Move forward a little bit.

Just when Shuichi Kitaoka was reading the posts on the Internet that slandered and abused Shogo Tokiwa......

Shogo Tokiwa is also surfing the Internet.

So, what Kitaoka Shuichi saw, Tokiwa Sogo also saw.

But as Kitaoka Shuichi thought, Shogo Tokiwa didn't resent the people because of this.

The time of the 100-year reign of the Time Kingdom has supported the open-mindedness of Shogo Tokiwa.

Now he has a stronger spiritual will than ever before.

Therefore, even in such a harsh environment, Shogo Tokiwa is still able to walk on the road of order without confusion and look at problems rationally.

i.e. –

When the environment is forcing people to turn to the devil, is it the people who are wrong?

No! It's the environment!

Then, what is the reason why the current world environment has become like this?

It's Shogo in the mirror world!

In that case, Shogo Tsukiwa has no reason to resent others.

On the contrary, the people resented him......

Thinking of this, Tokiwa Sho Wu suddenly exited the web page, put away the lock screen of his mobile phone, raised his hand, closed his eyes, and rubbed his eyebrows.

It wasn't until a moment later that he reopened his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked in the direction of the Holy Central Hospital.

Thinking back to the plan he had finally made with Shinji Joto and Gates last night, Shogo Tokiwa couldn't help but whisper:

"Seniors of the city, Gates ......"

As for the mission of Shinji Joto and Gates, who are now moving over there......

He was a little worried.

……

……

It turns out.

Although the reality is a little different from what Shogo Tsukiwa imagined, his worries are not unreasonable.

Because......

"Huh? Lost?? ”

Gates looked at Shinji Joto, who was leading the way, with a stunned expression, and shouted in a suppressed voice.

"No... It's not ...... to get lost."

After hurriedly explaining, Shinji Joto hurriedly stepped forward to look for it.

"I really remember the ...... of this place where there was a path leading to the Holy Central Hospital"

But no matter how much he wandered and searched, he couldn't match the current place with the picture in his memory.

"It's obviously here, why is it gone?"

Shinji Joto scratched his head in a hurry.

Looking at Shinji Joto with this appearance, Gates raised his hand to support his forehead with a blank look.

He followed Shinji Joto after he was assured that there was a path that would lead directly to the street where the Holy Central Hospital was located, and that there would be no glass or reflective objects on the path.

After all, such a trail is simply not too safe in the current environment.

Outcome......

In short, Gates now regrets it.

Putting his hand down, Gates looked at Shinji Joto.

"By the way, I forgot to ask......

"Mr. Joto, how long ago was the last time you walked this path from your memory?"

"Ah......h

Hearing this, Shinji Joto thought about it and replied.

"Probably three years ago."

"Three!"

"......" Gates.

His expression immediately froze a little.

Film.

Gates raised his hand.

"Alright, I got it."

With that, Gates took out his phone and started dialing.

Seeing this, Shinji Joto immediately asked Gates.

"Gates, are you going to call Shogo?"

"Nope! I definitely don't want to call the king of time because of this kind of problem! ”

"Then you are ......"

"-Mr. Joto!"

Gates interrupted Shinji Joto slightly irritably.

"Could you please be quiet for a moment?"

Shinji Joto: "......"

Looking at Shinji Joto, who had finally quieted down, Gates pressed the dial-through button and put his phone to his ear while taking his eyes off Shinji Joto's body.

"Toot-toot-"

After two busy tones, the phone was connected.

"Hello? Gates? ”

The sound of the moon reading came from the earpiece of the mobile phone.

"Well, it's me."

Gates took a deep breath and exhaled, calming his mind.

"There's something I want you to help me with."

"What's the matter?"

"That's ......"

At this point, Gates couldn't help but turn his head to look at Shinji Joto.

Then, he saw Shinji Joto, whose expression and movements froze instantly when he came into contact with his gaze.

“……”

The corners of his mouth twitched, Gates took another deep breath, retracted his gaze, and described what had happened to Tsukiyo.

“…… That's it, So, Yueyu, you can help me check if there is the road that Mr. Joto said in this place where we are now. ”

……

9 to 5 classes.

After listening to Gates's description, Yueyu's expression couldn't help but become a little stunned.

"Monthly reading? Monthly reading? Are you still listening? ”

"Hmm...... Well, I'm listening. ”

It was Gates's urging voice from the receiver of her mobile phone that brought her back to her senses.

"Well, I see, wait a minute."

After speaking, Tsukiyo said to Shunichiro Tokiwa, who was looking at her problem book with an expression of looking at a world-class math problem, got up and walked from the living room to the hall, clipped the phone to his shoulder, took out the future tablet, and began to query.

So, a moment later.

Monthly reading replies to Gates.

"That path existed until a year ago."

"A year ago?"

"Yes, there was a major renovation there a year ago, so, now, that road is gone."

After saying that, the monthly reading is very sincere in suggesting Gates.

