Is there anyone who really wants to be a partner of justice?

Qiu Shanli was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look around. Who was speaking just now? No... it seemed to be my own voice... Could it be me... No! That's not right! I can't have such thoughts!

Although I did try to change, but... in the end, I never saved Mai once... not once...

Those sounds just now...

Akiyama Li looked at herself in the mirror, looking haggard. The mirror reflects her true heart. Could it be that... the voice just now was her talking to herself unconsciously...

Akiyama Li quickly shook her head, closed her eyes again, calmed herself down, and cleared her mind.

My will has weakened, is it because of Kadoya? Or is it because I am too close to Mai?

As expected... If you take this path, you should not establish a bond with others that would affect your sword-drawing speed, especially Mai... It is enough for you to just be the dark knight who hides in the dark and solves everything...

Thinking of this, Akiyama Li opened her eyes, and the hesitation and wavering in her eyes disappeared without a trace, returning to the rationality and determination she had at the beginning.

She opened the door of the washroom and returned to the ward. Looking at Quan Youxia lying on the bed, she muttered, "Quan Youxia... I don't know why you gave me that card. I don't know if you were just looking for fun and expecting me to give up... But I, Akiyama Li, will never give up!"

After that, Akiyama Li sat aside and waited silently. Not long after, Shinichi and others returned to the ward. Shinichi seemed to be in high spirits. When she saw Akiyama Li, she did not hide her joy at all and greeted her happily: "Miss Lian! So you are back! We went out to look for you but couldn't find you!"

Akiyama Li smiled with a sense of distance and responded, "I felt a little hungry before, so I went to the convenience store to eat something... Maybe I missed it by chance."

"SO, I almost thought that you left without saying goodbye, Miss Lian. Now that you are here, let me tell you what happened to Zhenyi and I in the mirror world just now..."

"Um... sorry, I'm afraid I don't have much time now. Although I won't leave without saying goodbye, I really have to say goodbye now. My friend just called me and I need to go help with something."

Akiyama Li responded to Mai with an apologetic smile, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Eh? Are you in such a hurry?" Mai asked reluctantly.

After all, in her eyes, Akiyama Li was a reliable friend who always took care of her and never joked with her. Although they had known each other for a short time, she was still reluctant to say goodbye.

"I am indeed a little anxious. Fortunately, you are here too, so I can leave now. Quan Youxia was in a very stable condition yesterday, and there was no movement. I'll leave the follow-up matters to you. I'll leave my phone number so that we can communicate and share any news in the future."

Having said that, Akiyama Li left a note with her phone number on it, picked up her bag and left the ward. She acted so decisively that she didn't even give the three people a chance to try to keep her.

Looking at Akiyama Li who was walking decisively on the sidewalk of the hospital, the three of them looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to say.

Shinichi could more or less guess why Akiyama Li chose to leave, but Mai and Takano were really confused.

"Ms. Lian left in such a hurry..." Mai muttered.

Takano observed Akiyama Li's back and said, "I sense a hint of mental instability from her state... Perhaps Miss Lian does have some troubles that are troubling her."

Shinichi touched his chin, pouted and shook his head. He knew very well why Akiyama Li left with an emo look on her face.

In the final analysis, it was because she felt extremely tortured by the tit-for-tat confrontation with Mayi. Instead of facing each other head-on and fighting each other back-to-back, it would be better not to meet from the beginning. If you don't want to face it, just choose to escape.

Alas, it’s a traditional skill of knights.

"Well, since Lian has her own problems, let her solve them herself. We are just a group of outsiders after all, so there is no need for us to make decisions for others. Let's just take a look at Quan Youxia's condition first."

Shinichi spread his hands and pulled the two back to the ward, telling them to stop paying attention to Akiyama Li.

However, Shinichi still needed to talk to Akiyama Li. For a moment, Shinichi suddenly felt like an old mother sitting among a group of kids with mental illnesses, and he had to give these weird kids some talk therapy every day.

This one finally recovered, but the other one started to get sick again. Among all the knights I met since coming to this world, there is not a single one who doesn't have some psychological problems.

Ah, except Gao Ye, Manta Banxian is just a second-in-command, always so reliable and worry-free.

So at noon, while Mai and Takano were busy with their own things, Shinichi called Akiyama Li's phone number.

"Drip...drip...drip..."

The phone's idle ringtone kept looping, but ten seconds passed, twenty seconds passed, a minute passed, until the call was automatically hung up, and still no one answered the phone.

This made Shinichi unable to help but call the old man on the subway. What was Akiyama Li doing? What did she mean by not answering the phone when she was upset?

Shinichi frowned and tried making a few more calls.

"Drip..."

"Drip drip..."

On the other side, in front of the sink in a restaurant, Akiyama Li collapsed on the ground, without any response to the ringing of the cell phone in her pocket, and her coat was covered with water stains, a large area of ​​which was wet.

The entire sink was a mess, as if it had just been through an argument.

