Lies

Even beneath the blazing noon sun, Kyoraku Shunsui's back was drenched in cold sweat in an instant.

"Hey, hey!" he cried unwillingly, shaking Fengjin Chehu by the shoulders as he tried to rouse him from his endless sleep, if only for a few seconds.

"What did you mean by what you just said? Who told you that?!"

But Fengjin's eyes had already closed forever, with no possibility of ever opening again.

Kyoraku shook him futilely a few more times before finally giving up in helplessness. He stared blankly at Fengjin's face for a while, feeling as though an entire lifetime had passed.

"...Get up and eat some noodles... get..."