Chapter 19 first quarter

"Steal that." When walking through the Shibuya underground shopping mall, Sabu elbowed the side of Ion's stomach.Ion looked around, and Sabu pretended to be nonchalant and pointed to the grocery store at the end of the underground street. That store not only sells daily necessities such as travel bags and folding umbrellas, but also sells dolls, key rings, T-shirts, and other miscellaneous goods.The goods that couldn't fit in the store were all placed outside the passageway of the underground street. Ion didn't understand what Sabu said he wanted to steal, and turned to him with cloudy eyes.He hasn't been among the crowd for a long time, and has been bumping into passers-by since just now.Every time he bumped into someone, he was pushed away violently, looked at with a look that suspected he was taking drugs, or blatantly showed that he smelled bad.

If you live underground for a long time, you will lose your sense of balance on the ground, your legs will become weak, and the unique smell of the underground seems to permeate your entire body.Dust, sewage, and musty stink.Ion is no exception. "What are you going to steal?" "Sunglasses," Sabu said impatiently. Every three days, Sabu would go out to the ground along the opposite route that he took Ion for the first time, and would be responsible for running errands for others, or pickpocketing.So he was no different than usual.But Sabu, who was wearing a camouflage vest, had a striking fair complexion and looked weaker than anyone else.

Are you like him too?Ion thought.But he doesn't care what others think of him. Ion has grown taller in the past six months.He couldn't fit any more clothes, so he took the clothes left by the chief without authorization to wear, and his hair grew freely and tied back.Today he is wearing the Colonel's white T-shirt and pocket pants. "Sabu, why do you need sunglasses?" "Stupid, for those who live underground, the midsummer sun is very dazzling." Sabu looked around shrewdly and whispered.Ion sighed. "That's right, that's right." Ion has gradually forgotten what kind of world the ground is like.In Ion's heart, the world only exists in hundreds of video tapes.

Sometimes it is a desert with dust dancing in the blue sky, sometimes it is a dark street with raindrops and neon lights, and sometimes it is a jungle covered by lush plants. Ion is attracted by the world of video tapes and just wants to stay in that world.The image in the video tape is so charming that he even forgot the manga that made him addicted to it. But the world in the videotape is full of suffering, and problems always arise.Sometimes high performance helicopters crash into enemy lines, sometimes wrongfully captured men must spend decades in prison, sometimes men forced into battle helplessly kill each other, sometimes there are no more babies Born into a world of despair.Then the beloved slips from people's hands and dies easily.

For Ian, that unreasonable world is his world. Even if he occasionally goes out on the ground for work or training, he still seems to be in a dream, with no sense of reality. "Let me demonstrate." Sabu approached the white tower-shaped shelf nonchalantly.There are many sun glasses stuck on it. Sabu pretended to be picking out the lighter next to him, then quickly pulled out the sunglasses with green lenses and stuffed them into his pocket. Sabu successfully succeeded, urging Ion to do the same.Ion had no choice but to walk to the door of the store.As a result, the saleswoman hurried to the door from the inside.Did you notice something was wrong from Ion's expression?Ion immediately gave up and shrugged.

"What are you doing, why don't you do it? You really only have one mouth." Sabu said contemptuously.Ian also knew that Sabu never forgave him after his death. "It doesn't matter." These words have become Ion's catchphrase.He really felt that nothing mattered.He also noticed that every time he said this, people around him showed disgusted expressions, but it was from his heart, and he couldn't restrain himself.That is, everything really doesn't matter. Ion followed Sabu slowly up the stairs leading to the ground.Eyes familiar with artificial lighting were illuminated by the midsummer sun, tears welled up, and I couldn't see anything.And the strange heat and humidity were unbearable.His body was already familiar with the dry and cold underground air, and the intense summer heat almost made him dizzy.Ion covered his eyes and sighed for the cruelty of Tokyo's midsummer.

