The Mystery of Fangshi Edo

"What's wrong with you? Mechanical pill?"

"what."

The boy came back to his senses and looked at the person who was talking to him.

It was Sanlun Kasumi, a classmate with him who was a second-year student in Kyoto High School, and also someone he secretly liked.

At this moment, they were standing in a place similar to a classroom, like the bloody sunset spreading from the window to their hanging hands.

Hands... human hands.

Yu Xingji looked at the window, where a black-haired boy with complete skin and complete limbs was reflected, and he was 'looking at' that boy.

Did I succeed?

Reached a deal with those super curse spirits and curse masters, obtained a body that is not cursed by the sky and curses, and regained the right to go to school with my classmates...

He looked at his hands and feet in a daze for a while, feeling the feeling of standing himself instead of manipulating a puppet. He had just felt a little moved in his heart, and suddenly felt a strange feeling.

— There was a strange sound coming from outside the window.

It's like the ominous whimpering sound when the wind passes through the cave, just listening to it makes one's heart chill.

The boy subconsciously looked out the window, and then his pupils shrank suddenly.

First of all, this is not the Kyoto High School located in the outskirts of the forest, because the city can be seen from the window, and it seems to be in a relatively prosperous area - because he saw those who were broken in half, or seemed to have been bombed by some huge attack General high-rise buildings.

The streets were in chaos, with cars piled up on top of fallen trees mixed with rubble.

Then he saw a huge black hole appearing at the end of the horizon at some point in the soot-smoldering landscape.

Under the setting sun, it was the only place that was not dyed red, as if even the concept of 'color' itself seemed to be swallowed up, and it was extremely dazzling.

Even if the distance is very far, Yu Xingji can judge that the thing is about tens of kilometers in diameter, which is absolutely abnormal.

"What is that?"

"That's the end of the world."

Miwa Kasumi answered his doubts.

Yu Xingji was still puzzled, and asked: "The end of the world...? What do you mean? By the way, what about the others? Todo, Nishinomiya, and the teacher..."

"Why are you still asking this kind of question?" The girl interrupted him with a wry smile, "You came to me just because you knew the answer, didn't you?"

There seemed to be nothing in those eyes that were always kind and peaceful on weekdays.

Her soul seems to be no longer here, but to a place that does not exist in the world.

"..."

It was only then that Xingji noticed that it was not the setting sun that cast light on the earth outside the window.

It's a huge, red eye that hangs in the air.

……

The world is over, and despite people's struggles, it is over.

All reality, all meaning, was shattered on October 31st by the sudden appearance of the 'Abyss'.

The abyss ignores the barriers of conjurers and psychics.

The abyss ignored everyone, even Wujo Wu's obstruction.

The abyss defies the conceptual will of the gods.

The abyss swallowed everything, and after enough people were swallowed, it summoned 'Him'.

If there is anyone who wins this farce, it can only be that unknown existence.

Because human beings lost everything, all their friends, family members, and cherished people, all of them lost their lives in just 10 minutes, and so did the mantra.

Maybe there are still a few human beings and curse spirits lingering in some corner of the world, but in such a desperate situation, who has the strength to take a step forward and intend to rebuild their homeland?

Yu Xingji followed Miwa Kasumi, step by step towards the direction of the abyss.

"The first ones who lost contact were Todou and Kamo who were at the front line, and then Shinyi also lost contact."

On the way, the girl talked about what happened before, with a relaxed tone as if she was talking about the content of a story.

But in fact, because she was hit too suddenly and strongly, she fell into a trance like a ghost, her feet not touching the ground.

"Then I called home and called my parents and everyone I knew, but no one answered."

"The only person who answered my call was Jiwan, you arrived right after I told you where I was... Thank you."

Hearing this, Xingji felt a chill running down his back, his mind was buzzing, and he couldn't think of anything.

There was a dead silence all around, human beings, animals, spell spirits, insects...all the things that could make a sound disappeared, leaving only a ruin, watched by the eyes of the sky.

There is no doubt that this really is the end.

"'Tianhe really has a big black hole. How deep is it? Where does it go? No matter how hard you open your eyes, you still feel unfathomable, and you only feel a dazzling pain.'——This passage roughly That's what it is."*

The journey to the destination seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. Miwa Kasumi smiled reluctantly, shrugged her shoulders, put her hands behind her back, and walked step by step towards the edge of the abyss in front of Yuxingji.

"Three rounds of classmates!"

Yuxingji wanted to catch up, but only felt that the distance between him and her was infinitely getting farther.

"This is the end of the world, Mechamaru." The girl looked back at him, and the desolate wind with the smell of ruins blew from the inside of the cave, blowing her long, light hair, "But I don't want to give up."

Deceiving.

"I want to go to people, I want to help them, I want to find a way to change the world back."

