In a café in Nagoya, Naoki Kuya sits by the window on the second floor, sipping coffee while quietly watching the passers-by on the side of the road.

The boss here seems to be an avid fan of "fate", and with the hit of "fate-zero", the boss has arranged the entire café in the main style of "fate", and the waiters are all wearing the clothes in "fate", and even the title has changed from "sir/miss" to "master".

Naoki Kuya is also a fan of "fate", so he often comes to this café.

Business here is good, and you can see the influence of "fate" and "porters" here. If it had been at the time of "Fate-Zero", I would not have been able to find a place - it would have been like a football bar in the World Cup.

This is his old position, in addition to having a better view and being able to see the scenery, there is also a very important point - this is close to the power supply, he always brings his own notebook, and he comes here to sit for a day, and freelancing is the benefit.

But now that "Fate-Zero" is over, the heat is gradually cooling down.

There is still the main body of "fate" here, and there are many fans here, and the content of everyone is still the story of "fate", arguing about their favorite characters, or fantasizing about what kind of "fate" story will be in the future - all fans believe that the world of "fate" will not end like this.

At least there is a theatrical version. The Great Demon King spoke. said that the BD sales of "fate-zero" exceeded 1 million, and he was preparing for the next theatrical version. In order not to let the world of "fate" end up, some of his friends around him have contributed to this sales, and one person will buy three or four copies, or ten copies of BD.

Recently, the first volume of BD was released, and the sales of the first volume alone are already close to 1 million, and it is still rising, not to mention the sales of the subsequent volumes. So, the theatrical version is already a sure thing.

It had only rained. The weather outside was still a little overcast, and the pedestrians were in a hurry, with different expressions, and they didn't seem to have eased up, but it was much better than the numb expression that seemed like the walking dead a few years ago.

"The man who lost his wife embarks on a path of redemption under the guidance of his father" - indeed very similar to the beginning of "Heavenly Dynasty", but it turns out to develop into a completely different story. Balian of Ibelin, as a secular man, sought reconciliation with the faith, but as a priest, he eventually found his desires.

Listening to the soothing piano music, he thought back to "Fate-Zero", and among the many characters that were shining with the stars, he resonated with Qili very differently.

There is no passion, no lofty ideas that come from the heart, nothing to believe, no idea what the purpose of one's life is, and the right to find something that human beings generally think should be done...... These are the mindsets he has experienced.

And sometimes he can even find some joy in the misfortunes of others. If there was anything that prevented him from becoming a full courtesy figure, the most effective of them was probably the fear of pain, which allowed him to settle for some third-rate comfort. It was decided that it would be better to wait until this life ended with no hope.

And Qili is not only a person without passion, it seems that even the feeling of pain is extremely dull, and he can always squander his life in a fierce way without sparing, which is something he will never be able to do.

Compared with the lack of "pain", what has never been lacking in Qili's life is "bitterness".

Kuya Naoki was amazed to see a man of great strength and an irrefutable evil nature, genuinely afraid of his own nature, believing that it was shameful to obey it, and sincerely trying his best to resist the embrace of his own self, not out of any concern for profit or loss, but simply because he felt that "this was not right"—and Kuya Naoki admitted that this was the first time he had seen such a figure, so that he was simply fascinated by the strange anguish of Kiri.

O demon with a human body, since there is nothing to restrain you, and your empty soul is not afraid of external hostility, what is it that drives you to stand in opposition to yourself for so long?

The more he tries to find this answer in the world of Fate, the more he has to admit that it seems to be the most unlikely of the things he thinks is the one that makes it the most improbable of all - until she is reborn from the heart of the black mud, she still believes that there is truth in this world, and that this truth is good.

"If God is the Creator of all things, then 'happiness' is the truth for all souls. But now, a soul that has violated morality and is happy really exists. Qili has just believed that this soul is none other than herself. In this way, there is a contradiction between the definition of good and evil, and the place of truth. This contradiction is impossible to ignore. No matter how unbelievable it may seem, isn't it this gift that asks this question?

He is still affirming the program of the world's truth that he has betrayed, but he treats himself as a piece of code that has gone wrong, acknowledging this existence, and will act in the same way in the future.

There should be an easy-to-understand reason in the equation for deriving this bizarre answer. No, there must be. So what is it exactly...... I had to ask, I had to find it. Even if it takes my whole life, I have to understand. No matter what pole of good and evil he walks, Qili is always the same sincere and bitter seeker.

