Kamizuru Izuru came to the location of the Russian cube step by step.

There are no secrets between Kamijou Izuru and Hinata Hajime.

Since waking up on Japavok Island, Hinata Hajime and Kamijou Izuru have shared consciousness. They have all of each other's memories and have reassembled into a complete person.

However, Kamijou Izuru knew the complicated feelings that Hinata Hajime had towards him. He could even be said to hate Kamijou Izuru, but that hatred eventually turned into hatred for himself. He hated himself for his obsession with his talents being exploited by Hope's Peak, and he hated himself for watching Nanami Chiaki die.

Hinata Hajime concealed the existence of Kamuzura Izuryu, but he was unwilling to let Kamuzura Izuryu disappear, so he took this bomb and told everyone: Hinata Hajime and Kamuzura Izuryu merged.

This was obviously not a good solution, but it perfectly soothed all the members of the 77th class who had just awakened. Even the super high school level detective Kirikiri Hibiki believed the lie. This was probably the pinnacle of Hinata Hajime's acting skills, enough to brag about for several years.

So Hinata Hajime maintained his heterochromatic eyes and hid behind the scenes, bit by bit taking care of the world that had been ruined by the Desperate and Cruel Party.

To be honest, Hinata Hajime was very tired.

It's not just in this world. Hinata Hajime was tired enough before coming to this world.

His memory stopped at the time when he entered high school. He participated in human experiments in extreme despair. When he woke up again, he found that it had been several years. He even did some terrible things. But even in such a situation, he still handled everything in an orderly manner, although his spirit was already exhausted.

Until that day, Hinata Hajime returned to his room after finishing his work. He lay down on the bed, feeling exhausted all over.

Hinata Hajime suddenly asked, "Kamiya, is it so tiring to have talent?"

Kamukura Izuru replied, "Because you have feelings."

He deals with trivial matters out of emotion, wanting to make everyone better, but this is something Kamukura Izuru would never do. He just watches everyone's tragedy and falls into the abyss without lending a helping hand.

"It sounds pretty good." Hinata Sou murmured.

That was their first conversation after waking up from the new world program.

Hinata Hajime suddenly laughed. He turned over, staring at the ceiling with his red and green eyes. There was a gentle breath in his eyes. In the empty room, he was like a fool amusing himself. He sat up from the bed and stretched, and his disguise quietly collapsed.

He said: "I don't know if I should say this is our first meeting, but I'm Hinata Hajime, another you."

From then on, Hinata Hajime was no longer silent. He started talking to Kamijura Izuru. Whenever he encountered something helpless, he would complain to Kamijura Izuru in his heart. It didn't matter even if Kamijura Izuru told him that it was boring. He just wanted to find a channel to vent.

Behind everyone, in an empty corner, I tell myself secrets that should not be known.

This is the special thing between them that cannot be replaced.

Kamijuzou Izuru stood in front of a huge Tetris block. The moment he arrived here, a light screen appeared in front of Kamijuzou Izuru. It was surrounded by blue-green light effects, with the Tetris game interface on it and a deep red game start in the middle.

He turned his head and looked behind him. The high wall blocked his view, but he knew he was looking at Hinata Hajime.

Even in the game world, with layers of walls between us, I can still see you.

Turning his head back calmly, Kamukura Izuru placed his hand on the game start button and whispered, "Let's start."

On the other side, Hinata Hajime came to a huge stone wall. After Hinata Hajime came here, the arrow disappeared. He looked around carefully, and then looked not far away and saw the upper half of the Tetris cube. The huge cube was falling, and the ground was shaking when it fell to the ground.

However, this earthquake did not cause any impact. Apart from some special effects of falling rocks, the surrounding buildings were not damaged.

It is exactly the same as the game world.

As Hinata Sou was observing, there was a click and the stone wall in front of him suddenly fell down. This sudden feeling made Hinata Sou feel like he was back in the new world program. The buildings and the way they appeared were totally unrealistic and unreasonable.

Looking at the stairs that suddenly appeared, Hinata Hajime covered his chest with his hands. Everything here was a bit challenging to his heart.

Hinata Hajime let out a long breath and then stepped onto the stairs.

The staircase was very long. Hinata Hajime counted the floors he had walked up as he walked. The game character would not get tired, and he did not feel his speed slowing down. In the end, Hinata Hajime felt that he had walked up more than twenty floors. The long staircase extended into the air and finally stopped in front of a door.

