In Zongman, the evil spirits are eliminated physically.

The voice, appearance and smile of the girl from more than ten years ago are still firmly and clearly engraved in Arima Kousei's mind like a mental stamp even this year. He always wonders what would have happened to her if he had given up the competition that day and gone to the hospital to accompany her for the last time.

[Idiot! Do you know that this competition is super super important? I'm sure nothing will happen to me. I'll be back in the competition soon after surgery. You should hurry back too!]

You will definitely answer me like this, Xun.

It was as if his hands were holding a rare treasure. To Kousei Arima, this small plastic cube that turned from yellow to white was the most precious treasure in the world. It was ten thousand times brighter than the Star of Africa on the British crown.

More than ten years of longing, more than ten years of being suppressed in the heart, never spoken out, even at the last moment, like a coward, the words were all stuck in the throat, making Arima Kousei's words turn into meaningless sobs, and then gradually turned into tears.

With his face buried in his forearms, even though Arima Kousei was losing control of his emotions, he still tried hard to maintain his image in front of the students.

"Um, Kotoko-sister."

Hatsuharu and Ruiko looked at Arima Kousei who was crying silently with his face covered, and they looked at each other and slowly moved to Kotoko's side.

"Can you explain to us what's going on?"

"That Miss Miyazono Kaoru, is Mr. Arima's lover?"

Although students usually have the impression that Kousei Arima is a weak, nice guy with glasses, he is also extremely strong-willed. He would debate and argue about the use of venues for the music club's rehearsals and the football club's advisory teacher. He would also encourage and guide students participating in competitions when they were lost and lost. Compared to a strict teacher, Kousei Arima is more like an older brother who has been caught in the rain and had others hold an umbrella for him, so today he also chose to hold an umbrella for the students.

"After all, this is Mr. Arima's privacy. It's already offensive for us to conduct an investigation in private. If you want to know more."

Kotoko crossed her arms, "Da-me! Absolutely not!"

"Ouyang, you are not allowed to say that either."

Kotoko anticipated what Ruiko was thinking and blocked another path for them to get the gossip. "Kaguya is not allowed to tell either."

"These things are not considered private anymore. After all, more than a decade ago, many people knew about them."

His eyes were a little red, but Arima Kousei had already controlled his emotions.

"Before watching a movie or exorcising a ghost, don't we always need to understand the stories of people on both sides of the living and the dead? Well, let me tell you the story of me and Miyazono."

“It doesn’t have to be exorcism.”

Ouyang Sun said, "I'll decide whether or not to exorcise her spirit based on her situation. In most cases, the top priority is to satisfy her obsessions and wishes, allowing her to enter reincarnation, which is what you call becoming a Buddha. In rare cases, she might become a special spirit, able to live in the human world for a long time."

"Then do you have any idea about Miss Miyazono Kaoru's obsession?"

"Obsessed?"

Kousei Arima thought for a while, and in his memories that had been buried for more than ten years, he accurately found the golden color that was more beautiful and dazzling than the sun.

"That's too much."

Arima Kousei smiled wryly. "I want to go skiing, I want to perform at the world's top concerts, I want to become the best performer, I want to eat cakes from that newly opened Miyamura Cake Shop, oh, it's been open for over ten years, I want..."

"Is there nothing related to you?"

Ouyang Jun felt that if Arima Kousei continued talking, it would be dawn.

"And me?"

Arima Kousei paused for a moment, "She probably wants to play with me again."

Kousei Arima began to tell the story of himself and Kaoru Miyazono from more than ten years ago. Kotoko Ouyang and Kaguya, who already knew the general plot, did not listen carefully. Instead, Ruiko and Hatsuharu were startled. They applauded the two for their first meeting in the park, cheered for their first duet, and were heartbroken when Kaoru Miyazono collapsed in public. After hearing the news of Kaoru Miyazono's death after the last performance, Hatsuharu burst into tears, and Kousei Arima and Ruiko had to comfort her.

"After more than ten years, the feelings haven't faded at all? That's pretty good."

Kotoko said.

"For most people, it's really remarkable that their relationship can remain so strong after more than a decade."

Ouyang Xuan has seen many things that have changed the world. Compared with humans who only have a hundred years of emotions, the emotional time span of monsters is longer, so there are naturally more such things. Time is indeed a butcher's knife that can wipe out most things in the world.

