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Chapter 1040: Currently available information
Chapter 1040: Currently available information
[This is a story that you once didn't care about, and you wouldn't stay to watch even if you passed by it.
Compared to the thrilling struggles and treacherous conspiracies, these are just some thoughts of young boys and girls that anyone can see through and are not worth your time and effort.
You have long been accustomed to a life that is different from that of ordinary people, and you don't consider yourself an ordinary person.
Until finally, when the child whose fate you influenced walks hurriedly past you and you turn around but can't even utter an apology, you finally realize the price of arrogance.
The life you have finally regained should not end like this. Neither should she.
This is the intersection between you and your lover: looking back on the past, you suddenly see a new life. 】
It’s still the familiar voice, it’s still the familiar Riddler.
Leon did not clearly express anything in this passage, but a picture suddenly flashed before Tang Ze's eyes.
It was none other than the rare hazy dream when leaving the holographic game of Noah's Ark.
At the end of the dream, he passed by Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan. He turned around, but could only watch the two strangers gradually walk away...
Tang Ze narrowed his eyes.
It’s not that I have any feelings about this passage.
Lyon's description is basically correct.
If it weren't for the intersection caused by their identities, if Karasawa hadn't recovered his memory and focused on solving problems with the organization, he would never have known Maori Ran.
Even though he carries the memories of his past life and knows the other person's identity clearly.
So what did he feel about this comment? He just suddenly realized something from this passage.
"Leon." Looking at Mori Ran who was still comforting Masuto Reiko, Karasawa said softly in a voice that only he could hear, "All the Fate Shift 1st is describing the story of 'last time', right?"
That original "fate", the original fate caused by Tang Ze's arrival.
Leon didn't answer.
But Tang Ze didn't need to answer.
This world that integrates the two world views is far more dangerous than the one in the original work.
Will my arrival make the world better or worse?
"It's worse, isn't it?"
Sitting at the bar, Tang Ze held his chin, shook the Irish whiskey in his hand, and exhaled slowly.
Leon at the bar just stood there, wiping the cups quietly, without answering.
He also knew that Tang Ze was not here to ask questions.
Ever since he told Tang Ze that what he didn't say was not because he didn't want to say it, but because he couldn't say it, Tang Ze rarely took the initiative to ask him questions related to this matter.
Tang Ze was just sorting out his thoughts.
"Based on the content of destiny deviation that I have unlocked so far, I can actually infer a lot of things from your vague description." Tang Ze turned the glass in his hand, recalling everything that had happened before.
The hints about destiny deviation that he had received so far could be divided into two main categories.
Special Riddler's, and Special Straightforward.
Among them, Death and Chariot are both relatively straightforward, emphasizing only Tang Ze's own initiative, and both include the description "You no longer remain silent, you extend your hand."
What it actually implies is that he did not extend his hand last time.
To put it simply, in the previous round, the first round's Tang Ze - let's call him that - did not know them.
"If I had been planned by the organization normally and become a juvenile delinquent, I would have come to Tokyo and transferred to Teitan, which would have been a path that would hardly have changed. It's understandable that I didn't know Kudo Shinichi, after all, the day I came to Tokyo was the day he was knocked unconscious by Gin. But it's impossible for me not to know Conan, after all, staying at Polo Cafe was also part of the organization's plan."
Tang Ze was still swirling his wine glass, speaking out his thoughts bit by bit.
At this point, if you still don’t believe that you have experienced a reboot, you would be deceiving yourself.
Those images, whether they were hallucinations or flashbacks, kept reminding Tang Ze that something must have happened in a timeline that he did not understand.
What is uncertain is its development and form.
“…Is there any need to delve into this, guest?” Leon refilled his glass with wine and smiled, “It won’t affect you now, right?”
"That's the truth. If it were me who chose to start over, my current state would definitely be the best solution I could think of at the time." Tang Ze did not deny this.
If the information from the first week had any crucial impact on him this time, he would definitely keep the content no matter how difficult it was.
