stand-in creed

When opening the door, if it is even half a body forward, it cannot be solved with a mere arm.

However, at this time, Sugimoto Suzumi hesitated to speak.

"Nero."

"Ah."

"...After the rain stops, you should leave Morioh Town."

"Ok?"

Nero froze.

The girl said with tears in her eyes, "Don't investigate the case, if Nero dies here too..."

"Are you worried about me, Suzumi?"

Nero's intact left hand gently held the girl's face and wiped away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes.

Nero said again: "Although these words may not sound good, I didn't investigate the case because of you, Ling Mei, but I met Ling Mei in the process of investigating the case. Now this case is not just about Ling Mei. It's a beautiful thing, after all, I can't get out anymore."

"...Can't get out?"

Suzumi Sugimoto was puzzled.

However, at the next moment, Sugimoto Suzumi saw a very fierce expression flash across the face of Nero who was so gentle just now.

"I met a lot of new friends in Morioh Town, Jousuke, Yiyasu, Koichi, especially Mr. Dongfang Ryohei who helped me a lot! Although I haven't known each other for a short time, they are all very nice people.

"At this time, if it is the protagonist of a novel or movie, he would probably say that in order to protect these friends, I must get rid of Yoshikage Kira or some substitute who ran away after the death of the main body, but at this moment I Another thought came to mind.

"Blow up my arm and want me to run away with my tail between my legs, Nero Zeppelin?

"The body of the last guy who thought this way has already been sunk into Duwang Bay by me in cement."

Nero is scary!

Suzumi Sugimoto froze for a moment.

But Suzumi Sugimoto hugged Nero's arm immediately, and gently rested her head on her broad shoulders.

But such a scary Nero, so relieved.

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"Call for Translation"

Substitute Name: Killer Queen·? ? ?

English title: "Killer Queen", "The Show Must Go On"

Ability: Undisclosed

You can listen to the song, it is also a song of the Queen band, and it can even be said to be my favorite song among all the songs of the Queen band.The English name is such a name. I have considered several translations of the Chinese name, such as Till Death, Eternal Performance... but they all feel a little bit meaningless.

Considering that Jonson's "Under Pressure" next door can be translated into "Invincible Land" and is widely accepted by readers, I would like to ask if you have any better translation methods. If it is good, I will copy it directly.

Chapter 71

1999 5 Month 24 Day.

Another normal Monday.

At Sugimoto's house deep in the alley, Nero opened the curtains and looked out of the window, and what greeted his eyes was the blue sky thousands of miles away.

The blue sky can not see the slightest cloud.

Except for a few puddles on the ground, there was no sign of a day and night of heavy rain.

Although due to the characteristics of the alley, no birds or pedestrians can be seen from the window, but even so, it is definitely a comfortable morning with the clear blue sky.It is so comfortable that no matter how unwilling office workers and students are to face work and studies, they can walk to the company and campus with an excellent mood.

Suzumi Sugimoto walked into the room.

Looking at Nero who was doing stretching exercises outside the window, the girl subconsciously had the idea of ​​hugging him from behind, but when she acted, she hesitated and withdrew her hand, and came to Nero quietly. Side Road.

"What a beautiful day, Nero."

"Yeah, at this time, I really want to have a leisurely morning tea, and then sit quietly with a book all morning." Nero looked out the window, full of emotion.

Sugimoto Suzumi nodded: "But you still have to go to work first?"

Nero turned his head and smiled: "Only when the work is over can we enjoy it carefree, otherwise when the "dead line" arrives, the accumulated work will overwhelm you—then I'll go first, It is necessary to investigate the matter of Yoshikage Kira first. "

"Remember to heal!"

"I'll go to Kira's house for a while."

Bringing the photo of Yoshihiro Kira, Suzumi Sugimoto sent Nero to the alley as usual.

It's just that on the way to see him off today, there was a little extra episode.

"Kira Yoshihiro."

"...?"

Kira Yoshihiro didn't know what Nero asked him to do, and he was too lazy to take care of it.

But at the next moment, Yoshihiro Kira was stunned to find that Nero had opened his photo seriously.

What does he want to do?

Then Kira Yoshihiro saw Nero's calm eyes, and——

— Evil spirits.

"What, what is this ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

It's not an evil spirit used as a metaphor for a substitute at all, but a real evil spirit.

