Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

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"Weakening the opponent's strength before the game starts is a strategy. Only the loser cares whether the opponent's strategy is against fairness. We are the winners, so we only care about winning or losing."

——The rulers of Stealing Dreams.

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In fact, the two who had disappeared into the coffee shop were still quietly sipping coffee in the eyes of Xia Yinci and Su Huilin.

Even though they just sat here all the time, somewhere in Su Huilin's heart, she still felt that something was wrong.

Finally, she couldn't bear this unspeakable mood, she put down the coffee cup in her hand, and turned to look at Xia Yinci.

"What's the matter?" Xia Yinci also put down the cup in puzzlement, Su Huilin stared at her straight, and didn't speak for a while.

"Xiaoyin, I want you to tell me what happened."

"...What do you mean?" The smile on Xia Yinci's face disappeared inadvertently, she looked at Su Huilin in front of her, and waited for her answer with some concern.

"What you just said to brother was a lie, right?" Su Huilin's eyes were unusually serious, as if she was telling a certain thing.

"Hey, why do you think so?"

"Intuition... I hate people lying to me, especially people I care about, so I can easily find out if others are lying." Su Eirin briefly described the reason, and she quickly retracted her gaze and stared into the cup Reflect your own reflection. She is hesitating.

"Your brother always said that you are sometimes very indifferent to him. I didn't expect you to say that you care about him very much? If he finds out, he will be very happy~"

"Yeah, but I don't like people lying to me. Can you tell me what happened?"

"If your brother was here, he would definitely regret taking you out. To be honest, if I didn't know, he would definitely not want to be known by you. I don't really want to hide it from you."

"Then tell me what happened." Su Huilin suddenly raised her head, while Xia Yinci just rested her head on her hands and stared at herself.

"No. It's better for him to tell you himself, I don't want to be hated for doing unnecessary things."

Su Huilin bit her lower lip, looking at the direction that didn't seem to have any sense of disobedience. She finally stood up and walked there. But Xia Yinci didn't intend to stop her, she just stood up and followed her there. The closer she gets, the weaker the disguise becomes.

Until she stood beside the table, Su Luoyang in Su Huilin's eyes still didn't raise her head, and neither did the girl. It's like they don't see themselves.

Su Huilin couldn't ignore what was wrong, she shifted her knees to the seat, and moved towards Su Ruoyang. At this moment, the surrounding reality changed for a moment. When Su Huilin opened her eyes again, she found that Su Ruoyang had disappeared, and even the girl was gone.

In its place, there is a wooden door next to the table. Xia Yinci sat on the seat at some point and looked at the door with great interest.

"Since I discovered such a strange thing, at least tell me what happened, Xia Yinci?"

Xia Yinci didn't respond to Su Huilin, but realized that she was serious when she suddenly called her by her real name. She picked up the coffee that originally belonged to the girl with brown hair, and took a sip indifferently. She was surprised by Su Huilin's unexpected calmness.

Su Huilin clenched her fists, she hesitated for a moment again, stepped forward to hold the handle of the door, and then opened it.

From the other end of the door, a white light that could be described as dazzling came out. This light completely obscured what was beyond. Su Huilin didn't mean to back down, and still passed the door leading to the unknown. Xia Yinci also stood up at this time and walked into the door.

"Actually, it doesn't matter~ Since you found out by yourself, it's fine."

"... Su Erin, there is a shortage of people~"

Xia Yinci tried to comfort herself, hoping that Su Luoyang would not blame herself for this.

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At the other end of the door, beyond the white light that seemed to extend infinitely, the scene in reality flooded into the line of sight. But I was frightened by the scene in front of me and took a few steps back. ——I am standing on a rooftop, the dizzying height is really unacceptable to me.

I took deep breaths repeatedly and finally calmed down. It was still day just now, but after arriving in this world, it suddenly turned into night.

"Is Ruler No. 5 here?" I swallowed, and glanced at the brown-haired girl. And she nodded in response.

"Hey, this seems to be Japan in another world. The language may be difficult, so do you want to use your dominance?"

"Of course! I don't know Japanese!" I replied as a matter of course, and the tea-haired girl said "Oh" in a daze.

The rusty iron door of the roof was opened, and there was a creaking sound. I just realized that it seemed like a hospital.

What a bad luck recently. I always come to a place like a hospital, and so does the Dream Palace, and this time too.

After going down many floors, there was finally a light, but then the smell that disgusted me came over. Even with the lights on, the hospital at night is still so gloomy that it makes one's feet go weak. Especially when looking into the depths of the corridor, you can see the seemingly bottomless darkness.

