Girls' Wishing Tree

"(Please listen to my request.)

Chapter 5: Dryad, Live and Music Girl: 5. A Heavy Choice

Gao Mu only saw a somewhat frail girl walk into the shrine, stop under the cherry tree, spend a few minutes getting into the position to play the violin, say something that he could not understand, and then start playing the violin by herself.

She played a Serenade. The piece wasn't difficult, but she clearly had trouble keeping up with the beat and her hands were a little unsteady.

The problem wasn't caused by being a newbie or lack of training, but rather that the girl's body movements couldn't keep up with her thoughts.

Gao Mu, a violin layman who knew a little about music, could feel that the girl's hands were trying to make some movements but failing to do them properly.

The performance lasted only about three minutes, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on the girl's forehead.

The performance was not perfect, but Gao Mu was so immersed in it that he didn't even notice the dialog box that appeared next to the girl's head.

The notes stopped, and the girl bowed stiffly toward the shrine. Her back barely bent, and the curve at her waist seemed unnatural, not like a real person, but rather like the movement of a puppet's ball joints. At this time, Gao Mu also noticed that her hair on top of her head was a little thinning, and the roots were faded and dry.

It is the age when it should bloom, but it is facing withering too early.

The girl placed the violin back in its case, looked up at the cherry tree, and said, "God, thank you for listening to my performance. Although I know you won't answer, I still want to pray that the operation will be successful. After all, if it is successful, I can play with Kousei again."

At this point, the girl paused for a few seconds before continuing: "But no matter what the surgery goes on, I won't lie again."

Gao Mu finally came to his senses, but accidentally sent his inner thoughts out of the chat box.

Then, the girl heard these words.

"Don't die in the shrine if you're so stubborn!"

"God... Lord God?" The girl didn't believe that this small shrine was favored by Lord God. If she were to use her disguised "shell", she would probably leave a few cool words and then turn around and leave.

But now she no longer does that.

"Don't worry, it'll be alright."

Gao Mu asked the system several times if it could save her, but the system didn't respond and no options appeared. He could only comfort the girl in his own way.

"Is that so?" The girl raised her head again. "Since the God said it would go smoothly, then it will definitely go smoothly. After I recover from the surgery, I will come and play another song for the God."

Gao Mu recalled a comment he'd read online by a doctor in his previous life. He realized that the will to live could sometimes change the outcome of treatment. He offered another comforting word: "It will definitely get better. Don't give up."

But the girl just stood under the cherry tree, her eyes seemed to penetrate the empty shrine, looking for something farther away.

"System, will it work? If it can, I want to help her." Gao Mu urged the system again with his mind.

[Under your guidance, the girl took the path of "surgical treatment." Please select the specific direction of guidance:]

[A. The girl's next surgery will be successful, but she will only be awake for one hour a day for the rest of her life before falling into a coma. Medical treatment is incurable.]

[B. The girl's subsequent surgery will be partially successful, extending her life by 40 years, but she will be paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a hospital bed.]

[C. The girl's subsequent surgery failed, but after her death, she was able to become a ghost, possessing the bodies of those she cared about and communicating with them.]

"This is all I can do." The system's somewhat tired voice was conveyed to Gao Mu.

The girl's condition is indeed very serious, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is in a terminal state.

No matter which option she chooses, it will be a tragic thing for the girl.

But compared to death, it doesn't seem unacceptable.

This was the most hesitant time Gao Mu had faced the options so far.

No matter which one she chooses, the girl will never be able to live a normal life.

If you can only wake up for one hour a day, it is almost impossible to have normal social interactions, and it is difficult to do what you like and live the life you want; as for being paralyzed in a hospital bed, the consciousness is clear, but the body cannot move, which is more like the consciousness being locked in a cage called "body"; the last option is relatively the freest, but becoming the love of the spirit behind it is a bit too heavy for both the possessed and the possessed.

"Girl, if I give you three results and let you choose by yourself--" Gao Mu typed this sentence in the chat box with his mind, but the chat box did not send this sentence, but showed a striking prompt.

