"Why don't you feel resentment?" No stared at Hinata Hajime, "If you don't feel resentment, you will be the only one who gets hurt!"

“Don’t be so hard on yourself.”

Hinata Hajime let go of Kamuzuru Izuru's hand, and Kamuzuru Izuru subconsciously grabbed it back. Hinata Hajime blinked, and he lowered his head and looked at Kamuzuru Izuru. Kamuzuru Izuru shook his head slightly. Hinata Hajime smiled at him soothingly, as if he understood what he meant, and Kamuzuru Izuru let go of his hand.

So Hinata stood up. He stood in front of Nuo, on this vast ocean with no visible boundaries, facing the countless people who were buried in the sea.

The mirrors in front of Kamijou Izuru were rearranged, and those mirrors reflected Hinata Hajime, playing out the same plot.

"I used to think that a life without talent was not a life, so I participated in human experiments and became a Kamizuru."

"I took it for granted. I thought I would wake up, but I didn't expect that the me who woke up was not the original me. Instead, I was a me without memories and emotions. I had no interest in the world and no emotions, so I turned a blind eye to some things."

"These things happened and became more serious despite my ignorance. I acknowledge and accept this fact."

Nuo's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but step back, "Why did you accept this? For something like this, you should resent everyone who made you disappear!"

"If resentment was useful, I would have done it long ago." Hinata Souma took a step forward, and he walked towards Nuo step by step. The mirror showed the screen in the new world program again. "I opened my eyes again in the new world program. I want to find myself again."

"To get back the lost past and feelings, so I came back."

"I am Hyuga Hajime. I am everything Kamijou Izuru was forced to lose. I will never hate myself."

"Do you understand?" Hinata Hajime said, "We will never be separated. Those sticky threads will always bind us together. No matter in the past or in the future, there is no point in provoking the relationship between us."

Nuo looked at Hinata Hajime, and after a moment her eyes turned red. She fell to the ground, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Really?"

"That's great." She sighed, her voice tearing up, "I also want someone who believes in me like this."

As soon as she finished speaking, her body froze, and the next moment, she was shattered like a mirror, with countless fragments flying everywhere. Kamijou Izuru grabbed Hinata Hajime from behind, and the next moment they rolled down the stairs. When they rolled to the ground in each other's arms, Hinata Hajime realized that the scenery around them had changed at some point.

"This is the depth of consciousness." Kamukura Izuru stood up and pulled Hinata Hajime up from the ground. "Here you can see the past of that woman."

"Eh?" Hinata Sou followed Kamuzura Izuru's strength and leaned on him. "You got here just like that? So easy."

Kamijou Izuru glanced at Hinata Hajime. He didn't say anything, nor did he hit his hand down. At this moment, a loud sound was heard.

Just like clicking on the paused image and restarting it, Hinata Hajime and Kamijou Izuru looked towards the corner of the room. In that area, a familiar woman was sitting at the desk. She was grabbing her hair hard, making her golden hair look even more messy. At her feet was a keyboard with several beautiful keycaps fallen off.

It looked like she had dropped the keyboard.

Nuo closed her eyes and gritted her teeth, and after a few seconds she let out a long breath, as if forcing herself to accept it. The next moment she picked up the keyboard from the ground and pressed the keycaps back one by one. During this time, she kept looking at the computer screen in front of her.

On the screen was a chat box between her and someone, but every message she sent had a red exclamation mark.

"When Ivy deleted and blocked her?"

"Um."

It was a very common scene, Nuo was alone at home, facing the pain of being deleted by his online friends and being helpless.

If only there weren't some strange text on her computer screen.

[See, no one believes you. After finding out who you are, even your online friends will leave you in such a heartless way.]

Nuo raised her head and looked at the computer screen. She frowned hard and typed a few words on the keyboard. Then she seemed to hesitate and deleted the words.

[Only I will sincerely help you, help you take back your books and become a true novelist.]

Nuo looked at the words on the screen, and after a moment she typed, [Who are you? ]

【A person who helps people realize their wishes. 】

[I don't believe in good things that fall from the sky. What is your purpose? ]

[Why don't people believe that there are really people who will help them for free? Isn't this also the bad nature of human beings? I don't want anything, whether it's money or fame, I only want one thing, that is, your despair at this moment. ]

Nuo stared at the computer screen, red words imprinted in his blue eyes.

"Was she bound by the Shard of Despair at this time?"

"No." Kamuzuru Izuru said calmly, "The Despair incident swept through, and the time when all the pen names of the books were changed to No is no longer traceable. I can roughly determine the time is July two years ago, but the current calendar is March, the time does not match."

Hinata Hajime raised his eyebrows subtly, "That is to say, the Despair Fragment came into contact with the Despair Host at this time, but it was not bound to the Promise."

