Chapter 329 Sixteen Sweethearts

"Come to think of it, there are five of us here, so where is the other person? Where is the '12-year-old Morobushi Kagemitsu' who you said was supposed to have a childhood friend relationship with the blond bastard?"

After saying all that, the curly-haired kid didn't wait for others to give feedback - he didn't want to hear any opinions from others on these things - he took the initiative to change the subject.

But he was indeed very interested in this matter: "According to the original development you mentioned, we probably didn't go to the same elementary school, so is he still in the original school?"

Jinpei didn't notice, but both Furiya Rei and Rei, who were closer, noticed that when talking about this topic, Akae Nazuki didn't look that natural - this was strange enough. Even Rei, who had only known him for one day, knew that it was difficult to see the change in expression on the transfer student's face, unless the other party deliberately wanted them to see it.

Akajinazuki didn't care whether other people could tell anything from his face, his gaze was fixed on Morobushi Kagemitsu - his one.

This was not what he had expected; he had originally planned to wait a while.

"No need, Nayue." Zhufu Jingguang smiled at him comfortingly and blinked. "You have already faced your choice, and I can't fall behind. Besides, it's nothing. I still have my brother and you guys."

As soon as Akae Natsuki heard this, he knew that the conversation between him and Hagiwara Kenji in the corridor must have been shared with all the sweethearts, and his good friends probably also heard the words "I love you".

He didn't mind telling this to others, nor did he mind expressing it frankly to one of them, but everyone...!

Chijiang Nayue decided to start pretending to be dead.

As soon as he closed his eyes, Furiya Rei had a worse premonition from his and Morobushi Kagemitsu's reactions.

In fact, Furuya Rei also realized that the reason why the twelve-year-old Keimitsu was not here was definitely not just because they were not students in the same school. There must be a more important factor, otherwise it would not make sense that even Rei, who joined the organization with Miyano Elena, was studying here, but little Keimitsu was not.

So, what part of the past was changed that caused Xiao Jingguang and Xiao Ling to not become childhood friends, and it is very likely that they are not in Tokyo? Furuya Ling couldn't help but speculate: Could it be that the other party's family did not fall apart that year, so he continued to stay in Nagano to attend elementary school?

Rei Furuya instinctively avoided the worst possibility, and even after learning about the situations of the others, he was unwilling to think in that direction.

Unlike him, Reiichi didn't think too much about it. The blond kid lowered his head and thought for a long time before suddenly looking up with an expression of sudden enlightenment: "Kid, Nagano... Wait, could it be the tragedy in Nagano five years ago?"

They are twelve years old now. Going back five years, everyone except Akae Nayue was seven years old. It was also the time when the accident happened to the Sufu family in the memories of Fōtani and others.

It is conceivable how heinous the case was that even elementary school students in Tokyo still remembered some of it five years after it happened.

Kenji next to him frowned and shook his head: "But I remember that the people who died in that tragedy were not a couple..."

Kenji and Zero were both stunned, and the others also understood something.

Zhen Ping, who had taken out his phone to search for news since he heard them talk about the case, froze. The light from the phone screen reflected on his retina, and from his clear eyes, which were unique to children, he could see that his search interface stopped at a report.

The black words on the white background of the report were so clear: [Shocking! Nagano Tragedy! A mentally disturbed murderer broke into the victim's home and brutally killed the seven-year-old son of the family while his parents were away! ]

Obviously, in this past, the person who died in the Nagano tragedy that year became Morobushi Kagemitsu.

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who had expected this, felt relieved. In addition to sadness, he also felt a slight sense of... relief from the bottom of his heart.

In this way, Xiao Ling and the others know about this case because the impact was too bad back then, and the adults took it seriously for a while, right? After all, Gai Shouyi seems to be still on the run in this world. Everyone only knows that he is a mentally disturbed murderer, but they don't know why he killed a seven-year-old boy.

This naturally makes parents with children of the same age nervous.

Morofushi Kagemitsu was distracted for a moment for unknown reasons, and began to seriously consider whether it was feasible to arrest Gaimori in the past, which was destined to be corrected.

Although he didn't care about himself, he cared about his parents and brother who were left behind. After all... those who were left behind were the most miserable. He had experienced this firsthand for twenty-two years.

"How could this be..." Xiao Ling couldn't believe it. He turned his head sharply and looked at Morobushi Jingguang, "So that's why I didn't become friends with him that year? In this way?!"

Morofushi Kagemitsu touched his nose and looked away with a guilty conscience: he and Zero met because he was adopted by relatives in Tokyo after his parents died. When he first learned that they had not met in this world, he almost guessed that there was something wrong on his side.

Those people who came from the correct timeline couldn't accept this either. Ida Ko's expression was even as ugly as when he first learned that his father had passed away in the past.

"That was just a changed past. Didn't we know that from the beginning?" Zhufu Jingguang said helplessly, "I'm still here, at least I can help us rule out the possibility that the death of my past self will affect the future. Otherwise, I might -"

"Murafushi Kagemitsu!" Fūya Rei gritted his teeth and blurted out his childhood friend's full name, interrupting him forcefully, "You are not allowed to say that!"

