"Someone once asked me why I came to this world. ”

As the time approached twenty-three hours and fifty o'clock, in the dark and deep alleys, the shadows of unknown people slowly turned into entities, got up, marched, and approached those who had not yet slept.

The answer at that time was despair, despair because of the loss of one's own flesh and blood, despair because of unfair trial, despair because of the failure of revenge. ”

And the one who did not fall asleep stood there in a daze, looking at the shadow that had been completely transformed into a physical body, not ready to fight, not ready to flee,

"But I got new hope in this world, I have people I want to protect, and I have a goal to move forward, whether it is to fight or try to survive, there are enough reasons to do it now. ”

And just as the shadow was about to touch the man who had not slept, a flash of silver light flashed, slashing the pitch-black figure like powder, and turning the humanoid illusion into pieces of feathers.

Now, in the middle of the night when everyone had fallen asleep due to the anomaly, only a few beings were still awake, and the rest were these dark shadows trying to drag the unasleep into their dreams.

Although he is slow and almost not threatening, once he comes into contact, he will forcibly enter the state of "GCS: 6/Glasgow Coma Index: 6", and if he can understand the words of ordinary people, he will have severe consciousness disorder, which is the so-called coma.

No matter what happens, they want to drag others into their dreams, and even if they are destroyed, they will slowly regenerate, assuming that there are only a few of them, it would be quite easy, but the number of black shadows is the same as that of those who are dragged into sleep, the base is huge, and there are a lot of people.

Although as long as they use props as bait, they will gather together like flies, and then they will be easily swept away, but that voice, that gesture, all of them are nostalgic and even a little sad.

"Come here, Mom, come over here. 」

Because of this, it makes people feel annoying, no matter how many times they are defeated, no matter how many times they are destroyed, the voices and gestures of the dead flesh and bones will always appear in front of women again and again, as if they are constantly mocking the incompetence of the time.

However, this is the strange place, in this world, there are only two people who know the child's voice, but this voice has been used by those unstable black shadows, like... Memories are read,

Perhaps to the others, the shadow will also have a change in its posture and voice, and if there are survivors, it will definitely be quite disturbed... But that's not something to worry about now, the more time is wasted on this group of miscellaneous fish, the more dangerous the situation of the two young ladies becomes.

Why is it only me who is awake now, how many people are left who have not fallen asleep, and who is the real culprit who caused this incident, in just half an hour, the three key questions are about to crush this body and mind.

And just in the gap caused by fatigue and frustration, another dark shadow rushed out of the shadows, and then there was a flash of silver light with chill and breaking wind,

"But one person's power is always limited, so let Beta help you?"

Before the words could be spoken, the deadly bullet shattered the silver light, and the attacker's face was clearly seen by the two of them at that moment.

"You are... Why are you here?"

There was no answer, no further attack, the boy just slowly retreated into the darkness, and the fragments of the sword evaporated like mercury.

The figure, the posture, is indeed the eldest young master of the Kuyimu family, the one with ambition and talent, who wants to change the world and realize his wishes.

But the breath is different, no longer overconfident as in the past, nor full of empty ambitions as in the past, just simple... To do something, not to be manipulated by ambition, not to be confused by conceit, as if you were someone else.

"Did you see, Lord Tihipan, the eldest young master of the Kuyimu family was here just now. ”

"I can see it clearly, but mentally it is completely different from the conceited guy of yesterday, and to Tihipan the two men are just the same. ”

The intercom in her pocket has convincing information, and women are more willing to believe the voice behind the walkie-talkie than their eyes.

But since it is "another person" and not "another shadow", it means that the other person is not the product of this nightmare, but may be the person who created this nightmare.

However, this is not right, if this person is really the culprit who caused the incident, then at the moment of the attack, the black shadows that can make people fall into a coma should collectively rush up to act as a distraction and barrier, instead of letting these black shadows only follow the smell and posture to track the target as they do now.

That's it, and there's not much action left to do, and at best it's a matter of priority, but until then—

"Back to the subject, Lord Tihipan, who do you think caused this incident?"

"Hmm... If Tihipan were to talk about it, it was probably a new time-traveler or something, because this kind of "reality interference code" had never been recorded before, and there was no one in the city who could activate this kind of mod before Geralt's brother left. ”

- It is necessary to confirm whether this incident was done by "outsiders" or "insiders", even if such a reply is given on the back of the walkie-talkie, it is still necessary to leave a backup preparation when the "unstable factor" is still suspected of surviving.

"And do you think it's possible that the 'fake Miss Christina' would do such a thing?"

“... It would have been possible if she had made a deal with some "ignorant demon" who was not even self-conscious, but even then it would have been impossible without the help of others. ”

And the answer is as irrefutable as ever, after all, all the actions of women tonight are just based on pure intuition, and acting on this kind of thing alone is already wrong.

"No one to help......

But something in my heart was still screaming, screaming, trying to pass on the information that that intuition carried.

"No, there are still people to help her, although it is just a gut feeling, but the approximate candidate has already been decided. ”

Time passes in front of you, and the more you hesitate, the more slim the chances become, but it's already here, even if it's just intuition, it doesn't matter.

"It's just that this time you can't do it with the power of the next person alone, you can't do it anyway, Lord Tihipan, you understand this, right?"

The dark shadows have already gathered, and the road ahead is easily blocked, and even if you want to turn back, you can only see a darkness, so you have to say it.

"Therefore, this time, I hope to use the power of the "Watcher" again, and Lord "Tihipan Beta" no longer wants to hear the voice of my own flesh and blood who pretends to be departed in the next place, and I don't want to lose the person I want to protect again. ”

As the words fell, a powerful sound of breaking wind mixed with violent energy shattered the shadow, and then the black-haired and blue-eyed girl slowly walked from the remains of the shadow, holding a silver sword and a silver dagger, and wearing the wings of the Cross Watch, just like the noble man who stood on top of the ruins five years ago.

"Understood, the road ahead will be carved out for you as much as possible, whether it is to protect the new "Divine Remains User", or to thank you for what you did for us at that time, Tihipan will help as much as possible, so please advise, Aunt Kyoko Akamatsu. ”

"This time, don't be like we did five years ago and watch ourselves lose everything. 」