The Trickster's Ninth Episode

"After all, this memory is quite embarrassing to me, let me have a mental preparation." Akechi Goro said without any shame on his face.

"Although I don't know where you are now, Joker, you should be able to notice that my current appearance is quite different from my nature, right?" Goro Akechi pondered for a while, and finally opened the topic with a question.

That's right, normally speaking, Akechi Goro's nature is not what it is now.

The gentle smile and modesty displayed by Akechi Goro were originally just a disguise to cover up his true nature.His real character is arrogant and arrogant, with a strong desire for performance and greed, short-sighted and unscrupulous, caught in calculations without knowing it, he is a very despicable person.

Even after being forcibly cleansed, Akechi Goro just took off the gentle disguise, gave up the incompetence and rage madness, and became a gloomy type with bitter hatred and deep hatred.

But in this reincarnation, the real character of Akechi Goro that Amamiya Ren came into contact with seems to have not been disguised, it is the easy-going look he showed.

Of course, some shortcomings that are not considered shortcomings, such as liking to appear before others, still remain.

This kind of personality really doesn't match up with Ren Yugong's memory, whether it's the memory of being a time traveler or the memory of the first week.

"I once had a special period. How many reincarnations? I forgot. At that time, I was very confused, why I was treated differently from others. Kamo Shida, Madarame, Okumura, and even my rotten father, Why can they forget everything and start over again? But I have to remember everything that happened, living in a world where everyone forgets, but I will never be forgiven."

"Atonement is meaningless. It can only appease my heart for a while, but it will never end. This is not out of some utilitarian idea of ​​salvation. I know my faults and recognize the sins I have borne. , I can do good, and immediately begin to be a good-doing redeemer, doing things that I wanted to do but couldn't do in the past."

"But I can never say goodbye to my past, and I can't really start over in my life."

"..." Yu Gonglian listened quietly.

Akechi Goro said that he didn't remember which reincarnation it was, but Amamiya Ren had his own answer in his heart. Akechi Goro's mental journey was probably located in the seventh reincarnation, after the scene in the dream, before the so-called "decisive battle".

"I know that all of this is a gift from Yardabate, a gift called [Uninhibited]. I got this gift and did many evil things, and it is my own fault."

"But I couldn't be so open-minded at the time, so I'm going to ask you to help me cut off the connection with the group's subconscious."

"As a result, I was rejected as a matter of course. I was also scolded." Goro Akechi suddenly laughed when he said this.

"Now that I think about it, it's quite strange that Joker would get angry and curse at people."

Getting angry and being angry are two different states. In Amamiya Ren's impression, she was angry some times, but it seems that she didn't get angry. Even when she beat Sora's father back then, Amamiya Ren was just angry. A rational and restrained anger, rather than a more emotional anger.

"I still remember what you said to me at the time. You said that those people have taken a fork in the decision point of life. They can start over and have the possibility of going to a better place."

"And me? I live in a life that is destined not to be happy. I was born in a family that was not recognized by an asshole father. I am a child of a single-parent family that is destined to be looked down upon and criticized."

"Even if the situation can improve after restarting, it is still not a life that a child can readily accept."

"You call me a fool. I can't change my narrow-sightedness. How many years have I lived? Just make it look like I have endured the grievances of the whole world."

"This period of life is so short, so short that if I lose this pain and regret, what will I have left?"

"So I don't have the qualifications to come back again. If I have time to hesitate here, I might as well turn the pain and regret into my own food, and then find a path that at least allows me to walk willingly."

"Ah yes, when you said that, you used the word [roll]."

"Don't be impressed by such a strange place." Yu Gonglian felt a little goosebumps when he heard it, and his current state felt like someone had uncovered the dark history.

Even if he doesn't remember it himself.

"As the client, I'm holding back the shame, so you should have less opinions." Akechi Goro smiled and said that he would continue to hurt each other.

"Anyway, after that, I made a decision."

