Everything in front of me is all too familiar.

This door, this lamp, this decoration, this table and chairs, this cuisine, and even the whole store are so familiar, even this only sense of disobedience, the people sitting in front of them are becoming more and more familiar.

It was as if he had gone back in time, and he had not yet crossed over. Every day at work and work, I play games to make up for it, I brag about it on the Internet from time to time, pick up my wallet when I'm hungry, and go to a nearby restaurant for a bottle of beer and a supper.

"Don't be in a daze, this is the best Wuliangye that can't be bought on the market, I finally saved it from Semiramis's hands, if you don't drink it, it's all mine. ”

A hand reached out, and Shinji instinctively picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, as if he had experienced it many times.

"I drink, I drink. ”

"That's right. ”

With the alcohol in his throat, Shinji's mood calmed down a lot, and although it was still complicated, he wouldn't be as stupid as before.

"Is this an illusion?"

"No, everything here is real. ”

"Really, but this store—"

"Isn't it possible to be here?"

Shirou took a bite of food, poured wine for the two of them, and said.

"Nothing is impossible, I opened the store, and I can open it wherever I want. ”

"You drive?—— you !!"

Shinji looked up suddenly, but saw that the young man in front of him had turned into a man in his mid-thirties at some point, and the kind smile with squinting eyes was the most familiar memory of the old customers in the store.

"This is the image I use the most, I have been appearing through the spirit base of Amakusa Shiro Shiro Shizhen before, and your crossing does not belong to the same system. ”

"Do you know why I crossed over?"

Although Shinji knew that it was related to the "jewel man", the old man refused to disclose any further information.

"Of course, I gave your soul to Old Man Jewel. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"Don't worry, let's start from the beginning and talk slowly, first of all - I'm not so boring, I won't be idle and have nothing to do to live a good life in a peaceful world, my parents are complete, I don't have any illness or disaster, and I don't have a bitter and bitter black history, I have a small success in my career, except for not having a girlfriend, I am living and throwing away to this kind of different world, which is definitely not beautiful. ”

"Uh, then why did I cross over?"

"Because, you've already died once!"

"I ...... Don't joke about this kind of thing, how could I die? You also said that I was not sick or sick, how could I suddenly ......?"

The further he went, the more he couldn't continue, because Shirou's expression told him that it was definitely not a joke, and Shirou didn't need to make such a joke.

"I ...... He died...... Is it really dead?"

"Really. ”

"How did you die? Why I don't have a memory of this. ”

"Because you drank too much that day, do you remember what happened on the last day before you crossed over?"

"Yes. ”

How could Shinji forget that it was one of the few highlights in his ordinary life for more than 20 years.

After one year of revision, the results of the second postgraduate entrance examination are quite good, and it is basically certain that you can be admitted to your favorite major and favorite tutor. In the project team that is about to say goodbye, he also made outstanding results, and successfully completed the final acceptance of the project with a group of newcomers when the two most important backbones had to be absent for various reasons, which was well received by the customer.

For this reason, the boss gave the project team a big red envelope, and also added a considerable amount of salary to him and approved a few days of paid leave, so that he was ready to give up graduate school and continue to work with the boss, which can be described as a double harvest in the examination room and workplace.

On the night when the salary arrived, the team members coaxed him to have dinner with the most money, and he did not shirk, and pulled everyone to the restaurant that he frequented most on weekdays and hung the sled dog door number.

Everyone was very happy, eating and drinking, all kinds of coaxing, from six o'clock to more than nine o'clock before some people began to withdraw because of the strength of the wine. After putting everyone in the taxi, he returned to the store while he was drinking, and after blowing two bottles of beer with the shopkeeper who had finally come to his leisure, his memory ended here-

"I don't remember what happened after that, I seem to have left, and I don't seem to have ......"

"You did leave, and if you stayed a little longer, you might not have died. ”

Uncle Shirou raised his glass and touched Shinji, and then continued.

"What do you mean?"

"You know the road outside the door, there are muck trucks passing every day, and they often drive over the speed limit, run red lights, and there are no pedestrian crossings at intersections. ”

"So, I was hit by a muck truck and died?"

If you think about it carefully, you are telling the truth, the muck truck on the street at the door is indeed a big problem that has not been solved for many years, and every time you walk, you must keep your eyes open, prick up your ears and observe carefully, to make sure that there will be nothing to cross the street again. But I drank too much that day, and my reaction couldn't keep up, so it was reasonable for one to be accidentally hit and killed.

However, Shirou's reaction was a little strange, first nodding and then shaking his head.

"Yes, you were hit by a muck truck, but - it wasn't you who was hit by the muck truck. ”

“hat？”

"You were killed by someone trying to save you. It was about 10:20 p.m. when you left, and the neighborhood high school evening self-study had just ended. Maybe it was because she was so tired that a schoolgirl didn't pay attention when she crossed the street. At this time, the muck truck came, and then you rushed up and pushed the girl away, but you were run over by the muck truck. When I hear the girl screaming, half of your body turns to pulp. The girl told me about your rescue. ”

“……”

“……”

“……”

Silence, if it weren't for the fact that he had experienced so many things in the Moon World, Shinji would definitely have vomited himself. But now, I just feel a little confused.

I died, I really died, I just died, in the highlight of my life.

"Huh. "Smile bitterly," really responds to the old saying, happy and sad. ”

"Do you regret it?" Shirou patted Shinji on the shoulder.

"One thing, after all, it took a life. It is different from going down to the river to save people, donating some money, and going to the mountains to teach. ”

Shinji is not a saint, not from beginning to end, this kind of thing is just thinking about sacrificing himself to save others, if he really can't do it, of course, it's another thing to do it.

"What happened to that girl? If the person I got back with my life is terrible, then I'll die of regret. ”

"She's nice, hard working and knows gratitude. She said that her life was given by you, and that you are gone, and that she will bear your responsibilities and obligations. I come to visit your parents every week, and I come to work in my shop during my spare time, and the money I earn is remitted to your parents. Your mother was sick and hospitalized, and she was with her the whole time. When I left, she was already the acting manager of the store. ”

"That's good, that's good, then I don't have anything to regret. ”

Shinji picked up the wine jar and poured wine into his mouth desperately, as if he was swallowing all the bitterness in his past life and heart in this way.

PS: From childhood to adulthood, from the second year of secondary school to graduation, after so many years, I still feel that I should be a good person. He did the same thing himself, he volunteered when he wasn't busy, he has been sponsoring poor students in Yunnan, and he hasn't stopped working since then, and he can't spend a few dollars a year, but he can let a child continue to study - when he was in college, he went there to see it for himself, really, some things only know how happy he is when he sees it with his own eyes.