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"What if you die?"
Karuizawa Megumi stretched out her hand and lifted up the hair on the right side of her bangs. There was a scar six to seven centimeters long, winding like a centipede perched on her scalp. She showed her scar to Horikita Suzune, He sneered somewhat masochistically.
Since Horikita Suzune likes to expose other people's lies so much, she simply re-shows her past memories and tells the other person clearly that everything about her is fake and pretending. She is basically A weak, useless, fragile girl who almost died.
"Do you know why I don't want Ryo and Eura Emi to meet alone?"
Karuizawa Megumi finally took control of the topic, and she began her own narration with resignation:
In fact, Emi Eura and Karuizawa Megumi have nothing to do with each other. The scar on Karuizawa Megumi's head is Emi Eura's masterpiece.
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Kitagawa Ryo was not surprised by Emi Emi's behavior of attending the appointment on time. The two of them may have known each other's plans, and they both wanted to completely kick this person out of Karuizawa Megumi's life.
But one side is completely protective, while the other side is completely malicious.
"...The second meeting."
The place where Kitagawa Ryo and Eura Emi met was in a private room of a restaurant, but there was no food or drink on the table, just a snow-white tablecloth.
"Um."
Emi Eura was calmer than Kitagawa Ryo imagined. She took off the bag she brought and put it aside, spreading her hands on the table within Kitagawa Ryo's field of vision.
"Want to talk to me about Karuizawa Megumi?"
"But you should have investigated it, maybe you know more about it than I, the client, about the rumors about Wakata."
Emi Emi turned her attention to Kitagawa Ryo:
"But these are not enough to convict me. In other words, there is no way to convict me to the extent you want."
"Right?"
"Half the answer is correct."
Kitagawa Ryo responded in a brisk tone:
"But I actually called you out today just to ask about one thing."
"Do I have to answer?"
"I thought your mother would need a little support to survive after losing her husband and daughter."
Kitagawa Ryo glanced at Eura Emi's hands:
"Although you have deliberately cut your nails short, you can still see red in the cracks. When I last saw you, you didn't seem to have bright red nails in your manicure."
"Sure enough, the time is still too short? I haven't washed it thoroughly."
Emi Eura was not surprised when she heard this, but played with her nails openly:
"If I had known better, I wouldn't have cut it off."
As Kitagawa Ryo expected, Emi Emi still felt a little guilty about her mother, so before meeting with Kitagawa Ryo, Kitagawa Ryo had already judged that the other party would definitely choose to end her father's life.
After the failure of the operation against Karuizawa Megumi, she seemed to have no desire to live. It is not surprising that such a person would do anything.
"What do you want to know? While I'm in a good mood right now."
As if thinking of the man whose head was cut off by her in his sleep, Emi Emi responded with a cheerful smile.
"I want to know what happened between you and Kei a month before I left Tokyo?"
Kitagawa Ryo stared closely at Emi Emi's pupils.
"Why does Megumi keep asking for a "private" meeting with you?"
"It's that thing."
A playful smile appeared on Emi Emi's lips:
"It seems that the relationship between you two is not as good as I thought."
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Karuizawa Megumi began to narrate some things about herself and Emi Eura. This seemed to be a past event that she was extremely reluctant to recall, so that many times she would even pause for a while, as if overcoming the discomfort welling up from the bottom of her heart:
After becoming a bully from being bullied, Emi Eura not only carried out retaliatory bullying against girls in her class who had bullied her, but also often bullied girls in other classes. Her favorite thing was to do it every day Holding a toothpick or a piece of grass in her mouth, she would lean against the door of a certain class after school, picking out her prey in a wait-and-see attitude. In fact, she usually wouldn't really make any serious moves. At most, she would just block them and not let them go. Others left, unlike some other bullies who would force the bullied target to go to the woods to ask for money.
Emi Eura's bullying behavior is more like a kind of protection, so she chooses to be at the door of the class. She needs other students as her audience. The more students watch, the more proud she becomes. Some of the girls who were blocked To a certain extent, it's just a prop for her. She doesn't care about the other person's name at all. She just needs someone to pay attention to her and imprint her identity as a "bully" in other people's minds as a certain recognition.
This seemingly childish behavior continued until graduation. When Emi Eura was blocking people, Karuizawa Megumi suddenly stopped her.
"reason."
Horikita Suzune asked briefly.
"Maybe it's just that I suddenly can't stand this kind of behavior anymore."
Megumi Karuizawa gave an ambiguous excuse.
