In a conversation with the mediator, she once mentioned that when she was the savior in the field, she existed as the "main attacker".

In addition, Yi Cheng has also been in contact with superheroes codenamed "Ghost", and her ability seems to be to create some kind of special "illusion".

And to associate the above two abilities with the ability that "the brooch is the body......

"The concubine can't do it......"

There is no doubt that this question should be left to the parties themselves to answer, and as a "mediator at this time", there is no intention to conceal this issue.

"My ability...... In a sense, it's also about time. ”

Facing the attention of Yi Cheng and the others, the mediator glanced at Mentor Hong helplessly, and after getting her approval, he gave the answer.

"I can set a certain item as a 'beacon' and use the beacon to create an 'image of the past', which can act in my place until the duration of the beacon runs out......"

"Images from the past?"

The first thing Yi Cheng remembered was the "illusion" that made him lose his bet.

But immediately, he noticed another key word that the mediator had said.

At the same time, Bai Ze obviously noticed this and raised his own doubts before Yi Cheng.

"That beacon...... How long will it last? ”

"Hmm...... I would like to say that although it is an image of the past, the beacon itself is actually my 'future time', so the duration of the beacon is also related to the 'time' I set......

"In other words, it's about the same as an alarm clock?"

Yi Cheng suddenly thought of a closer setting.

"Hmm...... If I set the time to '8 a.m. tomorrow' from now on, then during this time, images from the past can act in my place until that time......"

That's a ...... Quite a great ability.

Of course, this ability is not unlimited, at least, as a substitute for the ontology and the "past tense", the action of the image also means that the ontology is actually in a state that does not exist until the end of this "past", and the image itself must return to the position of the ontology before the time limit is reached, otherwise, "bad things" may happen.

"Wait a minute......"

When he heard this, Yi Cheng suddenly understood something, and turned his inquiring gaze to Mentor Hong.

"It's hard to ......"

"Oops, oops...... I finally found out. ”

Mentor Red smiled and nodded.

"Whatever the reason, in short, when I was sent on a mission, the 'mediator' did not choose to go out on the body, but instead sent his own 'images of the past' to participate in the operation."

Other words...... The villain who appeared at that time, codenamed "Brooch", is essentially ...... Is it just an "image" created by the ability of the mediator?

"But ......"

When the inference came to this, Yi Cheng fell into doubt again.

"If it's a capability-made image...... Hasn't it been around for too long? ”

"This one...... It's better to think about it from a different perspective. ”

Mentor Red raised a finger and shook it gently.

"What determines the duration of that 'image'?"

"Of course, it was the time set by the mediator at the time...... Yes! ”

Yi Cheng was not stupid, and because of this, he immediately understood what Mentor Red meant.

In the final analysis, there is only one element that determines the duration of the image, which is the "regression time set by the mediator", and that regression time ...... The past year 2001 has been a long time.

"Presumably, even the mediator himself didn't realize that this was happening at the time."

At the same time, the Red Mentor raised the teacup in his hand and motioned for the Soul Breaker to refill the hot milk tea for himself.

"Now is not the time for a leisurely cup of tea."

Looking at Mentor Hong's appearance, Yi Cheng couldn't help but be a little crazy.

"Obviously, the matter has become more complicated by your explanation like this, hasn't it?"

"Huh? Is there a ......?"

"Of course! You haven't explained anything about that 'ghost' yet, and ......"

Because of the emergence of this "sudden situation", the plot that Yi Cheng had managed to sort out a little bit in his mind suddenly became a mess again.

"Oops, oops...... I'm really willing to rely on my boss's subordinates. ”

Mentor Hong sipped milk tea leisurely, while tapping his finger at the paper on the table that read "Past, Present, Future".

"Since I've already given the hint in the first half, why don't you reason a little bit about what happened later?"

"How do you reason about this!"

Although he complained like this, Yi Cheng still grabbed the paper and thought about the "time point" and "name" marked by the red tutor on it.

The first thing to think about is the "ghost" - according to the Red Mentor, this ghost is a "superhero" from the future who returns to the past in order to save the time stream, and in the course of the whole event, there is only one point in time that can meet the above conditions, and that is ......

"Another ...... Future? ”

Yi Cheng, who drew a branch line next to the "future" written by Mentor Hong, turned his inquiring gaze to her.

"Not bad."

The female boss nodded with a "teachable" expression, which was regarded as affirming Yi Cheng's thoughts.

"So, the next question is...... Why did she choose to go back in time? ”

"This ......"

Yi Cheng, who was once again in deep thought, soon thought of a possibility that even he thought was incredible.

"Because...... I? ”

That's right...... If the woman who appeared in place of the mediator and attacked his group was really a "ghost" from the future, as the Red Mentor said, then the only explanation that Yi Cheng could think of was this.

Because, when he traveled back to that time for the second time, he happened to come into contact with the ghost of this time, and at the same time, he also entrusted the ghost to help him monitor "his past self".

Although what happened later, Yi Cheng is not very clear because of his early return to the "now", however, if combined with the above information, he has come to a surprising conclusion -

"Two ghosts belonging to different eras...... At that time, they actually came into contact with each other? ”

At the moment of coming to this conclusion, Yi Cheng suddenly realized.

"This ...... Is it the key node that leads to the disorder of the time flow, and even the complete collapse?! ”

"It's hard to believe, but I came to the same conclusion as you."

Although he said such things lightly, when Yi Cheng looked at the red mentor again, it was as if he had seen a monster.

That's right...... Compared to Yi Cheng, who has experienced all this firsthand, Mentor Red has only heard a few words about his description of time from the "past" and "present".

However, this woman was able to extract the cocoon from it, and even found the key to the incident before he did...... Although there is a prerequisite for the unequal information resources of the two sides, it is ......

"This woman's intellect ...... Is it really what humans can achieve? ”

"Oops, oops...... There's no way, an existence like this that attaches equal importance to beauty and wisdom, whether it is before or after the battle of the century, I'm afraid ...... I'm the only one. ”

“……”

Although I really want to seriously refute this arrogant woman at this time, I ...... Yi Cheng suddenly felt that Mentor Hong, who was pretending to be forced, was speechless!

In any case, under the prompting of Mentor Hong, Yi Cheng, who finally grasped the key to the incident, was finally able to rearrange the entire incident into a detailed context from another angle.

First of all, the image sent by the current mediator goes back in time and stays in 2001, where it was discovered and transformed by the evil villain after the Savior's plan, becoming the current "brooch".

In addition, the superhero "Ghost" from the parallel space replaced the "mediator" in that era and acted with Yicheng and his party, and entered the space-time rift at the last moment.

And the "ghost of the past" that existed at the same time and belonged to that time had unnecessary contact with the future self because of Yi Cheng's relationship, which led to the disorder of the flow of time, and in a sense, created the "ghost of the future".

"But...... Wait a minute, if that's the case, then...... Where did the ghost go after crossing the rift? ”

"This ......"

Mentor Hong smiled and put down the milk tea cup in his hand.

"Putting that aside for now, I have a question for you right now."

"What's the problem?"

"How many ghosts, how many mediators, how many brooches have appeared in the whole incident?"