This is not the date I wanted.

【It's okay, Shidou! 】

At this moment, Meng Yue's voice suddenly rang out from the earphones.

[Kinri has already dismantled the bomb. Nothing will happen to the shelter! ]

"Eh? Has the bomb been defused?"

At this moment, Wu Lian seemed to have received a call from Westcott, and there was a hint of surprise on her face.

"What a pity...it didn't go as you wished."

After confirming that the news was true, Shidao's expression softened a little, and he spoke to Kiriren with a hint of sarcasm.

“Haha ...

However, what puzzled Shidao was that upon hearing the news, Kiriren laughed happily.

"why are you laughing?"

"Ah! That's great! To be honest, although the citizens of the shelter are the responsibility of the boss, I still feel quite guilty about the death of so many people. After all, even if I die, I can't be responsible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. You are worthy of being Miss Mengyue. You can see through the boss's plan and help me a lot."

Unable to communicate. Shidao felt a chill deep in his heart.

Although they are both human, the good and evil, and values ​​of this woman in front of Shidou are fundamentally different from those of Shidou. Therefore, no matter what Shidou says, Ai Kirei's reaction goes against his expectations.

"Well, the chat time is over, now let's get down to business."

Walking to the side of the little girl, Wu Lian snapped her fingers lightly, and Aoi, who had understood the hint, woke up from her coma.

"Um... where am I? Mary... Dad... Big sister, who are you..."

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Aoi looked at Wu Lian and asked in a daze.

"Good morning, Aoi-chan." Wu Lian replied gently, "I'm sorry, I cut off your right foot."

"……Eh?"

Hearing Wu Lian's words, Aoi showed a dazed expression. She lowered her head and could see the cross-section of the thigh root. The blood was floating slowly in a random area like bubbles.

“Strange…my right foot…ah…what’s going on…it hurts…it hurts…it hurts…ah…ah…ah…ah…gagaga…”

After her brain gradually woke up from hypnosis, the severe pain deep into her bones accompanied by fear instantly overwhelmed Kui's young heart. Bean-sized tears kept dripping from her big eyes, and she opened her mouth to let out a heart-wrenching cry.

“It hurts—no—it hurts—owaaaaaaaaaah—Mary—Daddy—”

"Yeah, good. Just cry harder like that, otherwise it won't work."

Seeing the little girl's reaction, Wu Lian nodded with satisfaction.

"Stop! Let her go!"

Shidou roared angrily.

"Oh, is this okay? Gokawa Shidou."

Ai Wulian showed a mysterious smile.

"I am now using the Random Field to prevent this child from losing blood and preventing her wound from getting infected. If I let her go, she will bleed to death in less than a minute. Unless someone can reattach her legs."

“…You bastard.”

[Shidou! Don't be impulsive, I'll immediately——? ! ]

[Found it! Liang Yi Meng Yue! ]

[Hey! Are you the prototype? Are you our prototype? ! ]

【Haha, come and play! 】

At this moment, Mengyue's voice was suddenly interrupted, and then Shidao heard the laughter of "Nibelcol" in the headphones.

"Hello, Mengyue? What's wrong with you, Mengyue?"

Shidou confirmed anxiously.

"Ah, you are secretly talking to Miss Mengyue. How enviable. But unfortunately, the sniper attack just now has exposed Miss Mengyue's location. Miss Cole and the others should have found her. They probably can't help you in a short time."

Seeing Shidou's reaction, Ai Wulian said as if it was not unexpected.

"Is this what you planned from the beginning?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I cooperate with your delay?"

As she spoke, Ai Wulian took out her main weapon "Clarente" and pointed the blade, which was shining with magical light, at Aoi's neck again.

"I will only wait ten seconds to take back the spiritual shield and the angel. Save yourself or save others? Think carefully, kid. Ten, nine..."

"Ai Wulian..."

He spoke the other person's name with hatred, and for the first time, Shidou felt hatred towards someone.

"Six, five..."

However, Ai Wulian was completely unmoved by Shidao's glare and began to count down.

(What should I do? What should I do?)

Shidou kept thinking. However, whether it was the approaching deadline or Aoi's crying that kept piercing his heart, he lost his ability to think due to anxiety and guilt.

"three two……"

"enough!"

At the last moment, Shidao called out to stop Ai Wulian's countdown. The spiritual barrier and the angel also turned into light particles and dissipated in the air at the same time.

"That's all! Give me the child!"

