But unfortunately, he had found nothing in the past six months.
"Beep!"
After tapping his card to enter the station, Kira Yoshikage made his way to the platform.
His gaze swept across the empty platform before finally settling on a Glasses Girl in a white dress.
She had long, naturally loose purple-black hair, with a tiny braid tied on either side of her face. She looked quite cute.
And most importantly of all, she had a pair of hands!
Hands so fair that Kira Yoshikage had no idea how to describe them, yet one glance was enough to make him BOKI!
At almost a glance, Kira Yoshikage concluded that the girl intended to commit suicide--
Because if she were a student forced to take the late-night subway because of a part-time job, she would not have deliberately changed her clothes. Only girls planning to commit suicide would change into their favorite outfit beforehand.
So tonight, he would finally obtain the perfect girlfriend he had dreamed of!
"Ah~"
Kira Yoshikage's brain trembled faintly, and his body quivered with excitement.
Afraid of frightening the girl, he made no sound and instead chose to approach her slowly.
The tremendous noise of an approaching train came from the distance, and he could vaguely see its glaring headlights.
But it was not time yet.
People intent on suicide would jump onto the tracks one second before the train arrived, both to avoid being rescued and to prevent the train from spotting them from afar and slowing down in advance.
Therefore, Kira Yoshikage was not in any hurry...
Just as that thought arose, Kira Yoshikage's eyelids began twitching, because he saw the purple-black-haired Glasses Girl jump onto the tracks!
The train had not yet arrived, but she had already closed her eyes, mustered her courage, and jumped down ahead of time!
Perhaps she was inexperienced because it was her first suicide attempt. Perhaps there was some other reason.
Regardless, her sudden leap completely disrupted Kira Yoshikage's plans!
Kira Yoshikage admitted it: he panicked!
Without the slightest hesitation, Kira Yoshikage leaped onto the tracks.
There was no way he could sit by and watch those hands disappear before his eyes!
How Could You Go Back on Your Word?
Shimazaki Yuna closed her eyes, mustered her courage, and leaped forward off the platform.
Because she had landed poorly, her posture was far from graceful. Instead, her right foot twisted when it stepped on the rail, and she fell into a sitting position.
The fall made the girl instinctively open her eyes. Before her were two blinding headlights and a massive steel machine.
The train's humming whistle sounded beside her ears, and her fear of death gradually awakened her instinct to survive.
Tragically, when Shimazaki Yuna struggled to move, the intense pain from her right ankle stopped her. She could not move and could only watch helplessly as the train drew closer and closer.
"Perhaps this is for the best."
Shimazaki Yuna gave up struggling, a bitter smile appearing at the corners of her lips.
After all, there was nothing left in this world for her to hold on to, and no one needed her...
But just then, the girl's vision blurred, followed by a sudden dizzying whirl.
She saw a Blond Boy with radiant golden hair appear before her. He lifted her with both hands and threw her away with all his strength.
Smack!
The girl landed heavily on the platform, making her backside ache terribly.
But she had no time to care about the pain. By instinct, she looked toward the tracks below, watching the Blond Boy there with fear and unease, her eyes filled with worry.
But soon, she no longer needed to worry.
Because the train had arrived and, in the instant the girl opened her mouth, completely swallowed the boy's figure.
"No, don't!"
Shimazaki Yuna cried out and stretched out her hand, trying to grab the Blond Boy.
But she failed to catch anything. Her eyes filled with despair and anguish, as if she could see him struggling in agony before his death. All that remained beside her ears was the roar of the passing train.
"Why... Why did you save someone like me? Even though... even though..."
The girl's eyes were full of sorrow. She had never imagined that her actions would cause another person's death.
She had only wanted to die quietly, without troubling anyone.
That was why she had chosen to jump onto the tracks at night, on an empty platform.
But why had things turned out like this?
Why would anyone willingly sacrifice their life for someone like her?
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Shimazaki Yuna covered her face and began sobbing softly, repeating her apologies over and over. Tears soon covered her cheeks and soaked her clothes.
But she knew better than anyone that it was useless, no matter what she did.
He was already dead—the boy whose name she did not even know.
She could not even remember what he looked like...
"I'm sorry... I'm really... really sorry..."
"Yakamashi!"
An impatient shout suddenly rang beside the girl's ears, but its direction made Shimazaki Yuna reveal an incredulous yet hopeful expression.
Because the voice had come from the tracks.
When Shimazaki Yuna looked over, she discovered that a Blond Boy had climbed up from the tracks onto the platform. He stared impatiently at her as she sat collapsed on the ground, crying.
"You're not dead..."
A hint of delight appeared in Shimazaki Yuna's eyes, but disbelief filled them even more, as though she suspected that everything before her was an illusion.
After all, she had just seen him swallowed by the train with her own eyes.
But when the girl looked toward the tracks, there was no mangled corpse there—not even any blood and flesh smeared across the ground.
