Cherry blossom country, late summer.

The breeze blows with the smell of the rainy season, and the pink petals are stained on the ground, sticking to the mud by the rain.

Several police cars surrounded a building, and a yellow cordon had been set up next to it, blocking curious passers-by nearby, so that they could only watch from a distance, watching all kinds of police officers, looking for relevant people from inside the building, and conducting a transcript investigation.

"The missing person is Eishi Oshiro, 27 years old this year, an ordinary office worker, who stayed in the company the day before yesterday to work late at night........... This was the last moment he appeared in the eyes of his colleagues, really, he hadn't been missing for more than 48 hours, was this also a case? Horikawa Natsue tapped the pen, his pretty face was dissatisfied as if he was complaining, and his hands were unconsciously embraced.

is not a particularly plump figure, but with her actions, it reveals a chic charm, attracting the attention of nearby police officers.

I have to say that Horikawa Xiajiang's own conditions are very good, with exquisite facial features, although the face is somewhat natural, and the unique roundness of Sakura Country Sister Paper, but with the not tall and slender figure, it has a bit of cuteness.

"Miss Xia Jiang, you also know the recent orders issued by the police station......... As long as you go missing for 24 hours, you can report to the police, we have to deal with it, and the files must be sealed and handed in. A young policeman next to him accosted him very enthusiastically and was quite courteous.

"Trouble."

Horikawa Natsue Dai frowned, but she didn't complain about anything, but buried her head in taking notes, which is her professionalism.

"Maybe he's not missing, it's just that the pressure of work is too great, and he chose to go to Aokihara Park alone to relax?" Another young policeman made a guess, but he said it very tactfully, which was suddenly glimpsed from the face of the colleague next to him.

Aokigahara Park is a famous 'suicide site', and if a normal person goes there to relax, there is at least a 30% chance of equating suicide.

In the cherry blossom country, which has a culture of 'mourning', suicide is not a very rare thing, but a unique aesthetic. After all, in the history of the cherry blossom country, there was even a writer who was keen to drag his lover to commit suicide, and three out of five times were martyrdom, but the lover was martyred, and he was rescued by others........... It is normal for young police officers to have this speculation.

"There's a very small chance he's committing suicide."

An unfamiliar voice came from behind, and Horikawa Natsue, who was about to join the discussion, couldn't help but turn her head to look, only to find that the person who spoke was not a police colleague, and then, her eyebrows raised slightly, and her expression was slightly surprised.

It was a black-haired young man who looked slightly younger than them, about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a transparent raincoat and holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand.

At this moment, the black-haired young man leaned forward and probed his brain.

A pair of big eyes full of charm kept looking at the three of them and the environment around them.

For some reason, Horikawa Natsue smelled a little familiarity from him, as if the identity of the other party was .......... is a police officer of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. And the appearance of the black-haired young man is very good, he belongs to the kind of celebrity face that is on the wanted list and can be easily caught by passers-by, so that Horikawa Natsue is sure that the other party is not a colleague, after all, he has this kind of face.........

Once you've seen him in the police station, it's impossible to forget him.

The police officer next to him frowned, and when he was about to step forward for interrogation, the black-haired young man seemed to be the first to say to himself:

"If the missing gentleman is a regular employee of Murata Electric Co., Ltd., he works overtime until late at night, and when he leaves the building, he first has to pass through the red light district more than 100 meters ahead, where the enthusiastic young lady will not easily let go of a tired office worker, and will definitely give him a humanistic care.........

"Even if the other party refuses, in just one and a half days, the young lady will not be so forgetful, and you can at least get some clues."

"Of course, the other party may directly call a taxi to avoid the hospitable young ladies."

Without waiting for the police officer next to him to refute him, the black-haired young man added:

"At the end of this Nagasaki town is Nara Station, which is less than 300 meters away in a straight line, so as an ordinary employee who works overtime late at night, I should be reluctant to take a taxi, right? After all, it's only a few steps away.......... Of course, there is another scenario. ”

"Before he was ready to commit suicide, he fully satisfied his sense of ritual and took a taxi to Aokigahara Park regardless of the monetary cost."

"It's quite far from here to Toyama Station in Aokigahara Park, and there are very few late-night taxis for the same route, so you can just call the transportation company and check it out, but I think you'll probably get nothing."

After speaking, the black-haired young man shrugged his shoulders and said in a suddenly low voice, "After all, most suicides follow the 'habits' of life........... This includes a tram ride. ”

Horrikawa Natsue's eyes lit up when he heard this, he looked him up and down, and said curiously: "You are familiar with the surrounding routes, are you a nearby resident?" ”

"No, I'm just a tourist." The black-haired youth waved his hand, his left hand without an umbrella.

