As it turns out, reality doesn’t care about reason.
The three of them had stayed in the past for more than a day. When they walked out of the dense fog, they found themselves at the foot of the mountain where they had been filming before. And when they returned to the hotel, they discovered they had only co back a little later than the other mbers of the crew; aning, in that world, they had been there for a day, but in this world, they had only been gone for just over two hours.
When asked by others, the three of them simply said they went for a walk in the mountains, brushing off the whole thing. After taking a bath and changing clothes, they each went back to their rooms to sleep.
"Hoo..."
Lying on the tatami, looking at the unfamiliar ceiling above, Sakurajima Mai sighed silently. Then she picked up her phone and opened it, scrolling through the photos inside.
To be honest, Sakurajima Mai even doubted whether everything she had experienced was a dream, but it was clearly not. Because the photos from that ti were still clearly saved on her phone, and she could even see the twisted face of that female ghost under the flash.
Speaking of which, Xiao Ai also brought back that sword...
Sakurajima Mai closed her eyes again.
This experience was terrifying and exhilarating, but that’s not the issue. If it were just this, it could be considered as a nightmare.
But... after all, is Xiao Ai not an ordinary person?
Sakurajima Mai still clearly rembered the way Duanmu Huai looked when he killed those evil spirits — brutal, rciless, even with a hint of insane brutality. Although they indeed weren’t humans, they at least had human-like appearances. Yet, even so, Duanmu Huai struck without hesitation; there was not a hint of hesitation when he was slashing those human-like monsters.
Sakurajima Mai had seen Duanmu Huai kill a bear, which was also shocking, but the opponent was a bear. Whether using fists or a gun, killing a bear didn’t seem too much for Sakurajima Mai to fret over.
But... humans are different.
Xiao Ai... is it really okay?
Sakurajima Mai didn’t know what to say. She understood that Duanmu Huai was different from ordinary people, not just in personality but in every way. Of course, having a personality is a good thing, but the violent feeling Sakurajima Mai occasionally sensed from Duanmu Huai was sothing else. She always felt that Duanmu Huai was not soone who could be content with a peaceful daily life, but Sakurajima Mai worried that at this rate, Duanmu Huai might end up going down a path of no return.
Originally, Sakurajima Mai wanted to use her own strength to pull Duanmu Huai back, but she couldn’t do it. Then Sakurajima Mai discovered Hei Chuan Chi Yin, but what she didn’t expect was that Hei Chuan Chi Yin’s ideas were entirely different from hers. She wanted Xiao Ai to walk the righteous path, while Hei Chuan Chi Yin was willing to fall with her...
Hmm, saying "fall" might be a bit exaggerated. In any case, Sakurajima Mai had an intuition that the end of Xiao Ai’s path was definitely not a place where ordinary people should go.
"... Chi Yin, are you asleep?"
"... What’s up?"
Hearing Hei Chuan Chi Yin’s voice not far away, Sakurajima Mai smiled wryly.
Knew you weren’t asleep.
"Do you think Xiao Ai might be part of so secret organization too?"
"Hmm?"
"Look, didn’t we encounter mbers of a team that secretly hunt evil spirits in that world, calling themselves the Demon Slayer Team? I think maybe Xiao Ai is like that too. Maybe just like those magic girl ani, normally she’s just an ordinary high school student, but when she encounters evil, she transforms into a magic girl to fight against it... like that?"
"I like Xiao Ai."
However, Hei Chuan Chi Yin interrupted Sakurajima Mai’s lengthy speech with just a few words.
"... Uh, huh?"
The conversation took such a sharp turn that Sakurajima Mai didn’t know how to respond.
But Hei Chuan Chi Yin seed not to intend for Sakurajima Mai to respond, speaking to herself as if in reminiscence.
"It all started when we were filming ’Present Love’. At that ti, wasn’t I being cyberbullied? I even thought about committing suicide then..."
"Hmm..."
This incident was widely talked about at that ti, and Sakurajima Mai certainly knew about it, after all, she was part of the crew.
"But Xiao Ai saved . I still rember that typhoon night; I walked on an overpass, feeling like the whole world was against , wanting to die, so I decided to die... I just jumped off the overpass, and then... I guess I couldn’t feel anything."
"..."
"Then, Xiao Ai saved . When I opened my eyes, I could see Xiao Ai looking at , and at that mont, I felt like she was an angel sent to save ..."
"..."
It was getting more and more awkward.
At this point, Sakurajima Mai couldn’t say a word. She couldn’t understand why the topic suddenly shifted to a love story, the favorite of young girls. Although at a retreat, everyone indeed gathers to talk about their crushes, is this really the topic we’re discussing now?
"So, I’ve decided that no matter what Xiao Ai does, I’ll support her. I’ll always stand by her side, even if it ans going against the whole world. If Xiao Ai wants to kill soone, I’m willing to bear the guilt of murder with her."
"No, no, no, this..."
"That’s all I wanted to say. So, good night."
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