Age of Heroes, ten consecutive guarantees

When I walked out of the convenience store, there was a constant flow of cars on the street.

Amemiya Ryuji turned around and walked into the alleyway, holding a bento in his hand. Thanks to Fuso's relatively developed catering industry, a simple bento also contained vegetables and meat, so at least he could eat enough.

It was already dark, and he was walking with his head lowered while wearing a raincoat. Occasionally, pedestrians would avoid him on the road, treating him as a silent and lonely person, which also saved him a lot of trouble.

Less than a hundred meters away from the convenience store, he arrived at his current residence.

It was an old building, and the once beautiful white exterior had fallen off, revealing the mottled gray cement surface. The appearance looked like the face of an old woman that couldn't be saved even with heavy makeup.

This building is a standard unfinished building. It was originally scheduled to be demolished, but it was delayed due to various reasons. It seems that the two parties did not reach an agreement. Later, with the transfer of the nearby business district, the building also lost its attached value. value.

It has been converted into low-cost rental housing and rented to all kinds of people. It is convenient that no identification is required, but most of the people living here are not serious people. They include barmaids, third-rate cowherds, gangsters, and shady companies. human battery.

Most of the people who live here are as rotten as this building. Once they stay here for three months, they will be assimilated into similar garbage.

Amamiya Ryuji and others are not from the same group, but they can't help but wonder whether one day they will die on the roadside like their neighbors who worked in Patchingo's shop, and no one will collect their bodies.

After all, he had fled all the way.

Hiding here is also to avoid the pursuit of Onmyoji.

I stayed in hiding for more than two months.

At first he carried a knife with him when he went out, but then he gradually got used to hiding it. To this end, he also had a good exchange with several nearby neighbors, deliberately absorbing the smell of the lower class of society, and encountered several raids along the way. Thanks to the neighbors' support for each other, everything is mostly fine.

At first, Amamiya Ryuji looked down on the residents and tenants in this neighborhood from the bottom of his heart, but after getting along with him for a long time, he gradually changed his view. This group of people may have some garbage, but not that much. They just have their own way of life, and There is no shortage of shining points, and there are even many that are extremely rare in the Wu family and the Chinese family...

Kind.

Even if this kindness is based on the common sense that the weak must stick together to survive, at least when they treat him, a stranger who hides many secrets and has an unknown origin, they retain an attitude of respect without questioning each other, and will also show up when the inspection comes. At this time, give a cigarette to the patrolmen responsible for public security in this area and say a few good words.

Even though Amemiya Ryuji knew that he was not on the same road as these people, he still couldn't help but stay for an extra month. Here...he even felt a little at ease. The worldly atmosphere and human touch made him feel violent. The ghost spirit was suppressed.

I had just returned home with my lunch box when I suddenly heard a voice.

He opened the door and grabbed the old umbrella beside him. Any sharp metal could kill someone in the hands of a swordsman.

Then he heard the sound of cooking, accompanied by the aroma of fat.

As if hearing the movement in the entrance, the little girl in an apron ran over: "You're back!"

Seeing this little girl, Amamiya Ryuji threw down his umbrella and frowned: "Hey! Why are you here again?"

The girl wiped her hands and pouted: "First of all, my name is not Hey, my name is Aosaki Koharu!"

She glanced at the lunch box in the man's hand and said disgustedly: "I came here specially to cook for you. Why did you buy a lunch box again? Put it in the refrigerator and it will be ready right away. Just wait."

Amamiya Ryuuji had a headache: "I also tell you not to break into my room without permission again, otherwise..."

Xiaochun smiled disapprovingly: "What else? Do you want to hug me?"

Amamiya Ryuji stared at her seriously: "This is not funny."

"A little bit." Xiaochun stuck out her tongue, turned around and ran towards the kitchen.

Amamiya Ryuji silently took off his raincoat, put on his slippers and walked indoors... As expected, the living room had also been cleaned. After opening the window for ventilation, the air smelled of grass after the rain. Behind the building was a hillside. A small river can be seen.

He and Aozaki Koharu are also neighbors, but the other one lives on the fifth floor. The two met more than a month ago. At that time, Aozaki Koharu's father ran away, and she was about to be arrested by the casino to pay off her debts. The Yakuza who took the lead among them The gangster saw how pretty she was and wanted to send her to a custom shop.

How could a little girl who had just turned sixteen have the ability to resist? She was almost raped by a black bear-like Yakuza at the entrance. Ryuuji Amamiya was tortured by ghost energy and was very violent. He seized this opportunity. After venting his anger, he sent these people to the hospital, and also changed his residence for Aosaki Koharu, from the fifth floor to the fourth floor.

From that moment on, the little girl became obsessed with his uncle.

In fact, in Fusang, picking people up and bringing them home is not a big deal at all.

God's treatment of young girls has long been a social phenomenon. It has already appeared and will spread sooner or later.

