Due to the rain, dinner remained haphazard.

In the evening, after everyone ate take-out dinner together, they entered their own free time.

And at this time, the rain that had been falling all day, finally was slowly stopped.

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, so maybe it will be a clear night.

The sky was beautiful, and Ziongzong was going to take Ito Tomono directly to his wallet, but he was told that Uesugi Yui had something to ask him, so he went to Uesugi Yui's room before fulfilling his appointment.

When he knocked on the door, he didn't hear a response immediately, but after a short while, Uesugi Yui's voice came out of the room.

"Please come in."

Not only was there a slight lag in time, but the voice itself was also a bit strange.

Ziongzong opened the door with confusion.

I thought it was something special, but it turned out to be because Uesugi Yui was on the phone.

Ziongzong thought it was not polite to go in while someone else was on the phone, and was about to exit, but Uesugi Yui waved his hand and told Ziongzong to stay.

"It's from home."

Uesugi Yui said to Ziongzong, covering the phone with her hand, and then pressed the speaker button.

"Yui, Ziongzong is here, too."

"Oh, you're here too. ......"

"Hmph! I have nothing to say to such a heartless bastard!"

"Mizusu ...... don't say that, it's only once in a while that I called ......"

"I'm just annoyed with the guy who left without a word!

It seems that Mizusu is also at Uesugi's home. Since the child abduction incident, the relationship between Mizusu and Yuki has risen from that of best friends to that of soul mates.

"I'm Mizusu. I'm telling you, a boy at school confessed to Yuki!

"What are you talking about, Suisu?

"It's not nonsense, it's the truth!"

"You've been getting a lot of love letters yourself, haven't you? Yesterday, a guy bought you a chocolate banana.

"The guy who sent you chocolate bananas is a scumbag, don't mention him to me!"

--The kids nowadays are really ......

Despite the ludicrous contents of the phone call, Ziongzong felt a little warmth. It was incredible to get warmth from a phone call from a new family in what was originally his hometown.

The call seemed to go on for a long time, so Ziongzong gestured to Uesugi Yui to come back later, but Uesugi Yui shook her head no, "I was asking you to come over and call with me" - Uesugi Yui gestured to Ziongzong with her hands in the air. "I see, but I'm happy enough with this," Ziongzong gestured back with a reverse hand gesture.

"Sorry I have something to do ...... you guys continue, I'll leave now.

Then, considering the time, Ziongzong decided to quit this "conference call" first.

After looking around outside, Ziongzong found Ito Tomono on the phone.

"On the phone with your boyfriend again?

"No, I'm not!"

Ito Tomono shouted angrily, then awkwardly continued to answer the phone, two or three sentences later, the call ended hastily.

"What's the matter?

Ito Tomono was still angry at being interrupted on the phone, and sounded as grumpy as a cat that was afraid of water but was forced to take a bath.

"Don't be so mean, don't you want your wallet?

"Oh yeah ...... I forgot if you didn't tell me."

"Then let's not be late, let's go?"

"Well ......"

Ito Tomono looked at his watch and looked a little reluctant.

But at this time, what could be more important than her purse, Ziongzong did not quite understand, and urged again.

"It's already going to be winter, it's getting dark early, so let's get going before it's too late."

"...... Well, okay."

Ziongzong was tempted to ask now, but hesitated and decided to put it on the road for a while to ask the reason why Ito Tomono was so reluctant.

"How do we get down, do we walk down?

"By bike."

Ziongzong took Ito Tomono to the bicycle shed, and after Ito Tomono circled around the bike, he asked a question.

"How can two people ride one bike?"

"I'll give you a ride."

"I'll give you a ride." "I'll give you a ride." "I'll give you a ride." "I'll give you a ride." "I'll give you a ride.

"And specially gave you a back seat, don't make a fuss there, come up.

After Ziongzong knew that PANG Zebei was going to send the bike here, he asked him to help him install a back seat, but he didn't expect Ito Tomono would be so resistant.

"No, no, no, no!

"Why not?"

"It's too humiliating!"

Ziongzong sighed inwardly as he looked at Ito Tomono, who was hesitant to get into the car, as he was confused as to who was asking for help.

"I'll go tell Uesugi Yui and ask her to organize someone to help you find your wallet?

"But not this one!

Ito Tomono's face in front of Uesugi Yui was the most important thing to him. After this test, Ziongzong thought he had successfully grasped Ito Tomono's weakness.

