Chapter 130: Fire in the Train

[Sequence event prompt: The monster will automatically disintegrate after 2 minutes.]

[Sequence of events begins.]

The train began to move its cold steel body, speeding up faster and faster, rumbling through the dark tunnel.

The car door was tightly closed, leaving no room for escape.

As the sequence of events began, 55 Tokyo citizens appeared in cars 11 and 12 one after another, sitting in the two rows of seats on the left and right, squeezed tightly together.

The citizens all had strange expressions and their throats were hoarse as they uttered sounds of confusion and bewilderment.

"Why are we here? Shouldn't we be watching the battle in another dimension?"

"I can't move. I can't move at all. How about you?"

"I can't move either."

Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and looked around tiredly, "Is this true? I'm already tired enough."

He tried to grab the handle inside the car, but failed.

His fingers passed through the handrail, as if his body had turned into air - just as the rules said, he could not touch the objects in the car and could only command the citizens and Yuliu to act.

Anson Lu sighed softly and turned to look at the three people standing there in a daze. "Juliu, Cosimo, and Kamishiro Ruri, confirm what the system has placed in your luggage space and report it to me."

Cosimo's expression is wonderful.

The three of them followed Anson Deer's orders accurately like a puppet.

"A can of gas spray," said Julius.

"A lighter," said Cosimo.

"A katana." said Kamishiro Ruri.

Anson Lu thought for a moment, "Gas and lighter... a small explosion?"

After a pause, he looked at Kamishiro Ruri, "As for the katana...it can be used to spar with monsters."

The controllable factors of this sequence of events are: 55 citizens and 3 players.

The success condition of the event is to keep at least 20 citizens and 2 players alive.

If successful, the first 30 citizens who died will be resurrected, and all dead players will also be resurrected.

That said, there are two main points:

1. After success, only the first 30 citizens will be resurrected, with a total of 55 citizens - only by keeping at least 25 citizens alive can an immortal ending be achieved.

2. The success condition only requires 2 players to survive - sacrificing 1 player is allowed because all players will be resurrected.

Currently, with their skills blocked, Julius and Cosimo obviously have little combat power.

Then Kamishiro Ruri will undoubtedly become the victim, because she at least has a katana.

Having said that, Anson Lu turned his head and glanced at Kamishiro Ruri.

Cold sweat slid down Kamishiro Ruri's cheeks, and her eyes seemed to be saying - "No way, chess player brother, are you really going to sell me out?"

"Come on." Anson Lu sighed meaningfully.

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the next carriage.

"ah--!!!"

A sharp wailing sound was heard.

Anson Deer listened to the wailing sound and came to the conclusion in his mind: the monster appeared from car 11, so I have to let the citizens in cars 11 and 12 run to the car behind car 13...

"All citizens, run to car No. 13, don't look back, run all the way to the end of car No. 16!"

Anson Lu's voice was so powerful that it quickly spread between the two carriages.

In an instant, the citizens in Carriage 11 and Carriage 12 unlocked the right to run: the citizens in Carriage 12 stood up from their seats and ran towards Carriage 13 with roars.

As for the citizens in carriage No. 11, they were not so lucky.

Because, a monster covered in blood and with countless bone spurs protruding from its body had already started a massacre in carriage No. 11.

“Bang!”

The monster stretched out its right arm and aimed at the door between carriages 11 and 12. Its right arm turned into a twenty-meter-long bone spur and shot forward in an instant.

“Puff——!!!”

Nearly twenty citizens were skewered together by the monster's bone spurs like barbecue skewers. Then, blood flowed out like a waterfall, dyeing the entire carriage red.

In carriage No. 11, only a few citizens were lucky enough to escape.

[Current number of citizens remaining: 31/55]

"No way..." Anson Lu's face was solemn, "Twenty-four people died in an instant?"

The bone monster restored its right arm to normal, and the 24 citizens who had been strung together fell to the ground with a plop.

Their eyes were empty and blood was oozing from the wounds on their bodies.

The bone monster ran very fast, almost two or three times faster than the world sprint champion, and it arrived at carriage No. 12 in a flash.

"Classmate Liuli, go and hold that monster back. You can be resurrected even if you die." Anson Lu ordered.

In an instant, Kamishiro Ruri drew a katana from her sleeve and rushed towards the bone spur monster.

“clang!”

"clang!"

The sound of knives clashing with bones could be heard continuously in the train carriage; even the rumbling sound of the train could not drown it out.

