Hakuto wandered aimlessly down the street. Perhaps because of the black cloth covering his eyes, people around him seemed to intentionally avoid him.
"Be careful..."
"Do you need help?"
"Did you lose your white cane? Or did your guide dog run off? Do you need me to guide you?"
To be honest, Hakuto felt a little embarrassed by the attention. He rejected their kind offers.
Wanting to avoid causing trouble for others or wasting their goodwill, Hakuto felt the need to buy a guide cane...
As for why he didn't remove the cloth, it was because Hakuto believed that even just by looking at his eyes, people would be able to tell that he was blind.
Also, Hakuto had never been in the habit of displaying these things outwardly...
"Mom, look, a big white dog!"
"Is white the lucky color today?"
"Why are the tiles on the ground white?"
Holding a guide cane and walking through the crowd, Hakuto felt something strange, as if he was particularly sensitive to the word "white..."
"Is it my name...?" Hakuto shook his head, but he thought his name should be more than just one character...
Hakuto aimlessly boarded a bus, and then secretly climbed onto a cargo train.
Looking at the scenery outside the train, Hakuto had no idea where his destination was. He only knew he couldn't stay where he was...
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Beijing
A girl with white hair walked alone down the street, holding a phone, seemingly searching for something.
"Sorry, we can't keep up with Hakuto-sama's movements..."
"He doesn't seem to need electronic devices, it's like he can see through them. Several of our brothers have ended up in the hospital because of him..."
Compared to Otosaka Yuu, Hakuto was more aggressive!
Otosaka Yuu wouldn't have any interest in ordinary people; his attention was entirely focused on those with special abilities.
But Hakuto was different, anyone who even had the slightest thought toward him would be detected immediately!
Otosaka Shunsuke had sent people to follow Hakuto, but they had all been dealt with by him multiple times...
However, those people had apologized lightly, and that was enough to prompt this white-haired girl to take a plane to Beijing, China.
"Otosaka Yuu was brought back here... Hakuto has no reason not to be here..."
Nao's gaze held a trace of worry as she couldn't find her lover...
She stood on the unfamiliar street, her eyes frantically searching, but the familiar figure couldn't be found.
The wind gently blew, lifting her hair, but it couldn't blow away the anxiety and panic in her heart.
It wasn't just Nao; Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, Itsuki, and Ginko...
Everyone had arrived in this land of China, searching for Hakuto's figure in Beijing.
But in the end, it was all in vain...
"Nino... Ichika, Itsuki! I can't find Teacher Hakuto! I can't find him!"
Tears glistened in Yotsuba's eyes, as she bit her lip, trying to hold back the sorrow that was about to overflow.
But in the end, she couldn't hold it back.
Tears fell down her face, one drop after another, soaking her clothes. Her shoulders trembled slightly as she sobbed quietly.
Nino, Ichika, and Itsuki watched helplessly as Yotsuba cried. They stood there, wrapped in sorrow, unable to do anything.
"Hakuto... Hakuto!"
Miku called out Hakuto's name over and over again as she ran, hoping that the next second, she would see the figure she had been longing for around the corner.
Ginko sat on the bench that Hakuto once sat on, her eyes filled with an unshakeable confusion.
"Excuse me, have you seen the man in the photo?"
"Excuse me, have you seen the man in the photo?"
"Excuse me, have you seen..."
Even if they couldn't find him, they kept searching. Perhaps it was the love in their hearts urging them forward...
"I have seen him..."
"Though his hair was a bit longer, and his eyes were covered by a piece of black silk, he looked like he might be blind..."
"I'm not sure if he's the person you're looking for..."
Although every eyewitness pointed in a different direction, after receiving news of Hakuto, everyone wore expressions of hope on their faces.
From Beijing to Tianjin, whether it took a day or several months, they didn't know how long they would search, but they knew that if they couldn't find him, they would continue searching.
Nao sat on a bus, looking out the window, hoping that the next moment she would see the person she had been longing for.
It was as if fate was playing a joke on her. At the next bus stop, Nao's gaze unexpectedly fell on a young man with long hair.
"Hakuto..."
Without hesitation, Nao rushed out of the bus and into the street.
Through the bustling crowd, Nao hurriedly scanned each unfamiliar face, her eyes full of anxious anticipation.
"No... no... it's not him..."
She passed one street after another, hoping that she hadn't made a mistake. She had been wrong so many times before...
"No..." Nao sat on a bench, tears welling up in her eyes, the blue of her eyes tainted with faint bloodshot veins.
"Excuse me... could you tell me how to get to Bus Stop No. 3?"
Suddenly, that familiar voice pierced her world. In that moment, it felt as if everything around her went silent, and the noise became nothing but a blurred background sound.
Nao slowly lifted her head, and the familiar face appeared before her eyes again.
Her eyes instantly lit up, like brilliant stars in the night sky, and the face that had once been dim now shone with light.
She quickly wiped the tears from her face and gave a surprised yet shy smile.
"Sorry, were you crying?"
"No... um, Bus Stop No. 3, right... I'll take you there."
"Um... though I'm blind, you don't need to hold my hand."
"Also, have we met somewhere? Your voice sounds familiar..."
Upon hearing this, Nao paused for a moment: "Have we met... if I say I'm your lover, would you believe me?"
Upon hearing Nao's words, Hakuto's face showed a trace of emotion: "Sorry... I forgot so much..."
"Can you remember your name?"
"It should be... Shiratori?"
"How coincidental, me too..."
[The End of the Book]
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Yep.
That's it.
That's the end.
A sad open ending.
Without properly addressing what's going to happen next.
Even Eriri's fate is still unknown.
No need to make her have a significant appearance at his school festival I believe?
Now feel my confusion, pain, and rage while translating this after knowing such an ending.
RAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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