Chapter 26 June 6 (Sunday) at 7:20 am

Nobuaki and Riuena, who passed the coastal road, finally came to the Mami Bridge that connects Honshu and Mami Island. The big islands connected to the land are Mami Island and Sanda Island, and the other two small islands are Sandakami Island and Iwako Island.Through these 4 islands, you can reach the destination of the turtle head. Li Xuna looked at the Majian Bridge and said, "After passing here, there should be very few folk houses." For a long-term plan, Nobuaki and Riona decided to go to a small grocery store by the side of the road and buy a few rice balls, bread and drinks for later use.

When checking out, the elderly female clerk said: "About an hour ago... there were a few young men and women who bought a lot of food just like you. Is there any event today?" Nobuaki casually found an excuse and evaded it perfunctorily. "I just opened the store this morning, and a very cute girl came in to buy things, but she is only one person. Is it your friend?" "What time does your store open?" "It doesn't open until after 5 o'clock." Not long after, the two ran up the Majian Bridge, eating rice balls they had just bought and drinking tea with them.

When he was almost in the middle of the bridge, Nobuaki turned his head and waved goodbye to Honshu. Nobuaki and Riona ran off the Mami Bridge and turned right.They decided to run the outer ring road around the periphery of Majian Island. Although the distance of this route is much longer than that of a straight line.However, the center of Majian Island is full of hills. If you walk in a straight line, you have to climb several uneven slopes, so in the end you chose the flat coastal road around the island. "Sorry, Riona, my shoelace is loose, you can go first." Nobuaki stopped, squatted down and tied his shoelaces again.

"I'm waiting for you." Riona also slowed down and stopped about 2 or 3 meters away from Nobuaki. Toot toot toot toot. Nobuaki expressionless, ready to continue running.However, in fact, his heart at this moment was filled with emotions of gratitude and sadness.He really wanted to shout "I'm sorry, thank you for saving us" towards the state where the victory is located. Nobuaki looked up and found Riuena standing in front of him, staring at him with squinted eyes. "I found out a long time ago, you used the opportunity of tying your shoelaces to peek at the text message, right! What are you thinking?"

"Ok?" "Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Don't take me for a fool! You deliberately let me run ahead just in case, so that you can be the last one!" "The farthest distance is the victory of man in this state." "Don't play tricks! Let me guess what you are thinking. You are worried that Shengli is dead, and the king may not recognize him as the person with the furthest distance. Am I right?" "you think too much." Rizuna's momentum suddenly weakened. "You, you obviously don't know how to be considerate of girls...why are you at this time...at this time..."

"Keep running, there is still a long way to go." Seeing Nobuaki's back running forward, Riuena couldn't help but shed tears. ——If you think that you did that for me, you are sorely mistaken!If you die in a place like this, who will be sad?Will the person who is left behind feel better? Do you think I'll be happy if you do this?I don't want it to be like this at all. Riona caught up with Nobuaki from behind. "You are the most annoying person! Your task is to run to the finish line with me! Do you understand? Why don't you answer? If you do what you did just now, I will kick you until you cry!"

On the left side of the road is the dense forest, on the right side is the blue sea, and in front is the winding road. Rest for 5 minutes every 30 minutes of running, and switch to walking after running for a while.The two continued to move forward at this pace. Nobuaki and Riona ran Mami Island, and then entered Mita Island. The hotter and hotter sun made the two of them less happy, and their physical strength also dropped significantly. "It's past noon, isn't it?" "yes." Although breathing began to become embarrassing, the two still tried to maintain the rhythm of inhaling and exhaling.Due to the continuous lack of oxygen, the fingertips and toes began to become numb, and the motor function and reaction ability were getting lower and lower.

"Ah ah!" Rizuna's feet went limp and she fell forward, her hands and knees leaning against the ground.She looked at her peeling palm without saying a word. Nobuaki held out his hand and said, "Are you okay?" "Ok." "Do you want to take a break?" "No, you just took a break, didn't you?" "Don't be brave." "I don't want to be a burden to you, and..." Riuena grabbed Nobuaki's outstretched hand, pulled herself up, continued to drag her right foot, and ran forward with support. Seeing Riouna's appearance, Nobuaki didn't know what to say.

