[Net King Black Basket] Rebirth: Hunting the Iceberg Goddess

At first, Baili didn't realize where she was.

She only felt that she was in an illusory darkness, where dreams and reality intersected, and she stood in the gap between black and white, her vision was obscured by the surrounding fog.

Soon, the fog dissipated and light poured in, and she found herself standing under the gray sky, with soft and muddy soil under her feet.

It was raining lightly, and the misty rain was blowing in the wind. She only felt that her face and body were chilly, as if the finest silk was gently brushing over her body, leaving a cold, faint but unforgettable feeling.

Baili stood there with a feeling of doubt and uncertainty. Her sight gradually got used to such a dim environment, and she finally saw things around her clearly.

She reached out and gently touched the white stone tablet beside her. Her hands looked white and slender, with beautifully trimmed nails and blue matte nail polish on them.

That's not the hand outfit that 14-year-old Baili Baisawa has, it's clearly... When she was 24 years old, she looked like when she went to see Tezuka Kunimitsu's competition.

The cold touch and the scene in front of her made everything weird. She knew when and where she was now.

She was in a cemetery, and at the age of 24 she had only been to one cemetery - her own.

She, Baili Baize, was buried here by her relatives when she was 24 years old.

It all finally seemed like a dream, a flashback to the old days, a memory that made people despair.But all of this is too real, so real that people can't believe it's just a dream.

The boundary between fantasy and reality was too blurred, and Baili was a little stunned for a while.

Why is she here?

Has the good luck bestowed upon her by the heavens run out?

She finally really, completely, thoroughly, never see her parents again, never see Aomine Daiki and Momoi Itsuki, never see her old and new friends, and never see... Tezuka Kunimitsu ?

Is the time up?

The girl's slender fingers slowly slid across the cold stone tablet, and she walked forward in a daze. She kept walking like this, until a familiar object appeared in front of her eyes.

She recognized this thing, and she even squatted on top of it without any shyness, until she was frightened by a man who appeared unexpectedly and fell down.

That was her tombstone. On the small colorful photo was her young and bright smile. Below that was her name in four big characters: Baili Baize.

There are still many flowers placed in front of the tombstone, and she also recognizes those flowers, which were placed by the people who attended the funeral themselves.There are many drops of water on the petals, and the edges are slightly curled.They look far less lively and beautiful than when they were just placed.

How long had it been since the funeral was over?Why is she here?

The photo of Baili staring at her for a long time was probably taken when she was just in college. At that time, her smile looked presumptuous and silly. At that time, she hadn’t learned the standard smile with eight teeth. At that time, she She also felt that the world was fine, and her life had just begun.

But she didn't live many more years, did she? Her life ended at the age of 24. She seemed to have done a lot of things, but it seemed...that she had accomplished nothing.

After what seemed like a century of silence, Baili was suddenly awakened by the sound of slight footsteps. The girl turned her head slowly, and a blurry silhouette gradually appeared in the foggy background. As the footsteps gradually became louder, the figure It also became clearer.

The moment he saw that person clearly, Baili couldn't help but widen his eyes and hold his breath.

That was a purely unexpected visitor, that was——Akashi Seijuro.

As if to match this weird scene, the man who came covered in water vapor also looked like a mature man.He was wearing a neat and slim black suit, and the slight drizzle had left traces on the fabric. This kind of small detail that looks a bit embarrassing on a normal person would not weaken his demeanor when placed on him. On the contrary, he seemed to have a solemn aura all over him.

Just like many times before, in a large area of ​​deep and shades of black and gray, his eyes and hair color are the only bright colors that exist, just like the first glow that jumps out of the sea of ​​clouds before dawn.

Akashi, why are you here?

Moreover, why... is he holding a bouquet of white chrysanthemums in his hand?

Panic and uneasiness slowly rose from Baili's heart, as if instinctively, she staggered back, step by step, until she hit the tombstone and could not retreat, she just woke up like a dream, trembling legs , moved the body behind the tombstone.

