Don't worry, Yokohama is about to end

According to Yuzuki Yuzhang, their purpose is to go back to the past and kill Xia Youjie, so as to rewrite the tragedy of ordinary human beings.

But Zhishang Mei always felt that there was a trap hidden in it.

"Meow?" Trap?

Zhong Yuanzhong also thought for a while, and quickly reacted, "Are you trying to say..."grandmother paradox"? "

"Yes..." Mei nodded and said, "According to the theory of time travel, a person cannot kill his grandmother by going back in time."

"Because the grandmother is dead, there will be no father, so this person will naturally not be born. In other words, this set of behaviors of "killing the grandmother" was a paradox that could not happen from the beginning. "

"Meow, meow." But the knotweed Yuki is not Xia Youjie's descendant.

Nakahara also overturned Mei's worry, "So what you think of should be another layer."

The big ocher cat paused for a while, trying to continue down from Mei's thinking, "If the premise of the "trap" is true, the reason for this group of people's futility can only be..."

A familiar theory then emerged in Zhongye's mind.

"Meow?" Parallel world?

"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about."

Mei Tomogami recalled, "Chuya, do you still remember how Ranpo-chan first introduced us to this world?"

——[The β320 plane is a completely disrupted world, the source is completely polluted...]

"Since there is β320, is there also β321 and β322?"

The silver-haired girl's guess like this did not come out of thin air.

The most powerful evidence is the appearance of Sawada Tsunayoshi's father, Sawada Iemitsu, at the same time.

As Mei spoke, she dipped her finger in some water and drew two transparent water spots on the ground, "The worst case is, the so-called backtracking of Knotweed Yuuki and the others does not go back to the past from the present, but directly from the present to the past." One world, moved to another."

"From one intersection, directly to another intersection."

"Chuya, my teacher once said to me, "Time travel will never change fate." "

Destiny may change because of people's minds, just like choosing different options and resulting in different endings, but fate will never be changed simply because of "moving".

Therefore, the time backtracked by the people in the dungeon is likely to be the time of another world line.

The Xia Youjie they killed must be Xia Youjie from another world.

"Meow..." In other words——

Zhongyuan Zhong also narrowed his eyes dangerously, and his tone was filled with anger of being led by the nose, "If we foolishly assist Yuzuki Yuzu and kill Xia Youjie from another world line, nothing will change here .”

[It will even lead to the complete demise of the entire base, and we will forever lose the opportunity to get the "key". 】

This is where the real "trap" of their old acquaintance lies.

The reasoning above is all based on the premise that the basic source of spiritual power is Xia Youjie on the β320 plane.

Assuming they guess wrong, that's another possibility.

The atmosphere in the room became tense.

Nakahara also sensed that something was wrong: "If I guessed correctly, Yuzuki Yuki's "Far Gate Project"—"

"Ah, it's probably tomorrow." Tomoshang Mei answered bitterly.

The silver-haired girl glanced at the light brain on her wrist.

It is now 23:21 Tokyo time, in other words, they still have nine hours to decide on which side to place their bets on—

It is to follow the "backtracking plan" to prevent Xia Youjie, who still knows nothing, from being assassinated;

Still, still be a [-]-year-old kid, destroying the hard work of generations of people.

Wow, that's plenty of time, isn't it?

The two fighters looked at each other with pale faces, and fell into a long silence.

A few minutes later, a silver-haired girl surrendered first, clutching her throbbing head and falling into the arms of the big ocher cat, "Woo, Chuya, I really want Ranpo-chan, I want to copy the correct answer!"

The big ocher cat haggardly raised its paw, stroking the girl's dog's head.

Silly Mei, who wouldn't want it?

……

The war council is at a dead end.

The silver-haired girl let herself go and buried her head in the warm belly of the big cat, trying to escape the harsh reality.

Her breathing gradually became consistent with the slightly undulating chest of the big ocher cat, and Nakahara didn't stop Mei, and tolerantly allowed the girl to use herself as a pillow.

The ocher cat's paws were placed behind Mei's head, and its long, fluffy tail lay across the girl's stomach like a blanket.

A pair of cobalt blue cat eyes looked at the ground thoughtfully, wondering what he was thinking.

The bedroom was extremely quiet, just when Mei thought she was going to fall asleep like this, Zhongyuan Zhong also suddenly spoke, breaking the silence of the room.

"Meow..." If there is no wrong answer, there is one.

[Mei, we are two people, as long as I stay here...]

Before the big ocher cat finished speaking, he felt his waist tighten.

The silver-haired girl slightly tightened her arms around the big cat, and said without thinking: "Reject."

Zhong Yuanzhong was also stunned for a second, probably because he didn't expect the girl to be so disrespectful to him.