At this moment, suddenly a door behind me was opened, I turned my head suddenly, and found a pale man carrying a briefcase, ready to go downstairs. Frightened by his blank eyes for a moment, I desperately covered my mouth. Could it be that there really are... ghosts in the hospital?

"Well, it's him." Suddenly, the brown-haired girl said softly.

"Ah...a ghost?" I replied in a daze.

"Hey, what ghost?" The brown-haired girl looked confused, and I finally came to my senses.

"You mean, he is the No. 5 ruler?" I was stunned for a long time, and noticed that the brown-haired girl nodded her head. I wanted to chase that man, but found that he seemed to come up after a while, so he simply entered the ward he just walked out of. But when I got closer, I realized it was an intensive care unit.

I looked in through the glass, and the blood was still on the man lying on the bed. Bloodstains were evident on the bare skin. The sound of "di, di" from time to time made me understand that the other party was in a critical juncture. After thinking about it, I came up with an answer—he is the No. 2 ruler.

"Did those dream stealers really do it..." I asked with a trembling voice, but I didn't get any response. When he was puzzled, he suddenly felt that someone was approaching from behind, and when he wanted to avoid it, he was already tightly strangled by the neck. At the same time, a small knife was pressed against my neck with a glowing light.

I tried my best to glance away, and the brown-haired girl left my vicinity at some point. And there was a heavy breathing sound behind him.

"What else do you want to do to him? Huh? What else do you want to do!" From the voice, it could be heard that the other party was quite excited. I therefore remained motionless. But I also knew that this was not the solution, so I could only tremble my eyes and try to calm down my voice.

"Calm down. I'm here for you. It has nothing to do with those dream stealers."

"Heh, you admitted it before you asked me?" I felt the hand tightening my neck even more. Don't sneak attack if you have the ability... My eyes flicker left and right, and when I was thinking about what to do, suddenly there was a heavy sound behind me, and the sharp point of the knife suddenly moved away from me, and was snatched by a hand.

Although there was no threat suddenly behind me, I was still a little flustered, so I raised my hands as a gesture of surrender, and slowly turned around with my head in my arms. But it was Xia Yinci's agile eyes that caught his eyes. I looked to the side in a daze, and Su Huilin was also there...

At this time, the knife that she snatched from her at some point was placed on No. 5's neck instead, and the girl with brown hair lazily appeared beside her.

This made me wonder whether to blame the tea-haired girls first, or to care about why they appeared here.

"I didn't expect Xiao Lin to be so powerful. The rumors in the campus are half-true, and there is still a real side..." Speaking of this, she suddenly burst out laughing, with a hint of sarcasm Looking at me, "Also... Huohuo is really cowardly, even surrendering to me~"

"Hey, why are you here? And don't call me by my childhood nickname! Where did you go just now? Don't make such an innocent expression! The most important thing is you!" I said this finger Pointing to Su Huilin, she said helplessly, "You still think that the name 'bad girl' isn't widely spread."

He spit out the grievances in his heart in one breath, and suddenly felt relieved unexpectedly. "I always feel that this name is going to be passed on to this world here." I almost couldn't say this sentence.

"Sorry, I sensed someone passing through the door here, so I went to check the situation." The tea-haired girl kept nodding her head in an apologetic gesture.

In stark contrast was Su Huilin with a cold face.

"Oh. Then let me let him go. I don't care if he threatens you with a knife again. It just so happens that I haven't bothered with you about the fact that you lied to me. You just die at his hands." Su Huilin didn't care After finishing speaking breathlessly, he made a gesture to let go.

"Sorry, it's my fault!" I quickly stopped her, expressing my apology sincerely. Su Huilin glared at me, but luckily she didn't give up on me.

I breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at No. 5 who wanted to fight back, and explained, "I repeat... I have nothing to do with Dream Thief! I am No. 11 on the same Dominator clock as you!"

"If you just say something, will I believe you?"

"Otherwise, what evidence do you need? Let's be clear first, the knife is in our hands. And you seem to be unable to beat my sister. Besides, there are many people and few people."

"..."

"Will you trust me now?"

He looked at me, frowning reluctantly, finally heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded his head helplessly.

After Su Huilin let go of his hand, he stared at the front in a daze, and walked slowly to the front of the fully enclosed glass, and the sound of "drip, beep, beep" was still mercilessly coming from the other end. The person in the hospital bed showed no signs of waking up.