"Then why didn't you stop him before, but why did you stop him when he was about to graduate?"
"Because I had just gotten rid of being bullied in the beginning, and I would not have taken the initiative to provoke these people... At that time, I probably remembered the time when Ryo protected me in the past, and I wanted to try to see if I could be with him one day. Protect others like Ryo."
Horikita Suzune nodded and signaled Karuizawa Megumi to continue.
But at that time, Emi Eura showed great disgust and hatred towards Karuizawa Megumi, but Karuizawa Megumi did not realize this at the time. For the first time, she chose to bravely stand in front of the bully:
"Don't do this kind of thing anymore."
The last word was disconnected, because Karuizawa Megumi saw the other party put his hand into the bag, showing a hint of coldness threateningly.
She quickly recalled the rumor that Emi Emi, a girl, carried a knife with her.
"Since you have decided to protect her, then come with me alone."
Emi Eura wisely did not take out the knife in front of everyone. She just pointed to a remote place outside the school:
"dare?"
At that time, Karuizawa Megumi had completely forgotten the fact that Kitagawa Ryo was not with her. She did not believe that someone could stab someone with a knife freely. It was just a way of scaring people, so Karuizawa Megumi carried the knife with her. Qi said:
"Just go."
"So you followed Emi Eura there, and she left this scar with a knife?"
Horikita Suzune's voice remained calm, and she even began to take the initiative to guess the direction of the incident.
Karuizawa Megumi raised her head and glanced at her. She felt that the air between the two people seemed to have become thicker, as if the melted sugar water was heavy and turbid. It flowed down the nose and into the lungs, making her My vocal cords were stuck for a while and I couldn't speak.
The mass of air is getting tighter and tighter, like a bow being stretched and gradually being fully drawn. The arrow on the string will be shot out from any corner in the next second.
"yes."
When Karuizawa Megumi said this word, it was as if she had dropped a heavy burden. She truly admitted her weakness:
"That's when I realized the horror of being bullied."
Karuizawa Megumi covered her head as if remembering the scene at that time. She looked extremely fragile now, like a soft creature without a shell. Any creature that came close to her could hurt her, even if she was thrown to the ground. The shadows on it looked a little shaky.
Horikita Suzune was silent for the first time. She really had no way to rebuke Karuizawa Megumi like this. Perhaps for her who has already experienced such harm, surviving like a parasite is the best ending. .
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"I didn't mean to hurt her, and I wouldn't even think about touching her."
Emi Eura held her head and recalled the scene at that time:
"In fact, I didn't know why Karuizawa Megumi suddenly stood up to stop me at the beginning. She obviously only relied on you to get rid of being bullied, and she can only smile under your protection every day. "
"How could she have the courage to protect others? She can't even protect herself."
Perhaps she still had a small sense of superiority at this point, Emi Eura said with some disdain:
"Karuizawa Megumi was so scared at that time that she could barely speak. You know, you didn't leave Tokyo at that time. How could I hurt Karuizawa Megumi while you were still here?"
"I just wanted to give her a step up. If she wants to be a hero, just let her be."
"Um."
Kitagawa Ryo stroked the white tablecloth and lowered his eyes and said:
"So what happened when you two were alone?"
"...Do you really not know, or do you want me to make it clear?"
Emi Eura grinned provocatively at Kitagawa Ryo, and she almost laughed out loud on the spot:
"It seems that she really didn't tell you about this. You were also the one who was deceived by her."
"say clearly."
Kitagawa Ryo's dark pupils stared straight at Emi Emi's mouth, as if he must confirm a certain fact.
"When there were only two people, I already explained that I didn't take action..."
Emi Eura crossed her arms in front of her chest and deliberately raised her voice and said:
"Then who gave her the scar?"
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How can a pale paper rose be disguised as a red rose?
Just pour blood on it.
[Story CG: The Little Prince and the Rose, finished reading. ]
ps: In the second simulation, the rose perfume that Karuizawa Megumi received was originally intended to be given to Ichinose Honami by Kitagawa Ryo. In fact, it has been pointed out that Karuizawa Megumi is not a real rose. If you still remember the rose the two people painted when they made the cake, it was decorated with cream and was a completely white rose. At the same time, the title of the second chapter is also "Karuizawa Megumi's Autumn Lies".
ps2: The setting that Karuizawa Megumi deliberately exaggerated the extent of her bullying in order to gain sympathy comes from the fourth volume of the original work. When she told Hirata, she deliberately expanded the time she was bullied to include elementary school and junior high school (in fact Only junior high school).
ps3: Thank you for reading and subscribing, and thank you to all the readers who have read until now.
