Chapter 35
Zhu Fu Jingguang moved his mouth and almost said that familiar name again, but he held back in the end and just stared at the young man without saying a word...
The other three players were calmer than Zhu Fu Jing Guang, but not much better. After all, what happened before was too unbelievable. It was still night not long ago, and they were in the room of the villa, watching Ling Yi and Gin confront each other, but in the blink of an eye they were back to the place where they entered the game at the beginning...
"What's going on?" In the end, it was Oda Sakunosuke, who had seen various superpowers, who reacted first. He asked Ling Yi.
"As you can see, the world is trapped in this day." Ling Yi told the truth.
“What does it mean to be stuck in this day?”
“It’s just the same day over and over again.”
The four players were silent, digesting the meaning of this sentence.
"Why didn't you tell us before?" This time it was Huang Hun who asked.
"It's hard for you to believe this even if I tell you." Ling Yi said, "As long as it's morning and a new day repeats itself, you will naturally understand it."
"Does everyone on this island, no, in this world, know about the cycle?" Huang Hun asked again.
Ling Yi shook his head: "From what I've observed, it seems that I'm the only one who has noticed the cycle."
【Circulation???】
[Conan's timeline finally collapsed]
[The end of the world in Vision's last game always gave me a bad feeling]
[Why is Toruko the only one who noticed the loop? Isn't Conan the protagonist? ]
[I'm dizzy]
[Who still remembers the notebook in front? Could it be related to the message in the notebook? ]
[Is the cycle related to Toru? If Toru is stopped, the cycle can be ended? ]
[This feels so complicated. Isn't the player's mission to destroy the Black Organization? ]
[Is it possible that Touko has turned evil? ]
[Don't make a crow's mouth in front]
[Touzi can't possibly turn evil! ]
[It’s impossible to be evil +1, Toruko just saved Jingguang! ]
[It is impossible to turn evil +2. If Toruko turns evil, he won't kill Gin.]
[I don't think it's that simple. Toru knew it would repeat itself, so it didn't matter if she was killed.]
[I don't agree with the previous statement. If this is the case, then Touko should just not save Jingguang. It will repeat itself anyway.]
[There is no comparison between the two. Even if she knew it would repeat, Tohru couldn't just watch Keimitsu die.]
"As long as someone dies, will the world start its cycle all over again?" Huang Hun suddenly asked.
"No." Ling Yi explained, "I have tried it before. When other people die, the cycle does not start immediately. However, the dead people will reappear in the cycle the next day."
"Will the cycle be triggered immediately only when you die?" Huang Hun asked in a different way.
"I can't answer that." Ling Yi said, "I can't kill everyone for experiments."
"Does death have any impact on you?" Zhu Fu Jingguang suddenly walked over, looked at Ling Yi, and waited for an answer.
Ling Yi looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang, paused for a moment and said, "No."
[Why doesn't Lingling tell the players the truth? ] 599 suddenly asked.
[It's the emotions of this body that I don't want to talk about.] Although people who die in the cycle can be resurrected with the cycle, each time they die, the energy of the soul will be weakened. Once it reaches a certain number of times, it will disappear forever. What he is using now is the remaining emotions of this identity. Death also consumes emotional energy. Similarly, if the number of times increases, the energy will be exhausted.
"Is that so..." said Morofushi Jingguang, he suddenly lowered his head and seemed to be taking a deep breath.
Ling Yi looked at him and was about to say something when a fist came unexpectedly and hit him on the shoulder...
"Since there is no impact, and since you can be reborn the next day, why are you still standing in front?" Zhufu Jingguang is usually gentle, but this time he really can't let a certain hateful guy go easily.
Ling Yi was stunned for a moment, then he turned his head to look at the trembling fist against his shoulder. When he looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang again, his emotions began to become uneasy: "Sorry, I made you worry..."
[Kagemitsu must have been frightened]
[Not only is he scared, but he also rushes towards Touko. I have never seen such a scary look on Keimitsu’s face before.]
[I saw it too. I feel that if Toruko hadn't survived the cycle, Jingguang would have turned evil.]
[So when Jingguang chose to commit suicide in order not to reveal the information of his companions, how would Toruko feel? ]
[It should be similar to Jingguang]
[Wuwuwu. Whenever I think about the scenery of this world no longer being there, I feel very sad.]
[I think what’s even more annoying is that Touko is trapped on the same day]
[But we can use this day to investigate a lot of clues, right? ]
[But even if we find clues, we can't completely eliminate the organization within one day. We will still be back to the starting point the next day.]
[Is it possible that even if the tissue is destroyed within one day, it will be restored during the next cycle? ]
[What I said before was too despairing]
【Does that mean there is nothing we can do? 】
【Perhaps destroying the tissue within a day is the way to end the cycle】
[I don’t think it’s that simple]
[It suddenly occurred to me that if the loop cannot be ended, then the player's mission cannot be completed? ]
[So this time, the players not only have to deal with the Black Organization, but also find a way to end the cycle? ]
[It feels like this instance has suddenly switched from Easy mode to Hell difficulty]
...
