[Comprehensive] A world full of conspiracy

Early the next morning, when Haitang woke up in the future, the Haitang couple had already set off for the research institute in Guanbuzi City.

After a night of heavy rain, the sun persevered to rise again.The sky wasn't exactly blue, but there wasn't a single cloud.Another unbearably hot summer day.

After breakfast, Haitang, who had nothing else to do, left home in the future, wanting to visit a dessert shop that was found in a taxi yesterday, very close to her home.

The reason why this dessert shop attracted Haitang Future's attention was not because of the exquisite desserts on the signboard, but the name "April in Shimokitazawa".It was obviously in Guanbuzi City, but it was named after another city.

"Xiabei Ze." Haitang Future felt that when he saw this name, he suddenly thought of some fragments, but his memory was fuzzy, and he was not sure whether these vague impressions belonged to Lin Haitang or Haitang Future.It's just inexplicably missed.

It's like the sunshine that came across by chance in the winter afternoon, coating everything around with a warm but sad tone.

Haitang opened the door in the future, and the small bell on the glass door of the dessert shop made a crisp sound.

"Welcome to April in Shimokitazawa." As soon as I entered the door, I heard the energetic voice of the girl in front of the ordering counter in the store.

Seeing Haitang Future hesitated at the dessert on the signboard, the girl began to recommend: "Today's signature is green apple pie with iced cocoa. If it's your first time here, you must try it."

Green apple pie and iced cocoa, sounds like a good idea.

Haitang Future looked at the picture and nodded: "Then..."

"No, we want the challenge product next to it. Orange Daisy Mixed Pie with cappuccino, plus Green Apple Sunflower Mixed Pie with iced cocoa, this set for two." The girl next to her interrupted her.

"Okay. Please wait a moment, both of you."

Haitang looks suspiciously at the long-haired girl next to her in the future.

The other party smiled back at Haitang Future: "I just want to try the challenge product recommended by my aunt, but the two unique flavors of pie must be sold together, so I will order it for you."

"..."

Seeing Haitang Mirai not saying a word, just staring at herself, the girl finally had her abrupt self-consciousness: "I'm sorry to help you decide without authorization. But it's too wasteful to buy two at a time, right? And you just now Isn't it a drugstore apple pie? Even with sunflowers added, it still tastes like apples...Uh, how about I pay for the set meal?"

"..."

As a result, Haitang was silent for a long time in the future, but still failed to refuse the proposal of this seemingly kind-hearted girl.The two girls who met for the first time paid half of the price and sat at the same table.

"Hmm... Although Aunt Huahua is not very good in all aspects, her appreciation of food is a little bit commendable. Oranges and daisies are really good." The girl took a big bite of the pie, as if she had eaten fresh and tender fish. Like a cat, he narrowed his eyes gluttonously.

"Aunt Huahua?"

The girl was taken aback when she heard Haitang Mirai's words, and then replied: "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Liangyi Weina, so it's good to call me Weina."

"My name is Haitang Future. Please take care of me."

"Is the future new here? I've never seen you before." Liang Yiwei asked.

"Yeah. I just got here yesterday." Haitang Future replied.Do you call her by name when you meet for the first time? She is really a familiar girl.However, it's not enough to be annoying.

"Sure enough." Liang Yiwei nodded, "Then, let's enjoy a leisurely afternoon together."

"Hmm..." Haitang Future replied vaguely.Does this mean to be together all afternoon?

Afterwards, Liang Yiwei didn't speak any more, took out a picture book from her bag, and read it by herself.

Haitang, who didn't know what to say at this time, saw this in the future, so she stopped focusing on this person who appeared out of nowhere.

Green Apple Sunflower Pie.If this kind of weird pie hadn't been forced, I definitely wouldn't have tried it.However, now it seems that the taste is not very bad.On the contrary, I quite like this unique taste.

Not long after, a few girls were also seated at the next table.The previously unpopular shop suddenly became lively.

"Hey, have you heard? That rumor seems to have been confirmed last night." The girl with all her hair tied up put her head in the middle of the table and whispered in a mysterious tone.

"What rumor?" the flaxen-colored short-haired girl asked.

"It's the rumor that 'the night of heavy rain is when the god of death is looking for a bride'." The first girl replied, "did you notice the sound of ambulances and police cars during the heavy rain last night? It is said that the reservoir on the outskirts of the city has another drowned."