"Ion, that's why I told you to steal the sunglasses." Ion nodded.Even cheap sunglasses are always better than nothing. "Lend it to you." Sabu handed out the sunglasses he had just stolen.Ion didn't thank you either, and put on his sunglasses. "Green World." The seemingly green world excited Ion so much that he didn't even notice that Sabu was looking at him disapprovingly. It has been more than half a year since Ion joined the Luminous Army.The chief lost his life all of a sudden, and knowing that there were no brass and iron brothers, Ion was depressed and cried all day long.But as time passed, Ion's eyes were no longer moist.After knowing that the past was nothing, he seemed to have forgotten what tears were, and his whole body became dry and cold.So he himself was surprised by the eyes that were bleeding from the glare.

Ion stood at the intersection of Dogenzaka and looked around with a fresh heart.The traffic lights changed, and many pedestrians began to walk through the complex large intersection.Looking at this scene, Ian tried to remember how he overcame the midsummer when he was sleeping on the street. The fountain in Park Village has become a shower, and the late-night swimming pool has become a bathhouse that is kept absolutely secret from the management.The men searched for expired lunch boxes every cool night; during the hot day, they hid in the shade of trees to sleep in order to conserve energy.But in summer, the whole park village is always noisy, and it can't be quiet.

Ion turned around when he heard the sound of the guitar.Under the scorching sun, a pair of young people were playing and singing guitar on the corner of the sidewalk.The singing sucks, but the guitar is great. Ion had liked guitars since meeting Tin, so he stopped to listen.Sabu, who likes music, also listens to it. Ion and Sabu listened attentively, and more and more passers-by stopped.At the end of the performance, the coins are thrown into the inverted hat. "Thank you for listening to our performance." The man who played the guitar well thanked Ion. "Great guitar playing."

Ion said frankly.If he sang, Tin sang so much better.Ian followed Eita who delivered the food several times to find Seok.Talking to Tin and listening to him sing are the joys of life in the underground bomb shelter. "The audience grows because you stop and listen." The man put the guitar into the box and handed a triangular thin plastic sheet to Ion. "what is this?" "Shrapnel. Thank you." Ion stared at the shrapnel in his palm.Give it to Tin Bar.Tin will be delighted.Thinking of this, Ion couldn't help but be overjoyed.It's definitely not a "don't care" thing.

