"I only know part of it, but not all of it."

I seemed a little surprised that I had said this with such sincerity, rather than the usual foolishness, and I spoke again.

This time, he clearly realized that when he was in front of Aono, he couldn't raise the idea of "lying".

It's like a temporary loss of this ability.

I was surprised again, but even this bit of surprise was quietly erased by some kind of force.

He scratched his head and continued.

"If I'm not mistaken, he was probably temporarily sealed by Saika's seniors, right?"

“...... Well? Sealed? ”

Aono frowned, and by the way, he recalled Hino's state at that time, and his eyes were always shrouded in a special layer of enchantment.

Obviously, that barrier is to suppress Hino's extraordinary ability.

- This kind of thing, as the transcendent tide continues to surge in the watch world, it has begun to become more and more common.

Again, being a transcendent is sometimes not a lucky thing.

For example, a female high school student who is powerless suddenly has the extraordinary ability to see strange and ghostly existences.

Once she is aware that she can see them, the freaks will become curious about the girl and—and the curiosity from the freaks will never be well-intentioned.

It is conceivable that the girl will be in a panic all day long, witnessing terrifying and strange things, and pretending to know nothing at the same time.

If you don't have a strong enough nerve, or a strong enough consciousness, I'm afraid that in less than two days, you will completely collapse under this torment, or if you don't pay attention, you will become food for strange mouths.

For this kind of poor girl, it is a lucky thing to seal her extraordinary ability.

As the number of transcendents continues to increase, there are many more cases of such phenomena as sealing abilities.

It's just that......

What is the reason why Yuki Hino's ability needs to be sealed?

By the way, the reason why Aono took the initiative to ask about Yuki Hino was not on a whim, but because of ......

Yuki Hino, lost contact.

Some time ago, out of the perspective of being a short-term companion, Aono was ready to call to greet Hino, but no one answered on the other end of the phone for a long time.

Aono called Ayaka Hino again.

What is more surprising is that the predecessor of Saika, who has always been unreserved with Aono - refers to the level of unreserved information on all kinds of information, almost knowing everything and answering all questions - this time, he has a lot to hide from Hino's state, and it seems that he doesn't want Aono to continue to pay attention to this matter.

According to common sense, Aono should have ignored the matter, as Hino had hoped, or when he had never known about it.

But in Aono's intuition, he realized that this matter was inextricably linked to him in some way, and it would always feel uncomfortable to ignore it.

Therefore, by the way, when I visited, I inquired of him.

Judging from the performance with Yuki Hino last time, the two of them definitely know each other.

Combined with the fact that they all have a similar ability to predict the future, it may not be just an ordinary "understanding".

As for the idea and ability to suddenly lose "lying", it's not that Aono used any extraordinary skills, but that he let go a little bit, and the effect achieved by the dual influence of coercion and charm was just that.

It's not surprising.

"If it were someone else, maybe they wouldn't really know the inside story of this."

Scratching his cheeks, he didn't seem to know where to start at first.

But after hesitating for five or six seconds, he still spoke seriously.

"But who made me and that guy barely small?"

"Hair small?"

Aono expressed surprise at the right time.

He guessed that the relationship between the two might not be so simple, but he still didn't expect this relationship.

"It's just that the country used to be small."

He sighed, as if recalling some rather pleasant experience.

"I'm two years older than Xingjun, and we have a lot of connections in our family....... My parents are also diviners, and his family is a big family of onmyoji that has been passed down for a long time. ”

"We used to play together a lot, and he had to call me big brother before."

Suddenly apologize for a smile.

"Aono-kun, I'm not too interested in these things, right? It's a bit of a hypocrisy myself. ”

"It's all right, you go on."

Even if Aono said it didn't matter, I still seem to care about this point, so I'll make a long story as short as possible.

"Anyway, we had a pretty good relationship at the time."

"Until...... He awakened to supernatural abilities. ”

Aono was stunned: "Awakening? ”

Normally, the word "awakening" is used to describe people who suddenly gain extraordinary abilities, but as far as Aono knows, Hino Ayaka and his family all have quite strong extraordinary talents, and like the fairy species, they are all born with extraordinary abilities.

Unexpectedly, Yuki Hino, who has the most wonderful and unique ability, is the special one in their family.

"That's right."

Nodding, he confirmed Aono's guess.

"Xingjun, unlike his family, awakened that ability when he was in the country."

