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Chapter 53 53 Dusk (7k)

"This is Tokyo, so beautiful"

In the afternoon, in Tokyo Bay, the sea breeze blew over Jasmine's cheeks, blowing a strand of black hair on her cheeks. She smiled and leaned on the handrail on the beach, pointing at the wind-blown sea water outside Tokyo Bay and saying loudly

Shout out.

Fisher sat on a public seat on the seaside path behind her and looked at her back with a smile.

The hurried hustle and bustle around him also looked slightly sideways because of the youthful shouting in JK clothes, but soon returned all his attention to the increasingly fast pace and the phone between his shoulder and ear, talking.

The contents are all about things like "stocks" and "jobs"

Fisher slowly withdrew his gaze, but he couldn't completely indulge in the pleasant time in front of him. He was inevitably distracted, and there was always a premonition of danger approaching.

But Jasmine in front of her didn't notice it at all. She looked around at the beautiful scenery, and suddenly saw a skinny little girl standing not far away, wearing a shabby primary school uniform and a watermelon hat, looking at her quietly.

Facing the peaceful afternoon sunshine, the little girl's face was blurry. Before Jasmine could see clearly, the little girl suddenly turned around and pointed over there, and whispered to Jasmine in a childish voice with some hoarseness,

“Taiyayaki over there”

After saying this, before Jasmine could react, the little girl turned around, revealed the loose little schoolbag behind her, and ran towards that direction.

""

Jasmine stared blankly over there. When she came back to her senses, the little girl disappeared without a trace like an hallucination. Instead, there was a faint scent of food on the tip of her nose.

That's the taste of Taiyaki.

So, Jasmine quickly ran back from the guardrail and gently stretched out her hand to grab Fisher's sleeve and said to him,

"Mr. Fisher, I know there is a very delicious Taiyaki shop over there. Can we go and try it together?"

"Taiyaki? What is that?"

"It's a delicious thing. Let's go."

Fisher raised his eyebrows, but still stood up as Jasmine asked and followed her to the busy street over there.

Jasmine held Fisher's hand and watched as her black eyes flashed slightly, then she walked around the road in the seaside park familiarly, passed through the traffic lights and blended into the commercial street, and then the smell of the food became rich and spread in the air.

Above the street.

"Teacher Fisher, here"

"I came and borrowed it"

As Fisher pushed aside the crowds of people coming to play in the commercial street, Jasmine vaguely saw the little girl running in front. She raised her eyes and saw the little girl looking around with longing and timidity.

Look west.

It wasn't until the breeze blew by, carrying the aroma of food, that Jasmine watched the little girl wearing a watermelon hat and carrying a small schoolbag slowly slow down, and then stopped in front of a shop.

Jasmine saw that the little girl touched her somewhat shriveled belly and covered it with her two little hands, as if she was afraid that there would be embarrassing noises coming from that place.

Jasmine saw that the little girl raised her head, revealing her yellow and thin side cheeks, staring longingly at the shop in front of her that emitted light steam and warm lights, and her throat swelled slightly.

After the taiyaki shop owner had packed up the previous customer's food, he finally noticed the elementary school student standing on the street eagerly looking at the shop, so he asked in a friendly manner,

Jasmine saw that the little girl pursed her lips, with a slightly embarrassed look on her face. She hurriedly looked down at the line of text written with a water-based pen on her hand, then swallowed again and said to

The shopkeeper shook his head decisively.

Her thin, thin fingers were placed in front of her lower abdomen to tangle in a protective manner. Because of this, Jasmine could vaguely see a line of crooked words written with a water-based pen on the side of the little girl's arm.

"Asuka Karasawa will never be hungry."

""

Jasmine's eyes shrank, and her entire sight seemed to be dyed with a touch of scarlet. But at this moment, the store's voice suddenly sounded, restoring all the color.

"Would you like to buy one, little girl?"

"Jasmine?"

"Why?"

Jasmine blinked and raised her eyes to look at the store owner who was staring at her in confusion.

