An earthquake occurred in Tokyo again, but the intensity was not high. In addition, local residents have long been accustomed to living with earthquakes, so in general, Tokyo is still the same as usual.
The guest stood in the middle of the intersection with his hands in his pockets.
The passing cars sped past him, causing the wind to slightly blow the hem of his windbreaker.
No one sees him, and he is equivalent to non-existence in the world.
This is exactly what he was thinking about.
What is the significance of guests to the world?
The sentinels appeared to prevent the Void from invading human cities. Their significance to the world is that of hidden guardians.
What about the guests?
Observing every move in the human world, but never interfering, just watching quietly.
So what is the use of their power? Are they just regulatory sentries?
The guest turned his head and looked in the direction of Mount Fuji.
Although he was still far away, he could already feel the volcano waking up... Her eyelashes were already trembling, and her breathing was no longer even.
…
"Everyone, run away! Mount Fuji is about to erupt!" the girl who had appeared in the izakaya earlier shouted from the crowd.
But everyone looked at her with incomprehensible eyes, thinking she was crazy.
Some people have even called the police, and police from nearby streets are on their way.
"Uncle! Uncle, listen to me! The fireworks on Mount Fuji are about to explode! Then everything will be in vain! Take your granddaughter and run away! The further away, the better!" The girl grabbed an old man who was passing by.
The old man seemed to be frightened. He tried hard to get away and said at the same time: "What nonsense are you talking about! I am not a 'warrior of the country', don't hold me back!"
Warrior of the country?! The girl was stunned.
The eyes of the people around her also changed. They backed away in fear, thinking that if they didn't leave, the girl would shout "For Japan" and detonate a bomb on her body.
But the girl didn't do this. In order to avoid misunderstanding, she took off her coat and explained: "No, don't misunderstand me! I am not a 'warrior of the country', I am a sentinel in this area, and I am here to help you! Mount Fuji
It’s about to explode! If you don’t leave, you will all die here!”
But no one listened to her.
Only a young man with a live broadcast recorder asked: "How did you know that Mount Fuji was about to erupt? Are you a special police officer?"
The girl shook her head: "No, I am not a special police officer, I am a sentinel of this city. Do you want to know what a sentinel is?"
The young man smiled: "Sentinel? Superhero?"
The girl looked at the recorder and said: "I am not a hero, just a sentinel. I am responsible for guarding Tokyo to protect you from the evil spirits!"
"Xu Li? Another new word!? Do you think she is crazy?" The young man began to interact with people in the live broadcast room. The bullet screens were full of words such as "madman", "I'm afraid he is not a warrior of the country", "
You'd better run away, she could explode at any time!", "Yes, there is a bomb hidden in the human body!"
In short, no one paid attention to the girl's warning, and no one believed that Mount Fuji would really erupt.
The girl held up the flag and looked at everyone in panic and said: "Just believe me for once! Please! Let's go! Mount Fuji is really going to erupt!"
But everyone was watching her like a clown, and some people had already lost their temper.
Losing interest, they gradually withdrew from the circle of spectators and returned to their own paths.
"Everyone, run away! Please!!"
"Hey, what are you doing here?" The police came, but they didn't expect that the person carrying the flag and causing panic was a little girl who looked fragile.
The girl was not afraid when she saw the police coming. She said: "Uncle, Mount Fuji is about to erupt! Really! They have already started. The only way to survive now is to escape. As long as they can escape to a place five hundred kilometers away from Mount Fuji, they will still be able to escape."
There is a way to survive!”
The policeman looked at her with an incomprehensible expression, and then said to his colleague: "Take her back first, don't let her wander around here!"
The colleague nodded, then stepped forward and grabbed the girl's wrist.
But the girl avoided it. She looked at the group of people in front of her with an indifferent expression, and then said in a cold voice: "Are you really not going to leave?"
The policeman was startled, then immediately took out his weapon and pointed it at the girl, and warned: "Stop and don't move! We will shoot!"
The crowd finally dispersed in shock after seeing this scene, but they still did not think that Mount Fuji would erupt. They just mistook the girl for a fanatic who was a warrior of the country.
Seeing that her warning was of no avail, the girl dropped the flag, turned her head, and moved across the street to the young man who was broadcasting live outdoors.
The young man was shocked: "You!???"
The girl grabbed the live broadcast recorder and said to the camera: "My name is Anno Hideto, and I am the guardian of Tokyo. I risk my life here to warn everyone... The fireworks on Mount Fuji are about to bloom, and everything will turn into ashes."
