I live my life in Tokyo

Mrs. Higuchi was waiting to greet her from behind, and the intriguing smile on her face disappeared immediately after Higuchi Yuanxiang turned around.

"Mr. Sakakibara has left." Higuchi Madoka said softly to her mother.

"He's a strong child," Mrs. Higuchi said softly, "but he's also a mature adult."

"I know."

Higuchi Madoka looked away, she already knew it.

She had seen through the boy's mask a long time ago, but... there wasn't even a scene between the two of them where the mask was broken.

The boy took off the mask with a gentle smile on his face, but he was still smiling underneath the mask.

A slightly lonely smile.

The young man wore a fox mask and smiled all the time, as if a sense of distance would disappear if touched by humans.

"I... already knew that."

Why do you think he is a fake?

What if it was his real thing?

"Well, you will have plenty of time to spend together from now on, so make good use of it~" Mrs. Higuchi said gently, and she returned to the living room in her slippers, "Toru is awake now, let's see her off."

"Ah."

Higuchi Madoka put on sandals in front of the entrance and twisted her smooth white toes a few times as if she felt uncomfortable. She was influenced by the movie... and she was a little unaccustomed to wearing sandals.

Asakura Toru leaned on her shoulder in a daze, smelling the familiar body scent of his childhood sweetheart. Higuchi Madoka propped up her body and supported her steps.

"It's... not bad."

"what?"

Asakura Toru raised his head and looked at the starry sky above his head, "Nice photo."

"..."

Higuchi Yuanka did not respond to Asakura Toru's words. After walking for about five minutes, they arrived at Asakura Toru's house.

"You can walk on your own..."

Watching Asakura Toru flexibly move away from his side and stretch on the spot, there was a hint of resentment in Higuchi Madoka's voice.

“——” Asakura Toru turned his head, a faint smile appeared on his originally calm face, and he stretched out his hand to Higuchi Madoka, “Let’s run together.”

Asakura Toru made this gesture of extending his hand countless times.

Toru had already started running.

Others may not be able to see it, but Higuchi Enka knows that Asakura has already regarded Sakakibara Kaede as a good friend.

She didn't know what the boy was thinking, but maybe in his mind, he and she were just colleagues with a good relationship.

not friend.

Tou, has already started running.

What Toru can do, there is no way I can't do.

Higuchi Yuanka walked forward and held Asakura Toru's hand amid her transparent smile.

"—"

. . . . . .

The boy caught a glimpse of blood and a broken arm in the corner and couldn't help but scream.

"what--"

"NG!"

Director Takenaka made a stop gesture with both anger and amusement, and the actor standing with Sakakibara Kaede burst into laughter.

"Sakakibara, don't scare yourself. You saw before the filming started that it was a rubber broken arm made by the props team, not a real arm!" Director Takenaka managed to hold back his laughter and cursed. Apart from anything else, he thought the boy's voice just now was like he had run into a ghost, and the scream made his heart beat wildly. It can only be said that Sakakibara has a strong ability to infect the audience's emotions.

Sakurajima Mai, with her shoulders moving up and down, smiled like a flower. She took out her cell phone and wanted to take a picture of the boy's anger and embarrassment, but when she turned on the phone she remembered that they had signed a confidentiality agreement, so even if she took the picture she would have to delete it.

Higuchi Madoka poked Sakurajima Mai, who looked in the direction her finger pointed, and nodded with satisfaction when she saw that the filming crew had faithfully recorded this precious scene.

Well, there must be a lot of good stuff behind the scenes.

"Yuuka-chan, I heard that Sakakibara-san is giving you extra lessons every night."

Higuchi Madoka nodded gently, "Sakakibara-san tutors me and Asakura in science every night. He is a very good teacher."

"Yes, he also gave me tutoring." Sakurajima Mai smiled, "But it's a pity that I chose the liberal arts major, otherwise I could join you."

"Is Mai-senpai preparing to take the entrance exam to the University of Tokyo?"

"Yes, I even asked Sakakibara-san to give me a tour of the campus."

Higuchi Yuanka wanted to skip this topic, she felt that Sakurajima Mai had become irritated at some point.

The boy was unaware of the conversation between the two girls. He rubbed his face repeatedly, sighed, and nodded to Director Takenaka, "Director Takenaka, I'm OK."

"Okay, let's do it again!" Director Takenaka said into the microphone. The camera crew was fully focused and would not miss any details.

"Action!"

"There's blood!"

When Mizuno Hayabusa saw him, his face turned pale instantly. He picked up the silver kitchen knife that he found when searching in the mansion and now used for self-defense, and strode after him.

When several people stepped into the room, Mizuno Hayabusa's face turned even paler. He looked at Katayama who had lost his breath, gritted his teeth and turned to look inside at the broken window. From his angle, he could see a figure running through the dense forest.

Katayama learned to play a musical instrument, so he was not very strong and had no power to fight back against the murderer.

Recalling the experiences of the two of them over the past three years, Mizuno Hayabusa gritted his teeth and said.

"Follow me!"

"Yes!"

It is noon now, the sun is so strong that nothing dark can hide.