She belatedly looked back, and then she saw the line of guests lining up behind her and the concerned eyes of Fisher beside her.

Unconsciously, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on the palms of her hands that she was holding and turning.

Fisher lowered his gaze and felt her little movement, so he took the initiative to speak to the store owner.

"Have one, boss, please."

"Okay, thank you for your patronage, please wait a moment!"

Jasmine opened her mouth and watched as Fisher handed over the banknotes in his wallet, then led her to the side to wait.

"What happened just now? Do you feel a little uncomfortable?"

"I don't know either. It's just that" Jasmine's little face was a little pale, but she still smiled reluctantly and said to Fisher, "it seems like she has a little headache."

Jasmine's face didn't look good, but she still looked intermittently towards the other direction on the street corner from the corner of her eye, as if she was looking for something in that direction.

"The sea bream is ready."

Fisher noticed this, but he still took the taiyaki cooked by the boss next to him first, brought the steaming taiyaki back to Jasmine's eyes, and asked calmly,

"Have Jasmine eaten here before? Otherwise, how would you know there is such a delicious restaurant here?"

"Huh? Probably not," Jasmine blinked, covering her chest and said with a smile, "But this smell should be delicious."

"Is it"

Fisher picked up a bamboo skewer, picked up a round-bellied taiyaki, placed it in front of Jasmine's mouth, and watched her open her mouth little by little and swallow it into her belly.

"Ouch"

In an instant, the warm and crisp film shattered in her mouth, and the taste of the sticky red bean filling occupied all her taste buds.

Jasmine's eyes widened, her cheeks twitching like a hamster's, chewing slowly, savoring all the taste.

""

"Is it tasty?"

Jasmine opened her eyes wide, nodded stupidly, then raised her hand, touched her cheek, and suddenly murmured to herself,

“So this is what Taiyaki tastes like.”

Fisher also forked one and put it into his mouth, tasting the sweetness, and then sat on the edge of this bustling commercial street, watching the people coming and going around him.

While they were just eating, a passerby caught a glimpse of Fisher and Jasmine sitting there enjoying the taiyaki, and suddenly smiled and said to them,

"Hello everyone, remember to go home before dark."

"?"

Fisher raised his eyes with a puzzled look on his face, and saw the passerby who had said this sentence walked away expressionlessly.

Before Fisher could figure out what happened, another passerby came over and said to Fisher and Jasmine,

"Hello everyone, remember to go home before dark."

""

Jasmine blinked, stood up, looked at the sun that was gradually setting in the west, Fisher said with a smile,

"Come on, Teacher Fisher, it's going to be dark soon, let's go to the hotel."

"" Fisher was stunned for a moment, but did not stand up. Instead, he looked at Jasmine and asked, "What will happen if you don't go home at night?"

"I don't know what it is. But everyone says so. If you don't follow it, something terrible will happen."

Jasmine was speechless for a moment by Fisher's question. After a second's pause, she still explained to Fisher.

But Fisher just looked at Jasmine in front of him, then stood up slowly, looked at the people coming and going around him, looked at himself and Jasmine one by one, and repeated sentence after sentence to Fisher and Jasmine.

with,

"Hello everyone, remember to go home before dark."

""

Sentence after sentence, at first only one or two passers-by said this. Later, I don’t know if they saw Fisher and Jasmine motionless, and more and more passers-by opened their mouths, until everyone passing by had to look.

Repeat the same words to them, in the same tone.

"Hello everyone, remember to go home before dark."

Jasmine behind her stretched out her hand to grab Fisher's sleeve with some fear, and said to him cautiously,

"Mr. Fisher, you see everyone is saying this, otherwise we should go back to the hotel now."

Fisher looked at the taiyaki in his hand, and combined with Jasmine's weird reaction just now, he seemed to gradually realize something.

Tokyo Tokyo

If what she had to do when she was learning English was because Jasmine wanted her thoughts to cause trouble, then where did the thought of going home at night come from when she came to Tokyo?

