Chapter 20 Suspicion

　　Geto Summer stood in the fog.

　　Here, he seems to have become another Geto Suguru.

　　Most of the things that this [Geto Suguru] experienced overlapped with his own life.

　　There is only one difference.

　　In this world of [Geto Suguru], there is one more person.

　　There is a person named Kei Kojima who grew up with him. He regards him as a family member and a very important person.

　　In those broken fragments of memory, Geto Suguru saw that the two of them were very close, eating and living together, and sleeping together at night.

　　Perhaps it was because they were both [Geto Suguru], and from these broken memories, Geto Suguru could keenly perceive the emotional changes of [Geto Suguru].

　　He...likes this younger brother named Kei very much.

　　At first he was a younger brother, then he was a family member, but later on, the relationship gradually deteriorated.

　　"Jay..."

　　Little Gui rubbed his eyes and got out of bed sleepily to look for him. He was standing in front of the water dispenser drinking water. He ran to him, grabbed his shirt, leaned on him and fell asleep again.

　　I can't leave him at all and follow him all the time.

　　The soft ball made his heart feel like it was soaked in warm water.

　　Since he was a child, he could see those strange-shaped red things clinging to people's shoulders, squatting in hidden corners of rooms, and scattered everywhere in the world.

　　But he found that no one around him could see it except him.

　　He was smart since he was young, and after being corrected twice, he stopped pointing at those things to others.

　　As long as those monsters don't actively harm humans, he will pretend not to see them.

　　He hid in the crowd and, like everyone else, ignored the existence of those things.

　　It’s just... I feel a little lonely sometimes.

　　He also wanted to find someone to talk to, but he couldn't find anyone like him.

　　He seemed to be out of tune with this world.

　　Every time he wanted to tell this secret to his parents or his friends, he would swallow the words back when he remembered the horrified looks they gave him.

　　Until one day, he couldn't help but tell this secret to the person closest to him, Kei.

　　"Jay is awesome!"

　　Kei looked up at himself, his eyes sparkling, as if he were an omnipotent superman:

　　"I can actually see supernatural things! It turns out everything in the storybooks is true! Will Jay become a hero in the future? Just like in the book, a superhero who protects ordinary people!"

　　Hearing Kei say this, the young Geto Suguru felt a subtle sense of pride in his ability for the first time.

　　Although Gui said so, at night, he refused to stay alone. He would pull me to accompany him to the bathroom, saying that he was protecting me, but he refused to let go of his hands that were holding my clothes.

　　His body was shaking and he looked extremely scared.

　　Before going to bed, Kei looked around the room nervously and asked him pitifully:

　　"Jay...is there anything left in the room now?"

　　He glanced at the little monster lying on the windowsill and making cooing sounds, then drew the curtains, smiled and shook his head:

　　"Of course not. Go to sleep. I'm here."

　　"Jay will protect me!"

　　Kei ran to his bed, got under his covers, patted the spot next to him, and said bravely:

　　"I will protect Jie too! Let's sleep together tonight! Come on~ it's time to sleep!"

　　"Really? Thank you so much, Kei~"

　　He also crawled into bed and hugged the boy to sleep.

　　The timid Gui frowned in his sleep, clutching his clothes tightly, and always woke up in the middle of the night. After waking up, he stuck closer to him, nestling in his arms and refusing to leave, a steaming ball.

　　After that, he never said such words in front of Kei again. As time went by, Kei, who had a poor memory, had completely forgotten all of it.

　　Memory is fragmented.

　　But even Geto Suguru, who was just a bystander, could feel the lingering warmth in the memory.

　　This was true during those happy and warm times, and also during the painful and uncomfortable days that followed.

　　[He] chose a difficult path and abandoned his biological family.

　　Including, ——Gui.

　　[He] wants to create a world full of sorcerers. These jobs are just before or after that. Sooner or later, they will be eliminated, so it is better to do it sooner rather than later.

　　His family is like this, and so is Kei.

　　This is the child he raised with his own hands, and he must end the life of him with his own hands.

　　This is the idea of [Geto Suguru].

　　But Geto Suguru never thought so. He now just thinks that Geto Suguru in that world is too crazy.

　　Is this something he...would do?

　　He actually killed his biological parents, the people he loved most...

　　Geto Suguru fell into a dream and couldn't wake up for a long time.

　　This was the psychological barrier that the nightmare curse spirit had set up for himself. It couldn't be real. It was an illusory dream fabricated based on the suspicions and guesses deep in his heart.

　　That's what he told himself.

　　He refused to believe it, but after Wu destroyed the curse spirit, the dream left by the nightmare still lingered.

　　As long as Geto Suguru closes his eyes, those fragments of memory will appear in front of him, and he cannot ignore them even if he wants to.

　　As soon as he arrived at school, the first thing he saw was Kei Kojima standing at the door.

　　Exactly the same as in those memory fragments, Kojima Kei looked as if he had walked out of Geto Suguru's dream. He was talking to Haibara Yu, a smile on his face, a bit shy, but it was completely different from his previous appearance of keeping his head down and refusing to communicate. He seemed to have a good relationship with Haibara Yu and was willing to talk to him more.

　　However, the psychological trauma caused by the "Jie" he mentioned slowly came out of the haze under the optimism and cheerfulness of Haibara Yu.

　　As Geto Suguru looked at them standing together, an emotion called jealousy slowly grew in his heart.

　　Just like the scene in the dream, this boy named Kei Kojima would subconsciously grab the clothes around him when he was scared, and most of the time, this person would make him feel safe.

　　In the dream, the only person is myself.

　　In reality, the identities are reversed.

　　He became someone that Kei feared.

　　She became the person he avoided as much as possible.

　　Was the nightmare that dragged him into really a dream it had fabricated?

　　Or...

　　Did he really do such a thing in some parallel world?

　　After Kei Kojima was killed by Geto Suguru, did his soul end up here?

　　Geto Suguru stood upstairs, watching Kei Kojima and Yu Haibara from afar.

　　Recently, the two of them have always been going out together.

　　This perceptive boy sensed something was wrong just from the moment he glanced at him at the school gate, and he was filled with fear. Every day, he dragged Huihara Yu out with him, and would stay away from him whenever he saw him.

　　The worries that had been gradually lifted, and the fear of myself that I had finally begun to feel less, were all destroyed overnight, and I even regressed.

　　Do you think that he will do something to hurt him just like Geto Suguru in your dream?

　　How much does Kei Kojima know?

　　He was so familiar with himself that he recognized his difference at the first moment and quickly found a solution.

　　But... can this stop him?

　　I really underestimated him.

　　Geto Suguru took a step forward, walked around to the front, and bumped into two people who were walking side by side in the same direction.

　　"Haiyuan."

　　He shouted with a smile, walking towards the two people step by step.

　　"You two have a really good relationship, don't you, Kei."

　　Geto Suguru's eyes were on Kei Kojima's hands.

　　He was holding on to Haibara Yu's clothes tightly, and the distance between them looked a bit awkward. Geto Suguru's expression was slightly gloomy.

　　They shouldn't be this close.

　　Geto Suguru couldn't help but walk up and put his hand on Kei Kojima's head.

　　This is the action that Geto Suguru often does in his dreams.

　　If he touches her head, [Kui] will jump into his arms without hesitation.

　　But now, Kei Kojima could only look at him with a pale face.

　　"Why aren't you talking? Did I say something wrong?"

　　Xia Yujie stared at his face and asked:

　　"Kyu, are you hiding something from me? Hmm?"