The young policeman next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward and scolded: "Full of nonsense, don't interfere with our collection of clues, by the way, who are you, show me the identity information......... Ancient..... Guxia people? ”

During the police interrogation, the black-haired young man had already revealed the silver ring on his right wrist, and his left hand was a little on it, and the personal information that appeared on the air screen was clearly marked with 'Hukou: Guxia District', indicating that he was not a native resident of the Cherry Blossom Country.

Otherwise, it should be 'Family Register: Sakura District'.

The brunette youth was not lying, he was indeed not a resident of the neighborhood.

The police officer who questioned him was a little embarrassed and couldn't maintain a tough attitude, after all, after the establishment of the Human Alliance, the whole world was the same and there was no distinction between countries, and everyone was nominally a 'starfish'.

However, due to the cultural environment, traditional concepts and other factors, people from different geographical boundaries are still easy to be regarded as 'crooked nuts' in other places, and for some cultural reasons, a considerable number of Sakura residents will be humble towards ancient summer tourists.

To put it simply, this police officer's body is not very good, and his knees are a little weak during the rainy season.

However, Horikawa Natsue's beautiful eyes became brighter and brighter, and she stared at the black-haired young man, curious why the other party was so clear about the route even though he was not a nearby resident? You know, with the complexity of the road conditions in Sakura Country, it is enough to make veteran drivers who are good at the 'overpass rule' dizzy, not to mention tourists from other places...........

Thinking of this, Horikawa Natsue's slender fingers probed from the pocket of his chest jacket, and handed it to the black-haired young man with something between his fingers.

It was a white business card with her job title and contact information.

"If you find any clues, please contact me immediately, and then we have to go back to the police station to report the situation." Horikawa Natsue winked at him, his tone a little expectant.

The black-haired young man did not refuse, and under the gaze of the other police officers, he put the business card stained with the scent of the girl in his pocket.

The police officer next to him opened his mouth, wanting to remind her that this was not in accordance with the rules, but he thought that Horikawa Natsue's position was that of the police department, one or two levels higher than them, and he was also the commander of this investigation, half of their superiors.

Moreover, Xia Jiang's sister is said to be a direct department under the Human Alliance, an elite who is serving, and that kind of position is not comparable to the 'police headquarters' that maintains daily law and order........... There has long been gossip in the department, it is said that Xia Jiang only came to the grassroots level to gild, and he will be promoted and transferred soon.

Thinking of this, the officers could only keep their mouths shut and turn a blind eye.

After seeing the police officers get into the car and leave, the black-haired young man held an oil-paper umbrella and looked down at the bracelet, which showed his name.

- Su Shi.

"Still nothing to gain.......... Su Shi shook his head slightly, ignoring the curious eyes of nearby passers-by, turned around and came to a taxi parked on the side of the road. ”

Su Shi saw that the other party was full of silver hair, and secretly said 'silver-haired people' in his heart.

Silver-haired people, this refers to office workers over sixty or seventy years old, who are still struggling at work.

Of course, this is not because they love their jobs very much and are willing to devote themselves to the construction of social undertakings at an advanced age.

The main reason is that the pension is not enough to spend.........

"Nara Slow House Hotel, the one near the airport." Su Shi opened the back door of the taxi, reported the address of their class's school trip, and then watched as the taxi slowly drove onto the main road, mixed in with the vast tide of off-duty buses.

There is still light rain outside the window, which is a unique scenery in the rainy season.

Sitting in the back row, Saose took out his small notes from his jacket pocket, and in the driver's vantage point, he flipped through the notes and saw several addresses densely written on the yellowed pages: Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Hakodate City Mountaintop, Ise Jingu ......... Each address was followed by a number and date, and soon, Schuser added:

Nara City, Nagasaki-cho No. 28 Murata Building, Missing: Eishi Oshiro..........

[Date of disappearance: September 21, 2115 A.D.]

After writing the record, Su Shi looked carefully at the other addresses on the note for a while, and finally shook his head secretly.

There is no pattern to be found in the notes, these 'missing people' have no connection with each other, they don't know each other, as if they are lucky viewers drawn from heaven, one by one, they can't be connected........... It seems that his efforts have been in vain.

Thinking of this, Su Shi couldn't help but touch his chest.

There was an oval metal-style pendant, which was also given to him by his sister Su Li for her birthday before she disappeared.

That happened three years ago, Su Li mysteriously disappeared while in school, and since then, this pair of siblings who have long lost their parents have left Su Shi to live alone. In the days that followed, he had worked hard to search for the whereabouts of the other party, and as he collected more information, Su Shi discovered a strange phenomenon, during the period when his sister Su Li disappeared:

The number of missing cases in different cities has increased significantly, which is higher than usual.

