Time: December 2, 2076 A.D

There was another earthquake in Tokyo, but the intensity of the earthquake was not high, and the local residents were accustomed to living with the earthquake, so in general, Tokyo was still the same as usual.

The guest stands in the middle of the intersection with his hands in his pockets.

Passing cars sped past him, the wind blowing the hem of his trench coat.

No one saw him, and he was the same as not being in the world.

That's exactly what he's thinking.

Guest...... What does it mean for the world?

Sentinels appeared to protect against the invasion of human cities, and their meaning to the world is that they are hidden guardians.

And what about the guests?

Observe every move of the human world, but never interfere, just watch quietly.

So what is the use of the power they have? Is it just a regulatory sentinel?

The guest turned his head and looked in the direction of Mt. Fuji.

Although it was still far away, he could already feel the volcano waking up...... Her eyelashes were already trembling, and her breathing was no longer even.

……

"Run away, everyone! Mt. Fuji is about to erupt! The girl who had appeared in the izakaya earlier shouted in the crowd.

But everyone looked at her with inexplicable eyes and thought she was crazy.

Someone has even called the police, and the police from nearby streets are coming.

"Uncle! Uncle, listen to me! Fireworks on Mt. Fuji are about to bloom! Then everything will come to naught! Take your granddaughter and run! The farther away the better! The girl grabbed an old man passing by.

The old man seemed to be frightened, and he struggled to get rid of it, and at the same time said, "What nonsense are you talking about! I'm not a 'warrior of the nation', don't pull me! ”

Warriors of the Nation?! The girl was stunned.

The eyes of the people around them also changed, and they retreated in fear, thinking that if they didn't leave, the girl would shout "For Japan" and detonate the bomb on her body.

But the girl did not do so, and in order to avoid misunderstanding, she took off her coat and explained: "No, don't get me wrong! I'm not a 'warrior of the nation', I'm a sentinel in this area, and I'm here to help you!" Mt. Fuji is about to erupt! If you don't leave, you're all going to die here!" ”

But no one listened to her.

Only a young man with a live recorder asked, "How do you know that Mt. Fuji is about to erupt?" Are you a special police officer? ”

The girl shook her head: "No, I'm not a secret police officer, I'm a sentry in this city, do you want to know what a sentry is?" ”

The young man laughed: "Sentinel? Superheroes? ”

The girl looked at the recorder and said, "I'm not a hero, I'm just a sentinel, I'm responsible for guarding Tokyo and protecting you from the Void!" ”

"Void? It's a new word again!? Do you think she's crazy? The young man began to interact with the people in the live broadcast room, and the barrage was full of words such as "crazy", "I'm afraid it's not a warrior of the country", "You better run quickly, she may explode at any time!" "Yes, there are bombs hidden in the human body! ”

In short, no one paid attention to the girl's warning, and no one believed that Mt. Fuji would really erupt.

The girl held the flag and looked at everyone with a worried face: "Everyone will believe me once!" Please! Let's go! Mt. Fuji is really going to erupt! ”

The crowd watched her like clowns, and some of them had lost interest, and they withdrew from the circle one after another and returned to their own path.

"Run away, everyone! Please!! ”

"Hey, what are you doing here?" When the police came, they didn't expect that it was a little girl who looked weak and couldn't help but carry the flag to create panic here.

The girl was not afraid when she saw the police coming, and she said, "Uncle, Mt. Fuji is about to erupt!" It's true! They have already begun, and now the only way to survive is to escape, as long as they can escape to a place 500 kilometers away from Mt. Fuji, there is still a way to live! ”

The policeman looked at her inexplicably, and then said to his colleague: "Take her back first, don't let her come here nonsense!" ”

The colleague nodded, then stepped forward and grabbed the girl's wrist.

But the girl dodged, she looked at the group of people in front of her indifferently, and then said coldly: "Are you really not leaving?" ”

The policeman was stunned, then immediately took out his weapon and aimed it at the girl, and warned: "Stop, don't move!" We're going to shoot! ”

The crowd finally dispersed when they saw this, but they still didn't think that Mt. Fuji would erupt, but they mistook the girl for a fanatic who was a warrior of the country.

Seeing that her warnings were of no avail, the girl dropped the flag, turned her head, and moved through the street to the young man who had been broadcasting live outdoors before.

