Chapter 5: Temporal Contradictions

The humanoid filthy humanoid creature in front of him vanished in an unknown time.

The vision was blurred, like a high degree of myopia and then taking off his glasses, he lay on the table, and he didn't know when he fell asleep.

Something in the classroom made a "click" sound, and he rubbed his eyes and looked at the podium.

His vision began to clear, and what made his pupils shrink suddenly:

When did the teacher in the class become the humanoid evil he dreamed of!

It has a canine face, stands on both legs, leans forward, and has rubber skin, which makes people disgusted.

The classmates in the class did not express their frightened emotions, and Kazuya Takahashi turned his head to ask his classmates for verification.

The gears on the classmates' bodies kept turning and making a "click" sound, and the strange appearance went straight to the scalp from the soles of Kazuya's feet, and the adrenaline secreted non-stop.

[The male protagonist's fear has increased significantly]

Most of the students were flesh and blood spliced together with machinery, with exposed gears turning, and curved pipes on their backs connected to ......

Behind the girl named "Rizu Qingxue".

It's not quite accurate to say that she is a girl, after all, with the naked eye, only in her can it be accurately said that she is mechanical.

If it weren't for the blood that kept spilling out of the splicing, it would be like the characters in the cyberpunk style, the mechanical and human body were spliced, rich in a sense of technology.

Rizuki Haruyuki saw that Kazuya Takahashi set his eyes on her and nodded, so.

- The sound of the teacher's speech, the rustle of the leaves in the wind, everything became dead.

Dear students, the body did not move, and turned their heads, some even 180 degrees.

They laughed but were silent.

"It's pathetic." They say so.

[Male Status: Frightened]

Kazuya Takahashi trembled suddenly, stood up, his arm was a little numb, how could he see things a little flowery?

"Kazuya Takahashi!"

The familiar voice of the teacher in the classroom, although the teacher looks angry, Kazuya Takahashi feels more cordial.

[The male protagonist's fear subsides]

The teacher slammed on the lectern.

"Don't think I didn't see you sleeping in class, and now I want to disturb other classmates, go out and stand!"

It's a teacher, is it a dream?

Rizuki Qingxue's eyes flickered, full of doubts, but at this time, Takahashi Kazuya stood up.

Slips of paper fluttered down on the desk.

[Heroine Status: Excited]

[After class, rooftop.] 】

It is worth mentioning that in the memory of the original body, there is the figure of Liling Qingxue, and "Ning Xiuyuan" knows Liling Qingxue.

Similarly, Li Ling Qingxue also knows "Ning Xiuyuan".

They met in junior high school, which is equivalent to junior high school, and in the description of the main story, it is in the memory of Kazuya Takahashi.

- It's time for Riling Qingxue to study abroad.

It was the time when I said goodbye to Kazuzu Takahashi.

Full of confusion and conflict.

On the rooftop, the wind is not very strong.

But I still blow Ling Qingxue's hair uncomfortably, because I eat my own hair from time to time.

She came after class, and Kazuya Takahashi went into the classroom to catch up on sleep, and when Liling Qingxue went out, he still took a deep look.

When Liling Qingxue turned around, she pretended to sleep on the table as if nothing happened.

She was alone on the rooftop, and across from her was a one-eyed doll, sitting obediently on the ground.

The puppet's mouth is open, and a note is placed inside.

[Heroine's state: excitement and guilt]

Li Ling Qingxue walked over.

[Long time no see, Liling Qingxue. 】

Li Ling Qingxue nodded and said, "Long time no see." ”

When "Ning Xiuyuan" didn't become a non-existent person, he met her on the side of the road.

It's funny to say, "Ning Xiuyuan" turned out to be walking obediently on the road, and then Li Ling Qingxue, who didn't look at the road, knocked over "Ning Xiuyuan" head-on.

"Ning Xiuyuan" almost beat her up at that time, but because she took the initiative to apologize and said that she invited him to have snacks.

So "Ning Xiuyuan" forgave and met Liling Qingxue.

"Ning Xiuyuan" also learned that Liling Qingxue was the daughter of the principal of this school, so he often followed Liling Qingxue in and out of the school.

It's not for fun, it's just to make friends with older brothers and sisters, then again, Ning Xiu is far older than Li Ling Qingxue.

Later, it was "Ning Xiuyuan" who lost his sense of existence.

After "Ning Xiuyuan" was hit by his parents, he hid in the park alone, and of course, he also went to school from time to time.

The gossip is still less, and the vision returns to the rooftop.

The doll spat out a note from its mouth again.

[How did Liling Qingxue know about my existence?

I'm curious, too.]

A crow fell from the rooftop.

"Do you remember your name?"

Liling Qingxue asked suddenly.

[Heroine's emotion: guilt]

The merciless puppet spits out notes mercilessly.

[Why do you ask?] Is it important? 】

"It's important, if no one remembers your existence, you're going to die,

Physiological death. ”

[Wow, it sounds like a story]

"The existence of a non-existent person is someone who remembers his existence in advance."

It sounds very brain-twisting, like people die three times, and death is judged from the perspective of physiology, society, and existence.

It's just that the "non-existent person" has become a physical death as long as no one remembers him.

"Did you see the crow?"

Liling Qingxue casually pointed to a crow on the side of the rooftop.

With a flick of the wrist, something was thrown out.

