Chapter 88 Artificial Weapons 24
It's summer now. The time has lengthened along with the cicada's chirping, and the heat has made people's clothes shorter.
Cherry took off his signature black hoodie and put on a Hawaiian-style floral shirt, still with long sleeves. He wore a white duckbill cap turned upside down on his head. He wore a pair of black contact lenses to cover up his conspicuous ruby eyes.
At Cherry's strong request, Bourbon also wore the same short-sleeved floral shirt.
The sun was very hot. Sakura raised one hand to block the sun and waved the bouquet in her other hand. "Don't you like it?"
Amuro Toru came back to his senses after being stunned. He blinked his eyes which were also wearing black contact lenses. "I like it very much."
He carefully put the forget-me-nots that Cherry brought him into his breast pocket, which served as a decoration.
"Perfect style match." Amuro Toru raised the corners of his lips. This disguised face looked much more mature than his original appearance, but when he smiled like this, the depression disappeared, as if the sun was shining on the blue sea. He pushed Cherry into the garden, "Okay! Today's goal: to play all the projects I like."
Cherry nodded quickly, expressing her deep agreement.
Then he heard the man behind him whisper to him, "No need to recall, Cherry, you can keep creating - countless, only happy futures. You will have many friends," he paused, as if he chuckled, his voice became softer, "and many flowers."
Cherry did not respond to this.
It was not yet the time for students to go on vacation, nor was it the weekend. Dorobiga Amusement Park was in the off-season, and there was almost no need to queue for the various projects and facilities.
Toru Amuro's first choice is bumper cars.
After playing thirteen rounds in a row and breaking the edges of the bumper cars with their superb racing skills, the two men in flowered shirts were politely asked to leave the bumper car park by the store owner.
"I beg you, I'm just running a small business! There are off-road karts on the Adventure Island next door, can't you just go there and race?"
The store's wide noodles don't look fake.
Public security police officer Fōtani Ling scratched the back of his head guiltily and apologized to the store owner, saying that he just had too much fun by accident and that he had no problem with compensation if needed.
Fortunately, the store did not pursue the matter further.
Amuro Toru breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to see Sakura enjoying her ice cream.
Noticing Toru Amuro's gaze, Sakura calmly and contentedly swallowed a mouthful of fresh milk ice cream and handed the ice cream in her other hand over to him, "Here, it's for you."
"Who allowed you to eat ice cream!" Bourbon was furious.
Sakura felt wronged, "Bourbon is so stingy."
"This is not a matter of being stingy! Can your stomach stand the cool air? Bring it—"
Sakura hesitated for a moment, then handed the ice cream over with regret.
A primary school student passed by holding his mother's hand, and he felt the same way, tears welled up in his eyes, "Big brother, are you also under the rule of the devil mother?"
Mom & Bourbon: "..."
The child was dragged away by his mother. Cherry couldn't help laughing. She folded her arms and snorted, calling out in a long tone: "Nagging Bobben!"
In retaliation, Bourbon ate the ice cream in front of him with a smile, and then sighed with satisfaction: "It's delicious. People who don't take good care of their health can't eat it."
Sakura Kanade: “…”
Was Bourbon ever so childish?
The two went to the haunted house again.
Cherry screamed and scared a ghost office worker to tears. This time, Bourbon was able to apologize to the store owner skillfully.
In order to seek excitement, the two agreed to try everything from jumping off a building, swinging hammer, pirate ship to roller coaster.
Nothing serious went wrong.
That is, Cherry almost unfastened his safety belt at the highest point of the skydiving platform, his stomach churned from the swing of the big pendulum, he squatted in the toilet to vomit for a while, chased the crew of the pirate ship to question why there were no pirates on the pirate ship, and finally on the roller coaster he calmed down as Bourbon requested and began to think about a philosophical question.
"Bourbon, I heard that when Gin decided to trade at Dorobiga Park, he would ride this roller coaster to observe the target. But," Cherry said seriously, "as a student of the Six Laws, I am very confused - why didn't the staff here call the police when they saw two strange men in black suits riding the roller coaster?"
"Based on my observation, most people would call the police if they saw a strange guy, right?"
The children knew to call the police when they had trouble. Bourbon was relieved, but couldn't help but complain: "If you say it's weird, then we two are weirder, right?"
If it weren't for the disguise, Bourbon would never have dressed like this to come to the amusement park.
"Hey, is this weird?" a man in a Hawaiian floral shirt asked without realizing it.
The roller coaster rose to the top and dived down rapidly. The people on the car were screaming, and Cherry imitated their tone of voice, saying "here and back".
Bourbon's shoulders trembled slightly at his laughter.
One of the girls who was imitated got off the car, glared at Cherry angrily, then angrily pulled her boyfriend's hand and walked away.
