I don't remember very much, but when it started...... No, it's not like that. Honestly, I actually know very well.

At the beginning, when I received this little red crystal piece, I already wondered if there was something hidden behind it.

Drugs used to expand ability are not too common in school cities with the purpose of ability development, and almost every student has used similar means to induce their ability to travel to a greater or lesser extent. Even herself, due to the exception of her abilities, has used several of these drugs under the advice and supervision of the development agency. But that time, it bypassed all the agencies and sent it directly to her by mail. No matter how you think about it, this seems very abnormal.

Even if she has a weak and kind personality, she is not so stupid as to believe that others only have good intentions for her. Moreover, it is this so-called assistance, which has no previous cause and effect.

But in retrospect, if I had been smarter, I would have been able to foresee what was going to happen from this point on. Because although she didn't believe it, she still kept these crystals.

She wasn't strong enough to do that, otherwise she would have thrown them all away. Because he is not strong, in fact, in his subconscious, he still has fantasies, fantasizing about some unlikely things.

Some things, if you don't give up completely, the end is inevitable. But it's too hard to really understand that.

Ever since she completely lost contact with Triply, she has always been very concerned about the development of her abilities. Since LV.2's ability has been able to make you communicate with the trip, if you improve your ability a little more, you may be able to find the trip again.

This is a speculation that is too common and too taken for granted, so taken for granted that it cannot even be countered. But it's so difficult to really try.

The normal way of developing abilities didn't work for her, so she tried to understand the theory behind them. But it was undoubtedly too difficult for her.

Until this point, even though everything was so unsatisfactory, she did not pin her hopes on the untrustworthy.

Then one day, something finally happened that caused it to get out of hand.

On this day, whether intentionally or unintentionally, she heard the voice of the long-cut message.

She had been trying to be able to reconnect with her stumbling through her abilities, but her first reaction when she heard the voice of her long-awaited friend was shock.

Because at that moment, she heard something she never expected to hear.

The faint, but resounding voice in her head, said:

"Help Me ......"

So that night, after hesitating for a long time, she found the crystals in her residence.

Then, everything spiraled out of control.

Harukami is a rather greedy girl, and she knows this very well herself. Once, she thought it would be a great pleasure to be able to taste a delicious meal.

But when the chip vaporized on the tip of her tongue, she knew what true enjoyment was.

Harukami is extremely sure that he is not hallucinating. She could even tell very clearly that the wonderful feeling was not something that the little chip could bring on itself.

That kind of incomparable fulfillment and satisfaction comes from her ability itself.

The person who gave her this crystal was not lying, and this small chip did "open up" her abilities a lot.

She has the ability to take information regardless of distance. When her abilities were completely "opened", the heavenly number of bits, the astonishing amount of information connected to her through her abilities.

It was really an indescribable, supreme feeling. This feeling is absolutely full of irresistible ** for human beings with intelligence.

The ancient Greek poet Homer was perhaps the first to really realize this kind of **. In his immortal poem "The Odyssey", he wrote that the banshee sirens of the world, not with beauty and hue, but with beautiful songs and mystical knowledge, could not resist even Odysseus, the wisest of mortals.

When this kind of ** also befell Chunshang's body, it was no surprise that she completely fell. The feeling of being able to understand everything, as if she could do everything like a god, easily dominated her.

But at the time, she just felt like it was all good, as if she could do anything. But she didn't realize that this was the most dangerous.

Excessive information can be addictive. Even if fundamentally, drug addiction is just dopamine releasing an overdose of information to the brain.

And the most terrible thing about this kind of information addiction is that it doesn't seem to be harmful on its own. On the contrary, its benefits are too numerous to count. Such a situation will gradually cause people to lose their vigilance, and this is the most terrifying part.

Human values themselves are based on limited information. If humanity exceeds the limit in this regard, values are bound to be distorted.

Just like a normal human being, except for fools, never thinks of animals as their own creatures. Because humans have a higher level of information, it is impossible to look at them in the same light. The so-called protection of animals and kindness to animals are, to put it bluntly, not for the sake of animals, but only for the sake of human beings themselves. In order to protect the ecosystem on which humanity rests, or simply for the sake of human superiority.

There's nothing wrong with that, but once it happens between people, it's terrifying.

Even if it was just to relieve the stumbling blocks at the beginning, it will inevitably deteriorate at this point.

That large amount of information gives Harushang not only fulfillment and satisfaction, but also thinking and calculation ability beyond ordinary people. Most of her astonishing achievements over the past year have been accomplished in this state. This sense of accomplishment beyond ordinary people is the ultimate in self-satisfaction.

However, although she has done a lot in this state, it has not been her original purpose!

The information obtained is disorganized. But in this state, with her extraordinary thinking and calculation ability, she can in principle find out where the stumbling point is. But she never did.

