I can't see them without sight, but it's only a matter of time before they're discovered again. If having vision meant continuing to see things…that shouldn't be seen, then the choice was obvious. Never seeing the world was much better than seeing these things again. However, there might be other ways. This is the last choice until I can find another way to live.
Man, I'm so pitiful.
In the past, Xiang Qingxia would destroy her eyes without saying a word or even thinking. On the other hand, I was hesitating. There was not enough will to live, but there was also not enough will to die. If that spirit somehow killed me in its mind, I might not cheer for it, but I might not raise my hand either.
Sanctum II
It was a peaceful and relaxing summer for most people in the world in the early days of June 1998. For Aizaki, this was the first time she had met the charming personality known as " Azuka Ruiji." It all started when Tōko first took on a new employee. She was impressed by the boy's ability to follow her. Despite her preventive efforts, it was fate that the new employee apparently had a saying for his friend, Xiang Qingxia, and in order to pass the time on a particularly lazy afternoon, Tōko decided to listen to him.
Obviously, Xiang Qingxia had fainted after the car accident. She was in a persistent vegetative state, and the probability of waking up was below zero. The length of the decimal point had reached its limit. At least from the nurses 'gossip, he seemed to have heard that Xiang Qingxia did not age after a day of being unconscious. This was a small detail, and he immediately began to suspect it.
"Really? Even the dead had not seen the end of the entropies.”she said, trying to hide her curiosity in her voice. "Sounds a bit like... magic, doesn't it?”
"I don't expect you to believe it, Madam, but it's true. There were no traces of the past two years on her. However, I have enough personal worries. I don't think you have any strange coma stories to match me, madam?”
He didn't expect that Turk would take him seriously, but she still folded her arms and tried to dig out a story. " Let's take a look. There's a story from a faraway country. A woman got married and then quickly fell into a coma when she was twenty years old. Only God knew the reason. She was too rude, wasn't she? In any case, her special condition lasted for fifty years. Have you heard?"
" I can't say that I've seen her," the boy said, shaking his head." Then what happened after she woke up?”
"A surprisingly healthy state of mind. It was almost as if she had never fallen into a coma! Can you imagine? She began to recall her past memories and names. The entire process. Unfortunately, this did not make her husband happy.”
"What is it? Why would the husband be sad after his wife recovered?”"Well, this is more of a wife problem, really. Her mind was as fresh as it had been before she fainted, but her body had already arrived at the land of seventy years old on a shrinking train. She wanted to run, exercise, and exercise, but she obviously couldn't. She didn't understand why. The fact that she was already 50 years old was not recorded.”The truth in her heart. On the other hand, the husband felt very sorry for his wife, and said tearfully that it would have been better for everyone if she hadn't woken up.”As she spoke, she relaxed on the chair and swung it back and forth lazily. "How is it, huh? This is a story I don't want you to believe. I hope it can help you put the whole thing into context.”
After Turk told the story, the boy fell silent, prompting her to speak and encouraging him to speak again.
"Oh, but a bad feeling suddenly entered this little man's mind?”Tōko asked with a playful smile on her face. The boy nodded in agreement.
"Actually, this is an idea that I never thought of as entertainment. Xiang Qingxia might not want to come back."
"Ah, but what is this?" said Toko suddenly, putting a hand on her temple and pretending to be a psychic. "I feel that there is a reason behind this. We have a lot of time to kill, so please tell me.”The boy seemed to be angry at this and turned to leave.
"I really don't want to do this, Madam. You know, there's no harm in being a little more sensitive to people.”
"Hey, friend, you're the first person to start talking about her. If you don't like their leader, don't start telling stories. I just wanted to kill time, because every time A Zha Ka called me, she would always talk about this 'Xiang Qing Xia' person. I mean, how can we women gossip when we don't like him?”
At the mention of Azhaka's name, the boy frowned in frustration. "I've always wanted to ask, Madam, but where did you meet my sister? How did you meet her?”