I didn't know about the existence of the first round, but it was like encountering an Easter egg in the game. I accidentally caught a glimpse of its traces, which speaks volumes.
Just because it's an Easter egg, it doesn't affect the plot.
But Tang Ze still shook his head: "But now that I have discovered it, I can't just ignore it. Failure is also a valuable experience. I didn't ask you, so just listen to it."
Leon raised his hand to show that he understood and asked Tang Ze to continue.
"This proves that I didn't follow the P5 plot line last week. I didn't encounter that conspiracy at all, and I didn't transfer schools because of a crime..."
This is a well-drawn conclusion.
If Karasawa was just "Karasawa Akira" and completely eliminated his memory of the work from his previous life, then would it be necessary for him to know Kudo Shinichi and others?
In fact, there is no such thing.
The sufferings of the Karazawa family are tied to the Sera family's displaced fate. With the death of Elena Miyano and the progression of Karazawa's own illness, the Karazawa couple walked into the organization's web and became the Spider's prey.
These tragedies were destined to happen long before Kudo Shinichi was aware of the existence of such an organization.
It was 16 years ago that Tang Ze was diagnosed with autism. His parents also started researching his condition. From that time on, the outcome was basically determined.
If he wanted revenge and wanted to eliminate the organization that was endangering his relatives, there was no need for him to come to Tokyo to meet Kudo Shinichi.
"But if I had grown up in Kyoto according to the rules, as long as I didn't die before the age of 18, this false accusation should have happened naturally." Tang Ze frowned and thought, "The question is, why didn't it happen?"
This was the point that Tang Ze had been unable to figure out before, and it was also the reason why he was unable to infer the general appearance of the first round.
But Kuroba Kaito's prompt solved this problem for him.
Even people who don’t know much about Tarot cards can guess the Wheel of Fortune just by looking at the name. This is a card that indicates destiny.
Its influence on destiny must be very important.
Why is it Kuroba Kaito, a character who doesn't play such a big role in the plot?
This mystery was solved when Tang Ze discovered the magical intersection between his parents and Kuroba Toichi.
"The format of your prompt words is actually very fixed, except for two people." Tang Ze raised a finger, "When you were talking about Kaito's fate shift, the prefix was different."
The beginning prompts of everyone else's Fate Shift are [coop——Fate Shift 1st], except for Kuroba Kaito, which is [Fate Shift 1st].
"Its content is indeed very important. That's not a comment, it's a direct description of the scene. In other words, that's what happened in the first round, and it's also the 'starting point of destiny'." Tang Ze pointed at Leon with his finger raised, "That's where everything started, isn't it?"
In the magic show where the accident happened to Kuroba Toichi, the original audience assistant should have been Karasawa.
And that scene describes the process of Tang Ze walking onto the stage and becoming Kuroba Toichi's assistant.
"Kuroba Touichi performed a huge trick and made himself disappear. I also recovered shortly after that performance, but I did not recover my memories of my previous life and became 'Karazawa Akira'. Suppose, I mean suppose, my recovery was due to the explosion of the X-alloy, then if I was exposed to the explosion at a closer distance, what might happen?"
It is possible that Tang Ze's memory would not have to wait until the year he came to Tokyo at the age of 18 to be fully restored.
He might have awakened to his full form right then and there, like he is now.
"Because more information is missing, it is difficult to speculate what happened. But the hint from another person also explains part of the problem."
Having said that, Tang Ze raised his second finger.
"Vermouth. Vermouth's fate shifted, why did the ending say 'Not qualified to talk about fate'? Obviously, it was confirmed last time that this 'fate shift' was not mainly about their fate, but my fate, or in other words, the fate of this world caused by the changes I brought. And there was no sentence about Conan and the others in her comments. This means..." Tang Ze's brows knitted tighter, "Tang Ze in the first round knew Vermouth."
Under Tang Ze's gaze, Leon's eyes rarely shifted.
"And there's Teru Hoshikawa. His comments are very subtle, and they probably mean that I've only focused on my lofty goals and ignored my tiny destiny. This is even more strange. If there was no need to create the identity of 'Kumair', Teru Hoshikawa and I would never have known each other. So why did I still have an intersection with him in the first episode?"