"Then let's go~"

"...... Okay."

In order to come back this morning, Ziongzong spared every opportunity to molest Ito Tomono and set off without delay.

Because of her short skirt, Ito Tomono sat sideways on the back of her bike, with one hand on the hem of her skirt and one hand on the back seat.

"I don't mind if you hold my waist, Ito Tomono-san.

Ito Tomono obviously would not listen to Ziongzong's advice, still stubbornly holding on to the back seat, so Ziongzong can only cooperate with her to slow down properly.

At first glance, it looked like a playful game between middle school students.

Downhill is basically downhill, the reason why there is such a nonsense, because the road down the mountain due to geological problems repair is rather special, at the halfway point, instead of a section of uphill.

In climbing this uphill section, Ziongzong noticed a person standing at the top of the slope.

And this person, holding a huge long bow in his hand, full of strings, the arrow is directed, it is Ziongzong.

obviously clear-headed to realize that what you see in the eyes are real, but still subconsciously think that must be where they are wrong, and such naivety, so that Ziongzong wasted precious reaction time.

The arrow that flew off the string brought Ziongzong back to reality from judging reality and delusion.

Long enough distance means long enough reaction time, this head-on arrow, even if Ziongzong hesitated for a while, Ziongzong can still dodge it with a little sideways, but just when he wanted to do so, he suddenly remembered that behind him, on the back of the bike, there is still Ito Tomono.

At this time, want to make another change in response method It was already too late.

If the bike changed direction, Ziongzong himself could still dodge it, but Ito Tomono in the back seat still had to take a big risk, and in the heat of the moment, Ziongzong made a helplessly stupid choice.

He let go of the handlebars with both hands, intending to knock the flying arrows away with his hand knife.

As a result, the arrow hit Ziongzong's shoulder, followed by a ninety-degree turn of the unbalanced bike, which in turn skidded due to the wet road surface, and the two of them fell into the woods along the roadside, tumbling down a small ravine to the bottom.

It all happened so fast that Ziongzong couldn't even say a word to Ito Tomono.

Ziongzong and Ito Tomono crashed into a tree trunk and stopped one after another, the bikes were stuck in a bush on the far side, and after a short but intense "accident", everything came to an unbelievable standstill again.

Ziongzong realized this clearly, but what was the purpose of the arrow, was it to take his life, or was it something else?

Ziongzong lowered his voice for fear of being noticed by Ito Kanzashi.

Ito Tomono had no serious external injuries, which relieved Ziongzong, and she gradually woke up under Ziongzong's call.

"...... hair ...... What happened?"

Facing Ito Tomono's question, Ziongzong didn't know how to explain for a while.

All he could think about was how to escape from here with Ito Tomono, and how to avoid Ito Tomono's meeting with Ito Kanzashi.

After all, Ito Tomono had always believed that her father was no longer alive, and to meet again in such a way now would have irreversible consequences.

"On your shoulder ...... that is ......!"

While Ziongzong was worrying about Ito Tomono's family affairs, Ito Tomono noticed the broken arrow on Ziongzong's shoulder, and upon Ito Tomono's reminder, Ziongzong then remembered that he had been hit by an arrow, and immediately, the forgotten pain hit him, causing Ziongzong to almost gasp for breath all of a sudden.

In the process of rolling over, the arrow on Ziongzong's shoulder was broken and, at the same time, sunk deeper, which made his entire right hand unable to exert any force.

"Are you ...... okay? ...... this arrow, what's going on?"

"We'll talk about all this later, now let's get out of here."

"Wait a minute! Your shoulder is still bleeding, and your lips are bloodless, not without a bandage first!

Ziongzong tried to convince Ito Tomono to leave, but he couldn't tell her the truth.

Maybe it was the rain, maybe it was the sudden drop in temperature, Ziongzong "suddenly" calmed down.

Ziongzong listened with open ears, but did not hear any noise around.

Maybe it's better to observe where you are than to act right now, if you run away, you are more likely to be found.

After careful consideration, Ziongzong decided to follow Ito Tomono's advice and stay put and bandage the area.

But there was nothing at hand, so how could he bandage it?

"Put your hands up, this should reduce the bleeding."

"Oh, oh ......"

Ito Tomono's series of actions were so natural that Ziongzong did not react for a while, and by the time he did, he was dumbfounded.

