Tokyo Soft Rice King

Then, apart from hanging, he would most likely choose the same place of death as Hijikata Isamu!

Thinking of this, Hei Yuming quickly turned around, jumped back to the second floor with a few big strides, rushed back to Hijikata Yong's room and asked.

"Uncle Yong! Let me ask you one last question. Where were you when you first traveled through time?"

Hijikata Isamu, who was about to close the door, was stunned for a moment and asked back.

"Uh...are you asking me where I hanged myself?"

"Correct!"

"Hmm... I can't remember exactly where it was. It was a creepy place, after all, so I ran out quickly... But I remember running into Kuroo and Granny Kobayashi not long after I ran out, so it must be the abandoned shrine nearby..."

Abandoned Shrine!

That's probably the only abandoned shrine around here!

It’s the shrine where I first saw Murasaki Palace!

"Great! That's a great help!"

"Uh, Ming, don't let your mind wander..."

"I won't! I haven't had an easy life yet, so I won't die so early!"

Kuroba Akira waved casually and rushed down the stairs again.

Back on the first floor, he didn't have time to explain anything extra to Murasaki Nomiya. He just said, "I'm going to find Miss Hongxiang!" and ran out the door with Tashiro Hongxiang's red high heels.

He had taken the high heels upstairs to find Tashiro Hongxiang, intending to use her precious shoes to "threaten" her to make a quick decision, but he didn't expect that she would push him into the room and lock him up before he could use them.

This time when he went to see Tashiro Hongxiang, he brought the shoes with him because his intuition told him that this was a key prop that might be used to persuade her to give up the idea of ​​suicide.

After leaving, Kuroba Akira tried hard to recall the location of the abandoned shrine. He only remembered that the entrance was in a small wood outside the residential area... Damn it! I can't remember clearly!

If only Shirai Shiori had her talent "Memory B" at this time... Although the class monitor's talent "Academic A" also increases memory, it only increases when reciting, and is of no help for recall. It cannot help Kuroba Akira remember the specific location of the abandoned shrine.

A carpet search would definitely not work, so Hei Yuming could only shout while searching for the entrance to the abandoned shrine.

"Kuroo! Kuroo, are you there?!"

"Meow~"

Kuroo appeared on a nearby fence, sat upright and meowed at Hei Yuming.

It's really here! You came at the right time!

Although I can't rely on the intelligence of a cat, I can only hope that Kuroo can understand what I say.

Hei Yuming had tested before whether Hei Wei could understand human language, but the result was very Schrödinger's. Sometimes Hei Wei would act very smart, and sometimes he would completely ignore what people said, no different from other little animals.

"Kuroo, take me to that shrine you took me to before, okay? I'll buy you some canned food then!"

"Meow meow!"

Heiwei barked twice and jumped off the wall. After running forward for a distance, he looked back at Heiyuming, as if asking him to follow.

It's Kuroo, the human-like one! It must have just said, "Deal!"

Hei Yuming followed Hei Wei and ran, and the memories in his mind slowly awakened. This was the road he took when he went home with Shirakawa!

With Kuroo leading the way, Kuroba Ming quickly found the entrance to the abandoned shrine.

I don't know what's going on with this shrine. It's too extravagant that it has been abandoned in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where every inch of land is valuable.

Now was not the time to worry about such things, so Kuroba Ming quickly passed through the torii gate, ran up the stone steps, and came to the shrine.

There are trees around the shrine, I remember it was called the 'guardian forest', but these trees are not big enough.

Hijikata Isamu must have chosen a big tree to hang himself, so it was most likely the "sacred tree" tied with shimenawa ropes, so it should be very conspicuous.

Not seeing any such tree within sight, Kuroba Akira crossed the approach to the shrine and ran straight to the back of the worship hall. Sure enough, he found a thick sacred tree next to the main hall and also saw a pair of bathroom slippers.

Japanese people will take off their shoes before committing suicide, which means that Kuroba Akira's guess is completely correct. Tashiro Hongxiang really came here to hang herself!

At this time, Tashiro Hongxiang had tied a bath towel to a tree branch to make a hanging ring, used the money box in front of the shrine as a chair, stood on it and put her neck on the hanging ring.

"Wait a minute! Miss Hongxiang! Don't be impulsive!"

“Ugh…! Gu…!”

As a result, Kuroba Akira's shout made Tashiro Hongxiang more anxious. In panic, she kicked the cash box under her feet with her legs, and her body naturally fell down.

"Damn it! Don't die in front of me!"

Hei Yuming rushed over, hugged her swinging legs, and then struggled to push herself up.

With her legs supported again, Tashiro Hongxiang was rescued without even feeling suffocated.

I caught up with it safely...

Kuroba Akira successfully prevented Tashiro Hongxiang from committing suicide.

Chapter 143 She Has Long Been Overwhelmed

But now we have only stopped her in action. If her extreme thoughts cannot be eradicated, she will eventually repeat the same mistakes.

Sure enough, Tashiro Hongxiang began to struggle and shouted in self-abandonment.

“Let me go…! Let me go! Stop meddling in other people’s business…!”

As expected, he still had to rely on words, so Hei Yuming hugged her legs more tightly to prevent her from moving around while persuading her.

"Ms. Hongxiang, please listen to me first! Even if you commit suicide now, there is no guarantee that you will be able to merge with your other self!"

"W-Why do you say that?!"

"Neither Hijikata-san nor I have a double personality! And I don't even have any memory of my other self!"

This sentence made Tashiro Hongxiang feel shaken and she showed an expression of disbelief.

"You, you have no memory?"

