[Net King] It's just that the butterfly doesn't want to

A ray of breeze passed through the gaps in the windows, and the scent of early summer grass and trees floated in the air.

As the days grew longer, Yui Ogata turned his head to look, and at some point there were lush green leaves all over the window, shimmering with fragments of light in the afternoon sun.Spring has passed away quietly, and summer has begun.

Time is running short, and Liu Lian Er, who hasn't seen each other for a while, seems to have not changed from before, and still looks cold.

Kirihara Chi also got the signal to be rescued from the exercises, grabbed his schoolbag and ran downstairs, a cheerful figure of a teenager soon appeared on the tennis court outside the window, and there were only two of them left in the classroom, facing each other in silence.

After a long while, Liu Lian Er took the lead to look away, and suddenly commented, "Chi is also a good boy."

"..." Ogata Yui felt that this senior's filter had been turned on at least eighteen layers, and she put away the unfinished exercise book on the table, "It would be better if he can figure out the correct answer before leaving."

Liu Lian Er shook her head, a trace of emotion flashed across her indifferent expression, as if she wanted to laugh, but was immediately restrained by a vague sense of exhaustion.

"Is there anything Lian Er wants me to do?"

At the coffee shop in front of the school, the steaming drinks blurred the vision in front of his eyes, and Yui Ogata finally asked this question.

On the opposite side, Liu Lian'er was still adding sugar to the coffee in a leisurely manner, exactly according to his habit.

Ogata Wei stared at it for a while, and thought in a daze that she and Liu Lian-er had known each other for so long, and this was the first time they sat face to face in a place other than the library.

After breaking away from the established script, is their relationship closer or stranger than before?

"Lian Er."

"Huh?" The boy raised his face slightly behind the white mist.

"A while ago, were you avoiding me on purpose?" She stirred the drink, even in the face of such a hurtful fact, there were only casual doubts on her face.

Liu Lian Er paused for a moment, her face was indifferent, but her knuckles were clenched and then suddenly loosened. Only a pile of sugar that did not meet the data of liking was suddenly sprinkled, floated on the coffee and quickly disappeared, slightly revealing his current state of mind. Feeling.

"NO, I have not."

"Eh? But..."

"I did this just to confirm whether my unreasonable influence on you still exists." Under the surprised gaze of the girl, the boy's voice was still cold and rational, "Or, can this influence be restarted?" .”

The silver spoon fell on the porcelain cup, making a short and crisp sound.

Ogata Yui looked over with a dazed expression, apparently she hadn't thought of this reason, and didn't know how to react for a while.

"The answer is no." Liu Lian Er explained.

This is a relieved fact, but the girl's expression is still a little fuzzy, as if she can't figure out why he wants to go back to find out the truth after getting out of this joke-like farce.

After an unknown amount of time, she asked softly, "Why?"

Liu Lian Er didn't answer her, but knocked on the notebook on the table, he was silent for a moment, and asked, "Are you willing to believe me?"

Or, what he really wants to ask is:

—Would you like me to intervene in this truth?

Yui Ogata seemed to see that she was standing at an unknown origin, the maze of the past continued from her feet in all directions, she had walked for a long time in the time tunnel with no end in sight, and someone found her at this moment, and then stretched out her hand.

His voice seemed to be very far away, but it fell clearly in his ears.

"Do you believe me?"

After not hearing a reply for a long time, Liu Lian Er asked again.

"..."

Ogata Yui showed a puzzled and confused expression, her eyes gradually passed through the fantasy in the void, and fell on the boy opposite.She remembered how she walked into the library, and also remembered his shadowy figure across the bookshelves, and at the last moment, she ran down the steps rashly, and the boy looked back accurately to the minute.

【"Your odds of coming to the library after school are 0%."】

【"You should be between forty and fifty in this exam."】

【"Data will not lie."】

As early as that time, she should have thought that Liu Lian Er was not that simple.

