Chapter 57

This is not the stop to get off,

we cannot get off here.

Lin Ye immediately turned his head to look at the route map on the bus.

To the right of Chiba Station, a spot that had been pitch black now showed another station—Chiba City Hospital.

Lin Ye's eyes narrowed; he immediately determined that that was the true stop to get off.

Having figured this out, Lin Ye took Nanase Koi's little hand again.

Time Stop ended.

Everything returned to flow.

Only that blue-haired delinquent was beyond saving.

He had tried to pull him back; even though the blue-haired delinquent had sacrificed a teammate, he had still attempted to bring him back onto the bus, after all, whether there were still dangers on the way to the final stop,

was an unknown; he needed someone to test it.

But the blue-haired delinquent had one foot and half his body off the bus, and he was powerless to help.

"Take care of yourself."

After the blue-haired delinquent got off and landed on the ground, he looked puzzled.

Under his astonished gaze, he saw Lin Ye pulling the pretty girl back to their seats.

Immediately, several questions surfaced for him.

What's the situation? Why go back? Are you not planning to leave?

The next moment, the blue-haired delinquent, Miyazaki Akira, saw the four entities walk off the bus.

As if he understood something.

Got off at the wrong stop,

let me back on!

The blue-haired delinquent tried to return, but couldn't get close; for this, he even ran toward the boarding door, sprinting, only to find it was a door he could never reach.

And Nanase Koi, who had been forcibly pulled back to her seat by Lin Ye, was completely bewildered; she had even struggled in an attempt to break free.

Why sit back in the seat?

Wasn't it already Chiba Station? Shouldn't they get off?

The moment the door closed, Nanase Koi looked desperate.

It's over, can't go back, she was going to die here.

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Can't go home,

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Hope is gone,

she is going to die here.

Nanase Koi's expression was sad and helpless; her whole body slumped back against the seat, a faint, crystalline tear appearing in her beautiful eyes, and in the next second, it seemed it would flow down her fair cheek.

At this time, Lin Ye just rested his hands on the girl, not applying any more force.

He withdrew his right hand, and seeing that Nanase Koi wouldn't make a scene or shout, he immediately used his phone to input text.

——We cannot get off at Chiba Station; it was night when we boarded, but now it is daytime outside.

He turned the screen toward Nanase Koi.

The nurse with long cherry-colored hair had her eyes move after a while; she now also seemed to have noticed this anomaly.

It was indeed daytime outside; the time was wrong, unless they had spent an entire night on the bus.

She hurriedly took the phone and typed:

——What if we spent an entire night on the bus! The time flow between the two is different.

Nanase Koi had also watched many movies and anime involving time.

——The day we boarded was Friday, April 12, and the electronic clock at the station outside shows it's April 8.

Lin Ye pointed again toward the route map above the carriage.

——I see the next stop is Chiba City Hospital.

Wasn't that the hospital where she worked?

A sense of belonging came, the feeling of going home appeared.

Nanase Koi stared at Lin Ye, deciding to trust him.

Although this guy didn't hide his affection for her at all and said embarrassing things from time to time, when it came to protecting her, he never cut corners.

The exit door had already closed, and everyone was left on the bus; besides trusting Lin Ye, what other choice was there?

"The bus is about to depart; please take your seats as soon as possible."

The prompt sounded.

The passenger who had boarded walked step by step down the aisle and finally sat in the seat in front of Nanase Koi.

Compared to the terrifying 'passengers' that were hard to look at when boarding before, Nanase Koi now had the courage to face the supernatural entity with her own eyes.

And this entity looked very normal, much more normal than all the passengers who had boarded before, just like a normal human.

But in the end,

Nanase Koi also felt she had seen this man somewhere.

Where?

Nanase Koi racked her brains with this trace of doubt, and finally, a flash of inspiration crossed her mind; she remembered, but her body trembled and shuddered at this moment.

This man was the victim who died in the Chiba Station fire accident!

Nanase Koi had seen the reports and had also seen his photo at the hospital.

Realizing this, Nanase Koi immediately used her cold fingers to type and tell Lin Ye this information.

Lin Ye nodded; he pointed to the single seat on the right, then stood up and sat in the front row, which was the seat next to the passenger who had boarded.

Nanase Koi suddenly reacted to the current seating problem.

And Lin Ye had sat next to the supernatural entity without hesitation; even though the blue-haired delinquent and the middle-aged man hadn't been attacked by the entity in the adjacent seat before, that didn't mean there was no danger.

A warmth suddenly emerged in the nurse, permeating her whole body.

She... was really lucky!

Under Lin Ye's reminder and urging, Nanase Koi supported herself and walked quickly to the single seat on the right; she looked sideways, her eyes fixed, only hoping that Lin Ye would be safe and sound.

"Must be safe and sound,"

"I'll treat you to barbecue when we get off."

She couldn't help but think in her heart.

— Author's Notes —

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