If you say give up at this time, you really can't run anymore.Rizuna herself seemed to be aware of this. "Let's run to the finish line together." "That's easy to say." Nobuaki called to Riona who was running about 3 meters ahead. "Wait a minute, Riona, you better run behind me." "why?" "Create a traction airflow effect. I run in front, which can reduce the wind resistance and air resistance at the rear. I think it should be easier for you to run like this." "There's no need to do that." "You have to conserve your strength! This is how you can reach the finish line. If I get tired from running, I'll replace you and run ahead. Let's work together! Please, Riona!"

"...Really, there's really nothing I can do about you." Rizuna pursed her lips and reluctantly nodded in agreement.When she ran behind Nobuaki, she seemed to be in a good mood, an expression no one had ever seen before. "Fortunately, I ran with you." "What are you talking about! It's too early to say these words, let's wait until we run to the finish line." "That's true! But you'd better be prepared, because I have a lot to say." "Psychological preparation? Sounds a little scary..." Nobuaki and Riona looked at each other and smiled.Although the time was short, it was a very pleasant exchange.

At this moment, they seemed to understand that the conditions needed for long-distance running seemed to be more than just physical strength. The power supporting the victory is "resentment and vengeful anger", but the motivation of Nobuaki and Rizuna seems to be different. After running for a while, Riuena took out her phone to check the time.But as soon as it was turned on, a warning sound like a text message ringtone sounded. Then, a warning text appeared on the screen, and the next second the screen went black again. "……The battery is dead." Nobuaki looked around worriedly. If there is a private house nearby, maybe you can charge it.But looking around, there is not even a house at all. Thinking back carefully, since entering Sanda Island, it seems that I have never seen a private house. Why is it in such a place...?If you are in an urban area, it should not be a problem to borrow a charger to charge.Nobuaki's shoulders drooped regretfully. "what should I do now?" "Wait a minute." Nobuaki called Liao on his mobile phone, explained the current location of the two, and then asked him if there was a private house nearby. "We should have passed by there just now, but we didn't see any people's houses nearby. What's wrong?" "Riona's mobile phone battery is dead. Just in case, we want to find a private house to charge it." "Aimei... beep beep... Victory is also... beep beep..." The call was cut off suddenly, and Nobuaki's phone screen turned black. "Is mine dead..." Probably to prevent Riona from finding out, Nobuaki put the phone back in his pocket pretending to be nonchalant. Risuna asked worriedly: "The phone is out of battery, shouldn't you be punished?" "Honestly, I don't know either. As soon as we found the people's house, we charged it immediately. Although Ma Jian Island is sparsely populated, there are still people living there. I asked Liao just now, and he said that they didn't see the people's house where they passed by." Nobuaki said with a serious expression: "But if we go back to Mamijima now, it will waste a lot of time and the distance will be longer. Maybe if we continue to run forward, we will meet Minjia. Do you think we should run forward or turn back? " Rizuna replied without thinking: "Of course it is to move forward! There is no such word as turning back in Rizuna's dictionary!" "Then it's decided, let's run." Not sure whether they would be punished if the phone ran out of battery, the two continued to run with anxiety. But there was another thing that worried them. It is past noon now, but because the phone is out of battery, there is no way to know the correct time. What is certain, however, is that the next punishment will be at 4pm. Nobuaki and Riona ran across Sanda Island, and continued to advance toward Sanda-Kamijima.During this journey, no private houses were found at all, and the mobile phone was still in a dead state. Nobuaki said in a heavy tone as he ran, "I think it's almost 4:00 o'clock... a decision has to be made now." Riuena ignored Nobuaki and pretended not to hear what he said, because she knew exactly what Nobuaki was trying to say. "Let's decide who will run behind." "...Let's just run like this. We've