Human beings are fragile creatures.

Once you lose your life, you can never get it back.

Whether it's Chiaki Nanami, or the 78th class of super high school students who died in a fratricide, or even everyone who died in the entire war of despair and hope, death is death, and it will not be restored to its original state because of a program, even if Nanami AI is infinitely close to Chiaki Nanami, even if everyone regards her as Nanami.

However, no one knows better than Hinata Hajime that the dead will never come back.

The one who said that talent was nothing and that it was no big deal, the one who would wait for him every day to play games together, she is dead.

Nuo was a pure person, brave and strong. She never gave up on anything and was never corroded by the fragments of despair. She always kept her sanity and made herself the best person. But until that day, she ended up dying just because she simply helped the injured. What is death?

It was the river water that was rising up and obstructing my breathing. Every struggle was filled with turbid water pouring into my throat and nasal cavity. It was the sound of the flowing water and the discomfort of the blockage.

It is impossible to call for help... buried forever in the cold.

But even so, with the lost promise and despair fused together, she still saved the abused hostess.

The best proof is that the mistress is still alive, not consumed by despair, and her husband is dead.

Although Nuo was in despair, he still remembered to help her to the end.

Hinata Sou closed his eyes and sat back. There was complexity in his green eyes and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Those around who didn't understand the situation knew nothing, only Rokudo Mukuro had vague guesses.

The woman stood up. "...Can I leave now?"

"Thank you." Hinata Hajime smiled subconsciously, and then he nodded as if he realized what was going on. "Because you and I know something, I'm very grateful that you can tell me this."

The woman looked at Hinata Hajime deeply. "Three years have passed. The world is in such a mess. I didn't expect that someone would still look for that kind girl. I don't know what your relationship with her is. I am a very cowardly person. I feel guilty and in pain."

"If you can find her, please tell her for me." The woman bowed deeply to Hinata Hajime, "I'm sorry, and...thank you."

"She was the only one who helped me. She saved my life."

The woman left, and Hinata Hajime sat there, his head lowered, his long black hair sliding down his shoulders and hanging in front of his chest.

The desperate host has died, and Hinata Hajime has encountered this situation before.

In the previous world, the woman who wanted to become Tomie assimilated with the Fragments of Despair. The Fragments of Despair still had an effect after her death. In the end, she relied on her boyfriend and his pure love to purify the Fragments of Despair. But now it is impossible. Nuo is alone and has no important people at all.

After leaving here, Hinata Hajime called Sawada Tsunayoshi. After listening, Sawada Tsunayoshi was silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"Hinata-san, have you read that book?"

"Which one?"

"The Unchanging Future." Sawada Tsunayoshi asked, "Have you read that book?"

Hinata Hajime shook his head, "I never had the time to read it. I did read the manuscript, but I only read the title page. I don't know the specific contents."

"Then I recommend you to go and take a look." Sawada Tsunayoshi said with a smile, "Maybe you can find something."

Now this book is an absolute banned book. After hesitating for a moment, Hinata Hajime chose to go to the library. The abandoned library was in a mess with fallen bookshelves everywhere. After searching for a while, Hinata Hajime finally found the book in the popular novel area.

But this was also the area that was most damaged, and Hinata Hajime had to move several bookshelves before he could find the books.

Hinata Hajime picked up the fallen table and chair, sat in the place where no one had been for three years, and opened the novel.

This is a wonderful story.

In "The Unchanged Future", the heroine is a woman who is incompatible with modern society. She has the ability to predict the future and can see a lot of bad things. She is a weirdo in the academy and can never have true friends. Loneliness makes her occasionally have thoughts of suicide.

Until one day, her predictive ability reappeared, and this time, she predicted earthquakes, tsunamis and various natural disasters.

Countless people died, struggled and wailed because of this.

The heroine, who had hoped that the world would be destroyed as soon as possible, took action immediately the moment she predicted this phenomenon. She did not even think about why she did this, but just tried to tell everyone that the natural disaster was coming and they should be prepared.

Whether it's the government or the Internet, she is warning everywhere.

