Cherish the time

Chapter 124

Looking at the unfamiliar face on the screen, Shinto let out a sigh of relief, and leaned limply on the edge of the table.

He collected himself, moved to the desk and chair and sat down, pulled out a piece of note paper, and copied the contact information of the LME Performing Arts Department hanging on the webpage.

"Hi, this is LME, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Hello... I would like to ask when Mr. Chihisa usually goes to LME?"

"Sorry, this is artist information...I'm sorry I can't tell you, do you need any other help?"

"No...I think you misunderstood," Shinto had an idea, "I'm an intern reporter for "New～St☆r", I hope I can briefly interview Mr. Chihisa..."

"For interview matters, please contact the agent directly. Do you need Mr. Tsuji's contact information?"

"Yes...! Please tell me."

"Please record, manager Shunya Tsuji, contact number 090-xxxx-xxxx, repeat for you, manager Shunya Tsuji, contact number 090-xxxx-xxxx... Do you need any other help?"

With the cap of his pen in his mouth, Shinto scribbled down the phone number, "No, thank you very much!"

"It is my honor to help you, and I look forward to your next call."

So after dinner, Shinto immediately dialed Tsuji's number.

"Hello! Is this Mr. Tsuji?" He greeted the other party first.

There was a second of silence on the other side, before he leisurely replied, "Hi, hello, this is Zhijiu Yuwuxuan."

"Tsuji forgot his phone with me, if you have something to do with him, I can pass it on for you."

Dazed by the pie that fell from the sky, Shinto held the phone and forgot what he was about to say.

"Hello?" The man whose alias was Chihisa and whose original name was Zhusheng urged him over there.

"Mr. Takebu...good evening! I'm very sorry for the sudden interruption..." Shinto sorted out his thoughts, and slowly said what he wanted.

Zhusheng on the other end of the phone listened quietly, and seemed to have a good temper completely different from the last time we met.

After Shinto finished talking about the current situation and his own request, Zhusheng was silent for a while, "I have no plans tomorrow from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] p.m., you can come to LME to find me." After speaking, he hung up the phone.

The afternoon of the second day.

Jinto came to the LME headquarters.

Different from the simple and calm style of Nihon Ki-in, there is youthful and charming vitality everywhere.

Under the guidance of the front desk, Shindo managed to find the room with the "Zhijiu" sign.

The door is hidden.

"Excuse me." He said as he pushed the door open.

Zhu Sheng, who had put on makeup, was sitting on the sofa inside reading a book, and he was indifferent when he heard the door opening.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Takebuo." Shinto greeted him neatly, "I am Shinto Hikari who made an appointment with you..."

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhusheng didn't even look at him, but turned the page of the book again, "There are two ways to prevent Shikigami from disappearing, one is to start practicing onmyoji, and the other is to put The soul power is directly distributed to the opponent, which one do you choose?"

Shindo, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, was not stunned by his unceremonious attitude. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Which one do you think is better?"

"Yin-yang technique doesn't hurt the soul, but it takes time. The technique of splitting the soul is fast and effective, but the damage is not small." He looked up at Shindo, "...but if it was you, you wouldn't have to suffer so much damage."

What he said was unprepared, but Shinto knew what he meant as soon as he heard it.

——Takebu is talking about his own soul that has been swallowed up in this life.

Without too much hesitation, Shinto immediately made a choice, "I choose the second."

Zhusheng raised his eyebrows in astonishment, as if he wanted to ask him why he made such a choice, but what he said didn't mean that at all, "...I understand."

Saying that, he put down the book, stood up and walked towards Shindo.

Shinto stood there quietly.

Zhusheng folded his hands, and then slowly pulled them apart——

A pitch-black long knife appeared in his hand out of thin air.

Holding the long knife in his hand, he stopped in front of Jin Teng, slowly raised his hands while holding the long knife, and landed straight on top of Jin Teng's head one centimeter.

"...Please go to sleep first."

As he said this, he cut it off without hesitation!

……

Shinto had a dream.

It is a dream in which you know you are dreaming even though you are in a dream.

In the dream, he was in a darkness where he couldn't reach his fingers, and he couldn't feel any other existence.

He just stood there quietly.

There is no light, no wind, no sound in this place...

It doesn't even seem like time is passing.

He wanted to speak, but seemed to have forgotten how to speak.

There is only constant darkness and emptiness.

Such nothingness has maddening power.

Shindo's consciousness was intermittent, and he didn't know how long he had been here.

But when he realized it, a small window appeared above his head.

Outside that window there is light, wind, sound, and people and scenes he is familiar with.

In that window, he saw his father, mother, grandfather, Mingming, Zuowei, Xiaoliang, Hegu, and all kinds of people and things he has encountered over the past year...

He looked at those scenes almost greedily - after such a long period of emptiness and loneliness, such vivid scenes were a kind of salvation for him!

"Redemption... right? 』A familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded in his mind.

Shinto subconsciously wanted to turn around, but he was reluctant to take his eyes away from the window.

"Before I disappear, I can finally talk to you for the last time...another me. 』

A small limp hand grasped his right hand.

"Ahh..." Shinto held the little hand, turned his head to look at the owner of the hand, "Hello, Hikari. 』

With the light coming from the window, he could clearly see the appearance of the other party and himself.

One is young and immature, and the other is very old.

"I've been looking at this all the time. "Xiao Guang looked at the world outside the window softly, "At the beginning, I thought that these should be my experiences..."

Jindo smiled and said nothing.

Xiaoguang looked at him a little strangely, "You are so strange... Don't you feel guilty when you hear me say that?"Obviously, it was so painful because of the fact that it devoured me. 』

"I have no idea. Shindo replied honestly, "I used to feel guilty about this, and felt that every day I lived was a mistake...but now I don't feel that way. 』

"…Ah That's good. ’ Xiaoguang stared into his eyes for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief as if he had confirmed something, ‘…That’s good. He turned his head to look at the window again, and what was displayed outside the window at this moment was exactly the reaction of Shinto after Sawei disappeared, "After I disappear, you must continue to work hard." 』

"Work harder than before, together with me, in the limited time, to live out the meaning of your existence. 』

"...Come on, another me. 』