That's right, whether you come here to eat Taiyaki or you have to go home at night

They all come from Asuka Karasawa.

Only Asuka lived in Tokyo during her childhood, so there must be traces of her life here.

As a child, the idea of ​​going home at night is completely normal, right?

However, Asuka is different from other children. Fisher has heard her tell a short story about her childhood. Although the story is not detailed, Fisher at least knows that the mother who followed Asuka Karasawa since childhood did not care about her.

not good

So why is the idea of ​​going home at night still so deeply ingrained?

Could it be said that it was her mother's order to go home?

In other words, what will be the punishment if you don't go home?

Fisher's pace did not move, but as the sun gradually set in the sky and turned orange-red on the horizon, the palm behind him that was tugging on Fisher's sleeve began to tremble even more.

Fisher came back to his senses and turned around to look, only to find that Jasmine's face was almost pale. She was looking straight at Fisher with pleading in her eyes.

"Teacher Fisher, let's go to the hotel, okay?"

""

Her pleading voice made Fisher's heart soften. He knew that as long as he followed Jasmine's wishes, he could avoid her sad gaze at this moment.

But Fisher also clearly knew that this sadness came from Jasmine's soul and Asuka's past.

Just like a wound that is painful when touched, in order to avoid touching it and causing pain, is it right to ignore it, not treat it, and pretend it doesn't exist?

Isn't this the essence of this dream?

Even if the critical situation in reality is not taken into account, if this dream is really so perfect, then why does Jasmine, who is already in the dream, still avoid it, or does her face look so frightened?

Fisher took a deep breath, lowered his head, picked up a bamboo stick and stuffed the last taiyaki in the paper box into Jasmine's mouth, and then said,

"Okay, let's set off after eating this, okay?"

"Um!"

After hearing Fisher's response, Jasmine finally felt like a big stone fell from her heart, smiled and happily took the taiyaki into her mouth.

Well

It's matcha flavored that she doesn't like.

After eating, Fisher grabbed Jasmine's hand and led her towards the outside of the commercial street.

While passing the crowd, Jasmine vaguely saw the hotel logo hanging on the street sign next to her, and quickly reached out her hand to remind Fisher,

"Look, Teacher Fisher, there is a hotel over there."

""

But Fisher in front just took Jasmine and walked forward. At the same time, he said softly,

"These guys are talking about 'going home at night'. A hotel shouldn't be considered 'home', right, Jasmine?"

"Hey? Are we going to take the bus back to Kyoto now? Didn't we agree to spend many days here?"

"Yes, it's 'home' there too."

Fisher sighed and took Jasmine to the entrance of the commercial street. He finally turned around, stared closely at Jasmine in front of him, and said to her,

"But, Jasmine, there is a home here in Tokyo, right?"

"Why?"

"Think about it carefully, let's go there now."

Jasmine opened her eyes wide and froze on the spot for a moment.

At this moment, the setting sun in the sky dropped its dazzling afterglow, slapping diagonally on the bricks on the ground, making the voice of the little girl wearing a watermelon hat who was standing in a daze not far away clear.

She must have been out of school for a while, but she kept hanging around here, circling and wandering around.

Obviously I smelled the delicious Taiyaki, and I was almost hungry, but because I had no money in my pocket, I could only run away quickly and use "magic" to force myself not to think about the delicious Taiyaki.

smell.

She suddenly remembered that the little girl's school was nearby, and her home was also nearby, but why was she unwilling to go home for a few hours after school and instead wandered outside?

Because that home was very cold, she didn't want to go back.

But why do we have to go back before night? There is obviously no one at home most of the time.

"Hey, tell me some inside information. If Section Chief Maeda tells me which stock, I will do anything."

"Oh? Are you really willing to do anything?"

"Really, really, look, Section Chief Maeda, my house is right in front."

"Oh, in that case"

"Mother!"