After three months, calm returned.

It wasn't until three years later that there seemed to be a case of disappearance in Sakura Country, which was very similar to the situation at the beginning..........

In addition to the similarity between the two, there is one more point.

For some reason, he always felt that Su Li was different from those who went missing.

Because the other party still has leisure time, he left a birthday gift for himself before disappearing, and also faintly hinted in the letter that he should take good care of himself and wait for the day when his younger brother grows up........... As if she had been prepared.

Either way, Suoshi wants to find her whereabouts.

This time, his college class came to Sakura Country for a school trip during the summer vacation, but it happened to run into the recent frequent disappearances. Normal people don't care about this, after all, there are many suicide cases in Sakura Country, and disappearances are often treated as suicides.

Unlike them, Su Shi is investigating these events.

Unfortunately, I still didn't get anything......... No, Su Shi shook his head secretly, he hadn't 'reviewed and confirmed' today, maybe what if the situation happened? Thinking of this, Su Shi pretended to close his eyes and leaned his back against the saddle.

The next moment, Su Shi's consciousness sank into the depths.

Just like three years ago, on the first night he learned of his sister's disappearance, he was tossing and turning in bed, and his inexplicable consciousness crashed into a special environment, which also opened a new door for him.

Rumble!

The familiar gray mist came in bursts, and Su Shi felt the screaming in his ears and remained standstill.

Soon the gray fog cleared, and a familiar town appeared in front of him, flanked by towering buildings, and the 'Murata Works' pattern hung from the neon-lit glass, and below the building, several police officers stood behind the yellow line.

The most eye-catching figure is undoubtedly the beautiful girl in a police uniform, Horikawa Natsue, she is holding a note, bowing her head and recording something distressedly, Silver Tooth biting her lip gently.

This is the scene that Su Shi once saw.

The only difference is that these figures are all still, and every frame is frozen.

Including raindrops in the air, vividly.

Looking at it from Su Shi's perspective, you can see every detail of Horikawa Natsue's body, her expression, eyes, and even subtle body movements come into view, such as her soft legs under her police uniform, wearing extremely thin black stockings, unconsciously close together because of the cold wind.

Not only that, but there are also nearby scenes, as long as Su Shi is willing to take the time, he can take a closer look.

However, the first thing he did was not this, but to 'review' the whole process.

Su Shi's mind moved, and the whole still scene began to flow.

The next moment, the girl in the police uniform who was recording in front of her made a slightly distressed voice:

"The missing person is Eishi Oshiro, 27 years old this year, an ordinary office worker, who stayed in the company the day before yesterday to work late at night..........." Horikawa Natsue lowered his head and recorded the information, everything was exactly the same as the conversation that Su Shi had eavesdropped, indicating that he did not miss the information.

"Sure enough, there was no additional gain........."

Su Shi sighed silently, but he didn't care.

This had happened to him many times, and since three years ago, when Su Shi had mastered the special ability of 'recalling what he had seen', he had experimented with the ability in his mind more than once.

In the initial stages, the Sols were unable to restore the entire scene, only a small area......... It's about the size of a storefront, and beyond the storefront, it's a gray fog that stretches as far as the eye can see.

And the time he can review is very short, for example, if 'Horikawa Natsue' is allowed to speak, maybe she will only finish the last sentence, and Su Shi will be forced to withdraw from his mind because he can't bear his consciousness.

At that time, out of curiosity, after recovering his state, Su Shi continued to use the ability in his body to review again and again - with the ability he named 'memory regression'.

Soon, Suser found that with his constant use.

The ability on the body has gradually improved, and it can go back to bigger and bigger scenes, and it takes longer to review.

After three years, Su Shi's ability has become very complete, and he can restore almost every scene.

This situation reminded him of a condition he had seen on the virtual network, called 'hyperamnesia', a kind of person who has the ability to remember because their brains do not have the ability to forget, and any memory will be remembered by them. But it's also very painful, because of those bad life memories that they can't forget for the rest of their lives, and they often end up suffering from depression.

Su Shi is different from them, because when he wants to recall, he can restore every detail, and when he doesn't want to recall, he will throw this information in the depths of his mind, covered by those indescribable gray fog, and it will not affect his life.

To be precise, Su Shixiang has the advantages of 'hyperamnesia', but does not have its flaws, and adds an additional slideshow function........... It seems to be called an in-brain movie? Su Shi complained to himself.

Retracting his gaze from the officers, Su Shi touched his chest, and the metal pendant that had been hanging there all this time had become significantly smaller, almost shrinking into a grain of rice.

