Stray Chapter 68: Murder investigation (fog

On the snowy day when everything is silent, the crystal snowflakes fall one after another, the snowfall is so cold as to freeze the seasons, and Fuyuki City is as dead as it is entering an ice age.

The night was already dark, and no one could be seen on the road, only the faint light from the street lamps in the distance resisted the snow curtain.

Xia Ran was obviously stunned for a moment, but then quickly calmed down.

He tilted his head and thought for a while, then looked at the girl in front of him and sighed: "I thought you were in Guanbuzi City next door now."

The tone is also very natural, as if the two are friends who have been friends for many years.

After all, fear and gaffe can never solve the problem. This is the law he has learned a long time ago.

Perhaps it was because he tilted his head to think strangely, so the girl couldn't help laughing: "You're right in thinking that way, I was in Guanbuzi City before... Although it's not next door, Guanbuzi City The distance from Fuyuki City is still quite far.”

"Okay, then let me take the liberty to ask, when did you come to Fuyuki City?"

Xia Ran stared at her face for a while, with a vague understanding in her heart, but she still wanted to make sure, so she asked.

"Just tonight... If you want an exact time, it's 7:19 pm."

She smiled sweetly and said in a soft voice, a sly light flashed in her eyes, as if she liked to make fun of people.

However, despite this, it is undeniable that her whole person is a direct manifestation of the concept of a woman. It can be said to be flawless in the true sense, with an elegant and beautiful demeanor, calm and Gentle talk—

If Xia Ran didn't know what kind of existence she was, she probably would have...

“What will happen?”

The girl tilted her head slightly and looked at him with a smile, as if she asked curiously, but there was a reassuring love in her tone.

"It's nothing...and, mind reading is too foul!"

Xia Ran jolted, suddenly came back to her senses, then shook her head decisively, lowered her head at the same time, and thought quickly.

He forced himself to change the subject and distract himself so that he could not think about the fatal question just now.

"Well, at 7:19 in the evening, I remember that it was when it just snowed, which means that you came to Fuyuki City when it was snowing... No, it was when you came. It's snowing."

"Yes..." The girl nodded in agreement, confirming his speculation, but didn't say anything.

Xia Ran paused for a moment to calm down the mood just now, and then tentatively asked: "Well, although I may feel a little sentimental when I say this, I still want to be sure. Are you here...to see me?"

"Don't you want to come to see me?" She smiled and corrected Xia Ran's misunderstanding seriously.

"Is it really because of that idea of ​​mine? Wait, wait, but I said it by the way, I didn't even mention your name, and it was only after the snow that I got that way. ideas."

Xia Ran twitched the corners of his mouth—

"In other words, it was after you came over and made it snow in Fuyuki City that I remembered you, in terms of chronological order and logical order of cause and effect... if... um, sorry, please forget about it Well, just pretend I didn't say anything."

When trying to distinguish for himself, he saw the expression on the girl in the kimono listening with great interest, but he seemed to understand something again, then sighed, suddenly lost interest, and did not continue Go on.

Everything in the world, everything, can be explained by cause and effect. To put it simply, it means what happened first, and then what happened later.

However, in front of this person, the sequence of cause and effect, the speed of time, these concepts are probably meaningless.

——If she could do anything, as she said herself...

So it's very likely that Xia Ran really had the idea first, and then she appeared here and brought the first heavy snow of winter. From Xia Ran's point of view, it was only when she saw snow that she felt the desire to see her.

It's just that in the single world line that has been changed, Xia Ran doesn't know what happened originally, and the result is a contradiction similar to the time paradox——

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? There is no answer to this question, so Xia Ran decisively did not tangle on it.

He let out a long sigh, stretched out his hand to catch a falling piece of crystal, and used this action to suppress the chaos and rage in his mental thinking a little, and sort out his thoughts a little.

"Then - why did you come this time?"

"Huh? Isn't this what you should have said?" The girl in the kimono smiled suddenly and asked in a soft voice, "Because the person who wanted to see me was originally you, wasn't it?"

