After falling in love with human dementia

Chapter 42

"Dog?" Dazai asked in confusion, then looked up at Nagisa Minegishi on the opposite side.I don't know if it was his illusion, but the boy looked a little nervous, his hand holding the chopsticks slowly tightened, and his veins protruded."Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" he asked.

"Just...just ask."

Dazai thought about it seriously: "I really haven't thought about the dog. It should be regarded as... I can't say I like it, and I can't say I hate it."

thump.

The heart hanging in the sky fell down at that moment, carrying indescribable loss and frustration.

Hearing Dazai's answer, Minegishi felt that this should be the case, but also felt a little hopeless.The originally bright eyes were now like street lamps that had been extinguished in the middle of the night, leaving only an empty darkness.

makes sense.

How could there really be such a coincidence that he could meet the same person in different worlds one after another.

He lowered his eyes, but the corners of his lips secretly curled up in a mocking arc, as if he was laughing at his own sentimentality.He put down his chopsticks, only to feel that the joy he had just faced with the delicious food was gone at this moment.Minegishi took a deep breath, and when he was about to force a smile, he finally looked up and saw the expression on Dazai's face at the moment.

"... Dazai?"

He froze for a moment, and asked subconsciously, "Why do you have such an expression?"

"It's nothing." Dazai paused for a moment, and said with some hesitation, "I just thought you wanted to adopt a dog at home, so I thought about the possible scenes of living with those..." He deliberately He concealed a little words, although he couldn't hear clearly, but coupled with the slight disgust that appeared on his face at this time, it must not be a good word.

Minegishi stopped instantly.

He stared at Dazai opposite with burning eyes, his fists were clenched and then loosened.He didn't want to give himself that kind of unnecessary hope, but the expression of this person in front of him was clearly exactly the same as the Dazai he was familiar with in the last world.

Will it be him?

Will it be the same person?

Minegishi's mind was full of thoughts, and in the end he didn't even know how he finished his dinner and how he got back to the hotel room.Everyone in the childcare department flocked to go downstairs to the hot spring together, and the children were taken away by the parents, as if they had specially given Nagisa Minegishi and the childcare workers a rest time for themselves.

Dazai is taking a shower in the bathroom, and will go down to the hot spring with them later.Minegishi waited outside, listening to the sound of gurgling water not far from his ears, his eyes moved slightly, and his brain finally had the idea to work again.

"System." He called out in his heart, and after getting a familiar response, he asked immediately, "Do you have a way to determine the relationship between Dazai in this world and the previous world?"

He was silent for a while before he spoke, "I suspect they are the same person."

No.

In fact, rather than doubting it, it would be better to say that he was almost sure.

"The same person? Impossible!" The system said affirmatively, "Without the help of our system, it is impossible for human beings to travel through time and space and come to another world. Even if they belong to the same individual in the parallel world, the same."

"Host, are you..." It tactfully wanted to find a way to explain Nagisa Minegishi's current state.

"I know this should be impossible, but..." But what if?

Minegishi always said to himself repeatedly in his heart, it doesn't matter, one can still live without the other.But every time he thinks about the fact that he will never see Dazai again, a small nail will be pierced hard in his heart, and then it will become a wound that cannot heal, fester and fester.

Once it hurts, the desire to see Dazai again will become more obvious.

He has to admit one thing.

That is what Dazai seems to have left an indelible mark on his heart.It's clear that they haven't been together for a long time, and they haven't experienced anything hard to remember, but this person exists, and it seems... that he will never leave his heart again.

Minegishi stretched out his hand weakly, covering his face, and a deep sigh overflowed from his mouth.

How to do.

He really, really, really misses him.

"The host, do you still need me to verify it?" Feeling that Nagisa Minegishi's emotions are not too high at this time, the system's next words are a little cautious, "Maybe the final result will make you—"

more sad.

Minegishi did not reply.

After a long time, I heard him say again in an almost inaudible voice, "Go."

The system disappears quickly.

It also didn't say how long it would take before leaving.It was as if this verification was covered with a layer of unknown expectations, as if this alone could make the prison sentence for Nagisa Minegishi less cruel.

The next day Minegishi got up early in the morning, and their travel plans for today were quite dense, and they had to go back and forth to three scenic spots throughout the day.He packed the package and went downstairs with Dazai.

His state today seems to be much stronger than last night, as if he has broken away from the state of last night, and he greeted everyone normally when he came out.

The children had already been waiting downstairs restlessly. Compared with the adults, they were looking forward to this trip even more.