Compared with the term shaking, Ning Xiuyuan felt that it was more appropriate to describe it as a mechanism launched.

[The heroine's guilt rises slightly. 】

The crow had been nailed to the wall, struggled a few times, and died.

The shadow of the crow left the crow's body like a receding tide.

Under the sunlight, the crow has no shadow.

"I hope you don't interfere in my business."

[Are you intimidating me? 】

Ning Xiuyuan frowned, the cotton wool in the puppet's eyes surged, it was really difficult to do it if it was simply a "non-existent person".

"So what? Your puppet is about to crumble. ”

The doll's body is shriveled up due to the gushing of cotton wool.

Loose cotton wool either falls to the ground or is sucked in by living beings, surging through their bodies.

It's like some kind of fungus, crawling out of an insect's body.

Cotton wool grows from all the crows on the rooftop, like punctures.

No struggle, no painful death.

The shadow receded and poured into the peculiar big crow on the eaves.

[You also have cotton wool in your body, while I haven't changed my mind yet, hurry up, Ms. Liling Qingxue. 】

[Heroine's state: unhappiness and guilt up↑]

Ha? I'm not happy.

Liling Qingxue retched, and it was not a good experience for cotton wool to enter the body.

"Don't think you're strong, you can't grasp the depth of the school."

One last glance at the doll fiercely, if it weren't for the fact that she was walking awkwardly.

That still sounds quite intimidating.

Ning Xiuyuan thought of one thing:

What an irony it is that people who don't exist die when they are forgotten by everyone.

And also...... Will he forget about himself too?

Death crow, the person who does not exist, Li Ling Qingxue, the principal.

Things are like a lump of threads, and it's hard to tell the end of the head, but the good thing is-

He found the thread.

School.

Kazuya Takahashi cleared his things early, he was going to the reference room, and... Ning Xiuyuan's house.

He had the key to the reference room in his hand, and after taking a little care to avoid the teacher, he got there.

Ning Xiuyuan gave him the key purely to let him check and fill in the gaps for himself, there are still a lot of information about a school, and it is unlikely that one person knows all of them.

In fact, Riling Qingxue should also have the key, her father was the former principal, but this thing is not easy to do.

Before Ning Xiuyuan delivered the key yesterday, he had the idea of going to the data room, but he still didn't take action.

Running through the rows of books, what he was looking for was a list of students in recent years, which was actually very easy to find.

"Huh?"

My fingers felt a different touch, and there was a card sandwiched between the books.

If he hadn't touched it like he did, it would have been hard to detect the existence of a card.

Pull it out, it's pretty new.

[Someone is stirring up the situation, it's the child from before]

It's quite confusing, Kazuya Takahashi re-...... the card

Forget it, he put the card in his pocket and continued to look for the list of students.

【Ning β– β–  (crossed out)............

International students of the Celestial Empire, the address is ............

Enrollment ......】

The start of school was two years earlier than him, which was reasonable in terms of time, but ......

Every year's student list has him, all in the same classroom, and more importantly.

- The school is aware of the existence of "non-existent people".

Kazuya Takahashi silently crossed out the option of handling his affairs through the school, which is also an insider.

Kazuya Takahashi closed the information and sighed.

"Dash...... Dada"

The sound of footsteps came from far to near, and he put the information back and hurriedly found a corner to hide.

[The male protagonist's excitement rises]

There was no fear, the student was scolded at most in the reference room, but somehow, he hid.

My heart was beating a little faster, and my breathing was shorter.

No wonder some people say that watching horror movies is addictive, this feeling is wonderful.

The footsteps lingered briefly in the doorway, then faded away.

Kazuya Takahashi climbed out and patted the ash that might be on his body, making sure that there was no one outside before he left the reference room.

Kazuya Takahashi stared at the lock of the door that he had opened, looking up at the surveillance in the corner.

The monitoring was not turned on, and it was broken, close the door, pretending that no one had ever entered, and he headed towards Ning Xiuyuan's house.

…………

"Squeak...... Ga"

The door was blown open by the wind.

"Hi"

Kazuya Takahashi smiled and greeted the doll that appeared at the door.

It's not nice to smile at all.

Perhaps it was the fright of the past few days that had made him shadow the puppet.

It's time to put an end to this. He thought, looking calm.

It's just that the soaking wet back reveals that he is now in a state of high tension.

The puppet relentlessly spits out notes from its mouth.

"Name: Ning Xiuyuan, Gender: It should be male.

Stay ......"

Kazuya Takahashi spoke quickly, as he sensed that information about the "non-existent man" was fading out of his mind.

He remembered that he went to Ning Xiuyuan's house today, but he didn't get any information, they had completely forgotten about Ning Xiuyuan.

He felt like he was about to grab something, and he felt like he was about to lose something.

Kazuya Takahashi picked up the note:

[You're right, according to the agreement, I won't bother Mr. Kazuya anymore, but.

- I'm sorry,

You seem to be out of the turbulence. 】

Here's a piece of news that was cut:

"The Disappearance of the Principal's Son Ning Xiuyuan"

The time was a few years ago, and the principal at that time was ......

- It's Rizu's father.

The puppet disappeared in its place.

Kazuya Takahashi tightly stacked the news, paper ...... has turned into a ball of paper.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, looking like he was smiling.

It's finally over, maybe.

He thought.