When he first entered the 'backtracking space', he found that he was wearing a metal pendant, which Su Li gave him as a birthday gift, and with the improvement of Su Shi's ability, this pendant became smaller and smaller.

What happens if the pendant disappears?

Did Su Shi guess that his abilities would usher in a leap? Or is it a complete incapacitation?

The outcome is unknown........

Su Shi only knew one thing, and if he wanted to continue to find her whereabouts, he could only use his ability to collect clues again and again.

Closing his eyes, Su Shi took the initiative to end the state of 'memory regression', and the next moment, the familiar sound of rain came from outside the window, and the old driver in front of him was still driving steadily, maybe the waiting for the traffic jam was too long, and the silver-haired old driver clicked on the car radio easily.

"This is Nara Voice Radio, welcome to listen to the drivers."

"Now broadcast a missing person notice, Kazusa Aoyama, female, 20 years old this year studying at Furuya University, wearing a light green kimono, lost at the city's fireworks show last night..........."

Hearing the radio broadcast, the silver-haired old driver tapped his fingers on the steering wheel: "What a strange thing?" Recently, there are a lot of people who have been 'lost', and there are always a few unlucky people who will disappear inexplicably, and after a while, they will reappear......... How weird! ”

Su Shi raised his eyebrows, this kind of old driver who drives a taxi is often more informed than the police.

And the strange phenomenon that the other party said is also in line with his findings.

"The missing person has come back again after a while?" Su Shi asked knowingly.

"That's right! I suspected that they were playing hide and seek with the police, and it was clear that the family had reported the case to the police and disappeared, but the next day, the missing person returned home and greeted his family as if he was fine.........." The silver-haired old driver patted the steering wheel, and the more he talked, the more he got up: "The strangest thing is that later the police went to investigate them, and the missing person actually said that he didn't remember, and he didn't remember it at all."

The whole impression was before his disappearance, as if he had lost his memory........ Isn't that weird, you say? ”

After speaking, the silver-haired old driver suddenly lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of annoying something: "This may be 'Shen Yin', right?" Maybe they, like Chihiro, got lost in the market run by the immortals and were trapped in the premises of the immortals. ”

"I hope they didn't eat the food offered to the immortals by mistake, otherwise, they will have to stay there forever...........," the silver-haired old driver sighed, quite superstitious.

Su Shi nodded silently and did not refute the old driver.

Because 'Shen Yin' is the characteristic culture of the cherry blossom country, it is reflected in many works, such as a movie in the last century, which uses a little girl who is 'Shen Yin' as the protagonist.

Moreover, the situation of those who disappeared is also in line with the phenomenon of 'hidden' – a day or two after their disappearance, they are re-inhabited.

Of course, this does not include Su Li.

This is also the difference between Su Li and the missing people, and another point, if every missing person is really completely gone, the impact of the whole thing will have already spread, and it will not be like now, only a few people pay attention to the situation.

"Is there a story about 'Shinto'...........?"

Su Shi subconsciously touched his chest, and suddenly, his movements stopped, because of the metal pendant........ Without.

Nothing happened......... Su Shi laughed to himself, throwing his thoughts into the back of his mind.

I don't know if it's because of the rain outside the window, or because of the 'memory regression', a wave of tiredness inexplicably swells up in his body, making Su Shi unconsciously lean on the car seat, and his consciousness gradually falls into a coma.

...................

"A suitable candidate has been detected and is being incorporated into the space."

"The storage has been successful, and the contract ......... is being held"

"There are special forces involved........ Contract....... The contract was held as normal. ”

The sudden sound awakened Su Shi's consciousness, and he opened his eyes suddenly, and found that he was in some dim land, surrounded by swords of various colors, and in front of him was a round table as tall as a man.

On the opposite side of the table, there was a mysterious figure wearing a yellow cloak, the extremely wide cloak concealed his face, making it impossible for Su Shi to distinguish the gender of the other party, and the next moment, the cloaked man raised his head slightly, and his gaze in the shadow was cast on Su Shi:

"Are you awake?"

Su Shi looked at the fantasy scene that could not be explained by normal laws, and for a moment, he seemed to understand something........ No, it would be more accurate to say that when he obtained the ability of 'memory retrieval', he had already expected this scenario in his heart.

Maybe the characters will be different, maybe the scene will change, but after all, he will have such an encounter once.

The mysterious world hidden beneath the surface of the water is revealing the tip of the iceberg to him at this moment.........

"Who are you?" Su Shi asked proactively.

"I have many names, both parts of you and parts you don't......... Things that cannot be glimpsed by human reason. The man in the yellow cloak sat behind the round table, and answered him slowly in a voice that could not distinguish the gender:

"Now I have a more widely known name, you can call me .........."

"[Dusk]."