Hearing Shidao's answer, Ai Wulian couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"then!"

Seeing Aoi running towards him, Shidou's pupils suddenly contracted and he rushed forward to catch her.

"Partial deployment - Camael!"

As Shidou roared, healing flames ignited from his hands.

(Calm down! Calm down! Focus, you can do it——Itsuka Shido.)

Without the control of the "Sage of the Dawn", Shidao felt that the healing flame was as difficult to tame as a raging tiger. If there was even the slightest mistake, not only would Aoi not be able to reconnect the severed limb, but she would be burned to ashes by the flames.

So, Gokawa Shidao abandoned all perception of the outside world and focused all his attention on the wound.

Pure white flames climbed up the wounds of Aoi's broken limbs, like an adhesive, repairing the little girl's skin and muscles, and connecting the blood vessels and bones of her legs.

Eventually, the wound healed, and Aoi lost consciousness after being unable to endure the pain.

(Very good……)

Seeing that the girl was safe and sound, Shidao finally felt relieved.

Then--

"You chose to save others in the end... You are truly a saint. As a token of respect, I will keep my promise."

I heard this voice in my ears.

"Die, Gokawa Shidou."

……

(Strange? Why am I looking at the moon?)

Looking at the blurry crescent moon in the night sky, Gokawa Shidao couldn't help but think puzzledly.

Confused, Gokawa Shido wanted to stand up to check the situation. However, for some reason, his feet, calves, thighs, waist, chest, shoulders, arms - every inch of muscle in his body was like a disabled person paralyzed due to spinal cord damage. No matter how hard he tried, it could not react according to his consciousness.

I couldn't breathe, as if my lungs didn't exist.

Unable to swallow, as if the esophagus was cut off.

The vision is also gradually blurring, swallowed by nothingness.

Then, Shidou finally realized that he was dead.

(So ​​hot——So cold——)

It felt as if a ball of scorching flame was burning in his neck, as if using the severe pain to prevent his consciousness from falling into the cold darkness.

(It hurts. Let me...die...)

Although he could no longer survive, Shidao did not die. The flames seemed to prolong the moment of death, tormenting his soul.

——Finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time, Miss Mengyue.

——Ah~ What a wonderful angry expression! If it were an expression that you would never see in your daily life, it would be so great! It's really unbearable!

——But why?

——Why...you...don't despair...

There seemed to be a strange sound in his ears, but before Shidao could understand the meaning, the owner of the sound seemed to have left the world before him.

Then, for some reason, Shidao suddenly discovered that the hell that was originally filled with alternating extreme cold and scorching heat suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a very gentle yet extremely sad world.

"——!————!!————————?!"

A vague outline appeared in the gray vision, and a wet touch came out from the cheek.

"...Dream...Moon..."

Almost out of unconscious instinct, Shidou called out this name just before falling into nothingness.

Everyone... I'll leave it to you...

26 Reset again

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——Shidou? Shidou!!

——Sir?

"--ha?!"

Shidou was startled by the sudden sound next to his ear, his eyes widened suddenly and he made a somewhat strange sound.

Looking in the direction of the voice, Shidou found that Tohka and Rokuko were standing side by side with him, looking at him with worry.

"Are you okay Shidou? You suddenly stood there in a daze."

"You look a little pale, are you feeling well, sir?"

"Tohka... Rokuko - it's bad! We have to hurry -"

After seeing the two of them, Shidou first hurriedly wanted to say something, but he stopped abruptly halfway through his words.

"Hurry up...what did I just want to say?"

After a long silence, Shidou asked himself with a confused look on his face.

Looking around in confusion, he was standing on the sidewalk of the shopping street. The sun hanging in the sky had already turned a little yellow, and it was almost evening.

——Ha, I’m finally off work~ I’m so tired, I’ll go home and have a good rest.

——Hey, do you want to go to the game hall later?

--OK.

——Dad, what are we having for dinner tonight?

——Aoi’s favorite hamburger meat.

—Wow, that's great, come home soon! We'll have something delicious for dinner, Mary!

--Meow.

——Come, come, come! Come and have a look! Fresh vegetables!

Shidou could see employees leaving get off work, students leaving school, housewives shopping - all kinds of people walking on the street. He could also clearly hear the powerful shouts of the shop owners.

It was a familiar, plain and ordinary everyday scene that he was familiar with.

"Hurry up? Shidou, did you think of something urgent?"

"Or is there something forgotten in the school?"