Ito Tomono is now wearing only a small tank top and a short skirt underneath due to the removal of her top, such a costume has a bone to dog killing power for the male eye.

"What are you looking at, my breasts are just small!

Noticing Ziongzong's gaze, Ito Tomono snapped angrily and pinched Ziongzong's arm so hard that Ziongzong nearly screamed out in pain.

The price of peeking at a girl's breasts is really expensive.

Ziongzong inwardly flirted, originally tense nerves, but thus much relaxed.

After the simple bandaging, Ito Tomono took out the water bottle from his bag and handed it to Ziongzong.

"Thank you."

Ziongzong drank the water while carefully looking through the surrounding bushes for Ito Kagurashi's movement, however, his vision gradually became blurred.

Is it because of the rain?

Ziongzong reached out to wipe the rain off his face, but a dizziness flashed through his mind, followed by a black vision and a heavy head, and then he fell down with his head on the ground and lost consciousness.

On Genting Rock, Uesugi Yui was walking around in a state of distraction.

--Ziongzong and Tomono ran away to where ......

Although there is no clear rule on what everyone should do after dinner, but staying on Genting Rock is definitely the basic of the basic, but now, Uesugi Yui can not find Ziongzong and Ito Tomono were nowhere to be seen.

Just as Uesugi Yui was looking around, Mayumi Araki found her.

"Vai, have you seen Ziongzong and Ito?

Just as Uesugi Yui noticed the missing two out of a sense of duty, Mayumi Araki noticed the same thing. However, Mayumi Araki thought that the two children had simply run away to a sparsely populated area to spill their guts.

"Huh?"

Mayumi Araki's words hit Uesugi Yui right in the heart, so she responded vaguely, pretending not to hear, but thinking anxiously about what to do.

"I mean, where are Ziongzong Uesugi and Ito Tomono? No one answered the phone."

"Oh ...... Ziongzong and Ito Tomono ......"

Uesugi Yui hesitated inwardly, but tried his best to look natural on the outside so that Mayumi Araki would not see through it.

After a few seconds, Uesugi Yui decided to cover them here, even though she herself was not sure of their whereabouts.

"They told me they were going down the mountain to do some shopping and it seemed to take a little too long, so I was going down to look for them!

Half-truth, half-truth, Uesugi Yui has a habit of trying to take responsibility. Because of this habit, it is difficult to judge whether she is mature or naive.

"I'll go with you."

"It's okay, I'll be fine alone."

"Really?"

"Yes, really."

"Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, teacher."

"Be safe."

After declining Mayumi Araki's company, Uesugi Yui took his bag and hiked down the mountain.

Perhaps out of a sense of duty, or perhaps out of a desire to protect the shortcomings, Uesugi Yui lied and decided to go and get the two idiots who were causing trouble.

Uesugi Yui put up his umbrella and walked down the hill with some reluctance while paying attention to the muddy road under his feet.

Uesugi Yui was confused when she got down the hill and entered the city, looking at the traffic in the twilight.

Having to make a decision in a panic for fear of being discovered by Mayumi Araki-sensei, Uesugi Yui realized that he had no clue where to find Ziongzong until then.

--But Ziongzong said that Xiamen was very small ......

It would be useless to regret being careless now, so Uesugi Yui began to think back to what Ziongzong had told her about Xiamen.

Considering that Ziongzong and Ito Tomono hadn't been missing for too long, Uesugi Yui thought that they would still be around, so she decided to take a look around the city at the foot of Genting Rock, and maybe she would run into them.

However, reality ran counter to her expectations, and as time passed, Uesugi Yui gradually lost faith in the fluke.

--Where the hell did they go?

In the sea of people, there was no sign of the two of them.

The green light on the crosswalk began to flash, and Uesugi Yui quickened his pace.

Just then, Uesugi Yui's phone rang.

In her haste, she fished her phone out of her bag and tried to pick up the call, but in her haste, she forgot that she was still on her way to cross the street. The phone screen showed Mayumi Araki's name, "It's not Ziongzong ......" Uesugi Yui pressed the connect button regretfully, until the sudden sound of brakes in her ears reminded her that she was still on her way to cross the road.

However, the bus, which was still unable to stop under braking, was already rushing in front of her.

When Ziongzong woke up, the depressing unpleasantness of the low ceiling and dimly lit room in front of him immediately reminded him of how he felt lying in a hospital bed after the previous Mizusu incident.