Just as no one could see her then, Akashi can't see her now - she's a ghost with a body.

She raised her head, staring at the man who was getting closer and closer with indescribably complicated emotions.

Akashi's footsteps are steady and his posture is leisurely. He walks in the rain and mud, just like walking under a magnificent palace.He soon came to Baili's tombstone, and his eyes stopped at the place where Baili had stared for a long time before, the photo inlaid on the tombstone.

After a long silence, Akashi bent down slightly and put down the bouquet of white chrysanthemums in his hand. Then, he took out a small box from his suit pocket, then squatted down, and put the box in the box he had just put down. next to the white chrysanthemum.

No need to open the box, Baili recognized it when Akashi took it out, it was a dark jewelry box without any trademarks or decorations on it, it looked like a rich man purposely High end customization on request.

It was something Baili had seen before falling asleep, and it was a birthday present from 16-year-old Akashi himself.

Why did the 26-year-old Akashi in his previous life do the same thing as the 16-year-old Akashi in this life?

"I wanted to give it to you personally as a birthday present. I thought I still had a lot of opportunities, but I didn't expect..."

Just like everyone who visits a deceased friend, Akashi began to mutter his visit speech after putting down all the memorials.His eyes still stayed on the photo of Baili with a stupid smile. He seemed to be talking to the girl, but since she was gone, his words sounded like a sigh of melancholy.

"Back then, I believed that man would conquer nature, but then I thought about it... You see, I really met you because of a car accident, and I'm saying goodbye to you now, or because of a car accident."

"If my hint was more obvious—but, you wouldn't accept it, would you? You haven't contacted me anymore..."

"You hate that guy Aomine, so you hate all of us too?"

--What is he saying?

— When did he leave a "Call me now" signal?

——Except for the translation work at the beginning, isn’t there any other intersection between her and Akashi?

——Why... She doesn't have any impression of what this guy said?

The feeling of bewilderment came in an instant, like a flood washed over Baili's body, she only felt that she was standing in the flood, her body was on the verge of falling, as if she would drown to death in the next second.

Then, she suddenly realized that there was a person behind her.

The stiff neck almost rattled when it turned, Baili turned her head mechanically, and suddenly another acquaintance appeared behind her, the man in a white coat with red patterns on the corners of his eyes - the one with her The divine beast of the same name, Bai Ze.

He was half-floating in mid-air, with his white shoes sticking out.At this moment, the road was slippery and rainy, but the shoes were as clean as if they had never touched the ground.

At the very moment when she saw Bai Ze clearly, Baili felt a tingling pain in her mind. Countless fragments surged out of her sea of ​​memory, and she couldn't wait to jump out of the sea and show it before Baili's eyes.

"This is impossible...why, this is impossible!"

The girl froze in place, murmured, her voice was almost silent, she suddenly knew what Akashi was talking about, besides the first meeting, she did meet Akashi again, and... not only met, They also spent a lot of time together.

That was after Akutsuren's memorial service in Japan ended. At that time, Baili happened to return to China. Out of respect for her colleagues, she also attended the memorial service, and without any accident, she met the sponsor The only son of the Akashi family, one of the merchants.

At that time, although he felt a little embarrassed in his heart, with the mentality of "you must hug such a thigh well", Baili went up to greet him and chatted a lot.

Before the two said goodbye, Akashi suddenly made a request: he will go to Germany to discuss a business soon. If Baili has time, he hopes to hire Baili as her full-time translator. Back to easy.

There is a saying in China that goes, if you have money, don’t you make a bastard?Anyway, after Baili confirmed her itinerary, she immediately agreed to Akashi's request with a cheerful mood.And two days later, she boarded the plane to Germany with Akashi, the first class cabin of Lufthansa, a woman like her has never enjoyed such a comfortable itinerary.

Later, what happened later?No, or the question should be asked like this, how many things happened later, but she forgot all of them?

