Chapter 201 Palpitations

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　　After Yuffie and Sonon left, no one came in for the whole morning, so Shen Ye and the other two basically stayed together like they did yesterday.

　　But what was strange was that just after noon, people started coming to the bar to drink, and there were more and more people, so many that Alice and Tifa were a little overwhelmed.

　　Since Jessie was not there, Tifa was too busy and had to ask Shen Ye for help.

　　Of course Shen Ye couldn't refuse. Although he felt a little strange, he still offered his help.

　　You know, during normal daytime hours, there are basically no customers at Seventh Heaven. But now, at the early afternoon, the bar is almost full.

　　As time went on into the afternoon, customers continued to arrive, and many of them were puzzled as to why they came. But even so, they still ordered a beer and sat in the bar.

　　In the blink of an eye, it was around three in the afternoon. When I was busy and confused, a phone call came into the bar.

　　It was Aerith who answered the phone, and when she finished the call, her face immediately became serious...

　　Shen Ye had just finished serving wine to a table of guests and was still wondering if today was a day off in Midgar, otherwise why so many people suddenly came here, when Tifa patted him on the shoulder.

　　"Go check on Aerith." Tifa was also very busy, but she was careful enough to notice Aerith's expression. She took the plate from Shen Ye's hand and said to him.

　　Shen Ye immediately ran to Aerith and was shocked to see Aerith with a troubled expression. He felt something was wrong but couldn't figure it out. However, he knew that Aerith must have had an accident with her mother, Elmyra, to make her look like this. So he asked, "Did something happen at home?"

　　Aerith nodded: "My mother just called and said she sprained her foot again, and it's serious."

　　Aerith has been staying at Tifa's place these days, and usually uses the bar's phone to contact her family, so it's not surprising that her mother knows the bar's phone number.

　　"Sprained ankle?" Shen Ye felt more and more that something was wrong, but he still couldn't figure it out. However, seeing Aerith's anxious expression, he had to say, "You go back first... Forget it, I'll go back with you. It's more convenient to have a man at home."

　　Aerith nodded, but then shook her head and pointed to the bar, saying, "You should stay. I don't think Tifa can handle it alone right now."

　　But after saying this, she was stunned again, because what she wanted in her heart was to let Shen Ye accompany her back, but when the words came to her lips, they changed for some unknown reason.

　　But she didn't think about it too much, because she heard her mother's painful tone when she spoke on the phone, and she was in a hurry to go back.

　　Shen Ye still felt something was wrong, but seeing what Aerith said, he could only nod and said, "Then you go back first. I'll go back after I'm done here."

　　Aerith also nodded, hugged Shen Ye, said a few words to Tifa, and then hurried out.

　　Looking at Aerith who left in a hurry, Tifa said to Shen Ye hesitantly: "Shen, I always feel something is wrong."

　　"Me too." Shen Ye looked at the room full of guests and carefully recalled the plot of the game, but he couldn't remember what had happened in the past few days.

　　"Maybe... this is just an accident?" In the end, Shen Ye could only regard it as the butterfly effect after his appearance...

　　…

　　Shen Ye no longer cared whether it was the butterfly effect or not, but he was very clear that what was happening now was definitely fishy, ​​and he had begun to suspect someone in his heart.

　　Because soon after Aerith left, no more customers came to the bar, and the customers who had already ordered drinks in the bar also left one after another, and many of them didn't even drink a few sips of wine.

　　In just a few minutes, Shen Ye and Tifa were the only ones left in the bar. They looked at this strange scene and frowned at the same time.

　　Just when the two were wondering what was going on, Barret and his friends suddenly showed up. Seeing the slightly messy bar, they were a little surprised.

　　"Did a lot of guests come just now?" Jessie asked Tifa while looking at the table that had not been cleared yet.

　　Tifa nodded. "I don't know why, but there was a steady stream of customers coming in just now. But after Aerith left, those customers left quickly too."

　　"What does this have to do with whether Aerith is here or not?" Jessie was obviously stunned. She was a little confused about the connection between the two.