Doi Ying held a pole used to support the tent in his hand. Things had come to this point. Among the thirty-four classmates, more than ten had been assassinated. The known murderer was a small gang. The remaining students were in danger and traveled in groups of three or four. But even so, some people were murdered in the mansion.

"do not come!"

The black figure escaped to the cliff. He looked back and saw the rushing water behind him. Although he could swim, no one knew how sharp the rocks were on the riverbed.

The sunlight hit his face, everyone was furious at the same time, and Mizuno Hayabusa had a gloomy face.

"Uesugi, it's you."

Uesugi had a gloomy face, and his white sports vest was stained with blood, as if it had just been splashed there.

Doi Ying couldn't help but speak, "Uesugi-san, why are you——"

"Why?" Shangshan said with a gloomy face, "You have suspected me of being the murderer from the beginning, don't think I don't know!"

"But it wasn't me who did it the first time. It must have been someone among you who couldn't stand it!"

"But... is there any evidence?" Nakano Ichika interrupted.

"..." Speaking of evidence, Shangshan's expression froze for a moment, and then he said coldly, "I have always been with my friends. Can this prove it to you?"

The people who came out to chase them frowned at the same time. They suspected from the beginning that it was the Uesugi group that committed the crime, because when they lived in the Western-style mansion, the Uesugi group had never met with them or exchanged intelligence information.

"Look... at your expressions." Uesugi laughed sadly, "Now I finally understand what kind of mood Xiaochuan was in when she jumped off the building."

"Shameless! Didn't you bully her?" Nakano Ichika said angrily.

Uesugi snorted in self-deprecation, and when surrounded, he jumped off the cliff with a self-deprecating smile.

"Hahahahahaha, I'm the scum of society, what about you—"

Pfft!

The sound of falling water.

Everyone rushed to the cliff and looked down, and saw a crimson color slowly rising in the water.

They have seen this color too much in the past few days.

Uesugi, one of the main culprits, committed suicide by jumping into the river, but there was no smile on anyone's face.

Because just now.

Uesugi mentioned the taboos in the class.

A female student who cannot be named.

A female student who jumped off a cliff and ended her young life after being bullied.

Yuko Ogawa.

Chapter 33: A lifelong regret×?

Yuko Ogawa is an ordinary female student who couldn't be more ordinary.

Quiet, introverted, only knows how to read.

First, my parents’ divorce was reported to the school and everyone knew about it.

Later, someone reported that they saw Yuko Ogawa and an uncle walking into a couple hotel. Although it was quickly clarified that it was a mistake, the message had already spread and everyone thought that Ogawa was acting like a father.

On the desks and in front of the boxes for clothes and books, there were all kinds of words engraved, such as being poured water by girls when going to the toilet and being tripped by others when running.

Bullying became commonplace.

It was a world of malice, all weighing on the introverted girl.

She endured all of this passively and never smiled. After being bullied at school, she would be beaten and abused by her alcoholic father when she returned home.

One day, after eating her sandwich at school, she slowly walked up to the rooftop.

Then she jumped down.

A hint of gloom flashed across everyone's eyes. Mizuno Hayabusa held his chin up in thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to the mansion first and keep watch at night as usual."

"Mizuno-san, um..." Doi Ying cleared his throat and asked politely, "What about Uesugi's classmates?"

"We don't care whether they live or die."

An ordinary male student said angrily, waving his fist, "They are all murderers. They were the ones who bullied Uesuga the most! Uesugi still has the nerve to bring up this name!"

"Don't worry about them."

Mizuno Hayabusa said softly, as he put the silver kitchen knife back into his belt, "They know we are in the mansion, if there is any danger they will come over on their own."

"Now they are in the dark and we are in the light. It would be inappropriate to go and look for them rashly."

Nakano Ichika stretched her body and said, "My legs are so sore. I want to rest for a while."

"Then go back."

The boy forced a smile, although it was a bit forced.

The few of them returned the same way and finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the mansion. In the past few days, they had regarded the mansion as their last refuge.

Of course, there is still a problem now, that is, the food and water they brought have run out. Although they have been eating river fish and drinking mountain spring water in the past few days, they are still completely dependent on God for their food.

Maybe one day we won’t be able to catch any fish?

"Falcon——"

Kinoshita Ningning met Mizuno Hayabusa with fear in her eyes. The latter hugged her tightly, and his strong arms seemed to give her strength.

"Is everything okay?"

“Hmm…” Ningning was frightened by the series of death news these days and became listless. She didn’t rest well at night and had dark circles under her eyes.

"Hold on a little longer, we can get out once the rescue arrives."

The boy hugged the girl and whispered comforting words. Ningning nodded softly and leaned in the boy's arms.

On the other side, after his good brother was killed, Kawashima paced around with a gloomy face holding a wooden stick. After hearing that the murderer was a gang of gangsters, he couldn't help himself on the spot.

"I'm going to chop those bastards to death!" Kawashima gritted his teeth. In his opinion, those lowly maggots actually dared to provoke and kill classmates with status and background, which completely made him fall into some kind of paranoid madness.

Just like the Indian Dalits wielding knives at the Brahmins, Kawashima, who considered himself a Brahmin, felt that his status was challenged.