Mizushima Kawaharu suddenly felt that something was beyond her expectation.

It was obviously a very shameless voice, but she heard a hint of sadness, as if the man was sighing at her.

He was raising his eyes, and his somewhat confused eyes were facing hers.

There were some shocking emotions brewing in his eyes.

She stared back motionless, her fingers trembling slightly, as if something strange was passing through her heart.

"What do you want?" She opened her mouth and wanted to speak out.

It was at this moment that the vibration sounded without warning.

Her words stopped abruptly.

The field of vision in front of him was instantly turned upside down, and all the sensations in his body disappeared immediately after the severe pain.

...The moment the invincible light shield disappeared, the opponent took action without hesitation.

He didn't give her a chance to speak more.

Bright red numbers danced in front of her dim vision.

hP-1023! (Combat power suppression! Finishing move! Fatal injury!)

She opened her torn pupils and opened her mouth, looking at the world in front of her that was gradually falling apart... and the sky that was gradually turning upside down in the heavy rain.

The familiar darkness once again surrounded her, like a baby swallow returning to its nest.

…

Number of survivors: 3

…

Su Mingan took back his hand.

The isolation mask of the invitation slowly lowered, and the halo spread out in all directions, like scattered glass shards.

He stood in the shattered light and turned around.

...Mizushima Kawaharu has calculated everything.

She had been dormant for so many years and tried to find a way to make Dongxue wear a ruby ​​pendant as a last resort.

In this world, Mizushima Kawaharu disguised herself as a harmless little girl, waiting for him to come.

She did not go crazy during the cruel electrocution, nor died from Teacher Baisha's persecution. After his arrival, she even made him unaware of Ying's coma, and in practice, she seized the best opportunity to achieve this point.

Her vision is indeed short-sighted, and she only has personal interests in her eyes, and cannot consider too much. It is also true that he cannot be trusted and cannot be the target of her hopes.

...But it is undeniable that she is an extremely good task worker and her purpose has been successful.

The gemstone necklace kept flashing, and his sanity level was steadily declining.

Uncontrollable and unavoidable.

She is using every means to drive him crazy.

His eyes dropped.

The black-haired girl was lying on the ground, holding the gem pendant tightly in one hand, with tears in her eyes.

"...Yang Xia." She called softly.

"Su Ming'an." Su Ming'an corrected.

"...Okay." Dongxue stood up with difficulty, stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to hold his hand: "...Su Ming'an."

Su Mingan squatted down.

The rain slowly dripped down his black hair, but his face remained expressionless.

"...No matter who you are." Dongxue's hand slowly, slowly pressed against his cheek, brushing the rain off his face, and said in a difficult voice: "...Thank you, thank you for coming to save me.

I."

Her fingers were very cold, and the rain was also very cold. After scraping her cheek, the fresh rainwater stuck to her face again, and a coldness flowed along her hand, almost penetrating into his bone marrow.

"...I'm sorry." Dongxue sobbed: "...The rain is too heavy."

Su Mingan raised his head.

The rainwater flowed down his face, and some of it fell into his eyes. At this time, his blood-red vision was blurry.

The status bar in the upper left corner has started to alarm. In the shadow state, his constitution is weak. If this continues, he will have the risk of shock debuff.

In his field of vision, the overwhelming barrage was chaotic. He closed his eyes, lowered his head, and looked at the ruby ​​pendant on Dong Xue's neck that was dancing like fire.

"Can it still be lifted?" he asked.

Dongxue smiled miserably.

She retracted her hand, holding the ruby, and shook her head with difficulty.

"...Don't be afraid." She said: "I am already awake. Even if I die here, Baisha Paradise will not be reset. Although it is not a perfect ending, I have... walked out."

"..." Su Mingan closed her eyes.

"But why." She looked at him, her eyes as clear and clear as glass: "...it feels like you haven't walked out yet?"

Su Mingan said nothing.

"...Has a part of you, like me, completely died here?" she asked, her tone as simple as a child's.

Around her neck, the bright red pendant flashed like fire.

Life countdown, the last thirty seconds.

The rain pattered down on her body, making the world around her blurry.

In the drowsiness, Dongxue suddenly stretched out his hand.

Just like she did in the cave before, she hugged him tightly.

"...Don't be afraid." She said.

However, unlike before, this hug did not contain any humility or any prayer.

She simply held him.

This hug was not tight, nor forceful, nor sticky at all.

Like children comforting each other.

"I have always been thinking... What is the meaning of this life for a person like me who was born with wrong gender recognition and lived such a difficult life." Dongxue said softly, her words were very light, as if she were talking.

Lullaby before going to bed: "...I'm not normal, I'm not accepted, I'm not worthy of playing with my peers, I can't live a normal life... It seems like I should have been sent for treatment and correction since I was born, and I should be something that cannot exist."

In the heavy rain curtain, her voice was as light as a feather:

"...But later, I gradually discovered that no matter how bad or useless a person is, there will always be traces when he comes into the world."

"I like Yang Xia, I like everything about her, I like her whispering and telling me stories, I like her gently comforting me, even her words that urge me to grow up are beautiful to me."

"...Even though I am her creation."

"...even if I'm still something that shouldn't exist."

"But." Her voice was close to his and her tone was extremely soft: "Some things do not exist for the purpose of meaning."

"Seeing you just now, I suddenly understood what you once said to me."

"We are never anyone's shadow." She said: "And we always have the right to choose without regrets. They want to deny this and deny everything I have done for Yangxia... But they have almost no idea about the feelings between us.

Known.”

"Even if this approach is wrong?" Su Mingan suddenly said.

"Even if this approach is wrong." Dongxue affirmed.

"..." He closed his eyes: "I was actually comforted by you in the end."

"Finally?" Dong Xue's eyes were a little confused.

"Thank you." he said.

Dongxue smiled when she heard his thanks.

Black hair stuck to her cheeks, and the glowing ruby ​​pendant on her chest looked extremely beautiful in the darkness.

Her eyes were always filled with frost that could not be resolved. It seemed that she instinctively covered up her emotions completely and would no longer be easily open to outsiders' words.

At this time, she only looked at him without speaking, her eyes open-minded as never before.

"Su Mingan." She suddenly called his name.

"Um."

"Thank you for everything you have done for me...for me and Yang Xia."

"……Um."

"...I don't have to grow up anymore." She said, her eyes clear and bright.
To be continued...