Liar, your eyes clearly say...

"So, goodbye."

— want to die.

So the girl turned her back to the abyss and fell backwards.

That behavior was burnt into Yu Xingji's eyes, and the clock on the building next to him was still turning, so this behavior was frozen at 2018:11 on November 01, 05. At this moment, another soul became "He" A part of it has become a scene of falling into the abyss.

Xingji was stunned for a while, and when he realized what happened, he let out a scream that was almost inhuman.

"Ah, ahhhhh!!!!!!"

He sat down with his head in his arms, and the death of the person he longed for made him deeply realize what the "doomsday" is. This is a feeling of emptiness that is completely different from despair. There is not even a single person who needs to be protected by himself in the world. , there is not even a person who can speak, so that the heart loses all straw, and there is only one way to choose madness.

Why is this happening?

Where is my choice wrong?Is this ending because of my betrayal?

Why did you let me survive, why didn't I die with everyone!

He had the idea of ​​jumping into the abyss, and at the next moment——

The boy woke up abruptly from his nightmare.

……

"Speaking of which, when I was at the Salvation Ranch, I heard something from Ms. Hisako Mamiya."

Fangshi Yangming sat in the hotel room, watching the program on TV while asking Shinna Myoshin questions.

"Has she ever met another god besides you?"

【"...Hmph, if I hadn't kindly saved her life, she and her brother would probably have fallen into 'hell' by now, beyond redemption."】

The "brother" in her mouth refers to Taicho Oribe, because this is what Haru Makishima called that person, so Shinna Myojin, who is a unified body, will also call him by this name.

For the gods, this is not an expression of intimacy, but just a habit.

"'Hell'..." Fang Shi Yangming thought about it, then sighed, "It sounds so troublesome."

【"No matter what ideas you are thinking about, I advise you to get rid of these thoughts as soon as possible."] Raccoon's voice sounded several times more serious than before, 【"Although it is very reconciled to say this, but that guy is an evil god that I can't do anything about ...If you face it, you have no chance of winning now."]

When Sanche's family had just forged the wolf god, forcing her to become a subordinate of the false god and lose the power of the gods in the past, there was a period of time when she became the subordinate of that evil god.

Although now he has clearly rejected the other party's invitation to 'come back to me', logically speaking he will not meet again, but Shinna Myoshin also knows that when it comes to evil, that guy is definitely beyond his reach.

"Thank you for your advice, I will keep it in mind."

Fang Shi Yangming said sincerely, ending the conversation.

Shinna Myoshin's insight into people's hearts has long been seen, so it's better to say less.

Then next...

"Before I intervened, the memories of Yinzhu, Yanzhu, Fengzhu, Chongzhu, and Snakezhu had been restored. After I intervened, Yanzhu, Shuizhu and Lianzhu also recovered their memories. Up to now, the nine people's 'Zhongzhu' One more."

Looking at the information about Shi Tou's family in his hand, the young man thought for a while, then put it down.

"Anyway, it's impossible for a baby to become a pillar."

Hope 'another option' goes well there.

……

At this time, inside the Ubuyashiki mansion.

Sitting on the hospital bed with Xingji, who had just been rescued not long ago, cautiously raised his eyes to look at the other two people in the room.

"Let me introduce myself again. My names are Yidao and Moyin, but it's fine to call me Tianyin." The silver-haired woman said, looking at a long black-haired woman sitting next to her on the sofa reading a book, " This is Miyaya Shiki Kageya-sama, she saved you."

"No, it's all thanks to Tianyin that I was rescued," Yaoya said with a gentle smile on his face, and when he said this, he looked at Yuxingji who was still in a state of confusion, "And you."

"...Ubuyashiki?"

He has some impressions of this surname, after all, occasionally people will mention their family on TV and newspapers.

"Why are you...uh."

My head hurts.

The nightmare just now was so real that it still makes him feel terrified.

"Please rest a little longer, I will get you some calming medicine later." Tianyin explained, "You may have dreamed about some strange things recently, that is because I borrowed your 'Heaven and Curse' , causing your spell power to resonate with my spiritual power, please don't worry, it will be fine in a few days."

Should you trust them?

Believe it or not, I have no choice now.At least these people are not allied with 'Xia Youjie', so let's believe it.

"...I understand, thank you," Yu Xingji said while holding his forehead, "I didn't expect to have that kind of nightmare."

"Actually, it wasn't a nightmare."

The boy looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face.

"What you see is the foreseeable future," said Yoya Ubuyashiki this time, "it is the future possibility of this world."

The author has something to say: The passage of Kasumi Miwa in the dream of the machine pill comes from "Night of the Milky Way Railway" by Kenji Miyazawa. I feel (just feel!) that she should read this kind of comparison "Normal", and a fairy-tale book that can be told to younger siblings.