"Even after I die, I want Ouyang to remember that I love me. At least I want him to remember that I love me—hmm?"

Qinzi was thinking about how many years Ouyang Xuan would remember her after her death, and Ouyang Xuan's hand tightly held Qinzi's hand, completely enveloping Qinzi's small palm.

"I won't let that happen, ever."

"Birth, aging, sickness and death are the laws of nature. I'm not a super powerful Taoist like Ouyang who can live for more than a hundred years."

Qinzi spoke these heavy words, but her palm lightly and cheerfully held Ouyang Falcon's hand. "So it's not just for twenty years. As long as Ouyang is alive, you must always remember me, love me, and all of us."

"If you—"

"Don't say it!"

Qinzi angrily kicked Ouyang Xuan's calf, but it only caused Qinzi's white silk feet to curl up in pain, while Ouyang Xuan was unharmed.

"Suicide for love is lame. The one who is loved should live well with the love. Don't say such things in front of me from now on. No, don't say such things in our house from now on. As punishment for what you said, Ouyang, you have finished the work tonight. As punishment, you have to buy a box of equipment."

"We will always be together!"

Ouyang Jun held Qinzi's hand tightly, with no gap between his ten fingers.

"Of course, we will always be together."

While Kotoko was saying sweet words, her feet still remembered how painful it was that she had just kicked Ouyang Xuan. Now that she had changed into a steel prosthesis, Kotoko continued to gently interact with her lover, that is, she kept kicking Ouyang Xuan's heels with her feet in small leather shoes.

The interaction between two people was actually a scene for three people. Kaguya looked at Kotoko's hand, which was tightly held by Ouyang Jun, with envy. She stretched out her own hand and gestured, imagining what her hand would look like when Ouyang Jun's ten fingers were tightly held.

[A way to find out everything in this world? My dear disciple, as long as you inherit my position as Heavenly Master, you can know anything about that girl. What, my position was already decided? Which bastard told you that? Was it your uncle?! Seriously, now that my cards are exposed, how can I fool you... cough cough]

Even if you don't inherit my position, there's still a way to learn about that girl. It's a way that might be even more difficult than becoming a Heavenly Master. The power of the ox you obtained in Shu is the power of one of the twelve ancient demons. If you can gather the power of all twelve of his zodiac animals, you can unlock Qin Shi Huang's treasure. Inside is a book that can answer your questions.

"But if you do go in, remember to find the Elixir of Life while you're reading. We'll do a low-profile remake, and that'll create a new revenue stream for Longhushan. Your master, I can stand up straighter when I go to meetings at the Tourism Bureau."

Ouyang Xuan recalled the conversation he had with his master, the old Taoist priest, before he came to the island country. At this time, something that was originally unimportant in the conversation was remembered by Ouyang Xuan.

Elixir of life.

"senior."

Hatsuharu's eyes were red, and it seemed that she was still immersed in the story of Arima Kousei and Miyazono Kaoru.

"If, if Miss Miyazono becomes a Buddha, will she and Mr. Arima never see each other again?"

"Yes."

Ouyang Falcon was also puzzled. Isn't becoming a Buddha a common topic in this island nation? Why would he ask a foreigner about this?

"Don't do this kind of thing!"

After hearing Ouyang Falcon's affirmative words, Chuchun cried even harder, "Hello, Mr. Arima. It's so hard to meet Miss Miyazono again. How can you become a Buddha just by meeting her once?"

In response to her best friend's naive and stupid behavior, Ruizi elbowed Hatsuharu directly and strangled her neck, telling her not to talk nonsense anymore. This child was all over the place and always liked to fantasize about unrealistic things. If she didn't become a Buddha, it would be even more miserable if Miss Miyazono turned into an evil spirit in the future and was beaten to death by her senior.

"Haha, senior, don't you see, a little girl like Hatsuharu's mind will be a little abnormal after listening to a touching story. Please forgive me and don't argue with an idiot."

"I'm not stupid, I'm—"

"Shut up you idiot! I won't lift your skirt for a week. Stop it."

"Saten-san, Uiharu-san is about to pass out. Please let her go."

"It's okay, Arima-sensei. She's practiced swimming in Hatsuharu and is very good at holding her breath."

"But Uiharu-san's face has turned purple."

Kousei Arima looked worriedly at Hatsuharu who was locked in by Tereko.

