BGM: Onmyoji (Maiko Inouchi)

In the darkness, a man with black hair and black eyes sat on a huge hourglass, holding his chin in one hand in a pensive motion, frowning and knocking twice on the void barrier in front of him from time to time.

After seeing the bad attitude of the magpie oil and salt, it disappeared directly into the hourglass, and now I don't know where it is shrunk in, and its eyes are staring at itself without blinking.

Magpie hasn't left yet.

He is full of curiosity about this world, and if he leaves here like this, then he is afraid that there will be no chance of returning.

The degree of strength and threat that "itching" has shown so far is very exaggerated. Such beings, having a slight understanding of their nature, will not take risks for benefits that may not exist.

Magpie has seen many similar beings in the last period.

The simple calculation of gains and losses has become instinctive, even if you have completed your long-cherished wish and verified your own path, you will instinctively pursue the way forward and open up a new direction.

- "The Seeker".

After endless time, they have long been tired of seeing everything, and who is not a true seeker?

In terms of putting aside all kinds of external shackles and conditions, they can truly live their own lives, but they no longer have the meaning of survival and the value of existence other than "Tao". How ironic is that?

Harmony, the concept of incarnation, the ultimate destruction, with the sentient beings of the sea of stars as chess across hundreds of millions of years... These monsters chasing the last secret of the multiverse have long been out of the question.

Their indifference goes deep into their bones, and they don't see anything outside the Tao as non-existent.

Why isn't that the case?

Thinking of this, the black-haired teenager stood up and looked at the hourglass in front of him—or rather, the cage.

Itchy.. If it walks on a similar path, then there must be some pattern that can be found.

It doesn't matter where he comes from, whether it's an out-of-spec powerhouse, an evil god, or a concept virus, it doesn't matter.

It is "desire"

If this is the way, then you have to do something about it.

Coercion and temptation, it is better to stand directly on the road of its travel.

Magpie lowered his head and looked at the chaotic quicksand storm, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The sand is parallel to itself.

That's the message that the itch reveals.

For magpies who are involved in plane science and space science, even if they do not specifically solve the relevant knowledge modules on the tree, they can speculate on this.

Parallelism is a state in which we cannot interfere with each other. Or rather, the cost of trying to force an intervention is enormous.

There are several worlds linked here, and it is a kind of high-level plane called [U no Ki] .

The subordinate world is relatively independent?

Or something else ...

In this way, there is also a difficult problem.

The reason why I came in is probably related to a certain nature of the itch itself, which is grabbed by its strange power similar to the "bottom force" of a candle flame.

So, now you can go out, but where is the place to go?

Ringtones...

Where are you?

As a psychic person, Magpie's own will can already affect the operation of the multiverse to a certain extent, and even the change of the cause and effect line - but there is a limit to this after all.

If he could, he wanted to retrieve his companions.

These are the most important.

Where the hourglass is, like the intersection of the turbulent deep sea undercurrent, the magpie stands at the intersection of the vertical and horizontal waters, and can leave with the current at any time, but it does not know where the destination is.

If you get too far away and get lost in another world, then the problem is big.

"Man, why don't you go?"

At some point, a white smiling face had been attached to the soles of Magpie's feet, and there was only an invisible barrier of darkness and nothingness between the two.

"What are you banging?"

Itch sneered knowingly, the red pigment expression on her face vivid.

"There's no distance between us. ”

"When you realize your situation, you rush out of it, thinking that you are free from your desires. ”

"But you're just a greedy person who lingers in front of the film, refusing to retreat, man. ”

"You're starting to make decomposer food with your mouth again, itch. ”

Magpie sneered and looked down at the masked man with his face against the sole of his shoe.

"You started to lock me up in lust just to make me one of you. As for the fact that I will be out after that, it is also because of your will, isn't it?"

His tone was flat and unshakably persuasive.

"Don't play with words and change concepts out there. I'll be out there just because you're scared of me, that's all. ”

The sole of the magpie's shoe suddenly burst out with a huge force, and the North Star bombarded the outside of the hourglass in front of him, but it was the mud cow that entered the sea without any reaction.

"Look. ”

Magpie smiled and looked at the difficult fellow.

Itch has a lot of overlap with the Speech Messenger in a way, and once it gets caught up in the rhythm of its speech, the situation will get out of hand.

"With such a strong barrier, are you autistic?"

Magpie twisted his neck as he spoke, making a slight sound of bone joints colliding, sounding a little creepy.

"People, no matter how much you cover it up, the essence of the matter is in your heart. ”

The mask seemed to have nothing to say, and could only respond to Magpie's taunt in this way.

"Really?"

Magpie raised his eyebrows somehow, looking at the itch below.

"I don't think there's anything to talk to you about... Judging from the current situation, there is a basis for cooperation. ”

"You had one before. . . Well.. Distraction? The same thing has come to our world, right?"

"We've killed that thing now, that's why I'm here. ”

Magpie lightly explained the cause and effect of this trip, as if the person was not killed by him.

It doesn't seem to be.

"What are you talking about?"

Itch smiled.

"You said that the original body that infected my traits went to your world, but what does this have to do with me?"

"If it came about because of your influence, why didn't it follow your will?"

Magpie retracted the smile on his face.

"So... Itchy, what do you think?"

"Listen to your conditions, of course, people. What did you take?"

"Huh. . . Aren't you also a captive of desire, itch, what gives you the attitude of looking down on all beings?"

Magpie shook his head and rubbed his fingers like a hungry man before a meal.

"So, what do you think I can give an individual life with an energy level ten times that exceeds mine?"

"Ten times yours?"

"People, with all due respect, even if the energy level is a hundred times higher than yours, if you don't have your ordinary qualifications, it will be useless to me. ”

"No, I guarantee he will have the qualifications you want, the qualities you crave. ”

Magpie's smile grew more and more mysterious.

"If nothing else, I still have a lot of confidence in the talents of our world, and he will definitely be able to meet your requirements. ”

"I know what you want. ”

"Itchy. . . You're itchy, aren't you?"