Time in a collapsing world

The next day, Li slept until three in the afternoon. Anyway, he was going back to the orphanage today, and he had asked Alicia for leave in advance.

Apponia and the others should have received the gifts he sent, right?

Hmm... I went back to Li this time to see if they could recognize me now.

"Everything is ready! Kosmo, I'm going out!"

After speaking to Kosmo, who had returned from training, Li pulled up her hair, washed her face, and ran out with only Kudos Manzo.

"……farewell."

……

Li walked on the street, turning left and right, trying to get rid of the unknown people following behind.

It must have been sent by the Fire Chaser Moth, right? Responsible for monitoring him?

Is it Mei? Or Mebius? Or is it someone else?

Hey, he doesn't like this.

After Li tried several times, he could still feel that the people behind him were following him closely. He had no choice but to hide in a corner. When they came up in a hurry, Li knocked them all down with one palm. land.

"Hmm..." Li pondered, not knowing how to deal with them. The Fire Chaser Moth knew where his home was, and these people would definitely be able to find the location of the orphanage after they woke up.

In this case... I'm sorry, I'll take a little bit of your stuff away.

Li closed and opened her eyes, and the world in front of her changed drastically again. Spheres symbolizing various concepts covered everything.

With his eyes searching among the spheres on the heads of several people, Li reached out and took one for each person, and found a few more spheres in his hand that were gradually turning transparent.

【memory】

Li took away their memories of tracking him and getting orders.

and also……

Li turned Kukong Manzo into a small mirror, and when he peeled away the various concepts covered on it, he saw the spheres all over his face.

"There should be some..." Li said to herself, rummaging around and taking out a tennis-sized ball.

【Sleepy】

It was really amazing that he still had the desire to sleep after sleeping until the afternoon.

Li squeezed hard, and the ball was actually crushed into multiple pieces. In the next moment, the pieces all turned into balls of different sizes in front of his eyes, just like starfish. A stump is a whole.

Li caught them at an extremely fast speed and took a look. The concept they symbolized remained unchanged, it was still [sleep].

[Sleepness] was stuffed into the head of each follower, and the excess was kneaded into a ball again, and a lucky person was randomly selected and given to him.

These are several functions that Li tried out in a short time with the help of Mebius, and they are very useful in many situations.

"Then, you all should have a good sleep~" Li took back his power and dragged a few people to lean against a nearby corner. He was not afraid that these people would be picked up. The uniform of Fire Chasing Moth Wearing them, no one will find them without a discerning eye.

……

"Apponia! Qianjie! Open the door quickly!"

Outside the Twilight Street Orphanage, Li excitedly slapped the door, and the sound of "bang bang bang" echoed endlessly.

But the strange thing is that no one responded. In the past, if he had been knocking like this for a long time, Master Qian would have rolled up his sleeves and come out to beat people.

Glancing at the wall that he had crossed countless times, Li grabbed the top of it and jumped up, flying in easily.

As soon as he landed, Li saw bags after bags of various beautifully packaged gift boxes in front of him. They were gifts he had asked the store manager to send.

"Why are you leaving it at the door?" Li frowned, but before he could think about it, something came to his ears.

"..."

Someone was talking, but they were too far away to hear clearly what they were saying. However, Li heard the faint sounds of crying mixed in...

Li turned her head sharply. This sound... was it coming from the church?

In the blink of an eye, Li had arrived at the door of the church. He could hear the crying inside more clearly, as well as Aponya's prayer.

"...Tsk."

Already having a bad guess in his mind, Li gently opened the door and saw the children in the church with their backs to him. They formed a circle and lowered their heads. The crying was exactly what some of them were saying. from.

"..."

He was all too familiar with this scene. Every time a child died of illness in the orphanage, the remaining children would surround the body of the unfortunate person like now and listen to Aponya's prayer for him.

Li saw Qianjie in the corner of the church. He was leaning against the wall, hugging his chest, lowering his head and remaining silent.

Qianjie also spotted Li standing outside the door and recognized him. He just nodded lightly without saying a word.

Even though he usually had difficulty in meditating, he could stay in one place quietly like this... every time.

Li didn't go in, he just stood there quietly, controlling himself not to make any noise. He didn't want to disturb them.

The prayer lasted for a long time, and everyone stood for a long time.

It was dinner time, but not a single child complained of hunger. After experiencing so much, even the youngest child could understand what the word "death" meant.

"... I wish that there will be no more pain in the next life."

After the last prayer fell, the children no longer restrained themselves. The younger children cried loudly, while the other children bit their lips tightly, but tears fell involuntarily from the corners of their eyes. No matter how they were wiped, the tears still flowed. more than.

"...Li."

Aponya stood up in the circle of children, and she saw Li who was watching all this silently.

"Aponia..."

Li saw the body of the deceased through the gap between the crowd. Although it was covered with white cloth, Li could distinguish the tattered shoes on his feet. Everyone had only one pair of shoes, and he remembered The characteristics of the shoes worn by each child are recorded.

"...Is it Aaron?"

"Um……"

"Yeah……"

"Do you want to see him?"

"never mind……"

Li showed a sad expression. In his memory, the child named Alon was a handsome boy. Li joked that when he grew up, he would be the most beautiful boy in the Twilight Street Orphanage. It has to be him.

"I already have money. I will have someone make a new one for Aaron's tombstone and the tombstones of everyone who has died before."

"..."

Aponya looked at Li quietly, and she felt something had changed about the boy in front of her.

"Thank you for your hard work, Li."

"... Don't forget to distribute the gifts at the door to the children, and Aron's share... Forget it, let me do it."

After saying that, Li turned around, but heard Aponya behind him calmly saying:

"Li, you don't need to pretend, just show your true self."

"Ha...what are you talking about? I am who I am."