"...I believe in you. Not only will you not blame me and take revenge on me, but you will also be very grateful to me, do you believe it?"

"Oh? Are you so confident?"

Yong Ye's rhetorical question caused Shokuhou to narrow his eyes and straighten the long honey-colored hair on his shoulders, because there were unpleasant thorns in his words.

Of course, excitedly arrived at the appointed place half an hour earlier, but the other party was half an hour late. I am afraid it is difficult for ordinary people not to be angry, and Yong Ye's words did not mean to admit that they were wrong. On the contrary, they even wanted to thank themselves. It's weird to be mad.

But...for some reason, just as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt an uncomfortable tension on her cheeks.

"...Do you wish to see Dolly again?"

Yong Ye's words reflected Shokuhou Kauki's hunch, and the name he mentioned made Shokuhou Kauki gasp, and his thoughts fell into a blank for a moment.

... Dolly, her only friend, is also a dead friend.

She will act desperately for Misaka's clone "sisters", and it is precisely because of this friend, now...

"Teacher...Are you making fun of Dolly and me? I'm really going to be angry?" The deceased friend was used as an excuse for being late, which made Shokuhou Misaki's anger rise to a new level, and he let out a low voice. But there was a voice of obvious anger.

"...What a kid who can't make fun..."

Knowing that she can't continue to play with each other covertly like this, Yong Ye, who wanted to take advantage of the rare opportunity to tease her, sighed a little and gave up her plan to continue playing.

"This vile joke is beyond the scope of a joke."

Shokuhou Caoqi narrowed her shining pupils and stared at him closely, but Yong Ye ignored her and turned around and walked out.

"What? Want to escape?"

"...Who would do that kind of thing? You wait here, I'm sure you'll cry and show it to me later." He retorted in disapproval, and Yong Ye said that Shokuhou's gaze sharpened. And more angry words to come.

"I want to see, why did you make me cry for you!" Shokuhou Caoqi stood up, stared at him with one hand on his hips, and made up his mind to call the child from the kindergarten next door to him. Splash dirty water.

"Well, trust me, you will."

Compared to Shokuhou, who was almost furious, Yong Ye waved his hands behind him casually, left the room and walked into the corridor, pulling over Dolly who was playing with the girl next door for some reason.

Taoli herself was still a little confused, but when she was quickly pushed into the room by Yong Ye, she stared at the girl with one hand on her hips, she was stunned, then her eyes widened and she stood on the spot.

"Misaka-san? Or Misaka-san?... It doesn't seem like it?" Shokuhou was also at a loss for this unexpected character, because she really couldn't think of a friend who had passed away for a while.

"...Xiao Caoqi? Are you...Xiao Caoqi?"

"Hey……?"

Shokuhou Misaki didn't answer, just a surprised cry leaked from his slightly opened mouth.

At first, it was just strange to see Taoli who looked like Miss Misaka with long hair, but now... different from Miss Misaka's tone and demeanor, the unexpected name, the water she burst into tears, these kinds of reactions that shouldn't appear on Miss Misaka, It reminded her of the long-standing regret in her heart.

The brain became blank, and the **** of his lips were only trembling, there was no way to answer, there was no way to speak, and he stared blankly at the girl in front of him who suddenly had his eyes crescent and tears welling up in his eyes.

Shokuhou Cao Qi wanted to walk over, but he just took a step, but suddenly he clenched his teeth and lowered his head, his legs became immobile, and his face became completely different from the previous anger and sadness, which made Yong Ye on the side feel it. Very unexpected.

"---I miss you so much!"

Compared to Shokuhou, who stopped and lowered her head for some reason, Dolly didn't hesitate at all. She jumped up and opened her hands with the aura of knocking Shokuhou down, putting her emotions into practice, and hugged her tightly.

"I always thought I would never see you again..."

Holding the girl in front of her, Taoli didn't think too much about anything else, and didn't imagine the possibility of estrangement, she just confided her own thoughts to her heart's content.

But... Shokuhou Caoqi was indifferent beyond Yongye's imagination, and didn't make any special movements. Although he didn't break free, he didn't respond and just turned his head and looked at the wall to the side.

"What are you talking about? Cao Qi... who is it?"