[The praying girl must not be allowed to make her own choices. The system lists the possible natural developments of events. If the host allows the girl to choose on her own, it will interfere with the cause and effect itself, causing the situation to develop in an uncontrollable direction.]

"If I didn't intervene... she would have died on the operating table." Gao Mu tried to communicate with the system.

The system did not respond.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common occurrences in the world.

Gao Mu, who had "died" once, understood very well that everyone has to face death, but some people need to face it earlier.

But Gao Mu still couldn't bear to watch a flower wither in front of him.

Making such a choice for someone is a bit too heavy.

"My Lord God, I am going back now." The girl picked up the violin case and bowed stiffly again: "Thank you."

Gao Mu's mind was working at high speed.

If the girl stepped out of the shrine, he would no longer be able to make choices for her.

Then——the only option left is the process of elimination.

The first thing to rule out is C. Letting the girl attach herself to another person as a ghost is a torture for both of them.

But if I have to choose between A and B...

Gao Mu typed a sentence into the chat box. If the system didn't allow him to ask this question, he would have no choice but to leave the choice to fate - he could drop a leaf and see which direction the leaf would float in the almost windless situation.

Choose A on the left and B on the right.

Fortunately, his words got through.

"How much do you want to play with him?"

"I really, really want to." The girl, who had already turned around, looked back and answered without hesitation: "I'm willing... to give everything."

"I received your wish. I hope you won't regret coming here today." Gao Mu respected the girl's wishes and chose "A".

"My Lord God, my name is Miyazono Kaoru." The girl took another step and walked towards the outside of the shrine. "If I have the chance to come back, I will definitely play another song for you."

This is what Miyazono Kaoru had said before, but this was the first time she said her own name.

Gao Mu got another 10 shining points, but he was not excited. Instead, he felt a little apologetic towards the girl.

Chapter 6 Dryad, Live and Music Girl: 6. Expert Consultation

hospital.

After visiting the shrine, Miyazono Kaoru was scolded and put on a ventilator as soon as she returned to the ward.

She did not expect "God" to help her.

But when she really returned to the ward, she still hoped that the words of the God would really be useful.

Suddenly, her primary care physician walked in with her parents.

"Ms. Miyazono is very lucky. She was selected as one of the cases at the international medical conference held in Tokyo. Her case is very representative. This time, famous experts from the United States, France, Belgium, and China attended the conference. The surgical plan they proposed is definitely better than what we can do alone. I took Miss Miyazono's case with the mentality of giving it a try..."

Miyazono Kaoru, who was already very tired, did not hear the rest of the words clearly. She only heard some words such as "increase examinations" and "some operations may be performed endoscopically".

Lord God...

For the first time, Miyazono Kaoru felt that perhaps the operation really had a chance of success.

However, Gao Mu didn't know what was happening on Miyazono Xun's side, he just continued to stand in the courtyard of the shrine.

Well... maybe it can’t be said to be “standing”, but rather “taking root”.

Only with the help of the wind blowing through the shrine could he shake the branches a little.

When the shake reached 233 times, a girl named "Deng" walked in with a bag.

She was wearing her middle school uniform today, and judging by the time, it was almost time for get out of class to end.

She was under the cherry tree, put down her bag, and looked up at the treetops. She didn't say anything, so Gao Mu didn't immediately talk to her through the dialog box.

However, Gao Mu had an idea in his mind that diluted the regret and sadness brought by Gong Yuanxun's visit.

The girl's green school uniform looked very pleasing to the eye, at least much better than the sportswear-like clothes he wore in junior high school in his previous life.

Well, living another life in Tokyo isn't so unacceptable, but being a tree is really boring.

He suddenly had an idea in his mind, wondering if he could talk to Deng and get some shining points.

He focused his attention on the lamp and typed a sentence into the chat box.

"What did you teach in class today?"

A question mark seemed to appear on Deng's forehead.

Does the God still care about this? She seemed to have a hard time remembering it.

"Sir, the teacher said that Oda Nobunaga launched the Honnoji Incident and killed Imagawa Yoshimoto... Uh, that should be correct, right?"

Gao Mu had trouble understanding this sentence, and he didn't know whether the teacher was talking about the Honnoji Incident or the Battle of Okehazama.