With the experience from the first time, Ling Yi did not explain anything further this time and directly took the four players to find Belmode.
"Bourbon, is this the new person you said would come today?" Bermode said the same words as on the first day, with the same surprised expression as before.
Ling Yi also replied to Vermouth with the same words, and asked Vermouth to help Morobushi Jingguang and Kudo Shinichi disguise themselves.
What was different from the first day was that this time when Kudo Shinichi saw Conan Edogawa, he did not show surprise. Instead, he looked at the shrunken self with complicated eyes.
Instead, Conan Edogawa began to look at Kudo Shinichi curiously: "You appear here, are you going to deal with the organization?"
Kudo Shinichi carefully observed Conan Edogawa's reaction. Similar to last time, Conan did not try to find out how he came to this world, but instead asked about the purpose of his appearance. It seemed that he did not recall his previous memories.
Kudo Shinichi doesn't know whether he should be thankful for this. Without memories, he doesn't have to be bothered by the recurring things. He can simply treat each cycle as a new day. But this also means that he will never get to know the truth, which is a very cruel thing for a detective...
"Aren't you curious why I'm here?" Kudo Shinichi asked back.
Conan Edogawa was stunned for a moment, and began to think with his hand on his chin. His deep look did not look like that of a primary school student at all: "Actually, I am more curious about whether you are curious about my identity?"
Kudo Shinichi: “…”
"From your look, it seems that you already know who I am, and you are very sure." Edogawa Conan said his guess, "How did you know that?"
Conan Edogawa turned to Ling Yi and suddenly asked: "Brother Amuro, did you tell him?"
Ling Yi looked at Conan and smiled faintly without saying anything.
"I don't know what you're thinking, Bourbon." Vermouth spoke at this time. She looked at Kudo Shinichi and Morobushi Kagemitsu and said, "I think you should understand that these two are not suitable to be here."
"That's why we need your disguise skills to help." Ling Yi said, looking at the two players who were named, and seemed helpless. "Or maybe you can convince them to stay."
"Tou." Zhufu Jingguang looked even more helpless than Ling Yi. He had never thought of staying out of it before, but after the cycle of events happened, he became more determined to stay by Ling Yi's side.
"I will solve the mystery here." Kudo Shinichi also expressed his attitude.
Just like the first day, after Belmode helped the two people disguise themselves, Ling Yi took the four players to the villa in the center of the resort.
"You're late, Bourbon." Gin, who had been waiting in the villa, said the same thing as last time.
The four players all started looking at him at the same time. Gin's expression was cold with a hint of impatience, as if he was just dissatisfied with being late.
He had just had such a conflict with Ling Yi, but now there was no abnormality at all. Unless Gin's acting skills had reached the level of perfection, he just didn't recall his previous memories. Several players clearly tended to the latter.
"I took the newcomers to understand the terrain of the island." Ling Yi also used the same reason as last time to perfunctorily answer Gin.
What happened next was different from the last time. The repetitive events made the players realize that the game was not easy, so they were much more cautious this time. They looked at Gin in a very obscure way, and the rest of the time, they behaved like a law-abiding newcomer.
So this time Gin did not express his dissatisfaction with the four players, but directly warned Ling Yi: "You'd better not make any mistakes."
Ling Yi nodded, and before Gin left, he said in reply: "The same words to you."
After saying that, without even looking at Gin's expression, he took the four players directly to the room on the second floor.
The four players chose the same room as last time. Although they knew that the time loop would reset everything, they still checked the room again as professionals, except for Morobushi Kagemitsu.
After Zhu Fujingguang entered the room he had chosen, he asked Ling Yi: "Have you checked this room?"
Ling Yi nodded: "You can check it again."
"No need." Zhufu Jingguang said, "I believe you."
As he spoke, he glanced at the table. The notebook was already on the table, in the same position as yesterday. He walked over, picked it up casually and flipped through it. After opening it, he couldn't help but be stunned, because this time there was no line of Morse code in the notebook...
How could it be gone? After the loop, everything was reset. This notebook should be the same as the last loop, but the line of Morse code was indeed gone. With this change, Morobushi Jingguang could only think of one possibility, that is, the person with the looped memory had made a change...
As for the person who has looping memories, the only one he knows is Ling Yi. Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the blond young man.
"What's wrong?" The blond young man noticed his abnormality and asked first.
Zhu Fu Jingguang moved his mouth, wanting to ask the other party if he knew about the Morse code, but thinking of the meaning of the Morse code, he held back and asked, "When did Toru check the room?"
"Before you go out." Ling Yi looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang and glanced at the notebook in his hand. "Any questions?"
Morofushi Jingguang tightened his grip on the notebook and then loosened it. He put the notebook back on the table and looked into his friend's eyes.
"I'm just curious why there's a notebook here but no pen." Zhu Fu Jingguang said as if jokingly, "You're so careless, it shouldn't be something you prepared, right?"