In late September, the weather was getting colder. I was walking alone in the middle of the crowd in Shinjuku, surrounded by pedestrians wearing white masks, both male and female.

The mask was completely pale, with only black holes remaining for the eyes and mouth, making it look terrifying.

The white mask here does not refer to a real object, but a certain substance that is only imprinted on my eyeballs and cannot be described in words.

I think my mental state doesn't seem to be getting better, and more than that, with the arrival of autumn, my collapse is one step closer.

I began to doubt whether I could survive this winter, and maybe I would never see the cherry blossom trees bloom next year.

I want to go to the hot springs with Cai Yin again and see her joy at that time. This time I don’t want to leave her with such painful memories, and I don’t want to see her tears.

But it's probably impossible.

I can't see anyone anymore.

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"Kazuto-san, you're here."

After pressing the doorbell, Yousha opened the door for me. Although there was no mask on her face, it was still blurry. Only her voice made me hear it clearly, which brought me a slight sense of comfort when I was alone in this world.

I smiled and said, "Well, I'm here to pick you up."

I didn't stop at Yousha's house. She put on her bag, hat and mask, took my arm, and went downstairs with me.

I promised her that I would try my best to give her the treatment she deserves as a lover and to date her.

Take the Marunouchi Line at Shinjuku Station, transfer to the Hanzomon Line at Otemachi Station, pass through Suitengu, Kiyosumi Shirakawa, Kinshicho and other stations, spanning most of Tokyo, and get off at Oshiage Station.

Yousha is very excited. I can feel it just from her behavior. Thinking back carefully, even when I had a more serious relationship with her, I had never experienced such a formal date with her like this. Really

I'm very sorry for her.

"Na na! At that time, Kazuto-san was shooting at the train with a machine gun at this station, right?"

Hey, hey, hey! Don't say such dangerous things. Didn't you see the passers-by move away from us all of a sudden? The young man over there, can you stop that look of preparing to call the police?

I was in a daze for a moment, and it took me a few seconds to realize what she was talking about.

Knocked her on the head.

"Fool."

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After walking out of the station, not far away is the Tokyo Skytree. The silver-white mesh tower body, looking up from the bottom, naturally cannot be seen to the end.

We entered the Sumida Aquarium located in the Skytree Annex Building with Arisa. To my surprise, she had an annual pass, so I just bought my own ticket. The adult ticket cost 2,050 yen.

"Yousha comes here often?"

"No, even though I have an annual pass, this is the first time I've come here this year. I'm very busy with work and don't have that much time to go out and play on weekdays. Today is a holiday that I worked hard to get."

"That's it."

Yousha held my arm affectionately, and I found that the people who came to the aquarium were basically either young lovers or young parents with their children.

In the eyes of these people, Yousha and I should be considered lovers in love.

Yousha suddenly let go of my arm and took small steps toward the long water tank. The water looked particularly dark blue, bubbling upwards.

"This is Shi's catfish, that is the golden catfish, ah... and the neon catfish."

Yousha looked at the aquarium brochure in the book from time to time, as if he was imparting knowledge to me.

Of course I can't remember any of this, but the sound of Yousha pronouncing the names of these fishes was particularly cute, and I was suddenly so scared.

I'm afraid that one day I won't even be able to distinguish her voice.

Not being able to see their faces made me even more desperate.

"Kazuto-san."

I noticed the change in Yousha's tone and turned to a gentle smile.

I saw her hands on her hips, and her cute puffed-up cheeks came to my mind.

"Really, don't you have fun hanging out with me? Why are you so absent-minded?"

"It's nothing like that. I just suddenly remembered something else. I'm sorry."

Yousha leaned towards me again, raised her hands and pinched my cheeks. I think she must have a very serious expression on her face at this moment.

"I don't care which girl He Rensang is thinking about, please be sure to look at me when you are with me, otherwise I will cry here for you."

I gently touched her head: "I was just thinking about you."

She laughed "Hey hey", took my hand, and walked together on the transparent floor tiles, with schools of fish swimming back and forth under our feet.

Sharks are swimming overhead, jellyfish are like giant mushrooms, garden eels are stretching up and down, and they are like primary school students standing up to say hello to the teacher in the classroom at the same time. How do they maintain such a consistent frequency?

Suddenly, Yousha let go of my palm and walked to the sink with small steps. She put her hands together and stretched her arms at her side. She stood on one leg and raised the other leg reluctantly. It could be seen that she was not very flexible.

good.

"sakana~~~"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hey... Kazuto-san, come and imitate the garden eel."

"Hey~~ I don't want it, I'm too embarrassed."

"Why? Ah...does Kazuto-san also want to blow up the Skytree?"

"Although it is true that I dub the character, the character is the character and the voice actor is the voice actor. Don't confuse them."

I repeated this wise saying endlessly. It is said that the last person who said this words had been cheated on in the marriage.

It’s really a forbidden saying.

I thought about this somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"I know, hehe~~"

She is such a troublesome girl, but she is still very cute.

"Kazuto-san, I want to see penguins."

"Well, let's go."

After walking for a short distance, what appeared in front of us was a group of little penguins, which were probably only as high as the keeper's knees, twisting and turning in a clumsy and joyful way.

I happened to see the keeper feeding them. It is said that each penguin has its own name. When the keeper calls out the penguin's name, they will come to feed them. It is quite a loving scene.

"Penguin-san, so cute~"

Yousha, who was standing next to me, said this, and I echoed "Yeah".

"It feels like a kindergarten teacher is handing out candies to the children."

"Yousha, do you like penguins?"

"Yeah, because it's very cute."

I smiled softly.

"Thank you, Herensang, for being willing to come out on a date with me today."

"As long as you like it, I will come with you again in the future."

"Really? Then I want to go to Disneyland next time."

"good."

I made an agreement with her easily, and I am not tired of it in my heart. I want to spend more time by her side while I can still hear her voice clearly.

The same goes for other girls.

Just as I was thinking this, Yousha suddenly let go of my hand and took a few steps back.

Before I could react, another girl's voice came from the direction behind me.
Chapter completed!