging from her corrected answer, she still didn't understand what those Roman numerals meant.

It was a characteristic of Uesugi's physique that she would become a fool after waking up but not for a long time, in short, low blood pressure.

"Ah, it's actually dark! "

So, after ten seconds or so, Uesugi Yuuki finally returned to her usual state.

"Yeah, it's been dark for a long time, you little idiot. "

Koga Mizuo was poking Uesugi Yuuki's face with his finger, acting like a strange uncle.

"Stop poking, I'm going to fight back if you do it again. "

"Hey, if you can fight back, come on."

"Well! How dare you underestimate me?"

"Hooah! Look at that!"

"Poof!"

The sight of the two little lollies hugging each other and rolling around on the ground, twisting and turning, was really refreshing to Ziongzong who was sitting next to him watching.

His brain nerves, which were slightly rattled before, just calmed down.

--Probably the two days by the chaos of things to the brain, only to be so unsettled.

Half a month ago, Koga Mizuo was an existence that Ziongzong would not have felt solid in the palm of his hand, and now it has become a habitual part of his life.

"The actual fact that we haven't seen each other for twenty-two hours, Ziongzong ~ brother ~ ~"

What is certain is that if you say you don't know you will definitely be beaten.

Koga Mizuo somehow moved her arms and legs as if warming up, and then, Ziongzong realized what she was going to do, but it was already too late ...... she made a fierce dive and jumped into Ziongzong's arms and hugged him.

Ziongzong was still upset about the earlier The "chest pillow" incident, subconsciously to retract the arm, but instead was hugged tighter

- just a child in the sixth grade ...... children only ...... And already ......

then, soon the first year, is a middle school student.

No no no no no no ah!!!

--what are you thinking about , Ziongzong, this is a crime, clear and definite, tangible crime!

Ziongzong uneasy, with strong embarrassment, trying hard not to let Mizuo put his body so close to his arm.

But Mizuo treats Ziongzong like an oversized teddy bear, constantly sticking to it, constantly sticking to it, constantly sticking to it ......

Perhaps, at this moment in the heart quickly silently chanting "I am not male I am not male I am not male I am not male I am not male I am not male I am not male... ..." would have had an outstanding effect, but Ziongzong gave up on this strange option after careful consideration.

"Why did you come to sleep here too?"

He tried to divert his attention by picking up a topic.

''We just finished our homework and found you sleeping, so we came to sleep with you. "

"Since we've finished our homework, it doesn't matter."

"Yes!"

"Is there anything you don't understand?"

"No."

It's amazing how conversation can distract you.

Ziongzong was glad that he had finally cooled off.

"There's a break...! "

Apparently he was still too naive.

Koga Mizuo intentions unknown fast close to Ziongzong face, Ziongzong hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her, but Koga did not avoid, but a face of bad smile with the chest to meet up, panics stop Ziongzong let Koga caught the opportunity, close the distance in one breath...

"Chirp~"

This is a meaningful chick peck.

"Afternoon kiss, hehehe."

Koga Mizuo wiggled in Ziongzong's arms with a face full of triumph, while Ziongzong's cheeks still had slightly moist lip prints on them.

At a time like this, if you falter, you lose.

"I can't do anything about you.

Ziongzong is very adult-like stroking her little head, like this do not have to worry about anything, peacefully play with her, a month ago was not a luxury thing.

"Brother......"

At some point, Uesugi Yuuki also came to Ziongzong's side. Both hands cupped the hem of her skirt, her knees leaned together somewhat uneasily, her face with a scarlet blush, her eyes shining a little, restless, yet with the thought of longing for something, looking shyly at Ziongzong.

"Yes~Yes~Yes, I know."

Ziongzong leaned down and moved her head to Uesugi Yuuki's eyes, and after a little hesitation, she also chirped gently on Ziongzong's cheek.

"I'm sorry. "

Uesugi Yuuki spat out her tongue, looking very cute.

This is a foul act.

But well ~ anyway ~ it's not the first time in the peaceful life since the child abduction case subsided.

Children's admiration for big brother Ziongzong more or less understandable, but also, when they grow up will certainly forget everything, this Ziongzong is also clear.

"Ok It is preview and tutor time.".

Ziongzong cleaned up the table, left a seat beside himself, let Uesugi Yuuki and Koga Mizuo sit to his left and right, and began to tutor them.

Uesugi Yuuki is a diligent class of good children, Koga Mizuo is quite early wisdom, the day's schoolwork is not Ziongzong asked, Ziongzong need to do is to let them more smoothly complete the prep.

The breeze blew up the curtains, the moonlight that was blocked out left a beautiful dance fluttering on the white ground, the strange questions that Koga Mizuo asked from time to time, and the shy smile of Uesugi Yuuki, all made such a time, incredibly warm.

"I'm back~"

"I'm back~"

At dinner time, Ziongzong and Uesugi Yuuki entered the door one after the other, and the rest of the family was already busy preparing the tableware - as for Uesugi Tano, as the head of the family, he had the right to read the newspaper at this time.

"Why, isn't the kid coming over to eat with us? "

Yukino-san was referring to Koga Mizuo, who often came to the Uesugi family for dinner after tutoring.

"She has plans tonight, so she won't be coming. "

"I'm sorry to hear that... I've prepared her share..."

Yukino-san is quite fond of Koga Mizuo-chan, for the simple reason that Mizuo, who is good with words, always praises Yukino-san to the point of being immortal.

After dinner, Ziongzong went out for a walk alone.

This is, of course, just an excuse, he is not old enough to enjoy walking - but if there is company then that is another story.

The purpose of his trip tonight was to investigate the man who stole his nine-sectioned whip and gave him two riddles.

Ziongzong had a reason for choosing this time of day to investigate. Based on this, there should be residents who have seen him, so the best time to visit is outside of working hours, after dinner at this time.

As an aid, Ziongzong still wore his school uniform, which was a safety guarantee that his rash visits would not be followed by a high frequency of closed doors.

"Hello, can I bother you for a few minutes? "

With that, Ziongzong knocked on the door of a house.

"Do you remember this man? He wears an old-fashioned Taoist costume and always carries a bow by his side ......"

With the surreptitiously taken side portraits and the very characteristic and distinguishing keywords, Ziongzong expects more than expected results.

Even if you can't find the person, you can always come across a clue.

That's what Ziongzong thought.

Things didn't turn out so gently.

"Has there ever been such a strange person?"

"I'm sorry, I haven't."

"I don't think there's a guy like that, is there?"