Stupid Mei, if someone else speaks like this, you have been taught to be a human being by gravity, do you know that?

Gravity made the corners of the cadre's mouth twitch.

He lowered his head, wanting to see Mei's expression, but the latter buried his entire face in the belly of the big cat, and Nakahara could only see the top of the girl's head and the delicate curls of her hair, and, um, Feel the warm breath coming from the belly from time to time.

What is this, Chief Mei is late for rebellion?

The big ochre-colored cat showed helplessness, but it didn't back down in the slightest when it came out.

He patted the back of Mei's head and continued, "Meow." Listen to me, this is the safest choice right now.

[We are divided into two groups, you follow the backtracking plan, wake up Edogawa Ranpo before they make a move, find the host of the basic source of spiritual power, I am here to wait and see what happens, and continue to investigate——]

"turn down……"

The silver-haired girl responded dryly with two words.

Nakahara Chuya's cobalt blue cat pupils narrowed, this time he didn't condone the other party's waywardness.

A dark red light of supernatural power lit up Zhishang Mei's whole body, and before he could lift Mei out of his arms, the silver-haired girl raised her head first.

As a result, the girl's slightly red eye sockets were caught off guard by the big cat's eyelids.

Zhong Ye was stunned, his head was full of priorities and things like that, and he just got stuck, completely shutting down.

"Chuya, I disagree."

Zhishang Mei tightened her lips and said with firm eyes, "If you really dare to do this, I will—"

What are you doing?

The big ocher cat raised its eyebrows, wanting to see what this soft-hearted fool could say.

Mei quickly used her little brain, quickly screened the threats that could be used in her mind, and quickly selected the most feasible one.

She said righteously: "I will replace all your three meals a day, Zhongye, with cat food pills!"

"Cat food pills with water in the morning, cat food pills stewed with bitter gourd at noon, and dry mixed cat food pills in the evening! No red wine biscuits!"

"Uh..." Zhong Yuanzhong also thought of the vomit-like smell of a certain ball, and a drop of cold sweat silently slipped from the back of his head.

"Meow!" You are serious!

Mr. Zhongyuan opened a pair of cat eyes in disbelief, like an unlucky guy whose tail was stepped on by a shit shovel officer.

"That's right!"

In order to prove what she said was true, Mei Zhishang crawled out of the big cat's arms.

She dragged the tactical bag and took out a large box of cat food pills, placed it in front of Zhongye, and said solemnly with her hips on her hips, "Look, this is the amount I secretly hid on my body when I came out, and it is definitely enough for Zhongye." It's been a month!"

The big ocher cat was dumbfounded.

This... this is really an incredible threat.

Gravity Makes Cats VS Imperial Grade Unpalatable Cat Food Balls

Gravity Fails Cats Miserably

"Meow..." Okay.

Mr. Nakahara temporarily compromised, "Then what is your plan, Mei, we are running out of time."

Mei Tomogami bit her thumbtip, lost in thought.

"Chuya, I don't think the situation is so urgent that we need to separate."

"It's too dangerous. If you're not careful, one of you or I will be trapped in this plane forever. There must be some clue that we've overlooked."

Zhongyuan Zhong did not deny that he would propose this plan, so he naturally made up his mind to be left behind.

But he also has a hole card called "Chishang Mei".

The worst outcome would be to wait until the β320 plane merged with Yokohama, and then he would find a way to return to this idiot's side.

And this is precisely the reason for Mei's refusal.

There are too many variables in it, she can't afford to gamble, and she doesn't want to gamble.

what is it then?

What else are they ignoring?

The silver-haired girl frowned slightly.

Demon species, conjurers, oval red crystals in the sky, mourning stones in dungeons...

All the known clues, like an auto-playing tape movie, slipped by frame by frame before her eyes.

[Don't be confused by the situation in front of you, look for a third possibility outside the chessboard...]

Edogawa Ranpo's voice sounded in the girl's mind at the right time, and an inconspicuous detail suddenly jumped out of Mei's memory.

How inconspicuous is this detail?

It's like small sand and stones mixed in rice. People who pick up the rice bag don't care about its weight.

But once its existence is discovered, they will try their best to pick them out of the rice grains one by one.

Zhishang Mei raised his head slowly and looked at the big ocher cat, "Chuya, do you still remember that when the knotweed boy told us about the past history, he mentioned a disappearing magician."

The disappearing conjurer?

Zhongyuan Zhong also frowned.

Mei pushed away the water stains on the floor with the side of her palm, dipped her fingertips in the tea, and drew a waterline on the ground between the two of them again. Hidden in the back, although the situation is not optimistic, it is not without room for reversal."

"The really worse crash is after someone goes missing."

