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Extra Chapter 314.4 The Guide

Tamaki Yumiko finally agreed to Sato Yoko's request to help investigate the matter.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, during a heavy rain, she came to the scene of the incident.

To the northwest of the campus, there is the "monastery area" that has been abandoned and closed, and is rarely visited by people.

The "Silent Monastery", the origin of Serenity Hall College, is an ancient Gothic building.Although it is no longer in use, the building itself is intact and still stands quietly in a corner of the campus.

The bell room at the top of the tall and thin monastery is about the same height as the sixth floor of an ordinary building. It is already the highest point on the entire campus.

In the bell room, the big bell was rusty and dusty. It was cast firmly on the bell frame and seemed to have completely lost the ability to make a loud sound.

Standing under the big clock, Tamaki Yumiko looked out of the bell tower - through the thick rain curtain, she could only see a gray haze in the distance.Those should be the teaching buildings on the east side of the campus.The heavy rain curtain almost blurred all the outlines, as if they were melted and sucked into the heavy rain.

…if you could just “walk in.”

...Just step into the sky and enter the rain curtain...

...It seems like it can really fly into the air.It feels like I really have the memory of flying with the rain...

——No, it's impossible.

Yumiko Tamaki interrupted her thoughts soberly.

Just now, she did feel as if there was a very real feeling, as if a flight had really happened, tempting her to take a step... But it was not that she couldn't tell: it was just a lie that came from a dream.

Whether it is "what really happened" or "imagination and dreams", they must be shown through "memory".

This also means that the two will be confused by "memory".

Therefore, it is impossible to judge whether it was a "real experience" or an "imagination and dream" based solely on the feelings gained through "recollections".

But at this time, you can still use reason to judge - of course it is impossible for humans to fly.

What she had just now was nothing more than the same thing that happens to many people when they stand at a high place and look down at a low place...a dangerous and senseless thought that can be controlled after all.

Tamaki Yumiko used reason to suppress these strange thoughts and continued to observe her surroundings.

Focusing her attention on her surroundings again, Tamaki Yumiko immediately realized... this place was quite spooky.

She shuddered and unconsciously hugged her arms.

Under the gloomy sky, this eerie and dilapidated bell tower was dark, which was already eerie enough.Not to mention...this place is where Orilu Aoi and Orihara Hui fell.

She walked to the edge of the platform, carefully held onto the wall, carefully stretched her upper body out of the door arch, leaned into the rain curtain, and looked directly below.

The falling raindrops formed countless white water lines, as if shooting from behind to the ground six stories below, creating circles of ripples in the continuous stagnant water.

Under the accumulated water, there was a dark red trace submerged.

Looking down from a high altitude - the dark red color on the ground is eye-catching and dazzling, showing a vague human shape.

Tamaki Yumiko was unprepared to realize that this was the place where Aoi Ori and Ash Orihara hit the ground and died.

——Amidst the howling wind, the weak body and the raindrops fell together like a dance partner.Finally, it hit the ground hard like an egg.

Not even half an inch of rebound.The huge impact force will instantly turn the half of the body that touches the ground into soft flesh, and then the other half of the body that seems to be intact will be firmly stuck to the ground.

...This terrible intention appeared in my mind irresistibly.Tamaki Yumiko suddenly covered her mouth and quickly retreated.

She took a few steps back, her legs went limp and she sat down on the dirty ground of the bell tower.Then, gasping for air as she struggled to resist the feeling of vomiting, she unconsciously looked up at the campus under the rain in the distance.

Empty and picturesque.

But at this time, her feeling was extremely bad, she only felt that she might be swallowed by the spiral of fear at any time——.

"click".

The sound of a bottle cap opening was heard in my ears, and then the sound of water being poured.

A series of "everyday" voices finally overcame the fear and helped Yumiko Tamaki escape temporarily.

Tamaki Yumiko swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and turned to look.

It's Yukinoshita Saya.

The girl squatted there.The scratched second-hand insulation cup that she always carried with her as a treasure was standing at her feet.

Saya accompanied Yumiko to the bell tower.

…But it’s just a companionship.Just now, Tamaki Yumiko carefully observed every corner of the clock tower, searching for clues. At the same time, Yukinoshita Saya was just squatting in a corner out of the way, in a daze.

The sound just now was that she finally made an action other than being in a daze - she took off the lid of the thermos cup, poured a cup of hot tea, and drank it with an indifferent expression.

At this time, Qian Qian had finished drinking a cup of hot tea in one sip.Yukinoshita Saya picked up the thermos cup again, pressed the switch on the top of the thermos cup with one hand, and started pouring water into the lid again.

