January 14, half past one p.m

"Did you all bring tents?"

"Huh? Sure, after all, we're here for camping" Sonozaki Meine was a little surprised because of this question, "Chong, didn't you bring it?" ”

"No, just ask" Chong, who came up with the answer, turned his head back and continued to explore the way ahead, while Sonozaki Meiyin, who didn't take it seriously, also continued to chat with the people around him

(There are two points of divergence at the moment...) The first is whether Yumemu Belia Debiluk and I have gone out in the rain, and the second is that Keiichi Maehara and others have brought something out) The first point can already be confirmed to be "not happening", and the second point can also be concluded at the moment, first of all, in the case of "visiting the shrine", Yuon Sonozaki and Meine Sonozaki "brought snacks", Keiichi Maehara and Rika Furute "did not bring a tent", and in the case of "camping", it was Shion Sonozaki and Meine Sonozaki who "brought cooked food", At the same time, the rest of the people brought the necessary supplies and survival tools

(But there are local exceptions...) First of all, Nana once asked, "Didn't you say that camping was good?" This question, that is to say, she also found out that the original purpose of this group of people has changed, and secondly, Ryunomiya Reina's backpack has not changed in any way, from the beginning to the present, she has prepared "cookies", "pure water", "compass" and some magazines, all of which were specifically asked by Chong during the lunch meal, in other words, the situation that would cause conflict only happened to some people

(If you need to ask more questions then...) He already had a rough idea, but it needed some "secret" as evidence to verify it

"Mengmeng, what's wrong with you?" Nana saw that Mengmeng had been lagging behind the team, so she couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Don't keep teasing these flowers and plants."

"Nana, it's raining heavily until half past five in the morning, right?" Mengmeng whispered with some confusion, "But why do some of these plants still have symptoms of water shortage......

"Huh? Plants on the earth may need more water," Nana was momentarily choked by the question, "Anyway, I don't understand this... Okay, hurry up and keep up."

"It's also... Anyway, it's okay not to die" Mengmeng nodded and didn't think much about it, after all, she still didn't know much about these problems on the earth, so she didn't have the capital to delve into it

――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― the point of conflict ends, seven o'clock in the evening

"Okay, let's go here" The group chose to take root and settle down next to the dense forest, "The boys work hard and go with me to find firewood, and the girls are responsible for lighting the fire and cooking"

"There's a stream around here, who would catch fish," Chong asked, putting down his backpack

"Oh! I will," Kei Maehara raised his hand, "I was very good at this when I was in the village."

"Then I'm sorry for you to catch fish and eat, I'll go with Mr. Muroi to find firewood," Chong nodded, then turned his head and asked Shizunobu Muroi's opinion, "Teacher, what do you say?" ”

"Of course," Shizunobu Muroi smiled and nodded, "But in this case, I have to come back soon, after all, I can't waste Keiichi-kun's fresh fish."

"Oh! Leave it to me! So Keiichi Maehara rolled up his trousers in high spirits and planned to go to the stream to start fishing, while the other girls began to pack up their things and prepare some of the ingredients they bought from the supermarket

"So Chong, let's go"

"Understood" Shizunobu Muroi and Chong checked their belongings a little and walked into the forest, which was exactly what Chong needed

Ten minutes later

"Teacher, is it the first time your wife has gone out?" asked Chong, pretending to be unintentional as he bent down to collect firewood

"It's been discovered, yes, because the lives of the two of us have only recently settled down" Shizunobu Muroi smiled a little embarrassedly, "She prefers to sit at home and read, this time it's mainly because there are more people, I'm worried that one person won't be able to read it, so I called her"

"Have you contacted her, after all, I haven't seen her for a whole day" Of course, Chong knew the answer to this question, and today Uchimuro Shizushin had spoken to him four times, but Chongdu deliberately made a look like he didn't hear it

"Well, I've been on the phone several times, and she's currently staying at a nearby country hotel, and we'll probably meet her tomorrow morning after walking for more than an hour," Shizunobu Muroi smiled, "But don't be scared then, after all... Ahem, sorry, I still don't like to hear that word from my mouth."

"It's okay, but teacher, do you know that there's a shrine around here?" Chong casually broke the thick wooden branch in his hand into two pieces, "I heard that it's Hinamizawa's shrine."

"Ah, of course I know, are you interested?" Shizunobu Muroi said with some joy, "Actually, I'm planning to stop by and have a look."

"Teacher, have you been there?"

"Ah, of course, it was two days ago, because Keiichi-kun Maehara and they were going to come and see, so I stopped by"

"Oh... Is it the 11th? ”

"Yes, we'll go together on the 11th."