As the silver-haired girl spoke, she tapped her fingers lightly in the center of the waterline, "And this person is the strongest man known as the sorcerer—"

[Five Enlightenment. 】

Nakahara stared at the point where Mei's fingertips were pointing, and tacitly picked up the girl's ending sound.

After a while, he raised his eyes, a pair of cobalt blue cat pupils shining brightly under the light: "Meow."

【Mei, if I remember correctly, on that mourning stone...】

"Yes, there is no Gojo Satoru name."

in other words--

Zhishang Mei and Nakahara also looked at each other, and from each other's eyes, they saw the smile of winning.

Found it, the third possibility to solve the chess game.

??

In the middle of the night, the residents of the dungeon fell into a deep sleep.

Two figures sprang out from the house with the knotweed doorplate, taking advantage of the moment when the guards closed their eyes and yawned, they passed the guards silently and ran towards the exit of the base.

Tinder base has always adopted the principle of strict entry and wide exit.

Although the top manager, Kurosawa, is unwilling to let the residents take risks, as long as they are familiar with the rules, even a ten-year-old child can sneak up on the ground while adults are not paying attention.

Knotweed thousand beauty is an example.

But this does not mean that the same situation will happen in the early hours of the night.

However, Mei and the others can cheat~

The silver-haired girl jumped off the big cat's back, flipped her fingers and was about to stick the buzzer to the stone wall, forcibly deciphering the code of the base.

However, before Mei gave an order, the clearance light hidden in the dark suddenly lit up, and the exit gate of the base slowly opened a crack.

"Huh?!" Zhishang Mei and Zhongyuan Zhong were also surprised at the same time.

Time is limited, although I don't know who is helping them, but...

thanks!

The silver-haired girl gestured in the direction of the monitor, and led the big ocher cat beside her through the gate, disappearing into the dark night.

main monitoring room

An old man leaning on a cane leaned back in the chair, and tapped his back lightly with his fists, "Old man, the old man is still not as energetic as the young man."

The guard next to the old man looked at the screen in the instrument and hesitated to speak, but finally he couldn't hold back the doubt in his heart and asked, "Mr. Kurosawa, will it really be all right if we let that outsider out like this?"

What if she is a spy of those beasts on the ground!

Such a situation has not happened in the past history, and every time it occurs, it is accompanied by painful bloodshed and sacrifice.

"don’t worry……"

The old man named Kurosawa saw through the unfinished words in the guard's words, and he patted the young man's shoulder reassuringly.

The old man looked at the back of a person and a cat leaving in the surveillance screen, his old eyes revealed a hale and hearty light.

He folded his hands on the cane, and murmured as if he was talking to himself, "Time travel will never change fate, but it will bring keys and hope. bring new life."

"Are you right, Teacher Ranpo?"

??

Tokyo time, 1:30 a.m.

The silver-haired girl straddled the back of the big cat and galloped through the air.

The night's cold wind rolled up into the sky, blowing the bangs on the girl's forehead, and even the hair and coat were hunting in the night.

"Meow..." Mei, do you know where Gojo Satoru is?

The voice of the big ocher cat was blown away by the strong wind, and scattered into Mei's ears.

In order to facilitate the conversation, Chishang Mei simply lay on the cat's back, her lips were almost attached to the big cat's pointed ears, and she controlled the volume and said, "Chuya, since Gojo Goto can rely on his own combat power, he will be stable. Living in a situation that was on the verge of breaking down at the time is enough to see how troublesome his combat power is. If you were Xia Youjie, how would you deal with this "stumbling block"? "

Is it to spend a lot of energy and time to entangle with him, and in the end it may fall short, creating more time for ordinary people and magicians to counterattack?

Or find a way to kill him, and internal friction in the magic world wears him down?

"Meow..." No, I can't even do it.

The corners of Nakahara Chuya's mouth curled into a sharp arc, and his steady voice was soaked in a cold tone by the cold night wind.

[I will use someone close to me as a bait, and use some kind of powerful spell as a carrier to completely cut off the possibility of his actions. 】

[There is no need to kill him, just make him unable to move. 】

"bingo~"

Mei Zhishang imitated the host of the quiz show, and gave her handsome Mr. Big Cat a thumbs up, "According to the general teenage manga routine, this Mr. Gojo Satoru is likely to be sealed like Lan O or Pluto Haxes." Which matchbox is it in?"

As for what the sealed item is, where is it, and how to unlock the seal?

Hey, they don't know, those high-level conjurers, don't they know?

Under the night shrouded in Yin Hong, the silver-haired girl and the big ocher cat curled up their mouths at the same time, revealing similar and ferocious smiles.

At this time, there are still seven hours before the start of the backtracking plan...