When Fang Zheng opened his eyes again, it was already dusk.

"What a terrible dream."

Fang Zheng held his forehead and sighed. He had just had a dream in which everyone was arguing, and then Keiichi was about to explore the Irie Clinic alone, but was stopped by Rena and Shion. Then...for no apparent reason, they started to kill each other.

To be honest, Fang Zheng was quite calm about the first half of the dream, but the subsequent developments left him dumbfounded.

Rena and Shion actually "fall in love with someone else" and both fall in love with me? !

How is this possible?

Frankly speaking, Founder finds this development very incredible.

It's strange to say that as a work with a standard harem configuration of one man and multiple women, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" involves very little in the aspect of love. I don't know if it's because the background time is set in the 1980s, the love between men and women in it is quite conservative. Of course, there are some harassment-like plots and dress-ups, but this is different from the plots in modern harem animations, and is more of a "prank" level.

As the only male protagonist, Keiichi Maehara has not established a romantic relationship with any of the female protagonists. However, this is different from the harem anime of the later era, where the relationship between men and women is ambiguous, and each of them has a secret crush on the other woman, but the male protagonist never makes a clear statement. In "Higurashi When They Cry", both the male and female protagonists are at a very early stage of love. Only Sonozaki Mion and Sonozaki Shion have more or less a sense of love, but they are both limited to unrequited love.

It can be said that compared to the heroines in many later animations who are vying to climb into the male protagonist's bed to express their love, the protagonists in "Higurashi When They Cry" are all too pure.

Because of this, Fang Zheng actually didn't think about it at first. Indeed, Rena would bring lunch for him every time she came. But Fang Zheng knew that she always did that. As for Shion... To be honest, although Fang Zheng often discussed "that thing" with her, perhaps because the story described Shion's feelings for Wu Shi so deeply, Fang Zheng never thought that he could actually cuckold that unfortunate guy.

You must be kidding, we are in Hinamizawa, not Sakakino Academy, I am not Makoto, and I have never abandoned anyone, so how did it suddenly end up in a bloody knot?

Doesn't this amuse me?

Recalling the scene in the dream where Rena and Shion fought each other, and then Rena killed Shion with a hatchet, and then smashed Keiichi's head to pieces, Fang Zheng couldn't help but tremble.

Well, it's a dream... This must be a dream...

“Knock, knock.”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and upon hearing the knock, Fang Zheng immediately withdrew his thoughts.

"Come in."

Following Fang Zheng's response, the door creaked open, and then Fang Zheng saw Furude Rika walk in. She first forced a smile at Fang Zheng, and then she asked.

"Excuse me, teacher, are you free now?"

"Of course I'm free, but...why are you the only one here? Where are the others?"

"They have all disbanded and left."

“Woo…”

Hearing Lihua's answer, Fangzheng's expression also changed slightly. This reminded him of the dream just now. If that dream was correct, Rena should be following Keiichi now... Wait, wasn't that just a dream?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng suddenly felt a little uneasy. If it was really as he said in the dream, then he should leave immediately and stop the fight between the two sides. But just when Fang Zheng had this thought, he once again felt the unspoken but omnipresent "foreshadowing".

That is, if I really do this, things may reach a point where they are irreversible.

What's going on?

Fang Zheng could not help but stand there in a daze. Logically speaking, if the dream was not just a dream, then he had to stop it. After all, if Rena killed Shion and Keiichi, then Fang Zheng's mission would be a complete failure. Furude Rika would never accept such a world. She had been reincarnated for more than a hundred years just to find a happy ending for her and all her friends. If she couldn't find it in this world, then she would definitely leave here and look for another world.

Therefore, Fang Zheng should stop all this immediately. However, his premonition prevented him from doing so. Wait... Thinking of this, Fang Zheng's face suddenly turned ugly.

He finally discovered where the pit this world had dug for him! !

Since coming to this world, Fang Zheng has been full of confidence. He feels that he is very stable and it is impossible for him to fail. The reason is simple. He knows who is behind it, and he also knows the essence and cause of "Hinamizawa Syndrome". He feels that as long as he follows the development of the plot, he will be able to successfully "pass the level".

But now, Fang Zheng finally discovered that he had been suffering from "Hinamizawa Syndrome" for a long time, and it might have developed to the fourth stage!

Because he couldn't make up his mind or make a judgment now!

Do you believe in your dreams? Or your premonition? Or your instinct?

At this moment, Fang Zheng felt that he was caught in a whirlpool. He once thought that he knew all the plots of "Higurashi When They Cry" and didn't worry about any accidents. But now, Fang Zheng realized that it might be better if he knew nothing.

If Fang Zheng didn't know the plot of "Higurashi When They Cry", he might have regarded the dream as just a dream and trusted his intuition. After all, there was a deep friendship and bond between these children, and he believed in them... But, this was impossible!

Because in the story of "Higurashi When They Cry", these friends who were originally "loving each other" turned evil for various reasons, and then raised their knives to chop at their friends. The crazy Keiichi almost destroyed everything, even though Mion and Rena were prepared to die. Even when facing Keiichi who raised his bat, Rena still raised her hands and smiled, asking Keiichi to believe in herself.

But... Keiichi still killed her without hesitation.

The same goes for Shion. She killed the witch, imprisoned her sister, and brutally murdered Satoko, who she was supposed to protect... As for Rena, she even thought about letting the entire school be buried with her, just because she didn't achieve her goal...

And it is precisely because of these "love-hate" plots that Fang Zheng is not sure about their friendship at all. Once one of them falls ill, the consequences will be disastrous!

And now, Fang Zheng finally realized that he had been trapped in it without realizing it!

He didn't dare to believe the dream, nor did he dare to believe his own premonition, and even less did he dare to believe his own magic. No matter what kind of doubt it was, Fang Zheng could always find a corresponding explanation in his mind.

It was not until this moment that Fang Zheng remembered what Rex had said to him when he was teaching him the magic of prophecy.

"For a prophet, the future is just a choice, but the choice may not necessarily achieve the result you need. Even if you see the future, that future will change. Therefore, as a prophet, you must confirm how far you can accept the future. Remember, a prophet is not a god. Even gods cannot escape the control of fate. Never forget that when you confidently try to change your fate, the choice you make itself is also an inseparable part of fate."

And now, Fang Zheng finally understood what Rex meant by this sentence.

To some extent, he did the same thing as the prophecy mage before, because he was "familiar with the plot", so he could cause trouble in those world copies. Only the world of "Dark Soul" was not very familiar to Fang Zheng himself, but fortunately, that world was a single-line world, Fang Zheng needed to do more to hone his combat skills, and his decisions would hardly affect anything - after all, there were really few living people in that world.

And now, Fang Zheng finally discovered the hidden dangers and traps.

He knew so much that he was unable to make any judgment or decision.

Go? It was just a dream, and his premonition told him that if he went, it would probably bring unpredictable consequences.

Not going? What if it wasn't a dream? Would I see two dead bodies the next day... Oh, no, Rena would dispose of the two bodies and say they were not feeling well and couldn't come to the rally!

It was not until this moment that Fang Zheng finally realized the world's ill will towards him.

It seems like no matter what choice he makes, it’s always a BAD END!