Legend of the Three Madnesses (6)

　　Memory scene changes.

　　Hayasaka Ai's villa appeared.

　　Seeing the villa with Kurumi's eyes, Ryota finally found a sense of familiarity in this completely changed world. However, it is only a trace.

　　The villa is still the same villa, but... Maybe it's because it hasn't been cleaned and repaired in years, the courtyard is messy, the weeds have drowned out the withered flowers, and the window panes are covered in dust, and stains.

　　Seeing this sight, Kurumi's last hope instantly turned to despair.

　　"Why... Even Hayasaka..."

　　She stared blankly at what appeared to be an abandoned villa, her mind going blank.

　　She tried every email and phone call she could remember. As a result, no one answered. No update logs for everyone's social account dynamics. No one even lives in the villa now... The clues are gone.

　　What should she do...

　　Kurumi knelt on the ground in despair. Everyone she comes in contact with has had an accident. It was as if she had sacrificed everyone in exchange for her mother's life.

　　Is this the world's punishment for destroying history without permission?

　　"No, it must be just a coincidence..."

　　Kurumi suddenly raised her hand, slapped her cheek hard a few times, forced herself to calm down, and at the same time pushed aside any thoughts she shouldn't have.

　　Can't think like this! Once this was determined, wouldn't it be the same as admitting that her actions of saving her parents were wrong from the start?

　　Only this point must be rejected!

　　(It's okay, it's okay...)

　　Kurumi comforted herself in her heart: "At least it's much better than when the house was gone long ago. This villa still exists. After some investigation, maybe we can find a clue."

　　Thinking of this, she stood up, turned around and left the villa without even trying to dust off her skirt. Then head towards the shopping street.

　　The next second, the screen changed.

　　Ryota found himself or Kurumi appearing inside the villa.

　　As Kurumi was looking around, Ryota happened to notice an open window... Well, it turns out she came this way.

　　"Cough..."

　　Kurumi covered her mouth and nose with her hands.

　　There was too much dust accumulated in the room, and as she walked, some dust was raised, and she couldn't help coughing a few times after inhaling it, breaking the quiet atmosphere in the villa.

　　Dunno how long it hasn't been cleaned here. The whole house smells bad due to lack of ventilation.

　　Kurumi endured the smell and dust, quickly searched the entire villa, intending to find some clues. To her relief, her goal was quickly accomplished.

　　The second bedroom on the second floor of the villa is much cleaner than the other rooms.

　　Judging from the details, it was clear that someone had lived there recently.

　　If she remembered correctly, in the world before history changed, this was the room Hayasaka had used as a guest room for Ryota, and specially arranged for Ryota to live next door.

　　Remembering this, Kurumi's heart that was getting heavy suddenly lightened up a bit.

Could it be that Ryota lived here recently? If so, that proved that there was a high chance that he was still alive.

　　This proves that the disaster at the settlement where the Shirogane family was two years ago did not affect him.

　　The Shirogane family might be fine!

　　After thinking on the bright side, Kurumi heaved a sigh of relief.

　　"This..."

　　Suddenly, her attention was drawn to the photographs plastered on one of the walls of the room.

　　Those are all kinds of vivid photos.

　　Ming Hong, Kei, Miyuki, Shirogane's Papa, Hayasaka... Kurumi saw many acquaintances, even Ryota's photos, but very few, all of them appeared in group photos.

　　These photos are not very good. They must be randomly taken with a mobile phone. They record every part of life.

　　Ryota doesn't have a habit of taking selfies, and here he only appears in a group photo, plus a familiar shooting angle...

　　(Supposedly a photo of Ryota, which was later deleted.)

　　Kurumi deduced the truth based on the available information. Just this truth made her whole heart suddenly sink, and she fell into the abyss.

　　Who will wash all the life photos on the phone and stick them on the wall in the bedroom?

　　Except...

　　"Who are you?"

　　Suddenly, a deep voice sounded from behind Kurumi.

　　Kurumi heard a sense of familiarity in that voice, and became very surprised.

　　She immediately turned around and looked ahead.

　　The tall and straight figure of the youth was reflected in the field of vision.

