Pushing the wine glass in his hand in front of Tang Ze, Leon took the crystal handed over by Tang Ze, and his voice was not in a hurry.

"The stone of desire is the crystallization of human desire and distortion, emotion and attachment. It is also a concrete embodiment of the 'power' of the cognitive world. Picking up the thin ice-crystal-like stone, his golden eyes glowed with a metallic sheen as the light and shadow changed, and his tone of voice was rhythmic, "What the hell is twisted desire?" It is what the human heart pursues, yearns for, yearns to the point where its own thinking is affected, and distortion is born from it. ”

"Are you trying to say that the power of desire is the power of dreams and pursuits?" Tang Ze, who heard some subtext, raised his eyebrows, "Ah, that is, it can also be called 'Wishing Power', does that mean it?" ”

"Yes, it is the power of desire, so it is the power of desire and emotion, the pure motivation of the pursuit of ultimate happiness." As he spoke, Leon pinched it between his index finger and thumb, flexing his fingers with force, and the slender crystal shattered on his fingertips in the next second.

It was obviously a black crystal with a black shell, but after it was shattered, it raised a golden dust, which had a special sense of gorgeousness.

The powder flew into a shimmering golden mist under the conical light of the bar, and fell regularly into the empty cup in front of Tang Ze, piling up a small pile of golden sand at the bottom of the goblet.

"That's it?" Leaning closer to the cup and looking at the little bit of powder the size of a fingernail from all angles, Tang Ze sighed, "It's a little picky." ”

"How much more do you want for the desire of ordinary quality that has accumulated in the space of impressions?" Leon was not surprised by his question, but asked rhetorically.

"So you mean, I still have to go to the temple to get some high-quality products? How do I use this thing, just make a wish, can you conjure something for me? Flicked the transparent wall of the goblet and knocked out a crisp sound, Tang Ze asked, "Can anything change?" ”

"Make a wish, you are Qin Shi Huang, probably not." Looking at Tang Ze, who was staring at the cup and thinking about it, Leon first complained, and then added, "It's all said, it's the product of wishes and emotions, not from the bottom of your heart, when you can't mobilize your wishes, and your emotions can't keep up, you will definitely not get the results you want." ”

"It's such a metaphysics, and you have to pay attention to a sincere spirit, isn't it troublesome?" Tang Ze complained, but he directly pulled off the newly formed crystals on the brooch one by one and threw them into the cup in one go.

Away from his fingers, the crystals shattered into new powder, gathering around the first pile of gold dust, making it slightly larger.

The golden sand, which had been enlarged twice, finally showed a little brightness, and the golden shadow was reflected in the transparent cup wall.

But compared to the empty cup, this little piece is still so pitiful.

"All in all, it's just something you can exchange for anything. I see, Event Store Tokens, right? Tang Ze, a veteran player, automatically and consciously made the same conversion, "And the kind that doesn't show me the list of stores." It's equivalent to saying, you're a completely blind box, blacker than Joseph, Leon, and the probability is not publicized? ”

Leon bent his eyes, deaf to his reprimand, and replied, "It's not the same concept as in the games I've played." Did you also say, 'Sincerity is spirit'? ”

"After asking for a long time, they are still telling me riddles." Sighing, Tang Ze shook his head, "Just tell me, this thing can be used by you, but I don't know what it can smoke, isn't it over?" ”

Leon shook his head, noncommittal to Tang Ze's opinion, and just said: "When you really use it, you will naturally know that you have to keep a little sense of surprise for yourself when you first see it when you play games, don't you?" For players like you, whether it is props, weapons or money, it doesn't matter for a long time, those secret treasure buds, the desire of the temple master, etc., are all overflow resources. It's also good to give you a way to exchange the overflow for other rewards. ”

“…… Are you sure it's a sense of surprise, not a fright? The more you talk, the more you feel at a loss. Tang Ze rolled his eyelids, and always felt that he could see a little bit of the man's smile on Leon's face, "Generally, the rewards given by the overflow part, even if there are, are all mosquito legs, right?" ”

Feeling the taste of Tang Ze's voiceover that refused to give up, Leon shrugged helplessly, then took another wine glass and began to mix his cocktail today: "Well, I can tell you first that it's always right to save a little harder." If you can fill a glass, you will be pleasantly surprised. ”

"Snap" snapped his fingers, and Tang Ze translated into the language of the game very quickly, and translated smoothly: "Oh, I understand, mosquito legs also have a big guarantee, and you must go down the well." ”

Not only did I learn the mosquito legs, but I also learned the weapon of forcing the liver and krypton, and you can see the guaranteed prize pool, isn't this forcing people to stop if they don't hit the bottom line?

Tang Ze, who had played all kinds of games, knew the doorway well and looked at Leon with disdain.

Play games, be careful of riddle plots, be wary of numerical traps, he knows too well where the dog is plotting.