　　"I don't know either, but the guests definitely left after she left." Tifa spread her hands and said helplessly.

　　While listening to their conversation, Shen Ye, who had been confused before, suddenly had an idea. He... seemed to have figured it out.

　　"Jessie, are you going to take any action tonight?" Shen Ye asked Jessie, as if to confirm that what he was thinking was correct.

　　Jessie looked at Barret and the others gathered around the game console in the bar and nodded: "Yes, we are going to the No. 5 Mako Reactor tonight."

　　As expected...

　　Shen Ye's brows furrowed even more tightly.

　　Looking at Shen Ye's increasingly gloomy expression in confusion, Jessie said, "But we are still discussing the action plan for tonight, and we haven't decided who will go yet Shen, do you want to go with us?"

　　"I'm afraid someone doesn't want me to go." Shen Ye did not respond, but just muttered softly.

　　"Ah? What did you say?" Jessie didn't hear clearly and looked at him in confusion.

　　"Nothing." Shen Ye shook his head.

　　Jessie also frowned, and when he was about to ask carefully, he heard Barret shouting, "Jessie, come here quickly."

　　Jessie had no choice but to give up asking and ran to the game console and entered the secret base under the game console with Barret and the others.

　　After the game console returned to its original position, Tifa walked up to Shen Ye, looked at him thoughtfully, and asked, "Shen, have you figured out something?"

　　"I think I've figured it out. If I'm not mistaken, someone doesn't want fate to go astray." Thinking of Aerith returning to the fifth block, Shen Ye was sure that all this was done by Sephiroth, because in the original plot, when the Avalanche branch discussed the destruction of the fifth Mako Reactor, Aerith did not appear here.

　　Although fate has changed because of his appearance, although Aerith appeared in the Seventh Heaven Bar in advance, and although Tifa and Aerith fell in love... but Shen Ye understood that Sephiroth was still working hard to correct the world line and let everything return to the "origin", at least... that's what he thought.

　　When Tifa heard Shen Ye say that someone didn't want fate to go astray, she showed a puzzled expression. But when she was about to ask what that meant, she heard Shen Ye say, "I will go to the No. 5 Mako Reactor with you tonight, and you will know then."

　　"Okay." Tifa was extremely obedient to Shen Ye. Seeing him say that, she could only nod.

　　…

　　Shen Ye and Tifa sat at the bar for a while, and Barret and his friends returned to the bar from the secret base.

　　Biggs and Wedge said hello to Shen Ye and Tifa and left immediately, while Barret chatted with Jessie and Tifa for a while and then left. In the end, only Jessie was left.

　　However, Tifa and Jessie seemed a little depressed at this time, as if they were affected by Barret's words before he left.

　　Looking at the two depressed women, Shen Ye approached them and asked, "What's wrong? Are you nervous? Why do you look so depressed?"

　　"I am a little nervous. After all, the action is going to be tonight." Jessie said gloomily, "But I am not among the members of the action?"

　　"Oh?" Shen Ye asked, "Barret doesn't let you go?"

　　"Well, I don't know why." Jessie said sadly, "Not only did you not let me go, you also didn't let you go. Really, it was obviously because of you that we were able to destroy the No. 1 Mako Reactor last time."

　　Hearing this, Shen Ye was also a little confused. During the first operation, Barret had enthusiastically invited Cloud to join in after hiring him, and he had also made a great contribution that time. Logically speaking, he should not be excluded from this operation.

　　What's more, what surprised him was that Jessie was also excluded. He knew well that in the original plot, Jessie was also among the members of the operation. If she hadn't been injured by Whispers's attack, Cloud, who was resting at home, would have gone in her place.

　　etc...

　　Thinking of this, Shen Ye's heart suddenly trembled, and then asked Jessie: "Who are you going to do this operation?"

　　Jessie didn't quite understand why Shen Ye suddenly asked so nervously, but still said, "There are five people in total, including Tifa, Biggs, Wedge, Cloud, and Barret himself."