Hinata Hajime calmly opened the door, and a rather ordinary scene appeared in front of him.

A studio piled with books and painting albums. There are several computers on the desk, on which something is running. A young man wearing glasses is sitting on a chair. He looks a little sloppy as he hasn't had his hair cut for a long time, but this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is: Hinata Hajime found that there was no light in his eyes.

Hinohara, who was full of love for games, now had nothing in his eyes.

"President...sir?" Hinata Hajime asked hesitantly.

"Ah, you're here." Hinohara Hajime didn't seem surprised. He just glanced at Hinata Hajime calmly, then continued to stare at the screen. "You have a good teammate. His gaming skills are very strong. Although it's just the beginning, he will surely be able to hold on for a long, long time."

Hinata Sou looked at Hinohara Ichi strangely, "You..."

"I know what you want to ask me." Hinohara held his chin with one hand, and there was no tension in his black pupils. He said in a tone of "the weather is good today": "Yes, I did it."

Hinata Hajime suddenly didn't know what to say.

Because it's just too weird.

Is the person in front of him really Hinohara Ichi? He is completely different from the person in the game Easter egg. If the Hinohara Ichi in the game Easter egg is full of hope and future, he is kind and confident, and his eyes are full of love for games, then the current Hinohara Ichi is an empty shell. He tore the game from his chest, leaving only a heartless shell.

"Don't be nervous. Aren't you a warrior fighting against despair?" Hinohara Ichi turned his chair in front of Hinata Hajime and looked at him. "In every game, there is a destined protagonist player and a villain boss. No matter what his purpose is, it is his duty to go against the protagonist. You can think of me as that boss."

Hinata Hajime frowned slightly, "Mr. President, why did you do this?"

"Oh, it seems like I really need a reason. Well, let me think about it." Hinohara thought for a while, "Why did I end up like this?"

"you……"

"No, don't worry, I won't do anything to you." Hinohara added, "It took all my energy to create this game world and bring everyone in, so I can't do anything else. This is true. I never lie to anyone."

Hinata Hajime looked at him subtly, and after a moment, his brows relaxed.

It is very normal for humans to feel despair, especially when they do extreme things out of despair, especially when they are chosen as hosts by the Fragments of Despair. Even if Hinohara's attitude is not right now, it is normal because he is not himself now.

"No." Hinohara suddenly spoke.

Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment.

"Have you forgotten that I can read minds?" Hinohara stretched out his index finger and pressed his temple. "Mr. Hinata, I know what you are thinking."

"Being corroded by despair, losing your mind, becoming the feed of despair, and corroding others bit by bit, this is what Mr. Hinata is thinking." Hinohara put his hand down, "Then you are wrong."

"Because of despair and loss of control? No, I am conscious now, and I have never been more conscious than now."

"I chose this power of despair on my own initiative."

Hinata Hajime widened his eyes slightly, "What?"

Seeing Hinata Hajime's surprised expression, Hinohara Hajime suddenly laughed, but his laugh did not look happy, it even looked like crying. He reached out and tapped his temples, and the veins on his forehead popped out because of the force. When Hinata Hajime tried to stop him, he pushed him away.

"Stay away from me!"

Hinohara grabbed his hair, his eyes widened, then he stood up from the chair and staggered to the window. Through the transparent glass, he could see the Tetris blocks falling outside.

“Have you ever played Tetris?”

Hinata Hajime followed his gaze out the window, and the blocks fell one by one and were neatly arranged. Hinata Hajime calmly replied, "You should ask who hasn't played it before."

"Oh, yes, that's true." Hinohara began to laugh, "But I hate this game the most!"

"You know the rules of the game, right? As long as one row is complete, this row will be broken, and completeness means destruction!" Hinohara kept laughing, "How interesting and funny, they try their best to be complete, but once they are complete, they will face complete disappearance."

“No matter how hard you try to keep the previous things from disappearing, or how hard you try to make it incomplete, it is still destined to be destroyed in the end!”

"This game is so disgusting!"

Hinata Sou began to doubt whether Hinohara was really awake when he said he was awake, or whether he just thought he was awake.

He doesn't even look like a normal person, let alone a genius game maker.

"Is this what President Hino wanted to tell me?"

