Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

Because someone behind me suddenly grabbed my shoulders, my shoulders trembled and I turned around quickly. And the black cat didn't expect me to have such a big reaction. The hand that touched my shoulder retracted, stopped in mid-air, and looked at me suspiciously.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you~ But I, am I so scary?"

The black cat tilted its head slightly, raised its index finger and turned towards itself, with a friendly smile on its face.

"Ah..No.." I quickly shook my head from side to side, and explained, "I didn't notice you coming here..I was thinking about something. Even if it was SpongeBob SquarePants who ran out at this time, I would be scared."

"No, normal people should be scared only when they see SpongeBob SquarePants." Xiao Lulu complained beside him.

I pouted helplessly, not bothering to complain that Xiao Lulu couldn't find the point, so I glanced at the black cat.

"You...what can I do for you?"

"Well... I think it is necessary to let you know about this."

As he said that, the black cat stretched out the hand behind its back, and handed me a sticky note held between its fingers. Seeing my dazed expression, she moved the sticky note up and down with her fingers and shook it twice.

I took this note hesitantly, only to find that there were only two simple lines written on it.

"Counting it all together, Su Erin and I are actually the last two to join you."

The speed of sight wandering between words is getting faster and faster.

"Thank you for taking care of me during this time. I'm really sorry for taking the first step. Goodbye."

Mood from doubt to anxiety. I took my eyes off the note and looked up at the black cat.

"Black Cat, Xue Xueer left this for you?"

"I didn't leave it on purpose. She pressed a stone and put it in a very conspicuous place. The people at clock number three were outside collecting information. Su Luoyang and the others wouldn't go to Xue Xueer's resting place, so I just happened to find out~ "

The black cat replied casually, her words showed that this note was written by Xue Xueer with the idea that whoever saw it first would hand it over to others. This is the indiscriminate farewell she wrote for everyone to read.

Why such a sudden decision?

The sudden farewell made me ignore the traces that the note had been cut. I can't figure out why Xue Xueer would choose to leave at this time. There was no warning, and even the farewell words were just a note.

"No...it's not like there are no signs at all."

The memory suddenly returned to not long ago.

"Hey... Lin Yu, have you considered quitting the domination war?"

At that time, Xue Xueer looked at me with her head tilted and asked me very strange questions. At that time, I didn't know that she had such a plan, and I thought she was confirming my determination to continue to dominate the war.

"I've thought about it before, more than once."

When I said this, I smiled and looked into her eyes, and replied seriously: "But now, if I don't beat up those bastard observers, I will never be reconciled."

"Ah, yes...is that so?" Xue Xueer avoided me again, pursed her lips and smiled wryly, "Ha, it's a very unexpected answer...although it's unexpected, but it fits your style very well The answer... you should have known it earlier."

At that time I didn't pay attention to her slightly strange reaction to my answer, but in retrospect, her question and her abnormal reaction all heralded her farewell.

Could it be that she wanted to invite me to leave together?

If that's the case, then why did she choose this time to leave...why did she invite me?

"That's right, I saw Watanabe at the entrance of the alley..."

Suddenly, Xue Xueer's answer with a slightly anxious expression appeared in his mind when he faced my non-stop questioning.

"It's him...? Impossible, this kind of thing...? No, it's not completely impossible. The person who died was Kazuhiko Sato, and Feng Watanabe is still alive. If he came back to make trouble, then Xue Xueer's departure... ..."

After I found the clue, I anxiously thought about the reason for Xue Xueer's departure. I wrinkled the sticky note with my fingers so hard that blood stained the bandage wrapped around my thumb. But at this moment, Xiao Lulu's murmur interrupted my thoughts.

"Watanabe Kaede..."

Xiao Lulu frowned, her eyes stayed in the distance, she stood up unsteadily while propping up the thin cloth underneath.

"etc.."

Hearing Xiao Lulu utter the name that coincided with what I was thinking about, my thoughts were immediately disrupted. I raised my eyes slowly. His fingers stopped clutching the sticky note with unnecessary effort.

"Hey~ Your injury hasn't fully healed yet..." The black cat, who was concerned about her injury, took a step forward involuntarily.

Xiao Lulu didn't answer the black cat, she stared at the location not far away and ran forward.

Before I had time to ask her why Watanabe Kaede was mentioned, I left the folding chair and couldn't help walking a few steps, so I ran after Xiao Lulu.

"What the hell is going on..."

I complained in a low voice about the chaotic situation, raised my shaking eyes and looked in the direction Xiao Lulu ran. The figure hidden in the gray cloak lowered the brim of his hat, turned around and disappeared at the corner of the street.

Xiao Lulu, who was extremely anxious for some reason, stretched out his palm, spread a black mist in front of him, and jumped into the other side. By the time I caught up with the black mist, the mist had already dispersed thinly, unable to teleport me to my destination.

"Tch, it's all troublesome things... I'll just say that I'm surrounded by problem children."

I stopped, adjusted my disordered breathing, and focused on the street not far away. He felt a hot temperature deep in his eyes, and then a dark red flame jumped out.

As long as Xiao Lulu uses the black mist to warp space, it will be impossible for me to catch up with her. Although Xiao Lulu can use this to chase the person who is suspected to be Feng Watanabe, but according to her IQ, I am very worried that she will be unilaterally induced.

"—"A person with thousands of faces"."

As soon as the voice fell, the street turned into an endlessly extending corridor, and the thoughts of everyone around rushed into their minds. Leaving aside the clustered consciousness in the stronghold, looking for the individual consciousness alone, you can filter out the location of Xiao Lulu.

Of course, if there were still evil spirits and rulers everywhere, this method would naturally be ineffective.

It only took a moment to get separated from Xiao Lulu, but with her dominance ability, she can go very far even for a moment. In fact, I really didn't find a consciousness that fit the bill anywhere near.

What's more, if that person is really Kaede Watanabe, he can also use his "Shape Shifting" to teleport himself far away. For him, he only needs to exchange the positions of himself and another person. thing.

Almost checking the entire neighborhood, I clutched the clothes in front of my chest, and adjusted my breathing, which was aggravated by the long-term use of the mind-reading effect. I clenched my right hand, ready to try to enlarge the range of mind reading.

Actually, this is also the first time I've done this, as I wasn't sure how much the wider range would affect me.

Just when I was mentally prepared, an unexpected voice interrupted my determination——

The sound came from the edge of the acceptable range, and after a short thought I realized that it was the Xinghai Tavern.

"Hey! Can anyone hear me!? We met clock number one..."

The unfinished words were interrupted here, and the noisy electronic signal noise tore my hearing.

"Al.Kate..."

I remembered that the black cat said that the person with clock number three was not at the base. And there were only four of them, Arquette and the others, meeting Clock No. 1 now, no matter how you think about it, it is not something you can rest assured about.

"Now, I'm sorry..."