"Since I don't have a goal myself, I want to witness your goal during this time."

"It's a bit...like the feeling of wanting to see the reference answer before writing for an assignment that you don't know how to do."

"However, in the last reincarnation, you broke your promise."

"You cleared the memory of all previous reincarnations."

"including me."

Chapter 170 Nine

Hearing these words, Yu Gonglian immediately felt that something was wrong.

If it is said that the memories of all previous reincarnations have been emptied by Ren Amameiya, then how did he change his mind?

According to what we can see now, Yasen and Satan Yael have the authority in the impression space, the whole world is Ren Amamiya's [theatre], and he can do whatever he wants to this world with the [silk thread] in his hand.

If the memory of other people is deprived, it almost means that the power is also deprived. In this case, how did Yu Gonglian say that she was changed?

"Are you wondering how it evolved into what it is today under such a background?" Akechi Goro chuckled while subconsciously looking around.

There are no blue butterflies and no cats.

Can you really say that?What are those guys thinking?

Surprised, Akechi Goro raised doubts, and directly answered in the next sentence.

"Because there was a variable in the last reincarnation. But it should not be difficult to guess, after all, he is the one you chose."

"That's right, it's Saiki Kusuo."

"Of course, with Saiki Kusuo's character of being afraid of trouble, even if he notices a huge change in his world, he can feel something is wrong, but he doesn't bother to take care of it until something serious happens."

"At this time, Fujido, who is overseas and traveling in China, first recovered part of his memory - the velvet room that stopped operating a long time ago reappeared, and Feremon found him. But even Feremon couldn't let Fujido Shang also recovered all his memories, and the memories he recovered were only the memories of his adventures with his companions."

"That is, the memory before the world changed."

"Todo Takashi, who has recovered his memory, also found Kei Nanjo, the chairman of the Nanjo Group, by phone, and awakened Kei Nanjo's memory through the [Devil Ritual]."

"As for Kei Nanjo, who was in Japan and recovered his memory, he immediately discovered the incongruity between this world and his memory—that is, the Yasen Group that you drove into the real world as a nail."

"After there were discordant voices in this world, Tatsuya Amano became brother and sister, Yu Narugami and others also awakened one after another."

"Using the original memory as a blueprint, they found the most discordant and most conspicuous group in the world at that time, that is, the V family."

"The V family who lost their memory at the time didn't know anything about it. They didn't even have the so-called [memory before the world changed]. But their ability to influence the spiritual world with their singing alone made it difficult for the awakened group of people. Ignore the specialness of the V family."

"In the end, they entered the inner world with the help of a woman named Kusu Mikiko."

"In the beginning, the scenery of the inner world was basically the same as that of the outer world, except that the appearance of the residents was very conspicuous, and everything in the outer and inner worlds was almost synchronized."

"But in this strange synchronization, they saw another Hatsune Miku."

Having said that, Akechi Goro smiled happily, and looked up at Ren Amamiya.

"Speaking of which, do you think that this Hatsune Miku is the [shadow] of Hatsune Miku's true self?"

"But that's the problem, the V family has no [shadow]."

"Since the V family does not exist [another self], it also means that the Hatsune Miku that Yuu Narugami and the others encountered is a shadow produced by [a certain person's cognition]."

"That Hatsune Miku from the other world asked Naruto Yu and the others to bring their real-world selves to the other world so that they could meet each other."

"Yu Narugami and the others naturally agreed. They couldn't find a breakthrough at that time, and Hatsune Miku was the only clue they could find."

"So after a lot of thought, they brought Hatsune Miku to the inner world. And after the two Hatsune Miku met, no one knew what the two of them talked about, and the Hatsune Miku of the inner world melted into the outer world. In Hatsune Miku's body, it became her power and restored her all her memories."

"After Hatsune Miku's awakening, things turned around. With the help of Hatsune Miku, others have found their own third self in the other world, which is not a shadow, but is almost exactly the same as themselves—let's call it It is the [cognitive body]."