Didn't she have a great time drinking and chatting with Akashi at that time?Didn't she accompany Akashi to visit the most famous scenic spots in Germany?At that time, didn't she go to Paris with Akashi, and then encountered a gun robbery in a bloody accident, almost frightened the whole person, and Akashi...he was not as gentle and kind as before, not at all. He usually looks like a domineering president, has he ever comforted her?

So...she couldn't remember who she traveled with once or twice, was it with Akashi?

Between them... so many things happened? !

Why, why she doesn't remember at all!

"Because you met me then."

The divine beast half floating in the air seemed to be waiting for this question. Just as Baili thought of this, he answered leisurely.

"And more than once, so when I left, I used the same spell to erase your memory. It's just that I didn't expect your little lover to be different..."

"He is a very keen person, and he has a stronger sense of ghosts and ghosts than ordinary people. You can understand this ability as 'eyes of the sky', or something similar. Some of the simplest and most commonly used spells are like computers. Like a program, it has a fixed algorithm and targets specific features, so when the memory related to me is erased, even your memory of that guy is also erased as a secondary goal."

"As for such erased memories, you can only recall them when you meet all the relevant people at the same time-yes, it is now."

"You shouldn't have seen the scene now, because your funeral is over and you should start a new life, but since you saw it-this is also a manifestation of fate."

Baili froze in place like a puppet, quietly looking at the man in front of him.She could smell the rain and feel the soil under her feet. How real it was, but how false it was.

How could these stories happen?

"What happens to you is your fate, and it has nothing to do with me. As for the gift I gave you, you must have received it," Bai Ze said, nodding his head lightly, with that expression still on his face. A fox-like smirk, seems to be very satisfied with this small arrangement, "Your rebirth is an 'abnormal event', similarly, you are also an 'abnormal existence', I said That guy is very sensitive to this kind of thing, so after he comes into contact with you, he will naturally be influenced—or, in other words, influenced by what he has done in the past."

"He will think you are very familiar, he will feel that he knows something that he should not know, and he will show extraordinary attention to you, all because of this reason."

"Do you think it's ironic, girl? A 16-year-old boy has become interested in someone for no reason. He feels curious and distressed, and feels puzzled, but he will never think in his life that he has such The person who has this kind of thinking, the person who affects his own will, is actually his future self.”

"In addition, I like the gift he gave you very much, that is, the pendant. I still prefer my image in "Shan Hai Jing"."

After Bai Ze said these words, he landed leisurely from mid-air, waved his hand at Baili gracefully, and then walked leisurely into the distance.

But in an instant, the pure white figure disappeared into the gray mist, Baili turned his head blankly, Akashi was still standing in front of her tombstone, he reached out and gently stroked Baili stuck on the tombstone The photo on the screen, and then turned away in the same way.

Soon there was only Bailiyi left in this cemetery. She walked slowly to the front of the tombstone, reached out and picked up the jewelry box. After opening it, it was exactly the same pendant.

The silver-white glow was like a sharp blade, stabbing Baili's eyes in an instant, and the girl felt a tightness in her chest. After a while, she felt her body shake violently, and the scene in front of her instantly changed.

It was gray-blue walls and powder-blue curtains, and there was a huge Totoro doll by the bed—that was her room.

The girl got up slowly, and fumbled to take the jewelry box from the bedside table. The jewelry she had seen repeatedly during the day was lying there quietly. She stared at it for a long time, but her heart was at a loss.

She finally knew why the 16-year-old Akashi appeared to be such a stickler. Everything was caused by her, and under the joke of fate, she finally knew the ins and outs of it until now.

So... Should she pay for her future self?

The author has something to say: After writing such bloody content, I feel cute ＿(:3」∠)＿

Speaking of it, I originally planned to post this paragraph yesterday, but thinking about it... it seems that it is not good to post such content on Tezuka's birthday [x I will silently move to today_(:3」∠)_

Wave your tentacles to sweep away Yansang who loves me, and then continue to ask for a reply~