I, Hikigu, are contained by the evil god

In the rendering of the music, Marutesai stepped aside sideways, and Sakaski was the first to present the wreath in his hand from front to back and from left to right according to the order of standing.

When he was in Biqigu, he took off his sunglasses, dragged the wreath to the front in silence, and presented the white wreath in his hand respectfully and seriously.

The 283 silent urns looked at him, perhaps because of psychological effects, Hikigu always felt that he seemed to hear 283 silent words and saw 283 pairs of encouraging eyes.

Putting the garland in front of the five steps where the urn was placed, Hikigaya bowed again in silence, bowing seriously at a 90-degree angle.

After bowing, Bi Qigu straightened up and turned back to the phalanx. During these few steps, he walked very slowly but seriously, with his spine straight, because he always felt that there were eyes watching him from behind.

Returning to the phalanx, the next people stepped forward and continued to present wreaths. Bi Qigu had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and he had many, many thoughts intertwined and held in his chest.

But when he tried to capture these thoughts, he didn't seem to think of anything, and his mind went blank.

Just like at the memorial ceremony, everyone wanted to say something, but when they stood in the phalanx, they couldn't say anything.

Then be silent, silence is the best words, probably the most suitable parting and mourning in this world is silence.

When the front of the five-story steps gathered into a sea of ​​flowers, all the garlands were sent out, and the agents returned to their respective positions.

During the whole process, no one said anything, and it was not that there were no detectives or civilians who couldn't help crying when they saw a familiar person turned into ashes in front of them, but they also cried a lot. repressed.

They were crying ugly and embarrassed, but they didn't make any sound, as if they didn't want others to hear and notice, and they seemed to be careful not to break the silent and solemn atmosphere at this time.

As a result, there was only sad music in the entire floor, which became the only sound here.

Sakaski saw it in his eyes, no joy or anger could be seen on his expressionless face, but he sighed in his heart.

He has seen too many such things, and too many agents who have experienced short-term depression,

It's like someone very important dies beside you, and you feel very sad, and you have been sad and miserable for a long time.

But unlike ordinary people, for the detectives, without exception, they did not fail, but chose to stand up again.

After all, there isn't much time left for them to be sad.

In any case, the courage to go to the battlefield where the other party once fought and fight bloody after the death of a friend or even a relative or lover is really breathless.

For this matter, the association has a beautiful legend:

Is it suddenly, just one day, you don't feel sad?

You feel a sense of strength, you have the strength to cheer you up, you start to do good things, and you kill all sides on the battlefield with high spirits, just like the heroic partner who died that year.

After the war, you will remember the other party again, but turn it into your own strength to forge ahead.

...if so, don't be surprised.

Maybe it's because the other party didn't want you to be sad, so he came back and hugged you.

……

The ritual begins the next stage.

When Marutesai returned to the stage, the music stopped abruptly again, and he said into the microphone:

"Next, all detectives, please observe 3 minutes of silence."

After the voice fell, everyone stood at attention in unison, lowered their heads, lowered their eyes, and began to mourn in silence.

If their achievements can be publicized, it is not just these people who are mourning in silence, but the whole city, the whole country, and even the people of the world are flying at half-mast at this moment, silence, cars stop running, and factories stop running.

It's a pity that their achievements will never be known, but the more they are, the more they demonstrate their greatness.

Their achievements will last forever, and will not be erased because they are secret enough.What is enough to prove their achievements is that this world is as lively and peaceful as before.

……

In the past, Biqigu really experienced too many changes in the world.

He only thought that he already had an indifferent heart.As a person who wants to live in this world, he is qualified to be a cold-blooded animal.

But after joining the association, his indifferent and dead heart gradually resumed beating, and his already cold blood began to boil and burn.

And now, in this mourning ceremony, he even wanted to cry.

3 minutes is very short, but it seems very long during the silent mourning, long enough to flash many, many pictures in my mind like a revolving lantern.

Under the influence of the big atmosphere, in the involuntary memories of the past scenes, Hikigu struggled to hold back tears,

However, the eye sockets were still a little red.

……

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"..."

It turns out that there are some scenes that move even the most indifferent person through them.

...Fortunately, the silence was only 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, as Marutesai said "the silence is over", Hikigaya suddenly raised his head and raised his head at a 45-degree angle.

The raised face finally suppressed the water in his eyes so that it wouldn't flow down his face.

Next, Sakarski stepped onto the stage to deliver a condolence speech.

This general who is famous for his iron blood is really not good at sensationalism, but just like the best ingredients don't need much seasoning, the deeds of the 283 heroes don't need any language as embellishments.

