I studied beheading in a mental institution

The precarious wind and rain fell on the deserted mountain road, and a figure in a pure black kimono held a red paper umbrella and climbed up the stairs.

The rain dripped down the edge of the paper umbrella, and when the paper umbrella was lifted slightly, a handsome face was reflected on the surface of the water droplets.

Ding Ding Ding-!

The crisp phone rang.

The figure paused for a moment, and after a moment of hesitation, he still took out the phone from his pocket and put it next to his ear.

"Hey?"

"Hello? Brother Yugong!"

"Little Yuli? What's the matter?"

"I went to that cliff again today! Guess what I found!!"

Hearing Yurina's tone of excitement, Amamiya Haruki was taken aback, thinking of a certain possibility, a flash of hope flashed in his eyes.

"He is back?!"

"No, I found an old man!"

"..."

"This old man also drifted here with the ocean current, and when I picked him up, his time was also frozen, just like Brother Qiye at that time!" Yurina became more and more excited as she spoke, "I feel that he might be the same as Brother Qiye." from the same place!"

An old man from the same place as Lin Qiye?

Isn't that Great Summer?

Haruki Amamiya frowned.

"Can he understand us?"

"I don't seem to understand. After waking up, he has been sitting silently in the corner. No matter what I talk to him, he ignores me."

"...I see. When I finish what I am doing, I will go to Feng Ji's house to have a look."

"Brother Yugong, haven't you found the last Fujin knife?"

"not yet."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at Feng Ji's house."

"Ah."

Haruki Amamiya hung up the phone, walked along the mountain road for a long time, and after searching the entire mountain, he sighed helplessly.

"The prophecy Shota gave today was wrong again..."

He shook his head, held the paper umbrella, turned and walked down the mountain road.

……

"At [-]:[-] p.m. yesterday, there was another gang wounding incident in Shinsaibashi. Eight drunk thugs broke into the gold store with knives, stabbed the store manager sixteen times, and robbed all the precious gold items in the store. The store manager fell to the ground. Asked passers-by for help, but no one extended a helping hand, and finally died of excessive bleeding..."

"...As of yesterday, within this week, there have been 130 vicious incidents of passers-by in Osaka, involving thousands of casualties. The Osaka Police Station is short of peacekeepers. At present, the black killing team has intervened armedly to replace the police to suppress the Kansai area. All vicious riots, maintain the situation..."

"...Here, Suguang Broadcasting reminds all residents not to go out unless it is necessary. If you find that you have red eyes, insomnia, inexplicable mania and other symptoms, please go to the nearest hospital for isolation and treatment as soon as possible..."

pat--!

In the Japanese-style courtyard of the Kaze Matsuri's house, Yurina turned off the radio switch and stood up from the tatami.

Not long ago, the [Night Curtain] team cut down [Pure Land] and shut down 92% of the electronic equipment in the "circle of people". Only the radio, the relatively least energy-intensive means of broadcasting, can be used to transmit information.

"This world is getting more and more chaotic..." Yurina sighed, went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, held it in her hand, and walked to the corner of the room.

There, a white-haired old man was looking up at the falling cherry trees outside the window, dazed.

The breeze blew, blowing the pale hair at his temples, and a few pink cherry blossoms fell on the back of his wrinkled hands with the wind. He sat there blankly, his eyes were dim, like a stone statue lost in soul.

In his hand, he held a mask with the word "King" written on it. There was a fine crack in the center of the mask, which seemed to be knocked somewhere.

"Grandpa, would you like a glass of water?" Yurina said softly, handing the teacup in front of the old man.

Wang Mian was unmoved.

Yurina pursed her lips, put the steaming teacup beside him, and gestured patiently with both hands, probably telling Wang Mian that this cup of tea is not poisonous and can be drunk.

After gesturing for a long time, Wang Mian still ignored her and remained motionless.

Yurina, who was sweating profusely at work, seemed a little angry. She stood up from the tatami, pouted her mouth, and murmured resentfully: "Why is this person so stupid? I can't understand it after making gestures for a long time... It seems that not all Daxia people are as smart as Brother Qiye."

Hearing the last half sentence, Wang Mian was slightly taken aback.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Yurina, opened his chapped lips, and asked in somewhat obscure Japanese: "Daxia? How do you know Daxia?"

This time it was Yurina's turn to be stunned.

"You can understand Japanese?!" Yurina stomped her feet angrily, "Then I've been telling you for a long time, why are you ignoring me?"

Wang Mian looked directly into her eyes, and repeated the question, "How do you know Daxia?"

"Because Brother Qiye floated here from the sea, and his body was frozen by time at that time, just like when you came here... Brother Qiye told me that he came from Daxia."

"Brother Qiye?"

"It's Qianyu Qiye." You Li Nai paused, and added, "His original name is Lin Qiye."

Lin Qiye?

Hearing this familiar name, Wang Mian's eyes flickered a little, he leaned against the wall in a daze, and smiled bitterly.

What a coincidence...

After being awakened by Yurina, it took only a short time for Wang Mian to realize where it was.

As the captain of the [Masquerade] team, he knows that there are "human circles" in all the major kingdoms in the mist, and some time ago he heard that [Night Curtain] had just returned from the "human circle" in Japan. Know the situation inside the "circle of people".

Most importantly, as the agent of the gods, he promised the god of time to help him take out something from Gao Tianyuan.

In order to take out this thing, Wang Mian began to make preparations a long time ago. Of course, this also included the study of Japanese and the analysis of Japanese culture. He knew that one day he would embark on a journey to find Gao Tianyuan.

It's just that he never thought that before he took the initiative to look for Gao Tianyuan, he was directly involved in the Japanese "circle of people" by ocean currents, and the first person he saw when he opened his eyes actually knew Lin Qiye...

All of this is too coincidental.

If it was before, Wang Mian would explore this "circle of people" curiously, and look for traces of Gao Tianyuan by the way, but now...he is not in the mood.

Whether it's the "circle of people", Gao Tianyuan, or the agreement with the God of Time, none of it matters anymore.

As early as being awakened by Yurina on the shore, the moment when the stagnation of time was lifted, the first thought in Wang Mian's mind was to go back in time immediately before [Masquerade] entered the fishing village, to prevent all this from happening, to save him brother's life.

But he found that he couldn't do it...

because,

His lifespan is no longer enough.