Chapter 130 The Final Deal
In the cozy room, warm sunlight shines through the clean glass, forming rainbow patterns on the table.
Yayoi finally got to eat the cake he had been dreaming about. He contentedly bought all three cakes sent by Morobushi Keiko. He licked the spoon with a smile, and everyone could feel his joy. If this were a comic, pink flowers would have flown around him.
"Hiro, you are such a great cook." Yayoi scooped a full spoonful into her mouth without stopping, "Although my sister's cooking is delicious, she can't make a cake at all."
"I'm embarrassed to ask my sister to buy it. She's preparing for the civil service exam and is quite busy."
"I learned to bake cakes, but my sister said that dogs wouldn't eat the cakes I made, and told me not to waste food..."
Eating cake did not prevent him from speaking. He was like a little squirrel, puffing out his cheeks, holding the food, his eyes shining.
Zhu Fu Jingguang handed Yayoi a cup of tea with a smile, "I'll make it with you next time. By the way, do you still remember Zero? I'm sharing an apartment with him now. Although his cooking skills are not as good as in his previous life, they are still pretty good. If you can't find me, go find Zero, and he will make a cake for you."
"Mr. Amuro? He ended up becoming a policeman?" He originally thought that after original sin disappeared, the crime rate in this world would be much lower, and the original few people would no longer choose to be policemen.
"Yes, not only Zero, but also my former classmates are here. Zero and I joined the public security just like in our previous life. But in this life, since there is no organization, the things we deal with have become much simpler. Although there are still a lot of murders, at least there are no bombings."
"So, of the two of them, Matsuda and Hagiwara, only Hagiwara was admitted to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Class, while Matsuda went to Investigation Section 4. The instructor said that he was too lively and competitive, and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Class, which is stable and has nothing to do, is not suitable for him."
Seeing Yayoi finish the cake and rub her stomach with squinting eyes, Zhu Fujingguang got up and took out an apple from the refrigerator and started peeling it.
"They are all good people, including the squad leader. Yayoi, you can get to know them later."
Yayoi did not respond. He put down the fork in his hand and quietly looked at Zhufu Jingguang with his chin in his hand. His eyes were gentle and peaceful, like the breeze blowing through the mountains and forests, which made people feel comfortable.
He asked calmly, "Hiro, are you happy?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang stopped cutting the apple, looked up at Yayoi, and then nodded, "...Of course."
"My parents did not die in front of me. They were successfully rescued and identified the criminal. Later, my family moved to Tokyo and I got to know Zero again. He took me to see a female doctor, who later gave birth to two daughters..."
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked out the window. White birds flew through the branches and colorful balloons in children's hands flew into the blue sky. "I met that little girl in my previous life. Her code name was Shirley. She looked very unhappy at the time. I heard that the organization had been using her sister to threaten her to participate in experiments."
"But now, she has a healthy family, her parents are harmonious, her sisters are friendly. All this is like a dream to me."
"I am very happy, and I believe that these former victims are also happy. I have no dissatisfaction with my current life, but..."
Morofushi Keimitsu's gaze moved from the window back to Wakage Yayoi.
"Yayoi... I want to ask you, did you really just resurrect me because you happened to see me that day?"
As he spoke, his smile disappeared. His gaze was like a deep well in the dark night, unable to illuminate any light.
Kazukage Yayoi chuckled, lowered his head slightly, and glanced sideways at the front. His tone was calm, "Why do you ask?"
Although it was a rhetorical question, there was no sign from Kazukage Yayoi's expression that he was asking a question.
He was warning.
But since Zhu Fu Jingguang dared to ask the question, he was not afraid of the warning.
"You left a lot of hints... I have to be suspicious about this. If you didn't want me to know, you could have deceived me, hypnotized me, and made me come to you willingly, but you didn't."
"You told me implicitly from the beginning that the truth was not that simple, and let me act freely."
"What if I really didn't come to find you? What if I discovered the truth and refused to wake you up? In fact, from the day I figured out everything, I began to hesitate. I even thought it would be nice for you to die like this."
"I have been following you for a whole month since I knew about Anton Tomomi. I am sure you can't leave this house. If I don't come to find you, you will never be able to leave here."
"You can't go out, but you moved to Tokyo from somewhere else. So I went to visit your hometown, and everyone's memory of you was vague and ambiguous. Do you know how I felt? I felt like you were a character suddenly inserted into their memory."
"You tampered with their memories. Everyone related to you has problems with their memories. Andong Zhimei, her memory about you is the most complete, and she really believes that her brother is living with her."
"So, Yayoi, you..."