When a group of people were preparing to leave, they unexpectedly ran into the elementary school students who checked in at the same time as them yesterday at the door of the hotel, and a slightly fat old man who seemed to be a guardian who followed the elementary school students.

Most of them are mothers, and teachers can easily develop a sense of intimacy when they see their children.Seeing that the fat old man had to take care of several children by himself, the teachers stood at the door and chatted a little longer, only to find out that they were going to the same place.

The two groups of people took advantage of the situation and made an appointment, ready to go there together.

The city of Hakone is not too big, and the distance between scenic spots is not too far. They are going to take the bus back and forth.Nagisa Minegishi habitually sat in the same row as Dazai, and the students sitting next to him happened to be those elementary school students.A total of four people sat together in pairs.

Several elementary school students seemed to be chatting, Minegishi subconsciously listened to it.

He originally thought that these seven or eight-year-old children should be no different from the two or three-year-old babies in the parenting department. When they like heroes and supermen, the topics they talk about are definitely on TV. What Kamen Rider, armor warriors in various colors.

However, it wasn't until Minegishi heard what those children said clearly that he realized that was not the case at all.

"Grumble-"

The fat boy sitting in the front row covered his screaming stomach. He sighed and said with a sad face, "How long will it take us to get there? I'm so hungry that I'm screaming." .”

"Yuantai..." Another little boy sitting next to Yuantai looked at him helplessly, "Didn't we have breakfast just now? Why are you hungry again?"

"But I got up too late this morning, and I didn't even have much breakfast!" Yuan Tai glanced at her schoolbag, and asked with some expectation, "Can I eat the bento in it right now?" Already?"

"No! That's our lunch at noon today!" His expectation was naturally dismissed by his companion.As if to prevent him from stealing his lunch, the companion handed the backpack to the little girl sitting behind them.The little girl often did this kind of thing too, and skillfully hid the backpack under the chair.

"But I feel that if I continue to starve like this, I will starve into a vegetable..."

"No matter how hungry you are, you won't become a vegetable! Yuantai, don't just learn a word and use it blindly!"

"Eh? Then the news we saw last night, didn't that person become a vegetable lying on the bed because he was hungry for too long?"

"He couldn't wake up temporarily because of a brain injury. And he wasn't hungry for too long. He couldn't eat, so he could only rely on infusion of nutrient solution as a source of energy to maintain his life."

Yuan Tai nodded half-understanding: "In short, that person can't eat eel rice now, so he is really pitiful!"

"I really can't do anything about you." The last little boy who had been silent all this time finally couldn't stand it any longer, he reached out and took out a bag of snacks from his schoolbag, "Eat some potato chips first! "

"Thank you, Conan, you are such a good person!"

"..."

Nagisa Minegishi, who was eavesdropping, caught sight of the little boy handing snacks for a moment when he heard the end. Unexpectedly, he was slightly embarrassed when he was discovered at this time, and embarrassedly met the boy wearing black-rimmed glasses. The boy looked away.

The incident on the bus was quickly forgotten by Nagisa Minegishi.At today's first destination, the children got off the car and wanted to run out excitedly. Fortunately, the adults following them could catch up with them in time.

Because everyone has their own places that they want to see first, after a short discussion, everyone unanimously decided to act separately.Wait until two hours later, then meet at the appointed place and go to lunch together.

Of course Minegishi and Dazai were in a group.He rarely has the opportunity to travel, so no matter what he sees, he feels very novel.

At the beginning, he was a little reserved, but after he separated from everyone and only Dazai was left by his side, he really went crazy.Dazai followed him silently, and by the time Minegishi realized it, it was already time to gather with everyone for lunch.

He walked around and looked around on the way, and when he came across something that was a little more novel, he would pay for it.They were all small gadgets, and they didn't cost much, so Minegishi didn't feel much distress when he chopped his own.When he came back to his senses and consciously looked towards Dazai, he found that the latter had been submerged by a pile of bags.

He actually bought so many things without knowing it.

"What's the matter?" Dazai still had an unaware expression, seeing Minegishi stop, he thought there was some problem, so he turned his head and asked.

"I really didn't expect that I bought so many things..." Looking at the things in Dazai's arms that were piled up to be taller than a person, Minegishi rubbed his nose in embarrassment.He reached out, "I'll take some myself."