　　The young man's hair was rather long, as if it had not been trimmed in a long time. Beneath the light bangs, a pair of jet-black eyes released a sharp gaze, glaring at Kurumi like a knife.

　　Kurumi felt a strong tingling sensation on her skin.

　　The youth's eyes caused her great damage.

　　But she didn't care about the pain at all. Seeing a familiar face on the other side, she said in surprise: "Ryota!"

　　Kurumi started to approach uncontrollably. It's just that her joy didn't convey to the young man, but attracted the envy of the other party.

　　"Ugh...!"

　　In the next instant, Kurumi felt herself being lifted up, with her legs dangling in the air.

　　The young man choked her neck hard, lifted her with one hand, and looked into her eyes:

　　"I never exposed this place, how did you know I was here?"

　　"..."

Kurumi felt like she couldn't breathe at all. The huge force seemed to forcibly break her neck.

　　Killing intent… She could sense the true killing intent from the young man.

　　As long as she didn't dare to cooperate, the other party might break her neck directly.

　　Suddenly, that great power weakened.

　　"Cough..."

　　Kurumi fell to the ground and coughed loudly a few times.

　　She raised her head, met the youth's sharp gaze, and hurriedly said: "Tokisaki Kurumi, this is my name, I have something very important to tell you!"

　　"Tokisaki Kurumi..."

　　The young man muttered her name.

　　His eagle-like eyes clearly stopped, and a rare expression of surprise emerged. Then a question came out of his mouth: "Are you... Spirit?"

　　This time it was Kurumi's turn to be in a daze.

　　Looking at the youth in a daze, tears suddenly appeared at the corners of her eyes.

　　Spirit... Exact same problem.

　　No matter how the world changes, Ryota is still Ryota.

　　Knowing only this, she couldn't contain her emotions and shouted.

　　"Yes... yes... I, the Time Spirit..."

　　Kurumi wiped away her tears with her sleeve in embarrassment, and answered with a forced smile.

　　Crying and laughing...

　　Just like her current mood, happy and sad.

　　...

　　Ten minutes later.

　　Kurumi wiped the tears off her face, and finally calmed down.

　　During this period, Ryota gave her a hand towel, then quietly stood at the side, looking at the photos on the wall, as if in a daze.

　　The other party didn't come to ask her anything, silent as if nothing. Apart from being surprised at first, he showed no extra interest in dealing with her.

　　This made Kurumi, who had a lot to say, feel a grievance in her heart for no reason. But when she thought about what she had done, these emotions disappeared.

　　Too cold... This Ryota is too cold to her, as if he's not interested in everything.

　　"Sorry to trouble you."

　　Kurumi pushed away the towel, and pulled the dazed-looking Ryota back to her senses with a voice: "I need your help with something..."

　　"Don't get me wrong, I don't fully trust you yet."

　　Ryota turned his attention to Kurumi: "Tokisaki Kurumi I don't think is an ordinary person like you. If you want to say that we met in the future, and you haven't become a Spirit, but the consciousness of the future has returned, then please provide evidence. "

　　"You are a person who traveled from another world." Kurumi said directly: "In your original world, including me, and the people in the photos on this wall were all characters in works."

　　"...You are right."

　　Ryota glanced at Kurumi in surprise. Even if this kind of secret can be exposed, he must admit the identity of the other party.

　　"I never told anyone about these things. It seems I will trust you in the future."

　　"Not the future, our times are the same."

　　Kurumi shook her head, she immediately wanted to explain the reason. It was just that after recalling the past scene, her heart immediately felt a dull pain.

　　Kurumi covered her heart and clenched her teeth tightly. After taking several deep breaths in succession, she slowly recounted after slowly adjusting her circumstances:

　　"The history of this world has changed so much because I went back in time and forged something. Before the change, we knew each other, and our relationship... Was really good."

　　"No way," said Ryota suddenly.

　　"...What?" Kurumi was surprised.

　　"I said that history cannot be changed."

　　Ryota raised his right hand, a red light exploded, and a blood-red sword appeared in his hand.

　　"Ming Hong Sword..." Kurumi muttered.

