You say this is a love game?

He felt like he was flying very fast, as if surrounded by a flock of birds, and streaking across the sky like a meteor.

Should this be called... being swept away by the evil wind?

He is the Tang Monk, right?

Mizutani Makoto was blown to the ground by the evil wind. The young warrior who had always relied on his legs to run around was not used to landing after flying. He felt dizzy, as if he was blown dizzy by the evil wind.

A hand reached out from the side and supported him as he stumbled to the ground.

...Are you still blaming me for being kind?

No, angry.

Does he look like such a weak person?

Secluded corner of the park.

Mizutani Makoto looked towards Yajima Mai, expecting to see the sneaky and blurry figure of the murderer, but instead he saw a pretty girl standing in front of him.

The ghostly aura dissipated, and a smile spread across the girl's pretty face. She stood in front of him so coquettishly, smiling as if nothing had happened.

"Hey, we're so destined to be together, Makotan~!"

This rare name almost dragged Mizutani Makoto back to the end of May. Back then, Miss JK was still not a stray dog ​​on the roadside, and Dizang's beloved daughter was still undeveloped. That morning, he was just a roadside dog, standing like a minion on the cracked stage. The girl's intimate name made him lose his composure on the spot.

Mizutani Makoto's tense expression couldn't help but relax.

He still wanted to act cool, but the other person's giggling smile forced his coldness away.

He couldn't remain cold towards this face.

Mizutani Makoto had a lot of things he wanted to say harshly, but he couldn't eat so many lunch boxes from Yajima Mai for nothing. Even for the sake of his pure friendship with the girl, he had to soften his cold face, so that the girl wouldn't see him as so unfamiliar and cry and cling to him.

The relationship between people is "mutual domestication".

Only those things that have been tamed can be understood.

"Tell me what's going on."

After that, Mizutani Makoto added:

"I just stopped the friend I finally made, and I'll have to explain things to her later... Explain it to me now, too. You don't have that much time to waste."

“…Hehe.”

Mai Yajima's smile is simple and honest, yet a little sad.

She said, "I just killed someone."

She seemed to be afraid that Mizutani Makoto would misunderstand her, and then immediately added.

"I told you, I can tell good from evil."

"If humans were to distinguish between good and evil, it might be difficult to categorize them. But in my eyes, good and evil are quite clear..."

"Good people are good people, and bad people are bad people."

"I can't see what they do, and I don't know what good or evil they've done in the past... However, the consequences of good and evil are clear. Whether a person does good or evil in their life is determined by their actions, and even more so by their heart... Therefore, as long as you can be sure that the other person is evil, there's no need to show mercy."

Mizutani Makoto was leaning in the shade of a tree, and a leaf happened to fall on his head.

Yajima Mai stood on tiptoe to help him pick the leaves off. He suddenly asked, "Then what am I? Good or evil?"

"Good, great good."

"Then your judgment criteria are really quite arbitrary."

Mizutani Makoto shook his head.

"I was still killing people a few days ago, and I killed quite a few people. Can this be considered kindness?"

"kill?"

Yajima Mai was shocked.

Her eyes, with a slightly probing look, fell on Mizutani Makoto's face, but she found that Mizutani Makoto had a calm expression, neither dodging nor evading, just facing her gaze, as if allowing her to judge.

Yajima Mai laughed: "Then there must be something wrong with the person who was killed. I can't be wrong! This is my talent. If I can't even make a mistake with this, how can I still be a monster?"

"monster?"

"Yes, youkai."

Mai Yajima raised her hands and bared her teeth towards Makoto Mizutani. Even if her look was not extremely vicious, it was at least adorable.

Mizutani Makoto's expression turned serious.

……monster.

He silently repeated it in his mind. Yajima Mai hid her truth in a seemingly light-hearted complaint. When he became slightly serious, the girl took a half step back. The arc of her smile was still flawless, just like when they first met in the convenience store.

“Can I really say that?” she asked.

Mizutani Makoto said: "There's nothing I can't say."

"Then you can't hate me."

"Have you done anything evil?"

"I killed people, a lot of them."

But there was no need for Mizutani Makoto to ask, the girl raised her chin proudly and said, "I am helping the people get rid of this evil!"

Mizutani Makoto will find a way to verify it.

He said in a low voice: "So what is your current situation... Why are you a monster?"

"I'm already dead."

The girl gently covered her chest with her hands, a gentle but heartbreaking smile on her lips.

"Mai Yajima died this year."

At this moment, Mizutani Makoto felt as if his heart skipped a beat.