"Are you sure you're right?"

"I don't think there are any artists who are that weird.

There were many replies, but none of them led to any clues, and time took an hour without mercy.

Walk alone for more than an hour, and then do not go back is too strange.

-- Could it be that the wrong area was investigated?

Ziongzong can only think so, will tomorrow's investigation of the area changed to the Central District, perhaps there will be gains, if still not, there is the Lower District.

The more after that, it can only be said then.

The next day.

Ziongzong resumed his life in the company of Uesugi Yui.

This always reminds him of the time when he was still in the orphanage, going to school with Zhicheng and Anyu.

After arriving at the school building, Ziongzong was separated from Uesugi because he had a morning practice with the Kyudo Club, and went upstairs alone.

"Good morning, Chef Uesugi."

"Good morning, Haramura-san."

--I'd be happier if you called me "Uesugi-senpai".

--But since you're an innocent little creature, I'll forgive you~

At that moment, Ziongzong remembered the day of the photo incident, and this hamster turned out to be one of the people who were there.

"Last time, that was the day after the exam, how was it? "

"Yeah?"

"The day that ...... girl from high school came ......"

The little hamster, Kana Haramura, who remembered that day at Ziongzong's reminder, shrank into a ball with trepidation.

If she hadn't met her here, Ziongzong would have forgotten all about the little hamster that was there.

"Ah, it's nothing, you don't have to care."

Ziongzong subconsciously wanted to touch her head to calm her down, but halfway through his hand, he remembered that the two of them are only the relationship of the elder sister, so he withdrew his hand again.

Stare----

Haramura Kana stared at Ziongzong's retracted hand as if it were food.

"Uh, what's wrong?"

"Nothing~oh~"

It seemed like Kana Haramura wanted someone to touch her head.

It's like a little hamster that wants to be played with. ...... No, that's too evil.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen you with Yata-san lately."

Ziongzong was stressed out by Haramura Kana's stare, so he tried to change the subject.

''Could it be that we had a fight? "

Ziongzong's thoughtless remark made Kana Haramura freeze for a moment.

"Well ~~~~ a little quarrel, a little quarrel, don't mind it, don't mind it.

Immediately after that, she adjusted, smiling and shaking her head. "

"Ahem! "

At this time, Beisu Yata appeared.

I really said Yata, and she arrived.

"I'm sorry, but I have something to say to Kana, can I take her away? "

"Oh, go ahead."

So, in front of Ziongzong, Beisu Yata took Kana Haramura's hand and dragged her away.

--Don't make it sound like I'm fighting you for the ownership of Kana Haramura ......

Uncle Heart and Ziongzong agree that being devoted to love is the way to be a man.

Although so far there is no dedicated to the object of devotion.

But one day there will be.

People always need to comfort themselves in this way.

Incidentally, the keen uncle heart and not to mention, even Ziongzong have smelled a little Lili flower flavor, from the two people who just walked away.

-- Well ...... there is nothing wrong with it.

Life is calm on the surface, reality surges in the dark.

During the lunch break, Ziongzong had a lunch alone, because Eiji Hayamizu's three girlfriends bumped into each other, so Eiji Hayamizu's lunch break turned into a battlefield.

Ziongzong was interested in watching, but thought that he might accidentally set himself on fire, so he ate his lunch alone in peace.

Eating lunch on the rooftop is very enjoyable, even in the days when Ziongzong was still in the country, he often broke school rules and ate on the rooftop alone.

Don't imitate him, whether you are a good kid or a bad one.

The rooftop wire fence overlooks the school's atrium, where a number of student couples eat lunchboxes together under a large tree.

Bento is a terrible thing.

It can make the wild and unruly boys sit down and eat quietly, and also eat quite carefully and gently, eating at a slow pace - completely different from their usual rude look of eating.

Ziongzong brushed off the handmade bento that Yukino-san brought for herself.

This is a housewife bento, student girl bento and so on can not be compared with it.

Then, Ziongzong saw a girl who was feeding a cat in the atrium.

"Well ......"

Ziongzong squinted his eyes and vaguely saw that the girl was Katagiri Mai.

So, the cat was Anna.

I can't believe the cat was brought into the school?

Or did Anna come to school by herself?

Ziongzong thought it should be the latter, at least from the appearance, Katagiri Mai is still a very good and disciplined student.

In terms of appearance - in terms of outward appearance.

After school, Ziongzong was walking to the entrance of the school when he noticed a cat perched on the fence.

--It's not a good thing to meet you here ......

"Yo, Anna."

Out of courtesy, Ziongzong said hello anyway.

"Meow."

Anna also replied politely.

If "meow" was anything to go by.

"Why are you still here?"

"Meow."

It was clear that such a conversation could not be established, let alone communicated.

'Anna, from now on, meow if you do, meow twice if you don't. ......'

Ziongzong is taking on the challenge of cross-racial linguistics.

If he succeeds, the Nobel Prize will have a new prize especially for him, right?

Let's call it the "Nobel Meow Meow Prize".

"If you are, you will meow once, if you are not, you will meow twice, got it?

"Meow."

"Uh-huh."

"Ask again, do you understand?"

"Meow."

"Okay, then I'll take that as a yes."

The challenge seemed rather far-fetched at first.

"First question, are you waiting for Katagiri Mai?"

"Meow."

"Has she left?"

"Meow."

"Did she forget you here?"

"Meow."

"What a pity."

"...... meow."

Judging from the results, Ziongzong felt that the conversation had been a success.

"So, goodbye."

"Meow--"

Ziongzong took a few steps forward, then back again.

"Do you know the way back?"

"Meow."

How Ziongzong wanted Anna to reply with a decisive 'meow'.

But he had to obey the rules he had set for himself.

"Okay, then I'll take you back."

"Meow~"

-- Anyway, there was a plan to go to Katagiri Mai's house today.

--That's not an excuse.

--It was to find out the truth about that black box that I had to go.

--and ...... by the way to bring Anna back to her.

The uncle who lives in Ziongzong's heart is disgusted by these tedious inner activities, as a man this is really not decisive enough, it is not in good taste.

"Let's go, Anna."

"~~~~"

However, this is only the beginning of Ziongzong's inner activities.

In fact, the rest of the day would be spent in the dreaded airwaves.

-- The task at hand is to go to the Ice Queen's castle and get clues related to the next task.

-- The Snow Queen is a late stage boss far beyond what my current level can handle, so avoid engagement if possible.

-- Especially beware of her freezing vision and blizzard machine gun.