Cherry touched her head in confusion and looked at Bourbon innocently, "What's wrong with her? Is there something wrong with her experimental data?"
Bourbon's smile froze. After a moment of silence, he changed the subject as if nothing had happened: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Cherry shook her head and nodded, "I'm not hungry, but I want a lollipop."
There was a small candy store on the side of the road. Cherry sat on a bench with Bourbon, biting a lollipop. The two had played for almost a whole day, and now the sun was setting, and the sunlight dyed the sky orange.
"Bourbon," Cherry called out the name softly when there was no one around, "Are you happy today?"
Bourbon leaned back on the bench and answered in the affirmative.
"That's great." Sakura's eyes sparkled, his tongue and teeth kept hitting the surface of the lollipop, and he said vaguely, "I'm happy too."
There were photographers wandering around the park, looking for someone to do business with. Passing by a bench, the photographer casually asked two black-haired men, "Are you interested in taking pictures? There's a discount for taking more than 5 photos."
Bourbon glanced at him and agreed, "Can I get the photo right away?"
The photographer pulled out a Polaroid camera from his backpack and said, "If you want to get it right away, that's fine!"
"The sun is shining brightly at this time. Come on, smile and pose. The photos will be better."
"Pose? What is that? How do I do it?" Sakura, who was taking a photo for the first time, looked confused as expected. He seemed to look at Bourbon subconsciously.
The shutter button is pressed at this moment.
In the photo, one of the men is looking at the other, the sunlight shining into his eyes, igniting a cluster of burning flames. The other is looking at the camera with a serious look, as if he is in deep thought.
Sakura Kanade really didn't understand why Bourbon took such a photo, knowing that both of them were wearing fake masks.
Well, then again, if the two of them weren't wearing masks at this moment, they wouldn't be able to take a photo together.
That would bring too many potential dangers.
Bourbon was quite satisfied with the photo. He took a look at it and put it away.
As night fell, the two of them did not continue to play other activities after dinner. They planned to save the off-road karting for next time. With regrets and expectations, people will take it to heart next time.
They strolled aimlessly along the path to digest their food. The warm yellow light of the street lamps stretched all the way to the distance, and the light of the Ferris wheel at the end was even more brilliant.
At night, there are a lot more tourists in Dorobiga.
"Do you want to go back?" Sakura Kanade asked proactively.
"Wait a moment. Are you tired?" Bourbon touched his forehead with his hand to test his temperature. "...I don't feel very clear. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me immediately."
"It's okay."
Since Bourbon wants to take a walk, Sakura Kanade will of course accompany him.
"I'm sorry," Bourbon said suddenly, "You're not feeling well, but I can't let you go to the hospital for a proper checkup."
"I'm fine. The injuries caused by the organization and the FBI's experiments on me have almost healed. You don't have to worry. Even if I don't have the ability to heal quickly, my recovery ability is still much better than that of ordinary people. I don't take this minor injury seriously at all."
Bourbon suddenly said this because he felt that Sakura's complexion was getting worse and worse recently. Whenever he saw him, his face was frighteningly pale. For this reason, Bourbon specially learned many ways to cook porridge that could replenish blood and nutrients, but unfortunately the effect did not seem to be very obvious.
However, Bourbon could still vividly remember Cherry's heroic performance in the amusement park today. He felt relieved that she did not seem to be out of breath, but he still decided to find a way to get Cherry to the hospital for a full body check-up.
The two stopped in a square.
"It's almost time." Bourbon looked at his watch.
"What?" Sakura Kanade tilted her head curiously.
He really didn't know what kind of drugs Bourbon was selling. If the world ended one day and a zombie opened Bourbon's brain, he would probably get lost in his brain circuits.
Sakura Kanade had long since given up trying to guess what he was thinking.
But this time Bourbon's idea was surprisingly simple.
"It's time."
The hourly bell rang in the distance, and with the two of them as the center, circles of fountains spread out from the inside to the outside like a piece of music that was suddenly played.
Cool water droplets were blown onto her cheeks by the breeze. Cherry heard Bourbon say, "This is a regular feature of Dorobiga Amusement Park. This fountain will emit a fountain at a certain time. I think you'll like it."
The top of the water column held up the moonlight, and the glittering water droplets reflected the colorful lights of the amusement park. The white curtain blocked out the world, and only the last two intertwined breaths remained in the center of the circle.
"Cherry——" Bourbon called Cherry from behind. Cherry paused, turned around and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Bourbon exhaled, using the still-still fountain as background music, and slowly said, "The news reported that Councillor Taro Hatoyama was found dead in his apartment this morning. Except for a broken glass, everything else was intact."
"The autopsy report showed that his neck was broken by someone and he died on the spot."
"You did this, didn't you?"
"I can explain it." Sakura Kanade lowered her head and said in a low voice with little confidence.