Chapter 265: How Many Cups? (ENDS)

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"Actions of the organization......"

Qingming drank coffee.

His head turned to the side, and he seemed to be looking out at the street through the window, but he was actually looking at Conan.

Conan looked at him with wide eyes, expecting his answer.

He seemed to be a little worried.

After all, Qingming is too strange, he may or may not tell him the information, this may have something to do with Qingming's mood, so every time he asks, Conan is a little nervous.

Qingming is a strange person.

Although he has known him for a long time, to this day, Conan still hasn't really seen through him, so he is always not very sure about Qingming.

But he had to turn to Qingming for help.

Although he hooked up with those people in the FBI now, the FBI will not disclose too much information to him at least now, so Qingming is an important source of information for him.

However, Qingming has not provided him with much information so far.

Will it be this time?

"Hmmm......"

Qingming pondered.

He has always positioned himself as a "bystander", so he basically doesn't care about things, and he doesn't specifically want to change anything, unlike those who want to control their own destiny, he is more like being pushed by fate.

If the so-called fate really exists.

Sometimes you don't have to dwell too much on something that you don't know exists.

Let's not talk about that.

"Hospital."

“?”

"There's a person in the organization who has already infiltrated the hospital, man, as for who it is, you can find it yourself."

After saying this, Qingming directly waved his hand to send off the guests.

Conan was also interested, thanked him and left.

Qingming is still sitting there, drinking coffee, watching the pedestrians outside come and go, every day is the same, and every day is different, and human beings always repeat similar things.

"It's such a world, after all!"

Sigh softly.

At this moment, he wanted to leave quickly.

But if you think about it, human beings in this world live their daily lives in this world, and human beings in another world are not humans, aren't they? At most, it's just a difference in specific things.

From ancient times to the present, the content may be different, but in essence it is just repeated.

"It's really boring to think about it."

……

Conan's thing, Qingming just watched, watched as if watching a movie.

Then do your own thing.

If you want to say, maybe Qingming is also a researcher, but unlike a researcher like Gray Yuanai, what he studies is something different from science.

Taoism.

Maybe it's divine, maybe it's developed by human beings, but in short, it's a magical thing.

It can make the mountains and rivers upside down, make the sun and the moon hang upside down, go up to the poor and fall blue, go down to the Yellow Spring, and even shine with the sun and the moon, and live with the heaven and the earth, not a god, but also a god.

Man can become a god.

But what exactly is "God"?

Qingming didn't know.

But perhaps because of the continuous improvement of one's own ability, he gradually has a better understanding, and perhaps "God" is the so-called "Tao", which exists and does not exist.

It is impossible to prove that it exists, and it cannot be proven that it does not exist.

The more you improve your ability, the more you feel your insignificance, just like climbing high and looking far, the higher you stand, the farther you see, and the more you can understand the vastness of this world.

If one day, if you leave the earth and go to space, you will find that this world is even bigger than you imagined.

However, there is not only one world in the infinite space-time.

Qingming wants to leave.

But I have always had concerns.

But as long as this idea does not change, he will eventually leave, and it is only a matter of time.

Will it change?

……

Night.

The roof of the building.

The Taoist priest and the witch made an appointment to meet here.

Why meet?

It doesn't matter, the important thing is that the two people made an appointment and met here.

No one spoke.

They weren't very familiar with each other, and although they had secretly fought many times through Taoism and magic, it wasn't something worth writing about.

There should have been no intersection between the Taoist priest and the witch.

I don't know if it's fate playing a joke, or if there is a mistake in which link, so that there is more such a person as Qingming in this world, so what didn't happen happened, what happened, what should have happened, there are a lot of things that will never happen again.

Too lazy to change.

But the existence of Qingming itself is the biggest change.

What is fate?

"Hmmm......"

The witch plays with the tarot cards in her hand.

She seems to be divining through this, which is different from the Taoist fortune-telling, and it is not the ability of the same system.

But in essence, it may not be different.

"You want to leave?"

She asked suddenly.

Maybe it was through divination, or maybe it was learned from some other source.

It doesn't matter.

For the witch, this doesn't seem to be a thing worth paying attention to, there is no expression on her face, she can't see joy or sorrow, maybe she just asked casually.