"Do you really want to know?"

After a long time, she placed her fingers on the rim of the cooled cup, and raised her head in a daze.

……

The daytime light gradually dissipated, the business of the coffee shop changed from bustling to deserted, and the lights outside the window were just beginning to come on, and countless figures hurried back and forth from the side of the road.

Ogata Yui took a sip of cold water, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

The desk lamp on the table turned on quietly at some point, and the orange light fell on the profile of the boy's face, softening the dusty feeling between his brows and eyes that was not touched by human fireworks.Liu Lian'er wrote the last full stop in the notebook.

He stared down at the paper full of data, as if analyzing the connections in his mind.

"If you regard the background as a drama or a game, you are the "heroine", and the tennis club is the "drama role". There is a natural attraction between the "character" and you, and the "story" will prompt you to get along with the "character" to form a "branch". "

"But the "character" can choose to end this "branch". "

"You will be restricted."

"This is a setting where you are both the "protagonist" and the only one bound by the rules. "

Ogata Yui puffed up her cheeks. Although she had always had a vague idea of ​​this, but when she was clearly pointed out, she still had a subtle feeling in her heart.

And Liu Lian'er didn't seem to notice her mood, he drew a simple relationship network on the paper, the center of the line was Yui Ogata.

"The end of the "branch" is irreversible. "

Liu Renji thought for a moment, and crossed out his own line first, followed by Nioh Masaharu and Jackal Kuwabara. The effects superimposed on you will disappear. "

"...you mean?"

"According to my observation, rules are actually a very vague concept." He tapped the paper with a pen and said slowly, "Sometimes, I even doubt whether there really are rules?"

Ogata Yui looked at him in bewilderment.

Liu Lian'er came back to her senses and shook her head, "I just think..."

"The "rules" never force you to do anything, what can force you is always the subjective idea of ​​the "role". "

"Whether it's the settings you join the club, or going back in time, they are almost all catering to the "role". "Liu Lian Er said, "For example, in front of me, you ran into the track at 29:[-], and I will go back to [-]:[-]. "

"If it's Bunta Marui, he might be able to go back in time to the previous day, or the previous week. ——But the "character" can't know the memory before the retrospective, and if you do this, Marui won't know what you did . "

"Then your efforts are in vain."

Ogata Yui sat up straight suddenly, she was a little surprised, "So you don't remember what happened in that minute?"

"...I'm just inferring."

Liu Lian Er shook her head.

In just a few moments, the boy had already figured out all the reasons. This fact made Yui Ogata stand in awe.

"Lian Er, you are really amazing..."

She felt sincerely.

However, Liu Lian'er's expression did not show joy, he lowered his eyelashes, and vague emotions flashed from his eyes, "Those who can perceive time going back and have memories, let's call it "awakened". "

"—like you."

At the same time as this conclusion was drawn, the oxygen in the air seemed to suddenly become thinner.

The young man thought, even Yui Ogata, who is insensitive to emotions, would she feel lonely when she faced the repeated sun, moon and stars alone in the time when she was left behind by everyone?

The moment of running away from the library, the moment of facing the bonfire alone, the moment of agreeing to give Akaya tutoring... those moments of isolation and helplessness.

"Is that so..."

Ogata Yui knew nothing about the boy's mind, his eyes fell on a certain name on the notebook, and he remembered the scene of Yukimura Seichi pushing open the door of the auditorium three times by going back in time. When he was about to speak, Liu Renji was on the line There is also a stroke on it.

Ogata Wei was stunned for a moment.

"……why?"

"I just tested whether there is any connection between Jingshi and you."

"Eh?"

"Last week, the math teacher in Group A was on leave due to illness." Liu Lianer seemed to be talking about something very ordinary, "Mr. Zhongtian's course progress was four quarters behind the grade plan, while the progress of most classes was three quarters ahead of schedule." .”

Ogata Yui blinked suspiciously.

