BGM: Loneliness (Monogatari Series)

The name "magpie" is present in this being, and there is no quality in him that can be associated with words like "weakness".

From the point of view of common sense, this is also a manifestation of an incomplete personality.

From the door of the classroom to the end of the hallway, what the magpie must have done was to eliminate dissent and unrest.

No one yet can accept the existence of plural consciousness in their own body, even if that consciousness comes from the same source as themselves.

But the essence of the mutilation has not changed.

All along, what he has changed is the outside world, not himself.

And so far, there has never been anything that has a strong presence enough for Magpie to make changes automatically.

It was cleared, and then there was no filling in for the deficiencies and deficiencies.

This is the current situation of magpies.

This faceless guy is telling the truth.

Magpie looked up at it.

The other party raised his chin slightly, as if surprised by Magpie's expression.

At this time, there was no strong emotion or resistance in his eyes, as if the previous struggles and uneasiness were all illusions, and they had never appeared in this man.

They will not waver, nor will they pity themselves.

I have never had regrets or regrets about myself.

"How? Think about it?"

"Let the qualities that you lack, come back to you—the things that have been stripped away without taking into account your wishes. ”

"Don't you think it's unfair?"

"Or maybe it's a novelty to feel something you've never felt before, isn't it?"

"Haven't you been looking for something like this all along? stories, feelings, mysteries. ”

"Even if you are simply from the standpoint of a bystander, you should have a relatively complete ability to appreciate it. ”

"The way you look now, even after hundreds of millions of years, after seeing a thousand strange events, you will only sneer and mock, what's the point of that?"

Magpie smiled.

He smiled very sincerely, not a habitual gesture to cover up his inner wavering, but simply an act that came from the bottom of his heart.

"You're not a magpie. ”

"It's not even a legacy of the first generation – the way to achieve the required integrity as a tool. ”

"Now, listen, whether you're the consciousness of the new universe or something, first of all, I know this very well. ”

"There is no logical problem with what you say, I accept it. ”

“。。 Although it doesn't matter to me whether you accept it or not, then, the second point. ”

"I, Que, I'm here to get rid of the restlessness, if there's anything else you want to say, hurry up and say it now, after all, it's not too early. ”

I don't know what the danger is, but it's undoubtedly a guy from the outside world.

In fact.. I can probably guess it.

Is it the bastard who beat himself up?

As the plural self disappears one after another, Magpie can feel his sense of rejection from the world, and it seems that he can leave at any time.

Probably the guy in front of me is the last one.

Magpie's smile grew brighter and brighter, even if—no, it was precisely because of the terrible situation of such internal troubles that he felt the excitement he had not felt in a long time.

"So, I don't have time to indulge here. ”

"So, are there any objections?"

As if to show the other party, Magpie handed the white spot of light in his hand to it.

"Huh. . . Just take your go. ”

"Click——

Magpie stretched out his hand without hesitation.

Piercing.

There was a loud and crisp cracking sound in the dark space, and the magpie's entire arm was pierced into the other's chest.

You, the animal, feed a few countless cracks, affecting and spreading in all directions, like a mirror falling apart.

The unrealistic white light burst out from the center, igniting and dissipating everything along the cracks, returning it to a "state" that cannot be expressed in either the material world or the spiritual realm.

"However, it is better to take this opportunity to ask you once, after all, it is not easy to meet this side. ”

"For you, the trip should be over in the previous room. The fact that I was observed was a surprise, should I say ... Isn't it subject to human will?"

“。。 What do you mean?"

"Nothing, compared to this. ”

"Magpie, do you know what you have now?"

"I've never owned anything. Or is it ... Do you mean that?"

Magpie pinched the white in his hand, but his fingertips didn't really touch any of the entities.

Magpie shook his head.

"It's something that can only be simulated here, it's not there outside, it's not mine, it's just a fraud of the world. ”

There was no overlap between his body and the white light itself, as if they were in two different parallel dimensions.

"And... Nor is it required. ”

Magpie raised his head and looked directly at the faceless strange being up close.

Even though the other party's body was in a state of constant burning, he did not show any abnormality.

I don't care at all. Is it?

It's not like other consciousness parasitic in one's own body, or the first generation or the afterhand of the world.

The other party really seems to be what it says, just happened to appear here by chance, and happened to exist in this place.

And the magpie also happened to be "passing by".

It does not fall under the category of "causal law", but is a non-probabilistic event that can be called "synchronicity".

"But apart from these perceptible things, of course I know what I have. ”

Magpie said seriously.

"Whether it is incomplete or not is something that can be defined by others, and there are no rules or common consciousness that can be defined. ”

"The only one who can define all these things is himself, and everything else is an evil way, and it will surely lead to a crooked path. ”

"Now I don't think I need this, it's not because I didn't want to make it up, to be honest, I also had this naïve idea the moment I first heard your explanation. ”

"But... That's the mistake for me. ”

"No one can prove that I have had this, and no one can prove that I don't have these things now. ”

Magpie grinned.

A tooth-aching smile.

"Ahh

The other party didn't look like he was buying it, but he didn't have any words to refute it.

"yes, that's it. I don't know why I feel the urge to tell you, but it's all true. ”

Magpie gave it a strange look and withdrew its hand from its hollow mirrored chest.

"The truth that comes out of my mouth is rare, and you have to cherish it. ”

At this moment, the "world" has begun to reveal its true form.

That is, "mirror".

Huge mirrors separate the hallway from the world outside the school building—a blurry place that cannot be seen.

There are a total of 1,264 holes in the glass.

"What you said just now was like a sage who chose a brave man, and I felt very unhappy, so I refused. ”

"If, everything evolves out of objective laws—you and me, the world, stories, individual consciousness, ethnic ideas, etc... It's all about what is set out, if it's about a certain procedure, it's not necessarily too boring. ”

He reiterated it again.

"I don't need completion, I don't need anything else. ”

"If I had to say anything, it would be that I have the qualifications to think so. ”

"I believe that the will can prevail over everything. ”

"I recognize my own detachment and will deny what I think is not reasonable. ”

"To deny is to be destroyed. ”

"If it doesn't make sense, it has to be changed. ”

"I say that, do you understand?"

In an instant, countless whites exploded like pinpricks, annihilating all diaphragms.

It's as if something arrogant and unreasonable awakens in an instant, and then breaks through all barriers, and subdues and kills all obstacles!

Magpie stood alone in the world of nothingness and looked up.

It's almost time to go...