Leon stopped turning around and taking the wine bottle, and gave Tang Ze a roll of his eyes unceremoniously: "There are so many opinions, you just say if you want it." ”

It's coming, it's coming, the face of some people's dog planning is really exposed.

complained in his heart, Tang Ze quickly recognized it on his face: "Okay, okay, I'll save, can't I save it......?"

It can't be helped, this broken game, it looks like a game, it plays like a game, but as Leon said in the past, no matter how much everything looks like a game, it is also real, his new life.

Thinking of this question, Tang Ze had a new question.

"I'm coop 3." Summoning his blue tarot card and holding it in his hand like playing poker, Tang Ze pulled out the Grim Reaper card and flipped it to show it, "What do you mean by 'Destiny Offset 1st'?" I'm telling you.,We're P5.,It's not a bitter and bitter previous work.,I'm not interested in the breakdown of community relations.。 ”

Throughout the ages, there are precedents for the breakdown of community relations, and even if they are not...... In fact, there is no guarantee that your coop will live well.

Even if it's a two-five muffin person, even if it's Adachi Toru, they are the opposite of the protagonist in terms of relationship and position, damn it, they should be promoted, can't they also achieve resonance and mutual recognition......

Therefore, in the P series, the rupture of community relations represents the real severance of connection.

If there is such a possibility, whether it is centrifugal and deviant, contrary to morality, or more extreme cases, he has not yet finished, the story has not ended, and the coop person is simply gone......

Tang Ze lowered his head and glanced at the tarot cards in his hand that were unfolded like fans.

Unlike the original P5 with the presence of the fake Igor, his tarot does not show the red card face of the distorted P5 tarot, but instead maintains a stable and peaceful blue form that the tarot should have.

For example, the Grim Reaper he took out, in front of the blue gate, a skull of Bai Sensen was placed there - don't you say, combined with the TV version of the cutscene, it's quite right.

But these Wade Tarot cards, which have all kinds of abstract meanings, have their own names in his eyes at this time.

When Tang Ze moved his gaze, as if he saw it in the system interface, the characters' images, names, and comments written by Leon quietly appeared on the card surface.

Conan Edogawa, Moriran, Toru Amuro, Heiji Hattori, Akemi Miyano, Teru Hoshikawa......

One by one, the names crossed in front of his eyes, closing the tarot, Tang Ze closed his eyes, and then reopened his eyes, looking at Leon in the bar with an extraordinarily serious expression.

Whatever the outcome, if he loses these companions during his journey, it will be something he absolutely cannot accept now.

The feelings that have been paid and the bonds that have been generated are all tangible things.

Looking at Tang Ze's expression at the moment, and looking at the expression on his face inch by inch, Leon first restrained the casual smile on his face, and then hooked the corners of his mouth again.

showed the same business smile that Tang Ze had seen when they first met.

"You're panicking." With such a statement, Leon's voice also removed the casual peace brought by familiarity and gags, and returned to the quiet, mystic, magnetic voice every time he pronounced the contract lines, "You pretend not to care so much, but you yourself actually care about 'fate' for a long time." ”

Tang Ze, who was a little stung, narrowed his eyes, but he didn't look away after all.

The word fate is something that Leon mentions from time to time.

This was the case when they first met, and combined with his status as a "judge", Tang Ze always believed that this riddler must know a lot of things he didn't know.

Therefore, when he had this doubt, the first person he thought of to tempt and inquire about was Leon.

Not to disappoint, Leon continued.

"You've been struggling with whether you should change those things, whether you should do so many things, for fear that you will flap the wings of a butterfly and cause a strong storm in the long run......"

With a steady, slow pace of speech, Leon spoke eloquently, dissecting Tang Ze's thoughts.

"You sometimes hate the things that are established, the plots and stories that you have watched, and you feel that changing the plots that you dislike according to your own heart, or using the parts of it that meet your needs, is also a kind of struggle for the fate of freedom.

"But there are also times when you look at the world that you have modified beyond recognition, and you have the fear of not knowing how to move forward. You are afraid that you can no longer anticipate the opportunity, that you can no longer predict the day that will come.

"You're hesitating, you're worried, you're afraid that you don't have the ability to predict, and in the face of unexpected situations, you can't protect everything, you can't maintain everything now......

"You're scared."

This long passage of words is deleted from the judgment without too much subjective emotion, Leon seems to be saying what he understands Tang Ze's thoughts and thoughts, and the tone of his speech is calm and clear, as if he just wants to express the fact that I see through your thoughts.

However, the pair of golden eyes under the brim of the blue hat bent a little arc, with a slight banter and mockery, looking at Tang Ze fixedly.

Looking at such a pair of eyes that implied mockery, Tang Ze took a deep breath.

Leon's statement, perhaps, exaggerates his petty emotions a little, but the passage is generally ......

Not wrong.

"I'm really scared."

Tang Ze didn't look away, staring at Leon's eyes as if he was struggling.