Even if it is true as Morobushi Kagemitsu said, and they have eliminated some dangers, it does not mean that they can calmly listen to their friends calmly talking about their own deaths. This is too cruel... no matter which friend it is.

Thinking of this, Fūya Ling glared at Akajiang Nayue again.

It's also a worry!

Chi Jiang Na Yue was confused by the sudden stare. Just as he was about to speak, everyone heard a light knock on the door.

"Xiao Hong, you can go downstairs to eat with your friends." Akae Yuu didn't know what serious things the children were talking about. Her light and gentle voice rang out, "Well... everyone remember to report to your parents. You can stay overnight after dinner. If you want to go home, I will let Qingwu take you home."

The stagnant atmosphere in the room seemed to be broken, and several real children quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Matsuda Jinpei and others were also very angry, they did not express it as directly as Furuya Rei. Not to mention Akae Nazuki, who seemed to agree vaguely and was obviously a little bastard who could say the same thing as Morobushi Kagemitsu.

For some reason, the scene in which Akae Nayue once made a joke about hell suddenly popped up in Furiya Rei's mind.

[I am already a 'little devil'. The number of years Karasuma Renya has lived is less than the number of times I have been to hell. How can he possibly defeat me... Uh, what, isn't it funny? ]

Furuya Rei fell silent.

He recalled the day when he rushed to the artificial island in a hurry, and the first thing he saw was the failed decompression of the Red River Moon .zip on the ground. Afterwards, the little bastard secretly regretted that he did not have the experience of playing stacking fun with that thing. After all, it was a rare thing to be able to turn the Red River Moon into a beach.

So before Morobushi Kagemitsu flew to his little friend to apologize, he first received a heavy hug from his own little friend.

"Forget it, you're good this way, Hiro." Furuya Zero said from the bottom of his heart.

Morofushi Kagemitsu was confused.

The children were all preparing to go downstairs with heavy hearts, and a few guardian sweethearts followed them tacitly. Akae Nazuki walked at the back with a Morobushi Kagemitsu who had returned from Furuya Rei in her pocket.

He put his hands back into his pockets and gently wrapped his arms around most of his sweetheart's body. He then rubbed Zhu Fujingguang's back with his childlike soft index finger, as if giving him a gentle hug.

"I remember that the school is organizing a field trip this weekend." Chijiang Nayue said suddenly, and several people around her also heard this.

The previous Zero recalled a little: "Indeed, the teacher mentioned it before school was over this afternoon. I remember that this time we went to..."

He paused and exchanged glances with Kenji and the others.

"Komoro City, Nagano Prefecture."

The black-haired, red-eyed little boy hesitated for two seconds, then, seemingly calmly, suggested: "Then when the time comes, let's go and sweep Jingjun's grave together, shall we?"

Zhufu Jingguang's mouth twitched, and he instantly understood what his friend was thinking.

——The ‘clean your own grave’ team has a new member.

But to be honest, Morobushi Kagemitsu didn't care about his own death. Besides the fact that he and Akae Nazuki had similar personalities in a certain sense, it was also because... Morobushi Kagemitsu was happy that at least his parents survived here and he could see them again.

In Zhufu Jingguang's opinion, it was not Akae Nayue's fault that the past had been changed beyond recognition like it is now. After all, the only ones whose fates had been changed were them, the ones who were closest to each other. Should they regret not being so close to each other?

Morobushi Jingguang is very open-minded. He believes that everything will return to normal in the end, so he is not affected by this unreal past, and he believes that other people think the same way.

From another perspective, doesn't this prove that even the world has acknowledged that the fates of the six of them are intertwined? That sounds good.

Thinking of this, Zhu Fu Jingguang poked his head out of his pocket and his expression changed when he looked at his friend: "That Yue..."

Morofushi Jingguang felt that he was the one who could empathize most with the current Akae Nazuki. He also knew that he had never considered the idea of ​​"going back to the past to resurrect his parents."

But this is because he does not have that ability, and his parents left too early. After letting go of the hatred, he has been busy for a long time and has not thought about the past in Nagano. Even so, he can't help but imagine if his parents hadn't died...

Compared to myself, who simply took a shortcut and gave up the idea because I couldn't do it, Na Yue, who has unparalleled abilities and usually takes freedom and doing whatever he wants as his formal principles, has made corresponding sacrifices for others time and time again.

"...Hiro, why are you looking at Aka with a look of relief that 'the child has grown up' mixed with guilt?" The voice of Furuya Rei's complaint was heard nearby.

Zhu Fu Jingguang sighed, patted You Xunran's arm perfunctorily, and answered in all seriousness: "Because I found that Na Yue is indeed a good child."

Jianggu Ling was confused: "..."

Furiya Rei was shocked: "Just because he wants to go sweep your grave here?"