The brave Simmel wants to resign

The sorcerer who has passed away.

Because she was thinking about her companions, and even had the thought that "it would be better if he were still here," Nanami stayed here alone, feeling lost and forlorn.

Having noticed this, Xia Youjie came over to comfort him.

"Yeah, he probably wouldn't want to see me like this."

Nanami took a few deep breaths, then turned and left.

Xia Youjie watched Qi Hai's departing figure. This time, it was his turn to be left alone on the deck.

Nanami and Haibara have a good relationship because Haibara is a caring and straightforward person, who is an admirable and trustworthy partner to the reserved Nanami at the time.

at the same time....

He was also Xia Youjie's most cherished junior.

..............

.....

Xia Youjie stopped in his tracks as he walked back into the cabin, because he saw Simmel leaning against the corridor wall, quietly smiling and waiting for him.

"Why are you waiting here with the same aura of a serial killer returning to the crime scene from a suspense drama?"

Xia Youjie muttered a complaint and walked towards his room.

"Haha, really? I was just a little worried about you all." Simmel still had that cheerful look on her face.

"Don't worry too much. Neither Nanami nor I are the kind of people who are easily hurt."

Xia Youjie tossed out a sentence, opened the door, and went inside without looking back.

But he paused for a moment before the door closed, just twenty centimeters away.

After hesitating for a moment, he spoke.

"Thank you."

"Hmm? Why?" Simmel tilted her head slightly.

Xia Youjie gave a wry smile.

"Various things."

Click.

He closed the door.

Chapter 35 Stellar Body

The youth of a young person is inalienable.

When they are immersed in their own stories, it's as if the whole world will make way for them.

If this were a TV series or anime, this would probably be a narration.

With a faint background music that's barely audible without headphones, like the ending narration of an old Japanese drama, the scene slowly fades from Xia Youjie's lonely figure on the cruise ship deck into a black screen, before gradually revealing still frames like those on a camera film.

Click.

-

Use a full-screen backlit warm tone with a pinkish-purple sunset as the background.

A group of teenagers, an old man, and two children being carried on his shoulders are making peace signs under the wooden plaque of a Japanese-style hot spring.

Gojo Satoru put his arm around Natsumi Yuuki's neck, and Natsumi Yuuki helplessly tilted his waist and made a peace sign. Simmel made a bodybuilder's pose with her hands, and her biceps on the left and right hands supported Nanako and Mimiko hanging on the horizontal bar respectively. Nanami glanced at him and prepared to catch him. Shoko ran over after setting up the delay camera, and as soon as she turned around, the camera captured half of her body in a slightly blurry picture.

[First image]

-

Click.

"I won't hold back."

"Haha! You really dare to say that!"

"I'll beat you to a pulp."

The warm yellow ceiling light illuminated the entire ping-pong table. In the center of the picture were Xia Youjie and Wutiao Wu, who were wearing light gray bathrobes, and Xinmeier, who was standing on the other side.

The first two players made swift, elbow-swinging shots, leaving only afterimages on the camera. But the player opposite them, Simmel, went even further, striking two opponents with both hands. Because the movements were so fast, he looked like a thousand-armed Guanyin on camera.

In the lower left corner of the screen, Nanako and Mimiko tilt their heads up and lean close to the camera. The camera distortion makes their faces look round and their heads look particularly big. In the distance, the referee Nanami, who is keeping score, looks particularly petite. Shoko only appears in the frame from the other side of the screen, making a peace sign.

[Second image]

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The third photo... uses the rule of thirds. In the right third of the picture, Nanami Kento sits alone on the stone steps, his back straight, clutching a can of iced soda in his hand.

Water droplets condensed on the can, and a short fishing rod leaned against it.

"You fish here too?"

"It's just a habit I've developed."

"Hey hey hey, say cheese~"

"I refuse."

Click.

The sea was pitch black, the sky had just begun to darken, and the stars had not yet fully illuminated the night; only a few scattered fishing lights could be seen on the distant sea.

Nanami cupped her fingers together and pushed her palm towards the camera, blocking half of her face.

[Third image]

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Panoramic view, overhead shot.

Light brown picnic mat, vintage camping light provides illumination.

With everyone in the frame, it's the most complete still image.

Simmel lay in the center of the mat, with Nanako and Mimiko on his stomach, talking to Nanami beside him.

Gojo Satoru rested his head on Natsuyuki's lap, his sunglasses pushed up to his head. Natsuyuki pushed him away with obvious disgust, while Shoko pushed Gojo Satoru back away with obvious disgust.

Click.

A soft-focus halo, the warm light of the camping lights enveloped everyone.

[Fourth image]

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Click, click, click.

Satoru Gojo, munching on a candied apple; the Kaba sisters, clutching a sparkler; Shoko, caught smoking under the eaves and looking flustered; Nanami, adjusting a telescope; and Simmel, whose worldview is shaken as she observes planets through the telescope...

The fifth one, the sixth one, the seventh one...

The scene was recorded bit by bit.

The full-screen dark-toned long exposure uses the pristine night sky of Ogasawara as a backdrop, with the deep blue sky exuding a gentle calm, and the stars shining brightly in the sky.

Everyone squeezed onto the same picnic mat, shoulder to shoulder, leg to leg, all looking up at the sky.

The 2007 Leonid meteor shower wasn't a spectacular event, but pale white meteors, trailing delicate streaks, slowly slid down from the constellation Leo. One, two, three, four meteors streaked across the silent night sky, sprinkling their shimmering light on everyone's faces.

In November, they created wonderful memories.

Then...

December has arrived.

December 1st.

Everyone returned to school.

Cursed spirits began to be born sporadically again. Nanami, as the backbone of the force, immediately set off, and Shoko also began to get busy.

The Kaba sisters returned to Natsuyuki's house, while Gojo Satoru, Natsuyuki, and Simmel, three Special-Class combatants, were thrown into different areas.

Although it felt like we were back in those sweltering summer days, this time there wasn't the unbearable heat, so...

It doesn't matter....

“Simmel sorcerer, here is your letter.”

Abandoned industrial area in Musashino, on the outskirts of Tokyo.

The entire open space was already a mess.

A bottomless, giant crater was embedded among the withered yellow grass, and pale white smoke was still slowly rising. The air was filled with the acrid smell of burning. Rubble and broken steel bars were scattered all over the ground, enough to give a glimpse of the danger of the fierce battle that had just taken place.

Simmel stood at the edge of the crater, without a single scratch on her body.

Upon hearing this, he slowly turned around.

.........................................

..............

"A magma body?!?!"

boom! !

Gojo Satoru smashed the classroom desks.

He is usually carefree and unrestrained, practically the embodiment of the word "lawless," yet he is doing things that are completely inconsistent with his public image.

His sunglasses were taken off, and he stood up, his fists clenched and trembling.

He wasn't the only one in the classroom. Apart from Qi Hai, who was still away on a business trip, Shoko, Natsuyuki, and Simmel were also there.

Simmel frowned, not expecting Gojo Satoru's outburst of rage.

Just now, they were urgently recalled. After arriving in the classroom, Moth briefly explained the situation.

They said something like... we need to protect the existence of the asteroid body.