Read Furuya Rei's Rereading from Zero - Chapter 56, Thirteenth Cycle (1)

Chapter 56, Thirteenth Cycle (1)

Save file loaded successfully.

You have started your thirteenth playthrough.

May you all have a bright future and a promising future.

Onizuka Hachizo smiled as he pressed the camera shutter, but after taking the picture, he found that the photo on his phone looked a bit strange.

The main problem is the blond young man in the middle; his expression and demeanor one second ago are vastly different from the way he appears in the next shot.

"Furuya, are you not feeling well?" Onizuka Hachizo asked with concern. "You look a bit tired. Date, did you hurt him?"

"What? Really?" Date Kou immediately released Furuya Rei's neck and then held his shoulders to check him. "Sorry, sorry, I was a little too excited. Is there anything else that's bothering you?"

However, the blond youth's expression was perfectly normal. He smiled sheepishly and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I was thinking about graduating today, so I didn't sleep much last night. I'm a little sleepy, but it's nothing serious."

"What? So even our blond-haired master gets nervous?" Matsuda Jinpei chuckled, putting his arm around his other shoulder. "What? Are you that reluctant to part with us?"

Rei Furuya nodded and said, "Yes, I'll really miss everyone."

Upon hearing this, the people around him were stunned for a moment.

"Waaaah! Furuya! I'll miss you all so much too—" Kenji Hagiwara rushed over, deeply moved.

After realizing what was happening, Matsuda Jinpei blushed instantly.

"What? You're such a jerk. Sometimes you're so arrogant, and other times you're so blunt..." He couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

Matsuda Jinpei reached out and ruffled Furuya Rei's blond hair, then raised his chin and smiled brightly, saying, "What's there to be sad about? It's not like we'll never see each other again. If you dare to cut off contact, I'll beat your teeth out."

Morofushi Kagemitsu blinked a little guiltily, then couldn't help but laugh: "It's okay. Even if we separate, we'll definitely understand each other. After all, we're all working towards the same goal, aren't we?"

Date Wataru laughed heartily in a deep voice: "Yes, Morofushi is right. Even if we are in different departments, we are all fighting for the safety of this country and its people!"

Onizuka Hachizo watched from the side, his smile deepening, and finally couldn't resist taking out his phone to capture the moment.

Beneath the cherry blossom badge in front of the police academy gate, five newly-formed police cadets are laughing and discussing their future and beliefs with high spirits.

Ah, youth is truly something to behold, Onizuka Hachizo thought to himself.

Go forth, officers, shine brightly in a wider world; you will surely dispel the darkness of the world.

Go and create your own bright future.

Beneath the bare, withered cherry blossom tree, Rei Furuya sat on the ground watching the three people playfully taking graduation photos, a gentle smile on his face.

But that smile carried a deep sadness, as if the scene before them were as fleeting as cherry blossoms about to wither.

Even though the person was right in front of him, his eyes were filled with longing.

Morofushi Kagemitsu had been watching him the whole time.

“Zero, did you just come back from the future?” he asked softly.

“Mm.” Rei Furuya nodded.

"I successfully created a second save point while taking graduation photos," he said. "And I just came back from December 31st, a few months later."

"How many times is this?" Morofushi Kagemitsu grabbed his hand, leaned closer to look into his eyes, and asked softly, "How many times have you reloaded since the second save point appeared?"

“This is my first time.” Rei Furuya’s expression remained unchanged, and he even patted the back of Hiro’s hand reassuringly with a smile, saying, “Don’t worry, Hiro, I’m just a little surprised to suddenly come back from the future.”

"This is my first time loading a save file," he said.

This time, since everyone had lost their memories, Rei Furuya chose a different method.

He kept it a secret from everyone, including Hiro.

This time, he wanted to try to solve it by himself.

Be a little bolder.

Go even crazier.

However, he failed.

"Brave officer, I must admire your courage..."

Matsuda Jinpei is dead.

[Side ending unlocked: The Butterfly's Gathering - The Death of Matsuda Jinpei]

"Oh no! The bomb timer has restarted! Everyone run!"

【Hagihara Kenji is dead】

[Side ending achieved: Worldline convergence - Kenji Hagiwara's death]

You are dead.

[End of 13th playthrough]

[Resulting in a Bad Ending: Viewing Flowers in a Mirror]

Trying to catch the moon's reflection in the water, or viewing flowers in a mirror—the meaning of "flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water" is quite clear: it's both a mockery and a reminder.

May you all have a bright future and a promising career.

After taking graduation photos and having dinner together, Rei Furuya stopped them before they went to karaoke that night.

Rei Furuya confessed to them some things about his past, as well as everything about his future.

He couldn't do it alone; he needed to work together with everyone.

However, this time it still failed.

"Oh no! The bomb timer has restarted! Everyone run!"

【Hagihara Kenji is dead】

[Side ending achieved: Worldline convergence - Kenji Hagiwara's death]

You are dead.

[End of 14th playthrough]

[Resulting in a Bad Ending: Trying to Climb a Tree to Catch Fish]

Does "climbing a tree to catch fish" mean that his most basic direction was wrong?

That's true, the reasons for these two failures were more outrageous than the last.

It had reached a point where even he was helpless.

Rei Furuya was now certain that this was the world's absolute killing intent, a forced convergence of world lines, and a fate that humanity could hardly change. Continuing any further would only be a waste of time.

So, let's try changing the world line.

"Brave officer, I must admire your courage..."

"Oh no! The bomb timer has restarted! Everyone run!"

Matsuda Jinpei is dead.

【Hagihara Kenji is dead】

You are dead.