"This, this is a secret from when Hatsuharu was learning swimming in the United States. Athletes there always reach their physical potential, so their faces turn purple. This is normal. I can just photoshop Hatsuharu's face back to its normal color later."

In the end, it was not Arima Kousei or Ouyang Shun who saved Hatsuharu from being strangled by Ruiko, but the sudden sound of violin from the MP3 player on the table. The beautiful melody flowed out from the small speaker of the MP3 player, as if reminding everyone inside that the time was almost up.

62

Chapter 62 How did I pin you down?

When they came to the music classroom again, Ruiko and Hatsuharu's mentality was completely different. At least Hatsuharu no longer came with a rolling pin. After knowing the story of Arima Kousei and Miyazono Kaoru, Hatsuharu wished she could replace the rolling pin with flowers and let Arima Kousei marry Miyazono Kaoru on the spot.

Early spring, coffee shop, coffee JPG. No way, minors are not allowed to drink alcohol or enter bars.

"Are you nervous, Arima-sensei?"

"Well, there are some."

After a short period of adjustment, Kousei Arima has somewhat adapted to the situation. A girl whom he cannot see or touch is following in the team, and she speaks to him through the glasses on Ouyang Jun's face.

"Shouldn't it be a joy to see someone you've missed for so long?"

"Yes, I'm very happy, but after the happiness comes worry and fear. What should I say and do after we meet?"

Arima Kousei pushed up his glasses. "It's been over ten years. I've changed a lot. Does she... still recognize me?"

"OK!"

Even though it was a machine with an AI voice, one could still hear Kaguya's resolute voice, "True love transcends time, space, and everything. You and Ms. Miyazono are absolutely in true love. That's right, as long as there's love, you can do anything. Use love to overcome the barriers between you!"

"Sister Kotoko, is Shinomiya-senpai a little, uh, excited today?"

Ruizi said worriedly.

"This is just a girl who, after learning about a romantic love story, can't help but enter excitement mode."

Kotoko smiled and said, "Today, Kaguya absorbed a huge amount of true love energy from me, Ouyang, Arima-sensei, and Miyazono-san all at once. Maybe her brain is about to break down now."

Knowing that Kaguya would be with her and Ouyang Falcon the whole day, Miss Kotoko was also very affectionate towards Ouyang Falcon, with all kinds of intimate words and actions coming out one after another. Although Ouyang Falcon didn't quite understand why Kotoko was so clingy today, he also fulfilled his duties as a lover and responded to Kotoko with all his strength. If she wasn't afraid of overstimulating Kaguya, Kotoko would have wanted to ask Ouyang Falcon to do his duty first.

After learning about the tragic experiences of Arima Kousei and Miyazono Kaoru during the day, Kaguya's heart was already in turmoil like the eve of a tsunami. It was just that she was not very familiar with the two people. Although she was shocked and moved, it was still within the range that she could bear. But the life-and-death conversation between Kotoko and Ouyang Falcon just now made Kaguya completely unable to calm down.

Not only did Kaguya look at Kotoko's hand being tightly held by Ouyang Jun with envy, she also quietly took Ouyang Jun's other hand and stuck her slender fingers, which were a circle thinner than Ouyang Jun's, between Ouyang Jun's fingers, wanting to imitate Kotoko's clasping of fingers with Ouyang Jun. However, Ouyang Jun didn't know what Kaguya was doing at the moment, so his fingers just drooped and relaxed, unable to respond to Kaguya.

"Yang Falcon, in the legend, Princess Kaguya finally flew to the moon, and was separated from her lover forever. Her lover missed and loved her all his life on earth. If one day we were separated, would you also miss me forever? I will never, ever forget you, and I will always love you, love, love, love."

Because Ouyang Falcon was invisible and intangible, it gave Kaguya great courage. When Ouyang Falcon let go of Kotoko's hand and asked everyone to go to the music classroom, Kaguya came to Ouyang Falcon's side, stood on tiptoe, and no one saw or knew, and left a trace on Ouyang Falcon's cheek.

Perhaps because he felt the aura around him had become heavier, Ouyang Jun slowed down his pace.

In order to get Miyazono Kaoru who was possessed by the MP3 player to come out, Ouyang Jun and Kotoko thought of several ways to make her appear smoothly without hurting her. In other words, they hoped that she would be sensible and come out on her own. If she was forced to do so by Ouyang Jun, then Miyazono Kaoru's integrity could not be guaranteed.

