【Master Ming】Golden Day of the Gods

Then he was unilaterally entangled by the other party.From time to time after that, I could meet him on the subway on the way to school, in front of the bakery on the ground floor of the Teikyu Building after school, and then I even went to find Lubrand in person.

He stands on the opposite side of the Phantom Thieves, there is no doubt about it.But with the in-depth contact with Akechi, Niwa became more and more weirdly incongruous.It should be the existence of the enemy, why is there a strange sense of familiarity?

Maybe it's because of this feeling that I can't even explain, maybe it's because Akechi is very good at dealing with people-although his kind of gentleness is useless-in short, Niwa can't say that he hates this person at all.On the contrary, this person kept his heart tight, and the way he pretended to cater to him actually made him feel interesting.He probably had some other purpose in getting close to him, not only did he think so, Morgana had also warned him.

But when he returned to Lublanc one day, the first person who greeted him was not Sojiro but a smiling "Welcome back". Zhi Zhi, who was at the bar, was stunned at the door by a strong sense of déjà vu.It wasn't until Sojiro frowned and said why it was so uncomfortable to be in the middle of the road that he came back to his senses.

"What's wrong with you?" The culprit looked at him curiously.Niwa could only shake his head and say it was nothing, and added whether we had met somewhere.Zhizhi was stunned for a moment and burst out laughing.

He said with pity, Niwa-kun, this kind of technique is no longer fashionable nowadays.

Haru's father collapsed at the press conference, and the popularity of the Phantom Thieves fell to the bottom. Prosecutors and police officers came to the campus to investigate.It was at that time that Zhizhi, who was uncharacteristically speaking for the Phantom Thieves on the show, accepted the invitation to be a guest speaker, and then in the thrilling 10 minutes, they exposed their identities, and they had the ability to show their cards. They cooperate.Even his work efficiency is super first-class detective prince.

While fighting side by side in the palace with Akechi wearing the white "Phantom Thief Uniform", Niwa felt a dull sound somewhere in his heart.

Fate, fate, the world, these things he did not believe in before.But after having a persona, everything that was never believed seems to become believable, and those things that were previously believable on the surface have become suspicious.The world in his eyes once shattered, and was reconnected into pieces due to the fetters formed, turning into a wide lake.

As for Akechi Goro, like a stone thrown into the lake, the center of the lake suddenly trembled.

He felt like this, and fighting alongside him seemed like it had happened a long time ago.So nostalgic and so sad.

But he knew in his heart that it was irreparable, because he had already learned through the bug that Futaba installed on Zhizhi's mobile phone that this person was the one who was about to betray them, and for the survival of the Phantom Thieves, he had to let his plan go one way.

After that, he inevitably watched Zhizhi go all the way to the end of disillusionment.When he confided that he was the illegitimate son of Shidou Zhengyi, the mastermind behind the scenes, and that all he had done so far was to avenge his biological father. Everyone was shocked, but Niwa looked at his ferocious face, and a thought emerged in his mind. What came out was other irrelevant fragments.

For example, on the seaside under the starry sky, palm trees dance in the wind; the curry made by Lublanc, the person sitting opposite said it is delicious; the lips and tongues that touch each other carefully; the smell of rain and coffee; the eyes meeting, the fingertips collide.The cold feel of a gun against the head; blood, lots of blood; someone's tears.

"Why, I couldn't meet you a few years earlier, Shuo Ye..."

——It's too late... If I could have met you sooner...

The man said lamentingly, and Niwa was sure that this was one of his few truthful words.There seemed to be an identical voice whispering in his head, like a curse that entangled him and could not escape.

With no time left for him to clear his mind, Akechi fought them to the death.During this period, he has been launching intensive attacks on Joker to prove that his blatant jealousy is not a joke.Even though he has another ability that they don't know about, and his strength is far beyond imagination, he still loses to the phantom thieves who cooperate with each other tacitly.

