93 Chapter 93

"It's moldy and withered."

When Chihoko Hanano arrived at the rooftop of the organization's building, it was already completely dark.

Today, unlike her usual dark attire, Harada Emi wore a sky blue lace dress.

The graceful girl stood quietly beside the railing, letting the wind from the rooftop blow her skirt open.

Chihoko Hanano thought that if it were daytime, Emi Harada would be as beautiful as the sky, but unfortunately... it was night now.

When Harada Emi heard the noise, she withdrew her gaze from the end of the endless sky and turned to look at Hanano Chiheko.

Hanano Chiheko gathered herself, approached Harada Emi, who had been waiting for who knows how long, and said, "I thought you shouldn't be so idle right now."

Harada Emi seemed to have heard something very interesting and suddenly sneered, "Indeed, the Harada family, who were already standing on the edge of a knife and licking blood, are now reaping the consequences of their own actions."

Hanano Chiheko heard something and hesitated, "Are you okay?"

Harada Emi shook her head, then looked at Hanano Chiheko with a complicated expression. "Actually, my original prediction was correct. You've had blood on your hands over the years..."

Harada Emi walked over to Hanano Chiheko and stood still, a flicker of resentment in her eyes. "But why can't you be like me? Become as lonely as me, as unfortunate as me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a fierce look flashed across Harada Emi's eyes, and the moment she raised the gun towards Hanano Chihoko, the muzzle of the gun was touching her forehead.

Compared to the cold barrel of the gun, Hanano Chihoko's eyes were warm. "I don't want to kill you, nor do I want to be used as a tool for you to vent your anger."

Harada Emi took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. "The organization is already cleaning up the remaining forces of the Harada family."

"When we're useful, he holds us high. When we're no longer useful, he sweeps us away like garbage. As expected... after all, outsiders are no match for the people he trained himself."

Hanano Chiheko said, "I thought you knew it a long time ago."

Harada Emi smiled and said, "Yes, I should have known this long ago, but the most frightening thing is when the time comes."

Harada Emi took Hanano Chihoko's hand that wasn't holding the gun and said nonchalantly, "Look, there are calluses here."

Hanano Chiheko was a little confused, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I wanted to say that at the time I only said I envied you, but there was actually another sentence after that:..."

"I'm so jealous of you."

Harada Emi turned the bracelet on her wrist.

"Do you remember it? You helped me get it back when we first met."

At this point, Harada Emi smiled and said, "Although I was acting at the time, my heart really wants to thank you."

"It was the first thing I bought with my own money, before I was forced to 'return to my roots.' Back then, I was poor but free. Look, there are even a lot of scratches on it from my part-time job back then."

Chihoko Hanano took a closer look and found that it was indeed there!

If you don’t know in advance, this scratch can easily be mistaken for a unique brand design.

Hanano Chihoko suddenly remembered that it was because of this bracelet that Amuro Toru became so passionate about Harada Emi...

Harada Emi continued to speak to herself, "Later, it accompanied me through one dark night after another, during which I learned about the sinister nature of human beings. I once thought of taking it back to freedom, but... you know the result."

Harada Emi paused, then took the bracelet and pushed it onto Hanano Chiheko's wrist.

Hanano Chihoko instinctively refused, "I can't have it..."

Harada Emi, however, was remarkably resolute, tightly holding onto Hanano Chihoko's hand and not letting go. "You refused the thank-you gift I gave you before, so this time, I beg you, please don't keep treating me like this, okay?"

Chihoko Hanano saw a trace of sadness on Harada Emi's sickly pale face, and her movements paused.

Harada Emi's expression eased slightly. After putting the bracelet on Hanano Chiheko, she let go of her and slowly stepped back. "You and I are both free by nature. What I want to tell you is that you should not be bound by the outside world, and you should not always stay in dark and damp places."

"Otherwise, you'll end up like me."

Harada Emi smiled resolutely at Hanano Chiheko, her voice trembling slightly.

"It's moldy and withered."

When Hanano Chihoko heard this, her heart trembled for a moment. After she finally came to her senses, she suddenly realized that something was wrong with Harada Emi.

