Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

It made him feel that he had indeed entered the world of a fictional work.

During this period, Zhe Li always wondered, if there really was a mysterious existence directing his resurrection drama——

So, what was his purpose? Why did he put himself here?

...No. Even the "last time", Zhe Li still has no idea what happened.

He once thought that he came here to become a savior and to make up for the regrets in the "original work", but in the end, he became the reason that made the situation worse, so he decided to risk his life to set everything right.

So, he traveled through time again and started the "third round" with the values from the "last time" he cleared the level.

Now he has confirmed that this is a story centered on a girl band and a world derived from it.

There may be some exaggerated performances, or characters that are slightly beyond common sense, but no matter what, a monster that roams the universe and devours planets obviously does not need to appear on such a set.

So what is the meaning of his existence? Why did he come?

The reason why a ghost with unfulfilled desires still lingers in the world...

"Yo."

"...?"

The girl stopped touching the strings and looked back suddenly.

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In the setting sun, a man carrying a large violin case was smiling at her.

"What are you doing here?"

That calm face was baked into a dim yellow by the afterglow of the setting sun, and was covered with a layer of indifference called prosperity in the shadows of the tall buildings in the city, just like every ordinary person who feels sleepy about life.

--but.

The moment the girl looked at him, a smile gradually broke out on that dead face.

It's like a stagnant pool of water being washed by clear raindrops.

It's like branches that have spent a long night quietly stretching out towards the sunlight.

It's just like……

That person came here with all his strength just for this moment, this glimpse.

...such an illusion arose.

Lost Star Chapter 8 Summer Time Record: Chapter Breathing

From a very young age...

“Come here and play guitar.”

"It's as natural as breathing."

"Every day. Every day."

"Until grandma locks the door, forever."

"Just like this, playing."

……

The towering skyscrapers divide the world into two.

One side is the way home, and the other side is the destination.

In the gap, in a deserted parking lot, the girl's slender fingers that were playing notes paused.

The cats that had gathered around the silver-haired girl had dispersed, leaving her alone, looking up at the man in front of her.

Her face was blurred in the shadows.

The gloomy twilight was clearly dying, but it still overwhelmed her figure: it seemed that if her sight was averted for even a moment, she would suddenly disappear from the spot.

And the sun is still burning in the distance.

“Come here, play guitar, and have fun…”

The fact that could be understood at a glance was described by Lenai seriously.

Therefore, the reason why she was so serious was not the fact that could be seen with the naked eye, but the "destination".

“…Is ‘here’ an important place?”

Zhe Li raised his head.

This is just an ordinary parking lot, except that the markings on the parking spaces look new.

In the middle of the parking lot, next to a large building with a closed iron rolling door, a neon sign that reads "PARKING SPACE" is flashing.

"Ah."

The girl just nodded slightly.

"Here. 'SPACE'. Where I always stay."

Baodeng Zheli subconsciously glanced at the word "SPACE" on the neon sign.

He understood that "SPACE" should be a name. It had been here until it disappeared after being "locked the door" by his grandmother.

…Then it became a coin-operated parking “SPACE”.

To an outsider like him, it might just be a somewhat rude joke, but...

"I said 'I tried my best'."

Lenai spoke slowly.

Her gaze followed Zhe Li and stopped on the parking lot sign.

“And then it disappeared.”

"Because it disappeared...that's why I can't breathe."

The girl looked into the distance quietly.

Looking into the distance at the past in memory, looking into the distance at the disappeared shelter.

Then he lowered his head once again, moving the notes with his fingertips, chasing the melody...

"Yeah."

Baodeng Zheli remembered the words the girl said with a smile after the song ended a few days ago.

——So this is what “breathing” means.

The man squatted down and looked out at the close-up scene with her.

The silence lasted for a long time.

It was as if someone had once walked in the sunset, until their figure gradually disappeared in the evening glow.

Such unbearable loneliness.

“…I, too, once had a place to stay.”

"————."

The girl gently pressed the vibrating strings to stop them.

I tilted my head to look at the man's profile. He was staring at something in a trance.

It's so close that I can touch it, yet so far away that it seems like I'll never see it again.

"There are people I want to see again, things I want to say again... so many things."

"No matter how hard I look, I can't find it. I'm always lost. ...But even so."

"——Even if you are confused, you must move forward."

He turned around and smiled at the girl.

"So, you will definitely be able to find your 'place' again."

"..."

Lenai slowly, slowly opened her eyes.

--'rest assured.'

——'Someone will definitely create a place for us to stay.'

In my memory, my grandmother’s smile, even though covered with wrinkles, could not hide her confidence...

At this moment, it overlaps with the face in front of me.

She opened her lips slightly -

"Why would you know?"

Then, the smile in front of him changed slightly.

First he raised his eyebrows, then curled up the corners of his mouth, and then tilted his head slightly like a cat.

It was nothing like grandma's, with a strange, peculiar smile.

"Because you look happy," he said.

"...?"

Lenai reached out and gently stroked the corner of her mouth.

It turned out that she was smiling.

A faint, shallow smile that will be melted by the sunset if you don’t look closely.

Then,

"As long as you can keep moving forward with a smile, you will definitely find a place to stay again."

"That's what I believe."

The man in front of him also smiled and said.

And, Lenai blinked and looked at his smile quietly.

A smile that was a little strange, unnatural, as if it was forced out with great effort.

So she spoke softly—

"Zheliye, can't you breathe?"

"..."

The man's smile faltered.

A scrutinizing light shone through the azure eyes, but the next moment it faded into a sigh.

"Ah."

He looked up at the sky, his smile already faded into the evening.

"Me too, I walked here suffocating."

……

But, I want to use all my strength——

Grab every hand that asks for help. Listen to every voice that asks for help.

It is precisely because everything he has is given by charity that he can and must become a "hero".

It is not until the end of the story that he is able to hold his head high and say, "I was once one of you."

……

"Living like this..."

“…Don’t cry.”

Suddenly, Lenai gently pulled his sleeve and said to him.

"Eh?" Zhe Li was stunned for a moment, and touched his face, but he couldn't feel any tears. "I didn't cry."

"But it looks very sad."