Megumi Karuizawa's Autumn Lies: Chapter 21: Plot Branches and Ending
[Day 3: It wasn't until Emi Emi left for a long time that you moved your neck stiffly, making a clicking sound like a robot. You raised your head and propped your chin on your hand to look at the empty room opposite. seat.
Emi Eura didn't choose to attack you as you expected. In fact, after telling the truth about the past, she seemed to fall into a complicated state that was both exciting and funny, as if her heart was broken. Just like an inherent myth and legend, she is already satisfied with this.
You don't need to use yourself as bait to send Emi Emi to prison. Her crime of killing her biological father is enough, so you let each other go, and both think that you have achieved what you have done. Target.
Emi Eura has finally left Karuizawa Megumi's life completely, at least within the past ten years, but your mood is not as good as you imagined. Maybe it is only now that you finally realize the series of events that make up Karuizawa Megumi. The center of the incident was actually Karuizawa Megumi herself. Emi Eura was an inducement and catalyst, but she was not the initiator of the chemical reaction. ]
[As for why Karuizawa Megumi chose the extreme behavior at that time, you can roughly guess some reasons, but it is precisely these reasons that make you feel shuddering.
Until now, you have never heard Karuizawa Megumi mention her scar. It was like a cliff she had prepared for herself. She was ready to jump at any time. The purpose was not to die, but to show off to others. Someone watch.
It is like a final trump card, waiting to shine at the last moment and then exert its effect. ]
[You even smiled bitterly and wondered if Karuizawa Megumi had suffered any grievances in the previous life, and they must still be on you in this life. You simply don't want to see any new tricks of Karuizawa Megumi, those ridiculous and humble lies, She seemed like she could no longer walk on her own, and just wanted to hide in the protected time of the past forever, as if only in those days that really existed, everything would not rot and be immortal.
You have already stuffed a cat into her hand, but Karuizawa Megumi seems to want you to fold yourself neatly, turn into a paper crane or a rose, and then be captured by her forever. The earth is held in the palm of the hand. ]
[You seem to be unable to bear such feelings. Obviously you are already standing in front of the truth, and you can even touch it as soon as you reach out your hand, but if you are asked to question Karuizawa Megumi - you are willing to accept a truth full of loopholes. lie.
Karuizawa Megumi brutally awarded herself to you, and she became your private property without authorization.
This is truly...one of the worst relationships. ]
[You sat in this private room alone for a long time. Before you sorted out the weed-like thoughts in your mind, you thought that you were unwilling to go back to see Karuizawa Megumi. Unknowingly, another one passed by After hours, you had lunch alone and continued to think about various things.
You flipped through the past chat history between you and Karuizawa Megumi. In fact, it was only a few pages long. After all, it was only three days since you and Karuizawa Megumi contacted you again, and she still called you " "Cool", your name.
Karuizawa Megumi is the only girl with this qualification. Among the few girls you know, Hiyori Shiina will call you "Kitagawa-kun" honestly, and Suzune Horikita calls you "Kitagawa-kun" in a straightforward manner. ", in a sense, this one-word title is even unique to Karuizawa Megumi. ]
["cold".
You hold this word in your hand for a long time and don't want to let it go. It's like holding a charcoal before walking into a warm room from a world of ice and snow, letting your body adapt to the change in temperature first, and then you can say each word with confidence. Reading down word by word.
Every word, even the emojis, you want to bite them into pieces, swallow them, digest them, and then read them again. After reading them, you have to put them back in the pot to warm them up again, and you try to piece them together little by little. image, and then this character was overlaid with the memory of Megumi Karuizawa with great difficulty and slowness. ]
[Karuizawa Megumi has not sent you a message or called you in this long period of time. You are relieved and a little regretful at the same time, but you don't know what you are regretting.
At two-thirty in the afternoon, just when you were feeling a little sleepy because you woke up early and didn't take a nap, a video call invitation appeared on the screen.
The first avatar you saw was a heart-shaped version of yourself, and the next second you realized it was Hiyori Shiina's new avatar.
You remembered what Hiyori Shiina said this morning, "Let's video chat with each other next time when we have time." You didn't expect that it would come so quickly.
If we convert the time, it should be around seven or eight in the morning in London. ]
[You hesitate to accept this video invitation. ]
