Chapter 68 The Rewind Mission Failed? [VIP]
At night, Cheng stood there in a daze, staring at the trajectory of the car, and suddenly began to doubt the reality of the world.
But the chaotic surroundings brought him back to his senses. Cheng You looked at the tall hero lying in a pool of blood, his mentor and friend who had been teaching him just a few days ago, now lying there.
Voices kept coming from all around: "Call an ambulance!"
Cheng You walked over, and Date Hang shakily raised his hand, looking at Cheng You and Takagi Wataru: "You...you must remember, justice, you can be...a hero..."
After he finished speaking, his arm fell straight to the ground, and there was no further movement or sound.
"He's not breathing?!" "He's dead!"...
It was hard to believe that I was experiencing the death of a friend for the first time. The moment of death is so quiet, so silent.
Cheng Yougang wanted to go over and check her breathing himself, but a bright white dress suddenly appeared in his line of sight.
That was Natalie, who came downstairs after hearing the commotion.
Standing beside Ida Wataru's body, she appeared unusually calm, but her helpless hands and tearful eyes betrayed her thoughts.
He was about to propose, they were about to get married, and live happily ever after, but then an accident happened, he died, and the girl he loved committed suicide to be with him.
Cheng couldn't worry about anything else now. He had to keep Natalie alive and hoped to persuade her not to commit suicide.
But what else could she do but commit suicide? Living in the house where Date Hang once lived, Date Hang was in every aspect of her life, and there was nowhere to escape. Seeing Date Hang would bring up her longing and feelings of many years, making it hard for her not to be sad.
“Miss Natalie, you…” Cheng You approached Natalie, handed her a tissue, and began to comfort her, but the moment he opened his mouth, he found his voice filled with bitterness.
I am... genuinely, truly sad from the bottom of my heart.
“I’m fine,” Natalie forced a smile.
Cheng was still worried, so he talked to Takagi Wataru, hoping that Takagi could find someone from the Metropolitan Police Department who specializes in psychological counseling to talk to Natalie. In any case, Natalie's mood had to be kept stable.
Takagi Wataru also realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly contacted the Metropolitan Police Department.
As Cheng You stood there in a daze, watching Date Hang's body being carried away.
【System, why wasn't this accident avoided? I clearly saw that car was heading this way, how could it suddenly slip and change direction?!】 Cheng You questioned the system loudly in his mind.
The system's tone was calm and nonchalant: [Host, the mission to rewind the Date Air Base due to accidental death is the most difficult to complete, because man-made disasters can be avoided, but accidents are unavoidable.]
"So? You set up the car slippage incident?" Cheng asked, puzzled, and suddenly felt a bit annoyed.
The system rejected the claim: [No, the system cannot interfere with the rules of the world. This is no one's fault but both the host and I share responsibility. I failed to explain the dangers of the accident to the host, and the host did not fully acknowledge its danger.]
Cheng couldn't help but retort: "What do you mean I didn't completely care?"
System: [Didn't the host also consider this an accident? If the host had focused more on this matter, perhaps the outcome would have been different.]
Cheng You was practically laughing in anger: "I admit I was wrong, but no matter how many times I do it again, the methods are always the same. The person who hit Ida Kou this time isn't the same person who hit him before, and that doesn't change that."
System notification: [There will be no next time, host.]
These words pierced Cheng You's heart like a knife. Indeed, there will be no next time.
Because of his mistake, Ida no longer existed.
Cheng You glanced at Natalie, who was sitting next to him with the Metropolitan Police Department's psychological counselor. The counselor said something, and a faint smile returned to Natalie's face. Cheng You smiled at her and felt relieved.
The system then delivered another blow to Cheng You: "[It's useless, host. With the main target of the time-travel mission dead, this world is no longer real. Everyone here will still follow the original future. Even if you save Natalie, the Natalie of the original 'Detective Conan' era is still dead.]"
Cheng You said indignantly, "[Nonsense, of course I know.]" He then turned to look at Natalie, who was smiling in the sunlight, and said to the system in his mind, "[But now that she's alive, everything is alright.]"
The system's cold voice sounded again, this time even more indifferent than usual, devoid of any emotion: "Fine, host. If I'd known it would turn out this way, I should have taught you not to build deep relationships with anyone who might leave you. Otherwise, you'll only end up getting hurt."