"Hey, isn't this Ion?" Suddenly someone patted Ian on the back, and he turned his head away.There stood a tall woman with yellow hair tied up.It's very familiar, but I can't remember the name for a while. "It's me, Kemike." Kemike stood in front of Ion wearing a white vest and denim shorts. It was last December that I became close to Kemiko.It's suddenly getting colder, so Kamiko, wearing a black coat, comes to the locker store to pick up a down jacket.Kemi looked like a strange woman in summer clothes, but Ion's confusion was more than that.As if the past that was almost forgotten suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, the anxiety made Ion stand there in a daze. "What's wrong? Have you forgotten me?" Cammy stared impatiently into Ion's eyes under his sunglasses.Ion panicked and looked back at Sabu, but Sabu seemed to have quickly hid in a dark place, and there was no one there. Ke Mike took two young female bodyguards.Both were muscular, with short hair dyed blond.One of them was holding a little boy less than two years old.It's Kemiko's child. "Are you Ion? Why don't you answer?" Ke Mike pressed.Ion hesitated. "I don't know you." "What? Be more respectful, she is the leader of our mommy, Mrs. Kemike." The female bodyguard said fiercely.Ke Mike reached out his hand to stop him, and continued: "Ian, where have you been before? I heard that you joined the underground gang? Most Shang was so depressed, he said that if you go underground, you won't be able to control it." Your news." In Ion's vague memory, the name Mogami is always accompanied by nostalgia and pain.Ion had the urge to ask about Mogami's recent situation, but he suppressed it and still shook his head: "I don't understand what you're talking about." "What's your attitude? I'm worried about you, it's so hot, take off your glasses!" Kemike became angry and reached out and knocked off Ion's sunglasses.Ion couldn't dodge in time, and his sunglasses fell to the sidewalk. Ion's eyes were suddenly exposed, and the white light of midsummer pierced in.Tears welled up.Ion covered his eyes with his hands. "What's the matter with you? What happened?" Kemike quickly caught a glimpse of Ion's face, and backed away with a look of surprise.There was no mirror in the underground air-raid shelter, so Ion was the one who was frightened by Kemiko's reaction.Has there been any amazing change in yourself? "Ian, you have changed. Your eyes have become so pale. It turns out that you really live underground." Camiko's voice became softer.Ian covered his eyes with his hands, hurriedly picked up the sunglasses and put them on.However, the impact of the drop caused many cracks in the left lens.The world in the left eye turned war-cracked green. "A lot has happened since you disappeared. Did you know that the pistol lady fell ill?" Ion was taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with her?" "A blood vessel in the brain is ruptured. The person is still alive, but consciousness has not been restored." "when?" "About three months ago." He did it.The death of the pistol woman's ex-husband, Colonel, was also his fault.Ion's heart beat faster.As the pistol lady said, he dragged everyone around him into the water and headed all the way to hell. Ion closed his right eye and stared at Kemiko.Kemiko's face was green, covered with tiny cracks, it was unbearable to see.Ion hastily closed his left eye. "What happened to the locker store?" "Closed. Everyone is troubled." Is the Mogami letter missing?He had been holding out hope: he thought that one day he might be able to retrieve the top letter in locker thirty-eight. "What about Mogami?" Ion finally mentioned Mogami's name.Kemike stared at the sky beyond Daoxuan with a serious face. "Mogami disappeared from Shibuya, probably back to university." I lost Mogami's letter forever, as well as Mogami's "attachment".Ion nodded with an empty heart.Indeed, the earth is full of suffering.For the first time, Ian felt that the world of the video tape was no different from the world on the ground, and secretly sighed.In an instant, he felt that the world of video tapes lost all its charm. There is a faint smell of underground.The smell of dust, sewage and mold.Ion turned his head, and Sabu appeared out of nowhere, whispering in his ear: "It's time for assembly." "I have to go." Ion muttered, but Kemi interrupted him in a strong tone: "Ion, come back to Park Village and leave the unruly place of the Luminous Squadron. There is no one good among those people." Ion didn't reply and ran out.Pedestrians were afraid of Ion, who was wearing a cracked sunglasses, and ran away one after another. The Luminous Troops were about to go to graffiti on an old building along National Highway No. 246.The residents there refused to move, and the owner entrusted the luminous army to harass them.The monk in charge of painting should have arrived. Ion tried his best to keep up with Sabu