And this is exactly what can arouse a sense of empathy at the same time, so that Naoki Kuya can have some respect for him and realize the most essential difference between himself and this person.

As he tapped on the keyboard of his notebook to the rhythm of the music, the owner of the café came over with coffee and snacks, placed them in front of him, and sat down across from him.

Because he comes here all the time, and he always sits in the same place. Plus I have the same hobby as my boss. After chatting a few times. The two became friends.

Kuya Naoki is also not polite, the dim sum provided by the boss is baked by the boss himself, and the taste is good, and most people can't eat it if they want to.

"Fate-Zero is really a wonderful story, and the other day I made up the fate line of Fate-Stay-Night, and watched it together with Fate/Altria's Court of Avalon and Fate-Zero, which is unsatisfying. ”

At this time, the café was not busy, and the owner was chatting with him. Then he asked, "I am as incomprehensible about one thing as I am about the reason for Qili's persistent resistance to my own self." That's why he doesn't seem to have thought for a moment about getting pleasure from Tosaka Tokito, as he did in the case of Kiriri? Generally speaking, most people who take pleasure in the collapse and depravity of others find it difficult to resist the pleasure of letting the strongest and most upright personality collapse and degenerate, but Tosaka Tokitomi doesn't seem to have such an attraction in the eyes of Kiri. ”

Kuya Naoki picked up his coffee, and the two often discussed it like this, he thought for a moment and said, "Is it true that Kiri didn't have any malicious interest in Tosaka Tokitomi?" I think maybe the answer is not so certain. On more than one occasion in his mind, Tosaka Tokitomi and his father, Rimasa, were the same kind of people—both in terms of their clear ideals and purposes, and in their unreserved trust in themselves. And at the moment of seeing Lizheng's corpse. I did have the idea of 'giving my father a taste of the greatest pleasure in the world before he died......"

"I think. For Shichen, who belongs to the same type as Lizheng, it may not have made him have the same idea once. And what stopped him was probably the same thing that had always stopped him from awakening his nature. The affirmation of the truth of the good in the world, though it is not known where this affirmation comes from, is indeed in this twisted soul. So he should have affirmed Lizheng and Shichen in the same way. These two people are 'right', and they are a piece of wrong code. There is an unbridgeable gap between 'right' and 'wrong'. What is 'right' cannot be turned into 'wrong', nor should it be, because 'right' can only be eliminated and reduced but cannot be distorted. Pleasure is to find out what is wrong with other things that are hidden......"

The owner of the café looked thoughtful, then nodded and chatted with Naoki Kuya.

I suddenly felt that Qili's image was somewhat similar to Michelle, the protagonist in "The Betrayer". It's also that there is no sense of belonging to moral goodness and the like.,The code of conduct is completely according to the standards of the world.,Because 'this should be done' that's why I do it.'" Sometimes I get pleasure from things that don't make sense. The difference is probably that Michelle did enjoy the joy of love on the wedding night, he was not completely indifferent to the relationship, he also thought about repaying his wife's love and blamed himself for not being able to fully repay his wife's selfless dedication. Unfortunately, in the end, the death of his child and his wife completely shattered his hope of returning to a 'normal life', and finally ended up indulging himself in emptiness. ”

"I think this situation of Qili is like an extreme of this situation, because there is no sense of belonging to morality emotionally, so you can only rely on the education you have received to regulate your behavior. Here I have to admire the person Xia Qili, who can admit that what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong, and he belongs to the category of the part that is wrong. Although Michelle sometimes feels ashamed of some of his behavioral ideas, in the later years he can't help but promote his theories in front of his wife, rationalize his ideas, and try to change what he once thought was wrong in the right direction. ”

Perhaps the charm of Qili lies in his purity, he does not rationalize his actions, nor does he yearn for morality, longing for salvation, and since he is the wrong code, he naturally goes all the way down the wrong path.

Kuya Naoki himself was conflicted about this.

After all, he and Yan Feng Qili still have different tastes - some look forward to the pleasure of "making the strongest and most upright personality collapse and degenerate".

That being said, there is a bit of a fear of seeing this become a reality.

It's as if you want to touch a beautiful oil painting when you see it, but you also understand that a part of the beauty of the oil painting will inevitably disappear with the touch, and it will no longer be the painting that you can't help but want to touch because of its beauty.

So maybe Qili's choice in the other direction still meets my expectations - don't change it, just sink it into the abyss. (To be continued......)