But no one believed her. After testing, experts determined that it was a rumor. The police took her away from home. Her parents lied that she had a mental illness, and she was finally detained in a detention center.

After the detention period, the heroine stood on the street and began to think about the purpose of her actions and how she could go against the current.

Should she just let it go? No matter what they say, it doesn’t matter. The world is destroyed, and it is a terrible world for her anyway.

However, she turned her head and looked at the sunset. In the beautiful afterglow, she felt the last warmth of the sun and made a decision.

The heroine who did not give up early warning was constantly regarded as a liar, but she never gave up.

In the last chapter, through the small window of the detention center, the heroine saw a storm and the natural disaster began.

Unchanging future, unchanging people.

"Because, this world is not only full of bad people, but also full of good people whom I have not yet met."

"How can we allow such a world to be destroyed so easily?"

Closing the book, Hinata Sou quietly left the library. He came to the river in the story. The river was still flowing. Hinata Sou quietly looked at the turbid river surface. After a while, he climbed over the railing, sat on the railing and looked down. A gust of wind blew, making his long black hair flutter.

【Today it's cold.】

【Um.】

[You'll catch a cold if you jump down like this. ]

"I know, and the water is really dirty. It feels like there's a lot of sand in it." Hinata Hajime murmured, "If I go in, I feel like I'll have to take three showers to wash off the sand. I might even have to wash my hair several times. Long hair like that will easily retain sand."

[…So, she must have been really scared when she fell into this kind of water.]

Fear breeds despair, despair destroys reason, and the struggling will to survive makes her a desperate host at the last moment.

This is human nature and no one can be blamed.

Hinata Hajime took out a few hairbands from his pocket and tied them to the horse's tail one by one, so that even if they fell into the river, they would not explode and float everywhere. After doing all this, Hinata Hajime stood up, fell into the river, and dived into the depths of the turbid water.

In fact, he didn't need to swim for a long time because the water here was not too deep, so he could easily see the bottom of the river bank. The girl had her eyes closed, her face was pale, and her black clothes were soaked so that the color could not be seen. There were some moss hanging on them, and her golden hair was floating in the water.

Just as Hinata Hajime was about to take her out, the pale man opened his eyes.

The next moment, Hinata Hajime found himself standing on the familiar ocean. There was no one around him, and no Kamizuru Izuru was there either.

He looked around calmly, but indeed, he was the only one here.

"Help, help me."

"Let me out, I was wrong!"

"I shouldn't have such thoughts. Please let me go."

Cries for help were heard everywhere. Hinata Hajime looked in all directions. After a moment he looked down and saw countless people surging on the seabed. They were struggling miserably and shouting for help. Everyone was feeling the pain of suffocation. They admitted their mistakes and their eyes were full of regret.

Hinata Sou turned around, and after a moment his eyes froze. He lowered his head, and in the sea, right under his feet, Nuo's figure was opposite him, standing upside down in the sea.

The sea water was surging, and Nobi's eyes were narrowed, but there was no emotion in his blue eyes.

"Have you ever lost anything?" Noh murmured. Her voice was soft, like a gentle lark, without any threat or fear.

"I have lost things before." Hinata Hajime answered as usual, "I have lost a lot of things. I have found some of them, but I can never find the other parts again. My life, my friends, and my future have all changed because of this, but it has not reached the worst point, so there is no problem."

"very nice."

Nuo's hair floated in the water, and she murmured, "Did you find it?"

“Only those who are not pure will be soaked in water.”

“…”

"Some people have pure hearts. They are kind-hearted. Even if they lose something in their hearts, they will choose beautiful porcelain to put inside. They are beautiful, so beautiful that the sun favors them. However, not everyone is pure. They will hunt those who are pure, and regard that purity as their weakness."

"It makes sense that porcelain is fragile."

Hinata Hajime looked down at her, and after a moment he asked, "What about you? Have you ever lost anything?"

"Me." Nuo raised his hands. "I lost my pure heart."

Not everyone will be dragged into despair by the book. Even now there are still a large number of survivors. Those people are not just because they have not come into contact with the book, but because... they are pure human beings, with beautiful souls on one side.

Only those who are not pure will be buried in the sea, and only those who want to hurt others will fall into despair.