His whole body was disconnected, and his consciousness was wandering, as if he had become a wandering soul separate from his physical body.

--

Ziongzong tried to remember what happened last before he lost consciousness, but a strong headache hit him immediately.

-- On the way down the mountain, he was hit by an arrow from Ito Kagurashi, and lost consciousness when Ito Tomono gave himself a drink of water.

Thinking of this, Ziongzong subconsciously reached out and touched his shoulder, the bandage Ito Tomono had given him was still there and the bleeding had stopped.

--The reason for passing out was ...... the poison on that arrow?

Ziongzong pondered while getting up from the bed and observing the room he was in.

There is only one door, no windows, a bed in the middle, four walls, the so-called four walls of the house is just such a scene.

Then, as Ziongzong tried to twist the door handle, immediately confirmed his suspicions.

--The door was really locked ......

Then, there is only one possibility left, he was caught and locked up.

--I wonder what happened to Ito now.

--Ito Tomono is the daughter of Ito Kagurashi. ......

-- But ......

I thought Ito Tomono was involved because of myself. Ito Tomono, Ziongzong heart a pang of guilt, he regretted if only he could avoid that arrow.

However, the most important thing at the moment was to find out his situation and find a way to escape.

What could be done in this empty room.

Ziongzong checked the items he was carrying, and without surprise, all of them were taken away

bare-handed and facing a door with no intention.

Just then, the door opened and someone opened it and walked in.

He was dressed in plain Taoist clothes and did not smile.

He was Ito Kagurashi.

Ito Kagurashi walked in with a tray at a steady pace, and then casually closed the door again.

"Last time, I'm really grateful for your care.

Ito Kagurashi's words were said without any personal feelings, but Ziongzong understood at once that Ito Kagurashi was referring to the incident in which Ziongzong locked him up in the port warehouse and threatened him with a chainsaw.

When you think about it, it's only been a few days, but in the blink of an eye, the positions have switched again.

But in any case, the appearance of Ito Kagurashi is undoubtedly an improvement to Ziongzong's current helpless situation, and Ziongzong asked his first question in the face of this enemy who has been pestering him for some time.

"How is Ito Tomono?"

And this question, to the extent that it affects Ito Kagurashi, far more than Ziongzong imagined. Although Ito Kagashi had rarely shown an unusually complicated expression, but even so, for this man who is not good at expressing his feelings, this expression is only the tip of the iceberg of the extent of his inner turmoil.

"I am not obliged to tell you this."

Perhaps, Ito Kanzashi had something else to say to Ziongzong, but because of Ziongzong's question, he chose to put down his food and turn away immediately.

But Ziongzong is not a teenager who will let the opportunity slip away from under his eyes. The moment Itojinrashi turned his back to Ziongzong and opened the door, Ziongzong already rushed towards Itojinrashi ......

"Just now, thank you so much.

In the cafe, Uesugi Yui was sitting face to face with a kindly young man. The shirt the youth was wearing was badly frayed on the shoulder, but he didn't seem to care.

"It's nothing, I was just passing by.

The young man spoke to Uesugi Yui with a slight smile as he crossed his fingers on his chin.

The young man darted out and saved Uesugi Yui from the front of the car when he was about to be hit by a car for answering his cell phone while crossing the street more than 10 minutes ago, and he himself got out of the way in the nick of time, but his shoulder was accidentally scraped by the rearview mirror on the side of the car and was injured.

"That's an understatement from .......

"I don't want to let someone who could have been saved die in front of my eyes, right?

Uesugi Yui used respectful words because he looked older than he was, and because he had saved his life.

"But your shoulder ...... was hurt ...... because you saved my life"

"It's just a scratch, it's nothing compared to a human life.

To express his gratitude, Uesugi Yui invited the young man to dinner, but he said that he would just have a casual drink and didn't need to go overboard.

That's why Uesugi Yui joined him here for coffee.

"But by the way ...... there are so many people who speak Japanese in this city."

"Hmm? I'm not from Xiamen, but as far as I know, Xiamen is not known for its Japanese language, so you must have met someone who speaks Japanese, right?

Uesugi Yui was surprised when the young man immediately switched to fluent Japanese after Uesugi Yui said in broken Mandarin that he was Japanese and did not speak Chinese.

"Is it really enough to buy you a cup of coffee? I think this is not enough to express my gratitude ......"