Hanano Chiheko's heart skipped a beat and she was about to run forward, "Don't..."

"Don't come over!" Harada Emi suddenly shouted at Hanano Chihoko.

"Don't be like this, Emi." Hanano Chiheko had already fully realized what Harada Emi was going to do. She couldn't help but feel tears welling in her eyes, but she still managed to organize her words: "Everything, everything must have room for change!"

"I heard that when you jump from a building, the force of the fall will squeeze your internal organs."

Harada Emi, however, seemed to be in a trance, muttering to herself, "I've suffered too much in my life, I don't want to suffer anymore."

After saying this, Harada Emi put the gun against her temples.

Hanano Chihoko's pupils suddenly shrank, and she screamed, "Emi!!"

"Bang!"

The gun fell to the ground, and a relieved smile appeared on Harada Emi's face. Then she stretched out her body and floated down like a butterfly spreading its wings.

In the dark night sky, she drew a line of blue that belonged to her.

Chihoko Hanano looked at the crowd gradually gathering downstairs, and suddenly her body became weak and fell to the ground.

The world seemed to be completely quiet at this moment, and all that remained were the words of advice from Harada Emi before her death.

Will it mold and wither?

As Hanano Chiheko was thinking about it, she suddenly felt her stomach churning and she tilted her head to the side and started to retch.

“Ahem…”

Chihoko Hanano coughed painfully, but nothing came out, and her physiological tears fell on the dry ground.

Little by little, it gradually led to choked sobs.

Chihoko Hanano cried louder and louder on the rooftop.

Are you crying because of Harada Emi?

Or are you crying for yourself?

Chihoko Hanano had no answer, she only knew that if she didn't cry now, it would feel like a lump in her throat.

So, when Amuro ran to the rooftop panting, what he saw was the scene of Chihoko Hanano hugging Gin and crying.

"She's dead, brother..."

Chihoko Hanano wanted to give away everything in her heart, because now even a little bit of weight and burden could crush the psychological defenses she had built with great difficulty.

"Yeah." A trace of sadness flashed across Gin's eyes. He picked up Chihoko Hanano and carried her horizontally. When he passed by Toru Amuro who was standing silently at the door, he just glanced at her coldly and walked past him.

Toru Amuro looked at Chihoko Hanano who was leaning tightly against Gin, and his heart felt as if it was cut by a blunt knife.

I don’t know how long the cold wind blew on the rooftop before Toru Amuro took a deep breath of the bone-chilling midnight cold, moved his numb feet, and walked back step by step.

It was unknown how long it took Chihoko Hanano to stop crying. She only knew that she spent the middle of the night staring blankly at the empty ceiling with red eyes.

Gin brushed away the slightly messy hair on Hanano Chihoko's temples and asked, "Aren't you sleepy yet?"

Looking at the dazed Hanano Chihoko, Gin's tone softened unconsciously.

Hanano Chihezi shook her head and said, "Brother, I'm not sleepy, but I'm a little tired."

Gin gently rubbed Hanano Chihoko's head and said, "Then you should rest at home for the next two days."

Hanano Chiheko didn't know if she had heard it or not. After a long while, she shook her head and rubbed her chest blankly, "It feels like there's something missing here."

Gin's eyes narrowed slightly, "What did she say to you?"

"She said..."

Hanano Chiheko paused, stared at Gin for a moment, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Brother, I'm a little sleepy."

Gin tightened his grip, but after a moment he tucked the quilt for Hanano Chihoko, got up and walked out the door.

The thick mist from the Seven Stars cigarette was blown out of the car window by the wind. This was already the fifth cigarette Gin had smoked tonight.

Vodka, who was in the driver's seat, couldn't stand it any longer. "Don't worry, brother. Xiao Hezi is such an optimistic child. It will be over soon."

"optimism……"

Gin repeated Vodka's words, with a spark of seven-star cigarette reflected in the darkness in his eyes.

Just as Vodka was feeling depressed along with Hanano Chihoko because he was their big brother, Gin exhaled a cigarette and said, "Let's go and clean up the remaining garbage in the organization."

【Author’s words】

Ah, it hurts...