Chapter 36. Confession time? (Temporary branches. Part 1.)

Chapter 36 (Temporary branches. Part 1.)

Heading towards the Nile, I was disturbed by thoughts… Why so calmly? It seems like a complete house has recently taken place in the world, but now everything has been adjusted so quickly ...

But in reality, everything was completely different ... Leaving the house, I saw a bright light from the sun and at the same moment I looked down and saw the lady of the stars there, who was holding something in her hands.

— Be more careful, please… Some letter has come to you. But it is not of this world.

- What does it mean? How is it not from this ...

"Understand as you wish… Read the letter, and perhaps it will reach you.

I hurriedly opened the letter and saw that it was stained with something and was partly written in an unfamiliar language. The text I understood was as follows:

"At one point, something went wrong in your world. And time was divided into three parts.

The first part is your world, where most of the territory is gone. The second part was captured by a certain man-storyteller, who began a large-scale experiment on people, moving them into the world of dreams. The third world, the calmest, in it everything goes on as usual and the cards did not affect it in any way. I am a letter is a letter from the second world, in which I miraculously can be in the ordinary world, and not in the world of dreams. But unfortunately this is again not for long. Please help in any way you can. Your old friend Need."

Further, the letter contained an already strange language that only the lady of the stars could understand, but she decided not to tell me the content. Apparently this concerned only her and no one else.

I fully understood the complexity of the whole situation. It was necessary to solve it as soon as possible, otherwise the inhabitants of the second world would be in danger. But to begin with, I nevertheless decided to confess my feelings to the Nile. And all because if I don't do it now, maybe I won't be able to do it in the future. I went to the hospital where Nila had temporarily taken a job to look after the sick Ella.

The streets of the current city looked a little gloomy and grayish, so I felt a certain wariness in myself. While I was walking and discussing the situation, Karu approached me from behind.

"Good afternoon, Akishito. Where are you going? She told me and then smiled.

"Yes, I'm going to the hospital to check on Ella. And what are you playing?

"I was looking for you… I would like to tell you something…"

I stopped and listened to everything she said without saying a word.

"You know, Akishito, so many things have happened in a year… So many unusual things related to you. Sometimes I even thought "what are you doing in Japan?". But then I pushed those thoughts away after I saw you in battle against Ahri then, back in his first hideout. And now I want to tell you... I like you, Akishito!

I certainly did not expect such a turn. After all, we talked very little with her ... It was very difficult to answer her feelings. So I answered her honestly:

"Sorry, Karu… I don't know much about you… We were only friends or business comrades at school… Maybe something would change if I got to know you more, but unfortunately now…"

I put my hand on her shoulder. She bowed her head and began to cry. I didn't want to offend her like that, but unfortunately, I'm too honest a person ... I can't lie about feelings.

- Go already, they are waiting for you in the hospital ... I'm from there ... Nila became ill there during work, so they asked you to come.

Then I rushed there more quickly, because I understood that this was again the wrong action from the time paradox map and, again, Neela had gone somewhere.

Approaching the hospital, I saw Ella at the entrance, who was waiting for me there, about to report something to me.

- Well, what news to start with? Good or bad?

- Come on with the bad one? ...

"Damn, I thought you'd answer with a good one… Okay, I'm talking about a bad one." Neela fell into a coma, but you yourself understand that this is not the most ordinary coma, but the action of the card. So… I decided to look into this map and saw new prescriptions: "Temporary branches" and "Transfer version"

- I already know about temporary branches from a letter that I received recently, but what kind of version transfer?

"Nyla herself decided to settle the situation in the other world and so she decided to go there alone and after that she went into a coma. It was all with me ... She told me her decision, so that in which case I would pass this information on to you. But I didn't want to leave Neela in trouble, so I called you here. Speaking of good news! I've recovered! Hooray ! she exclaimed, jumping up.

- I'm glad you're recovering. But unfortunately, I won't rejoice with you for a long time... Now I'll go forward for help to Kaji, so that he will clarify for me how I can personally use the ability of the Neela card.

- To stand! I am going with you!

- Where? You just got better...

"Shh, don't worry, I'll be all right," she said, covering my mouth.

"Okay, I hope so… By the way, do you know where Kaji lives now?" It's just that it's too unfamiliar somehow and I don't even know the addresses of the new ones. Maybe you heard from someone?

I heard from him personally. Since I was in the hospital, Kaji often dropped in here to sit and chat with Zetsu. I went out and watched them play chess and listened to their conversations, in one of which I heard Kaji's new address.

"Alright then, let's get our bearings on the map." Show us where to go...

"Yeah, right here.

She pointed to a place that was a bit far from here. But we were going to this place slowly. I just didn't want to spend a lot of energy on such a long running around. Along the way, we also met Mika and Fukishito, who were shopping as usual before.

- Foggy day today ... - Mika said, coming up to me ... Of course, she has a strange greeting today ...

"Yes… And you can't argue, a gloomy feeling because of this, as if something else dangerous is coming…" Fukishito said, looking at the sky…

"Your feelings don't deceive you… Something else bad happened… This time, the problems are out of our time, but in another one."

- Tell me the details! - Fukishito demanded from me ...

And so, I told her about what Ella reported to me. Their reaction was one might say desperate. They rushed at me and began to ask that they also help in the defense of that time.

I had to agree ... I just could not refuse them, since they insisted on it so much ... After all, their friend is in trouble.

And so, we reached Kaji's house, where an unexpected surprise awaited us ...