Although on the one hand, there is still the matter of Ziongzong and Ito Tomono's unknown whereabouts to be investigated, but the kindness of being saved can not be sloppy, bound by a sense of responsibility Uesugi Yui, a dilemma.

"You're too serious, are you going to give your life to me like in the olden days?

"Give your life?"

Due to cultural differences, Uesugi Yui didn't understand the young man's meaning at first, but he didn't understand why the topic of marriage was mentioned all of a sudden, and then it took him a few seconds to understand the "promise of one's body" which was translated from Chinese to Japanese.

"What are you talking about? I haven't ...... gotten married yet."

"Hahahaha don't be nervous, I'm joking with you."

The young man's cheerful laughter dispelled Uesugi Yui's nervousness, and after a brief chat, the coffee had run out and it was time to part ways.

"Next time, be careful when crossing the road.

"By the way, I haven't asked your name ......"

"Yes ...... Tang Mingtuo, how about you?"

"Uesugi Yui."

"Oh ...... Uesugi. ......"

"What's wrong?"

Hearing Uesugi's surname, the young man looked thoughtful, then shook his head and turned to his usual smile.

"I just happened to confirm something, so don't worry about it.

"Well, have a good time in Xiamen."

"Thank you~"

With Ziongzong and Ito Tomono still on his mind, Uesugi Yui quickly left.

The young man, however, stood in the same place and watched Uesugi Yui's departing back, thinking.

--I guess it's a bad fate to meet here.

The young man thought to himself, and started to go to his original destination.

"Why bother, Uesugi-kun."

Ito Kagurashi stood in the doorway, facing Ziongzong, who could not move, and said so.

"I'm the kind of idiot who would die if I didn't give it a try when the opportunity was right in front of me.

Ziongzong grunted helplessly, his hands and feet were under the Atlas Brown Bear's restraints.

After a few fights in close quarters, Ziongzong was sure he could defeat Ito Kagurashi, but at that moment, Atlas Brown Bear appeared.

Ziongzong, who had already fought with Atlas Brown Bear, knew the moment he saw him that there was no hope, not only in terms of physical strength, but also in terms of speed, so Ziongzong lost in less than three seconds.

So, there is now this awkward situation.

"What's the point of having freedom of movement for someone who doesn't even understand why he's here ...... Let's go, Atlas-kun."

At the gesture of Ito Kagurashi, Atlas Brown Bear roughly threw Ziongzong to a corner of the room and left the room along with Ito Kagurashi.

Ziongzong was left with the empty room.

--The so-called "fish in a barrel" is just like that.

All of this is so inexplicable, and almost powerless to resist, so that at this moment the isolated Ziongzong, feel like giving up.

Ziongzong lying on the floor, the mind is a muddle.

Inside is full of sadness and sorrow, incompetence, helplessness, ignorance, as Ito Shen Lan said, he does not even know what he is doing here and now, how to talk about the goal and pursuit.

At that moment, the arrow wound in Ziongzong's shoulder started to hurt, which reminded him of Ito Tomono, who helped him bandage it.

--- What happened to the stubborn and strong Ito Tomono now?

--What if she had seen her father, who she thought was dead, and found out that she had been betrayed by the father she had always respected.

--I'm the one who got involved in all of this.

Ziongzong shook his head and stood up holding the wall, sobering up all of a sudden.

He is the type of person who doesn't care what happens to himself, but is stronger when acting for those around him.

Although it is true that he does not know anything, but this does not mean that he should be left to the mercy of others.

--

Ziongzong went to the door and started to look for a way to open it, and at that moment, a headache, as strong as if a nail had been driven straight into Ziongzong's head, made Ziongzong unable to stop the pain, and his body lost control and fell upright. fell to the ground, struggling for only a few seconds, Ziongzong fell into a coma again.

By the time Ziongzong woke up, he was standing by the door.

The difference was that before, he was on the inside of the door, and now, he was on the outside of the door.

--what happened?

The doorknob and lock were twisted as if by a great external force and could no longer be used again, but there was no trace of who had done this.

During the time he was unconscious, what happened, Ziongzong had no clue to find out, and he didn't even know how long he had been unconscious.

Although it was terrible to accept the fact that he had escaped from the room without knowing, the result was good, and Ziongzong was given the freedom of movement he craved.

More coincidentally, on the side of the room where Ziongzong was being held captive, there was another door that led outside the building.

And this door, was open.