But when he arrived at the scene, Ouyang Jun found that his knowledge had increased again. There were even ghosts that he couldn't even see clearly.

"So boring~ Am I a ghost now? Or a Zashiki-warashi?"

In the music classroom, a blonde girl in a blue and white hospital gown was lying on a piano, bored. Looking closely at the chair she was sitting on, the soft cushion was not deformed at all, as if the girl sitting on it had no weight. A small part of her calf stretched out from her slightly short hospital pants, but it became blurry and transparent at the ankle.

"Why does the clock in the classroom only have hours, minutes, and seconds? Can't we install a clock with the date? This makes us resurrected, oh no, I seem to be dead, then what am I?"

Miyazono Kaoru hit her head on the piano, and her soft cheeks were dented by the piano keys, but she didn't push the keys even a little bit, and didn't make any sound.

"Don't students these days take moral education classes? Damn it! I just woke up and the MP3 I gave to that Arima guy was stolen. Damn it! I went to the classroom to look for them but couldn't find them. I could only shout at the whole group. Luckily they couldn't see me, otherwise it would be too embarrassing."

"I wonder how Arima is doing now? Has he grown taller or stronger? He should be an adult now, maybe even an old grandfather?"

Thinking of Arima Kousei playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with wrinkles all over his face, Miyazono Kaoru couldn't help but laugh, "Arima, you haven't given up on the piano, have you? You play really well, and I want to listen to more."

Miyazono Kaoru raised her hand and could see the door leading to the outside world through the gaps between her fingers. Then, in Miyazono Kaoru's sight, the door was opened.

"Ms. Miyazono, are you there?"

Hatsuharu and Ruiko's two little heads popped in one after another. Although they already knew the story of Miyazono Kaoru, they were going to see a ghost after all. If they said they were not afraid at all, they would be lying.

"Has Miss Miyazono already attained Buddhahood? No, she hasn't even met Arima-sensei yet."

"If you two don't want to go in, then stay out of the way."

The door, which was only slightly open, was pushed open by Ouyang Sun, and the voice of Gaci made the distracted Miyazono Xun react.

"Thief!!!"

Miyazono Kaoru stood up excitedly and looked at Hatsuharu and Ruiko with indignation on her face.

"Give it back to me! Hurry up and give me back the MP3 I gave to Arima!"

Although she had no legs, Miyazono Kaoru still made the movements of running, and her speed really increased a lot. She ran straight towards Hatsuharu and Ruiko, determined to take back her treasure from their hands.

From Ouyang Xuan's perspective, he only saw a ghost with golden hair and no clear appearance rushing towards him. Because he was not sure whether this unclear and chaotic golden hair was that of Miyazono Kaoru, Ouyang Xuan's first move was not to use thunder magic, but to use his fists and feet to knock her down first.

The one who moved faster than Ouyang Sun was Kaguya, who was standing next to Hatsuharu and Ruiko. Unlike Ouyang Sun, who could only see Miyazono Kaoru as a blurry black mist, in Kaguya's eyes, Miyazono Kaoru was exactly what she looked like at that moment, a girl in a blue and white hospital gown.

Looking at Kaoru Miyazono who was rushing towards her while yelling, Kaguya instinctively wanted to dodge, but when she moved, she bumped into Hatsuharu and Ruiko behind her. The two lovely juniors were behind her, and in front of her was a weak and sickly girl who looked fragile. Kaguya felt that she could go up, but as for whether she could bump into Kaoru Miyazono, that was not the question Kaguya was thinking about at the moment.

"Also—ouch!"

"what!"

Along with Kaguya's cry, a standard judo throw was used. The violin music girl was ultimately no match for the martial arts girl who could draw a bow and shoot an arrow. She fell cleanly to the ground, and her hands and feet flailing in the process of falling, knocking down several of the piled-up chairs. They could not see Miyazono Kaoru rushing by and Kaguya using the throw, but Uiharu and Ruiko could see the chairs falling without any warning.

"It must be you, Hatsuharu, who took Miss Miyazono's MP3. Now Miss Miyazono is furious!"

"I didn't mean to do that. I didn't know this MP3 was a token of love between Ms. Miyazono and Mr. Arima."