At Yuuji's request, Kazumi Yoshida, who doesn't seem to know anything, blushes and sends Ikesoto and Hirai, who may have been a little sluggish from being bitten by a monster, home, while we go to a nearby café to treat the severely frightened nerves with hot coffee and the smiling face of a waitress. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Uesugi-san, I'm sorry." Yuji opened his mouth to apologize, "I couldn't help in time just now, I'm very sorry." ”

When he said that, I was a little embarrassed: "Huh...... There's no need to apologize for this little thing......"

After all, you're just an ordinary person, and if you rush up rashly, you're just giving those monsters an extra slap.

"By the way, where did you get the gun? Don't tell me you're actually the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi. ”

Yuji carefully glanced left and right, making sure that no one was paying attention to this side, and then took out the pistol: "Aren't there a lot of people in that 'sealed'?" At that time, you were fighting monsters, and I wanted to help, but I was not good at fighting, so I looked around for weapons, and I happened to see a policeman......"

I see, this guy made a cameo appearance as a thief, and he stole a big item!

It is conceivable that the policeman who lost his pistol (which still had bullets inside) would have suffered greatly.

"By the way, what do you mean by 'banned'?"

"It's a long story......"

…………

"So, those monsters are called 'phosphorus', and they're the subordinates of some kind of bastard called 'gangsters'?"

Yuji Sakai nodded with a blank expression, since he broke up with Chi Suto and Hirai Yuan just now, he is like this, lifeless.

"It's strange to say, I obviously saw Ikei and Heijing being eaten by phosphorus, why did they come back to life?" I can't imagine that the girl with a long knife is so powerful, even the dead can be resurrected, "Although people seem to have become stupid, it is probably a head injury - now that medicine is very developed, it is good to raise it for two years, Yuuji, don't worry too much, at least they still walk very neatly, it seems that the injury is not serious." ”

Yuuji's face became more and more ugly, and it seemed that my advice was counterproductive.

"Hey! What the hell is wrong with you? It looks like taking a bite of an apple and seeing half a worm. ”

Oops, my bad jokes seem to be counterproductive......

After a long silence, Yuji sighed and talked about some other things that the girl had told him just now: the torch.

The "disciples" from the "Red World" and its subordinate "phosphorus" devour the "existence" of people, and if a person is eaten "existence", his traces in this world will completely disappear, and no one will even remember them anymore.

In order to avoid the sudden disappearance of a person, the person's memories and information are often combined with a trace amount of "existential power" to make a "torch", which is called a "torch", which looks exactly the same as a person on the outside, and even has the vast majority of the memories of that person before his death. However, they are not living creatures after all, and their own existence power is far from being comparable to that of real people, and as time passes, their existence power is slowly depleted, and the flaming torch will gradually turn into flickering candles, and finally extinguished.

"When the 'torch' burns out, it disappears silently, and no one remembers it anymore." Yuji clutched the cup of the hot drink as if he wanted to absorb some heat from it, "It is said that this is to avoid suddenly disappearing many people and affecting the balance of the world. ”

Even though it was warm inside the coffee shop, I felt as cold as if I was soaking in ice water.

Chi Suren, Hirai Yuan, and even the others who were eaten just now are really dead!

However, Yuuji's next sentence made me almost jump.

What he said was: "Actually, I'm just a 'torch'......"

How can it be! He's completely different from those who look stupid and stupid!

"Maybe it's because I injected more existential power at the beginning, so my behavior is still relatively positive, not like theirs." Yuji squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Looks like I can burn for a while longer—maybe I can boil a few pots of water......"

Bastard! Is this kind of thing something to laugh at?

"Sorry to worry you."

It's good that you know!

"But I really don't know what to do now." Yuji set his eyes on the cup of coffee that was still steaming, as if he wanted to learn from the gypsy soothsayer, and study the possibility of the future from the subtle ripples in the cup, "Actually, no matter what I do, it's the same, anyway, it won't be long before I disappear." ”

Nonsense!

"Okay, don't look worried, I'm not okay now." Yuji was silent for a moment, and then, as if he had made up his mind, he drank all the coffee that had gradually lost calories, "Uesugi-san-"

"Just call me and do it." I have fought side by side in life and death, even if he is not a "human" but a "torch", he is still my friend!

"—Kazuya, thank you." Yuuji obviously understood what I meant, and this time he finally smiled a little humanly, "That's pretty much it, it's time for me to leave, you also have your own things to do, right?" ”

It's true that I'm going to have to send those promotional materials to Okazaki and Furukawa - but I'm really worried about Yuji's appearance right now......