Despite having only been to Katagiri Mai's house once, Ziongzong remembered the route well, which is of course a compliment to his good memory, not to say that he had other plans the last time he was here or something.

--But there's a problem at hand.

--I can't get in.

This is a high-class apartment building, and even entering the lobby requires an electromagnetic card.

Ziongzong was stopped by the door before he could meet a communicative security guard.

The glass door was automatically locked, there was a card-swiping machine on the wall next to it, and through the glass door, there was only a view of the hallway leading to the elevator, so I couldn't even ask the security guard for help.

"What should I do, Anna? "

"This is your place, do something for me."

Ziongzong lifted Anna above his head and locked eyes with him.

"Meow~meow~'

Even if Anna understood human language, she could only ask it yes or no questions, could she expect Anna to spit out an electromagnetic card from her stomach?

That was just too scary.

Staying too long in this kind of open view place, even if Ziongzong is bright and upright inside, he is bound to be seen as a sneaky and lewd person on the outside, and it would be a problem if the police were called.

The police will be in trouble if they are called in. --- "When dealing with us teenagers, the cops are so serious and responsible that they are more nagging than a mother in menopause. It was the feeling of the idiot Hayamizu after he went to the couple's hotel for the first time to play (attempted), and he was taken away by the police before he arrived at the couple's hotel for rather stupid reasons.

According to him, he was only twelve years old.

What a terrible age.

Is the loli in elementary school no longer enough for him?

Ziongzong hurriedly stopped this bad direction of thinking.

It was really too bad.

"How about, is there a solution?

He started talking to Anna again.

This time, Anna no longer meowed cute, but jumped from Ziongzong's arm to the ground, curled up her hind legs and sat cross-legged, her bright eyes shining, looking at Ziongzong quite innocently.

-- what does this mean?

"Well ...... I'm just saying, the idea of relying on a cat to solve the current dilemma has never occurred. "

--So, what should we do?

--Waiting for the residents to come in and out might be a solution, hopefully it will work.

"Meow--"

--- Don't scream at this point, Anna.

Ziongzong glanced at Anna, but found that she had already run away.

Anna is rubbing her ears against a man's leg.

Ziongzong had been prepared for this, but he hadn't expected to meet her in such a place.

Katagiri Mai was standing in front of Ziongzong with a convenience store belt in her hand, looking at him expressionlessly.

"Yo ...... uh ...... just came back from shopping? "

This is nonsense.

But even if it is nonsense, otherwise this silence can kill people.

Ziongzong does not want to die under the ice queen's signature skill"Silence Zero"before doing anything.

Katagiri Mai has been completely gamified by Ziongzong.

--From her point of view, it seems that what just happened was that her cat somehow appeared in my hand and then, jumping away from my hand, ran to her feet.

--There seems to be nothing wrong, since the purpose of returning Anna to her has been achieved, and I do not expect to hear her thanks, then this time to leave decisively is obviously the best judgment ...... judgment.......

- leave?, have come here, do not go up to see the "Yagyu of Sin" how can it be, that black box of secrets have not been solved, can not stop here.

"I want to see the last comic again. "

Ziongzong was a hard-headed man.

He was foolish enough to wave his hand alone, and rightfully so generally without getting any response from Katagiri Mai.

The wide entrance evaded the awkward situation of rubbing shoulders.

But Katagiri Mai did walk behind him with Anna in tow.

"Meow ......"

This strange call from Anna was the beginning of everything that followed.

Later, Ziongzong learned that even though he didn't want to be fooled by appearances, humans are still easily fooled by the appearance of things, especially fools like him.

To be deceived or not, it is not a matter of wanting or not wanting.

Anna, who had already run back to Katagiri Mai's side, appeared at Ziongzong's feet at some point, and gently bit Ziongzong's trouser leg with her teeth.

"No, Anna, it's dirty, let go."

-- kindly help you to bring Anna back, not even a word of thanks, and also the moment you open your mouth is so full of aggression ......

today Katagiri Mai with a special thorn seems to be more.

--Eating gunpowder, right?

Ziongzong endured.

"Meow~'

Anna let out a soft cry, let go of her mouth, and ...... hid behind Ziongzong.

"What's wrong, Anna, come here.'

Katagiri Mai wanted to hug Anna back, but did not want to go near Ziongzong, his hand hesitantly placed in front of his body.

However, Anna ignored Katagiri's order and kept clinging to Ziongzong.

"Okay, Anna, be good, go back. "

Ziongzong bent down, picked up Anna and put her in front of her body.

-- Since she doesn't want to talk to me, I won't make a fool of myself.

"Meow~"

After hearing Ziongzong's words, Anna walked back obediently. At this point, Ziongzong had an inexplicable sense of accomplishment, for the first time in his encounter with Katagiri Mai, he had the upper hand.

The current Katagiri Mai to people and pets face is completely different, although from just now did not look at Ziongzong, but her fierce eyes Ziongzong has been taught a lot.

'Anna to be good oh, next time do not run around, go back to give you a bath bath, after all, touched so dirty things.'

The index of unhappiness is slowly rising, so aggressive Katagiri Mai, Ziongzong encountered for the first time.

"Go home, Anna."

She is quite not put people in the eyes of a turn, even the bad guys, will also be turned when a sinister look, and Katagiri Mai in this last moment did not look at Ziongzong, which has escalated from disgust to complete ignorance.

This gives Ziongzong no chance to open his mouth, let alone talk about going upstairs to Katagiri Mai's house.

In this situation, even if he forced himself to go to Katagiri's house, there would be no good results.

It would be a relief to say "Hmph! I'm sure it's a relief.

However, it would be too childish.

So, Ziongzong said "Hmph! Ziongzong turned his head away after giving a "humph!

This is really not childish at all.

The feeling of not being thanked for doing a good deed but also being sarcastic in disguise, no one will feel good.

Ziongzong just deceived himself and turned around to go home.

Just ...... as soon as he turned around, he felt a warm thing come to his feet.

"Meow~"

Once again, Anna came to Ziongzong's feet.

Before looking down to see Anna, Ziongzong, first lifted his head and looked at the sky.

Obviously it is almost night, but he felt that the sky is extraordinarily blue, is this an illusion, no, this must not be an illusion.

--The sky ~ the earth ~

Ziongzong finally caught a chance.

"Sooner or later, you have to pay back what you came out to do."

He whispered.

"Yeah, Anna, why don't you go back? Do you think it's dangerous to follow the original vicious and cruel master, or is it better to follow me? "

Then, he said this to Katagiri Mai at a normal volume.