Nuo's soul was subconsciously screening, as if it was hurting, but also as if it was protecting.

"But why?" No murmured, "Why am I so sad and desperate."

Hinata Hajime clenched his hands tightly, he looked at Nuo who was trapped in the sea, and suddenly he made a decision.

He squatted down and rolled up his sleeves, then he thrust his hands forcefully into the sea.

"you……"

"I'll pull you up."

"…What?"

"Stop punishing yourself!" Hinata Hajime frowned hard.

When he stretched his hand down, the people around him grabbed his arms as if they had seen a life-saving straw. Some wanted to pull him down, some wanted to use this opportunity to leave the seabed. Countless hands grabbed his arms, leaving marks on them.

Hinata Hajime endured the pain and wanted to grab Nuo's hand.

"You were rational and didn't want to be tied to the fragment of despair from the beginning. You knew better than anyone that there is no such thing as free luck in the world and that hope is nothing but a lie. So, you who agreed in fear have been blaming yourself all the time. Despair is spreading, and the more despair spreads, the more painful it is for you."

"In the end, you would rather bury yourself underwater so that you and they can't leave."

Nuo opened his mouth, "I..."

"The evidence is those memories." Hinata Hajime shouted, "You have been waiting for someone to find them, so you kept your memories in there, hoping that someone who knows how to change them can change everything."

"So, can you please stop feeling guilty and blaming yourself?"

Hinata Hajime held Nuo's hand while those people were holding him. "Do you remember the woman you saved?"

"She is very grateful to you and hopes that I can say sorry and thank you on her behalf."

"You are still the same pure person."

In Nuo's wide eyes, Hinata Hajime pulled her out of the sea with great effort. The moment she broke through the water, Nuo felt a blur in front of her eyes.

She thought: It must be the turbid water there that blocked her eyes, so everything in front of her was so hazy, like a dream.

In "The Unchanging Future", the heroine is a kind person. No matter what happens, she remains as kind and persistent as ever. Therefore, Nuo also wants to be such a person, who must have an unchanging heart no matter what kind of suffering she faces.

Did she do it?

Is she still the same person?

"Thank you, thank you for still believing that I am a pure person." Nuo looked at Hinata Hajime, "And goodbye."

Hinata Hajime opened his eyes and returned to the bottom of the river again. At the bottom of the river, the pale person in front of him smiled at him. The next moment her body began to shatter and turned into light spots piece by piece. Hinata Hajime reached out with his hand, but he only grabbed a muddy stream of water.

The breath-holding had reached its limit and Hinata Hajime had to float up. He returned to the river bank and coughed in a place without water.

"My throat hurts. Did you swallow the water?"

"No, she..."

【Right hand.】

"Hmm?" Hinata Hajime wiped away the tears he coughed out and then looked at his right hand.

It was a silver chain, entangled on his frozen fingers. After Hinata Hajime took off the chain, a little light came from it.

The light spots gradually floated into the air, emitting pure halos under the setting sun.

Hinata Hajime finally couldn't help it, he sat down on the ground directly, not caring about his wet clothes and the mud on the ground.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on him, bringing with it the last touch of warmth.

"So, why should you be so unconfident?" Hinata Hajime murmured, "You are a pure person."

"However, everyone has moments of insecurity, and it's not incomprehensible."

Hinata Hajime simply lay down and closed his eyes.

[Wake up, it's dirty. Don't sleep here, you'll get sick. ]

[No.] Hinata Hajime replied to Kamuzuru Izuru in his heart, [I'm so tired. I haven't had a good sleep in the past few days. I can sleep for three days and three nights now.]

【You will die.】

[Then Deru, take me back.] Hinata Soujiu put forward the idea, [I feel that Deru is more energetic than me.]

【refuse.】

The throne of God is abandoned.

[Can a super high school-level all-rounder also have a cleanliness fetish? ]

【Now it is available.】

【…playing tricks. 】

Finally, Hinata Hajime stood up, took off his wet coat, clutched the silver chain in his hand, and walked away from the river step by step.

It's like I've grasped everything and am heading to a warm and happy place.