Chapter 22 22: Burning
Looking at the pill and then at the recording pen, Ito was silent for a long time before speaking hoarsely and asked: "Are you here to sell regret medicine?"
< br>"How can there be regret medicine in the world."
Li Xiemolo shook his head in a strange way, and with a wider smile, he stared into Ito's eyes.
“This is the medicine that makes others regret.”
Ito actually didn't understand what he meant, why taking medicine by himself could make others regret it.
But his mind is a little confused now, and even thinking has become a little difficult.
"I'll take my leave first." Li Xiemoluo didn't say anything more, stood up, and turned around to leave without any hesitation.
"Wait! You gave me these, what do you want?" Ito didn't believe there were people without any purpose.
Li Xiamoluo didn't answer, just turned to look at him and left.
"Fake." After watching him leave, Ito closed the door. After looking at the recorder for a while, he took out his mobile phone, opened the address book, and found Mr. Tanaka from the news agency. His finger stopped on the virtual dial. He held the key for a long time and then pressed it slowly.
After a ringing sound, Tanaka's voice came from the other side.
"Hello, is this Mr. Ito? What can I do for you?"
"Hello, Mr. Tanaka. Have you had any contact with the Fujiwara family recently?"
There was no movement on the other side, and after a few seconds, Tanaka's voice came: "Well, yes, but I saw that the content was very repetitive with the previous ones, so I didn't use it. I think the focus should be on the heroes. ”
What follows is his explanation.
After Ito listened, he hung up silently, picked up the recording pen, opened it and took a look. Judging from the time period, after he was interviewed in the hospital in the morning, there was also a recording in the afternoon.
Maybe it belongs to the Fujiwara family.
He pressed play.
【Mr. Fujiwara, it's a pleasure to meet you again. 】
【Me too, Mr. Tanaka. 】
【How is your life lately? well enough. 】
【Not bad, the child doesn’t have nightmares anymore. 】
【Yeah, more than half a year has passed.】
There were some polite and meaningless conversations in the middle.
[Can I interview the child? 】
【Uh, okay, Caiko come over and meet Uncle Tanaka. 】
【Hello, uncle! 】
Although there were some changes, Ito could recognize the voice of Fujiwara Ayako, the child he saved.
Hearing her voice, Ito unconsciously smiled.
After a few people chatted for a while, Tanaka asked.
【Ito-san will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Do you want to see Ayako-chan? 】
【No, no! He is so scary! 】
Ito's heart seemed to have stopped beating.
[Cai Zi! Don't talk nonsense! 】
【That’s right! The last time I went to see him, I was scared to death. When I came back, I had nightmares. I don’t want it. I’m looking for my mother! 】
【Caizi! Mr. Tanaka, I'm sorry for being childish. Ayako is very grateful to Brother Ito. This, alas.]
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[Mr. Tanaka, this is a little thought. You worked hard. 】
【What do you mean? 】
[Well, let me tell you frankly, our family is very grateful to Ito for saving Ayako, but people always need to look forward. The child cannot live in the shadow of the past forever. This is very detrimental to her future. , I don’t want my child to have nightmares again, and I don’t want her to be blamed for being ungrateful, so the best thing is to forget. We forget, and the public also forgets. This is the best result for Cai Zi, so that she can better continue on the road of life. 】
【.But Ito’s life.】
【We didn’t ask him to do this! We thank him, but he cannot use this matter to tie us up for the rest of our lives, we have to live our lives too! Do you know what we went through in the first two months? Everyone said that we had to repay him and even take care of him for the rest of his life. We were very scared. 】
【But luckily, everyone forgets quickly. After Caiko transferred to another school, no one finally mentioned the past things to her. It was because of this that she slowly recovered and was able to sleep peacefully. , there is no need to go to the psychiatrist Mr. Tanaka. I have never begged anyone in my life, but for the sake of my children, you should do the right thing]
Ka. The recorder is broken.
Ito opened his eyes slightly and looked around in confusion, seeing a scene of thick smoke.
Is this an old apartment? By the way, the house is on fire, Dad! Mother!
"Ahem!" He quickly covered his mouth and nose and ran upstairs.
"Help! Woohoo, help!" He stopped and saw a girl trapped by the fire.
He stopped and decided to save the child first.
Using his wet coat to cross the flames, he picked up the little girl.
"Hold me tight!" he shouted.
"Thank you, brother! Cough cough - cough cough, Cheng Gang, you still made the same choice."
With a light move of his hands, the scene changed, and he was surprised to find that he was standing on At the door of the old apartment, smoke was still billowing from all directions, and my father sat slumped against the wall.
He pointed to his mother lying on the ground with difficulty and waved his hand towards him.
Ito came to his senses, quickly helped his mother up, and struggled to leave the house.
"Brother, brother, save me!"
A sudden change occurred in the room opposite, and the girl's figure appeared, surrounded by flames, holding a cloaked bear in her hand.
Ito did not stop.
"Brother! You are a hero! Save me, it's so hot here, I don't want to be burned to death, wuwu——" The girl held up the little bear high, and the smoke and dust drew the word "hero" on the little bear's belly, but why did the little bear's smiling face look like this? Weird.
"Ahem, Chenggang, save the child. Look, how pitiful she is, and she still has a bright future. Go ahead, I don't blame you." The mother let go of him and leaned against the door. Caressing Ito's face, he showed distressed eyes, "Don't feel pain because of me, child."
Ito fell into complete confusion.
He looked at his mother, then at his father, then at the girl.
“What should I do?”
The flames became more intense, seeming to urge him to make a choice.
“Ah——”
“Brother! Brother! Oooh, it hurts!”
“I know, your dream is to become a hero.”
"Mr. Ito, I take the liberty to ask. Do you regret it?"
"Chenggang, are you really posting like this? I don't think it's good."
"Well, I don't regret it."
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"Don't force me Don't force me!" Ito Chenggang burst into tears, knelt on the ground, covered his ears and yelled.
The fire scene disappeared instantly, and the surrounding area turned into a mist of dust.
A familiar figure stood in front of Ito Seigo who was kneeling and covering his head.
"Shenggang, do you regret it?"
Ito Chenggang raised his head, his face full of tears and regret.
"Father, I'm sorry! I regret it, I really regret it! Please come back! Mom, I'm sorry! I don't want to be other people's hero, I should be your hero, I really regret it , I regret it——"
The father patted him on the shoulder and said nothing.
Ito stretched out his hand, but caught nothing, only a cloud of smoke.
On the sofa, Ito woke up with a start. The sofa and clothes under him were already soaked, and the tears in his eyes kept flowing and could not stop.
"Dad - Mom - ah! Why should I save others, beast! You are a beast!"
While wailing, under the dim light of the neighbor's house, he saw The slightly reflective "pills" on the table.
He grabbed it as if grasping a life-saving straw and swallowed it in one gulp.
He didn't know what kind of medicine would make others regret it, but at this moment, he would rather face death.
In the middle of the night in Tokyo, amid the busyness and silence, a dazzling pillar of fire rose into the sky.
(End of this chapter)