"Hmm, I can't resonate with you." Hinohara frowned, looking troubled, and then he sat back, "Then Mr. Hinata, as a warrior fighting against despair, where do you think my despair comes from? I really want to hear your thoughts, please don't reject me, I just want to know what the outside world thinks of this series of terrible events."

"President Hino knows that this is a terrible incident." Hinata Hajime stared at Hino Haraichi with his green eyes. "The reason why President Hino did this terrible thing is related to the kidnapping incident three years ago."

Hinohara slapped the table with an abnormal smile on his face, "Yes! That's right! Please continue."

"But you can't say more." Hinohara sat back in his chair. He turned around with the force of the chair and looked at the ceiling. "After all, this is a secret, a secret that no one knows. Even my family thought I was just scared."

“…No one knows what I’ve seen.”

Hinata Hajime frowned slightly.

There must have been something that I overlooked in that kidnapping case, and maybe Kamijou Izuru noticed it, but he didn't tell me. This shows that Kamijou Izuru thought he had to discover it himself. This matter was very important, so important that it could make someone like Hinohara Ichi collapse like this.

At this moment, Hinohara blinked and sat up. "By the way, you have played the Easter egg game below, right?"

“Yes.”

"How do you feel?"

"President Hino doesn't seem to like the previous kidnapping case and wants the players to help erase it."

"Yes, yes, I am such a coward." Hinohara sighed, "But sometimes I think it would be better if I had died in this kidnapping case."

He said, "I would rather I were dead."

"If it's a psychological shadow..."

"Of course it's impossible." Hinohara grabbed his hair, "It's just a kidnapping case, it's nothing! It's just the beginning of the nightmare."

As he spoke, Hinohara stood up and walked in front of Hinata Hajime, his black eyes filled with emptiness.

He asked, "Mr. Hinata, do you know books?"

Hinata Hajime didn't really know about the book, he just heard Dazai Osamu mention it once when he was in the detective agency.

There is a book in this world. This book is the origin of the world and also a universal wish-granting machine. It is said that as long as you write in this book, everything will become a reality, so the book has been hidden in a secret place, and even the Special Powers Department does not know where it is.

"Books are the origin of this world. Everything we experience is recorded in books. Also, there are special points between superpowers. The same or opposite superpowers can stimulate this point. Coincidentally, this special point was formed between the military police who rescued me and the kidnapper."

Hinohara bit his nails, his eyes wide open, as if he was looking somewhere.

"The military police's ability is to kill anyone he determines, and the kidnapper's ability is to dodge attacks 100%. These are completely opposite abilities, and the special feature is right in front of me!"

Hinohara suddenly laughed, "My special ability is to read minds. I can hear everyone's inner thoughts. In this case, I unexpectedly connected with the source and saw my future in the book."

"The future?" Hinata Hajime was a little surprised, "Can we really see the future?"

"Ah, yes, that's my future." Hinohara's voice was full of fatigue.

Hinohara is a genius, everyone says so.

He loves games and has a lot of ideas about games. He started developing games in high school. Even simple games can capture people's hearts. He started his own business in college and succeeded at once. He became one of the most valuable men thanks to games. He lives for games. He once thought that he had lived his whole life for games.

However, he saw his future.

In the future, he will release the best game, which will quickly become popular all over the world, become a hit, and even stand at the top of the sales list. Everything is good, and this is a very perfect future.

But, but…

He hasn't made a good game since.

It seemed that all his talents were released in that game. He no longer had any good ideas, and his head was no longer full of good ideas. He fell into a bottleneck and could not move forward.

He ran out of ideas and constantly disappointed players. Everyone who mentioned him would say it was a pity. In the end, he died of illness with his obsession with games still in his heart.

What makes a person who loves games and believes in his talent despair is not a failure, but the loss of talent. He will exhaust all his energy and desire in disappointment, and even become depressed because of his favorite thing. All his expectations will become a terrible cage.

Does Hinohara like games? There is no doubt about it, which is why he is so desperate about this doomed future.

"Mr. Hinata, do you understand my despair?" Hinohara looked at Hinata Hajime, "Do you see the Tetris square outside? This is my life."

"I will be destroyed at the most perfect moment. I will not be able to keep anything, even my love will turn into bubbles."

"This future." Hinohara repeated: "I don't want this future!"

At that moment, Hinata Hajime suddenly understood why Kamijou Izuru said nothing and just let him come over and see for himself.

Because, this is a future that is doomed to despair.

How similar to his past.