Chapter 645: Chapter 405: Strange Dreams
Outside, it’s raining.
The bright lightning suddenly made it a glaring white outside the window, and the rumbling thunder descended from the sky filled with dark clouds.
The whole room was like a claustrophobic black box, protecting people within.
Uesugi Sakura, in a moment of awareness, saw a flash of lightning.
"Thunderstorm?"
Outside the translucent floor-to-ceiling windows blurred by raindrops, he also saw Tokyo Tower, and his own reflection on the window.
He knew where this was.
This was his home after marriage, this was the living room.
Uesugi Sakura found that his face wore a very impatient expression, he wanted to change his somewhat unhappy look, but for some reason, none of his movements were under his control.
Hands, feet, all seemed to be manipulated by another consciousness.
Beep! Beep!
The phone rang amidst the sound of rain.
[Uesugi Sakura] raised his hand and answered the call—only at this moment did Uesugi Sakura realize...he couldn’t control this body in the dream.
"Hello." The voice was distant, or perhaps too plain.
"Sakura-kun..."
"What’s up?"
"Sakura-kun...can you open the door...? Hanabi still has something to say to you..."
"What needed to be said...has actually long been said...right?"
"Sakura-kun...please let Hanabi say just one more thing to you...just one sentence..."
"Can’t it be said over the phone?"
"Hanabi...wants to say it to you face to face..."
"(Impatiently) Fine, where are you now?"
"Hanabi...is already at the door..."
[Uesugi Sakura] turned around, just as a bolt of lightning struck the sky, branches of light illuminated the whole house.
He walked to the entrance and opened the door.
"You actually don’t have to come over anymore, things between us are already very clear—Hanabi!?"
Splurt—thud—!
[Uesugi Sakura] looked down again, only to find a shiny fruit knife stuck in his stomach.
Hanamaru Hanabi’s eyes were red, almost as if drenched in blood, but on her face was a smile of relief.
Uesugi Sakura incredulously looked at the fruit knife in his stomach, suddenly losing all strength, collapsing onto the floor, with pain spreading through his body like dense silk threads.
Hanamaru Hanabi hugged herself tightly with her small hands against her chest, saying to him:
"This way...Sakura-kun can be with Hanabi forever."
...
Consciousness instantly peeled away from the dream.
Uesugi Sakura, lying in bed, woke up with a gasp, breathing heavily, repeatedly feeling his stomach to see if a hole had appeared.
What on earth is going on?
Fortunately, there was no hole in his stomach.
Uesugi Sakura glanced back to see Hanamaru Hanabi’s peaceful sleeping face.
Her cheeks were pink and tender, occasionally uttering "Sakura-kun" in a childish tone while pouting.
Hard to believe, the current Hanabi and the Hanabi in the dream share the same cute face.
What kind of jerk could make her become like this?
"Hanabi!"
"Hanabi!!"
Uesugi Sakura tried calling out to Hanamaru Hanabi again, but still didn’t wake her from her sleep.
No, I have to go again.
So, Uesugi Sakura laid back down holding the girl, activating again the Dream Shared Solution tool.
...
Pink clouds dotted the blue sky.
Ahead, a red river floated with giant chilies, the bright red river carried beef, pudding, octopus balls, cheese, ice cream...if you looked closely, you could also see blue shark fins swimming within.
And the surrounding trees were of various chocolate styles, the flying birds were made of candy, the lawn on the ground was paved with cake, and he stood on a bush that looked like cotton candy.
"Where is this...?"
Standing on the cotton candy bush, Uesugi Sakura looked down at his own hands.
He swayed left and right, not finding anything unusual.
This time, he could move.
He tried jumping a couple of times, discovering the bush beneath was soft and particularly bouncy.
He crouched down, tore a corner piece and put it in his mouth.
Uesugi Sakura tasted what it was: sweet, cotton candy, with a slight spicy hint.
This was Hanabi’s favorite flavor.
He suddenly discovered a plate hanging on his chest, it read: [5]
5?
What does this number mean?
Just as Uesugi Sakura was at a loss, from afar on the chocolate path, an eggplant car suddenly approached.
The eggplant car used pumpkin and watermelon as wheels, unevenly sized, bouncing as it drove.
The eggplant car seemed intentionally for the Uesugi Sakura here.
Once the car reached in front of Uesugi Sakura, it stopped and opened its cabbage door.
Following that, out came two people.
—No, to be precise, out came two Uesugi Sakura.
They were labeled 854 and 458, dressed in uniforms resembling those of police officers.
Uesugi Sakura stared speechlessly at these two who wore the exact same face as him.
He tried to greet them: "Hello...?"
"Hello what!"
Uesugi Sakura directly smacked down the hand raised for greeting, "Do you even know what today is! You’re still running around!
Uesugi Sakura asked in confusion, "Today, is what day?"
"Today! Is the most important day in Hanabi Kingdom!!! The most important celebration!!!"
Uesugi Sakura stood upright and shouted loudly, "Today! Our most supreme, pure, beautiful, adorable, stunning, flawless Hanabi King! Will choose one of the happiest citizens among thousands of subjects to accompany for the night! Every citizen belonging to Hanabi Kingdom must not be absent!!!"