“Are there any activities after class?”

"I made... cookies." The short-haired girl squatted by the tree, rummaged through her bag, and took out a cookie wrapped in a piece of food wrapper. "How should I give it to the God to taste?"

Gao Mu wanted to taste the cookies made by the girl, but he didn't have a tongue now.

The girl used wrapping paper to pad the ground and placed two cookies on top.

He suddenly realized that the topic with Deng was too unlike that of a "God". Instead, it sounded like an elder who he rarely interacted with was looking for a topic to express his concern for a relative's child.

"Lord God" hadn't spoken to him for half a minute. Deng stood up with some doubts and looked around the shrine.

Finally, she mustered up the courage and took out her notebook: "I wrote something. I can't show it to others, but can you please help me take a look at it, God?"

Gao Mu couldn't see the contents of the notebook clearly, but the light read them out.

Her voice was a little childish, but it perfectly matched the contents of the notebook. As for the quality of these words...

The expression of high EQ is full of childlike fun, while the expression of low EQ is a bit crude.

But Gao Mu felt a sense of something from these immature words. Her writing had a kind of unpolished beauty, more scattered than prose, with a natural rhythm, yet compared to poetry, it didn't feel like poetry.

If you think of it as a lyric, it seems surprisingly appropriate.

"It's very well written. Come here when you have time and I can teach you a little bit."

"What to teach?" Deng blinked twice.

"I'll teach you how to write. Modern Japanese uses too much katakana. When katakana was first created, it was used to supplement Chinese characters to facilitate understanding and reading. However, when foreign words are incorporated, they are often transliterated into katakana, resulting in a certain degree of pollution, which has affected the rhythm and beauty of the text."

"Oh?" Deng raised his head, not quite understanding.

"So I can teach you two things. First, I can teach you which language these katakana words are transliterated from and what the original words mean. Second, I can teach you how to say these things without using katakana. I can even teach you some Chinese."

Gao Mu obtained the memory of the Japanese language used by people around him for more than two hundred years from the cherry tree. It can even be said that he has a very good understanding of the evolution of modern Japanese. Combined with the Chinese and English he mastered in his previous life, he is more than capable of teaching Deng some things.

On this point, he did not want to gain points. On the one hand, he wanted to find some fun in his boring life. On the other hand, he really felt that this girl was a talent. If she could become the lead singer in the future and could compose herself, it would be good for her career development.

"Want to learn a little today?"

"I should go back now. I'll find a chance to come next time. I've agreed with Mom and Dad on a time to go home every day. They'll worry if I'm too late. By the way, if there's anything interesting, can I tell God?"

"can."

Now, as long as someone is willing to communicate with Gao Mu, even if it is trivial things at school, he will listen with great interest - at least listening to the little girl talk is much more interesting than watching his own shadow get longer little by little in the sunset.

Deng thought for a moment and said, "Oh right, the hospital not far from the school is very busy today. Two buses went in, and many doctors got off. Most of them were speaking English, and some had translators with them."

"Maybe some important person is sick, so they invited foreign experts."

"Well, yes, maybe." Deng turned around: "I'll leave today, I'll come next time."

Gao Mu did not get any shining points during this exchange. Even the two small cookies that Deng left for him were taken away by a wild cat passing by the shrine.

Just take it away, he can’t taste it anyway.

She just didn't know when this girl would come again. When she closed her notebook just now, she saw her name.

It turns out her name is "Takamatsu Deng".

Well, if we only look at the Chinese characters, perhaps we can say that we are one family, as we were five hundred years ago?

Chapter 7: Dryad, Live and Music Girl: 7. The Dog-Walking Girl's Air Guitar

Aya Maruyama, Den Takamatsu, Kaoru Miyazono.

Gao Mu now has three more hopes.

Maruyama Aya probably went to practice hard with her q$i玐吓笼旗留易凌*梦 and the band, and she hasn't been here for the past few days.

Although Deng agreed to learn something, he has to go to school during the day and is curfewed when he returns in the afternoon, so it is unknown when he can come back.

As for Miyazono Kaoru...