The reason was simple--
At the moment the train was about to arrive, Kira Yoshikage had already hidden in the gap between the train and the platform—in many stations in Japan, there were similar "refuge holes."
Although the gap was extremely narrow, it could barely accommodate Kira Yoshikage.
Before doing all this, he had also planted the Third Bomb on the Glasses Girl.
Even if he accidentally made a mistake, he could still use Bite the Dust.
Fortunately, the worst outcome had not occurred.
He had survived, and his dream lover--
Kira Yoshikage looked at the girl's hands. A striking smear of red stained those fair, jade-like hands. Whether they had been scraped when she jumped onto the tracks or when he threw her onto the platform, the sight caused Kira Yoshikage immense anguish.
Because that perfect creation, sculpted by God, had developed a flaw due to his mistake!
He absolutely could not accept such a thing!
Almost immediately, Kira Yoshikage wanted to activate Bite the Dust.
But before he could react, a soft, warm body threw itself into his arms.
The Glasses Girl ignored her physical pain, stood up, and rushed into the Blond Boy's embrace, sobbing softly:
"I'm sorry... But thank goodness... It's such a relief that you're not dead... I'm sorry..."
Kira Yoshikage really wanted to use Bite the Dust, but those hands were currently caressing his body...
With the House of Commons occupying the high ground, Kira Yoshikage chose to enjoy himself. For a moment, he actually abandoned the idea of using Bite the Dust.
However, this was not enough!
Temporary pleasure was ultimately fleeting. What he wanted was long-term companionship.
The House of Lords seized the upper hand again, and Kira Yoshikage spoke calmly:
"You wanted to commit suicide, right? I can help you..."
"No!"
Shimazaki Yuna shook her head vigorously in his arms and sobbed in a choked voice:
"I won't commit suicide anymore. I'm sorry, really, I'm sorry..."
Kira Yoshikage fell silent, his mind briefly freezing up.
He had originally thought that since she wanted to die, he could help her.
After all, jumping onto the tracks was not a wise choice. Not only would she have to endure unimaginable pain before dying, but her corpse would also look terrible afterward, with her flesh completely stuck to the ground and impossible to scrape off. It would only cause trouble for others--and that last point would be the ultimate argument for Japanese people.
Then he could thoughtfully provide the painless service of the Pink Panther:
In one second, it could make her vanish without a trace, without feeling any pain at all.
All she had to do was pay a small price: give him those pearl-like hands that could make him BOKI at a single glance!
But now, she was saying she did not want to die?
This...
Kira Yoshikage remained silent for a long while, but he also noticed that the girl's current state was somewhat abnormal. Whether it was called the Barnum Effect or the Bridge Hanging Effect, the results were essentially the same--
Students who attempted suicide generally shared similar experiences, such as lacking attention and recognition—in simple terms, lacking love—or being ostracized or even bullied by those around them.
The girl before him was clearly the same.
But just when she felt that the entire world had abandoned her and wanted to give up her life,
someone had disregarded everything to save her. This made her realize that she was important—at least, she was extremely important to the person who had saved her! Having lacked love for so long, she suddenly felt valued and found hope in continuing to live.
"What's your name?"
Kira Yoshikage looked down at the girl in his arms, inexplicably feeling that she looked familiar.
"Shimazaki... Shimazaki Yuna..."
Shimazaki Yuna lifted her little face and looked at him cautiously, with hidden anticipation in her eyes.
Kira Yoshikage gazed at the girl's tear-streaked face without being moved and calmly asked:
"Then, what can you do?"
"I can draw... I can draw pictures."
Shimazaki Yuna pressed her lips together and hesitantly gave her answer.
Sit Down, Move on Your Own
Although he had successfully saved the girl, the incident's effects were still continuing.
When the train driver saw someone on the tracks, he would certainly notify the subway staff to investigate immediately. Once the staff discovered them, they would inevitably call the police.
By then, they would most likely be sent to the hospital. At the same time, their story of "bravely saving someone" and "surviving beneath a speeding train" would attract extensive media coverage, bringing them a great deal of attention.
But that was clearly not what Kira Yoshikage wanted to see. He only wanted to live a peaceful life.
So he chose to leave the subway station before the staff arriving to inspect the situation got there. That way, the subway staff would most likely decide that avoiding trouble was better than creating more trouble and conceal the matter instead of immediately calling the police.
As for the train driver, since he had not seen a corpse, he would most likely assume that his eyes had deceived him.
As for whether the surveillance cameras had captured them?
That was even less worth worrying about.
The subway system in Japan had neither security checks nor much surveillance. As a result, people could even openly carry various flammable and explosive dangerous goods—such as gasoline, bombs, and even poison gas—onto the subway. This was one of the main reasons terrorist attacks on Japan's subway system occurred so frequently.
Beside the road outside the subway station, Kira Yoshikage turned his phone screen toward the girl limping along beside him and asked:
"Can you still walk?"