　　"You know her?" Ryota frowned.

　　"Of course," Kurumi pointed at the photo on the wall, "Before history changed, I knew all of you."

　　"Impossible, other people can understand, but how can you know Ming Hong..."

　　Ryota stared at Kurumi, frowning deeper. It was as if he had doubts about his own cognition.

　　"Is there something wrong with that?"

　　Kurumi asked slightly strangely.

　　History has changed so much... Is it so hard to understand?

　　The other side.

　　As if seeing Kurumi's hesitation, Ryota didn't think about what was going on, and explained: "Changing the past won't cause a change in history, it will only create a parallel world. You should be familiar with me in the parallel world. But the Ming Hong Sword was cast with divinity, higher than the timeline, and there would never be a second. There is such a thing as the Ming Hong Sword in two parallel worlds. It's just a fantasy!"

　　"Parallel world..."

　　Kurumi suddenly froze. Not that history had changed, but that she had ventured into a parallel world?

In other words, everything is still there?

　　Thinking of this, great joy suddenly enveloped her.

　　That made her forget to ask what was meant by "divinity" in Ryota's words.

　　"If you are happy because of my words, then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

　　Ryota suddenly let out a sound, pulling Kurumi back to consciousness from the joyful mood.

　　"What does it mean?"

　　Kurumi had a bad feeling in her heart.

　　Just listen to Ryota said: "There are two Ming Hong Swords at the same time, which means that there are two of the same divinity. Compared to such a fantasy conclusion, I believe more that history has changed this answer. "

　　"..."

　　Kurumi fell silent. Immediately she shook her head, calmed down and asked: "Why can't two Ming Hong Swords exist at the same time, and what is the divinity...?"

　　The Ryota of this world seems to know a lot?

　　Ryota glanced at Kurumi, and asked back: "You know what the fourth stage of a psyker is?"

　　"Activity, formation, domain… Is there a fourth stage for psykers?" Kurumi asked in surprise.

　　"Of course there is, it's 'outflow'."

　　Ryota explained: "From the second stage, the progress of psychic powers depends on one's will. When desire becomes paranoid to the point of madness, the third stage can be reached, and desire will become the rule."

　　"I know all of this," Kurumi nodded, "What is Outflow?"

　　"Based on the third stage, the desire to advance again and reach a certain extreme forms godhood."

　　Ryota bought the Ming Hong Sword gently: "Everyone's mind is boundless, and boundless thoughts will flow out through the divinity to form a power higher than the domain stage, covering the universe and covering everything. Let everything in the world operate according to its own "principles," and become the all-dominating existence of God. This is the level of 'outflow'."

　　After listening to Ryota's words. Kurumi didn't react yet, but Ryota who was attached to Kurumi became surprised.

　　This model, it feels the same as the Seven Bridges he built?

　　Godhead is just a sophisticated version of the bridge, which can directly let the boundless soul power flow out.

　　Why does the Ryota of this worldline know so many things?

　　It feels like he hasn't been strong enough for a week, should be...

　　"Outflow... Divinity..."

　　Kurumi was slightly surprised by the strength of this level. But doubts remained unresolved.

　　"Does this have something to do with the fact that there can't be two Ming Hong Swords?" She asked again.

　　"Didn't you hear me? Divinity will cover all worlds and determine the form of existence of worlds."

　　Ryota explained in detail: "When there are two gods, regardless of their own will, they will inevitably conflict, so they will inevitably fight until a victor is decided and they rule the world. Except for very special circumstances, there is and can only be one god in an era. Ming Hong's two swords represent two identical gods, do you think this is possible? Therefore, there can only be a change in history, that is, the world has restarted, and I only know that there are gods who can do this kind of thing."

　　The truth unraveling layer by layer, Kurumi felt that she was approaching the most important side of this world.

　　She asked: "Who is this?"

　　Ryota didn't answer directly, but said: "Since the birth of this world to the present, there have been four theocratic changes. In the third battle of gods, the victor covered everything with the [Return of Eternal Tribulation] principle, causing the world to restart and restart time and time again. He is none other than King Mercury."