The young man was stunned: "You??? ”

The girl grabbed the live recorder and said to the camera: "My name is Hideto Anno, and I am the guardian of Tokyo, and I am here to risk my life to warn everyone...... The fireworks on Mt. Fuji are about to go off and everything will come to naught! Run! Escape!!!!!!!!! ”

After that, the girl looked at the young man and sneered, "Do you want to know what the void is?" ”

The young man was frightened by the girl's indifferent eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "No...... No...... Don't want to...... Don't hurt me! ”

The girl looked disappointed, but she still pulled the young man's collar and pointed at the two policemen not far away, and pointed the live camera over there, and said, "Look, they are there." ”

Two policemen were climbing over the fence, their guns always pointed at Hideto Anno.

But when they came to this side of the street, their bodies suddenly froze, and then they became like two ice sculptures, and they stopped moving.

And through the live broadcast footage, the young man saw the so-called void.

It was a humanoid, ghostly being that easily killed two policemen by simply passing through their bodies.

"Since you don't believe me, then I'll have to do my best!" Hideto Anno let go of her hand, and she slowly walked to the middle of the street.

"You...... What are you doing! The young man asked.

"Free the void in this city, and if you don't want to die, run away...... The farther away the better! ”

Rather than a normal reminder, Hideto Anno finally realized a more practical way to save the day, which was to spread fear.

It's just that in this way, her identity as a guardian is completely disqualified...... Before, the guests wouldn't do anything to her because she still had her sanity.

But now, the guests must get order back on track.

……

The guest, still standing at the crossroads, sighed softly.

He still hadn't figured out the meaning of his existence, but now he had to act.

Once the Void is released, Tokyo will soon become a dead city...... Although the deaths they bring are often unintentional......

After the killing of two policemen, passers-by on the street have been completely thrown into chaos.

Hideto Anno's body slowly rose, her arms stretched, her head slowly tilted back, and a moan came out of her throat.

That's the pain that comes when the forbidden space is lifted.

As the forbidden space was lifted, more and more humanoid white mists began to appear on the streets, some of them looked confused and avoided passers-by, while others began to realize their presence and began to walk towards the crowd.

A young mother was running with her baby in her arms and suddenly fell to the ground, her body shattered into pieces, and although the crystal blue shards looked bloody and snowy, the spread of death still brought great fear to those around her.

"Who changed you?" The guest asked.

Hideto Anno stopped, she looked at the guest with a cold smile and said, "No one has changed me, I have seen through it myself." ”

"See through what?"

"Disrespectful."

“……”

"Maybe from the beginning, I was not a guardian, but just a watchdog, and the life in this city is not people, but a herd of livestock, the livestock of society, the livestock of the world, in your eyes...... Livestock. ”

"As a sentinel, you are disqualified, and according to the agreement, I must kill you."

"Huh...... Actually, you should have done it yesterday, but you didn't, your indulgence gave me a chance to save the city, and I should say thank you to you. ”

The guest sighed in disappointment, and then said, "The reason why I didn't take you away yesterday is because I have already recommended you as my successor, and I still have hope." ”

Hideto Anno was stunned for a moment, and then laughed irrepressibly.

"Forget it, I'd rather be a sentinel with no friends and no family, at least then I can enjoy food like a normal person, unlike you, who is always a bystander, obviously capable of changing everything, but doing nothing!"

The guest looked at Mt. Fuji in the distance and asked, "What would you do if you were me?" ”

"Be you? Hehe...... I will use the power of warp time to prevent many disasters that could have been prevented, I will completely erase AOA from the central axis of time, and I will let more people enjoy life quietly! ”

The guest shook his head when he heard this, and he looked at Anye Hide: "Then will you be wrong, and you will be wrong again?" ”

"Wrong? So what's right? It's right to be a bystander!? Is it right to let the AOA create the catastrophe of the century? Is it right to let Tokyo's two million residents be reduced to ashes in the eruption of Mt. Fuji? ”

The guest stopped talking, and after a long silence, he slowly removed his hood.

Then Hideto Anno was stunned...... She seemed to be extremely frightened, and her pupils continued to dilate.

"You!?"

The guest smiled bitterly, and he looked at Anye Xiudao quietly: "Time is the only measuring stick, and the mistakes I made at this moment will end up with me after all." ”

After speaking, the guest's body moved slightly and came to Hideto Anno.

Looking at the guest in front of him who just had a different hair color than himself, Hideto Anno suddenly understood.

Guest......

Sentry......

They are all believers in time, and it is a complete cycle from the beginning.

So......

When the dagger plunged into Hideto Anno's heart, the guest's breathing gradually stopped......