Kamishiro Ruri moves swiftly, with quick hands and sharp eyes.

She held a sword and kept circling around the monster, looking very comfortable.

However, after exchanging two or three moves with the monster, she tried to use the blade of the sword to block the monster's bone spurs.

This is a wrong decision.

“Bang!”

The blade shattered instantly.

A bone spur pierced Kamishiro Ruri's chest fiercely, blood splattered, and her beautiful eyes dimmed.

From beginning to end, her sword didn't manage to scratch the bone spur monster at all.

It seems that according to the setting, this monster is invincible.

Unless... you can hold on for two minutes and wait for it to disintegrate on its own.

[1 minute and 29 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

[Players remaining: 2 (Cosimo, Julian)]

[Citizens remaining: 31 people]

To win, at least 2 players must be alive.

Now, if one of Cosimo and Julius dies, the game will be over - all 55 citizens, including Kamishiro Ruri, Julius, and Cosimo, will die.

"Run, Cosimo, Iuliu."

Seeing Kamishiro Ruri died heroically, Ansenglu put his hand on his chin and gave the order.

After Anselor's command, Cosimo and Julius ran without hesitation, following closely behind the citizens - these two were players, so of course they ran faster than the citizens.

At this time, the bone monster kicked away the body of Kamishiro Ruri.

"roar!!!"

He stomped his feet on the ground and rushed over at a terrifying speed, passing straight through Ansel's ethereal body and chasing after Cosimo and Julius.

“It’s so fast…”

Anson Deer walked quickly towards carriage No. 13.

Carriage No. 13 was empty, and the citizens were running very fast - by now, most of the citizens should have squeezed into car No. 15, but some citizens were left behind in car No. 14.

However, the most crucial point is that there are only 16 cars in this subway, and car No. 16 is the end of their escape.

At the bone monster's chasing speed, it will soon reach carriage No. 16 and capture all the remaining citizens in one fell swoop.

At this moment, the monster ran hysterically and chased towards carriage No. 14.

Anson Deer looked from a distance and observed the situation in carriage No. 14.

In just a few seconds, the bone monster caught up with the citizens who were squeezed behind, and used the bone spurs on the surface of its arms to cut their throats one by one.

“Crash——”

The shocking blood color spread inside the carriage.

Amidst several screams and wails, more citizens died one after another.

[52 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

[Citizens remaining: 25 people]

[Current location of the monster: Carriage 14]

Among them, there is a metal door between carriages 15 and 16 - this locked metal door may be able to block the bone spur monster for a while.

It is possible to get 52 seconds.

"But there are only 25 citizens left, and none of them can die..." Anson Lu said, "Otherwise, some people will not be able to be resurrected."

"Mom, Dad..."

A shout interrupted Anson Deer's thoughts. In carriage No. 14, a boy fell to the ground and cried tremblingly after witnessing the monster's cruel methods.

In carriage No. 16, a couple who were busy looking for their child seemed to hear the boy's cry. They turned around and looked at the boy two carriages away in shock.

"Why, I should order them to run to Carriage 16." Anson Lu was stunned. "By the way, I can only order some citizens, not all of them."

He reacted quickly and gave the order:

"Julius, turn on the gas spray and throw it at the bone monster; Cosimo, turn on the lighter and throw it at the monster."

In an instant, Julius unscrewed the cap of the spray can; Cosimo turned on the lighter and a flame sprang out.

The next second, the two men aimed at the bone monster and threw the objects in their hands at the same time.

The bone monster retracted its bone spurs and was about to chase forward.

Just then, a gas spray can and a lighter came towards it, and the white mist pouring out of the spray can enveloped its body.

“Bang!”

The gas and flame came into contact, causing a violent explosion.

“Uhhhh—”

Raging flames rose up, violently burning the bone monster's body.

But... it only struggled for about ten seconds before moving again, its scarlet eyes staring straight at the boy on the ground.

"We've already won." Ansel was silent for half a second, then gave the order: "Julius, Cosimo, run to carriage 16."

Julius and Cosimo ran wildly, they passed by the parents coming from carriage No. 16 and hid inside it.

[35 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

At this moment, there are only 35 seconds left before the monster disintegrates.

Amid the monster's roar, the boy's parents rushed back from carriage No. 16. The father picked up the boy on his back, and the three of them ran towards carriage No. 16 together.

The fire on the monster burned more and more fiercely.

It crawled forward in the flames.