"Hush, Hiro, let's stop talking about this topic here." He Jing Yayoi slowly stretched out his hand and touched his lips lightly. A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "It will do no good for both of us to talk about it further."
"You know, objects can't actually transcend the barriers of time and space. The reason why the bracelet in your hand can be preserved from your last life to this life is because it was fake from the beginning."
"A fake bracelet, a fake pendant, a fake Yayoi Andong."
"I can answer your question. I didn't kill Yayoi Andong because this person didn't exist from the beginning. I made up a human identity and made others believe that this person existed, so I really existed. On April 3, I really connected to the world line using Yayoi Andong's identity."
"I understand now. As long as others believe it, it is real. As long as others don't believe it, it is fake. If you believe that I really gave you a bracelet, your belief will make it real."
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the other party with a complicated expression. Jing Yayoi's answer answered many of his questions, but there was still a very important thing he had to confirm first.
"I believe your answer, but there is another reason why I haven't come to you yet."
"Elizabeth..."
"You knew from the beginning that she was going to die, right?"
It was quiet, as quiet as death. Even the roar of the refrigerator seemed particularly harsh.
Zhu Fu Jingguang stared at He Jing Yayoi's expression without blinking, but the other party did nothing, just quietly eating the apple. The air seemed to solidify, and every breath took away a part of his life. Depression and fear were like a sickle raised to his head. Just when Zhu Fu Jingguang was forced to speak by this invisible pressure, He Jing Yayoi laughed first.
"Hiro, I once praised you for being smart, and I still think so now. I didn't intend to let you know this." Kazukage Yayoi smiled unusually happily, and he praised sincerely, "Elizabeth. Yes, I knew she would die because of me from the first time I saw her."
"She thought she had no authority and only obtained the remains of the gods, but that was not true. Helena's authority and original sin were split into two. The original sin was taken away by Karasuma Renya, and the authority was inherited by Elizabeth."
"But original sin and authority are never easily separated, unless, at the very beginning, their separation is under the deliberate manipulation of the world line."
"The world line allowed me to meet Elizabeth, a harmless human who carried a trace of time authority, when I was short of energy. It encouraged me to retrieve the remains and authority, and package it harmlessly."
"Elizabeth is a Pandora's box thrown out by the world line. Her fate has been designed by the world line. Her existence is to confuse me, kill me, and use all means to drag me into the abyss."
"Even if she herself is completely unaware, she will be squeezed out of every last bit of value by the world line. And death is the most secretive appearance designed for her by the world line. It leaves a mark in her soul and uses it to track my existence."
"So, I knew this girl would be killed. And in order to gain my sympathy, to ensure that I would take her soul, she would die miserably. Miserious enough that I would be angry for her, sad for her, avenge her, and promise her a new life."
"But Elizabeth didn't come back to life." Zhu Fujingguang's cold eyes pierced He Jing Yayoi like a steel needle. "I found Helena. She is still with Paulino, but in this life, Paulino is just an ordinary businessman. They had two sons, and Elizabeth is not one of them."
"Although you once promised her that you would choose a wealthy and friendly family for her. But once she is born, there is no reason for her not to go back to see her mother, who died tragically in front of her eyes."
"So, Elizabeth was not resurrected by you at all, right?"
Kazukage Yayoi smiled faintly, not worried about the accusation, "Elizabeth, yes, she has not been resurrected by me yet. But don't worry, she has never been a bet on the table, I will fulfill my promise."
Zhu Fu Jingguang was not comforted by what Kazukage Yayoi said. He added the second half of the sentence without hesitation: "Because I am."
What?
Kazukage Yayoi tilted his head in confusion and looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu. The other party did not avoid his gaze, but stared straight at him. His eyes were firm and cold, "Because I am the bet, right?"
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"Why do you think so?" He Jing Yayoi looked away and lowered his head to play with the bracelet in his hand. Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't read his mind. Maybe he was trying to escape or feel guilty, but it was not a good thing.
He laughed somewhat sarcastically, not knowing who he was mocking. "Before the banquet, you said to Elizabeth, 'This is a big gamble, but the gamble is not on you.' The next sentence was 'Tomorrow may never come, but tomorrow that comes will definitely be better than today.'"
"And Elizabeth died on that day, and her tomorrow has indeed never come. If you defeat the organization and the world line and successfully revive her, her 'tomorrow' will come. By then, with your protection, her tomorrow will definitely be better than the 'today' controlled by the world line."
"So, you knew at that time that Elizabeth would not survive today. You can't bet on someone who is destined to die today to the poker table tomorrow."
"Well, if Elizabeth isn't your chip on the table, then I'm the only one left. So, I'm your real bet."