Since you are beyond ordinary people, why bother with ordinary people?

Every time she was in this state, she was deeply immersed in the happiness of self-satisfaction. This made her extremely confident, but also extremely selfish.

But happy times are short-lived after all. When the effect of the "opening" of the ability induced by the chip has passed, she will gradually "wake up" from this state.

Every time she woke up from this state, she could only open her eyes wide and cry uncontrollably. The arrogant and selfish self that she didn't even want to care about her friends made her too scared to herself.

It's terrible, it's really terrible, what are you doing?

There were countless chances, and even every time she entered that state, she had a chance to find the trip, or even rescue the trip. But every time she gets into that state, she completely forgets about the stumbling block.

Just as Odysseus knew that approaching the Sirens would lead his men to death with him, but when he heard the Siren's singing, he still ordered the ship to come closer, as if he was the only one on his ship. In this state, the same is actually true of Harukami.

As long as you're fine, why bother with these irrelevant things?

Every time, this thought took over her heart. Ironically, this memory would remain in her brain even if the effects of the chip had passed. Every time, it made her miserable when she came to her senses.

Although when she was awake, she also tried to use the information she felt in that state to find the stumbling block. But as the teacher who instructed her said, the results that Harukami came up with when she was sober were not anything that could be used immediately.

But at this point, she couldn't turn back.

There's no point in deceiving yourself, because the seizures are getting worse and worse. The feeling of wanting to rely on it can no longer be restrained.

Why did she hide from Dome for so long? There is a very important reason, and here it is.

And something even more terrifying was noticed by Harukami later.

Information addiction does not make people delirious. Since the "openness" of ability can also be seen as an openness to the potential of the brain, it can even be said that it makes Harugami smarter and more analytical. So, Harukami quickly became aware.

Why did the people who sent these crystals to their own place bypass all the research institutes?

The answer lies in the fact that, as Harugami first feared, these crystals themselves are dangerous things.

Let the ability "open up" and stimulate the potential of the brain. That's right, that's what it does.

But those people didn't tell Harugami that this crystal would destroy the human body while doing this!

Especially recently, she really felt that her body was inevitably going to collapse. Ironically, these crystals destroy her body while making her appearance more delicate and feminine.

I am becoming more and more beautiful and cute. Dome is not wrong at all, even Harugami himself knows it very well. But behind that, there is such a deformed cause and effect!

Looking blankly at himself in the blood-stained mirror, Harukami felt that he was even in a trance. What this means, in fact, is obvious.

It's pure, it's complete, it's self-inflicted......

Forget it, that's fine......

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the bathroom door twice.

"Clothes? What happened to you? ”

From outside the door, there came a worried inquiry.

"I-I'm fine, don't worry."

A perfunctory Harugami took the glass for washing that was upside down on the cup holder and flipped it over.

She looked at the blood-stained mirror and frowned.

Like a sponge absorbing water, the red on the mirror surface begins to fade. In the glass, a bright red liquid gradually overflowed.

It's the power of her abilities, and those crystals amplify them and enable her to do things she didn't dare to do before. For example, her ability to transmit and receive information is related to it. The so-called information is a very large concept.

Those crystals were indeed very powerful, and even when she was awake from the "open" state of her abilities, the residual effect of inducing the potential of her brain would persist for a while.

Pour the liquid into the sink and turn on the faucet to rinse it off. When Harukami was doing these things to eliminate the traces, his eyes never left the mirror, and he did not leave himself in the mirror.

Reach out and gently caress your small but delicate face. The delicate feel made her feel amazed.

A strange thought popped into her head.

Indeed, although it may not be as good as the dome, it is indeed becoming more and more beautiful and moving. Even in that state, he can definitely be called quick thinking and talented. So even if it is said to be becoming more and more perfect, it should not be wrong.

So—

If this continues, before the life burns out, let "he" pay more attention to himself and care about himself......

It's possible, right?

Inadvertently, Harukami actually smiled.

She opened the bathroom door and sat down back in her previous position under Dome's unexpected gaze.

Dome also returned to her seat with her, looking at her with some confusion. For some reason, she seemed to feel that Harukami had suddenly become full of confidence in this short period of time. This subtle change made her not know what to say for a while.

It wasn't until a moment later that the dome who had come back to his senses asked.

"That...... When you're in the nursing home, you're able to communicate with the stumbling room, right? So, can you still do it now? If so, can you tell me where the stumbling is? ”

Now that she is reunited with Harumami, this can be said to be her most concerned thing.

The moment he heard the name of Tripaki, Harugami suddenly felt sluggish for a moment, and a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes. But that was only a flash in the day.

"I'm sorry, I don't know."

In the end, Harukami replied very blandly.