Under the blue sky, the surging waves hit the dark black reef surface, splashing white waves. The humming sound of the waves is like thunder, echoing over the cliffs.

This is a secluded and narrow road surrounded by green mountains, about eighty meters above the sea below. Step over the short guardrail surrounding the road and walk a few steps forward, then you can stand on the cliff and see the deep blue sea level in the distance.

At this moment, on the edge of the cliff, stood a little girl in a tattered kimono.

One of her feet was wearing a pair of broken clogs, and the other shoe had disappeared. Her greasy black hair was tied up in a bun with a light pink shiny cherry blossom hairpin, and the messy hair at her temples fluttered in the wind.

The girl was no more than twelve or thirteen years old, petite and tender. Her tear-stained face stared at the distant sea, her small hands tightly grasped the hem of her kimono, her lips pursed, revealing unspeakable sadness and grievance.

After a long time, she took out a flip phone with a yellowed Pikachu sticker on it.

She dialed a number.

"Hello..." She said timidly.

"This is the Yokohama City Police Department. How may I help you?"

"Can you help others collect the bodies?"

"Excuse me, what did you say?"

"Collect the body." The little girl looked at the rough waves below her feet, "Five minutes later, on the cliff beside the town mountain line... Can you come and help me collect the body?"

The voice on the other end of the phone paused, and faint keyboard tapping sounds were heard, as if someone was looking for something.

At the same time, a small string of white numbers lit up slightly on the little girl's shoulder.

The voice on the other end of the phone became serious:

"You are Yurina, number 42857494, the fourth generation citizen, right? Do you know that suicide is an unforgivable blasphemy? Please give up the idea of ​​committing suicide, and the patrolman will come soon..."

beep--!

Yurina hung up the phone.

She slowly lowered her arm holding the phone, bit her lips tightly, and whispered:

"If you don't help me collect the body...then I won't collect it."

She threw her cell phone aside, took a step forward, and walked towards the edge of the cliff against the sea breeze. On her black kimono, a few falling cherry blossoms seemed to be dancing wildly in the wind.

She stood on the edge of a cliff, just one step away from falling. There were sharp reefs hidden in the surging waves below. If she jumped down from here, she would be crushed to pieces in an instant.

It shouldn't be painful...right?

She was silent for a long time, stretched out her hands and made a prayer gesture in front of her chest.

“Kind and powerful god of fortune, Daikokuten, this is my last prayer to you.

You are the god of war from the other side, you are the nemesis of all evil, you bring peace and happiness to the world, and dispel all misfortunes and ominousness... Please forgive my sin of suicide, and give me relief and hope.

May your blessing shine upon the earth."

She gently opened her palms, her eyes fell on the vast ocean below her feet, she took a deep breath, and was about to jump!

Suddenly, her body froze in place.

She rubbed her red eyes and looked at the sea not far away, a look of shock appearing on her little face.

I saw a black figure floating on the waves like driftwood on the sea surface below the cliff, like a corpse, but the strange thing was that no matter how the waves hit him, he was like a wax figure, and his arms didn't even move...

dead?

Yurina blinked hard, trying to see the man's condition clearly, but before she could take a closer look, the driftwood-like corpse had floated with the waves to the reefs below her and was stuck at the bottom of the cliff.

Yurina was a little angry.

Why did the corpse float to the place where I was about to jump? What if I hit the corpse after I jumped and didn't die immediately?

That must be so painful!

And even if she died, she would probably be stuck there, entangled with the strange male corpse among the rocks...

No, absolutely not!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

She stomped her feet in anger and tears began to well up in her eyes again.

How could she be so unlucky? She finally mustered up the courage to commit suicide by jumping into the sea, and chose the most respectable place, but someone else got there first.

We must not give this place to him just like that!

Yurina made up her mind and threw the half of the clogs into the sea. Then she ran to another relatively flat slope on the road and walked barefoot and carefully towards the sea below.

She walked along the gravel beach into the sea. The water was very cold, but she gritted her teeth and swam firmly towards the black figure stuck in the reef.

The figure was getting closer and closer to her.

She finally swam to the reef, grabbed the collar of the man in black and pulled hard!

The body slid off the rocks.

Wow——!

A wave hit them, directly washing the petite Yurina and the man back to the gravel shallows on the side. During this time, Yurina was knocked into the sea by the waves and swallowed a lot of sea water.

Although she can swim, she is not very good at it. After all, according to the regulations here, all residents are not allowed to set foot in the sea. Swimming, sailing, fishing, and flying are all absolutely prohibited.

She learned to swim in a creek near her home in Osaka when she was a child.

After being swept onto the gravel beach, she struggled to get up from the ground. Her kimono was completely soaked, and she lay on the ground coughing violently.

After she coughed out all the water in her lungs, she let out a long sigh, stood up shakily, and walked to the body next to her that had rushed up with her.

Only then did she have time to observe this person carefully.

Soon, her brows furrowed.

This was a young man who looked no more than 20 years old. He was quite handsome. The strange thing was that even though he had been floating in the sea for so long, there was not a single drop of water on his body. His hair was dry. Moreover, his eyes were open, looking somewhere, as if he was thinking, and a little alert...

It was as if his time was paused.

"What a strange corpse..." Yurina muttered.

She stood up, ready to go back to where she belonged and continue to end her life.

She had just called the police station. It seemed that they had tracked her location through her code and had sent officers here. If she couldn't commit suicide before they caught her, she would probably be thrown directly into jail and would never be able to get out in her lifetime, let alone commit suicide in prison.

Here, suicide is a felony.

As soon as she stood up, she saw the body lying on the ground, and her eyes seemed to blink.

She was stunned, rubbed her eyes, and looked back.

The next moment, the body of the man in black suddenly sat up from the ground, his eyes full of horror. He opened his mouth and gasped heavily.