Chapter 49, Eleventh Reading (1)
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You have started your eleventh playthrough.
May you all have a bright future and a promising future.
Rei Furuya closed his eyes.
So I've come back here after all...
The second save point: the shining, dedicated police officers.
At this moment, beautiful blessings and lofty ideals seem to have been maliciously distorted into a curse by the world.
"Furuya, why are your eyes closed? Are you feeling unwell?" Onizuka Hachizo, who was taking pictures of them with his camera, raised his voice and asked.
Morofushi Kagemitsu's expression changed, and he immediately stepped forward to see his childhood friend's expression.
"No, it's nothing, it was just some sand in my eye, it's fine now." Furuya Rei opened her eyes, and in an instant, she showed the same bright smile as before.
"Okay, I'll take the picture then."
Looking at the five outstanding police academy graduates in front of him, Onizuka Hachizo couldn't help but smile with satisfaction on his usually stern face, which was described as that of a demon.
"3——"
"2——"
"1——"
"0——"
"Wait! Why is there a 0?! I must have blinked!!!" Kenji Hagiwara screamed in despair. "No, no! One more! Please, just one more~"
Rei Furuya and the others burst out laughing.
*
"Hiro, I came back from the future, from two months in the future. Plan A failed. Although the calamity of November 7th has passed, almost the same thing happened on December 25th. Hagi still died under the convergence of world lines, and even Matsuda was implicated due to the butterfly effect. However, Hagi was the last to die, so it should be Hagi who is dreaming."
Rei Furuya took his childhood friend to the dormitory and, as promised, took the opportunity to calmly and carefully tell him everything he had forgotten as soon as they returned.
"Just as we were taking our graduation photos, the second save point was successfully created, so after reloading, I was back to the moment we took the graduation photos."
Morofushi Kagemitsu was almost overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information.
He should be happy because they have finally achieved a stage of success. He no longer has to be afraid of forgetting everything, nor does he have to worry about when Zero will abandon him.
But he still forgot a lot of things, such as what Zero is talking about now, which he doesn't know at all.
But even if Plan A fails, they still have Plan B and Plan C. Zero, who was supposed to tell him everything as soon as he returned, no longer insists on bearing everything alone as before.
He was trusted by Rei Furuya.
but……
Looking at the blond youth in front of him, at those clear, bright, and incredibly determined purple eyes, Morofushi Kagemitsu felt both proud and sad.
"According to Plan B, Hagi will definitely come to me in his dreams after tonight, and I will tell him most of the truth then—"
Rei Furuya suddenly stopped talking. After being hugged tightly by his childhood friend, the serious expression on his face instantly turned blank.
"hiro?"
"How did Zero die this time?" Morofushi Kagemitsu asked.
"...died in the explosion with them." Furuya Rei had realized what her childhood friend was thinking. Her golden eyelashes trembled a few times, and then she completely relaxed and rested her head on the black-haired youth's shoulder.
"Does it hurt?" Moribu Kagemitsu asked softly.
"Actually, it's alright. The explosion happened in an instant," Furuya Rei replied softly.
After being lightly patted on the back, he paused for two seconds before finally sighing helplessly, "Okay, it did hurt a little, but it really was just for a second."
Morofushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but raise his hand and rub that soft, golden head: "Thank you for your hard work, Zero."
"But Zero kept his promise and told me everything, and I'm really happy about that."
A gentle voice with a light laugh accompanied a warm embrace, gradually easing Furuya Rei's tense nerves, allowing his body and mind to relax involuntarily.
Rei Furuya buried his face in it as well.
"Seriously, Hiro, if you keep trying to comfort me, I might just burst into tears in an embarrassing way."
"Huh? Will Zero cry? I kind of want to see it. It feels like it's been a long, long time since I've seen Zero cry, even though she cried so much when she was little."
"I didn't cry much when I was a child! At most, it was in elementary school... and those were just physiological tears from injuries sustained in fights!"
"Okay, okay, but it's actually quite amusing to watch Zero beat those bullies to a pulp while crying..."
"Hiro!"
"Haha, okay, I won't say anymore. So, Zero cried when he graduated in the last playthrough?"
"...Damn it! Did you learn bad things from Hagi?!"
"Well, I did learn a lot from Hagiwara. So, did Zero really cry in the last playthrough?"
"...Those were just tears of joy that I couldn't control when I succeeded."
"So, it was during the graduation photo shoot? It must have scared everyone. What a pity, I forgot such an important memory."
"Then you should just forget about it all." Furuya Rei's face instantly turned cold.
Morofushi Kagemitsu burst out laughing.
Seeing his happy, radiant smile, Rei Furuya's lips couldn't help but curl up as well.
It's always the same. No matter what happens, as long as Hiro is by his side, as long as he sees Hiro's smile, he feels that nothing else matters.
That was a feeling of relaxation and happiness from the bottom of my heart.
*
At 6 p.m., not only the Onizuka class, but almost the entire graduating class of the police academy attended a farewell party organized by the instructors.