His steps were so slow, he stumbled and looked so miserable, but he looked as if he was wearing the black robe of the god of death and holding a sickle in his hand.

[Citizens remaining: 25 people]

[29 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

At this time, the citizens in carriage No. 16 had an argument, and their faces were red. One side shouted to close the metal door quickly, while the other side shouted that it could not be closed.

In the end, the party that was closing the door gained the upper hand and they forced the metal door shut.

"Don't close it!" The father ran with the boy on his back, looking at the citizens at the end of carriage 15 and yelling, "Don't close it, please, don't close the door!"

At this time, the metal door connecting carriage No. 15 and carriage No. 16 was about to close.

The father gritted his teeth, picked up the boy while running, and threw him towards the metal door.

"call!"

Just at the last second, the boy's head hit the metal door. He squeezed through the gap into carriage No. 16 and was hugged by the citizens on the other side of the metal door.

“Bang!”

The metal door closed completely.

My father and mother rushed to the metal door. My father pounded on it, then turned his head to look at the monster crawling behind him, and shouted hoarsely to the citizens behind the door:

"Open the door! Quick! Quick--!!!"

[20 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

"This..." Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and said, "How could it develop into this?"

In carriage No. 16.

The boy pounded the citizens' backs with his hands, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly! My dad, my parents, and others are still outside."

“Dad, Mom!”

He fell to his knees, and several citizens pressed down on his back to prevent him from doing anything wrong.

The boy shouted almost hysterically:

“Let me open the door!”

Behind him, Julius and Cosimo were like puppets, unable to move.

They could only act after receiving orders from Anselmo - both of them looked very angry, especially Cosimo, whose eyes were almost popping out of their sockets and his entire face was twitching violently.

Anson Lu rested his hand on his chin, staring expressionlessly at the roaring parents outside the door, his mind racing with thoughts.

What if I asked Giulio and Cosimo to open the door...

no……

If the Skeletons seized this moment, extended their arms, and pierced through the bodies of the citizens, the game would be lost.

So far, there are only 25 survivors. If 5 more people die, the number of survivors will be less than 20... If the requirements for the event to succeed are not met, all the citizens who died before will not be able to be resurrected.

What if the door is not opened...

Well, at most two people will die.

There are 55 citizens in total. If you complete the game, will only the first 30 people who died be resurrected?

Although these two people will not be resurrected, the thirty people who died before and Kamishiro Ruri can be resurrected.

Using the lives of two people, we steadily exchanged for thirty-one lives.

Yes, this is the right choice...

There was no fluctuation in Anson Lu's eyes. He quietly looked at the monster with flames burning on its body, gradually approaching the couple.

I have always been like this...

This is how I always choose...

It has always been like this...

Something is wrong…

Anson Deer lowered his eyelids and looked a little tired.

At this moment, loud kowtow sounds echoed inside carriage No. 16, interrupting Anson Lu's thoughts.

"Open the door, please... open the door quickly," the boy said while knocking his head and holding back tears, "Don't sacrifice my parents, please, I don't want them to die."

"Kang Yi, you have to live a good life in the future." His father leaned against the door, his voice hoarse and muddy, "Mom and Dad love you."

"No, I don't want it..." the boy yelled, "Uncle, please let me go and let me open the door! Let my parents in!"

“They are all good people!”

"My parents have never done anything bad! They are very good people!"

The dark hair covered Anson Deer's eyes.

He recalled some things.

It seemed that many years ago, he was in the same situation, watching the most important person to him die in front of his eyes.

That car accident.

The car accident that took his parents away.

Fire, a blazing fire.

There was also the father whose legs were crushed under the car and the mother whose arms were broken.

What if I had a chance to save them at that time?

Is this boy experiencing something similar now?

No...what he experienced must have been even more cruel than what I experienced.

wrong……

If the door was opened, it wouldn't just be these two people who would die. Everyone in the entire subway train might die here...

What on earth am I thinking...

What's the point of hesitation...

"I..." Anson Lu opened his dark brown eyes wide, his pupils trembling slightly, "What am I hesitating about?"

What am I struggling with?

This is not a normal choice. If two people die, the safety of everyone can be guaranteed and the risk can be minimized.

Exchange two lives for the lives of everyone in the car.

What's wrong with this...

I have always been like this. I give up what I should give up because it has nothing to do with me, so I can choose the most correct option.

If it weren't for this, the crow wouldn't have taken a fancy to me.