“…”

“…”

At this moment, Xia Ran suddenly and deeply understands Emiya Shirou's thoughts after becoming a Red A. Why many people suddenly have a strong desire to kill their past self when they are facing a major turning point in their lives. Impulsive...

It's for this reason!

But at this time, the one who needs to face this problem is now him. This is an undoubted thing, and at this time, he can't always say that he is Ye Gonghaolong?

So, what should be the answer?

Because of the mistakes of youth? ——No, no, I can't say that...

I'm going to be the Kami of the New World? ——pass, what the **** is the second line...

Super fun! Do you have any dissatisfaction! ——Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, even Kosaka Kyosuke was beaten up by his father?

Oops! Why haven't there been sentences in my entire past life that can deal with my current situation? !

And all that came up in my head was some kind of messy response! You shouldn't be such a person! That's right, it must be the negative influence of the black mud's maliciousness that made him a person with an anti-social personality tendency...

Xia Ran searched hard for sentences that could deal with the current situation. The girl in the kimono didn't rush him, but just stared at him with a smile, quietly waiting for the answer he was going to give.

“…”

“…”

Time went by like this, and the snowflakes that kept falling slowly dyed their shoulders and hair white.

After waiting for a long time, she finally sighed helplessly: "Are you procrastinating?"

I think so too, but it seems that delaying time is useless now... No, maybe I haven't returned until now, in fact, it's because of the person in front of me...

Xia Ran twitched the corners of his mouth. He was a little disappointed to find that even though he dragged on for a few minutes, he still couldn't disconnect directly. After leaving this dungeon, the repulsive force of the world would no longer change, so Space also did not initiate a regression program.

He hesitated, then asked cautiously, "What would you do if I said this was prohibited?"

"Ask me what to do?"

The girl in the kimono thought seriously, and then looked at him with a flowing gaze that was more than ever before—cold killing intent.

"Probably like your style, sinking into Tokyo Bay or buried in a sea of ​​trees in Fuji..."

"You calm down first, listen to my sophistry... I want to say what to say." Xia Ran suddenly said with a serious face, directly interrupting the girl's murderous speech, "And just now I was just joking, Please don't take it seriously."

"I'm also joking, please don't take it seriously." The girl showed a smile, and in an instant she returned to her previous elegant demeanor and gentle temperament, "Although it's a sophistry, I'll just listen to it."

Xia Ran twitched the corners of his mouth again, he couldn't tell if it was a joke.

It seems that there is no way to get away with this problem, but what he doesn't understand is why she must give a reason and a statement by herself... It's obviously meaningless at all.

But at this moment, he was relieved, mainly to be sure that he should not be in any danger.

Although I don't know what the reason is, but the person in front of me is willing to waste time with him instead of doing it directly. , let yourself go to headaches in the future.

Xia Ran thought so in her heart, but she didn't realize that she was caught in a vicious circle again - obviously he had an urge to kill his past self before, but he can only say that people have never been able to learn a lesson biology.

He glanced at the girl in kimono who had become calm and gentle again, and carefully sorted out his words: "Actually, this is the case, I mainly admire you very much, this time I finally got such a chance... So... So...hope to make friends or something."

Breaking the bullet, he gave such a very nonsense reason.

Anyway, it seems that the girl in kimono just wants to see how he answers this question, and doesn't care about the truth, and if it's bad, didn't she just say it? Just listen to your own quibble.

He could have such an excuse if he couldn't get away with it.

"I see, I don't know, I'm really sorry for saying such rude words just now, don't mind..."

The girl in kimono seemed to really believe this statement. She looked at the boy in front of her and said in a small and soft voice——

"However, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll agree!"

"Huh?" The magician's expression froze slightly.

"That's right, it's what you think." She smiled slightly mischievously.

"...Ahaha, that's really...a great honor..." Xia Ran just nodded, what else could she say, she couldn't suddenly turn back now, saying she didn't want to be friends with the other party, right? ?

——What the **** does she want to do?