"I stopped because the sunlight through the woods seemed very warm. You smiled and said that one day we would be able to stand in the same place."
“I’ve always hoped that someone would say this to me.”
"Those were truly... dreamlike days."
"Thank you. But, I'm sorry..."
"I know that to kill someone is to kill myself, but even so..."
"I also can't forgive the guy who killed you—"
As she spoke, Ryougi Shiki swung the dagger at Shirazumi Rio who was attacking her at an almost unimaginable speed, chopped off the opponent's right hand with one blow, and then cut off both of the guy's legs in one breath.
Then, he stabbed the dagger into the body of Shirajun Rio, who was floating like a balloon, and threw it mercilessly to the ground.
Death came at lightning speed.
After doing all this, Ryougi Shiki seemed to have lost all his strength and fell to the ground exhausted.
... ...
"this… "
"Shiratsune Rio just died like that?"
"Is Kuroto Mikiya dead too?"
"The two rituals she..."
"No, that's too sad!"
"… "
For a moment, seeing the scenes on TV, the audience all stood there in a daze as if they had lost their souls.
After all, no one expected that the final outcome would be like this.
For a moment, silence enveloped all the TV stations. The audience could not even express any extra thoughts at this moment. They could only watch the scenes in front of them continue to change little by little.
... ...
On TV, Ryougi Shiki, who was lying on the ground, opened her eyes tiredly and murmured to herself with indescribable sadness:
"That's enough. I can't go home like this. I'll be scolded if I go back covered in mud..."
"Even so, you will still wait for me..."
"There were those dreamlike days..."
"Really, it feels like a lie..."
For a moment, Ryougi Shiki closed her eyes as if she was falling asleep. She fell to the ground, looking so pitiful, like a wild animal falling in the cold wind. Even though she had felt the warmth of the fire, she could not return to that warm place.
The audience who saw this scene clenched their fists. In addition to being sad, some people could not help but send explosive scrolls to Edward Studios.
Of course, before they actually did so, the TV screen changed again...
At this time, the perspective of the picture came to Kuroto Kirei.
He, who should have been dead, actually slowly crawled up from the ground, leaving all the audience stunned.
Chapter 328: The End of "The Realm of Emptiness"! (I)
Chapter 328
On the TV screen, to the surprise of all the viewers, Kuroto Kiriya slowly got up from the ground.
Even though his body was covered in blood and his mind was drained from the large amount of drugs he had consumed, he still tried his best to hold up his upper body, holding onto the wall while walking forward.
At this time, his left eye was stabbed by Shirajun Rio's knife. Although the eyeball was destroyed, fortunately the wound did not expand, which meant that he did not die.
Just like that, under the nervous gaze of the audience, Kurotogi Kan came to the warehouse full of plants little by little.
"-Mode."
Without time to think too much, he dragged his tired body to look for the other person.
At the same time, he also expressed his true feelings for Ryougi Shiki, which he had not been able to express before.
"If you kill Senpai, I won't forgive you, Shiki."
"Because I want you to be happy."
"I don't want you to get hurt again."
"Because I want to love you forever."
"… "
As if talking in his sleep, Kuroto Kan also arrived at the square in the middle of the grass.
Ryougi Shiki was lying quietly on the ground, and beside her was Shiratsuri Rio.
Kuroto Kan'ya saw at a glance that it was the body of Shirajun Rio, but he no longer had any intention of paying any attention to it. He just calmly looked at the figure of the girl lying on the ground.
At this time, although Ryougi Shiki was covered in wounds and blood, and her pale face did not feel her body temperature, she still did not stop breathing.
"Ah, she's still alive."
Kuroto Kirei was relieved, but he also suffered great pain because of it.
At the same time, Ryougi Shiki's hand suddenly touched his face, as if confirming his existence.
"Kurotoshi, are you crying?"
Hearing Ryougi Shiki's question, Kuroto Kirei was slightly stunned. He was so tired that he couldn't even make any extra movements.
Ryougi Shiki continued on his own:
"I killed Shirasumi Rio."
"Yes, I know."
“I’ve lost a lot now.”
"It doesn't matter. Didn't I say I would bear the sin for you? Four years ago, at the end of summer, I swore to you when you smiled for the first time - I would bear the sin for you. So, I will kill you until you die. Until the moment you die, I will never let you be alone."
“… I killed someone.”