He was right, without this defect I would not be able to be a person who can save humanity.

I need to make the right...

choose.

The most sensible choice...

I don't need to empathize with others, and I don't need these boring things to affect my judgment.

Otherwise… I wouldn’t be myself.

I would never have been able to climb to the heights I have now.

“Dad…” The boy was still kowtowed, but the sound was getting weaker and weaker. “Mom… I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I wish I hadn’t fallen…”

His head was covered in blood. A citizen grabbed him in despair. No one in the carriage was moved. They were all busy dealing with the fear of death. How could they be willing to open the door?

"You have to live well, and live well for your father and mother." The mother outside the door said softly.

The father leaned against the door and lowered his head. "I'm sorry, son, I can't be with you."

Anson Deer's pupils contracted to the extreme.

Ten years ago.

Next to the broken vehicle, the woman's arm was squeezed by the broken window and blood was flowing.

"Child, don't cry..." She said softly, "I hope you can...live happily."

The boy knelt on the ground and cried.

"Dad, he said you are the best. You can beat him in chess at such a young age. Although he is not good at speaking, he always tells me... our little deer is the best." The woman said with a pale smile and tears on her cheeks. She trembled and said:

"He also said... our little deer doesn't like making friends. If we don't accompany you often, you will be very lonely..."

"Lu, we can't accompany you now..."

"Even if mom and dad are not around... don't isolate yourself. You will make a lot of... a lot of friends in the future. No one will bully you. Everyone... will..."

Her voice gradually became hoarse and intermittent, and she could not even utter a complete sentence. Every time she spoke a word, a line of blood flowed from her mouth.

"You have never been..."

"one person."

The boy tried his best to pry open the car window, but he was unable to pull his mother out.

He cried and roared at the whole world until he was no longer able to do it.

I...

Anson Deer's teeth were about to bleed, as if a wild beast was rubbing its sharp teeth. His lowered dark brown eyes were filled with sadness.

What kind of person am I?

Principal, please teach me.

Please, teach me...

If it were you, what would you choose...

In Carriage 16, the boy yelled until his throat was about torn apart and his internal organs were about to shatter. His voice gradually became hoarse, "Dad, I don't want you to die."

In the flames, the monster stretched out its hand and grabbed my father's head.

So close.

Anson Deer raised his head, and this scene was reflected in his eyes. The boy's father had closed his eyes.

I really... don’t want to think about it anymore.

I don't want to weigh the pros and cons anymore...

I'm really, really tired.

Can anyone hear what I was crying and yelling at that time?

"Dad, I don't want you to die." The boy was still struggling. He suddenly broke free from the restraints of the citizens around him, and hysterically lay on the iron gate, crying desperately:

"I really... don't want you to die."

Can anyone listen?

Can anyone hear me?

Really, no one can hear it?

At that time, I was also... saying the same thing... So, how could I... not hear it? How could I not hear what I was saying at that time?

How can I pretend not to hear what he is saying...

The boy in the car could no longer shout. His eyes were empty and numb. He lay on the ground, watching quietly through the gap in the metal window as the monster stretched out its hands to his parents.

"Cosimo, Julius," Ansembu whispered, "open the door for me."

Anson Deer's voice shook the entire carriage.

He no longer knew what he was saying. Perhaps this was the first time in nearly ten years that uncontrollable emotions dominated his brain.

At this moment.

In carriage No. 16, Cosimo jumped up like a mad dog, knocking aside all the citizens who stood in his way. Julius rushed towards the metal door and smashed it open with his dark arms.

“Bang!”

The door opened.

The parents who were leaning against the door fell backwards in an instant, and the monster's hands were unable to catch them.

The monster growled hysterically and raised its flaming right arm. A bone instantly extended from its right arm and shot into the carriage with unstoppable force.

Julius stood in front of everyone, using his Devouring Arm as a shield to block the ever-extending bone spur.

“Ugh—!!!”

Julius' arm was pierced instantly, and he was thrown backwards and nailed to the end of the carriage. Blood spurted out from the gap in his arm madly. The next second, his arm was cut in half.

“Puff!”

Blood was gushing out inside the carriage.

[4 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

The monster took a step forward, and fire flew everywhere.

The boy's parents crawled back in shock.

[2 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

The monster retracted its bone spurs, and Yuliu fell from the top of the carriage wall, leaving a bloody groove.

[1 second left until the monster disintegrates]

The monster growled and rushed forward.