Fuso has too many people and the pressure is huge. In addition, the social structure is a complete system of exploitation from top to bottom. The pressure of internal competition is huge. It is easy for ordinary people to fall into the bottom of society and be unable to stand up.

Amamiya Ryuji didn't want to leave any ties or worries. This time he went to the convenience store to withdraw a sum of money. This account was a black market account he had prepared before. It was very safe. The money left to Aozaki Koharu was enough for her. Living to be in her twenties would even be enough for her to go to college.

After today, he will move out tomorrow. He has no idea where he will live, but if he stays too long, he will be found sooner or later.

At the dinner table, seeing Aozaki Koharu smiling like a flower, Amemiya Ryuji thought for a long time but didn't know how to speak.

He could see that this little girl wanted to treat him as a brother and a relative, but unfortunately he himself was already in danger.

And when I saw Aosaki Koharu, I couldn't help but recall Amamiya Mahiru who was still wandering outside.

My niece doesn't know what's going on right now. She must have had a very hard time.

How should a blind woman make a living in this society?

"Why do you always like to come to my place?" Amemiya Ryuji asked after finishing the meal.

"Anyway, it's okay to be alone." Aosaki Koharu smiled: "With uncle here, I feel like I have an extra family member."

"I also have a family." Amemiya Ryuji said softly.

"Really? I haven't met him yet. Can you introduce him to me?"

"She is a girl, about the same age as you." Amamiya Ryuji stared into the girl's eyes and said, "She is very strong, just as strong as you."

"No matter how strong you are, you will still be scared when you are alone." Aosaki Koharu grasped the plate with a slight force of his fingers.

"Yes, no matter how strong a person is, he will be afraid." Ryuji Amemiya looked at the suitcase and said, "So I'm going to find her."

Aosaki Koharu lowered his head and said nothing.

Amamiya Ryuji continued: "I left you a sum of money in your mailbox, which is enough for you to live alone for a long time. You'd better leave here and live somewhere else... If you want to leave, just go with 209 Talk to the uncles and aunts in Room 304, they will have a way, and they are also relatively reliable and good people."

"They are not good people." Aosaki Koharu looked at him with red eyes: "They were afraid of you and wanted to please you, so they pretended to be good people... The only person who helped me that day was you."

"This is different. They are just ordinary people. They don't want to get burned. People at the bottom have to be cautious if they want to survive." Amemiya Ryuji said seriously: "It's not that they don't want to help, but they can't help you. Kindness is not a cheap virtue. Don't To resent those who have no strength, if you are unwilling to do so, become stronger yourself.”

He couldn't help but take a more reprimanding tone. He quickly caught a glimpse of the tears in the girl's eyes, swallowed his words again, and sighed: "That's all I have to say. I can still have a meal you cooked before I leave." Rice, I’m already very happy, and you should be a little happier too.”

Aosaki Koharu sniffed and wiped the corners of his eyes: "I will be obedient."

Amamiya Ryuji started to pack the things in the house. He had very few things. After turning around and walking into the bedroom, he just took off the knife hanging on the wall when he suddenly saw a suitcase placed in the house.

He immediately turned around and exited the room, loudly asking: "Where did the box in my room come from!"

"Someone sent it." Aozaki Koharu replied: "I think other people have also received these boxes."

A huge sense of crisis enveloped Amemiya Ryuji, his temples were beating, and the swordsman's sixth sense warned him that something extremely bad was about to happen.

He was about to speak.

Only a violent and deafening sound was heard.

In his eyes, Aosaki Koharu was swallowed up by the wandering light and flames.

…

In the severe pain, he felt that the world was spinning, he couldn't distinguish between the sky and the earth, and couldn't see the scene around him. The tinnitus was accompanied by the stinging pain in his head, and his bones and muscles were screaming.

There were some gaps in his memory, and he shook his head vigorously before his chaotic thinking returned to normal.

Amamiya Ryuji raised his face, his scarred face was covered with blood and dark scorch marks, and the burning floor was reflected in his eyes.

The six-story rental apartment was raging in flames. A violent explosion swept through three floors and more than a dozen rooms were destroyed. The old rental building was already crumbling.

Black smoke shot straight into the sky, and the firelight stretched his shadow very long.

Standing alone in front of the billowing black smoke, he saw several corpses hanging beside the bed, gradually turning into charcoal in the fire.

Some were his acquaintances, some were migrant workers who had just drank with him yesterday, and some... had been talking to him until just now.

Amamiya Ryuji's two eyes became extremely scarlet due to his material wounds. His hand holding the knife began to tremble and tremble. After the violent trembling, he miraculously regained his composure.

"Onmyoji..."

He whispered: "This time, I won't hide."

"I will use your lives to comfort their spirits in heaven!!"

…

Three hours later.

A car parked near the street.

"Sir Wu Ming, there was an explosion just now..." The driver had just finished inquiring about the news and reported it.

The windows were lowered and then raised.

"We're late." Amemiya Mahiru sighed softly: "It seems we have to go there."

"Where are you going?"

"gate of hell."