The world is restarting

The open space under the Buddhist temple.

Conan held the phone, and Toru Amuro looked up at the tower not far away at the same time.

Across a not-so-distant mountain forest, the pagoda on the top seems to be within reach.

The stone steps in front of them split into two forks as far as they could see, winding their way into the darkness of the forest.

The wind howled through the mountains and forests, and the high towers and Buddhist temples immersed in the night were cast an ominous red light by the moonlight.

"How is it?" Conan took off the earphones, put the phone back in his pocket and said in a deep voice.

"One person, one way, send me a message if you arrive at the correct location."

Facing this weird scene, Toru Amuro still maintained a considerable degree of calmness.His anxiety and gloom seemed to have all been vented in the drag racing just now, and his gray-blue pupils were like eternal ice fields, unshakable by any emotion.

Conan: "The same goes for you in turn."

Amuro nodded at him.

Then the two stopped talking and chose a path tacitly, heading up the mountain and walking into the boundless darkness.

Five Square Tower.

After the men light the candles, they will continue to walk up with them.

Sawada Ya: "Can you keep Ayumi?"

The others looked at her at the same time, and Sawada Ya continued, "You just need me to go up, right?"

The man's condescending gaze met hers, and he suddenly trembled.

I don't know if she was forced to get up in the middle of the night and drive a long way. The little girl's eyelids are half-drooped, and she is not in a good mood.But at the same time, this lazy attitude revealed a kind of inexplicable calmness, so calm that he didn't even look like a kidnapped hostage.Under the candlelight, her light-colored pupils seemed to be covered with a thin layer of mist, but when she looked up, her eyes were extremely clear, as if she had seen everything through.

"Mi, Mi-chan..." Ayumi subconsciously hugged her hand.

Sawada Ya patted him reassuringly, her eyes still stayed on the man above the stairs.

The other party was silent for a moment, "If you cooperate, I can keep her here."

Ze Tianya nodded, "Then let's go."

When the light of the candlelight passes through the spiral staircase and reaches the highest point layer by layer, it is better than nothing.

The top floor of the pagoda is a bit narrow, and the legendary Buddha bell was not hung up like most pagodas, but was respectfully enshrined in the center of the altar.

There are also unremoved tributes and rows of incense candles in front of the altar.

The air was filled with the scent of sandalwood that had accumulated over the years. The man lit the incense candle to dispel the darkness in the room, and went to the window and pushed open the hinge to let fresh air in.

The high-altitude night wind swirled past, and the prayer flags on both sides of the altar were lined up along the wall, and the long tails of the flags trailed the ground and were blown loudly by the wind.

Standing by the stairs, Sawada Ya watched the man kneel down in front of the altar, took off the prayer beads on his wrist, held them between his fingers, and recited a scripture reverently.

Then he finally turned his head, with a trace of confusion in his eyes, "You seem to know what I'm going to do?"

Sawada Ya was silent for a moment, then said softly, "You won't succeed."

"No, I will." The man smiled slightly.

He acted like a normal person with a gentle temper all the way, until this time a quirk finally appeared in his smile.

The flickering candlelight was reflected in his eyes, and his dark pupils were like black holes that could not be penetrated into, and deep-seated paranoia was buried inside.

He stood up from the ground, walked to the girl standing aside like a puppet, stroked her cheek affectionately, and called softly, "Qing Shui, wake up."

The girl's eyes covered with frosted glass were polished bit by bit as his voice fell, and her mind returned to this body.

"Matsuo...kun..."

Qing Shui looked at the person in front of her ignorantly, and the moment she returned to her senses, she took a step back abruptly.Looking left and right, he asked in shock, "Why am I here?"

"Don't be afraid." Keito Matsuo stepped forward and took her hand gently, "Did you forget? You came here with me, and I'm going to propose to you here."

"……Proposal?"

Ri Qingshui was so stunned that he even forgot to draw his hand out.She looked at the person in front of her, and then at the surrounding environment, her gaze swept over Ze Tianya who was standing on the corner of the wall at some point, and she paused on her in a daze.

Then she laughed dryly, and said with some embarrassment, "What are you talking about, marriage proposal or something... I'm not very familiar with Mr. Matsuo, so I mentioned this suddenly..."

"Shimizu, have you forgotten?" Keito Matsuo's eyes flashed with urgency when he heard this, and he eagerly took another step forward, confirming to her like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, "You once promised me Yes, as long as I return to vulgarity, you will be with me..."

"That..." Ri Qingshui was forced to stick to the wall by him, and just turned his head to keep him away from him, when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment.She looked back at him suspiciously for a while, then her body froze as if she remembered something.She withdrew her hand embarrassingly, with a guilty expression on her face, hesitating in a low voice,

"That... yes, I was joking, I didn't expect you to take it seriously..."