Akechi knelt on the ground exhausted, and Niwa held out his hand to him.

"Sensible, you still have a way back, come here. Since the purpose is the same, we can cooperate."

"Ha, ha ha... Are you an idiot? Say cooperation to someone who once shot you without hesitation?"

"Are you still planning to go back to Shitong? You will be killed."

"That's right." Another voice similar to Zhizhi's echoed hollowly in the mechanical room, and it was Zhizhi in school uniform who came out of the darkness.He took out a gun from his pocket and pointed it at Ming Zhi who was kneeling on the ground.

"This is the order of Captain Shitong, the loser does not need to keep it."

The doll announced nonchalantly.Just like the purpose of making this puppet itself, Shitong originally planned to tidy up after the election. Of course, he never only used it as a tool, and discarded it when it was useless.

"Haha... I'm really an idiot..."

Akechi raised the corner of his mouth in self-deprecating manner, raised his gun and pointed at Niwa, but when the fake man laughed grinningly, he suddenly pointed at Niwa's abdomen and shot.Immediately afterwards, he fired another shot at the distant switch.The water-tight hatch closed with a sound, isolating his resolute figure from the phantom thieves.

"wise!"

Niwa rushed forward and knocked on the hatch, but it stood still like an iron wall.He kept calling that person's name, and his heart seemed to be drawn deeper and deeper by the darkness.He was so frightened that even he himself did not understand why he was so frightened.

But there is only one thing he can be sure of, he doesn't want to lose anyone anymore.

He couldn't see the smile on the other side of the wall.Only a faint sound was heard from the opposite side.

—Let's make a deal.

If that person had never met Shi Tong, if he didn't have that cursed ability, he might just be one of the living beings living an ordinary life.

Unforgivable.

Destiny must not be ruined in the hands of such a person.

The pain that Zhizhi suffers must be let him experience it personally.

While waiting for Shidou to change his mind, Niwa finally returned to his daily routine where he doesn't have to hide from others.

The coffee is getting more and more sophisticated, but there are no people who can taste it.There is no Prince Detective on TV anymore; sometimes when he is helping in Lublanc, when he hears the doorbell ringing, he will always turn around reflexively, thinking that there will be a smiling face of that person there.In Shinjuku at night, from time to time, you will hear ladyboys talking about wisdom, with regret in their voices.After school, I have nothing to do, and I will wander to Teji’s bakery unknowingly, but no matter how many times I go, I will never see that person thinking seriously in front of the dazzling array of shelves again.

When he came to his senses, he realized that the world never talked about Akechi Goro again.

People forget so quickly, remembering is often a more difficult thing.But he seemed to be abandoned by the whole world, and only he was still reminiscing about that day in his dream, as if he was the only one who remembered the wisdom, as if this person had not disappeared from his life.

And when Shido changed his mind and Niwa finally reached the truth of the world, the ruling god known as the Holy Grail told him: All this was a game for him to test people's hearts.And Niwa Sakuya and Akechi Goro are destined to be put on the chessboard as black and white.It turned out that their meeting, collision, and hostility had been arranged from the very beginning.

The conditions given by the evil god are so strict that there is almost no possibility of winning.But Niwa stood on the highest stage with the will of all mankind, and issued a final complaint to the god who played them in the palm of his hand.

The armor-piercing projectile of Sin pierced through Yalda Bait's steely body. At that moment, all memories were awakened with the disappearance of God.In another time and space, he died at the hands of a wise lover.

The black-haired boy who fulfilled the agreement before Zhizhi's death and ended everything looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, feeling lonely in his heart.It's like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle is missing, and it will always be blank.

He returned to the prison in his dream again—this time he was no longer trapped by the shackles—the girl with long silver hair greeted him with a smile and gave him an answer.

——Congratulations, you have reached the real end.

The real end?He frowned.

Yes, you probably already remembered.More distant things that existed in the previous time and space.When you were killed by Akechi Goro and your life was hanging by a thread, you heard my voice and chose to start over.