"I'm afraid that I've changed nothing, and I'm afraid I've changed too much. I am afraid that the people I tried my best to save and the regrets that I want to redeem will eventually return to the established track, and my efforts will be in vain...... But if I do change so much, the uncontrollable future, the unpredictable changes, will only interrupt my self-conceived perfect plan again and again. ”

"You're afraid of getting out of control. You're forever afraid of getting out of control. You feel that your strength is to use all your reflexes within the controllable range to achieve the original plan goals. Leon said bluntly, "You think your strength lies in the control that that extra amount of information gives you." But that may not be the case in the future. ”

Tang Ze tugged at the corners of his mouth, there was no smile on his face, and he admitted calmly: "Yes, you are right." ”

When he saw the words "Fate Offset 1st", he felt a lot of relief in his heart, and felt that what he did was not wrong, but he couldn't help but have more doubts.

What about Teru Hoshikawa? What about Akemi Miyano? What about Asai Narumi?

These people whose original destiny will no longer exist, have their fates not been deviated, and have they failed?

It's as if the time hasn't come yet...... And after that?

Will there be a Fate Shift 2nd? 3rd？ 4th？

Like the eye of the storm, is it really a good thing to pull everyone around you into your wishful thinking and follow in his footsteps?

If the future is completely cut off from what he knows and embarks on an unimagined path, will he really be able to control these things?

This implicit worry would surface from time to time, briefly capturing Tang Ze's mind, like some discordant chords, echoing in his ears.

"I can understand your concerns, trickster." Coming up with this name again, Leon stretched out his hand and patted Tang Ze on the shoulder rarely, "How far can the future built with lies be supported?" It's human nature to have such doubts. ”

"Oh, there's usually a twist behind that kind of talk." Tang Ze, who had adjusted some of his emotions, raised his eyebrows on one side, "What are you going to say next, but ......?" ”

"yes, but." Losing the tone of the worldly high-ranking man who had faded away, Leon narrowed his eyes, "But, everything is at this time, is it too late to care about the impact caused by himself?" ”

"Huh?" Tang Ze's raised eyebrows were pressed down by himself, "What do you mean?" ”

"You've already stretched out your hand, the first time you couldn't bear it, the first time you had scruples, the first time you saw your tarots as your companions, not just cold coop characters......" I couldn't tell whether it was emotion or teasing, Leon's smile widened more and more, "It's already late, trickster." ”

There was some schadenfreude in his smile, and Tang Ze's eyes slowly widened.

"You wouldn't, you really think of yourself as a time-traveling player, right? It's okay to lie to your buddies, don't lie to yourself. ”

Leon, who had fully returned to his usual state, finally laughed completely.

"A player cares about rewards, about mission progress, and maybe about characters and story...... But a player, in order to smoothly promote the development of the story, suffers from gains and losses, and has scruples, so that in the face of the assistant in the velvet room who knows him the most in the world, he has to habitually come up with words to test the possible ending? ”

Tang Ze moved his lips and wanted to refute, but he had always been the best at expression management, and the expression on his face was so stiff at the moment that he couldn't mobilize a little muscle feedback.

"Admit it, this guest." Moving the cup containing the golden sand in front of Tang Ze, Leon pushed it into the brightest position under the cone lamp, picked up the tablecloth on the bar, wiped its shiny outer wall, and flicked it like Tang Ze just now, "You, it's still Tangze, everything in your previous life has shaped you today, but now you are also karasawa." ”

"I ......" and wanted to refute Tang Ze, once again failed to come up with suitable lines, and choked there again.

"Hahaha, it's so strange to see such an expression on your face." Seeing Tang Ze, whose expression management was ineffective, Leon let out a few laughs, "Even I can't deceive myself, and I can't fool the trickster, looking at it, it's really embarrassing and interesting." It's so much fun, this guest. ”

As his words landed, a crisp cracking sound rang out.

Tang Ze raised his head and saw that on the ceiling of the bar, in the ring-shaped Klein blue, something was silently shattered, and the red and black crumbs, along with this familiar sound effect, fell one after another.

【rank up！ Rank3】

[Coop - Fate Shift 1st]

[You have passed through the abyss of confusion, you have passed through the fog of the unknown, you have fallen into the quagmire of immobility......

You want to scream, you want to go crazy, you want to change all that.

Your voice has been heard, unfortunate, and has been pitied.

So, the traveler who knows the Dawn Star and the Arctic is confidently entering the vast world, carrying a bag, with confidence and wealth, your journey finally begins.

However, it is important to know -

Human cognition is composed of memories, and people see themselves from others, glimpse the future from the past, harvest their own from gifts, and generate new self from the old.

Everything is like the ship of Theseus, once it sets sail, it is difficult to return.

Are you really, or who you think you are?

Fate is the end of the choice, and the wheels leave ruts instead of falling into them.

This is the intersection of you and judgment—judging yourself and being reborn. 】

Tang suddenly repaired more than 1k words, and the repair was overtime [oxygen inhalation]

In writing, in writing

(End of chapter)