"Meow."

Anna wanted to scratch her ears with her paws, and the fact that it was on her side made Ziongzong finally regain the disadvantage.

At this moment, Ziongzong saw Katagiri clench her fists.

It was the first time she had been attacked back, I wonder how she felt.

"But, Anna, the Uesugi family doesn't allow pets, so you should go live with your fierce master. "

"Anna, if you don't come over, you won't be able to clean yourself when you get back."

"Poor Anna, if it weren't for the conditions, I wouldn't have let you live with such a brutal owner. "

This is probably the part of childishness that cannot be contained.

As an intermediary for this strange conversation that was not directly conversational but was interconnected in content, Anna kept turning her head and looking back and forth at Ziongzong and Katagiri.

After Ziongzong gave it a gentle push, he finally walked back to Katagiri's side.

The same effect of words, say more will not necessarily put the same mood superimposed.

Ziongzong know that he ultimately to Anna also can not do any responsibility, position can not be confused, childish things can not do to eradicate, but can contain the part, or try to contain the good.

Only ......

when both Ziongzong and Katagiri Mai turned to leave, Anna once again left Katagiri Mai's feet and ran between the two of them.

What exactly was this cat thinking about?

Humans ruled the earth naturally because humans are smarter than other creatures, but this is only in general, for example, occasionally there is a cat that is smarter than a specific part of the human race, Ziongzong does not think it is impossible. The best evidence of this is that, at the moment, Ziongzong and Katagiri Mai are being led by Anna's unexplained actions.

Ziongzong and Katagiri are being embarrassed by Anna's strange behavior.

It was already close to dinner time, and the residents of the apartment were constantly coming and going at the entrance, looking at the strange them with curious eyes, and Anna who was caught between them.

"Anna, come back with me."

Anna ran towards Ziongzong in a panic and grabbed Ziongzong's trouser leg, unwilling to let Ziongzong go. And it seems that sparks can be seen in the eyes of Katagiri Mai.

"Meow!"

--Hey, Anna, stop playing, she's really going to get angry ......

Ziongzong had never seen a really angry Katagiri, and he didn't want to see one.

"Be good, Anna and I go back, okay? "

Katagiri Mai ignored Ziongzong's presence and squatted down in front of Anna.

She put away her usual fierce and fierce look and was now a normal high school girl with a beautiful smile that could be compared to a United Nations ambassador of love.

Why did she have to act like she hated people when she could smile so beautifully?

"Okay, okay, come on, give me a hug. "

Katagiri Mai stroked Anna's back with one hand, while the other hand went around its body ......

"...... bared.

Immediately after that, there was the sound of teeth piercing into flesh.

Before the two of them could react, Anna had bitten Katagiri and quickly fled behind Ziongzong, grimacing as she stared at Katagiri Mai.

Bright red blood seeped out from the teeth marks on her palm, gradually turning a lurid color on Katagiri's pale skin.

Her clenched fist, lowered face, and drooping bangs covered her eyes, leaving a shadow.

Even a person with a good nature would inevitably get angry when seeing her cat treating her like this, let alone Katagiri Mai. Ziongzong subconsciously moved his feet, shielding Anna behind him ......

"Don't be afraid, Anna, it's me, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. "

However, Katagiri Mai just plucked her bangs with her hand, pinned them to her ears, and with a smile on her face, squatted down in front of Anna once again.

"Be good."

The beads of blood that oozed out, followed the palm of her hand and dripped down her fingers to the ground, leaving a faint blood mark on the bright skin.

She was completely unconcerned with what had just happened, completely unconcerned with Anna's attack.

In Ziongzong's opinion, Anna's behavior was already no different from "betrayal".

''Let's go back together.''

Once again, Katagiri Ma-chan wrapped her hand around Anna's body.

"Bare."

An ear-piercing sound.

From just now until now, Ziongzong had always stood and watched all this develop.

If someone provoked a vicious dog fangs, Ziongzong can deal with it, but the current situation, there is no room for him to do so.

The teeth did not enter the flesh, this time, Anna did not let go of the mouth, bite Katagiri Mai's hand.

The original feeling of amusement disappeared.

Ziongzong felt like his heart was being held in his hands, so hard that it was almost suffocating.

"I'm going home."

In response to the pain, Katagiri Mai only frowned for a moment, then smiled again, even though the hand was still bitten by Anna, but did not care to hold Anna's body, stood up.

--enough.

-- Anna you just behave and don't move.

--What do I have to offer here?

--go back with her.

Anna, however, let go of her mouth, broke free from Katamari's arms, jumped down to the ground and ran to Ziongzong's feet.

The side of its mouth, the black fluffy fur, were covered with red blood.

The side of the face with blood, trying to rub against Ziongzong's pants, not this idea of 'getting rid of dirt', but simply, just to show intimacy to humans, however, because of the dark red blood, and change something crucial.

Ziongzong reflexively backed away, Anna hit a stumble, the body wobbled on the ground, and then stood firm, incomprehension of looking at Ziongzong.

Then, step, after step, step by step, went to Ziongzong's feet, still, trying to rub a move.

Blood color.

Dark red.

Not yet solidified red, and black cat hair mixed together.

This time, Ziongzong did not avoid it, Anna hair on the blood, Katagiri Mai's blood, just be rubbed on Ziongzong's trouser legs.

However, it stopped again.

Katagiri Mai, squatting beside Anna, slender arms, around its body, has not yet stopped bleeding hands, tenderly placed on its head, the blinding blood color, so that Ziongzong's gaze can not stay long, at this moment, like a mother protecting her child, Katagiri Mai's love, wrapped around Anna.

Surprised.

Ziongzong felt that he didn't know this Katagiri Mai, not at all.

"Well, go home."

Pick up Anna, turn around, step away, one step, two steps, three steps.

"Meow!

A sharp cat cry ripped through the tenderness that wrapped around it.

When Anna, whose face was covered with blood, walked to Ziongzong's side, Katagiri Mai, still kept her back to Ziongzong.

Ziongzong could only see her trembling shoulders.

"Nah, Katagiri, I'll accompany Anna up. ...... It doesn't seem to want me to leave now.''

--too childish.

--I should have made a concession earlier.

Katagiri did not respond to Ziongzong's words, but just stood with his back to him.

Ziongzong picked Anna up from the ground, completely different from the previous attitude towards Katagiri, Anna obediently complied with Ziongzong's actions, nestled in Ziongzong's embrace, and made a peaceful meowing sound.

