Chapter 296
296 – To You 10 Years Later
The first time Chiaki Shirogane met Ryuji Sakamoto was when she was 7 years old.
“Hey! What is your name?”
「… Me?”
At that time, Chiaki had just moved to a new home in Tokyo for her father’s business.
However, due to her naturally weak body, she was always in bed, and like her other children, she had only a handful of memories of going outside and playing.
So she was always sitting on her bed and looking out her window, and then her neighbor’s kid started talking to her.
“My name is Ryuji Sakamoto! “I’m 7 years old!”
「… Chiaki Shirogane. “I’m the same age as you.”
Chiaki’s first impression of Ryuji was that of a ‘strange child.’
A guy who without hesitation asks people to play together with people he has never met.
When Ryuji found out that she was sick and couldn’t go outside, she came into the house with various toys.
At first she was disgusted by Ryuji’s aggressiveness of her, but at some point she realized that she and Ryuji had become friends.
This was probably the happiest time in Chiaki’s life
When her daughter her her her, who always lay in bed and read her books her her her, had a friend her her her her own age, her parents she she were extremely happy, so much so that they went to see her with a gift and met Ryuji’s parents her her her her.
Anyway, a year has passed since the two became friends by chance.
“Chiaki, let’s go outside!”
“What? If I get caught, my parents will scold me.”
“Just don’t get caught!”
Ryuji said that and led her, who was always lying in her bed, to the outside world.
It was also at that time that Chiaki first met Maiya, Ryuji’s childhood friend.
At their first meeting, Chiaki and Maiya realized that they both liked Ryuji and had a subtle fight.
It’s unimaginable when you think about what she looks like now, but in the past, Maiya was a huge talker.
Still, in the end, we accepted each other and became inseparable friends, so looking back, this will also be a good memory.
“Chiaki, I’m sorry, but I think you’ll have to move somewhere else.”
But her happiness, which seemed like it would last forever, ended with a single word from her parents.
“Dad’s business has expanded again. Instead, this time I can live in a bigger house than now.”
“It may be a shame to break up with her friend, but Chiaki is a good person, so you can understand, right?”
“No! I don’t want to break up with Ryuji!”
She had always been obedient, but it was the first time she rebelled against her parents.
Her parents were probably very surprised as well.
However, as is the case in most families, the child’s rebellion had no effect in changing the adult’s decision.
So, the move was decided, and the last day of my stay in Futoseinabashi arrived without any hesitation.
Chiaki swore at the playground where she and Ryuji first went to play.
“I will definitely come back to this village! Ryuji! “Marry me then!”
“Good. Let’s do that.”
A young promise from a young age.
But it was a promise Chiaki could never forget.
“I promise with my fingers! If you lie, you will swallow a thousand needles!”
“I promise with my fingers! If you lie, you will swallow a thousand needles!”
So much so that I can’t forget it even after I die.
***
‘It’s over now.’
Chiaki thought so above the head of the black dragon that she was slowly starting to fly.
Memories of the past that passed by like a flash of light.
Thinking that this was the last time, I felt sad in many ways.
She died at her father’s villa when she was 14 years old.
When even her parents gave up on life-sustaining treatment for her, who could not get up from her hospital bed, Chiaki died a lonely death in a mansion where no one came to visit.
She didn’t wonder what happened to her parents after she died.
A business that was doing well won’t suddenly go bankrupt, so you’re probably still eating well and living well somewhere.
But Ryuji was different.
From noble mtl dot come
Because he was the first friend she made and her first love.
So she wanted to meet somehow.
Even if she forgets her own name in the wear and tear of her memory her, she will never forget Ryuji’s name her her her.
‘Live well to my share. Ryuji.’
That was the moment Chiaki thought that and she closed her eyes.
“What are you trying to do? Stop right now!”
Suddenly, I heard Kozue’s panicked voice in my ear.
She turned around to see what was happening and was started.
That’s because there were two people with familiar faces hanging on the tail of the black dragon flying high in the sky.
“Hey, you idiot!”
“Chiakiyi!!!!”
At that time, Ryuji shouted at the top of her voice.
“Come back with me!!!”
***
Ryuji and I, who had sworn to bring Chiaki back, ran desperately when we saw Fushiikazuchi no Kami’s body flying.
There was no time to think leisurely.
If I do that, I’ll never be able to meet Chiaki.
“What are you trying to do? Stop right now!”
When he saw Ryuji and I running at full speed towards the black dragon that was about to take off, the god possessing Kozue’s body shouted in surprise, but we didn’t even listen.
“Mahes! Please!”
“Leave it to me!”
A truly breathtakingly timed jump.
We barely managed to grab hold of the black fur on the black dragon’s tail, and gulped in tension as we saw the ground rapidly moving away.
No matter how strong a person was, if he fell from this height, it was obvious that he would die instantly.
But now that I had come this far, I couldn’t give up.
“Ryuji, let’s go up.”
“Yes.”
We began to climb upside down on the body of the black dragon with countless souls hanging on it.
A human soul that looks hot on the outside, but actually feels slightly cool when touched.
“Both of you, be careful. Bad guys might try to steal your body if you let your guard down.”
After hearing Mahes’ warning, we nodded and carefully moved forward, step by step.
How long has it been since you climbed on your tail like you were climbing?
In the distance, Chiaki could be seen riding on the dragon’s head.
Although the distance between them was still too far to see clearly, Ryuji, who found Chiaki like that, shouted with all his might, as if pouring out the emotions buried in his heart.
“Chiakiyi!!!”
Like a boy passionately confessing his love
“Come back with me!!!”
Then, I see Chiaki turning her head towards us, probably because she heard Ryuji’s voice her her her her.
It seemed like they noticed our presence through this.
“We have to move forward.”