been like this since just now, haven't we?" "How is this possible?" Rizuna choked back uncharacteristically: "Don't keep talking to me, I'll be distracted!" "For the sake of fairness, let's use finger-guessing to decide who comes first." "Is there something wrong with you? Such an important matter should be decided by guessing fists? Be careful, I will hit you on the head!" Nobuaki stopped. "Use finger guessing to decide." Rizuna also stopped.She was face down, her shoulders twitching slightly. "Didn't you agree to run to the finish line together? You said you wanted to be together... Liar, big liar!" "Sorry." "Do you think you can solve it by saying sorry!" "Let's guess the boxing game, the winner will be determined once. No one can blame anyone, and there will be no next time." "Okay, I get it! It's just fair anyway, right? Then don't say 'it doesn't count' again!" "Will not." Nobuaki shook his head and said.He and Riona punched at the same time. Nobuaki is scissors, and Satoshi is cloth.After only one guess, the winner is determined. Rizuna looked at her hands, and murmured, "Maybe...it's better this way...in this case..." "It's my decision, that's it." "...What did you say? Didn't the loser run behind!" "The person who wins the boxing game decides. Generally speaking, isn't this the case?" "You design me!" "No, from the beginning, I decided to do this, so I have no complaints..." Suddenly, without warning, Riona kicked Nobuaki's crotch, and Nobuaki moaned in pain. "...How, how can it be like this... Just flick your forehead..." "Stop talking! This is how you deal with people who don't keep their promises!" Rizuna ignored Nobuaki who was squatting on the ground, passed by him, and ran back the way he had just come. "You idiot! Riuena won't be happy doing this! Why don't you understand!" "where are you going?" "It's none of your business!" Enduring the severe pain, Nobuaki desperately chased after Riona. "Don't chase after me!" After running for about 100 meters, Nobuaki finally caught up with Riouna.Nobuaki grabbed Riuena's skirt and pulled her to his side. "Let go of your dirty hands!" "I was wrong! Could you please stop? I beg you!" Riuena turned her back to Nobuaki, and sat down on the ground in despair.After a while, she looked back at Nobuaki, her eyes were red with tears welling in their sockets. "What kind of person was your ex-girlfriend?" "It's already this time, why are you asking these questions?" Nobuaki was worried that the time was running out, so he wanted to go around behind Li Xuli. "Don't move! I just want to know what kind of person she is, so I ask you! Can't you? I wonder, who in this world would like someone like you. What does she like about you? "I really want to know her. I think she must have been wronged a lot. ... Anyone who wants to be your girlfriend in the future must get my consent. There is no girl with better conditions than me, and I will definitely not Will agree." "Girls with better conditions than you? This condition is too strict." "I will always remember the memories of being at the beach. From now on, you need to understand girls' minds better. I also want to continue running with you. Sorry, I became your burden. I can't run with you to the finish line, I'm sorry .I just want to... spend more time with you..." Riuena's lacrimal glands seemed to be out of control, and tears kept flowing out. "I shouldn't have become good friends with you if I knew it earlier! I hate it!" Taking advantage of this moment, Nobuaki ran past Riuena who was sitting on the ground. "what are you going to do?" "Sorry." "Please...don't torture Riuena anymore, okay?" Riuena desperately chased Nobuaki as if she was crawling. "Don't worry, I won't die!" Nobuaki stopped at a distance of 20 meters and shouted at Riuena. "Where do you have such confidence? What is your basis? Next, the students in the class will need you very much! Don't leave me here alone..." "In the previous king game, I killed my girlfriend, and I was the only one left alive in the class. From the perspective of time, the person who should be punished for order 4 should be me, and this is the last one. So , you just need to concentrate on running to the finish line. As long as you run to the finish line, you won’t be punished.” "But, I followed you to get here! I can't run down alone!" "Who said that! You can definitely do it!" After finishing speaking, Nobuaki turned his back on Riuena and continued to run back.