The citizens in the carriage were frantically hiding in the back and huddled together.

[0 seconds left until the monster disintegrates]

[The sequence event has ended, the number of surviving citizens is 25, the number of surviving players is 2, and the event goal has been achieved. ]

[The first 30 citizens who died have been resurrected. A total of 30 citizens have died, which means that all citizens have been resurrected. ]

【Citizens have returned to the alternate dimension.】

[The dead player has been resurrected and the player's injuries have been healed. ]

[Sequence event rewards: Old chess players receive 1 special chess piece, and other players receive 10,000 evolution coins and 10,000 experience points.]

The system prompt sounded, and Kamishiro Ruri's figure appeared in carriage No. 16. Yuliu's wound healed quickly, and his broken right arm was reconnected.

"Fortunately you are all okay."

Cosimo breathed a sigh of relief and looked outside the carriage.

Anson Deer had regained his physical form. He stood there blankly, staring at the open metal door in silence.

"You..." Cosimo walked out of the carriage quickly, cursing, "I thought you really didn't intend to let us open that door. I was so anxious. Fortunately, you opened it."

"Yeah." Anson Deer said.

"Well, isn't this the end of the matter?"

"right."

"I misunderstood you before..." Cosimo shrugged his shoulders, coughed twice and said, "I thought you were the kind of extremely selfish and indifferent person who would definitely not open that door. If that happened, some citizens would really die. You..."

His voice stopped abruptly.

Because Anson Deer had already walked out of the carriage, and his back was swallowed up by the light at the end of the station.

Anson Lu did not participate in the crusade that day.

At 12 o'clock, the Sky Castle and the Giant Squid began to send out troops.

At 16:00, the players in Tokyo cleared all the monsters.

Julius got the highest number of kills, followed by Cosimo and Kamishiro Ruri.

So far, players have killed a total of 1,000 sky monsters and 1,000 sea monsters.

As long as you kill 500 sky monsters and 500 sea monsters and reach the requirement of 1,500 kills, you can unlock the right to challenge the sky Boss and the sea Boss.

A hotel in Tokyo, Japan at night.

Anson Deer sat on the bed, leaning against the back of the bed.

He opened the memo on his phone and sorted out some clues in a messy manner.

——

In the principal's timeline, he lost to Haku in Tokyo.

During the world boss battle, the principal used the time-travel ability of a chess piece to drag the snow dragon to the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

What is the purpose...

Is it to protect other players?

Or is it because he doesn't trust other players, and he dragged it into the past so that he could fight the world boss alone?

No matter what...

In the Atlantic Ocean, the principal challenged the Snow Dragon alone.

He tried to annihilate the Snow Dragon single-handedly.

However, the principal failed.

By the way, Xuelong overturned the Titanic.

This is the Titanic incident in later generations.

I still have a lot of questions that I haven't figured out.

For example: Why is Yuri's case all about? Why are there three Icelandic girls? Why is it a disease that will kill you at the age of 18? Is this the price the principal mentioned?

I have a guess in my mind: if the old chess player wants to stay in another timeline longer, he must let the time chess seed absorb the vitality of the three Icelandic girls or something...

In this way, the principal can stay in this space and time longer.

But... this is too cruel. Should I say it's worthy of me?

Scum like me doesn't care about other people's lives at all.

That's why they do such cruel things, isn't it?

But why was Yuri chosen...

Having said that, if this incident had not happened, Yuri would not have become the 'Snow Country Walker'.

If she hadn't suffered from 'Anchache Syndrome', she would have grown up normally and then... died normally in the evolution game.

It seemed that it was the principal who made me meet her.

The same goes for Asuka Uesugi. If it weren't for the principal's series of actions, they wouldn't be around me.

I wonder how the principal managed to survive at that time.

In the previous timeline, after the death chess game at Shangshi High School, there was no other "principal" standing next to the principal.

Because in his timeline, he only has himself and that one Anson Deer.

What kind of life did Anson Deer live at that time...

If the 'Principal' didn't exist, after that fatal chess game, all the students would regard him as a monster...

A monster who is extremely indifferent and treats human lives as chess pieces.

No one would play chess with him for several months, no one would talk back for him when everyone scolded him. Similarly, no one would make an agreement with him to treat him to rice cakes when he finished a copy.

In such an environment, he gradually became cold and developed in the most indifferent direction.

So…the principal became a loner.

The reason why he killed Urushihara Ritsu who approached him was because he couldn't trust anyone.