"Is this possible? Although it is not possible to bind a desperate host."

"It's possible." Kamukura Izuru answered, "The host cannot be bound unless he is completely desperate and has hope for the future, especially when the host resists."

Hinata Hajime looked at Kamizuru Izuru, and their green eyes met Kamizuru Izuru's.

Kamiya Izuru, who was speaking just now, lowered his voice, and until he finished speaking, the two of them were stuck in this awkward silence.

They are one person and have no secrets from each other, so even Hinata Hajime can hear Kamizuru Izuru's evaluation of the world from his blood. All the boredom in his heart is dissolved by Hinata Hajime's love for life, and Hinata Hajime's thoughts will also be sent into Kamizuru Izuru's soul through his blood.

Only when they merge together can they be truly themselves.

Therefore, Kamijou Izuru could hear what was in Hinata Hajime's heart. For the first time in his life, Kamijou Izuru felt that his analytical ability was a hindrance.

His analytical ability analyzed Hinata Hajime's mood and the temperature of his blood, and turned them into words in his mind and conveyed them to Kamijou Izuru.

That's how it was, without Hinata Hajime saying a word, Kamijou Izuru heard the voice in his soul.

"He's looking at me? I want to look away but I can't. What's so good about me?"

"It's rare for us to touch and see each other because we're in a dream like this. It's bad. I can't bear to look away."

"……like."

Kamiya felt his heart skip a beat when he had a seizure.

Kamizuru Izuru, who appeared as artificial hope, rarely encounters such situations. He is an emotionless being and nothing will cause him any fluctuations. Even if Nagito Komaeda confessed to him in front of him, he would just say "boring" with an expressionless face and then drive the person away.

But Hinata Hajime can't do that.

Even though Hinata Hajime didn't say anything, just one sentence that he analyzed with his analytical ability made him feel a little restless.

Kamijou Izuru turned around and prepared to leave, but before he could take a step, his wrist was grabbed by Hinata Hajime.

"Wait a minute." Hinata Hajime spoke. He smiled, his green eyes were smiling. He stretched out his other hand to wipe Kamuko's cheek. "There is dust."

The released Kamijou Izuru looked at Hinata Hajime, and after a moment he put his hand on the place where Hinata Hajime had just brushed past, with a hint of subtlety in his red eyes.

"Okay, let's go back first. At least we know that Nuo had not agreed to be bound when she came into contact with the Despair Fragment. Let's continue looking for the next book. Maybe we can find Nuo's body. Only when we find her can this Despair incident be considered over."

Kamukura Izuru looked at Hinata Hajime, and after a moment he spoke, "Why did you do this?"

"Um?"

"Why are you lying?" Kamukura Izuru said, "We are not real entities now. Even if we fall down the stairs, we won't be stained with dust."

Hinata Hajime: ...

What if the excuse you just made up is exposed in the next second? Waiting online, urgent!

Of course, there was no place for Hinata Hajime to ask for help, and no one could give him an answer. Hinata Hajime coughed and looked to the side pretending to know nothing.

"Ah, why is that?"

Hinata Hajime did not answer, but left the area perfunctorily and returned to the empty sea. At this time, there were no longer those struggling people under the sea. The end of this sea was their spiritual space, and they could easily walk back to their original place.

"Why don't you want to answer?" Kamukura Izuru followed him.

"Izuru, you don't know how to be euphemistic at all?" Hinata Hajime looked at him helplessly. "That shouldn't be the case. You are a collection of talents, including talent in psychology. You shouldn't not understand how humans use euphemisms to cover up certain things."

"And you should know it very well." Hinata Hajime said with a smile, "Isn't it? You are me and I am you. There are no secrets between us."

Kamukura Izuru looked at him, and after a moment he lowered his head, "Yeah."

"Izuru?" Hinata Hajime tilted his head and looked at him, "What's wrong? You don't look very happy?"

"So, even you have to be tactful?" Kamuzuru Izuru asked, "Why do you have to use ambiguous words even for yourself? So, you can be more firm."

"Solid?"

Hinata thought for a moment, and stroked his chin with one hand, "...Although it sounds a bit perverted."

"You don't have to say it out loud when you like someone, and it doesn't mean you have to announce to the world that you like someone to be considered love. In my opinion, this doesn't apply to us either." Hinata Hajime took Kamukura Izuru's hand, "Look, it's so difficult for us to even hold hands, and we can't even have a closer contact in our entire lives."

"Although those people may not know the relationship between us, they all know very well that we are inseparable."

"Isn't this better than those so-called loves?"

How many couples can stay together for a lifetime?

And that is indeed the daily life of Kamijou Izuru and Hinata Hajime.