Hoshikawa Teru's comments emphasize the difference between the two plots, emphasizing that Karasawa's natural arrogance due to his foresight of the plot led him to ignore some "small destinies."
From beginning to end it conveys a message that in the first week, Tang Ze may not be familiar with Hoshikawa Teru, but he must have seen him.
"Combining this information, I can only draw a conclusion that I am unwilling to accept, but it is very likely to be the fact."
Tang Ze leaned back, grabbed the wine glass on the table and took a big gulp.
What kind of premise would lead to Karasawa not knowing Conan and Hattori Heiji, but knowing Vermouth?
What kind of situation would make Tang Ze want to say sorry to Mao Li Ran, and also accidentally have an intersection with Hoshikawa Teru?
"The organization succeeded that time, didn't it?" Tang Ze put the half-empty wine glass heavily on the table, "The essence of my parents' research, that is, me, was exposed, right?"
Only under this premise would Tang Ze know the people in the organization but not the high school students in Tokyo. Even though he recovered his memory, his fate still fell into the abyss.
His parents' research fell completely into the hands of the organization, and he, naturally, became a part of the research.
What will happen when a fully-conditioned Tang Ze, with the experience and skills of a seasoned undercover agent and the abilities of a masked user, becomes a minion of the organization?
Everything was bound to go in a very bad direction.
...causing him to need to start over again, to need...
"… to atone for what I have done."
Leon turned his stray gaze back.
Tang Ze met those golden eyes.
"If that's the case, then I want to congratulate you, guest. You succeeded, didn't you?"
【rank up! Rank 5]
【As a witness who has been watching everything, I sincerely congratulate you. 】
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"boom!"
Everyone who was busy in the war room heard the dull thud of something falling to the ground and turned their heads to look.
It turned out that Tang Ze, who was originally wrapped in a blanket and sleeping on the sofa, fell to the ground.
Tang Ze has always had a good balance and sleeps well at night, but he even rolls to the ground sometimes...
"Are you too tired lately?" Miyano Akemi stood up, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "But the sofa here is still too small. Go sleep in your room. There is always work to do. You..."
She was halfway through her words of persuasion when she saw Tang Ze's condition and her face suddenly changed.
Tang Ze sat up almost as soon as he rolled to the ground, but several seconds passed and he showed no signs of standing up.
Instead, he raised his hand and pressed his mouth tightly, his chest heaving violently.
"Karasawa?"
"what happened?"
The other people in the room couldn't sit still anymore.
Xingchuan Hui, who was leaning against the corner reading a book, turned his head, and almost the moment he saw the situation clearly, he used his ability to rush out of the shadows to Tang Ze's side and supported him.
"You're overbreathing! Tangze, Tangze!"
He had seen Tang Ze like this a long time ago, so long ago that he almost forgot that Tang Ze's mental state had been unstable at times.
However, the situation that time was very special. It is normal to be stimulated in that kind of situation and to be triggered to have anxiety or even stress. It is very worrying if it suddenly occurs while you are sleeping.
Was it a nightmare? Did you dream about that scene again?
"Leader! You're home, you're safe, wake up! Take a deep breath, you're okay!"
Tang Ze stared at the floor in front of him, covered his mouth and said nothing.
Many images flashed before his eyes, some faces were unfamiliar, while others were very impressive.
No matter whether these faces were originally melancholy or cheerful, or what expressions they showed, they all eventually turned pale and cold, with their distracted eyes staring blankly in a certain direction, as if they were gazing at a future that was impossible to reach.
At the end of the picture is Zhang Zhengqing's square face with a little stubble and small scars.
Shovels of dirt buried him, leaving only his head exposed...
Tang Ze only felt a buzzing in his ears and couldn't utter a word.
There was only one voice echoing in his consciousness.
Xingchuan Hui, who was very close, could barely make out the murmurs of Tang Ze holding his palm.
"I'm the one who killed you. I'm sorry..."