Ryuji said.
“But I don’t have much time.”
Even as we were talking like this, the Black Dragon Train carrying countless souls was heading toward the moon in the sky.
However, there is still a distance of several hundred meters between Chiaki and us.
If it was flat, I could run right away, but on a slope close to 90 degrees like now, it was obvious that it would take a lot more time.
‘What should I do?’
The worries didn’t last long.
I took out the ghost pill I had hidden in my pocket.
A secret medicine from the Fuma clan that instantly explodes the positive energy within the body.
Crack!
After chewing and swallowing it, I spoke to Ryuji, feeling the familiar sensation of my whole body becoming hot, as if I had swallowed a fireball.
“I’ll throw you with all my might. Please ask Mahes or Chiaki to land.”
“What? Is that possible?”
“You’ll find out when you try.”
In mythology, Hercules is said to have held up the sky, but with the help of just one human being, anything can be achieved.
Having deceived myself, I clung to the dragon’s back with one arm and lifted Ryuji with the other.
“Huh-“
“Please, please be gentle.”
That’s what Ryuji said as he sat on my palm with his butt on top.
But I didn’t even pretend to listen and concentrated my entire body’s energy into my arms.
“Don’t open your mouth as you go. You might bite your tongue.”
“What?”
I ignored Ryuji, who was questioning me with an anxious expression, and took a shot put stance with my right arm pressed close to my ear.
And then he throws it with all his might
Quaaa!
Ryuji’s body flies forward with a blast as if it were a cannonball.
The sight of him flying from the dragon’s tail to its head in one fell swoop was like a ray of shooting stars.
“Then… “
After completing my role safely, I looked down at my feet while hanging on to the dragon’s tail with one hand.
I guess I’ve already flown quite a distance, and now I can see the dark Tokyo Bay.
The remaining time limit for Ghost Ring is 3 minutes.
It would be better to do something before the rebound begins.
“Today, I am in the position of losing money.”
I complained like that, but honestly, I didn’t feel too bad.
Is this the heart of a supporting character who sacrifices himself for the main character?
Blame it!
I let go of the black dragon’s tail, which I had desperately been holding on to, and fell free to the ground from 700 meters with only my head protected by crossing my arms.
***
Quaaa!
Flying against the wind hurts more than you think.
Ryuji, who was able to fly from his tail to his head in one go with the help of Yooseong, blinked his bloodshot eyes as he thought so.
“It looks like we’ll be arriving soon, so get ready. Contractor.”
‘Okay.’
Ryuji responded to Mahes’ voice in his head and crouched when he saw the dragon’s head approaching.
‘I’m sorry, Chiaki.’
Above the black dragon’s head, a girl with white hair and blue eyes wearing a white dress is looking at herself with an astonished expression.
‘For not knowing how you feel.’
If you think about it, there were several signals.
However, Ryuji thought it was his illusion and ignored all such signals.
To be honest, holding on to it now might be a nuisance.
Chiaki might already be tired of herself.
‘It must have been painful, it must have been sad.’
My first love, whom I barely met after 10 years, found a lover.
I couldn’t help but notice because they always walked together, but Chiaki was always looking at Maiya as if she were envious.
But from his perspective, there was nothing he could do.
Because Maiya was just as important as Chiaki.
‘I am truly an incorrigible idiot.’
You always realize something after losing something precious.
Even if you swear you won’t do it again, you quickly forget and repeat the same mistake.
I almost lost Chiaki, whom I really liked, like that.
Unlike her her helpless childhood her, it was due to her own mistakes her.
If Yooseong, who was by her side at the time, had not scolded her, she would have gone home and cried again today.
And I must have regretted it for the rest of my life, not holding on to Chiaki that day.
‘Thanks. Yooseong-ah. Thanks to you, I can be here now.’
Ryuji muttered that to himself and finally arrived at the dragon’s head.
Tak!
“Why are you here?”
Chiaki asked with a cold expression.
But he already knew.
From a young age, Chiaki wore a cold mask to hide her emotions.
“Chiaki, I came to pick you up.”
“That story is already over. If I don’t attain Buddhahood, you will die. Are you willing to sacrifice your life for me?”
Then Ryuji shook his head and took a step closer to her.
“No, that’s not true. But I will find another way. A way for you to be by my side even if you don’t have to be reincarnated. If I don’t make it on time and I die, that would be inevitable. But at least I won’t regret it. Because I did it all for you.”
“You idiot? Why should you, the living, do something like that for me who is already dead? Don’t you think about other people? What will the people around you do when you die? What about Maiya? What about Yuika? “What about parents who don’t know anything?”
To Chiaki’s fundamental question, Ryuji answered with a serious expression.
“Because I like you.”
「───」
“I have never forgotten you since I promised to marry you at the playground that day 10 years ago. I feel sorry for Maiya, but to be honest, if you were alive, I would never have accepted Maiya’s confession. I really liked you that much. .”
Ryuji spoke with all his heart his, word by word.
“Be with me forever, Chiaki.”
Rumble!
At that moment, a single tear flowed from the corner of Chiaki’s eyes.
“Are you really that stupid? I say I hate this! They say they will disappear! You forced me to follow you here… !”
While saying that, he pounded Ryuji’s chest with his fist.
At first, Chiaki’s fist continued to penetrate Ryuji’s body, but at some point, it took on real substance and struck Ryuji’s chest.
“Huh!”
Chiaki begins to cry as if the emotions she had been holding in had exploded, as if she were a child.
Ryuji looked at Chiaki with a helpless expression and held her tightly in his arms, whispering in her ear.
“Sorry for coming late, let’s go home now.”
Then Chiaki, her face covered in tears and snot, sniffed her nose and nodded her head eagerly.
“Yes… !”
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