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Yuji stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something, "By the way, according to them, I am a slightly special 'torch', and in my body, there is a treasure hidden that may be very useful. ”

"When I'm 'extinguished', please help me keep it, so that it can be used as evidence that 'Yuji Sakai' once existed in this world."

After Yuji left, I sat in the café in a daze, unable to say a word.

Turning his head to look out, there were many pedestrians on the street, and a flame was dancing in their bodies.

Are these all "torches"? Why didn't I find out before?

Suddenly, I noticed a little boy walking with his mother on the street corner, and the flame in his body was very weak.

Then, as I watched, the little flame slowly went out.

The little boy who had just been walking slowly suddenly disappeared into the air, and the woman who had been holding his hand seemed to be completely unaware and left directly.

It's as if he never existed.

One day, will those "torches", Ike, Hirai, and even Yuuji, disappear like this?

Damn it! Damn it! Damn!

I can't do anything! I can only watch them disappear!

What the fuck is this world!

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I don't remember when I left the café, I don't remember when I delivered my things to Okazaki and Furukawa, and I don't remember how I got home, but when I regained consciousness, I was already sitting in my room and had my computer turned on.

Perhaps, someone can help them......

Logging in to the "Traveler Mutual Aid Alliance", I went to the forum and posted a post detailing what happened today, and asked my fellow travelers to help save the "torches".

This is the last hope.

The post was quickly answered, and it was still Miss Pallas, who was the best of all the time-travelers, but this time she hung up on me.

"Hello, I'm Pallas, or you can call me Saori Joto, that's my name in this world."

This name is so thunderous that even if I am as unheard of, I know it: "Joto Saori...... The hostess of Joto Heavy Industries? ”

Oh my! Everyone is a traverser, but her achievements simply make me extremely ashamed: at the age of 12, she took over the Jodo Foundation, and in just three years, she gave up many of the original inhumane parts, and as a result, the company renamed Joto Heavy Industry not only did not collapse, but quickly became bigger and stronger. Now she is 19 years old, known as the diamond girl with the richest dowry in the world......

“…… I'm sure now, you definitely don't watch anime very much. ”

"That's right, it's worthy of being the number one master!"

“…… Maybe you came to this world, it was really a mistake. Saori Joto didn't seem to intend to dwell on such a pointless topic as me, and she got straight to the point about what I was most concerned about, "I can help a little bit with the situation you mentioned in that post." ”

That's great!

But before I could thank her, she continued, "Don't be too happy, there's only so much I can do." Those who have been devoured are essentially dead, and even with my power, I can only start with Mana consciousness and deduce the past and future by going deep into the alayas consciousness, restoring their lives and reshaping their bodies. ”

It sounds like an exaggeration, and I have an ominous premonition.

"Don't say that I'm just the reincarnation of Athena, even if the gods of Olympus act together, it is impossible to deduce the lives of tens of millions of people, especially those whose flames have been extinguished, their consciousness of the end of the world has completely dissipated, and there is nothing I can do."

"All in all, save a few torches that have not been extinguished, I can help; Saving a lot of people, especially those who have been extinguished, I believe no one can do it. ”

On both sides of the phone, there was a deathly silence.

"Really, there's nothing you can do?"

The girl reincarnated by Athena was silent for a moment and replied, "Actually, there is another way. ”

"Please."

"We can't do it, but God can do it."

“…… You mean ......"

"You haven't officially joined the selection system of the Destiny Console, have you?"

"Hmm."

"The quest system of the Destiny Host can be tailored to your own reward requirements." Joto Saori's voice sounded like a heavenly sound, "In the past, Hibiki's wife, Ukyo, was Kuenji Youjing, who once had leukemia, and at that time, the number of traversers was still very small, and everyone's ability was not strong, so there was nothing to be done. ”

"Xiang Liangya tried to make a wish to the Destiny Host, 'I want an elixir that can cure leukemia', and as a result, the Destiny Host issued a task to him, and the elixir is the reward of the mission."

“…… I see, thanks! ”

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The Destiny Host does have the ability to "repair" all the "torches", even the "torches" that have been extinguished, but that requires me to get a high rating and then complete a series of tasks. After careful calculation, I had to make a heroic adventure first, and then do some big business that even a legendary hero would have to weigh. In the end, a happy ending can be reached.

It's okay, I have time!

But it's just to start being a righteous superman in advance, there's nothing wrong with it.

The most gratifying news is that Saori Joto has promised to come over to save Yuji Sakai, Ikesato and Hirai.

By the time I reach the conditions that will allow the Destiny Console to repair them, it may have been many years later, right?

At the very least, it's always a good thing to be able to save three people in advance.

With this in mind, that night, I slept peacefully......