“My standards are actually very simple.”
"If someone does something that needs to be punished, then give them the punishment they deserve. The pain they endure does not come from me, but from the mistakes they made. Pain is the best way for people to correct their mistakes."
Futaba Rio pursed her lips, not knowing how to respond to such words.
She felt something was wrong.
But I couldn’t tell what was wrong.
punish?
pain?
Correct the error.
What a good second grader.
but...
A student who enjoys privileges in the eyes of the school and can get away with any punishment as long as he doesn't do anything too extreme, is no longer a middle school student when he says such things.
And Futaba Rio vaguely felt that what Ye Xing said was not just referring to the fight in the corridor today.
There are also some things that I don’t understand.
"As you say..."
Futaba Rio frowned and asked softly.
"Do you think what you are doing is right?"
"I didn't say that."
Ye Xing still had that nonchalant smile on his face and spread his hands.
"I don't care whether what I do is right or wrong, like I said, I want to do it, and I can do it, so I do it."
Then, Ye Xing blew on the instant noodles lightly and spoke slowly.
"What I pursue is complete freedom, not being bound by anyone or anything."
.......
After eating instant noodles, Ye Xing left.
While Futaba Rio felt relieved, she also felt a sense of inexplicable loss in her heart.
Together...
Are you really just here to eat?
How poor are you that you want to get a bowl of instant noodles for free?
Judging from the way Ye Xing is dressed, that shouldn’t be the case, right?
"Wait, that's not right..."
Futaba Rio was just casually glancing at the table, but when she saw the empty bowl of instant noodles on it, she couldn't help but be stunned.
Why...are there three empty bowls?
Obviously, I only made two bowls...
Wait a moment.
When I took it out myself, I seemed to have taken out two bowls the first time.
Then why did you feel like there was only one bowl?
"Mai Sakurajima?"
Futaba Rio muttered the name, with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
Of course she didn't remember this senior.
However, she remembered that Yexing had mentioned the incident of Sakurajima Mai.
Futaba Rio pulled out a notebook from her bosom and opened it. What was recorded on it were the things she and Ye Xing usually communicated with. In her opinion, the other party was just a chuunibyou and talking nonsense.
"Only by knowing... can we discover the world..."
“The ability to know and change oneself.”
"Schrödinger's cat, whose existence cannot be determined before observation, is a contradiction between the two..."
While talking to herself, Futaba Rio took out a ballpoint pen and wrote various sentences and words in her notebook that had no clear meaning and that only she could connect together to help her thinking.
"Yohoshi-san, no matter from which angle you look at it, you don't fit the profile of a chuunibyou."
“The world he imagined is also different from Chuunibyou.”
Based on the information collected during this period, Futaba Rio discovered that there is a most fundamental, even completely contradictory difference between the world depicted by Yohoshi and the world depicted by most chuunibyou patients.
In the conception of a chuunibyou patient.
There is no confusion in the so-called "real" world. The appearance of all fantasy things points to the patient's greatest desire deep in his heart.
Whether it's a sense of identity, self-satisfaction, or getting out of trouble.
In short, all the fantasies of that world are derived from this point.
However, the world constructed by Ye Xing lacks a clear "goal" and the most important thing.
As the builder of the world, no unknown should arise while building.
After all, it is a virtual world constructed based on "known" things.
Futaba Rio wrote for nearly half an hour before finally stopping.
The thoughts in her mind were like a tangled mess. She felt that she was just one step away from getting to the truth of the incident, but she was powerless.
Inadvertently, Futaba Rio caught a glimpse of the three empty bowls on the table again out of the corner of her eye.
The name Sakurajima Mai kept appearing in her mind.
Futaba Rio's pupils dilated slightly, a guess emerged in her mind, and she muttered to herself.
"Perception... is the reason why we can observe. Could it be that... is this the case?"
Futaba Rio is a true genius.
The name of Sakurajima Mai, the sudden appearance of the third bowl of instant noodles, and the perception that it did not match the facts were somewhat incongruous.
These three pieces of information almost allowed her to figure out the truth about Sakurajima Mai and the entire world.
063 The bad girl in Class A, Futaba Rio faces the truth
On the other side, after leaving the apartment where Futaba Rio lived, Sakurajima Mai stopped.
The evening breeze made her feel a little cool. She wrapped her collar around herself and hid the lower half of her face under the collar of her coat. She looked at the night star with a slightly complicated look in her eyes.
"You...seem a little different from normal people."
Ye Xing was shocked when he heard this.
"Wow, you have good eyesight. You finally realized that I am the chosen one chosen by this world, a child with unruly talent?"
Sakurajima Mai: ".......That's not what I'm talking about."
"Since you knew I was an idol before, why did you react like this when you saw me...it's hard to describe."
Mai Sakurajima didn't know what to say.
I always feel that classmate Ye Xing’s reaction when he saw me was a little too normal?
As a former national idol actress, Mai Sakurajima has already adapted to the atmosphere of being watched and talked about wherever she goes.
Suddenly there is a normal reaction.
It seems abnormal.
"A former national idol actor, is that great?"
Without waiting for Sakurajima Mai to answer, Yexing spoke on her own.
"Oh, it seems you are really amazing."
Mai Sakurajima, who debuted as a child star, is extremely well-known in the Sakura Province. More than 90% of the people, even if they can't call out her name, can feel familiar with her as long as they see her face.
However, when she was about to graduate from junior high school, Mai Sakurajima suddenly announced that she would stop her performing arts activities.
This incident sparked a heated discussion at the time, but as more than two years have passed, the topic's heat has long since dissipated.
Wait a moment.
It seems like it’s been exactly two and a half years since Mai Sakurajima retired?
"Okay, okay, so you are also a little black guy!"
Mai Sakurajima was stunned for a moment, and began to realize that something seemed to be wrong.
This Ye Xing junior who is one grade below me and has a bad reputation in school...
Doesn't seem mentally normal?
"Anyway."
Ye Xing's ability to switch emotions is so quick that even a professional actor like Sakurajima Mai feels ashamed of herself.
"I will provide you with food every day. In exchange, you will show up in our club's activity room at noon and after school so that I can see you. Is this condition fair?"
"Just a meeting? No other requests?"
"If you have any other requests, I can consider them."
Mai Sakurajima narrowed her eyes slightly and said meaningfully.
"is it?"
"Kidding."
Ye Xing waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
"My interest in you as a person is not so much an interest as it is pure desire. I am more curious about the symptom of you disappearing from people's cognition."
Mai Sakurajima was completely shocked.
She stood there in a daze, her lips trembling slightly, but she couldn't utter a word.
It seemed as if a nuclear fusion was taking place in my mind.
No, man.
You are too straightforward! ?
It's more of an interest than a hobby...
Recommended for inclusion.
Mai Sakurajima understands the truth.
As a well-known beautiful girl idol, she has also encountered many overly enthusiastic and even perverted fans.
But at least they still abide by the Basic Law.
They say things like, I really like your acting, I really like your smile, I really like one of your TV series, or your temperament or something like that.
No matter what you think in your heart, you have to say it.
Ye Xing was the first person she had met who would speak so bluntly in front of Mai Sakurajima.
OK OK.
You play it so realistically, right?
Seeing that Sakurajima Mai was completely silent because of his words, Ye Xing did not stop attacking.
A famous professional/non-professional e-sports player once said.
The output cannot be stopped for even a second.
Nightstar: I agree.
"Your status as a former national idol actor is indeed impressive, but I'm not bragging to you, buddy. Even New World Kami's biological father has to be polite to me and give me cigarettes."
"Kami... of the new world?"