In fact, that's all.

In addition to being an opponent, how is Qingming, does he have a half-magical relationship with her?

"Hmm."

Qingming nodded lightly and responded.

Human beings are strange creatures, and there are many things that are difficult to say and afraid to say to familiar people, but they can open their hearts to people who have nothing to do with and strangers.

Qingming has seen it.

Two people who meet by chance on a bus, train, or plane will be like close old friends, chatting, telling their boredom, telling all kinds of unreasonable things between their relatives and friends, and so on.

Because they know that when they get off the bus and plane, they will go their separate ways, and they will never have the slightest intersection again, so they can say something they usually dare not say without hesitation, whether it is a complaint or something.

There's no malice, it's just that I just want to say it.

Maybe I also want to find a little sense of identity in a certain thing, and find a little comfort even if it is useless.

Between Qingming and the witch, it can't be done to that extent.

But there are some things that Qingming doesn't mind talking about openly and honestly.

"It's okay to leave."

The witch also nodded, seemingly agreeing with Qingming's decision.

So why didn't she leave?

Qingming looked at her, but didn't ask.

She and Qingming are different, Qingming is not in essence, she does not belong to this world, she has been in this world for so long, and she does not have much sense of identity with this world, which can be said to be incompatible with this world.

The witch is different, she was born and raised in Si, and eventually she will bury herself here, turning her life into an insignificant trace and carving it into the history of this world.

"The world is too small for you."

She spoke.

"You should go on adventures, not live aimlessly like you are now, you should see the wider world and find more powerful opponents, instead of wasting time and spending time here."

The bystander is clear, maybe she can see it.

This world is too simple for Qingming, there is no opponent, and there is nothing that can interest him, so Qingming lives like an ordinary person.

The occasional prank is one of the few pleasures in Qingming.

will also bully people, and Gray Yuan Wai is a victim.

Qingming did not speak.

Long.

"What about you?"

He asked.

"You don't want to leave? Why? ”

"I'm not like you, no why."

“……”

That's right.

Qingming nodded, and fell silent again.

The two of them stood on the roof of the building, looking at the lights of the thousands of homes below, as bright as a galaxy.

But it's not a galaxy, it's just a small city.

It's too small.

is so small that Qingming feels that maybe with his full strength now, the city will be destroyed soon.

The witch can understand this too.

"This world is not for you, and you will have to leave sooner or later."

Yes, sooner or later it will leave.

In that case, it's better to make a decision sooner, and you don't need to be so entangled all the time.

It's time to gamble.

"So ......"

"Those people who have a relationship with you, I will take care of them for you."

"Thank you very much."

Qingming nodded.

With the witch's words, it is enough, at least when Enomoto Azusa and them are in danger, the witch will help.

It's okay to leave.

……

Manor.

In the lobby on the first floor.

Akane and the twin maids both stood in front of Qingming, waiting for Qingming's orders.

Qingming wrote them a number.

"If there's anything you can't do in the future, just call her and she'll help."

That's the witch's number.

Of course, the witch will also monitor this side through the black cat, and as long as necessary, she will help, which is an agreement with Qingming.

I have to say, the witch is a good person.

At least it's better than Qingming.

"I also gave you a card before, and the money in it is enough for you to use it for a long time, and during my absence, the manor will be handed over to you, Hoonami, Minaho, you just listen to Akane."

"Yes."

The twin maids answered.

Qingming is explaining the "aftermath", saying that he is going to leave for a while, but as for where he is going and how long he will come back, he has not said anything.

They didn't ask.

Qingming is not an ordinary person, and without knowing it, they will not worry about Qingming.

The same goes for Akane.

"Alright, go and rest, I won't have to prepare my breakfast and dinner from tomorrow onwards."

"Yes."

The twin maids answered, and then turned to leave.

Akane wanted to say something.

However, Qingming didn't give her this opportunity, and left the hall directly upstairs, leaving her with a back.

Akane could only be silent.

Then he sighed and went back to his room to rest.

……

Qingming is ready.

Sooner or later, I'm going to leave, so after talking to the witch, I said I'd leave without any intention of delaying.