"Teacher, I'm very grateful for telling me so much" After asking some scattered questions, Chong's face seemed to be a little smug and hooked the corners of his mouth, very good, the answer has been derived, and this so-called mystery can be revealed by "scientific" means

―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― puzzle chapter, half past twelve at night

"Sha" propped himself up from his sleeping bag, and then Chong unzipped the tent and walked out of the gathering place where everyone was, he wanted to be alone to clearly sort out today's incident in detail

Ka turned on the flashlight and pulled a pen and note out of his jacket pocket, he wasn't sure if anything would happen, so it was always good to leave something that would be noticed

"First of all, the first peculiarity was at half past six in the morning on the 14th of January, when all the people except me and Yumemu Belea, Nana Asda and Rena Ryunomiya disappeared, and when I went out to look for Monmu Belia, it began to rain heavily in the area centered on the wooden house, and when the two of them went back, they found that everyone was not missing, and Nana Asda and Rena Ryugu had no memory of the disappearance of everyone." And then it is to break this seemingly strange story with an "answer".

"But it's not that the two of them don't remember it, but for them it just didn't happen at all, and the real reason is that someone confuses the two times" "At the time of writing, Chong may have sped up his writing because of an inexplicable sense of accomplishment" In fact, the disappearance of all the staff happened at 2:10 a.m. on January 12th, when Keiichi Maehara, Shion Sonozaki, Miyin Sonozaki, Rika Furute, and Shizunobu Muroi had arrived at the hut and went out on a rainy day to the ruins of the shrine in Hinamizawa."

"There are three pieces of evidence, first: Shizunobu Muroi said that only Ryunomiya Rena did not go at that time because of something, and at the time of the disappearance, Ryugu Rena was also the only person in the group (limited to Hinamizawa residents) who felt strange about this, and second: The heavy rain on January 11 was found to be smaller at about half past twelve at night, and then completely stopped at about two and a half in the morning on January 12, and occurred on January 13~~The heavy rain on January 14 also checked the weather forecast and found that it actually stopped completely after 9 o'clock in the morning, so the time when I went out with Yumemu Belia to look for Keiichi Maehara and others was actually after 5:30 a.m. on January 12, and as a supplement, I didn't sleep until 3 o'clock in the morning that day, but the rain outside the window stopped at about 2 o'clock in the morning."

"It's really the same nature as nonsense" I couldn't help but stop writing and laugh at myself after writing this, this is simply the set of the Gate of Destiny Stone

The next words of the "third point...... Chong used the paper on the back to write, so I will not mention it for the time being

"So the actual situation of the matter was that first of all, at 2:10 a.m. on January 14, the time was out of order, and then not on the original 14th of January but on 12th, and then the rain outside the window stopped in the early hours of the morning to prove the conjecture, so that the five people who had gone out in the early morning of January 12 disappeared, and the remaining four who were not present at that time woke up at about 5 a.m. to find that the five were gone, and when I and Mengmeng Belia searched for it until about 7 o'clock in the morning, the time returned to normal. Sometime on January 13 (at night) it resumed, and the people who weren't there became me and Yumemu Belia."

"So I know that a certain guy has taken the time from 2 a.m. on January 12 (or 10 p.m. on January 11, because it was 10 p.m. when I went back with Dream Belle) to 7 a.m., and then peeled back the time period from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (at the time of the fire)" I read it myself, but it was indeed January 14, and our group did not go out until the rain stopped at 9 a.m., Two heavy rains prove the conflict between the two timelines"

"In other words, there was a fire under the shrine on the night of January 12th...... this is what Shizunobu Muroi told him personally, which means that the fire that Takashi saw was actually the scene two days ago, but what about later?

-- The rescue team arrived, and the only one who survived was Yuyun Chong

"If that time period is really perfectly reproduced......" After writing this sentence, there was a series of ellipses, Chong could only hold his head in his hands and bow his head and grit his teeth in contemplation, he couldn't say the possibility, but it was indeed the most likely outcome

"Drops...", when he was about to start writing again, a drop of rain suddenly fell in front of his eyes, and he knew that it would not rain today, so he could see the weather

-- Then the rain poured down

"Why is it raining again......?!" After looking up blankly, he immediately stood up, impossible! It's already January 15th, and now it's impossible to have heavy rain! Other words......?

"It's half past ten on January 12th? Or is it half past zero on the 14th of January? Chong covered his head and gritted his teeth in a little pain, no... Thinking too much, the old disease is about to be committed......

"Look at the time when the rain stops......" squeezed out a sentence from his mouth, and then Chong's consciousness fell into darkness...

Note 1: Hmm... I think I've made it very clear, and I won't change it if I don't understand it, but by the way, this is just the beginning, so don't think it's over