Chapter 268 Hypocrite
"It's you, my favorite mask~"
On the not-so-luxurious makeshift stage, a girl with twin ponytails dressed in gorgeous costumes held a bright red fox mask high in both hands, revealing a joyful smile.
Under the bright spotlight, the masked girl named "Hanabi" was so dazzling that she attracted the audience's attention.
The fireworks are smiling, and the mask is smiling too.
"Brother, are all actors so good?"
Under the stage, Hanabi watched the performance on the stage without blinking, with a look of longing in her pink eyes.
An Ming put popcorn on her lap. "A good magician must also be a good actor. Of course, the same is true for a fraudster."
This was the eighth day since An Ming "bought" Fireworks. He brought the girl to watch the crew's first performance. In the not-so-big town of Tavi, the Fireworks crew was the only troupe.
There are many more dramatic performances outside of Edo Star that far surpass this one, with more magnificent stages and world-renowned actors.
But here, there is only one stage.
"Brother, what does Huo Huo want to do?" Huo Huo skillfully played with the poker in her hand. In just eight days, she had completely mastered the simple tricks that An Ming taught her.
"I need you to be Hanabi."
"Fireworks?"
"The fireworks in the play."
An Ming smiled and looked at Hua Huo, "If you don't want to, you can refuse."
Hanabi shook her head slightly, "My life was given by my brother, so... 'Hanabi' is willing."
She volunteered to become Hanabi and put on the "Hanabi" mask until she became Hanabi.
Hua Huo looked at An Ming and said softly, "Brother, you will remember me, right?" No matter what happens, no matter what she looks like hundreds of years later.
As long as he is An Ming, he will still remember his original self.
That pure white mask without any color.
An Ming stared at Hua Huo in a daze. The girl just smiled at him. He didn't understand where this unconditional trust came from.
Is it just because of that momentary "salvation"?
But that was just false hypocrisy created by planning.
An Ming doesn't think he is a good person. He saved Hua Huo just to take advantage of her identity. Is this hypocritical fraudster worthy of trust?
He was always waiting for Hua Huo to leave. A girl as smart as her would definitely be able to see the truth.
"why?"
"I want more masks," Hua Huo smiled and quietly held An Ming's hand, "Once I have collected a thousand masks, I will definitely know who I am!"
"Until then..."
Hua Huo suddenly lowered her head shyly and whispered: "I will meet you again with my true self."
This is the fate of the puppet family. Hanabi must always find the mask that belongs to her and touch her true self.
Who is she?
Where did she come from?
Does she have parents?
She has nothing left.
Hanabi is willing to become "Hanabi", to become an actor, to collect masks that belong to her, and finally to shape her true self.
By then, we will definitely be able to -
"Is the crew still short of people?" Behind the stage, An Ming dressed up as a senior director and recommended Hua Huo to the crew, "This kid is very good at acting."
The girl who played Hanabi held Hanabi's hand enthusiastically, "I think you will be a great Hanabi."
"Why...?"
Hanabi thought to herself, how could she possibly play the role of "Hanabi" well when she had only seen the performance once.
She is far inferior to Hanabi played by the girl in front of her.
Hanabi's actor handed the mask to Hanabi and said with a smile, "It doesn't really matter. You just have to make 'them' think you are Hanabi, then you are Hanabi."
"Ok!"
Hanabi took the first mask that was not blank that belonged to her with both hands - the mask named Hanabi.
She got the script belonging to Hanabi and began to learn Hanabi's joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.
Laughter, sadness, anger, hope, love, jealousy, hatred.
What would you do if it was Fireworks?
"Brother, why don't you accompany Hua Huo? Is it because Hua Huo hasn't done well enough?" Tears fell from the corners of Hua Huo's eyes. She knelt on the ground with red eyes.
"I love you so much, why did you leave me!"
"Is this your love?"
An Ming made coffee and prepared hot cocoa for Hanabi, "You performed well."
"Is it more like Hanabi this time?" Hanabi's pitiful expression instantly turned into joy, and she took the hot cocoa and sipped it. "Speaking of which, it seems that the troupe is leaving Tavi Town."
"That's because they couldn't find Soul Sakura."
An Ming sneered, "Such a weak spiritual resonance cannot give birth to high-quality soul cherries." Soul cherries will only be born at the moment when the spiritual resonance reaches its peak.
Edo Star is a hotbed for soul cherry blossoms, but it lacks soil strong enough to support the blooming of soul cherry blossoms.
"Only Hanabi can do that, right?"
"It's not Hanabi, it's you."
An Ming understood that this was something only Fireworks could do, and that was to become a real Fireworks.
"Brother, the sister from the troupe told me that the last actress who played Hanabi went crazy and locked herself in her room all day long. In the end, only the mask was left."
"Soul Cherry will cause the mental threshold to collapse, and it is difficult for ordinary people to control it, but if you use this power, you may be able to get someone's attention."
An Ming does not need to walk on the path of fate, but what he has to do has to be done by Hun Ying.
Only by reaching the end of the spirit can we confirm the truth of something.
Then, the curtain falls.