“Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!”

After returning to the room, Takano Sansi had completely lost the calmness and elegance she had in front of outsiders. Her face was hideous and distorted, and her eyes were red like an angry cow. At this moment, bloody scars could be seen all over Sansi's palms, but she didn't care about these trivial matters at all.

"How dare you, how dare you laugh at Grandpa's research!! Who does he think he is!! Just a bastard!! How dare you look down on Grandpa's research!!!"

Tearing the paper in front of her into pieces, Takano Sansi was now completely in a rage. Her mind was now filled with Fang Zheng's smug smile and the disdainful and mocking tone he used when he mentioned her grandfather. All of this reminded Takano Sansi of the time when she was a child, when those so-called "experts" came to her grandfather's house and wantonly mocked his research.

At that time, facing them, my grandfather could not say anything and could only endure it silently. But...

Now is not that time anymore!!

I will make you pay for your careless words!

Thinking of this, Takano Sansi grinned and revealed an excited smile.

Oh right... it's the evil deeds of the Lord of the Shrine... let him experience for himself what true divine punishment is!

Thinking of this, Takano Sanshi picked up the phone at hand and dialed the number.

"Hello, is this Kojime? It's me. I have a new goal for our next plan..."

The web of fate is shifting.

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked at the dark night sky in front of him.

After becoming a prophecy mage, he could already vaguely sense the existence of certain things, fate, future, everything. Nothing was immutable. A person could not step into the same river twice in his life. The flowing fate was changing all the time.

The end point is unchanging, and people are like fallen leaves in the flow of fate, eager to grasp and change their own destiny. But in the end, their ending will not change at all. Death is the end point of all life, and even if you can see through the future, you can't change it.

The only thing the prophecy wizard can do is to choose a calm river as much as possible rather than a waterfall with great ups and downs.

However, those who go with the flow can never change the entire river. Choice is the prayer of the weak, and change is the desire of the strong. But fate itself exists eternally. Whether it is a raging wave or a stream, it is part of fate. It will not change direction because of people's pleas, nor will it stop because of their retention.

Until forever.

“Boom!”

A low drumbeat sounded, and Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the shrine in front of him. On the high platform, Lihua, wearing a red and white shrine maiden costume, was holding a plow that was taller than her with a serious expression, performing the dance of offering with great concentration.

This is also a little life that wants to change its own destiny.

She has repeated the same fate countless times in the broken world, longing to escape the shadow of death and endless reincarnation, but for her, fate remains the same.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drums stopped beating, Lihua stood on the stage, nodded to everyone, and then turned to leave. Then, the villagers lined up one by one, took the cotton, and went to the river to perform the final ceremony of the Cotton Festival.

Fang Zheng once again looked at the platform where no one was, then turned and left.

The night deepens.

Under the silvery moonlight, the entire forest was dark, and from afar, you could see the lights burning by the river. The entire village was peaceful, and no one could have imagined that after this festival, this small village would gradually turn into a terrible hell.

And this is just the result of a woman's pathetic and boring delusion.

But now, all this will never happen again. I will break your boring persistence and let you taste what true despair is.

"Ah, Mr. Founder."

At this moment, a voice sounded, and Fang Zheng withdrew his thoughts and turned to look in the direction of the voice. He saw a green-haired girl in a dress on a path not far away, looking at him with a smile.

"Hello, Shion. It's so late, aren't you going home?"

"I'm a little worried about being alone, so could you give me a ride? I just need to get to the intersection and someone will come to pick me up."

The girl named Sonozaki Shion came running to Fang Zheng's side, then clasped her hands together and stared at him.

"Is that ok, Mr. Founder?"

"Of course."

To be honest, Fang Zheng was a little surprised by Shion's appearance, especially at this cotton festival, she did not pretend to be Mion like in the animation, but appeared here as herself. Not only did Fang Zheng feel quite surprised, but even Mion, Keiichi and Rena were also shocked. After all, they had never heard Mion mention that she actually had a sister before, so it also caused a sensation.

And now looking at Shiyin's smug look, it is obvious that she has tricked Meiyin badly.

"I heard from my sister that Mr. Fang Zheng, you are their club advisor? I also played the game called 'Warring States Killing', it was really fun."

"As long as you like it."

"And more..."

Perhaps because she rarely comes to Hinamizawa, Shion is also very excited during the trip. She is chattering like a little bird, telling what happened at the Cotton Festival. Including participating in the festival competition with Keiichi and the others, enjoying various delicacies, and her opinions on other people. For example, Keiichi is always beaten to death by them, and Rena is more powerful than expected, and there is Satoko...

“…”

Having said this, Shiyin suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Shion suddenly fall silent, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked. He certainly understood why the girl in front of him suddenly fell silent, because Hojo Satoko was the object of Shion's secret love, Hojo Satoshi's sister. And Shion's opinion of Satoko was very complicated.

She resents Satoko very much because, in Shion's opinion, Goshi has long been traumatized by various burdens. Under such circumstances, he is already very fragile. But Satoko completely ignores her brother's situation and still relies on him. This makes Goshi feel more and more stressed, and he often suffers from it... Of course, this is Shion's opinion.

"nothing."

Finally, Shion smiled and shook her head at Fang Zheng.

"By the way, Mr. Fang Zheng, I want to come to you in a few days to consult you on some issues. Do you have time?"

"Of course."

Hearing Shiyin's question, Fang Zheng quickly gave an answer.

"Well, thank you. Oh, my pick-up person is here. I'll go back first. Goodbye, Mr. Fang Zheng."

“Beep…!”

Just then, a dark car drove up from the end of the road and stopped by the roadside. Shiyin then waved at Fang Zheng, got in the car and left.

I know what you want to tell me.

Looking at Shiyin going away in the car window, Fang Zheng's mouth curled up slightly. This is the advantage of being a prophet. Fang Zheng can now have some premonitions about many things in advance. Of course, this is just a general feeling, but for Fang Zheng who has "future vision", as long as he has this general premonition, then it is not a problem to use it to confirm it.

But I think your question will be answered soon.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng once again looked at the forest road not far away. He could clearly see that in the forest, a small silver-white van was quietly parked on the path. Just as Shiyin and the others were leaving, the van suddenly started, turned out of the path, and drove towards where he was.

Did you attract the Boss's hatred because you were taunted?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sneered, turned around and walked towards the direction of the school.

Come on if you are not afraid of death. Since you want to play, I will play with you...