[Side ending unlocked: The Butterfly's Gathering - The Death of Matsuda Jinpei]

[Side ending achieved: Worldline convergence - Kenji Hagiwara's death]

[Fifteenth playthrough completed]

[Sixteenth playthrough completed]

[End of 17th playthrough]

[Resulting in a Bad Ending: Gains and Losses]

[Achieving a Bad Ending: Finding a Needle in a Haystack]

[Resulting in a Bad Ending: Trying to Fill a Bamboo Hole with Water]

It failed.

It failed again.

It still failed.

No matter how things are changed, the final result will be the death of Kenji Hagiwara.

It will also implicate Matsuda Jinpei.

[Load save/load]

【yes】

[Loading save file...]

Save file loaded successfully.

You have started your 18th playthrough.

May you all have a bright future and a promising career.

That same phrase again.

Rei Furuya closed his eyes.

He... was a little tired.

[1. Rintaro Okabe: From Steins;Gate, currently on his 37th playthrough, has died 0 times.]

[2. Homura Akemi: From *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*, currently on her 29th playthrough, has died 0 times.]

[3. Subaru Natsuki: From *Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-*, currently on his 25th playthrough, and has died 25 times.]

4. Rei Furuya: From "Detective Conan," currently on his 18th playthrough, and has died 18 times.

[5. Shinpei Ami: From "Summer Revisited," currently on his twelfth playthrough, has died twelve times.]

[Okabe Rintaro: Here we go again! Here we go again! Here we go again!! I've been killed again!!!]

[Okabe Rintaro: "Huh, why has Mayu's pocket watch stopped? That's strange, it was just wound up."]

[Okabe Rintaro: Every time Mayuri says this, she dies immediately. Is this some kind of proclamation of death?!]

[Okabe Rintaro: Why! Why! Why wasn't I more careful before! Why didn't I control my curiosity! Why did I develop a time machine just because it was fun! I should have known I was wrong when I sent my past self winning lottery numbers and almost changed the world! Why did I only realize my stupidity now that I've lost Mayuri?!]

[Okabe Rintaro: You warned me! You warned me! But why didn't I pay attention?! Why couldn't I suppress my research fervor and curiosity back then?! But now it's too late. Once the cycle of time begins, there is no end. Everything is sliding towards an irreversible abyss...]

[Okabe Rintaro: Hahaha, history shows that those who possess wisdom are the most foolish; that's the original sin of arrogance. History only proves that humanity repeatedly makes the same mistakes—it's utterly hopeless!]

[Okabe Rintaro: I want to strangle my past, foolish self! Time machines shouldn't exist! This isn't something humans should be able to access! A dark organization like SERN isn't something an ordinary college student like me can handle! Why couldn't I understand?! I'm not a savior, I'm just an ordinary person! I just want Mayuri to live!!!]

[Okabe Rintaro: It's me! It's all my fault! It's all my fault! It's all my responsibility! I'm the one who killed Mayuri!]

[Okabe Rintaro: I don't want to save the world anymore! I just want Mayuri to live! I can't accept a future without Mayuri!]

[Okabe Rintaro: But the world can be saved, yet Mayuri can't be saved no matter what. Why is that?!]

[Okabe Rintaro: Was all of this a coincidence? Or was it inevitable? I sensed malice, but whose malice? If I had to say… was it “a cruel joke of fate”?]

[Okabe Rintaro: No matter what I do or how hard I try, the world line doesn't change much; at most, it just extends the time of Mayuri's death a little.]

[Okabe Rintaro: Shot by SERN, hit by a car, stabbed, accidentally pushed onto the tracks and run over by a train, crushed by falling objects, he dies no matter what mode of transportation he uses, even in an earthquake while hiding in a basement, he's not believed when he asks the police for help and is shot as a terrorist… Now it's even gotten to the point where Mayuri died of a heart attack at a comic convention! How can I possibly stop this?!]

[Okabe Rintaro: Every method I can think of, every method everyone can think of! I've tried everything! But it just doesn't work! Mayuri wasn't killed by any one person or organization! I'm certain of that! Mayuri was killed by the world! Killed by fate! So is it really impossible to stop the forced convergence of the world lines no matter what?!]

[Okabe Rintaro: Even though there was no hope at all, I couldn't give up on saving Mayuri. I could only hope that I would find a way to save Mayuri next time. And so, I watched Mayuri die in front of me again and again. I feel like I'm going crazy. I've lost count of how many times Mayuri has died in front of me...]

[Okabe Rintaro: Because I always say those melodramatic, chuunibyou things, because I'm a mad scientist, even if those things become reality, it's hard for people to believe me. They only cooperate with me out of concern for my mental state, and then after each failure, they forget everything and start over again and again. How many more times do I have to go through this?]

[Okabe Rintaro: I understand, that's perfectly normal. If someone suddenly went back in time and told that foolish me all this, without concrete memories and a long, slow explanation to prove it, I wouldn't believe such a thing could actually happen in real life.]

[Okabe Rintaro: But I'm not crazy! I'm perfectly normal! This isn't some delusional fantasy of a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer, it's real! The excruciating pain of feeling like a thousand needles are pricking my brain and my whole body is burning every time I time travel is also very real!]*

[Okabe Rintaro: It's reality, but I feel like I'm living in a dream, like a dream repeated countless times, unclear and chaotic. It should be a dream, but these are all things that actually happened in reality. After that, I knew what would happen, and then that nightmare feeling gradually became reality. Then, I felt a sense of guilt towards this world, like I had committed a crime but couldn't speak of it. Gradually, I was completely dominated by fear, filled with an irrecoverable despair…]

[Rintaro Okabe: Can humanity truly overcome fate?]