Nothing! Run away! Run away!!!!!!!!!”
After that, the girl looked at the young man and sneered: "Do you want to know what Xu Li is?"
The young man was frightened by the girl's cold eyes. He trembled: "No...no...don't want to...don't hurt me!"
The girl showed a disappointed expression, but she still grabbed the young man's collar and pointed at the two policemen not far away, pointed the live broadcast camera there, and said: "Look, they are right there.
.”
Two policemen were climbing over the fence, their guns always pointed at Hideto Anno.
But when they came to the street, their bodies suddenly stiffened, and then they turned into two ice sculptures and stopped moving.
And through the live broadcast footage, the young man saw the so-called Xu Li.
It was a humanoid, ghost-like existence. They just passed through the bodies of two policemen and easily killed them.
"Since you don't believe it, then I have no choice but to do my best!" Hideto Anno let go of her hand, and she slowly walked to the middle of the street.
"What...what are you going to do!" the young man asked.
"Release the void in this city. If you don't want to die, just run away...the further away, the better!"
Compared to normal reminders, Hideto Anno finally realized a more practical way to save him, which was to spread fear.
But in this way, her status as a guardian was completely disqualified... The reason why the guests would not attack her before was because she still retained her sanity.
But now, guests must bring order back to normal.
…
The guest still standing at the crossroad sighed softly.
Although he still couldn't figure out the meaning of his existence, now he had to take action.
Once the void spirits are released, Tokyo will soon become a dead city... although the deaths they bring are often unintentional...
…
After the two police officers were killed, passers-by on the street were completely thrown into chaos.
Hideto Anno's body slowly rose, her arms stretched out, her head slowly tilted back, and bursts of mournful moans came from her throat.
That's the pain of releasing the forbidden space.
As the restricted space was lifted, more and more human-shaped white phantoms began to appear on the streets. Some of them looked confused and were still avoiding passers-by, but some began to realize their existence and began to move towards the crowd.
Go.
A young mother was running with her child in her arms and suddenly fell down. Her body fell into pieces. Although those crystal blue fragments looked bloody and icy, the spread of death still brought extreme shock to the people around her.
Big fear.
"Who changed you?" the guest asked.
Hideto Anno stopped, looked at the guests with a cold smile and said: "No one has changed me, I have seen through it myself."
"What did you see?"
"Disrespectful."
"..."
"Perhaps from the beginning, I was not a guardian, but just a watchdog. The people living in this city are not people, just a group of livestock, the livestock of society, the livestock of the world, in your eyes... livestock
.”
"As a sentinel, you are no longer qualified. According to the agreement, I must kill you."
"Haha... Actually you should have taken action yesterday, but you didn't. Your indulgence gave me the opportunity to save this city. I should say thank you."
The guest sighed in disappointment, and then said: "The reason why I didn't take you away yesterday is because I have recommended you as my successor, and I still have hope."
Hideto Anno was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed uncontrollably.
"Forget it, I would rather be a sentinel with no friends or family. At least that way I can enjoy food like a normal person. Unlike you, you are always a bystander. You obviously have the ability to change everything, but what?
Don’t even do it!”
The guest looked at Mount Fuji in the distance, and then asked: "Then what would you do if you were me?"
"Be you? Haha... I will use the power of warping time to prevent many disasters that could have been prevented. I will completely erase AOA from the central axis of time. I will let more people enjoy life quietly!"
After hearing this, the guest shook his head. He looked at Anno Hideto and said, "And then you will make the same mistake again and again?"
"Wrong? Then what is right? Is it right to be a bystander!? Is it right to let AOA create a disaster of the century? Is it right to let the two million residents of Tokyo turn to ashes in the eruption of Mount Fuji?"
The guest stopped talking. After a long silence, he slowly took off his hood.
Then Anno Hideto was stunned... She seemed to be extremely frightened, and her pupils kept dilating.
"you!?"
The guest smiled bitterly. He looked at Hideto Anno quietly and said, "Time is the only measure. The mistakes I made at this moment will eventually end with me."
As soon as the words fell, the guest moved slightly and came to Hideto Anno.
Looking at the guest in front of him whose hair color was different from his own, Hideto Anno understood everything at once.
guest……
sentinel……
They are all believers in time, full circle from the beginning.
so……
When the dagger pierced Hideto Anno's heart, the guest's breathing gradually stopped...