He didn't wait for Dazai's reaction after finishing speaking, and directly snatched most of the bags from Dazai's arms.It wasn't until he held it in his arms that Nagisa Minegishi could see clearly what he had just bought randomly, basically things he didn't use in his daily life.

hiss--

Minegishi calculated the money spent in his heart, and there were tens of thousands of yen in all his calculations. He couldn't help but gasped.

Why does each of them seem to be worthless, but they add up to so much money? !

He had disbelief written all over his face.

"Why don't you continue shopping?" Dazai tilted his head, and the fine strands of hair on his forehead slid down along with the movement.Probably because he was carrying a bunch of things while walking, his forehead was covered with sweat, and the few hairs stuck to it seemed a little wet.

I don't know if it's because of the angle, Dazai's eyes were foggy when he was talking, making it difficult to see his emotions at the moment.

However, this state only lasted for a few seconds.

When Minegishi removed the packing bag that was about to block his forehead, there was only a gentle soft light in his eyes again, as if nothing had happened just now.

Minegishi, who didn't notice at all, was still distressed about the money he spent unconsciously.As soon as I heard that I still wanted to ask myself whether to continue shopping, I quickly shook my head like a rattle, "No, it seems that it's time to meet up. The two of us have traveled a long way, so let's go back quickly!"

Dazai nodded: "That's fine, then we--"

A sudden noise covered up the second half of Dazai's sentence.The two looked at the place where the sound came from at the same time, but found that there was a group of people gathered under a tall building not far away, and then looked up at the place on the top of the building.

Nagisa Minegishi looked in the direction that everyone was looking at, and there was a small black spot that could not be seen clearly, facing the wind, standing precariously on the edge of the roof, and might fall from it at any time.

The people who surrounded the tall building tightly were talking in groups of two or three.

"It's too dangerous, who should hurry up and persuade that girl to come down!"

"We'd better not go up there casually. It would be even worse if we didn't succeed in persuading her and irritated that girl. Let's leave it to the police!"

"What about the police? Why haven't they come yet!"

Nagisa Minegishi vaguely understood from the conversations of the onlookers that some people couldn't figure it out and climbed to the top of the tall building to jump off the building.He turned his head to look at the people around him, he remembered that the Dazai of this world seemed to be a psychiatrist...

Sure enough, at this time Dazai didn't know when he put away the relaxed expression on his face, and was staring at the top of the tall building with a serious face.

"Sorry, Xiaozhu." He looked at Minegishi apologetically, "I want to go up and see the situation."

Minegishi immediately connected: "Then I will accompany you."

The two didn't waste any time, and after casually explaining the identity of Dazai's psychiatrist to the enthusiastic onlookers, they walked into the building and took the elevator to the top floor.There was no elevator from the top floor to the rooftop, so they went up the stairs again, only to find that there were other people on the rooftop when they arrived.

Those people were not unfamiliar to them, they were Dr. Ali who came here with them this morning, and the elementary school students around him.

Minegishi's eyes only stayed on those people for a brief moment, and he didn't even think much about the reason why they appeared here. He just thought that they were the same as him and Dazai, and they were trying to persuade the one in front who was teetering on the edge. People who want to commit suicide come here.

"You all don't come here again!!!" Standing on the edge of the guardrail was a woman who didn't look very old. She seemed a little afraid of the vision under her eyes, and the hand holding the railing was trembling slightly, " If I come over again, I really want to jump off!"

"When the time comes, you will all be the prisoners who forced me to jump off the building!" The woman had a grim face, but what she said was completely unexpected by Minegishi who had just come up.

"?" Nagisa Minegishi was taken aback, thinking it was an auditory hallucination in his ears, otherwise how could he hear someone threatening others with suicide.

However, soon, the words from Dr. A Li's mouth confirmed that he did not hear wrong just now.

"Miss, you are again..." Dr. A Li looked at the woman who was pulling on the edge of the railing and had already lost one foot, and sighed, "Let's listen to the old man, what can you gain by doing this?" How about it? Why don’t you wait until the police arrive, and confess to the police, you will definitely—”

"Impossible!" The woman suddenly seemed to lose control of her emotions, and shouted in the direction of Dr. A Li, "I'm already like this now, and I can't look back!"

Minegishi listened more and more wrong, why did he feel that the incident seemed to be different from the suicide he thought...?

Because his attention was all on the conversation between Dr. Ali and the woman, he naturally didn't notice Dazai who had become silent since he went up to the rooftop.He hasn't even said a word since just now.

Then at a stall where no one spoke, he stared at the woman in front of him, and suddenly said——

"Then you can dance."