"If you don't want to climb over the wall and walk over the wall, it's best to go back the same way and give up taking a shortcut."

“……”

……

Listen to the sound of advice from Tsukiyo that rings on your phone.

Gates was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.

“…… I know. ”

When the words fell, he was entangled for a moment and told Yue to read.

"Don't tell King Shi about this."

"Yes~Yes~~ I'll keep it a secret for you."

In Tsukiyomi's slightly smiling voice, Gates hung up.

And then

Before Gates could put his phone away, he heard a "jingle" and the screen of his phone showed that he had received a new email.

The sender is—

Monthly reading.

Gates: "......"

He clicked on the email.

I saw that the beginning of the email read-

[By the way, I checked the ward number of Eri Akiyama at this time, I hope you don't mind.] 】

Scroll down further, and it is the ward number record of Eiri Akiyama.

Seeing this, Gates was silent, looked up, and asked Shinji Joto.

"Mr. Joto, do you really know Eiri Akiyama's ward number?"

"Of course!"

Hearing this, Shinji Joto, who was in a hurry to prove himself, immediately said affirmatively.

But Gates, who heard this answer, had a skeptical expression.

"Are you sure?"

When Shinji Joto heard this, he was in a hurry.

"I'm sure!"

Again, he assured.

Clearly, he is trying to salvage his reliable predecessor in the eyes of Gates.

However......

"Oh, then I'll ask ...... differently"

Gates was silent for a moment and asked again.

"Mr. Joto, may I ask, is the ward number you remember 16 years ago, Eri Ogawa, or 16 years later, Eri Akiyama's ward number?"

"Of course it'......"

This time, Shinji Shiroto subconsciously answered halfway, and his expression suddenly froze, and he was speechless.

“……”

“……”

Gates took a deep breath and exhaled, raising his hand to stop Shinji Joto.

"Okay, no more talk...... I already know. ”

To be honest, Gates never thought that it would be so simple to let Shogo Tokiwa's plan have a loophole.

Also, although the result is crooked, the reason why Shinji Joto confidently said last night that he was going to the Holy Central Hospital to find Akiyama Ren was probably because of the memory of the knight's history 16 years ago, right?

So, is this because I think too much at once, so I confuse the memory of current history and knightly history, or is it because ......

Thinking of this, Gates couldn't help but ask Shinji Joto directly.

"Could it be that Mr. Joto are you a fool?"

"......" Shinji Joto.

……

……

Meanwhile.

St. Central Hospital.

After waiting for a long time in Akiyama's hospital room, I didn't see anyone coming, and I couldn't help but be a little suspicious of life.

"Am I wrong?

"But if it's not here......

"Where else can that fool from Shinji Jodo go to find Ren Akiyama?"

He's already been to the Flower Chicken Tea Shop.

But he only saw an empty store there.

So, apart from this hospital, Dragon's Tooth really couldn't think of where else he could keep watch over Shinji Joto.

It stands to reason that he should be the one who knows Shinji Joto best......

With this in mind, the dragon's tooth stepped out of the window pane of the hospital room, circled around, and retreated.

"Wait a little longer......"

……

……

At the same time.

Outside St. Central Hospital.

Ren Akiyama and Kaiyuki Tezuka, who were looking in the direction of the hospital from afar, also fell into similar doubts......

So, what about Shinji Joto?

Akiyama Ren couldn't help but ask Tezuka Kaiyuki.

"Do you really see the castle go this way?"

"Well, I really saw it!"

"And he...... What about people? ”

"......" Tezuka Umiyuki.

He also ......

I don't know.

As a result, Tezuka Kaiyuki found that there was only one answer he could give Akiyama Ren......

"Wait a little longer......"

"......" Akiyama Ren.

……

……

The other side.

After leaving the Holy Central Hospital, Shuichi Kitaoka, the trip went smoothly.

……

Outside the Sano Group.

Kitaoka Shuichi walked to the side of Sanoman, who was beaten and bruised all over his body and was lying on the ground like mud, stood still, looked at the magnificent Sano Group company building in front of him, and said to Sanoman with a smile:

"It's so good~~ It's so exciting~~ If you can become the owner of this building again, you will definitely be able to live a good life, right? Definitely, it won't be like this, lying on the ground like mud and no one cares about it...... Right? ”

……

Outside Seiongin University.

Shuichi Kitaoka walked up to Satoru Tojo, who never dared to step into the school gate, and laughed at him.

"What's wrong? Look at you, but you don't look like a hero at all...... Hehe, it seems that you still need your Kagawa-sensei to tell you more about heroes. ”

……

Inside the refrigeration facility.

Kitaoka Shuichi walked up to Miho Kirishima, looked at the corpse of Miho Kirishima's sister in the freezer cabin, squinted and said:

"She doesn't have to wait for the future, she can wake up now, can she?"

……

Ultimately.

These people who were approached by Shuichi Kitaoka, without exception, all chose their own wishes.

Even if that price is to sacrifice their souls to the Demon King.