However, this sound could no longer make Ziongzong feel Anna's previous cuteness, and even, he had to be careful to avoid getting Anna's blood on his body.

'Let's go.'

Ziongzong walked up to Katagiri Maa, and she turned her face sideways so that Ziongzong could not see her expression.

After a few seconds of pause, Katagiri Mai opened the door to the apartment with her proximity card and blocked the doorway, still not looking at Ziongzong, just staring at Anna in Ziongzong's arms.

--Didn't want to let me in.

Ziongzong handed Anna out, only to see it reveal its sharp teeth.

"Wait! "

Ziongzong took it back before Katagiri Mai could take Anna. This made Katagiri Mai's hands stagnant in the air, turning into an emperor who lost his dragon chair, embarrassed and at a loss.

'It's better for me to send it directly back to your home.'

Katagiri Mai still wasn't going to talk to Ziongzong.

- Even if I'm hypocritical, even if I don't like my hypocrisy, it's not so bad that I can't communicate, right?

Ziongzong wanted to ask her a few questions, but when he saw the wound on her hand, he couldn't talk.

Katagiri Mai threw Ziongzong aside, pressed the elevator and walked in.

"Hey! Wait! "

The elevator door hit Ziongzong's shoulder hard, nearly dropping Anna to the floor.

"Hey! You should stop it! "

Ziongzong yelled out without controlling his emotions.

Unfortunately, it still didn't work, Katagiri Mai didn't even look at him, as if she didn't hear him.

Ziongzong couldn't do anything about it.

Because he was holding Anna, Ziongzong couldn't use his hands to rub his aching shoulders, so he could only stare at the changing floor numbers.

"Mai, please help me rub my shoulder."

Ziongzong used his most frivolous tone to say a very shameless word.

If it were normal, it would have been so effective that Katagiri Mai might have given him a flying kick.

But at the moment, even with this kind of anger, Katagiri Mai did not have a half-hearted response ...... even if it was a positive one back, however, her eyes were only Anna.

--The actual fact is that you'll be able to get a lot more than just a few of these.

Although it is actually easier not to speak than to speak, but now such a twisted feeling makes Ziongzong rather choose to speak.

The elevator stopped at the seventh floor, and when the door opened, Katagiri Mai did not go out immediately, and her eyes lingered on Anna's body for a while, as if she was expecting something, but it was only a fleeting thing.

After Katagiri Mai stepped out of the elevator, Ziongzong followed closely.

The aisles on the floor were narrower than Ziongzong remembered, and two people walking side by side would have touched shoulders, but of course, Katagiri Mai would not have allowed Ziongzong to do that, and Ziongzong had no intention of doing so. At the end of the corridor, on the left side, was Katagiri's home, room 702.

'Katagiri, I think it should be okay to send it here.'

Ziongzong picked up Anna, and Katagiri Mai also extended her hand to take it, but Anna had no intention of going back, using Ziongzong's arm as a support point, arching her back, standing up her tail, and making a sharp barking sound.

But Katagiri Mai seemed not to see Anna's threatening posture, and continued to extend her hand forward.

'Don't touch it.'

Ziongzong took several steps backward, which made the hand of Katagiri Mai, which became untouchable, waved weakly in the air and then swayed, dropping to his side.

There is no longer the coldness of Ziongzong, no longer the tenderness of Anna.

Her face, for the first time, showed a look of loss.

"I'm not happy, Anna, are you angry with me? "

"It's my fault for forgetting you at school, but I really didn't mean it ......"

"I was going to look for you at school too, but I was just slow ......"

Katagiri Mai just stood there, her restless voice as if she would cry at any moment.

She is also just an ordinary girl.

But even in the face of such a call, Anna did not make more expression, narrowed his eyes, looking at Mai.

Ziongzong did not have the ability to break this silence, can only stand aside and pretend to be a passer-by, as just downstairs, can only look at the barrier between Katagiri Mai and Anna, blocking the exchange of feelings.

A speechless stare at each other.

After about a minute, Katagiri Mai gave up this useless conversation, took out the key, and opened the door.

Click.

The apartment uses a combination of a push-open security door and a wooden door, which is more modern and less charming than the traditional sliding door. The space inside the house is simple and clear, with huge floor-to-ceiling glass connected together, with a metal frame in the middle, and two windows opened in an asymmetrical shape. The marble floor tiles engraved with classical patterns and the clear glass table placed in the middle of the living room create the brightness of the house.

Although it was not the first time I visited, Ziongzong still felt that the place was tastefully decorated.

"It's quite beautiful, Katagiri. "

The compliment was sincere, but Katagiri Mai still turned a deaf ear to it.

On the glass table was a stack of books, the titles of which were not visible because the spines were blocked by the vase, but it was probably obvious that they were from a series, and before Ziongzong could see what the top one was, Katagiri Mai placed a bow magazine on top.

The meaning of this act was obvious, and Ziongzong stopped bothering with the stack of books.

"Meow~"

Anna gave a cozy purr, jumped out of Ziongzong's embrace, did not make a little noise softly on the ground, walked to a piece of cushion printed with a cat pattern, comfortably nestled into a ball.

A look of returning home.

The previous was so reluctant.

--It seems that there is nothing more for me to do.

"I'll leave now, then."

Ziongzong, who was standing at the entrance, never heard the rightful etiquette of "please come in", but was completely ignored, even though it had been put under the category of "rightful" by Ziongzong, and what happened on the day of the rain could not be considered as a regular matter.

Ziongzong knew that his relationship with Katagiri Mai stopped at not so close The relationship between Ziongzong and Katagiri Mai stopped at "not-so-good senior classmate".

Even, he had unknowingly adapted to the cold and icy attitude of Katagiri Mai, to the unanswered conversation, although she ignored Ziongzong, but Ziongzong's voice was something she could not block out.

Ziongzong also did not expect her to express gratitude, pressed the handle, opened the door, and felt a small gust of wind blowing beside him.

"Meow"

Anna, who was just lying on the cushion, at this moment, has blocked Ziongzong's body.

What the hell is it doing.

Not to let Katagiri Mai hold.

Bite the hand of Katagiri Mai without mercy.

Again and again, wrapped around Ziongzong's feet.

Betrayal of the master, to Ziongzong show good, make all the gestures.

Only now did Ziongzong understand that all of Anna's behavior from just now until now was to keep him from leaving.

--Anna, what are you thinking.

"Anna, it seems that she doesn't want me to go back ......"

Ziongzong sought help, albeit uselessly, from Katagiri Mai.