"This meant that Yagyu from Group A couldn't provide Seiichi with the weekly notes, so I went to ask Mr. Higuchi how to arrange it."

"..." It was the dean who casually decided to let her tutor Chiya Kirihara.

"I told him that the progress of your class is the closest to that of Jingshi. I hope he can choose a student from Group E to help me write down the math notes for the week and bring them to Jingshi."

There was a hint of understanding between the girl's eyebrows, "...but Higuchi-sensei didn't find me."

"Yes." Liu Lian Er nodded slightly, "There is no intersection between you and Jingshi limited by the "plot". "

"—and what about him?"

The girl's fingertips landed on Genichiro Sanada's name, and she frowned slightly. A flash of the boy who ran into him in the hospital that time flashed through her mind. Did she feel any pain at that time, because her mind was too chaotic to remember clearly.

Lian Er paused, shook his head, "I don't know."

"Deputy Minister Sanada rarely communicates with me."

"I haven't found any facts that can be used to prove it yet," Liu Lian'er put down her pen, "I prefer to use existing data to infer... So, I have been unable to figure out another link in the rules."

"what?"

"Time." Liu Lian-er said.

"..."

"Your knowledge of 'time' is based on what you see after awakening. "Liu Lian Er closed the notebook, as if he had already guessed that he would not be able to get the answer today. He seemed to be asking Xu Fangwei, and he seemed to be asking himself, "So, what happened before you awakened?"What makes you step into reincarnation again and again—"

What made them know you and lose you?

If there really is such a rule that binds everything in the dark, then what is it?For what reason, and what purpose does it need to achieve?

Liu Lian'er closed all the questions with the notebook lightly, and he didn't like to start reasoning easily without enough data.

The night outside the window had gradually darkened, and the two walked out of the coffee shop.

At the station in front of Lihai School, Liu Lianji was about to say goodbye to the girl, but the moment the headlights flickered, Ogata Yui suddenly said, "Lienji, why did you help me?"

The boy's eyelashes trembled slightly, he thought Yui Ogata would not ask any more questions.

"Even in the face of this situation, you don't really care that much... I know it." The car lights kept passing by the road, and occasionally fell on the boy. He opened his eyes slightly, and his eyes were full of emotions, " Just treat it as if I'm accomplishing my goals."

"What is it?"

Over the girl's thin shoulders, the distant sea reflected dim light in the night.

At this moment when he was questioned unexpectedly, the boy suddenly remembered the Jiju placed on the window sill of the library. From the very beginning, he treated Ogata Yui who was full of mysteries differently.

Not because of unusual goodwill.

Rather, he didn't even want to get any answers from her. Cold numbers, calculated probabilities, accurate data that fit his preferences... It seemed that they were no longer important.

He wanted her to visit that seed one day.

He wanted her to have a heart for something.

Liu Lian Er shook her head silently, "Do you still remember when I said that what restricts you is always the subjective idea of ​​"role"? "

Ogata Yui didn't understand why he changed the subject, and nodded hesitantly.

"The good news is that what you have to face is not a more solid constraint." Liu Lian'er continued slowly, "The bad news is that your opponent is the "character" himself, in other words, the human heart. "

"..."

"Compared to the established rules, the human heart is more complicated."

"When facing you, everyone has their reasons." The bus stopped at the platform, the door was already open, a beam of light fell on the young man, he turned his head slightly, "Xiao Wei, you need to find these by yourself 'reason'."

The car pulls out of the station.

Ogata turned around thoughtfully, wondering if she received too much information today, she felt dizzy and dizzy.

The street lamp elongated the girl's shadow, and behind her, the starry sky seemed to be inlaid with gems, shining brightly.

The starlight gradually dissipated, and the dawn dawned.

With the arrival of summer, is the midterm exam results.

Early in the morning, the grade list had been posted on the bulletin board before the students came to school. With an unexpected discovery, more and more students gathered under the list, and the voices of discussion continued to buzz.