Thanks to you, Laventa.he sighed.Unexpectedly, this time, Zhizhi became a detective.

That's right.The girl named Laventa lowered her eyes sadly.That is the masterpiece of the evil god - Yalda Bait.He imprisoned my master, and let you start the game with extremely unreasonable conditions from the very beginning.Including the appearance of Akechi Goro as your classmate last time also came from his malice.He just wanted to know whether, in that situation, human beings can overcome emotion, or be defeated by love.

And I lost.

But you won it back beautifully this time.Even though you are imprisoned in a prison in reality, I believe that you who have changed the world will have an infinitely bright future.

...can I make a request?

Please say.

I want to do it all over again.

The silver-haired girl's amber eyes widened.

what are you talking about !Why do you want to do this, haven't your mission and purpose been achieved?

Yes, everything was perfect - except he wasn't there.

Does he mean... Akechi Goro?

The black-haired boy who was no longer in the prison uniform put his hand into the pocket of his pajamas casually, and nodded with a wry smile.

He is too stubborn, with terrible self-esteem, unwilling to ask anyone for help, trapped in his own world and unable to extricate himself.On the surface, he looks all-round and exquisite, but in fact he is really a person who is afraid of being alone.However, whether it was last time or this time, I couldn't help him.Is it true that I am destined to be his enemy?Is there no second way?

The girl looked up at her trickster and remained silent.

I want to save him, Laventa.I don't believe in such a fate.There must be some way to give him a chance to change completely.Long before he committed those sins, before he knew it.If he could be shown a better world, he might not be on the path of no return.

...But if you do it all over again, you will go through the same pain again.

Since I won this round, can we always negotiate terms this time?

condition?

He always felt that it was too late, and I wanted to meet before it was too late, before the evil god intervened.Also, I don't want to lose this memory again.

Niwa stared sternly at his little helper until the girl finally gave in.

I understand...Your request can be satisfied, but I have no way of knowing what else Yalda Beth will do to you.Because you stir the thread of fate, it is bound to affect the future.

Ah, I wish for it.I'm sorry Laventa, always making such capricious demands on you.

The girl shook her head with a smile, and the pages of the book in her hand shone with light.

Humans are amazing animals.I don't understand why you would rather go to this point to save Goro Akechi.

The light from the book enveloped the black-haired boy softly, and he smiled apologetically.Although that person was hypocritical and troublesome, and even killed himself twice, the world would not be complete without him.

I want to see him again.

Niwa woke up from his sleep.The moonlight outside the window was bright, and the calendar clock on the wall showed that the time stayed three years ago in the dream.

They meet again, at the beginning of everything has not yet begun.Niwa was uncharacteristically clung to everything, and he wanted to pull Akechi over before "something" happened.He is no longer what he was in the past, and the one who supported the present is the one who failed that day.The self who failed to see through the wise heart and led to destruction; the self who failed to grasp the wise hand and pull him back.One has to fall hard enough in the past to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.

He saw Zhizhi's past that he hadn't spoken about in the previous two times: living in a relative's house, being bullied by his classmates, struggling to raise living expenses, and the negative environment eroded this unaccompanied teenager little by little.He took the initiative to contact Zhizhi and forcibly broke into his life, in order to open the closed heart that was on the verge of collapse, regain the memory lost in the cycle of reincarnation, and prevent the worst from happening.He wants to do his best and will not allow another failure.

Thankfully, Sensei begins to trust himself and slowly opens up to him.This is a good start.If there is any regret in this, there is only one thing.

——It's not the "like" for his friends, he can only hide it in his heart.

Niwa opened the window and looked at the full moon outside the window.He seemed to be having a good time with himself.And he also enjoys the time of playing around with Zhizhi, which is enough.

If it saves a wise man's life, he thought, it doesn't matter if he can't remember it for the rest of his life.

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