The childlike voice was like a thunderclap, causing Jasmine's eyes to shrink suddenly. At the same time, the orange sunset in the sky began to change color little by little, gradually turning into an extremely terrifying scarlet red.

"You have a child?"

"Hey, uh, then this kid is not Section Chief Maeda!"

"mom"

"Snapped!"

"You guy! It's all your fault! Why don't you go home after school! Why are you hanging around outside the house!"

"Snapped!"

"We're going to find out soon, do you know who he is? He's from the Ministry of Finance, you're really"

"Snapped!"

"Listen to me, Asuka Karasawa, if I find you wandering outside at night without going home again, I will beat you to death, do you believe it?"

"Snapped!"

The watermelon hat flew to the ground, and the figure of the little girl with her slender arms hanging down as the woman pulled her hair and screamed spread out little by little in Jasmine's eyes.

You must go home before night

You must go home before night

You must go home before night

"Teacher Fisher is going to have an evening"

Jasmine in front of her suddenly started to tremble all over, then she covered her cheek in pain, sobbing and murmuring.

Fisher, who was holding her cold arm, gradually felt something was wrong. He frowned and looked at the sky, only to see that the entire sky was stained with blood.

The setting sun gradually setting in the west was like a wide-open bloodshot pupil, emitting a hysterical roar, and heard the heavy echo of a woman,

"Why don't you go home Asuka"

Fisher held Jasmine's hand tightly and pulled her into his arms. He turned his head and found that all the pedestrians in all directions had almost the same appearance.

Or, it's a man wearing a navy blue suit, suit pants and leather shoes.

Or, it's a woman wearing a purple dress and complicated jewelry.

However, regardless of whether they are men or women, except for the clothes on their bodies, their skin is all pitch black, like a void, repeating the same actions.

The man threw away the hand of the woman beside him with a speechless expression and turned around to leave, gradually dissolving on the ground. The woman beside him, who stretched out her hand in an unsuccessful attempt to retain her, clenched her fists and squirmed all over, her body baring her teeth and claws.

It expanded little by little and turned into an extremely terrifying monster.

"Why don't you go home"

"Feiwuwu, Teacher Fisher, hurry up and leave home over there."

"Why don't you go home?!!"

The voices of countless women overlapped and gradually became as sharp as an electric drill drilling into an eardrum. Fisher frowned and quickly carried Jasmine on his back, sprinting in the direction she pointed with difficulty.

In that direction, there were towers only a few hundred meters away and one street away.

"Ouch!!"

Behind him, in the commercial streets, high-rise buildings, and various buildings, there were densely packed female figures that screamed like cockroaches and the opposite sex. They were wearing the same clothes and making the same sharp sounds at the same time, which made Fisher's

My eardrums are about to explode.

"Why don't you go home?!"

"I am so"

Although Fisher expected that this would cause Jasmine's dreams to be unstable, he never expected that Jasmine or Japan would react so violently.

It was only from the repeated roars behind him and from his own head that was about to explode that Fisher could vaguely glimpse the childhood of the little girl who was riddled with holes.

"Listen to me, Asuka Karasawa, if I find you wandering outside at night without going home again, I will beat you to death, do you believe it?"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

Jasmine clutched her head on Fisher's back in extreme pain, but no matter how she closed her eyes, she remained indifferent as her cheeks were slapped one after another under the sunset, as unresponsive as a doll.

The little girl's figure penetrated into her head like crazy, making her extremely uncomfortable.

She gasped and instinctively took out the pen from her arms, then stretched out her arm, wanting to write something on it.

Only in this way can the pain be relieved

"Asuka Karasawa will never feel pain."

"What are you doing, Jasmine?"

Fisher was almost running to the door of the tower, but found that there was more than one entrance. When he turned around, he saw Jasmine behind him with a dazed look on her face. A knife she had taken from nowhere was about to stab her arm.

What is written on it?

He gritted his teeth and was distracted to open the knife held by Jasmine. Then he looked at Jasmine who was still stunned and shouted loudly,

"Calm down Jasmine, it's useless!"