It seemed that Shinichi was also fed up, and after a few rounds of ringing, the noise of the phone stopped. After a while, Akiyama Li, who was lying on the ground, twitched slightly, and then she suddenly opened her eyes, looked up and around, and slowly stood up and looked at herself in the mirror.

She touched her hands, her body, and her cheeks, feeling the real touch, and the joy in her eyes became more and more intense.

"Is this... what reality feels like..."

As she spoke, Akiyama Li's mouth curled up in an evil and crazy arc, and then she stood up, looked at the face in the mirror, her eyes full of pride.

"Akiyama Li... your will is indeed quite firm. But, unfortunately, after you killed the first person and crossed your bottom line, you are no longer flawless, and your body will eventually belong to me."

After she finished speaking, she noticed that her clothes were now wet, and shrugged helplessly: "Alas, I am so clumsy that I got them all over the place. Well, this coat is really tacky, and I've been wanting to change it for a long time."

As she said that, Akiyama Li took off her coat, left the restaurant, and walked straight to a clothing store. After a while, she left the clothing store wearing a dark red wide coat. Looking at the clothes she had changed herself, Akiyama Li was very satisfied.

After posing in front of the glass mirror with satisfaction, Akiyama Li took out her cell phone and prepared to take a selfie of herself in her current state. However, after opening the phone, the first thing she saw was a series of missed calls, and the source was all Shinichi.

After seeing the name of the caller, Akiyama Li's smug expression couldn't help but fade a little, and she became a little fearful.

"Ha... Kadoya Shi... Tsk, this guy is a problem. If he's watching Mai... it'll be a bit troublesome to kill her. If I can get him out of the way... ah~ I got it."

Akiyama Li's eyebrows suddenly raised, and a plan suddenly came to her mind, with a sly smile on her lips. She immediately clicked the call back button, and after a while, Shinichi answered the call.

"Hello? Shi-kun, I'm sorry, I was eating and didn't notice the phone ringing."

Shinichi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Akiyama Li's response: "Ha... you were eating and muting? I heard you didn't answer the phone for a long time, I almost thought you were going to kill Odin by yourself, but you failed and you paid the price."

"Hahaha~ Don't worry, Shijun. I'm not that stupid. But... I do have some important things to discuss with you. It's just... it's not convenient to talk on the phone. How about we arrange a place?"

"Huh?" Shinichi listened to Akiyama Li's proposal with some surprise. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the tone of Akiyama Li on the other end of the phone was a little strange. At least, in his impression, Akiyama Li, who looked like she had suffered a lot and had a deep hatred, should not speak in such a frivolous tone.

This tone... somehow reminds me of myself, and sounds like someone with bad intentions...

"Is there something that can't be said over the phone that must be discussed in private?"

"It's very important. Besides, I need to bring something to you, Shi-kun."

"...Okay, tell me, where to?" Although it always felt a little weird, Shinichi finally chose to listen to what Akiyama Li was thinking.

"Hmm...Shinjuku Station, how about that?"

"Won't the station be crowded? The location you picked is not a good one."

"Ha...Okay, then you decide, Yushi-kun?"

"…Same as always, let's go to the coffee shop. What time do you want to go there tonight?"

"Seven o'clock."

"Okay, I hope you don't give me some big-bang-but-little-impact stuff. My time is valuable."

"Don't worry, I promise I can give you a big surprise!"

"...Okay, I'm hanging up now."

"Goodbye~"

After hanging up the phone, Akiyama Li's mouth corners once again raised a wicked arc, haha, the plan worked!

Next, it’s Takahashi Mai~ um~ hehehe~

On the other end of the phone, after Shinichi hung up, he rubbed his phone with a calm and deep expression. After stroking his chin and thinking for a moment, he found Takano.

"Gao Ye, I need your help with something..."

……

"Drip drip..."

"Hello? Eh? Miss Lian? Ah... Oh oh! Okay! I will definitely go! Don't worry! I won't be late! Oh, by the way, do you want me to call Shijun and the others over? Eh? No need? Uh... Hehe, Miss Lian, you are too kind~ Don't worry! I can be alone, no problem!"

Zhenyi hung up the phone with a happy face. Ah! I'm so happy. Miss Lian actually made an appointment to see me. She also said that I am very important and I must see her~ Hehe~ This feeling of being valued is really good~

Well, what Miss Lian said is right. Miss Takano and Shijun do have too many things to do, and those who are capable should do more work. As a follower who has been following them but is of no use, I really need to complete some important tasks on my own!

Thinking of this, Mai's face was filled with a sense of mission. At that moment, the expression on her face seemed to be like Fist of the North Star, resolute, strong, mature and reliable!

Time passed slowly until three days had passed. Mai felt that the time was almost up, so she said to Shinichi, "Shi-kun, I have some things to do, so I probably won't be back for dinner tonight."

Shinichi looked up at Mayi, but didn't ask her what she was going to do. Like a male host, he nodded calmly and said, "I know, go ahead."

"Hi~"

After saying that, she left the house full of energy. As Mai left, Shinichi closed his eyes to rest for a while, then opened his eyes, stood up, changed into a set of clothes that he rarely wore, put on a baseball cap, and left the house with his hands in his pockets.