Anna, grimacing, stared at Ziongzong with a fierce look on her face, and this time, her attack was directed at Ziongzong.

If Ziongzong insists on leaving, anywhere on his body, Anna's teeth marks may be left -

Although this does not constitute a threat. Ziongzong intended, it wouldn't have been a reality - but Anna's strange behavioral move today made it impossible for Ziongzong to just leave.

Ziongzong wanted to do something, but didn't know what to do or how to go about it.

"What happened to you and Anna? "

This is the key point of the unfolding, right - in Ziongzong's opinion, at least yes. But, still ignoring Ziongzong's question, Katagiri crossed Ziongzong's side and squatted down beside Anna, with a smile on her face, trying to pick it up and take it back to the house.

-- really do not know to learn a lesson ......

-- stubborn like an old grandfather.

If Ziongzong didn't do something about it, there would be another wound on the hand that Katamari didn't have.

"I'm sorry, I'll come in first, can I take my shoes off here? "

Ziongzong wanted to make peace between Anna and Katagiri, and entering this room was all he could do.

Without Katagiri's consent, Ziongzong took off his shoes in the entranceway and entered the room.

And Anna, obediently let Katamog carry back into the house ...... just, narrow cat eyes, always stared at Ziongzong not to let go.

--Fortunately, all right.

Katagiri is not looking at Ziongzong, Ziongzong can see only the side of her face, the side of her eyes covered by bangs, can not see her mood at this time ......

Although, even to look at Ziongzong must be a fierce look, but it is better than nothing.

Ziongzong did not expect her to entertain, and sat down on his own in a remote corner of the sofa. Anna, who was placed on Katagiri’s lap, took one last glance at Ziongzong and closed her eyes comfortably, enjoying her hair grooming by Katagiri.

--Piece of mist, is trying to make Anna sleep, and then let me leave?

Ziongzong sat aside, quietly watching.

On the white hand of Katagiri Mai, bloody tooth marks, is very harsh.

-- Wounds ......

Ziongzong noticed that he had forgotten something very important.

He threw the school bag on his lap casually to the side, and did not have time to care about how Katagiri Mai would react, after he looked around for a while, his attention fell on a transparent glass cabinet, in which Ziongzong found what he was looking for.

Alcohol for disinfection, disinfectant cotton.

The piece of mist that was soothing Anna to sleep seemed to be completely unaware of Ziongzong's actions, and was fully focused on Anna.

-- If you want to scold me, come on, it can't be put off.

Ziongzong was sitting right in front of Katagiri Mai, who had been ignoring Ziongzong's presence, and finally reacted to Ziongzong's sudden and slightly aggressive behavior.

Surprise and fear.

Because of the special circumstances, and the mutation of Anna, the abnormal transition of the scene is rationalized, in fact, the current situation for Katagiri Mai: a boy she loathes, in her own unwilling premise, entered her home, and, there is no one else in the house - far from the ambiguity of a lonely man and woman in a room together The relationship, she did not realize her situation until now, and then, made a reasonable reaction.

Fear, timidity, cowering, dread.

This makes Katagiri Mai, who was somewhat outside the norm, real.

Ziongzong always thought she was a fearless, unconventional girl, but now it seems that she is not.

Katagiri Mai mutely hugged Anna and stepped back a short distance. Ziongzong, on the other hand, did not hesitate to follow and took her wrist with as little strength as possible before the situation deteriorated further.

Ziongzong did not realize until he held it in his own hands that Katagiri's hands were small and slender, a softness that was different from the impression she gave.

"No."

She did not shout, but each exhaled sound was strong and clear, not the cold voice of the past, full of texture and warmth.

Ziongzong ignored one thing, the possibility of being rejected.

However, even if it is rejected, Ziongzong will not just give up, I should say, it is bound to encounter the obstruction.

However, on the bright side, at the very least, Katagiri Mai looked Ziongzong squarely in the eye and spoke to him.

-- This is good

Ziongzong neatly opened the alcohol bottle and soaked the cotton. Then, without further ado, he continued to hold Katagiri's hands in place with his left hand, and with his free hand, he rubbed the cold cotton on Katagiri's skin, leaving a slightly wet water mark and taking away the blood.

"After being bitten by a cat, if you don't disinfect it with alcohol immediately, it will get infected. "

Seeming to understand that Ziongzong was only going to disinfect her, Katagiri Mai stopped resisting - although even if she did, it would be ineffective for Ziongzong.

Ziongzong let go of Katagiri Mai's hand, and she cooperated by placing her hand on her knee, and after the blood was removed, the wound became pink hole, this pink that appears on the human skin only gives a sense of discomfort.

The red-soaked cotton was put aside. The day was getting dark, the house became dim, Ziongzong did not know what had happened to the fire-eating attitude of Katagiri Mai, but since it was now calmed down, there was nothing to pursue.

Ziongzong did not know the reason for this, but he unconsciously reached out to touch her head and soothe her.

Ziongzong was a bit too presumptuous.

'Don't touch me!'

The hand raised by Katagiri Mai struck Ziongzong's right hand, knocking the bottle of alcohol over with it and dropping it on the marble floor tiles, shattering it after a crisp sound, and the alcohol flowed out, spreading out on the floor, spreading into a patch on the horizontal marble floor tiles, followed by small, thin streams that formed a strange pattern.

Anna, who was shocked by the cracking sound, let out a sharp scream and struggled in the arms of Katagiri Mai. Ziongzong wanted to help, but met Katagiri Mai's slightly wet gaze.

"Don't come any closer!"

"It's because of you that Anna is like this! "

She turned her head away, stroked Anna's back hard to calm her down, and once again set Ziongzong aside.

Ziongzong didn't say anything, silently picked up the glass fragments on the floor, repeated the tour twice to make sure there were no remaining fragments, then stood up and threw them into the trash can, after which, using a broom and mop, cleaned up the soiled floor ...... After doing all this, he sat down on the sofa directly opposite to Katagiri Mai.

--He told himself that he would wait until Anna fell asleep and then leave.

He told himself that.

The house gradually fell silent, the wind brushed the curtains, and the sunlight through it cast fluttering shadows on the floor tiles.

"...... Sorry."

Katagiri Mai said in a whisper, but Ziongzong heard him very clearly.

"I didn't mean to give you a hard time, it's just that ...... my mood has been so bad that I couldn't control it, so ......"

she began to talk about something intermittently.

"Today is the anniversary of my mother's death, and I met someone I don't see at the cemetery.'