Even Sakalski's speech was enough to make the agents and civilians in the audience faintly gasp and sob.

What exactly did Sakaski say, Bi Qigu listened vaguely, his mind was buzzing, but he couldn't really hear much,

It's just true, the mood was really affected by Sakalski's speech.

Hikigu especially remembers the last sentence of Sakalski's speech.

That sentence is not for everyone, but for the hero when he turns around.

Sakaski turned around and looked at the 283 heroes behind him. He stood there with his feet motionless, looking around with inexplicable emotions in his eyes.

It was these people who followed him to participate in the war, but gave their lives.

The youngest of them is only 18, and most of them are only 30 to [-] years old, just in their prime.

They trusted him, but hundreds of people followed him, but only half of the children survived.

"..."

Facing the 283 silent urns, the general bowed meticulously,

He may have said sorry in his heart,

But no one knew, because what he said was another sentence.

The tone is serious, the voice is low and hoarse.

He said that it was like the blessings sent by the elders to the younger generation before the journey:

"Go well and be safe. I hope your next journey will be bright."

"..."

Hikigu felt that this sentence was probably the most moving one among Sakaski's words today.

In fact, these words are also very simple and plain, but they are inexplicably sad.

Well, everyone finally got rid of the mysterious darkness and madness, and ascended to the bright heaven... From this perspective, death may not be more difficult for them than living.

...Looking over Sakaski's back, looking at the seniors in those urns, Hikigu also said silently in his heart.

What he said was simpler, because the mourning ceremony didn't need so complicated rhetoric, the more sincere it was, the simpler it was.

So he just said:

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Go on."

……

At the end of the ceremony, the music happened to play a song, which was very nice.

The song is called "Even though our hands are empty"

It really fits the topic of today.

"I have a gift that I want to give you. It is a lonely night, and it will definitely shine in the distance. The sky is full of stars."

In the music, everyone walked out of the venue slowly.

"Although we have nothing in our hands, we can hold each other tightly because of this."

After today, the living and the dead will never meet again.

"Don't get lost when you're alone, because I won't let you go anytime soon."

"..."

Tsk, Hikigu thought, maybe this is what the dead agents wanted to say to the living agents.

The agents never had anything in their hands, and all they could rely on was the surging emotions in their chests.

But that belief is not all my own, but also given by the past predecessors... The expectations of the predecessors for the younger generations, and the blessings of the dead for the living, turned into a gift called love and faith.

This gift is the love of seniors.And love is never something outside the body, so it can pass through death and be passed to the hands of the agents.

So the detective, who has nothing, is fully armed.

So ordinary agents who were so ordinary in the daily world can become so excellent in the mysterious world.

Just like in the song... I can't tell whether it's the dead agents saying to the living agents, or the living agents' praise to the dead agents,

"To make your color boastable, just add as much as you want."

In the crowd of people retreating to the ceremony venue, Hikigu deliberately stopped in place and listened to the song quietly.

While listening, Bi Qigu looked at the bustling and depressed crowd, looking up at the clear sky outside the large floor-to-ceiling windows over the 283 silent urns.

——Looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, Bi Qigu listened to the song, his eyes were in a trance, trying not to let tears flow down.

Four minutes and 12 seconds later, Bi Qigu listened to the whole song without missing a second, and there were very few people in the venue.

Then he walked out of the venue slowly.

After coming out, Hikigu went to the bathroom.

...he wanted to smoke again.

There were very few people in the toilet, and there were not many people after entering. Hikigu took a look and saw the familiar figure of Shinohara Yuuki,

But it seemed that the other party didn't notice him.

This good senior who once gave him something that saved his life was bending over, letting the water from the faucet flow out, holding the water in both hands, and slapping his face non-stop.

The splash of water wet the skirt of the straight suit.

After about ten seconds like this, he stopped, buried his head under the water flow of the faucet, and remained motionless.

Only the sound of running water can be heard in the toilet.

Bi Qigu huddled in the corner of the toilet, bent over and leaned against the corner, smoking silently without making a sound.

Hikigu probably guessed that among the people who died this time, there should be some acquaintances of Yukinori Shinohara... He must be uncomfortable.

Neither is easy.

It's not easy being a detective.

Again……

This shitty world is terrible.

"..."

Silence is the theme of the toilet.

One side is filled with smoke, and the other side is rushing.

Two people are doing their own things in the toilet, and each has their own concerns.

……

Towards evening,

Bi Qigu went to Fangcun Gongshan's cafe for a stroll.

Without entering the door, he stood across the road from the cafe and looked at it from a distance.