Behind Nero and Suzumi Sugimoto, the space seemed to be torn apart, revealing a door leading to the "other shore". Countless ghosts and ghosts wailed ferociously and stretched out shadowy hands towards Yoshihiro Kira. He was pulled out of the photo violently.

"Don't ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Kira Yoshihiro was screaming.

Neither Nero Zeppelin nor Suzumi Sugimoto turned a blind eye to Kira Yoshihiro's screams.

Nero just said softly: "Goodbye, Mr. Kira Yoshihiro."

"Do not--!!!"

The evil spirit pulled Kira Yoshihiro's spiritual body, tore him into pieces, and dragged him into that world.

hell?

Huang Quanjin?

No matter what kind of world it is, it is definitely not a place where the living or even the ordinary dead are willing to set foot.

"Is Mr. Kira Yoshihiro resting in peace now?"

"How bad are you, Nero!"

"hey-hey."

The young man and the girl walked out of the alley side by side.

After another farewell, Nero started another day at work.And from this moment on, what detectives are looking for is not just Yoshikage Kira, but the soul of Yoshikage Kira—maybe it has become an existence like an evil spirit in an alley.

Nero looked at the streets of Morioh Town with emotion.

Moriohcho is different from the bustling area like Kabukicho in Tokyo, it is leisurely and contented.

Even at the point of going to work, vehicles in twos and threes are completely out of the traffic jam.The grown-ups strolled along the sidewalk, breathing in the morning air.The children walked together in twos and threes, sharing the joy of Sunday and discussing how to copy out their homework before the first class.

A gentle breeze blows by.

Although the flowering period has long passed, the green leaves on the cherry trees are still rustling.

Three cherry blossom leaves fell off the branches and slowly fell towards Nero below.

The two pieces are ordinary cherry blossom leaves, falling leisurely at a speed of five centimeters per second, and landed gently on Nero's head first, as graceful and comfortable as the illustrations of a youthful daily novelist.

But the third piece is slightly different. There is one thing on this cherry blossom leaf that people who hate insects, including Nero, absolutely don't want to touch——

Unicorn.

And it was just like this that the leaves of a unicorn fairy lay quietly on Nero's shoulder in the wind——

Boom-! ! !

A silent explosion came quietly.

"What is this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

puff!

Under Nero's shocked eyes, his right shoulder exploded so suddenly.

Bloody.

At the same time, there was an exclamation from behind.

"what!"

As if frightened by Nero's sudden scream, or by the bloody scene on Nero's shoulder, a female office worker leisurely riding a bicycle behind Nero suddenly lost her balance and fell to the ground .

And there happened to be a small puddle where the female office worker fell.

It was the puddle left by the torrential rain last night.

Whoa!

The female office worker who fell into the puddle splashed a burst of water, which splashed on Nero impartially.

"Could it be..."

Nero's pupils shrank when he turned his head and saw this scene.

A terrifying thought lingered in Nero's mind, and he quickly backed away without the slightest hesitation.

Whoa!

The stagnant water fell to the ground as a matter of course, and nothing happened.

But the place where this incident happened was at the "crossing".Due to the blind spot in the field of vision, while Nero behind him was rapidly reversing, an ordinary student at the other end of the intersection bumped into Nero head-on.

Even if the student stopped in time, the cone in his hand would inevitably hit Nero's clothes following this trend.

three centimeters.

two centimeters.

one centimeter.

"— Stairway to Heaven!!!"

The people of Nero were frightened, and without the slightest hesitation, they called out the Stairway to Heaven, grabbed the student's hand and pressed it directly to the wall on one side.

Click.

The crispy skin of the cone pressed against the wall shattered.

But probably because the cone had already started to melt, a "drop" of ice cream splashed in the process and splashed on Nero's leg.

The moment it splashed on his legs, Nero really saw it.

"Here it comes again, the mini Killer Queen!!!

"This thing wasn't in the ice cream from the beginning, but it fell on me. The "moment of contact" appeared like a living person in a magic trick! ! ! "

Boom-! ! !

A bloody hole exploded in his left leg.

Accompanied by the silent explosion, ferocious blood dyed his pants red like a spring, making Nero couldn't help but tense his strings.

As for the student whose cone flew to the wall inexplicably, he was stunned for a moment. Seeing the appearance of the tall foreigner suddenly bursting out with a ball of blood on his leg, he was stunned at first, and then fled away in a panic after being frightened by this scene .

There was chaos all around.

Only Nero looked at the blast wounds on his shoulders and legs, and fell into confusion.

"...Killer Queen, what's going on?!"