　　"Cloud is going too?" Shen Ye turned to ask Tifa, he wanted to confirm it.

　　Tifa nodded: "Yes, Barret hired Cloud together, after all, his ability is still very strong... Shen, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong?"

　　Shen Ye frowned tightly and did not answer Tifa's question. Instead, he was wondering why Barret suddenly took the initiative to invite Cloud.

　　Jessie is obviously fine and not injured, could it be...

　　Looking at Shen Ye who was lost in thought, Tifa and Jessie looked at each other, not understanding why he was like this. Tifa asked again: "Shen, what happened? Is it related to the fate you just mentioned?"

　　"Yeah!" Shen Ye nodded.

　　"Destiny? What destiny?" Jessie looked at Tifa in confusion: "What are you talking about?"

　　"I don't know either. Shen said that." Tifa pointed at Shen Ye with a puzzled look on her face.

　　So Jesse looked at Shen Ye, and when he was about to ask, he heard Shen Ye say, "Jessie, go out with me tonight."

　　Jessie immediately put aside the question in his mind and asked cheerfully, "Where are we going? Are we alone together?"

　　"Yeah." Shen Ye nodded and continued, "As for where to go, I can't tell you for now, otherwise..."

　　Having said that, he glanced outside the bar. Although there was a door between them, he seemed to be able to see some kind of creature waiting to attack outside.

　　Looking at the overjoyed Jessie, Tifa felt a little jealous. Although she wanted to ask why he wasn't with her, but thinking about tonight's actions and the so-called fate that Shen Ye had just mentioned, she had to suppress her jealousy and stopped asking.

　　…

　　Barret and his team set off at around nine o'clock in the evening, and shortly after they set off, Shen Ye also rode a motorcycle and took Jessie to the disc.

　　On the way to the dist, no matter what Jessie asked, Shen Ye did not answer, but said something vaguely that made Jessie feel a little puzzled.

　　Although Jessie was a little confused, she didn't think much about it and soon immersed herself in the happiness of being alone with Shen Ye.

　　For her now, destroying the Mako Reactor is no longer very important.

　　However, as Shen Ye drove onto the elevated road leading to the roundabout, Jesse began to understand Shen Ye's thoughts a little. Although she still didn't understand why Shen Ye didn't just follow Barret and the others on the train, seeing that Shen Ye kept silent about it, she didn't ask any more questions. In her opinion, he must have his reasons.

　　In fact, the reason why Shen Ye did not take the initiative to follow Barret and the others, and did not say it clearly, was that he was worried that Sephiroth and Whispers would come out to cause trouble and safeguard their so-called destiny.

　　Although he has hooked up with Aerith and Tifa and has modified some of the plot, this matter is probably not very important to fate. After all, fate has a certain degree of deviation.

　　However, when it comes to certain things that are bound to happen, Kadaj does not want anyone to destroy or modify fate, such as the action of destroying the Mako Reactor. Even if the No. 1 Mako Reactor was destroyed entirely because of Shen Ye, as long as it is the same as what is bound to happen in the original plot, fate will turn a blind eye.

　　Therefore, when Shen Ye learned that Barret had taken the initiative to invite Cloud to join in the operation against the Mako Reactor No. 5, he knew that it was Whispers who was taking the initiative to repair the world line.

　　The reason why he didn't speak up and took Jessie with him was that he remembered that in the original plot, in order to stop Jessie from going, Whispers attacked them until Jessie was injured and replaced by Cloud. Moreover, the attack on them occurred after the list of action members was determined, so Shen Ye vaguely felt that as long as he didn't say it, Whispers would not attack them.

　　Now it seems that Shen Ye's guess was correct. Now they are driving on the elevated road leading to the dist, and the Whispers has not attacked them. Moreover, they are probably all gathered around the No. 5 Mako Reactor, watching Barret and the others act according to the original plot.

　　"Fate! Let me, a person beyond fate, give you a little surprise." In the endless stream of traffic, Shen Ye laughed loudly, and then increased the speed of the motorcycle again amid Jessie's excited shouts.