"The reservoir on the outskirts of the city? It's a place that you dare not approach at night. It is said that there are many corpses buried in the underground of the reservoir. At night, the water surface will glow green, and there are ghosts walking on the water surface."

"So was that person also pulled in by the water ghost yesterday? Or was he murdered?"

The first girl who was dissatisfied with herself was interrupted: "Listen to me. According to my cousin who works in the police department, this incident has nothing to do with the legend of the reservoir. It should be a follow-up to the continuous incident of 'Night of Heavy Rain'. Because there were eyewitnesses at the time, a mother and daughter who were hiding from the rain happened to witness the process of the girl committing suicide and jumping."

"suicide?"

"Well, everyone in the 'Rainy Night' incident committed suicide. And they all look like students. They have nothing to do with each other."

"I don't think this is a serial case, right? There are so many students committing suicide in Japan every year, but the confirmed suicide time just coincides with the night of heavy rain."

"That's not right. Because all the students who committed suicide died in the usual way."

"Died in a random way? Lizi, what kind of description do you have?"

"This is the exact words of my cousin. None of the students can see any signs of suicide. It's like when there is no soy sauce at home when cooking, and they go out to buy it temporarily, and the result is a car accident. It's not deliberate. , but just happened to bump into it due to bad luck.”

"Is there any preparation for suicide?"

"A lot. For example, leaving a suicide note is a very important item. Think about it, jumping from a building before, and jumping into a reservoir this time, are actually considered large-scale, and they are suicide methods that will definitely attract people's attention. If only Feeling hopeless and wanting to leave nothing after death, wouldn’t it be good to find a corner to die quietly? However, they obviously committed suicide in this way, but they didn’t leave a suicide note at all. Is it strange?"

The girl named Reiko began to borrow the words of her cousin who was a policeman.

"Moreover, it's clothing. Unless it's an impulsive suicide, people will pay a little attention to their appearance before committing suicide. Even if they don't dress up brightly, they should at least dress decently. After all, this is what I left in this world It's the last scene. If you wanted to commit suicide, you wouldn't have committed suicide while sleepwalking, right? But several people were found wearing pajamas or school uniforms when their bodies were found. This is also abnormal."

"Oh... I don't know much about this. But it sounds creepy. It feels like joining some cult. This is the way of sacrifice."

The short-haired girl retorted: "However, these cases may be homicides. Not every crime scene has witnesses. Moreover, these cases did not happen in the city center. The witnesses who ran to the outskirts of the city on a rainy night, That's suspicious in itself."

Lizi said: "It is true to say so. However, my cousin said that there was no evidence at all the scenes that could prove that this was a homicide. The social circles and family situations of these students are very different. Apart from the fact that they are all about 16 years old, there is not much similarity at all."

"If there is a murderer, it must be a murderer. I heard that a murderer appeared in Guanbuzi City before I was born. And it is said that he would eat the people he killed. Every time the police arrived The bodies are unrecognizable."

"Ah..." the girls cried out.

"Ye Ge, how can you swallow what we ordered after saying that. I have no appetite at all!" Another girl complained.

"Hehe...then don't think about it, come on, let's talk about something else. Lizi, the manga I introduced to you last time has been serialized again. The plot is getting more and more interesting." The night song girl smiled dryly. voice, changed the subject.

The topic of the girls quickly turned to other places.Haitang also withdrew her attention in the future.

"Are you interested in all kinds of ghost stories in the future?" Liangyi Weina asked suddenly, looking up from the book.

"Well. It's not really interesting. It's just a little concerned."

"That's it. If that's the case, do you want to take a look?" Liang Yiwei suggested.

"Where?"

"The reservoir where the homicide happened last night." Liang Yiwei looked at the time on his phone, "The next tram will be in 5 minutes. If we go by now, we can just catch up. Do you want to go?"

Looking at Liang Yiwei's excited expression of going on an adventure, Haitang Future nodded in a strange way.

Hai Tang herself felt incredible about the future.Having experienced so many time travels, she is no longer a simple girl who would hastily agree to go to the murder scene out of curiosity.

However, it was as if this dessert shop called "April in Shimokitazawa" gave her a feeling that she had to come.As if somewhere in the dark, I had a reason to go to the reservoir where murders frequently occurred with the girl I met the first day.