Along with the sound of gurgling water, heat rises from the cup.

This time, she just took a small taste, then handed the cup lid over to her: "Tamauki, do you need hot tea? It's barley tea... not hot." Tamaki Yumiko looked at this scene blankly.

The hot water mist in the lid of the thermos cup evaporates and spreads, as if the surrounding gloom and fear have been temporarily dispelled.

Tamaki Yumiko moved two steps and squatted in front of Yukinoshita Saya, and then took the lid of the cup.

After swallowing the hot tea, warmth seemed to circulate in the body, gradually dispelling the coldness in the body.Tamaki Yumiko relaxed unconsciously, exhaled a breath, and once again felt sincere gratitude in her heart that Saya was willing to accompany her here.

"Sorry, Saya, actually this matter has nothing to do with you." After drinking the tea, Tamaki Yumiko handed the cup lid back and said softly at the same time.

"It has nothing to do with Tamaki. Why would Tamaki agree?" Yukinoshita Saya asked.

She raised her head and glanced at Yumiko: "Tamaki doesn't like Miss Ori. Me neither."

"She's not our kind."

"Our suffering is all because of her."

Yukinoshita Saya continued to look over, saying one sentence after another, without any emotional ups and downs.

Tamaki Yumiko's heart was beating loudly. She always felt that Yukinoshita Saya was not expressing her own opinions, but reading her mind and saying what she wanted to say for her.

"No, it's not like that, you can't say that." Tamaki Yumiko finally interrupted Saya, and then took a deep breath. "She is not our kind, but she is our companion after all... and she is our guide."

Zhelukui is indeed not their kind.Because Oroku Aoi is not a witch, but just an ordinary human being.However, Oroku Aoi, as a guide, guided them to become witches, led them away from their original lives, and arranged them here.

Perhaps, the guide has many plans next...but Yumiko Tamaki no longer knows.Because the guide is dead.

...Yes, Oro Aoi is dead.

Tamaki Yumiko chewed on this fact again, suddenly aware of her relaxed state due to the relief she felt.

What follows is a feeling of disgust towards oneself arising from this awareness.

Tamaki Yumiko's mood became more and more melancholy.

From the bottom of her heart, she couldn't like Zulu Kui.

Although Oroku Kuei is her guide... no, maybe, it is precisely because Oroku Kuei is her guide.

The transformation into a witch is a kind of "fate". It is not something that can be blamed on anyone, and it has nothing to do with who you meet.Even if Aoi Oruru hadn't appeared, Yumiko Tamaki would still have turned into a witch.

In fact, if she hadn't encountered Oroku Kuei's guidance, her current fate would have been a hundred times worse if she fell into the hands of another organization.

only……

Most of the transformation process of a witch is not a good memory, and neither is hers.

She occasionally recalls the transformation event known as the "Endless Tower."As a guide, Zhe Lukui is naturally deeply bound to this bad memory.She appears at every critical turning point throughout.

When I think of Zulu Kuei, I think of pain.

Not to mention, Zorokui also snatched away——

Robbed……

Tamaki Yumiko's thinking was interrupted again.

She shook her head and continued: "She is not our kind, but she is our companion after all. And Yoshiko Sato is right..."

Yoshiko Sato is very good at persuading people.

At that time, she said like that: "Tamaki, the reason why you and Yukinoshita entered Tranquility Hall was actually arranged by Aoi, right?"

"Of course, I know you have no ill intentions, you just want a place to live a peaceful life... You and Yukinoshita, although you have become a witch, are both good children."

Then she paused: "——But now, both Aoi and Hui are dead."

"Aoi and Hui are the witch's companions, so the one who killed her must be the witch's enemy. It wants to deprive you of your place of refuge.

"But I'm not so naive as to think it's just the enemy of the witch." Yoshiko Sato picked up the first piece of paper, which contained a list of ordinary students who had been victims of strange disappearances.

"There is a darkness on this campus..." She stared at the list with a worried look on her face, "And what I don't know is who it wants to devour next. I also don't know if the next victim can still be intact. Return."

"So, can I ask you two to stop that darkness with us, avenge Aoi and Hui, and protect others? To this end, I will do my best."

Thinking of this, Tamaki Yumiko said to herself: "I want to protect everyone."

"...and Ijuin-san." Another angry expression also appeared in Yumiko's mind at this time, so she added, "She looks like she needs help too..."

Yukinoshita Saya was silent for a moment, as if she wanted to say something.

But another voice got there first.

"I don't need you outsiders to worry about it. I'm fine." A voice that couldn't suppress its anger came up from the bottom of the wooden stairs.

(End of this chapter)