Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Uesugi stood beside his bicycle, tapping his phone screen to reply:

【Hanabi-chan, don't do anything stupid.】

Uesugi rode his bicycle, and Hanabi Hanabi's reply quickly popped up in the window.

【Kimi, kumi, kumi, you really care about Hanabi... I'm so happy... so happy...】

Upon seeing this message, Uesugi felt a chill run down his spine.

Is Hanabi-chan turning into a yandere?

That doesn't make sense; I didn't do anything to provoke her.

On the contrary, I've been very happy lately.

Although I might feel a little jealous occasionally, it's within the normal range.

Could it be...

Is this another firework...?

The fireworks that appeared in my dream before.

Uesugi was a little anxious. He rode his bicycle along the sidewalk, and while doing so, he freed one hand to send another message to Hanabi Hanabi:

Are you fireworks?

Hanamaru Hanabi's reply arrived in less than three seconds.

【...】

【...】

【...】

【...】

......

Ellipses popped up rapidly from the chat box.

One message after another, the phone continuously emitted pop-up notification sounds indicating that messages were being received.

Uesugi was sweating profusely from looking at the screen.

Then, the news abruptly stopped.

【Kimi...Kimi...Kimi...Hanabi knows...Hanabi knows, it must be that woman from yesterday who contacted you again...She said bad things about Hanabi...She said Hanabi is bad...Hanabi knows...Kimi wants to believe Hanabi...Kimi must believe Hanabi...Kimi...Kimi must believe Hanabi...Yes, yes, it's all, it's all that woman's fault...She shouldn't have asked for your contact information...It's all her fault, it's all her fault......】

"Please wait a moment... Soon... Hanabi and you will be able to be happily together..."

After reading the following message, Uesugi quickly put his phone away.

Don't do anything stupid...

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"Mmm...mmm..."

The top floor of a high-rise building.

Nanbu Arisa only knows that she has been kidnapped, but she doesn't know why or what the kidnapper's purpose is.

I inexplicably fainted as soon as I left home in the morning. When I woke up again, I found myself with my hands and feet tied, my mouth and nose covered, and my eyes blocked by strips of cloth. Only a little sunlight leaked out through the gaps in the knitted fabric.

He was probably tied to a chair.

She tried to make a sound, but could only produce muffled whimpering sounds.

She realized she seemed to be very high up, because she could feel strong gusts of wind behind her.

Her kidnappers tried several times to push her toward the edge of the rooftop.

She could clearly feel a sense of depth, the kind of feeling one gets when looking down from a high-rise building.

Now that she had been pulled back from the edge, Nanbu Arisa's tense emotions finally eased, and she took deep breaths of air from the outside world through the gaps in the cloth.

She is terrified.

"Who...who are you...?"

"You're a bad person," that was all the voice said.

Finally, someone spoke, and Arisa Nanbu recognized the voice.

She had met her once before; she was the very pretty young woman at the restaurant yesterday.

Hanabi Hanamaru then pulled down the cloth binding her mouth.

Nanbu Yusa opened her mouth wide, greedily inhaling the oxygen.

"No, no, you're almost here..." Hanabi Hanamaru put away her phone and looked at Arisa Nanami, who was tied to a chair in front of her.

After recovering, Nanbu Arisa said in a panic, "Don't do this... We, we shouldn't know each other, right?"

"Don't know me? Don't know me? I don't know you. But you're a bad woman." Hanamaru Hanabi moved closer to her.

Nanbu Arisa could only see a figure standing in front of her. This figure was approaching, and it seemed that the other person intended to push her away. She was extremely flustered, and even began to stammer incoherently:

"I...I, I've never been in a relationship...No...that's not what I meant...I've never even held a man's hand! How could I be a bad woman?"

"What bad things did you say to Jun?"

"I...I don't know what you're talking about? And who is Jun?"

Hanabi tilted her head and looked at Arisa Nanami, who was tied to a chair. Without saying a word, she pushed Arisa forward. Behind Arisa's chair was an empty 24-story building with no safety measures.

Below are the streets of Tokyo.

Nanbu Arisa felt the weightlessness of the chair and the cold wind blowing from behind her.

Hanabi Hanabi's hands were constantly pushing her downstairs.

"No! No!!"

Hanabi Hanamaru stopped what she was doing and gripped the back of the chair with her right hand.

At this moment, the chair is tilted backward. As soon as Hanabi Hanamaru lets go, Nanbu Arisa will fall from the 24th floor along with the chair.

Although Nanbu Arisa cannot see, she is well aware of her current situation.

"I understand! I understand!!"

Hanabi Hanabi looked at her with a hint of confusion in her violet eyes.

“I know, I know who you’re talking about, Jun. He’s the handsome guy who sat across from you yesterday, right? I even asked him for his contact information.”

Hanabi Hanabi's hand relaxed a little.

Nanbu Arisa almost immediately felt herself about to fall, the chair beneath her bottom losing its balance.

She immediately shouted:

"No! No! Let me finish! Let me finish!!"

"Is there anything else to say?"

Nanbu Arisa roughly learned some of the reasons why she was kidnapped:

"This is the first time I've seen him; I've never met him before."

"Really?"

"Of course! Of course it's true."

A very cute smile suddenly appeared on Hanabi Hanabi's face. "Liar."

"You've liked Jun for a long time? You've seen him before... and you even asked for his contact information when Hanabi wasn't around... Hanabi knew, she knew everything..."

"Secretly talking badly about Hanabi... secretly telling you bad things about Hanabi when Hanabi isn't around..."

"Bad talk, bad talk, bad talk, bad talk... Good children shouldn't speak ill of others..."

Hanabi Hanamaru ignored Arisa Nanami's panicked explanations and slowly pushed her away with her right hand.

"Speaking ill of others...will be punished..."

Nanbu Arisa grew increasingly terrified. Her body was leaning backward, with the two legs in front of her on the chair already sticking up high, and the two legs behind her on the verge of slipping forward at any moment.

At that time, she will fall from the height of a 24-story building.

"No! No! Let me go!"

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Hurry, hurry, hurry.

Uesugi watched the elevator ascend to the next floor with great anxiety.

He didn't know what Hanabi would do in that situation, but it would probably be very outrageous.

Before coming here, he used his phone to find out Hanabi's location.

It's located in a high-rise building near Hamamatsu Kita Private High School.

He roughly understood what Hanabi cared about in this state.

He deliberately said things like, "If Hanabi doesn't tell me where you are, I won't like you anymore."

They're in their building right now.

Although he didn't know the waitress from yesterday, Uesugi didn't want Nanbu Arisa Shiro to lose her life because of this absurd incident.

No matter what, this is a human life.

After that, Hanabi will get involved in troublesome matters such as murder and kidnapping.

Uesugi didn't want to see any of this; he just wanted to live happily with his wife.

It's okay, it's okay.

Fireworks is just a little mentally unstable right now; a little comforting will do the trick.

The numbers inside the elevator kept flashing.

20、21、22、23、24

The elevator reaches the top of the building at number 24; to get to the top floor, you have to climb the stairs.