In Shokuhou Caoqi's memory, Taoli should not know herself, and she has always been affected by her ability to see her as another person. Only at the end did she tell her identity, so... I was impersonating from beginning to end. She doesn't know what happened to her or what she is.

Mingming wanted to see her very, very much, she intuitively told her that this was Taoli, she was so surprised that she almost cried, but she could only choose to escape... She didn't want to face this.

Because she made mistakes in her memory, she let go of her irreparable mistakes, she shouldn't stay by Taoli's side, she was just an impostor.

Run away...run away...and get the other person back.

Shokuhou embraced the idea of ​​escaping from this place, and put both hands on Dolly's hand and wanted to break free, but before she could take Dolly's hand away...

"...I know, you are Xiaocaoqi, because...in the dream, the two of us have been together all the time, because...only the time we spent together is our memory, and I only have those memories..."

"Well……"

Straight words are often the easiest to move people's hearts. Dolly's words also made Shokuhou tremble. When she raised her head, she unconsciously let go of the hand that was holding her, but then she clenched her fists and lowered her head again. , let the golden bangs block her shaking eyes.

Frankly speaking, the time that passed after Dolly's death was long enough to take away the emotional heat, but she was completely unable to forget the girl who should have died.

Why do the dead come back to life? Why do you see yourself again? Why... all kinds of emotions are mixed in my heart, and the emotions seem to freeze at this moment.

Everything was too caught off guard, she couldn't react at all, she didn't have the slightest mental preparation, Shokuhou couldn't figure it out, couldn't figure out what the status quo was, didn't understand why things turned out like this, just let them hold her tightly. looking at her maiden and calling her name.

Like a rusty robot, she moved her head stiffly to look at Yongye, the culprit of this incident, as if she wanted him to explain what was going on.

Yong Ye scratched his head in embarrassment, because he didn't expect Shokuhou Caoqi to look like this. He thought it must be a touching goodbye, but he really didn't know Shibi when he thought about it seriously. As for the situation of Bee and Taoli, I only know that they are both very important friends of the other.

Shokuhou Caoqi, who lost his only friend, wanted to reset his memory because of a series of blows, so Yong Ye thought that the meeting between the two must be full of moved tears or something.

It's just... The situation was a little unexpected. Yong Ye, who was only planning to watch, could only cough lightly under Shokuhou's gaze, and chose to tell the truth to her being hugged.

Although this Taoli is also a Taoli, it can also not be regarded as a Taoli. She has exactly the same memory, the same body, and the same emotions... The only difference is that they are essentially two people, but how to treat them depends on the It's up to you to choose subjectively.

The sudden truth, basically the same friend, the rebirth of the friend in different senses, but it can not be regarded as rebirth.

...how to deal with it?

Shokuhou Cao Qi faced Dolly in front of him, just like Yong Ye faced Sakuraman's real name, and didn't know how to deal with it.

"…Really sorry……"

I don’t know who she was apologizing to with the words she said in a low voice. Shokuhou Caoqi pushed away Taoli’s hand and walked in the direction of Yongye, as if she wanted to escape, and her actions also greatly affected Taoli. The blow, the meaning of the tears that burst from the eyes, suddenly changed dramatically.

"...Why...why are you leaving? It's not an appointment..."

Shokuhou Caoqi originally planned to refuse to admit her identity, and then escaped like her, but halfway through the road, she heard Taoli's cry from behind, and for a while, it seemed as if she had been immobilized, and could no longer move. She moved her footsteps, just facing Yong Ye, with her back to the girl behind her, and clenched her hands again, like a believer who committed a grave sin kneeling in front of the cross, bowing his head as if repenting to God, with a voice that was almost crying. Apologize.

"...I've been lying to you, sorry...I didn't realize it was a lie, sorry...I broke into your memories when you were not abandoned, I'm sorry...indulging in that false lie of happiness...really, I'm sorry."

"Why... an apology?"

"...As long as I investigate the police a little bit, and see if I can get her and... Dolly together again, I will also understand the true face of the experiment, so that Dolly will not die! My fault, I can't pay any price for this, but I indulge myself with you..."

"—Then... take me to see the sea!"