"My mind was in turmoil ...... I didn't notice Anna was missing until after shopping ...... I didn't know what to do. ......'

'I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be mean to you."

Ziongzong listened carefully, not daring to open his mouth, Katagiri Mai this way of speaking he had never seen, afraid that if he made a sound, he would spoil the atmosphere.

Only when she finished, Ziongzong breathed a sigh of relief.

Conflicted, hesitant, torn, wandering, probably quite a confusing state.

--Well, I forgive you, I'm not really angry anyway.

Once a girl shows her weakness, a guy's heart is actually unexpectedly broad.

"It doesn't matter, I didn't care too much."

Not to mention a guy with an uncle's heart.

As a matter of course, Katagiri Mai did not respond to Ziongzong's words.

But, now, she is more real than before.

The confusion was only brief, and her attention, quickly, returned to Anna, as if, Anna was everything to her, caring for it with full attention.

That gentle gaze, not the kind of love between a mother and child, but more like ...... this kind of unconditional but respectful gaze - more like, looking at their own doppelganger general, warm gaze.

Anna's body, in the hands of Katagiri Mai looks thin and fragile, and Katagiri Mai's figure, in the envelope of the Noah's house, looks lonely and helpless.

The young girl who had cast a fierce gaze at Ziongzong and spoke ill of her, became full of realism at this moment - like a girl next door, no longer an untouchable presence.

Only, this is not the norm. Only, this is not the side she wants to show to Ziongzong. Only, she is incomparably indifferent to Ziongzong, and, has completely different values from Ziongzong. It's just that these are thorns, more than thorny roses, and they were never meant to be touched from the start.

And this kind of tricky problem is not what Ziongzong is good at. Ziongzong just needs to sit obediently, wait for Anna to fall asleep, and then leave.

This is all Ziongzong can do right now.

Any overstepping will have a negative effect.

The wind is still blowing, and as the sun's height decreases a little, the temperature falls along with it.

Anna, who felt this burst of cold, jumped away from Katagiri Mai's knees and dragged a small blanket to her feet with her teeth gently held.

"The wind was still howling, but there was a warm feeling inside the house. "

This is the usual Anna, right?

This is the usual relationship between her and Katagiri Mai.

Ziongzong, who didn't know how good their relationship was, couldn't calculate how much damage its betrayal had brought to Katagiri Mai, and how generous Katagiri Mai's tolerance was.

At this time, the phone rang, Ziongzong in drawing out the phone, accidentally let the photos in the pocket together with dropped out.

At that moment, Ziongzong regretted why he did not put away this once lost photo properly.

However, it was already too late.

A strong wind blew by.

The photo spun in the wind and flew towards the window in one breath.

Too late to think, Ziongzong leapt up from the sofa, the phone fell to the floor with a crisp crash. He stepped out against the wind with a tiger's whistling sound, an arrow step, his feet have stepped on the windowsill ......

At this moment, the wind has stopped, and the photo is still floating outside the window, Ziongzong followed the foot force upward, the whole body out of the window, before the next gust of wind, fingers reached the photo, index finger and The middle finger caught the edge of the photo and retrieved it.

--Luckily, it was caught.

After a moment of peace of mind, Ziongzong realized that his feet were on the window sill and his weight was far off the sill.

The view below flashed by, the height of the seventh floor made him dizzy, before his body lost balance, the nearest sitting hand waved in panic, and then, finally reached the upper edge of the window.

--Saved.

Fingers clasped the edge of the window, wrist with the whole arm force, Ziongzong pulled himself back inside the room ...... then, due to excessive force, the body again lost balance, face up, back to the ground into the house.

A heavy thud.

-- It hurts

Ziongzong's head hit the hard marble floor tiles very loudly, the strong collision made Ziongzong feel that between his skull and the marble two must have one no longer intact, the brain was filled with intense dizziness, Ziongzong struggled to stand up.

"You, are you all right! "

In a haze, he seemed to hear the voice of Katagiri Mai, and the concern was evident in the anxious tone, making Ziongzong not quite believe that it was Katagiri Mai speaking to him.

--Maybe it was a concussion? Never had one, not really sure ......

What was clear to Ziongzong was that Katagiri Mai would not speak to him with concern, so he thought it should be a nail in the coffin that he had a concussion.

Moreover, such a caring voice did not appear once again.

After his eyes went black and then his vision returned, Ziongzong finally returned to a normal sitting position from the awkward position of lying on his back with his feet hanging on the windowsill.

He habitually scanned the surrounding area, nothing has changed ...... Katagiri Mai is still on the cushion, and Anna, seems to have fallen asleep.

"Just now, it was you who spoke?"

As soon as he opened his mouth Ziongzong realized his own stupidity, how could he answer it, impossible, completely self-inflicted questions.

What he heard was obviously his own illusion.

"No."

She answered.

It was the voice of Katagiri Mai, the voice of defense, the point is, she answered.

--Is it really her ...... just now?

-- Why pretend it never happens?

Ziongzong looked incredulously at Katagiri Mai and saw for just a moment her slightly reddened side face, then she had completely turned her back, leaving only a thin back to Ziongzong.

Ziongzong froze About seven seconds.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, about this long.

Then.

He snickered in a small voice.

Although he knew it was rude, but he just couldn't help it. A small, even somewhat comical laughter, constantly emitted from Ziongzong's mouth, echoing away in the quiet room, reflecting back and forth on the walls, table corners, and floor tiles. In fact, it is not a very funny thing, but just can not restrain the pleasant mood, only to laugh out loud to make Ziongzong feel happy.

--what, this clumsy tenderness.

The laughter continued for several minutes until finally, Ziongzong laughed until his stomach hurt, tears fell out of the corners of his eyes, he could not laugh anymore, and only then slowly stopped.

"Sorry sorry sorry ...... so rude to laugh. "

Ziongzong knew that the current Katagiri Mai would never take care of himself, but now if he was not allowed to speak, he would suffocate.

That sentence from the mouth of Katagiri Mai 'you are all right! Ziongzong felt that he would not be able to forget it in a hundred years.

"This photo is the one I cherish the most because ......'

However, there seems to be no need for further explanation.

Because this photo was also lost and recovered thanks to Katagiri Mai.

A few minutes later, Anna had completely stopped moving, and it was time for Ziongzong to leave.

He felt he needed a little courage here.

"If you don't mind, can you let me watch 'Yagyu of Sin'? "

Ziongzong asked so, waiting a little nervously for Katagiri Mai's answer.