In fact, half a year later, he chose to fight the snow dragon alone.

But he failed.

Complete defeat.

In the end, this desperate loser came to me, in order to prevent me from...making the same mistake again.

————

Anson Lu recorded this, lowered his eyelids, and whispered softly: "So... you stayed by my side and acted with me for so long, just to prevent me from following your old path?"

No, he was simply sympathizing with his past self...

I'm just feeling sorry for my past self.

"That's true..." Anson Lu shrugged, "He just wanted to achieve his own goal."

"bite."

The message alert sounded.

Anson Deer opened the panel and it was Yuri's message.

【Yuri: I saw it in the student handbook.】

Anson Lu had forgotten what he said in his last message.

He scrolled up the message panel - Yuri had sent him a "Happy Birthday" in the morning, and he replied "How did you know it was my birthday today?"

[Anson Lu: You’re just replying to this morning’s message now? ]

Anson Deer paused and continued typing.

[Anson Deer: But thank you, except for one old...]

He typed here and deleted three words.

[Anson Lu: No one will remember my birthday except me, except you. ]

[Yuri: I just remembered it, so I sent you a message.]

[Yuri: And... Asuka also knows. She said that if she queues for a dungeon, she will turn into a dragon on your birthday while you are fast asleep and scare you so much that you run around.]

Anson Deer laughed dryly and typed unhappily.

[Anson Lu: ...Forget about this birthday present. ]

[Anson Lu: I remember there is a voice function. How about you talk to me for a few words? ]

There was a long pause.

The hotel room was very quiet, with no sound at all, only the sound of the clock turning.

[Player 'Yuri' calls you, do you accept? ]

Anson Deer answered the phone.

"...So, what's wrong with you?" An emotionless voice came from the other side.

Anson Deer said: "I seem a little strange today."

“…”

“I’ve done a lot of things that I never thought I would do,” Anson Deer said.

"For example?" Yuri's voice was cold.

"I acted impulsively and not rationally... I made a ridiculous decision that went completely against my usual approach, that's about it."

"You will, too, not rational enough?"

“I used to think I couldn’t.”

"Okay... then you're one step ahead of me."

Anson Deer was stunned for a moment, not realizing what she was saying.

"What?" he asked.

"You're one step ahead of me in becoming a 'complete person'." Yuri's voice was calm.

"Complete?" Anson Lu thought, "Maybe it's just like what Crow said. Once a 'broken freak' like me changes, I will become a mediocre person. I hope that by then, everyone will not be disappointed in me."

After a moment's silence, he continued:

"In fact, I myself am a little confused about myself."

"At least..." Yuri paused and said softly, "I won't be disappointed."

"Why?"

"…No reason." She changed the subject, "Want to play chess?"

"No, I'm a little tired today and I'm going to rest soon."

"Okay, go to bed early."

"Thank you for your birthday wishes." Anson Lu scratched his messy hair and said teasingly: "Although, my birthday was very unlucky, it must be thanks to your unlucky wishes."

"There won't be a next time."

"What?"

"Next time, I won't have the chance to say this to you again."

Yuri's voice was flat, as if he was narrating an ordinary fact.

Anson Deer finally reacted.

By this time next year, she might have melted away into ice.

Anson Deer curled up into a ball. He was silent for a long time and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you ask me before, if you died, would I be hurt?"

“I did.”

"I will get hurt..." Anson Lu said tiredly, "So, I don't want you to die. I... don't want to lose anyone around me anymore." When he said this, he smiled lightly and said incoherently:

"I've already lost a lot, my dad, my mom, and the principal. If I lose you too, I don't know how to go on."

“…”

“…”

"bite."

The message prompt sound comes out.

broke the silence.

Anson Lu raised his head and looked at the message with dim eyes. It was a picture of a girl and a boy skiing on a snowy field. Next to the picture, there was a line of messy handwriting.

The writing was in Icelandic, but Anson Deer could understand it.

I... don't want to be forgotten by you.

Anson Lu murmured the words she had written down, and said in a hoarse voice: "I... am not powerful enough to forget the people I care about so easily."

"I miss the principal so much, Yuri."

"I have never had any friends. No one cares about me. He is the only one who cares about me."

“………”

“………”

There was another long silence.

"After we get back..." Yuri said softly, "I want to play chess with you."

"Well, let's play chess... and have some tea."

"good evening."

"good evening."

Please give me a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)