It was just a meal and drinks; whether to go to karaoke or something else afterwards was up to the students themselves.
By eight o'clock, it was almost time to end the meal. The eating and drinking had almost finished, and the atmosphere became even more lively.
So, Rei Furuya overheard his classmates, emboldened by alcohol, having another conversation about "but they are all gorillas."
Rei Furuya pushed away the curly-haired guy who was trying to force him to drink.
But when he saw Kenji Hagiwara joining in the fun, he couldn't resist grabbing Hagiwara's neck and ruffling his smooth, shoulder-length hair into a messy style similar to Jinpei Matsuda's, who was watching the show and laughing.
Because Rei Furuya didn't cry in front of everyone this time, there was no role-playing segment, which led to overly excited Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara trying to cause trouble.
For example, at the final graduation party, you must get the top-ranked blond student in the police academy drunk and take an unflattering picture of him.
They were indeed as lively and energetic as two gorillas.
But gorillas aren't truly omnipotent; they only have one life.
Even gorillas die, he thought.
*
At 10 p.m., the dinner party finally came to an end, and the five of them put their arms around each other's shoulders and prepared to go to karaoke.
Kenji Hagiwara is always the karaoke king. He can perfectly handle any song, and even songs he's never heard before, he can quickly catch up with the rhythm. With his facial expressions and body language, he could practically debut on the spot.
Secondly, there's Morofushi Kagemitsu. His voice is truly beautiful, and coupled with his long-standing musical training, even if he sings randomly, it won't sound bad.
Matsuda Jinpei is completely tone-deaf; his singing is simply ear-piercing.
Rei Furuya is tone-deaf. Although he does know some instruments, it seems to have nothing to do with his off-key singing. However, it's still within the acceptable range. It's just that his serious and earnest demeanor is really hilarious.
Ida Wataru is within the range of normal human beings; he's neither that bad nor that good, and surprisingly, he sings a lot of love songs.
"Because I often sing with Natalie," he laughed heartily.
The other four people: "..."
What a despicable winner in life!
The only thing that surprised Rei Furuya was that Kenji Hagiwara actually broke down in tears while everyone sang a farewell song for their friends at the end.
Morofushi Kagemitsu's round, blue cat-like eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.
The atmosphere was just right, and Date Kou's eyes even welled up with tears.
Matsuda Zhenping and Fenggu Ling looked at each other.
Rei Furuya held up his phone, which already contained several meme-worthy photos, and asked him, "Why aren't you crying yet?"
Matsuda Jinpei grabbed the cushion behind him and pounced on it with a "whoosh".
*
At three in the morning, the five of them noisily separated and went back to their dormitories to sleep.
Rei Furuya ran to the infirmary and got some cold medicine and fever reducers.
I probably won't get a fever this time, but it's better to be prepared just in case.
He took his medicine, but wasn't going to sleep.
Rei Furuya sat cross-legged on the bed, took out his phone, and opened the Time Loop group chat.
He glanced at the group chat list and saw that no one seemed to have any urgent issues before opening it.
[1. Subaru Natsuki: From *Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-*, currently on his 24th playthrough, and has died 24 times.]
[2. Homura Akemi: From *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*, currently on her 23rd playthrough, has died 0 times.]
[3. Shinpei Ami: From "Summer Revisited," currently on his twelfth playthrough, has died twelve times.]
4. Rei Furuya: From "Detective Conan," currently on his eleventh playthrough, and has died eleven times.
5. Rintaro Okabe: From Steins;Gate, currently on his fifth playthrough, has died zero times.
Rei Furuya pondered for a few seconds, then went back and began to carefully review the chat history he had missed.
Not bad. Although he failed this time, because he was the first and gave the timely warning, the others escaped unscathed.
Except for Rintaro Okabe.
Rintaro Okabe's most important childhood friend died.
In order to change this future, he used the time machine on himself for the first time.
It's not about sending emails to the past to change the current timeline, but about transmitting your current memories into the mind of your past self.
For Rintaro Okabe, it was as if he had traveled back in time.
This guy, Furuya Zero, quickly started sharing his experience in the group.
[Rei Furuya: This makes traveling back in time much easier. We can control the butterfly effect to a greater extent, unlike before when we didn't even know what had changed.]
However, he didn't talk to Rintaro Okabe for too long, because Rintaro Okabe didn't have much time and needed to seize every minute to find out the cause of his childhood friend's death and save her before that moment came.
Everyone in the group who had free time helped analyze it, and the conclusion was indeed that it was SERN.
In other words, Rintaro Okabe, an ordinary 18-year-old boy, now has to fight against a world-class dark organization that also has guns.
Although they wanted to capture Rintaro Okabe and his team alive to develop the time machine, Rintaro Okabe's childhood friend was useless to them, which is why they shot her as soon as she appeared.
Rei Furuya was busy replying in the group chat when there was a sudden knock on the door.
He glanced at the time.
5:30 a.m.
You woke up so early.
Rei Furuya went to open the door and, unsurprisingly, saw Kenji Hagiwara outside.
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