As soon as Liu Lian'er approached, the crowd of onlookers gave way.

"Student Liu is No.1 this time!"

"awesome!"

"I thought it was Yagyu-san."

"How is that possible? Mr. Zhongtian has been on sick leave for a week, and they haven't even finished the syllabus of mathematics in their class."

"Huh?! Are you so unlucky?"

"No one in group A made the last question of the math paper, it is said that it is because they haven't learned it yet."

"..."

Liu Lian-er glanced at the list, Yagyu Hiroshi's mathematics score was deducted 12 points, which happened to be the score of the last question.Unexpectedly, he would win No.1 for this reason, he shook his head and walked towards the teaching building.

"Renji," Higuchi-sensei poked his head out of the office in the corridor, "help me take these test papers to Group A."

The boy looked into the office, "Did Mr. Nakata not come this week?"

"Oh, the flu has been too bad recently."

The teaching director handed him the math test paper, and the meaning in the sigh was self-evident.

It was still early, and there were only a few students in the classroom who were making up their homework. According to Hiroshi Yagyu's schedule, today should be the day when he enforced discipline.

Liu Lian'er put the test paper on the podium, and her eyes fell on the seats of her teammates. A pile of supplementary books were piled up on the table, which was enough to see how hard he usually worked.Liu Lian'er's gaze paused, and she landed on a familiar textbook.

He remembered the hesitantly crossed-out branch line in the notebook.

Only Yagyu Hiroshi was the only person Ogata excluded from the beginning. He should not suspect his teammates under the banner of collecting data.

……

But he also doesn't like to draw conclusions without enough data.

The day's classes are over, and before the club activities start, the disciplinary committee members who are on duty today need to continue to be on duty at the school gate.Liu Lian'er walked into the classroom of Group A. He stood in front of Liu Sheng's desk and took out the teaching aid.

In his impression, there is a whole page on page 19 of this book that is similar to the last question in the mathematics volume.

Liu Lian-er turned the page.

The neat handwriting covers 19 pages.

Every step, the idea of ​​solving the problem, and the final answer are beyond reproach.

Some voices in my mind were loudly amplified and echoed non-stop, and every word sound hit the ground heavily——

【"The mathematics teacher in group A is on leave due to illness, and the course progress is four quarters behind the grade plan."】

【"Ms. Nakata was sick for a week, and the mathematics in their class didn't finish the syllabus."】

【"No one in group A made the last question of the math paper."】

Liu Lian'er suddenly put down the teaching aid, and walked towards Ogata Yui's classroom, but there was no one in the empty classroom.

He looked in the direction of the school gate, looking past the trees on both sides of the road, Hiroshi Yagyu, who was supposed to be on duty at the school gate, was nowhere to be seen.

There are endless busy tones coming from the phone.

Liu Lianer finished the communication, thought for a while, and dialed another number.

This time, the other party picked it up quickly.

"--is it you?"

The boy's voice was like turning to the last page of a detective novel, and he didn't even want to analyze it further, and every word and every word carried a foregone conclusion.

Yagyu Hiroshi almost admired his sharpness.

"it's me."

he said quietly.

"In order to maintain a normal appearance, always have the same homework, always the same test paper, and always have the same score, is that what you have been doing?"

"..."

"I've been thinking, behind the abnormality, what are the rules?" Liu Lian'er closed his eyes, and he seemed to sigh slightly, "Actually, there are no rules, right?"

"Time is reversed only by the subjective consciousness of the "character". "

"From the beginning to the end, you are the manipulator of this reincarnation about her."

The author has something to say: *limited to the setting of this article*

Other school painting style: This is very strange, let's see where the problem is.

Lihai's style of painting: This is very strange, the problem can't be with my teammates, right?

Thanks to the little angel who cast the landmine: the silly author didn't update today, Douzi, Asuka, and Raylene 1;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Sismin and Jacket;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!