But every time I do this, I won’t feel uncomfortable anymore.

No, is that me?

Am I Jasmine or that little girl?

Own

"Teacher Fisher, me"

Fisher's call brought Jasmine back to her senses, and her perspective seemed to be difficult to separate from the figure of the beaten little girl at this moment.

"We are about to enter this building, Jasmine, hold on tight!"

"Well, Mr. Fisher!"

Jasmine hurriedly patted her face and tightly grasped Fisher's lapel. However, Fisher was just an ordinary person at the moment, and he was panting constantly as he ran wildly.

Behind them, the countless black monsters that were densely chasing each other on the walls, street lamps, and roads were about to catch up with Fisher and Jasmine, and many of them who were very close had already extended their ferocious claws.

Jasmine's skirt.

But at the last moment, when Fisher gritted his teeth and rushed into the first floor of the tower, the door of the tower was like a chasm-like barrier, turning the chasing monster into dust instantly.

"Ahhhhh!"

"Why don't you go home"

The shrill roar behind him stopped abruptly. Fisher's legs softened and he almost fell to the ground, but he still stretched out his hand to hold on to the wall next to him to prevent him from falling.

He took a few breaths, looked back, and saw that all the supernatural phenomena outside had disappeared, as if those snarling monsters had never existed, leaving only the scarlet sunset hanging upside down in the sky, staring coldly at the entire Tokyo.

Fisher let out a long breath, put down the soft Jasmine behind him, and sat on the ground.

He touched her pale and cold face and asked softly,

"Are you okay, Jasmine?"

"I'm fine. What happened to Teacher Fisher just now? Why did I feel so uncomfortable all of a sudden? Why did I feel so uncomfortable? Why did I feel fine again when I got here?"

""

Fisher frowned when he heard this. He glanced at the dimly lit tower hall next to him. This hall was magnificent and looked very high-end, but under the layers of gold-plated scales on the surface, there was a faint trace of dirt that had not been cleaned for a long time.

Come.

And from the brilliantly reflected brilliance, the Jasmine carried behind Fisher seemed to overlap with a female figure with the same black hair, as if they were one person but not the same person.

In the mirror-smooth wall, the black-haired female figure gently raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the elevator. Jasmine seemed to be somehow sensed, pointed there, and said to Fisher,

"Teacher Fisher seems to be heading over there in the direction of home."

"good."

Fisher heard Jasmine's trance-like voice behind him, and he seemed to realize

He is getting closer and closer to the reality of his dream.

"Oh, Mr. Heller, look, the sky above is so red!"

"If you're afraid, just hold my hand."

At the same moment, outside the tower, Heller touched Renee's head with a smile, then stretched out the other hand that was not holding the paper bag, and said to Renee.

"Then where should we go now?"

"Well, rather than where to go, I think you need to change your attitude first, silly boy."

Heller did not move, but touched her chin and looked at Renee in front of her. Then she stretched out her hand and pointed at Renee at this moment.

"Straighten your back, straighten your back, and raise your head. That's right. We are here to catch someone raping. Why do you like to lower your head so much?"

"Hey, wait a minute, I just want to express my feelings. Besides, Teacher Fisher should not be with Jasmine first. How can it be called catching an adulterer?"

"Can't it be called catching an adulterer if we are together first?"

"?"

Heller reached out and pinched Renee's face. He didn't know why she became so honest in the dream, so he asked,

"Tell me, what are we doing in Tokyo?"

"Catch and rape?"

"It's too quiet, I can't hear you."

"Catch the adulterer!"

"Do it again, you can't hear me."

"Catch the adulterer!!"

Seeing the extremely excited Renee in front of him, Heller covered his mouth and laughed, then gently stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and then walked towards the tall tower with satisfaction, walking without a trace.

Wang encouraged Renee,

"That's right, you have to have courage. You know, Renee-san, let's go up too. The place we want to go is in that tower."

"Uh-huh!"()


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