who was walking ahead, but suddenly tripped over the difference in height of the sidewalk, bumped into the shoulder of a passerby, and nearly fell. Ion stopped.He closed his right eye and looked at the street with his left.A green world where everything is cracked and broken.But if you look at it with your right eye, you can see the streets of Shibuya where people are strolling leisurely under the dazzling midsummer sun.Seeing it with two naked eyes is reality.And how fascinating this reality is. "Sabu, I want to go back!" Ion threw his sunglasses to the ground and yelled at Sabu in front. "Wait a minute, Ion! Are you going to disobey!" Ion heard Sabu shout, but he still turned around.He ran down the stairs leading to the nearby underground mall. Then he started from the door of the staff toilet and descended the deep stairs leading to the underground.The soles of his feet almost slipped, and he felt a chill in his heart.In this way, one day he will fall into the bottomless cave and die. "You will fall into the abyss and die". When he came back to his senses, Ian was singing the theme song of the Luminous Army repeatedly.He suddenly wanted to see Tin.Gotta get him the shrapnel. Ion didn't go back to the headquarters, but went directly to Xi's residence.He remembers the way. "Xin, are you there? I'm Ion." Ion came to the room where Xi lived and called out. The sound of chords sounded quickly in the darkness.After the two got acquainted, Xi made up chords for Ian to represent him.Ion's chords are sad and complex, and it's a beautiful sound. "Hi, Ion. It's rare that you came alone. Remember how to get there?" "Well, barely. I wanted to give this to you and brought it for you." Ion stuffed the shrapnel into Tin's hand.Tin held it with one hand in surprise and cheered, "It's shrapnel!" "Yeah. The guy who sang in Shibuya today gave it to me." "I am so happy." Tin began to strum the guitar with shrapnel.The tone becomes clear, powerful and beautiful.Tin said: "I made your theme song. I sang it to you." The prelude begins.It may be that the prelude has not yet set the tone, and it has been replayed several times, which lasted for a long time.Ion sat down on the concrete floor and closed his eyes.Perhaps tired, a little sleepy.Half asleep and half awake, tin's singing sounded. Ion, my lord kindly called my name. Ion, Ion, Ion. It's Dad, it's Mom, calling my name. I really want to see you last time, my kind lord. One day I will definitely go to see you, wait for me. Ion, good lord hold me tight. Ion, Ion, Ion. It's dad, it's mom, hold up the little me. I really want to see you last time, my kind lord. One day I will definitely go to see you, wait for me. Listening in a trance, Ion suddenly realized.It turns out that the "kind adults" refer to the parents.How could I not even understand such a simple thing? "Where are your parents? Do you have parents?" The above question resurfaced again.Ian answered him like this: "I don't know. I didn't have parents from the beginning." Mogami was surprised, but Ion really didn't know his parents.There were many grown-ups in the house, but no one told him what kind of woman he was, what kind of man was his father.He sees the other kids as "siblings" and the adults are all "adults" and lives like that. There are two kind adults, father and mother.So instead of his parents, it was copper and iron, so would he see iron as two people?Maybe he was indoctrinated with such a concept in his heart.Is it that picture book?There is a picture book that children rushed to read and was robbed to pieces.That book depicts a happy family where children live with their parents.But one day the book disappeared. Ion was frightened by his thoughts, he jumped up abruptly.Xi seemed to have noticed the movement, and asked worriedly, "Ion, what's wrong?" The song has already been sung, and Tin is playing various melodies repeatedly, or changing the tune to practice. "It's okay. Listening to your song, I thought of something." "What do you think?" Xi hugged the guitar and sat down beside Ian. "Iron has only one person, but I see the reason for the brother copper." "Why?" Xi asked softly. "Maybe it's because I wanted 'good adults' when I was a kid. Maybe it's a kind of compensation." The end of Ion's words became blurred because of his shyness.He smiled shyly, and Tin groped to touch his shoulder.Tin has small hands.Xi should be older than Ian, but he looks very young. "Are you shy?" "You can't hide anything from you. Well, I always feel ashamed, just like a child." "You are still a child, Ion. You are about fifteen years old, right? You are indeed a child." Xi laughed. "How old is Xi?" "Probably eighteen or nineteen. I was brought here, so I don't know." "Where did it come from?" "I don't know, I never asked." Xi shrugged his slender shoulders. "I heard that I was kidnapped from the ground and locked up underground. I was raised by the people who lived