Katagiri Mai first looked at Ziongzong for a moment, her gaze still as cold as usual, but there seemed to be some surprise.

Finally, she nodded and carefully placed Anna on her knees on the couch, then walked over to the table and removed the bowdoin magazine that was placed on the table, revealing the stack of books underneath which it was covered - the full set of Yagyu of Sin.

Ziongzong was curious as to why, when she first entered, Katagiri Mai had deliberately placed a book Curiosity needs to be curbed, especially when dealing with Katagiri Mai.

"Thank you."

It was early for school, but by now it was dusk, and Ziongzong started browsing quickly, with the clear goal of not letting go of any clues about the black box.

Because he had already read through it once before, Ziongzong quickly found the information he needed.

Its name is Water Revealing Box.

The black box that appeared in "Yagyu of Sin", the Water Revealing Box, is a box used to store purifying water during the baptismal ceremony of witches. From the manga alone, it was only a functional prop and appeared extremely sparsely afterwards.

But it was enough for Ziongzong.

The moment he saw the name Water Revealing Box, the answer to the secret about the black box had already surfaced in Ziongzong's mind.

It was a hint that could not be more obvious.

He could not even wait and wanted to run home immediately to verify his suspicions.

However, there was one thing that stopped his impulse, and that was a photo.

"Why is ...... his photo here?"

Ziongzong was so surprised that he blurted out.

Watanabe Gengo, a name that Ziongzong once relegated to an area where he would not meet again for a long time, was recalled at this moment because Ziongzong had seen his picture, which was caught in the manga.

Last time, when Ziongzong looked at "Yagyu of Sin", there was no such photo, in other words, this photo was pinned in later, and the person who could do this, except ......

"Don't look! "

Katagiri Mai's thin hand pressed on Ziongzong's shoulder, trying to push Ziongzong away and retrieve the photo ...... only, the strength was obviously insufficient to push Ziongzong halfway.

Before she took the next step, Ziongzong had the good sense to hand the photo back to her.

"...... forget it."

Instead of asking for it, Katagiri Mai backed away.

What she did just now seemed to be a momentary impulse.

"Is it okay for me to see it?"

".......yes"

Katagiri Mai so courteous attitude, but let Ziongzong feel uncomfortable, and ...... now Katagiri Mai again is a look of desire to say but still, the eyes flicker, it is obvious in the concern of what.

"That ......"

she decided to say.

"You've seen the person in this photo?

"Yes, I have."

"When and where?"

Ziongzong smelled a little danger and decided to slow down a bit.

"Wait a minute, can you tell me who he is?

"He ......"

Katagiri Mai flipped the photo in Ziongzong's hand over on one side, and on the back of the photo, there was a line written.

"I only know that he is a manga artist, pen name is the fifth string, not very famous."

Ziongzong originally thought that talking about a comic book artist, then he is the author of "Yagyu of sin", however, the author of "Yagyu of sin" pen name is Xiao Yi and Tong.

"That ...... you find him for? "

"He has redrawn my father's manga, and I want to know why he did it."

"Your father's manga?"

"Xiao Yi and Tong was my father's pen name, and he created "Yagyu of Sin"."

-- No wonder.

Ziongzong finally understood why the Katagiri Mai family had this rare full set of manga.

At the same time, the related information he had obtained before was also connected together.

-- The afterword of the last book was not written by the author.

--It was the editor in charge who wrote that afterword.

--The reason is also stated in the afterword.

--The author died and the book will not be followed up.

--The author, who committed suicide.

--I've been to Katagiri Mai's house twice, but I've never seen anyone other than her.

--The house was as simple as if only one person lived there.

It was clear that Katagiri's father had passed away, and had been for a long time.

"......so".

Ziongzong did not pick it out, silently began to think about the fifth string - Watanabe Gengou.

In the child trafficking incident, Ziongzong as Ito Xuanhong had several contacts with Watanabe Gengo, he is not said to be vicious and dangerous, but also by no means belongs to the category of good people.

--It was too rash to let him get in touch with Katagiri Mai.

"I saw him on a train a month or so ago, I can't remember exactly which route. "

Ziongzong told a small lie without changing his face, although it was different from his reaction when he saw the photo before, he didn't feel that Katagiri Mai would nitpick.

"There is no way to track him down ...... "

Katagiri Mai looked lost, just caught a clue, and then realized that it was just a dead end, such a feeling, Ziongzong also experienced several times.

"Can't you find out anything about him on the internet, if he's a manga artist? "

"No, he's been missing since three years ago."

"......"

Ziongzong looked at the photo in his hand again. The picture of Watanabe Gengo was indeed younger than Ziongzong had seen, and his hairstyle was more workmanlike than Ziongzong had seen, rather than a wild and unrestrained look.

But the features are exactly the same - especially the contemptuous look in his eyes.

"Where did this photo come from? "

As things stood, this was the last clue Ziongzong felt he could use.

"I don't know."

Katagiri Mai shook her head helplessly.

"I found it in "Yagyu of Sin"."

--So, we don't know who put the photo in there.

If we want to trace it, Ziongzong still has a way to do it. If we contact the officer in charge of the last case, Dojou Kazuaki, a breakthrough should appear.

This will be a risky job, from the maturity of an uncle's heart or a young boy's desire to protect, Ziongzong do not want to let Katagiri Mai involved.

We need to think long and hard about it.

"I'm going back, if I have a clue, I'll contact you again. "

Before he left, Ziongzong wanted to say, "If I keep dragging this out, I'll have to spend the night here again. "

To temper the atmosphere, but seriously thought about the consequences, he decided to give up.

The good image that has been built up, why ruin it by yourself in such a stupid way.

Katagiri Mai sent Ziongzong downstairs, the aisle, in the elevator, the two did not speak, the same silence, Ziongzong has a different feeling than before.

After bidding farewell to Katagiri Mai in the lobby on the first floor, Ziongzong, as if he had finished his stage experiment report, temporarily relieved first, replaced with a relaxed mood, and walked on the road home.

In the very near future, after a not so long period of time, he is going to Xiamen, China, with the training of the Kyudo Club, which is a significant event for Ziongzong to return home.

He hadn't been away for long, but it was almost time to get homesick.

Furthermore, after getting stuck in some tough things on the road in Kyoto, Japan, it was a good opportunity to regroup by returning home.

-- Neither a good defense, nor a ride ......

Ziongzong thought about it, the surprise of a surprise visit is good, but he kind of want to do things early.

--First of all, let's make a phone call to "brother" and "sister".