"Yes! The situations of the three of us are different, there must be a reason for that! Even if you learn from Mr. Hijikata, you may not be able to let your other self inherit your memories!"

"Gu...!"

"And Mr. Hijikata doesn't want to die! At least Mr. Hijikata now has never thought about dying! Even if he has a huge debt, he is still working hard to repay it! He is also trying hard to live!"

"Well……"

"If it was really the gods who brought us into this world, I think this is exactly what they wanted to see. If you willfully end your life, do you think the gods would give you another chance?"

"...!"

Kuroba Akira directly pointed out that her idea was too reckless, and even brought up the rhetoric of God, forcing Tashiro Hongxiang to face reality.

She was obviously persuaded by Hei Yuming, and after calming down, she felt a little scared.

Just like Hei Yuming said, if the Lord God no longer takes care of him this time, will he die with his other self?

That's not the result I want!

"So please come down first, Miss Hongxiang. I don't know how much longer I can hold on. My knees are shaking..."

In fact, Kuroba Akira could still hold on for a while, but in order to completely save Tashiro Hongxiang from danger, he pretended to be powerless and complained.

"..."

After this lobbying, Tashiro Hongxiang finally gave up the idea of ​​relying on death to merge personalities, and raised her head to untie the ring from her neck.

After all, the hanging ring made of bath towels is not as strong as a hemp rope, and she is not a habitual suicidal person, so the knot is not a death trap, so it is not that difficult to untie.

As a result, as soon as the ring was untied, the bath towel on it completely fell apart. Tashiro Hongxiang's upper body lost support and she screamed in shock as she lost her balance.

As we all know, when people are in a state of weightlessness, they will reflexively look for something to grab. Now, the only thing supporting Tashiro Hongxiang is Kuroba Akira who is holding her legs, so when she falls, she also reflexively hugs Kuroba Akira below.

Then, because the two of them were in a top-and-bottom position, as Tashiro Hongxiang fell, Kuroba Akira was used as a cushion and was directly ridden on by her, with his nose stuck between the camel toes.

Last time it was facial cleanser, this time it’s facial cleanser stock... Is this a reward for saving someone?

This reminded Hei Yuming of the time when the class monitor covered his head with her skirt.

At that time, he only dared to smell it but didn't dare to touch it. As a result, today he accidentally touched Miss Hongxiang's... uh, it seemed to have a fishy smell.

It is said that people who hang themselves will become incontinent... Although I hugged her legs in time, she still leaked a little holy water due to nervousness.

Tashiro Hongxiang also felt uncomfortable, a blush quietly crept up her cheeks, and she immediately opened her legs and moved her body away, freeing Hei Yuming who was being ridden by her.

Hei Yuming stood up and wiped his nose with his arm. There was still a hint of the smell of holy water in his nasal cavity...

But Kuroba Akira didn't want to complain to Tashiro Hongxiang who had just experienced a life-and-death situation. He just went to get the high heels that he had just thrown away in a hurry and put them in front of her.

"Let's go back first, Miss Hongxiang. I'll get your shoes for you."

However, Tashiro Hongxiang blushed, bit her lower lip, and backed away while rubbing the drum.

"Ms. Hongxiang?"

"Don't, don't come here!"

"..."

What's going on here... It's like I'm the one who's going to rape her... How is that possible?

Hei Yuming thought that it was in this place before that he met Zi Zhigong who was alone and he didn't have any bad thoughts, let alone facing another woman.

Hei Yu knew that the word gentle had nothing to do with him, but he would never commit a crime.

If it's a transaction between two parties, then it's fine. But unilateral force is truly an act of scum, even worse than scum. He also supports chemical castration for those useless men who can't control their lower body.

But no one knows what happened to Tashiro Hongxiang. She was not grateful to Kuroba Ming for saving her, but instead fled from him in fear.

It can be seen that she was really scared, because her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand up, but she still crawled away desperately. Her stockings and knees were worn out, leaving bloodstains on the ground.

Tashiro Hongxiang crawled to the shrine in the main hall of the shrine, knelt down and begged.

"God... God... please... please let me disappear..."

Her voice was filled with deep pain and despair, and then turned into intermittent sobs.

"Wow... why... why do you let me continue to exist... Since God has already allowed a better me to come into this world, why do you still want to keep me here..."

"Why don't you just let me disappear...! Let me disappear!"

"I don't want to exist anymore..."

Hei Yuming scratched his head. He still didn't understand why Tashiro Hongxiang had such an idea, so he also walked over, but kept a distance of about five meters to prevent her from running away again in response to the stress.

"Hey, Miss Hongxiang, why do you have such extreme ideas? Is it because I asked you to be Ziyin's manager?"

"..."

She didn't respond, so Hei Yuming continued.

"If this really embarrasses you, then just pretend I never said it. So I ask you not to do such extreme things again."

In fact, this incident was just the fuse, and the idea had existed for a long time, and she had long been overwhelmed.

Tashiro Hongxiang also knew that she had caused a lot of trouble for Kuroba Ming, and that he was the one who saved her, but she was so ungrateful, and she felt very guilty.

Hei Yuming is a good person... She knows it, she saw it all.

I should have gotten along well with him... but I couldn't... because I was too timid... afraid of getting hurt...

She hated men, she hated humanity, but at this moment... she hated herself even more.

That's why I wish I would disappear.

As long as I'm gone, everything will be fine.

Chapter 144 Only You Can Save Yourself

At this moment, this feeling could no longer be suppressed, and it all burst out into sharp words.

"Because! It's her you need! It's her you want to be your agent! Not me!"