"!"

The man named Keito Matsuo raised his empty hand, and the blood on his face faded from this sentence, and he stood there pale and frozen.

Ri Qingshui felt a little uneasy, and subconsciously looked at the third person who could breathe in this space.

Sawada Ya... Sawada Ya is a little dizzy now.

She glanced wearily at the two adults over there, and walked towards the window. The sandalwood smell in the room made her feel uncomfortable.

The drama of crazy men and women is never out of date at any time, love and hate are probably the most troublesome emotions in this world.

She hasn't reached the age where she can empathize with such complicated feelings. As a pond fish who is involved innocently, she is even a little indifferent...just want to go home and sleep.

The fine and dense heat seemed to be burning in the body, Sawada Ya sneezed, leaned against the wall, and was even more dizzy from the sandalwood in the room.

So is this why Seimei told her not to use her spiritual power in the real world?

She thought vaguely that she had only thrown two cards during the day, and now the warning came.

Hidakamizu didn't get any response from Sawada Ya, and looked away embarrassingly.

The wind blowing into the tower brought the chill in the middle of the night, she flinched with her arms folded, the strange environment around her made her feel uneasy, and the man in front of her was also very different from his usual submissive appearance, everything seemed out of control.

"Matsuo-kun?" she called tentatively.

The man turned his head slowly, and the moment Hidaka's eyes met his, he was taken aback.

"It's okay, Shimizu." The person she was familiar with suddenly seemed strange.He evoked a smile, his tenderness was creepy, and he reached out and grabbed her wrist, "You just forgot, and I will remind you soon. Everything will be back on track, don't worry."

"What? Wait, what do you mean by getting back on track? I..."

Ri Qingshui was staggered by him, and was forced to kneel in front of the Buddha bell. She tried to struggle again and was horrified to find that she could no longer move.

"what did you do to me?!"

The man let go of his hand, coaxing gently with a smile, "Qing Shui, be obedient, stay here quietly."

"No! Wait, let me go!"

Ri Qingshui watched helplessly as the man ignored her, turned around and commanded the little girl in the corner, "Go over there."

The child looked up at them sullenly, then walked slowly to the center of the magic circle that was drawn at some time and stood there.

Then, Keito Matsuo cut his wrist and poured out a bowl of blood, and with his fingertips stained with blood, he drew on the ancient clock on the altar.

The development of the scene is getting more and more weird, as if a cult sacrifice scene.

Ri Qingshui couldn't help it anymore, "What are you doing?"

"I said, Qing Shui, you are just sick, just like her..." The man ticked off the last rune stained with blood, and then responded softly, "As long as I cure your illness, Qing Shui will come back, come back Come to me."

"What are you kidding? I'm not sick! I'm not sick at all! I've already said it. I just said it casually at the beginning. Who knew you would take it seriously! I never liked you at all!"

The man turned his head abruptly.

Realizing what he just said, Ri Qingshui froze suddenly.She was just a squeamish young lady who had never been wronged like this before, and she would subconsciously swear when her brain got hot.After being swept away by the man's cold eyes, the little water in her mind was drained immediately, her body trembled subconsciously, watching him stop in place and look at her for a while in horror, with a strange look on her face calm.Then the man slowly took a step forward, touching his side face with his fingertips tenderly, and pulled a strand of long hair behind her ear for her.

She looked into his pitch-black pupils, as if seeing a black tide overflowing from inside, enveloping herself and dragging her into the vortex.

"It's okay." Keito Matsuo repeated paranoidly, "You're just sick."

"..."

Kneeling and sitting in the middle of the tower with the window hinges wide open, Ri Qingshui only felt a creepy suffocation, "You're crazy..."

"I'm not crazy." The man smiled, "I just found the right way to start the bell of Daocheng Temple."

"……what?"

"Not everything in this world can be explained by science and common sense." He opened his mouth wide open in front of him, and there was no trace of the elegant and charming woman in the past in horror, and a trace of love floated in his eyes.

He watched her roll her eyes, as if thinking of countermeasures in a panic.She forced herself to show a flattering smile, and her beautiful red lips seemed to spit out some nice words to deceive him again, and played with him in the applause as before, in order to satisfy her pride and vanity.

Yes, not everything in this world can be explained with common sense.It was as if he couldn't understand why he fell hopelessly in love with her.

[I have no illusions about you at all.

I know you're stupid, frivolous, empty-headed, and yet I love you.

I know your intentions, your ideals, you are snobbish and vulgar, but I love you.

I know you're a second-rate guy, but I love you. 】

He repeated under his breath, "...but I love you."