"At first, his family probably thought he didn't have extraordinary talent, and they saw it as a lucky thing."

- Becoming transcendent is more of a curse than a gift from above.

"Who knows, on his birthday, he gained the power he has now."

"It can only be said that God always likes to joke with people, giving people hope and despair, right?"

Aono was silent, silently listening to what he said.

"Let me ask you beforehand, Aono-kun, you should know a little bit about Yuki-kun's abilities, right?"

"Yes, his ability should be to predict the future or something, right?"

Aono replied.

"And there will be some kind of side effects that are not mild."

"But other than that, I don't know much else."

He's also telling the truth.

Since he was honest with him, Aono wouldn't be so careful.

"Yes, it's a prediction of the future."

"But the way we predict the future is not the same as what we do."

Pointing to himself.

"I want to hear about it."

"As I said earlier, the future we see will actually be affected by various factors, such as myself, or you who know the results of the divination, will change this 'future' to a greater or lesser extent from all aspects."

"Yes."

"If I put it another way, the future I have come to is just a possibility of the future, and generally speaking, it will be the biggest one."

Use as simple words as possible to explain this law, which sounds cumbersome.

Judging from his previous performance, he attaches great importance to such a "law", and before divination, he must clearly explain the places related to divination with Aono.

It may be a professional habit of his actions.

"And the future that Xingjun sees is ......"

"Countless possibilities for the future!"

When he said this, he inevitably showed a look of envy and admiration.

It must be a great thing for people like them to be able to do this.

"Countless possibilities?"

Aono expressed surprise at this statement.

"Just like the growth of a tree, many new branches will emerge, and each branch has the potential to lead to a new future."

"What Xingjun can do is to use his choices and actions to increase one of the possibilities, or cut off those branches that shouldn't grow."

"In terms of this ability, he is much, much better than me."

"I see."

Aono's jaw.

He could suddenly understand that in a few previous incidents, Hino Yuki suddenly showed a look of relief when he saw him.

At the time, I thought that Yuki Hino had extraordinary confidence in himself.

Now that he thinks about it, maybe he knows that he can solve the incident without danger by calling himself over, right?

"But Aono-kun, you must have heard of such a sentence, right?"

He smiled wryly and looked out the window.

It seems to be sympathetic to Yuki Hino, who doesn't know where he is.

"All the gifts of fate are marked with a price code on the back."

"The more powerful the capability, the more brutal the price."

Aono: "......"

He didn't have much say in that.

If this sentence really took effect on Aono, maybe he would have died by now because of his too strong ability, right?

"I've also heard that there are people who are extremely gifted, and their abilities have no side effects."

"What an enviable fellow!"

Aono: "......"

The person this sentence refers to is probably a person like him.

After a brief pause, his face became serious.

"The price that Xingjun needs to pay is that he may go crazy at any time."

"Because the possibilities for the future are endless."

"Even if Yuki-kun can't fully capture the amount of 'innumerable', the amount of information he has to receive is too much compared to the capacity of his brain."

"If he hadn't been trained, his mind would have collapsed in an instant, like a dam that has been washed away by the waves."

"He saw everything, but he couldn't do anything."

A dull sigh.

"It was supposed to be an omniscient situation, but because of the endless future flooding into his brain, he could no longer see any of them."

"This coincides with a certain concept in Buddhism that color is emptiness, and emptiness is color."

"In fact, on the day Xingjun awakened his ability, he went crazy directly."

"Of course, later, just as I was cured by that transcendent before, Yuki-kun's madness is temporary, and it should be...... Granny Ishiyama cured him. ”

Hearing this, Aono found another reason why Ayaka Hino had great respect for Akiko Ishiyama.

That old woman turned out to be Yuki Hino's life-saving benefactor.

"That is, from that day on, Xingjun's temperament changed greatly, and he gradually drifted away from me from then on."

"A great change in temperament......

Aono captures this key word.

"Wait a minute, that is, Yuki Hino didn't actually have this kind of character before?"

Aono thought about the first time he met Yuki Hino.

Dyed with orange hair, lip nails in his mouth, pierced ears, a flowing posture.

It's very similar to those "killing Matt" and "non-mainstream" in China.

Or a fresher word – "spirit guy"?

Anyway, that's the kind of person who almost thought he was the kind of gangster who was wandering the streets when we first met.

Later, Kanda Yukie's evaluation of him also proved this.

Flirtatious and flamboyant.

It's Aono not very much