There was a strong emotion surging from deep within his heart, which was hard to capture and describe, but there was such an emotional impulse that made him hold his breath and say nothing or do anything at this moment.

"I'm not the real Yajima Mai."

There was no deception or malice in the girl's tone.

The girl in front of him showed a complicated smile and held his hand. This was not the first time they held hands. During their rare weekend dates before, the girl had intimately held his arm and held his hand, wandering around the streets like a lively cat.

But this time, her touch was different.

Cold, sticky, wet...

Between the two people's clasped hands, some strange substance was slowly flowing.

Mizutani Makoto lowered his eyes. It was a colorful darkness, a sticky substance between resin and pus, flowing out from between the girl's fingers. It was completely filthy, yet revealed a strange, sacred aura.

Bubbles continued to emerge from the surface of the gelatin. When each bubble burst, it seemed as if an eye slowly opened inside it, then burst and dissipated.

Mizutani Makoto didn't pull his hand back.

The gelatinous substance slowly covered his palm, giving him a feeling as if he was wrapped in something... He suddenly exerted force and clenched the girl's fingers, which could still grasp the outline. The spreading filthy substances suddenly shrank into the girl's skin as if they were electrocuted.

"Aren't you afraid?"

she asked.

Mizutani Makoto looked at her quietly and shook his head.

So, Mai Yajima smiled, took out a small notebook with a black cover from her arms and handed it to Makoto Mizutani.

"Then I trust you too, so I'll give you all my secrets."

Only then did Mizutani Makoto understand why Mai Yajima's "life list" was a clue.

This is clearly a girl's bucket list and death note.

Mizutani Makoto sat down on the chair.

Mai Yajima was swinging slowly on the swing.

Makoto Mizutani flipped through the notebook and saw a list of crossed-out deaths, as well as the origins of the current Mai Yajima - she was just a demon possessed by "Mai Yajima".

In the end, what he saw was the wish of the current Yajima Mai.

【Have a passionate love affair! 】

【Become a super awesome chef! 】

[Every time I have a birthday, I have to eat birthday cake and have Cheng sing a happy birthday song for me! ]

【Let’s go to the beach with him! 】

【Put on a beautiful swimsuit! Tease him as much as possible!】

【Honestly admit that he likes me! 】

【Creating a new club】

【Take my lovely Norwegian Forest Cat home! 】

【Teach your kitten to do a backflip!】

……

Mizutani Makoto closed the notebook.

"So what kind of monster are you?"

He turned his head and asked.

"do not know."

The girl answered helplessly.

She stood on tiptoe, pressing against the ground under the park swing, and now looked at Mizutani Makoto with some trepidation, but none of what she feared happened.

The answer to Mizutani Makoto's most pressing question has been found in her diary.

From the very beginning, the person he met was the current Yajima Mai...

Once upon a time, there was a poor girl who chose to commit suicide after being completely desperate. Before leaving, she handed her body to a being called "God"... Of course, both Mizutani Makoto and Yajima Mai were tacitly considered to be "monsters", and the subsequent story was replaced by this being.

Next, he had a lot of things to verify.

“Are you awesome?”

"Of course I'm awesome!"

"Come and fight me. I want to see how strong you are."

“Hey~!”

Mai Yajima immediately jumped off the swing.

In less than three rounds, Mizutani Makoto was knocked to his knees by the female Tyrannosaurus.

Damn, what's this value?

Mizutani Makoto simply couldn't believe it. Mai Yajima was so strong that she seemed like someone from another dimension. She could hold his two swords with her bare hands when he chopped them down with all his strength, and her palms even went straight down along the blades. He didn't even have time to react before his wrists were precisely pinched.

No matter how he resisted, it would only add to the fun for Yajima Mai.

——Strong rank.

And he is definitely a stronger rank than Tang Shizi or Slit-mouthed Woman.

"It hasn't reached the fierce level yet."

"The feeling given by the fierce level is very different..."

In his mind, Chidori reminded him.

She and Yajima Mai seem to not get along.

Especially since Mai Yajima just revealed part of her "inner self"... Chidori was immediately furious when she was aware of Mizutani Makoto. Those substances were extremely filthy, much more polluted than any ghosts she had ever seen. They were completely different from her lightning-slashing blade. She had already given Mizutani Makoto enough face by not swinging lightning at them.

And at this moment, Mai Yajima was staring at Mizutani Makoto's chest.

"It seems like something is stuffed in it..."

The girl muttered softly, her words directed directly at Chidori.