All that should be accounted for has been explained.

Enomoto Azusa and Takei Naoko also explained in advance.

The rest ......

Well, there is nothing special to say about either.

Ayumi, Xiaolan, and the new name Kahori, if they can't find him, Enomoto Azusa or Akane will naturally explain to them, and there is no need to say it again.

"So, it's time to go."

Qingming said so.

In his own room, he troughed down the last character in a game, and without looking at any welfare screens, he just turned off the computer and packed everything up.

I don't know if I'll be able to come back.

But it doesn't matter.

Now that you've made your decision, there's no need to be too nostalgic, just move towards your goal.

"The future is slim, I just hope that there will be a period in the future."

……

A new day.

Gray Yuan Ai didn't see Qingming, and Enomoto Azusa in the coffee shop didn't wait for Qingming either.

And not only today.

For several days after that, it was as if Qingming had disappeared and never appeared from anyone's sight again.

Because it's really gone.

This may be a good thing for Gray Plains, because Qingming who always bullied her is gone, and she can live more easily.

But he couldn't relax.

And for Enomoto Azusa, she has long been mentally prepared.

Just sigh and do your best to keep the coffee shop busy.

Of course, because Qingming is not there, Meng Po soup coffee is also off the shelves, after all, without Qingming, she can't help others realize their wishes, that's something that Qingming can do.

Now, there's no need to cheat people.

Ayumi won't come over very often, because there is no such thing as her "Ernie Sauce Ernie Sauce", although Azusa Enomoto is still there.

It doesn't matter anymore.

"That guy, you really just said to leave!"

Sonoko Suzuki was a little upset.

Mainly because of Ayako Suzuki, Qingming's sudden departure seems to have caused a lot of damage to her, and she hasn't been in good spirits lately.

She really couldn't figure it out.

It's just a coffee shop owner, but her sister really cares, and she hasn't seen it a few times.

"Maybe it's something urgent."

Xiaolan said a word to help Qingming.

Then change the subject and move on to other things, so that Suzuki Sonoko doesn't dwell on these anymore.

followed by Conan.

He has been busy with things at the hospital recently, and thanks to Qingming's intelligence, he has made new discoveries.

That's not to say.

Now that Qingming is gone, he doesn't feel anything, originally Qingming didn't help him much, just to provide some information.

It's just a little curious: Qingming, where did he go?

……

In the infinite time and space, there are many similar and different worlds.

Perhaps because of an accident, people in this world appear in another world, which is the so-called "crossing".

In general, this is uncontrollable.

But in fact, for people with special abilities, it is possible to control "crossing".

For example, Qingming.

Relying on the Dao techniques he learned, he could do many things, including things like "crossing over".

Sometimes he wondered if those Taoist priests, magicians, and the like had disappeared because they had to travel to other worlds.

This is unverifiable and unimportant.

Qingming, who risked his life to act, succeeded, and appeared in an unknown and possibly known world.

It was a forest.

A little girl of five or six years old with a double ball on her head, practicing throwing shuriken or something.

Qingming, just suddenly appeared in front of her.

It looked a little embarrassed, but it was definitely a person, a teenager.

When she was stunned, Qingming walked up to her.

Grinned, revealing a mouth full of white teeth.

"Little girl, what's your name? What kind of place is this? ”

“?”

The little girl blinked.

Maybe he was still in a daze, but he quickly reacted.

"Every day."

She replied.

Maybe I don't think the boy in front of me is a bad person, so I don't mind explaining.

"This is the Land of Fire, the Konoha Ninja Village."

"Oh!"

The boy nodded.

He raised his head again, as if looking for something, and seemed to be looking at the sky.

Long.

The corners of his mouth are hooked and a smile is revealed.

"It's a world that can be fun for a while."

After saying that, I remembered something.

I don't know where on my body, I took out a thermos flask, and a cup, and poured out some dark green, bubbling, disgusting-looking unknown liquid from the thermos.

With a sunny smile on his face.

"One cup of refreshing, two cups of never getting tired, three cups of immortality, if you drink three cups in a row, you can help you fulfill a wish, so, little girl, how many glasses do you want?"

“?”

"The End of the Book"