However, the direction was not the coffee shop agreed with Akiyama Li, but slowly following Mai...

As for the coffee shop...

"Slurp..." Takano sat quietly in the coffee shop, looked at the time on his watch, and then took a sip of coffee.

"Ms. Kono, are you waiting for someone?"

"Let's just say so... If we can wait, that's good too. If we can't wait..."

As he spoke, a dark gleam flashed in Takano's eyes, and he took out his tarot cards from his pocket.

"If we can't wait, then things will probably become complicated..."

Chapter 130 Masked Rider Blood Knight

As the sun slowly set in the west, the time came to around four o'clock. Takano sat in a coffee shop with few customers. The setting sun released its light and heat to the fullest, allowing the sunlight with a hint of orange to shine through the glass and onto Takano's body.

Feeling the heat brought by the sunlight shining on his body, Takano shielded his eyes from the sunlight with his hands and looked down at his watch.

"It's time..."

After muttering to himself, Takano glanced through the window at the road outside the coffee shop, but there was no familiar figure there.

After waiting for a while, at 4:10, Takano dialed the phone number after confirming that he had not waited for Akiyama Li.

At this moment, on the other end of the phone, Shinichi felt the vibrating phone in his pocket, pulled his baseball cap down to cover his eyes, then took out the phone from his pocket and answered the call.

"Hello? Miss Takano?"

"Well, Shi-kun, the situation is pretty much as you guessed. I didn't wait for Xiao Meilian to come. If Xiao Meilian isn't the type of person who likes to be late, then she either stood you up or lied to you. I'll stay for another half an hour. After half an hour, I'll have to go back to the hospital. Izumi Yuxia needs someone to help look after her."

Shinichi calmly listened to Takano's report, and his eyes under the cap were fixed on the two girls not far away. He said, "No, you can go back now... I've already met Akiyama Li. She's quite punctual."

"Hmm? Where are you then?"

Shinichi replied, "It's quite far from you, there's no need to come over, just go back to the hospital, I'm enough for you here."

"Well...be careful with Akiyama Li, Shijun. This woman is a complete mystery. She's still deceiving you like this. She may not have good intentions..."

"Don't worry, I know it very well." After a simple response, Shinichi hung up the phone, his eyes fixed on Akiyama Li who was wearing a dark red coat as red as blood not far away.

At this moment, Akiyama Li was sitting in front of Mai, and the two were chatting very happily. Akiyama Li seemed to know how to make Mai happy very well. Mai's silly giggle like a silver bell was endless, and she looked very happy.

"Hahaha~ I don't know if it's an illusion, but it feels like Miss Lian, you've suddenly become very talkative today."

"Well~ I was a little depressed before, but not long ago, I suddenly figured it out. Some things, if you can't pursue them, you should just give up. People need to let go. After figuring this out... I have sublimated~"

As she spoke, Akiyama Li acted as if she was showing off her sublimation, which made Mai couldn't help but chuckle: "Haha~ Congratulations to Miss Lian~ By the way, you talked to me for so long, but you haven't told me why you asked me to come here. Didn't you say you had something important to tell me?"

"Ah~ I do have something very important to tell you, but..." Akiyama Li said, and after looking around, she whispered to Mai: "But there are too many people here, let's find a place with fewer people~"

As she spoke, Akiyama Li pulled Mai along and trotted to a sparsely populated alley. Mai, who was being pulled here by Akiyama Li, was still a little confused and couldn't help asking, "Ms. Lian... what exactly do you want to tell me by bringing me to this place..."

"What's the matter... There are so many things..." With the outsiders gone, Akiyama Li's friendly smile gradually began to change, and the kindness in her eyes gradually turned into a coldness.

She turned around, slowly backed away from Mayi, her hands reaching into her pockets, and said, "Then tell me one by one~ First of all, the first thing I want to tell you, Mayi, is that... my name is not Xiao Meilian."

"Eh? Not... Xiao Meilian..."

Mai looked at Akiyama Li, whose expression gradually became strange, and listened to her self-exposure. Although using a fake name was not a big problem, Mai could completely ignore it and was willing to understand.

But for some reason, looking at Akiyama Li's strange expression and listening to her strange tone, Mai gradually felt a little uneasy...

Akiyama Li: "Yes~ My name is not Xiao Meilian, my real name is Akiyama Li."

"Akiyama Li!?" Upon hearing the name, Mai reacted quickly, and finally understood in her mind where the inexplicable familiarity with Akiyama Li came from, because she had a deep impression of this name.

Isn't that the reason why I solved the Samsara Society case by mistake? Investigating missing persons, Akiyama Li...

"Are you the girl who disappeared inexplicably!?"

Akiyama Li raised her eyebrows and smiled: "So you still remember Mai, yes, I am the girl you are looking for who disappeared because of reincarnation. Thank you for saving me~"

“No, no, no… that… although I wanted to find you, I didn’t see you in the Samsara Society. In the end, I gave up and thought you were dead, and I didn’t really save you…”