underground." "It's so pitiful." Ion murmured. "The previous things are not important anymore. I just need a guitar. But you have grown a lot taller than when you first came here. Your voice has also become thicker, and your body has become stronger." "Can you feel it?" "Well, the sound changed to come from above." Listening to Xi's answer, Ion buried the tip of his nose into the cuff of his T-shirt.The Colonel's T-shirt smelled a little like an adult man.Ion loves talking to Seok like this.Touching Xi's gentleness, he felt calm, and he could also perceive what he was pursuing unconsciously. "Today I went to work, and went to the streets of Shibuya, which I haven't been in for a long time. I haven't been up in a few months!" "Oh, Shibuya. I haven't been there, but I heard it's nearby." Ion couldn't help looking up.Although we are in a huge concrete space like a gymnasium underground, the ceiling that cannot be illuminated by the lighting (with the flashlight in Ion's hand) is just an endless deep darkness. "It's unbelievable. There are roads, buildings, cars running, and people walking in this far above." Although he didn't say it, Ian continued in his heart: There is an international market of Baixuan store, there is a locker store for pistols, and there is sky.Since seeing Kemiko after a long time, his heart was completely captivated by the streets of Shibuya. "And then? Tell me." Xi asked in a cheerful voice, and Ion hesitated whether he should tell the story of the pistol lady in the locker shop, as well as the story of Mogami and Kemiko. Seok has a heart as deep as darkness that absorbs sound and light, so Ion can't help but want to say everything.When Ion said all kinds of things, Tin would transform them into beautiful melodies and lyrics one day and sing them to him.Ion finally realized what the worries and questions in his heart were. Ion made up his mind to speak out. "You know I used to be a homeless person living in Shibuya Park Village, right?" "Well, I've heard of it before." "Before that, I was in child care. Do you know child care?" "Well, I know. Gather a lot of kids and let them live together. It's a bad place, isn't it? Tetsuya said he was in an institution like that before he came here. What's wrong?" Tin strummed the guitar slowly.Ian said as if attracted by the voice: "After I escaped from the child care center, I have been living alone. But someone has always missed me and treated me very well. I don't know how many times I have been rescued by that person. That person It's called Mogami, and it's an NGO of the 'Street Children's Support Association'. Just like Tie taught me, I regard Mogami as the only "good-hearted adult" and rely on him. Later, a lot of things happened in the middle, and I began to hate Mogami. He is very Worried about me, desperately looking for me, but I left him and joined the Luminous Force. I heard today that Mogami is no longer in Shibuya. He was worried about me and wrote to me, but I lost the letter." "You're regretting." Tin played the guitar, nodding again and again.What I say now, Seok will write it into a song sooner or later.Xi listened carefully, which reassured Ian, and he made up his mind and said: "Yes. And in order to join the Luminous Army, I took the pistol I snatched from the old woman in the locker store as a gift. But that gun belonged to the chief .” Ion was at a loss for words, but Xi said in a steady voice: "Ion, I understand. You don't have to say it." "No, Tin, it's not just Colonel. I heard today that the old woman in the locker shop is sick too. It's all because I stole her gun." "It wasn't your fault." Xi gently comforted him. "No, it was me. I opened bad doors." "It's all helpless. You may have been born from someone's door, and you have no responsibility. But how do you know these things?" "Oh, there's a woman named Camiko, I just happened to meet her." "Kemiko?" Tin murmured. "You know her?" Tin didn't answer, and started to strum the guitar.It's an upbeat song. Tin stopped singing halfway through.Ion listened with emotion. "Great song. Whose song is it?" "Monk." Xi said with some scruples. "It's about him and Camiko. They used to be a couple." Sure enough, the monk painted Kemiko and her child. "So that child is the monk's child?" Xi nodded and said, "But Kemi didn't want the child to become a dark person, so he left." Ian thought of the blue tattoo on Kemiko's finger. I LOVE CHEMI "When I had a child, I decided to only love myself from now on. It's a memory of that time." What does that passage mean, does Kemike love the monk more before she decides to love herself?The buds protruding from the deep underground were connected together like blooming on the ground, which shocked Ian.He missed the earth more and more. "What's the matter? Ion. Why didn't you speak?" Seok, who is sensitive to other people's movements, turns his invisible eyes. "I was taken aback. I didn't expect Kemike to date