Chapter 5 The Missing Person
Zhikura Tomoya returned to his "home". No, it is not strictly his own home - he is currently living in his mother's sister, the house of his aunt Samori Chiho.
...For the current "home", he is just a resident.
"As mentioned in the diary, you can rarely see Sister Qianqiu in this family on weekdays."
After opening the door and entering the entrance hall, he looked at some shoe cabinets and did not see any women's shoes placed there.
It can be seen that the aunt, who is a workaholic, should not have come back. She is probably still busy in the editorial department.
It is obviously almost 40 years old, and this aunt shows no sign of getting married. She stays at home except for work, lying on the sofa and drinking beer and watching funny shows to live, which makes people worry about her future.
The original owner Zhicang Dongye wrote this passage in his diary.
"It's also a good thing. If we meet every day, we might notice the changes in 'me'."
Zhikura Tomoya is still trying his best to adapt to the life of the "original owner". He is still confident in this regard, after all, his acting skills are pretty good.
"Speaking of this, there seems to be something else in the disappearance of my cheap brother, 'Zhikura Nobuhidhi'. But I didn't expect that I would meet his acquaintances in Sakurasaka Academy."
Judging from the diary, the original owner, Tomoya, had a complicated relationship with his elder brother, Nobuhidhi.
His elder brother Nobuhidharma is an extremely outstanding person. He seems smart and pleasant in his studies, sports, behavior, and other aspects. Because of these reasons, Tomoya Yamakura is equivalent to living under the shadow of his elder brother Nobuhidharma since childhood.
Compared with the extremely excellent elder brother Nobuhid, this younger brother Dongye has no special features and a relatively mediocre personality. It can be said that he is both mediocre and inconspicuous. In addition, people around him often compare him with their capable brothers. This situation makes the increasingly larger and larger Tooshiya feel bored.
This also made Zhicang Dongye unilaterally have a lot of objection to his brother Nobusu. For a period of time, he almost never had a conversation with his elder brother Nobusu, and the relationship between the two sides was very stiff.
It was just a year ago that an accident happened, that was that the original owner's elder brother, Nobuhidun, unexpectedly disappeared. Nobuhidun was admitted to the Imperial Capital University after graduating from high school, but after only two years of study, he dropped out of school, which surprised everyone around him.
After he left college, he ran to a detective office to work. After working for a while, Nobushu Zhikura suddenly disappeared for some reason.
Although the police intervened and launched an investigation, they did not get any results in the end.
It is obvious that a living person is evaporating like this, but because there are no clues, the case can only be left unresolved.
Although the police are still sending people to investigate, most people believe that unless Nobushin Karakura will appear again or find his body one day, the missing cases will only be drowned in the police archives as high as a mountain...
"It is said in Yakura Tooya's diary that in recent days, a female reporter named Ichii Misaki has been talking about him. The female reporter said that she had found clues left by Yakura Nobushe, and said that she might be able to find Shinshe with these clues... However, the female reporter said that she still lacks some information and hopes to get help from the original owner."
Thinking of this, Zhicang Dongye took out the original owner's cell phone.
He searched the communication bar and found an unknown call a week ago.
"The number is written on the phone. If nothing unexpected happens, this number belongs to the female reporter named Misaki Ichi."
The name Misaki Ichi is in the address book on his mobile phone, and this also vaguely made Hikaru Tomoya feel a little strange in his heart.
"I feel that this matter will cause trouble if it is involved, so I'd better think about my own affairs!"
He sat on his bed, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and communicated with the "roulette" again.
The "roulette wheel" is shining, and Chikura Dongye tried to use his will to pull the "roulette wheel". He hoped to distort the time and let the time go back 30 seconds ago.
"call…"
He let out a breath.
As a result, this idea did not succeed.
"Is it impossible to say that the 'reversal of time' in the outside world?"
Zhicang Dongye was very confused.
He couldn't help but wonder, could he be able to use this special ability only in that abnormal world?
"It seems that it is necessary to enter the world over there to test it."
Zhikura Tomoya thought so. He felt that he should give it a try and whether he could return to that strange world again.
"'Doom Copy', can I experience the doomsday world? That weird man is indeed a bit like a zombie or something, but what about the woman I met in the health care room?"
At this time, he slowly sorted out his memory and recalled that he seemed to have died once. Could it be that... this roulette will only be activated at the moment of his own death?!
"No, it doesn't feel like that. And if it's the 'return of death' type of ability, 30 seconds will be too short."
He lay on the bed and continued to sense the "roulette" in his mind.
Suddenly, a new message poured into his brain.
[Scene number A1086 archive is completed, do you want to reload...]
"This is!"
Zhikura Dongye jumped out of the bed excitedly.
He understood that he could return to that "Doomsday Copy" again.
"Load."
He replied loudly.
【Scene number A1086 loading start】
【Countdown, 10…9…8…7…6…5--】
As the countdown ended, the number flashed to "0". The next moment, Zhicang Dongye felt the darkness in front of him, and his figure actually appeared in another location.
“…I’m back.”
Using the slippers on his feet to step on the concrete floor covered with dirt and blood, Zhicang Dongye slowly raised his head, squinted his eyes and looked around alertly, and he returned to the school building floor when he met the demon at dusk.
This time is completely different from the last time. A time appeared in the upper right corner of his field of vision, which showed [1 hour, 20 minutes, 30 seconds]. Then, this time began to decrease like a time, and the number of seconds continued to jump.
"I understand, this should be the time I can stay in this copy of the scene."
Returning to this doomsday dungeon again, everything returned to the scene when he exited, he still held the wooden bat in his hand. At the same time, Zhikura Tomoya felt the unique "roulette" in his mind again.
"Try again!"
He hoped that the roulette would reverse the time, but this time it failed again.
(So, the reason is not whether I am outside or return to this world. This roulette can obviously reverse time, but it cannot work for some reason...)
In an instant, a ray of inspiration flashed through Zhicang Dongye's mind.
“… Could it be here?”
His right hand was pressed against his chest, which was the position of his heart, where an inexplicable airflow was hovering, which made him feel a cold feeling in his heart.
This is the cold air flow that was accidentally absorbed when he knocked down the zombie. So far, Zhicang Dongye couldn't understand what it was like to absorb the black flame-turning air flow.
But now, his eyes lit up and he woke up.
"Continue, come again."
Zhikura Tooya threw his phone from his pocket to the ground, and at the same time his thoughts drove the airflow at the heart, further communicating with the roulette that shines in his consciousness.
Suddenly, the roulette in my mind turned around, as if it had been pulled by someone.
Chih…!
Chapter completed!