"Didn't I say you can't kill people? But you were so stupid as to disobey my words. I'm really angry this time. Once I'm angry, it's useless even if you cry."
"What? You won't forgive me even if I cry."
"Yeah, I definitely won't let you get away with it."
As he said this, Kurotogi Kan'ya hugged the other person with all his strength and said as if he was making an oath:
"Shiki, I will never forgive you in my life."
As the two hugged each other and cried, a dirge slowly sounded.
The sound of the ending song was like a sudden bell, which suddenly woke up all the audience who were immersed in the atmosphere.
…
After seeing the final ending of "Kara no Kyoukai", the audience who finished watching all the content in one go all showed a look of lost soul.
At this moment, it took a long time for everyone to come back to their senses and realize that this story that had lasted for a long time was now completely over.
"Is this the end of the story of Ryougi Shiki and Kurogiri Mikiya?"
"Ah? No, I haven't seen enough!!"
"Yeah, but to be honest, it's a surprise that the ending is a good one. I was already planning on sending the director an explosion scroll."
"I can only say that the ending was beyond my expectations, but it was a really good ending. I feel relieved now. The bad mood I had after watching Fate Zero this morning has been completely calmed down!"
"Ahh, but why did it end like this? Is there nothing more to come? No!!!"
"… "
All of a sudden, all kinds of voices rang out in major TV bars.
People are extremely unhappy with the fact that Kara no Kyoukai has concluded at this point, and they clearly hope that there will be more to come in this poignant love story.
After all, while most stories end with a fairy-tale ending where the prince and princess live happily ever after, people actually want to see what happens after that.
The more exciting the story of "Kara no Kyoukai" is, the stronger people's desire to see everything after it.
Therefore, even though the ending song had already started playing, no one left the scene. Everyone was discussing the content of the TV show and looking forward to new developments to come.
Just as people were about to start talking about it, new content appeared on the TV after the ending song finished playing.
This scene made all the audience excited, realizing that their wait was not in vain.
…
After the ending song, the story of "Kara no Kyoukai" is shown again.
The scene showed a hospital, and Kurodori Kaneko, with his left hair covering his left eye, slowly walked out of the hospital and saw Ryougi Shiki waiting at the door.
"Really? You never came to visit me once."
Along the way, Gan Ye said this in a complaining tone.
In response, Ryougi Shiki reluctantly replied:
"Because Flowers was angry. She said that if I showed up in the ward, she would kill me, so I wouldn't even want to go."
"That can't be helped."
"Your left eye?"
"Well, no. It's just like what Miss Shizune said, remember? The woman who only talked to me for an hour in the tea shop in the summer."
"The woman with the vision of the future? I remember."
"Well, she said that getting involved with Shiki would lead to a miserable end. She was right. It was a really miserable end."
As he said this, Kuroto Kiriya suddenly put his arm around Ryougi Shiki's shoulders.
"What are you doing?"
"For what? To replace the cane, because I'll need Shiki's help for the next week until I get used to it. Please give me some advice."
"What are you talking about? Why do I have to do that?"
"Because I want you to do it. If Shiki hates it, forget it."
"It's not that I hate it, but I have to go to school tomorrow."
"Then skip class!"
"I can't stand you! You're such a willful fellow."
"That's right! I fell in love with you several years ago. It's the same now. Even if I hate you, I have decided to take care of you."
After hearing what Kuroto Kiriya said, Ryougi Shiki fell silent.
"Eh? What's wrong with you, Shiki? Aren't you really bad at this kind of dialogue? You've said a few times by now that you're really bad at this kind of thing, haven't you?"
“It’s not like that.”
Turning her face to the other side, Ryougi Shiki spoke with a hint of awkwardness:
"Kinaya, now Shika, I don't actually hate these kinds of lines."
Hearing Ryougi Shiki's words, Kuroto Kirei was slightly stunned.
But then, smiles appeared on both of their faces, and they held each other's hands and walked forward a little bit.
Finally, Ryougi Shiki thought:
Ah, what I want is not the knife, nor anything else, but just this hand. No matter what happens in the future, I will not let go of this hand.
This is where my story ends.
I accepted who I am now and how I was before, and lived my ordinary life day after day.
Next, it’s just like this season.
Quietly waiting for the end of winter and the arrival of spring flowers.
Chapter 329: The End of "The Realm of Emptiness"! (Part 2)