the monk." "Is Kemiko still as cute?" "Yeah." After replying, Ion thought of Kemiko in the cracked green lens.Not only is it cute, but it looks pathetic too. "Before I became a dark man, I met Kemiko, who was only about sixteen years old. The monk brought her here. She is very afraid of the dark." Ion felt that he could understand Kemiko's fear.For Kemiko, the deathly underworld must have been a painful place. "Have you seen Kemiko, too?" "No, Tie has never seen her. Tie's whereabouts are erratic." Ion was disappointed.He thought to himself that he would be very happy if Tie and Kemi could meet somewhere.But thinking of the song made by tin for iron, Ian's mood sank to the bottom.The way iron moves is a boat made of scrap materials? "I heard that Kemike became the leader of the mother group?" Tin asked, strumming the guitar. "Well, she's the leader of the mums. They're very powerful. Today she brought two bodyguards." "I think so." Tin stopped playing the guitar. "why?" "I think Kemi is afraid of revenge from the monk." Ion minded the pistol that Monk always carried on his belt.The huge disaster that I brought to the underground world. "Does the monk hate her?" "No, the monk still likes her." At this time, there was a loud noise in the darkness. "Don't talk about me." It was the monk's voice. "Monk, are you there?" Tin wasn't flustered at all.One note at a time, he carefully played the chord representing the monk with the shrapnel. "Monk, Ion gave me the shrapnel today." The monk didn't answer.The glare came closer.The light emitted by the monk's flashlight is brighter and stronger than any other person's light.Ion felt that it was dazzling and covered his eyes with his hands.He recalled being in the sun on the streets of Shibuya. "Ian, what are you doing here? You didn't go on a mission today, so you ran away. Sabu reported to me." "Sorry." Ion stood up.He finally grew as tall as the monk's chin, but nothing could compare to the monk's burly upper body. "You are not allowed to leave the room and stay in confinement until I let you out." There is no way.Ion nodded and was glared at by the monk. "answer!" "Of order." Ian replied, looking into the monk's eyes.Are his dark green beautiful eyes also inherited by the young children that Kemiko brings?If I knew it earlier, I would have watched it carefully. The "good lord" are parents. After learning about this from Xi, Ion suddenly became very concerned about the existence of his parents.Things inherited from parents.Who did I inherit anything from? "What are you looking at?" the monk asked unhappily. "Look at your eyes." Ion replied unmoved, Monk Leng might as well grab the collar of Ion's T-shirt with both hands. "Are green eyes weird?" "No, I think it's beautiful." Ion replied while his neck was strangled, panting. "Don't be like this, monk." The little man's tin broke in. "Don't talk too much. This is a problem with the Luminous Army." "Monk, you're too stubborn. If you could think softer, Kemi wouldn't have left." "Tell you not to talk too much!" the monk shouted at Xi.Seok backs away lightly and sings the monk's theme song. Why are you running away from me?It hurts so much to be torn apart, please, stay by my side.Please, don't leave me behind. Are you telling me to go back to the dark?Alone, why do you run away from me? "Shut up!" The monk snatched Tin's guitar and threw it on the concrete floor.The neck snapped and the body shattered.Tin, however, kept singing the refrain. Please, stay with me.Please, don't leave me behind. Tin's most cherished guitar is taken away.Ion was stunned, staring at Xi who was standing there singing non-stop. "Come here, go back to the headquarters." The monk roughly grabbed Ion's arm.Ian stepped out as if being dragged by a monk, but Xi still didn't stop singing. "Xin, are you okay?" The moment Ian asked, he was slapped by the monk and almost fell down.Only Tin's singing was left echoing in the darkness. Please, stay with me.Please, don't leave me behind. The two walked on the narrow passage next to the high-voltage cables, and Ian blamed the monk. "Monk, you've gone too far. You ruined Tin's guitar, and Tin has nothing left." The monk walked without saying a word, but his back clearly expressed his refusal. "I'm going to be locked up in the Colonel's room. I can't help Seok get a new guitar. You can help him get a new guitar. Please." The monk turned his head and grabbed Ion's T-shirt collar.He strangled Ion's neck and pushed his face against the cable.Ion resisted, but couldn't resist the monk's power. "Do not order me again. I push you here, and you will be reduced to a coke." Ion's neck was strangled until he was about to faint before being released.He fell down on the aisle, looking at the feet of the monk standing with his legs crossed.Then he raised his head and looked at the pistol the monk wore at his waist.For the first time, he tried to get the gun back from the monk.