"The big bet is not whether you will win the battle against the organization or the world line, but whether I will come to wake you up."
"You are convinced of your victory. The only uncertain factor is that someone needs to wake you up. Then, I am the most important bet in this gamble concerning the life and death of a god. Why I was resurrected by this god in the first place seems particularly meaningful, doesn't it?"
"I was saved by this God, loved by this God, given authority and power. He allowed me to return to the beginning, let me meet everyone I want to meet, save everyone I want to save, and He is willing to realize all my unrealistic dreams and fantasies."
"Faced with such a god, even if I knew the truth, even if I knew that I was being used by the god, what do you think I should do?"
"Should I give up on Him? Should I let Him die? Die in a world where no one knows Him, and still let His existence be swallowed by time."
Zhu Fu Jingguang sighed deeply, "You bet right, I can't do it."
"Even if I see the truth of everything, I can't bear to watch you die."
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the table with a sad look. He didn't know whether his action of awakening the god was right or wrong. His tone was low and lonely, "I was very afraid that you were really dead, so the moment you stopped calling me, I rushed to find you."
"But now it seems that this is just your plan."
"God, your ignorance of the world is nothing but a lie? Your ability to read people's minds is so terrible, and you have been calculating all of us from the beginning to the end. We act according to your plan, and even my seeing through the truth is still a part of your plan."
"God, is the human heart so insignificant to you that you can manipulate it at will?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang had never been so sad before, and this sadness even surpassed everything he had experienced. He gave 100% of his heart, and even after he saw through all the lies, he still believed in Kazukage Yayoi. But in fact, what he thought was betrayal, forgiveness, and compromise were all calculated by the gods. The gods pretended to be innocent and played with people's hearts at will, but they foolishly thought that the other party was really so innocent.
"Hiro, whether you believe it or not, I always regard you as my friend. I said that I will not blame any of your choices, even if the price of this choice is my life. I trust you 100%, just like you trust me 100%."
Kazukage Yayoi stood up and hugged Morobushi Keimitsu tenderly, just like when they first met, "I admit that I resurrected you because I needed someone to prove my existence."
"As long as you believe, you will exist. As long as there is one person in the world who believes in my existence, my existence will be immortal. I need that person to trust me wholeheartedly and believe that I will still be alive after everything is over."
"He has to be smart, bold, and calm enough to escape the surveillance of the world line and avoid mental breakdown."
"He also has to be strong enough to accept authority. He also has to be restrained enough to not abuse it. He also has to be compassionate enough to understand what I'm doing and to really want to help everyone."
"Hiro, I can't find many people like you in the whole world."
"I'm glad I met you, I can't lose you."
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Zhu Fu Jingguang hesitated to speak
"I take back what I said."
"You act ignorant of the ways of the world, and it's not a false lie. Your words just now were like a confession to me."
ah?
Kazukage Yayoi paused, he looked up in surprise, "I didn't mean that, I was just stating the facts. It's really hard to find someone like you, Hiro, who perfectly meets my requirements. I originally wanted to find Conan, but he is too rigid and rule-bound. I always feel that after knowing the truth, he will give up saving me, or simply not wake me up and put me directly in prison."
"Later, I also tried to contact Amuro, oh, now he's called Mr. Furuya, and Mr. Akai. To be honest, the difference between them and Conan is that they are too unruly. I'm worried that one of them will hand over power to the country, and the other will overthrow the country."
"Hiro, you are somewhere in between them. You abide by the rules, but you will ignore them under certain circumstances. You are someone who walks in the darkness and pursues the light. You will not be completely stained by black, but you will not be eliminated by the darkness. I simply can't find someone more suitable than you..."
Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't stand it anymore and covered He Jing Yasheng's mouth with his hand, "Okay, I understand, don't praise me anymore."
If he keeps praising him, he really wants to send Hagiwara over so that the two of them can praise each other.
Looking at Zhu Fu Jingguang's red ears, and blinking his eyes, he thought, ah, it seems that he had teased him too much.
"So, are you still angry?"
Zhu Fujingguang now felt that he was not angry, but was furious. "You have praised me to the heavens and the earth. I am the only one in the world. Why should I be angry?"
"Then...can you give me the same hug that Mr. Furuya gave me?"
He Jing Yayoi stretched out his hand, his eyes shining with anticipation.
How could Zhu Fu Jing Guang have the heart to refuse? Even if He Jing Yayoi did this, it was probably just to be cute and make a big deal out of a small matter. But he had nothing to be angry about. He Jing Yayoi had been friendly enough, and he had nothing to blame.
He took a step forward and exchanged the hug with Kazukage Yayoi.
"Welcome back, Yayoi."
"I'm back."
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