Cheng You shrugged: "Ha, what do you know? You're not human."
Upon hearing this, the system fell completely silent. Cheng You smugly curled his nose, finally finding a way to shut the system up completely. Cheng You felt great, but his heart was completely unmoved, because at this moment, he couldn't be happy.
After Cheng You finished dealing with a series of matters, he confirmed with Takagi Wataru that Natalie had started a new life. Cheng You then secretly visited Date Wataru's grave, placed a cluster of white jasmine flowers there, and only then did he feel at ease leaving this timeline of the retrospective mission.
"System, let's go back," Cheng said.
He didn't want to stay here anymore. Apart from Date Hang, he had no close friends in this place. Moreover, whenever he saw the street where Date Hang died, Cheng You would instinctively curl up and become dazed.
The system received a reply: [Host, are you sure you don't want to stay any longer?]
Cheng nodded: "Yes, I'm sure. Let's go back."
He had to deal with Matsuda Jinpei's matter, which had been bothering him lately and making it difficult for him to completely relax.
System: [Alright, this concludes the rewind mission. Rewind Mission 3 Completion: 0%. Originally, completing all three rewind missions would have unlocked the ability to hear the brewery's inner voice, what a pity.]
Cheng You lowered his eyes, unable to hide the sadness in them; what abilities he gained were not what he cared about.
That day, Cheng You was about to leave when there was a knock on the door. When he opened it, he saw Takagi Wataru and was taken aback: "Mr. Takagi?"
“Ah, Mr. Hirata, it’s like this, Mr. Date has been quite kind to you in the past, and we know you want to be a policeman, and we understand your abilities. We were wondering if you would be interested in applying for the Metropolitan Police Department’s internal recruitment?” Wataru Takagi said.
Seeing Cheng pause for a moment, Takagi Wataru quickly explained, "This is the order from higher-ups, it's guaranteed to be genuine."
Cheng You couldn't help but laugh: "Great." Seeing me become a policeman is one of Ida Hang's dreams.
Since the mission to rewind has already failed and won't affect the plot of the first year of the Conan universe, it doesn't matter whether Cheng Youjia joins or not. But he still wants to join so that Date Hang in this time-travel world can see that he can really be an excellent police officer under his guidance.
Cheng Youyou postponed his return to the first year of Ke Xue's era with the system, wanting to wait until the day he officially became a policeman.
In the past two weeks, Cheng has studied a lot of police academy knowledge on his own and insisted on exercising every day.
Two weeks later, Cheng You participated in the Metropolitan Police Department's internal recruitment exam. One of the interviews asked him how he upheld his sense of justice.
Cheng You just smiled and didn't say anything. Just when the interviewer thought he wouldn't be able to answer the question, Cheng You spoke up: "I have things I want to protect, and I also have friends who patiently teach me."
Three days later, the results came out, and Takagi Wataru came to see Cheng You in person and told him the results of the exam: "Mr. Hirata, you really are the talent that Mr. Date has his eye on! You came in first place in this internal recruitment! Our boss said that the director appreciates you very much!"
"Really? That's great." A faint smile appeared on Cheng You's face.
"real."
Cheng You was genuinely happy; this was one of the happiest things about the mission.
However, the person who cared so much about whether he became a policeman or not is no longer here.
That day, Cheng officially became a police officer at the Metropolitan Police Department.
While everyone was having a welcome party for the newlyweds, he quietly left. He quietly left this world.
As consciousness gradually returned, Cheng felt light. He opened his eyes and realized he was on a high-speed train.
Yes, they are taking the high-speed train to Sekiya to find Matsuda Jinpei.
The failure of the rewind mission still couldn't completely sway Cheng You's resolve. Cheng You felt helpless; while doing the rewind mission, he was thinking of Matsuda Jinpei, but now that he should have gone to find Matsuda Jinpei, he began to regret the mission.
But the system doesn't seem to say that the backtracking task failed. It only says that the completion rate of this backtracking task is 0%. Is there any way to remedy this?
Cheng lowered his eyes in thought.
He recalled everything the system had told him when he first did the retrospective task a long time ago, just in case there was any information that he had overlooked at the time.
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