While making the promise, Natsume saw the situation in the sky behind Kurumi Tokizaki and C.C.

It was the AST unit that had been replaced with the CR-UNIT, a combat weapon against the elves, through a manifestation device, and they were approaching from the distant sky, presumably targeting the two people who were there.

Pressing the call button, Natsume shouted into the microphone at the same time as he looked at the approaching AST.

"That's the end of today! Leave C.C. behind! Next time, see you again! ”

Knowing that Natsume meant to let her leave here first, Shizaki Kurumi looked at the uninvited guest facing him a little unhappily, and closed his eyes helplessly.

Aiming the muzzle of the gun at himself, he grabbed C.C.'s shoulder with his free left hand.

"Then I'll see you next time, Natsume-san~"

The same gunshot rang out as before, and the two men, engulfed by the black mist, disappeared into the clearing, leaving only a ruin.

Did you really take C.C. with you? Panting heavily, Natsume found it difficult to breathe, and the situation seemed familiar.

I'm really not the protagonist.,Don't have that good luck.,Always moving forward in being cut and abused.。

So, what does Kurumi Tokizaki look like, the hero she expects, the hero she expects?

The pain spread from the wound in his abdomen to his whole body, and Natsume felt that his abdomen was wet, and a smell of rust spread in this radio room, this smell can already be said to be familiar.

His hand was released from the console, and Natsume slipped and fell to the ground, in a state of whole-body detachment.

Blood began to flow slowly out of the wound. The gap that had just been sewn was torn open by Natsume's movement just now. They declare their existence in a way that torments Natsume's nerves.

The chest rises and falls violently. He noticed that there was darkness in front of him, could it be that the lights were turned off?

No, there's a light on the side, so it's blocked.

The person who intervened between Natsume and the fluorescent lamp was a girl named Lu, who blocked the light and formed a shadow on Natsume's face.

"Natsume-sensei, how do you feel?"

"Not bad, at least not dead."

Is that so? Very cute tilted head. Said in a somewhat mischievous tone

"Natsume-sensei, I want to ask you a question, no, no, it's not quite right to use a question, after all, if Natsume-sensei refuses to answer, it won't be a problem."

"Are you playing with words? Isn't a question that refuses to be answered? Then it's not a problem to ask questions that are answered by others, after all, you have already confirmed that you can get the results. ”

Breathing in the air, which seemed to be mixed with the hair and body fragrance of the girl in front of her, Natsume was a little dissatisfied with the comfortable self, don't be deceived by this frying pan.

"Mr. Natsume just now seems to have said something very philosophical. It's like 'a liar says he's never going to lie'. ”

"It's a troublesome question, using my kanji culture. It can be understood as 'the liar says he will lie', but in this way, the problem returns to square one and cannot be answered. ”

"Look, look, that's why people say that the question that is not answered is not a question, but just a simple language, just like the sentence just now, it is precisely because it cannot be answered, so the essence of the question is equivalent to being lost, and it has no meaning."

After all, questions exist to answer, and the reason for living is to die.

In Natsume's opinion, the reason why Lu came here was not that, but had another purpose.

"Let's be honest, why you're here."

"Did Mr. Natsume hear the story of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie before that?"

"It's a philosopher named Zhuang Zhou who dreamed that he had become a butterfly."

"Why is Natsume-sensei so sure? Elaborating, Mr. Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he had become a butterfly, felt infinite freedom and comfort, and even forgot that he was Zhuang Zhou. Later, I found out that I was Zhuang Zhou, but I don't know if Mr. Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he became a butterfly, or did a butterfly dream that he became Zhuang Zhou? I can't be sure of that. ”

Indeed, just like 'creationism' and 'creationism', there are places that cannot be understood and explained.

Human beings have infinite wisdom, and thus infinite problems are born.

"Do people mean that Natsume-sensei thinks he is right at the moment?"

"What do you mean......

"If Natsume-sensei has been failing before, then why did Natsume-sensei choose to let his failed self save others? Success based on failure is something that no one has ever heard of. ”

Indeed, if it hadn't been recorded, I'm afraid that my tombstone would have appeared in that 'Graveyard of the Traverser'.

So-

Sticking out a finger, the recorded smile looked very bright, reminding Natsume of the expression he had when he had received a gift from his father, which was really a stupid and unreliable memory.

"People want to tell Mr. Natsume that the so-called 'traverser', everything he has experienced, and all the successes he has obtained, are arranged by the 'world'."

"...... 'creationism'?"

"It's not created, it's stipulated, it's restricted, whether it's traveling to the continent of a group of, descending to a group of low-IQ immortal cultivation worlds, and entering the world line of anime in parallel worlds, it's all stipulated by the 'world'."

And Mr. Natsume, with his hand, lightly tapped the tip of Natsume's nose.

"Natsume-sensei wants to break through this 'box', this is what everyone is looking forward to the most, and at the same time it is the most intolerable thing, Natsume-sensei is stipulated, how can he escape from the regulations?"

"Isn't that the purpose of the Apocalyptic Shelf?"

"That's true, but it's not like that, I've already helped Natsume-sensei before I recorded it, so from now on, from this moment, from now on, from now on......"

It's still the same smile, but it's a little different.

"Please treat others as the 'boss' in your heart."

It turns out that this is the meaning of 'help once' in Lu's mouth, because now, the two have become enemies.

But.

"I'll still move forward."

As it is now.

Covering his wounds, he took a step, pushed open the door, and despite the low blood, his face was pale, and his fingers trembled, he still chose to fight in a weakened state.

Looking ahead, there were two young girls.

Very beautiful, dazzling, but heart-wrenching girl.

"I'm on an appointment, Kurumi Tokizaki."

Meantime.

"I'm coming, C.C."

Even if he is the enemy of the world, the stupid traverser still decides his own path.

It's a story with girls, and it's a different, somewhat strange story. (To be continued......)