"Long story short, we met when I was investigating a small case I was working on. We got to know each other. Due to circumstances beyond my control, she eventually discovered that I was a mage.”
"Alright, no matter what. But I would like to ask you not to draw her too much into your world,"he said, sounding distinctly skeptical. "She's at a very fragile and impressible age.”
Turk couldn't help but laugh. "You don't know half of it. I won't interfere in your family matters, I promise. In exchange, let's return to the previous topic and get me interested in this Xiang Qingxia person.”She lit a cigarette and leaned forward on the table, hugging her head with both hands and smiling positively.
Seeing that no one could convince Tōko, the boy could only sigh as he began to tell the story of two years ago. It was on a snowy night when he first met Xiang Qingxia. In high school, Xiang Qingxia, as a classmate, did not show any interest in getting along with other students, but it was this boy who established a friendship with her. But in the second half of her freshman year, when the serial killer began to let people know about him or herself, Xiang Qingxia became more withdrawn and reclusive. When she finally revealed to him that she suffered from split personalities and that one of them had a hobby of murder, this was finally explained. Whether and how she was connected to the serial killings had never been discovered. On a rainy night that was colder than ever, Xiang Qingxia met with an accident in front of the boy. The boy and girl were rushed to the hospital, where she was still unconscious.
At first, Tōko listened to the story as if she was listening to a half-truth story over beer, but as the story progressed, the smile slowly disappeared from her face. At last, the boy finished the story with a serious expression on his face that showed how delicate the subject must have been for him. " So, I think that's the difference in the length of this story from two years ago," he concluded.
"Well, I can tell you that she's not a slow vampire. However, I may have some ideas now…" Tōko's words evolved into a whisper that was unique to her when she was thinking about a solution to a difficult problem. The smile that had disappeared from her face was now back, though this time it was a sly curl of her lips. "Remind me again, what rune did you use as her name?”
"It's 'Shiki', just like' sūShiki 'or' formula'. Why? Is there anything special about it?"
" Or, like 'Shiki' in 'shikigami', this is a unique Japanese style of Goethe religion. Apart from that, she was also a member of the Regis Dynasty. I began to understand what was going on. It was giving off a magical smell.”Unable to control himself, Toko extinguished the cigarette on the ashtray and stood up. "The hospital is in the suburbs, isn't it? I'll be back in a few minutes. I just need to see our sleeping beauty.”
Without waiting for the boy's reply, Turk left the office with the boy. She couldn't remember anything except how she found herself in such an advantageous position. She felt that she could almost feel the subtle cracks and changes in fate. At this strange moment, she was brought here.
Sanctum III
The miracle of Xiang Qingxia's recovery happened a few days after that. According to the new employee, Xiang Qingxia's parents were not even allowed to talk to her for some reason, which meant that he would never visit her. Because of this, the boy seemed to be more easily and enthusiastically engaged in paperwork than Corey had seen him, perhaps to distract himself.
" This office is too dark," Toko mentioned, breaking the silence they had maintained since the beginning of the day.
"Well, I can get you a lamp if you want, ma 'am," he replied flatly, not even looking at Turk. She felt that he was using his anus to think about something that only ridiculous thoughts were allowed. Half-baked ideas will linger in the mind long enough to give rise to the idea that they may actually be half rational. In view of this, Turk finally talked to him frankly.
"You know, you can stop moping anytime. Xiang Qingxia, I mean…He didn't even want to sneak in to see her at night.”
"I don't think so, Madam. Besides, there were too many guards there. One pair was at the front door, while the other was patrolling the courtyard.”
Good heavens, thought Toko suspiciously, he had already counted the guards and patrol routes. I only put him under my wing, I will not allow him to become a criminal overnight. Toko shrugged helplessly. "I was going to put this song on my chest, but you left me no choice here. I tried my best to find a temporary healer in the hospital where your friend is. Did you hear that? I'll help you find Xiang Qingxia Ruiqi, so don't run away and do something that will make you successful.”It's the least I can do after hearing you tell a story you didn't want to tell at first.”
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