Hearing this, Yu Gonglian suddenly thought of something.

When he and Morgana went to their [theatre], they saw many shadows formed by Amamiya Ren's cognition in the [theatre].

But what Morgana said at the time was that only [people who do not exist in this world] will live in Ren Amamiya's [theatre] in the form of cognition.

All the people that Amamiya Ren is familiar with have no cognitive shadow in the [theatre].

Could it be that it's not that the people Amamiya Ren acquainted with can't form [cognitive life], but that in the last reincarnation, the [cognitive life] of these acquaintances were all integrated with their respective bodies? !

"It was also at that time that I awakened the memory of the past." Goro Akechi continued.

"And as more and more people recovered their memories, and as this turmoil finally spread to Mitsuzaka, Saiki Kusuo finally couldn't sit still."

"What happened after that! You can more or less guess it. It is to seek the truth and change your mind and start traveling around. Let me skip this part, and it will be endless." Akechi Goro said.

"But until the end of that reincarnation, until we stole your secret treasure, we didn't see you in person, only Yasen and Satan Yael."

"Whether the truth we found in this process is the truth is also very intriguing."

"But at least in my opinion, that's not the truth."

"So, I want to see what exactly you want to do?"

"I used to think that I understood you and could keep up with you, but the reality told me that it was a big mistake."

"So now I'm no longer confused. I want to use my own eyes to see what the world you want to pursue at all costs looks like. As for atonement and forgiveness? I won't be entangled in such issues anymore."

"You once said that I am a reverse justice, then I will become a righteous one as you wish. I will chase and judge all the injustices I see. It doesn't matter whether it is redemption or utilitarianism. I I can’t change my nature, but I heard that when a person has been acting for a lifetime, he will really become like that, so I want to try.”

"So, what I said on TV was not a joke!"

"I was serious."

Goro Akechi said this, with a provocative smile, raised his arm from the bath, put his index finger and middle finger together, and aimed at the front of Ren Amamiya, the water remaining on his arm gathered into drops, and fell down along the fingertips.

It's a shot gesture.

"The detectives are coming for you, Mr. Trickster."

Chapter 180 Monday's ____

June 5 → June 29 / Sunday

"It's so rare! You actually sleep late."

On Monday morning, Ren Amamiya went downstairs, and Sojiro was making breakfast. After seeing Ren Amamiya, he said with a teasing smile.

When Ren Amamiya slept in and didn't get up early to make breakfast by himself, Sojiro would help Ren Amamiya prepare breakfast and bento.

It was rare for Ren Amamiya to sleep late, so Sojiro didn't intend to wake him up.Of course, if the time is going to be late, he will still go upstairs to call for someone, but so far he has not encountered such a situation.

"Huh? Is it already this time? Probably yesterday's medicated bath released the fatigue." Yu Gonglian rubbed her eyes and said.

Goro Akechi got up and left after finishing his speech yesterday, leaving Amamiya Ren with a muddled mind doing useless analysis there.

It can’t be said that it’s useless. The information given by Akechi Goro yesterday is still very fierce, but this is the first time Ren Amamiya has learned about what happened in the eighth week. Since I didn’t get any clues about this before, I also There is no way to combine thinking and analysis.

By the time Yu Gonglian came back to her senses, he had soaked for too long. Fortunately, he was in good health and did not paralyze him.

Although it took a long time to soak, I don't know whether it is psychological factors or the medicine bath really worked. He had a good rest last night.

"Come and have breakfast. Why are you wearing this?" Sojiro asked casually.

Ren Amamiya came down in her school sportswear. She was dressed in bright red with a white T-shirt inside, which was very eye-catching. Although she could guess in a second that it was probably a school activity, she still looked out of place with ordinary people.

"The school organized a cleaning activity today, so I went there directly in my sportswear." Amamiya Ren explained simply.