"So what do you believe in? What do you want to do here? Do you want me to return to the cracks in the dream world?"

He choked up and continued in a hoarse voice:

"Until he wakes up, I will definitely not go back. In other words, if he is not here, there is no point in participating in this game. There is no point in letting someone who has no motivation to return to that game, right? "

I couldn't find any words to respond to him, so I responded with silence.

"If he never wakes up, then you will never come back?" Xia Yinci said this possibility quite bluntly, she didn't worry about whether the other party would not accept it.

"That's what killed him in this game. Of course, I can't come back!" He was very emotional, and he almost replied Xia Yinci with a roar.

"Participate in this game with this kind of reason and attitude of playing tricks, then you might as well not show up in the first place." Xia Yinci said calmly. I was startled by the indescribable sadness in her eyes. This made me take a step forward, but not knowing what to do, I withdrew my hand.

"Could it be that your reason for participating is much nobler than mine?" Xia Yinci replied with a hoarse guttural voice, and he put his head on the glass, looking very depressed.

"I..." Xia Yinci didn't know why, she seemed to glance at me intentionally. And I don't understand the meaning of this look.

After that, No. 5 didn't intend to talk to us any more. We're actually here to get him back in the game, we don't want him out of the game. But now it seems that we cannot convince him. Spending time with him, it is better to go to the ruler to fill the position.

"Come here with me." Suddenly, I felt someone grab my clothes. Before he had time to respond, he was dragged by Su Huilin until he reached the corner of the stairs, and then stopped. Looking at her slightly cold eyes, I staggered her gaze with some guilt.

"Ha, by the way...why didn't I know you were so good at fighting...?"

For some reason, Su Huilin's expression became a little colder, and she didn't know where her words touched her anger. I couldn't help but sink my head when I was stared at by her.

"Why don't you explain it well." Su Erin's voice made me raise my head, and I was about to say something, but lost my courage.

"...Your hair is a little messy." All he said was this kind of innocuous topic. Su Huilin frowned displeased. Probably because of the fight just now, the hair tie fell somewhere, so her ponytail that was originally tied is now messily scattered behind her back.

She took a few steps towards me, and when I felt my back against the shady wall, she suddenly reached out and knocked on the wall, trapping me between the wall and her arms. If it weren't for seeing her standing on tiptoe, it would really be a standard wall-dong.

"Are you trying to fuck your brother?"

"Stop joking around at times like this, okay?"

Her eyes are quite serious. I swallowed, and to be honest, I was afraid that if I confessed everything, she would join the game. I wouldn't want her to be involved if I could. ——The appearance of Dream Stealer made me realize that this is a dangerous game.

"If you insist on not explaining, then I won't let you go."

I moved to the side, trying to escape, but her other hand suddenly clenched into a fist, and I slammed into the wall hard before I did, making a dull "boom". Xia quickly lost the idea of ​​​​running away. This guy is serious...

If that punch hit me in the face just now, I'm afraid the next person to be on the hospital bed... would be me.

"You may have misunderstood something. I rescued you from that man just now because you can't die in his hands, but I didn't say you couldn't die in my hands. If you try to avoid On this topic, I promise you will be the next one to hit me.”

Hey, although Su Erin is not usually gentle, but she is not as aggressive as she is now, right? No, this can almost be said to be sickly! But I've never seen her with this kind of attribute... Thinking of this, I'm sure... She must be quite angry now.

"I...I can tell you what happened, but you must promise me that you will not disobey me willfully."

Seemingly thinking about what I said, she looked into my eyes for a long time before softly saying:

"I reluctantly agree to you. Although I don't know what your logic is, I don't seem to be obliged to listen to you. But as long as you tell the truth... I won't bother with you."

Woohoo, give me back my cute and cute little sister, Su Erin.

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At that time, after waking up from the dream, No. 5 ran out of the house tenaciously despite the fact that it was not yet dawn, with the wet feeling on his back stained by sweat.

Still wearing pajamas, he ran towards the senior's house barefoot. The image of "the night when senior rescued him" kept flashing in my mind. Eventually reaching his home, he found the door open. He controlled his trembling body and walked into the living room.

There was an extremely unfriendly air in the living room, as if rejecting the arrival of an uninvited guest.

When he turned his head to look into the bedroom, he saw the door of the room that was air-conditioned but not closed, No. 2 lying on the bed frowning in pain, and the blanket covering his body was stained blood red...

Now at the door of the intensive care unit, Ruler No. 5 sat on the ground with a painful expression, recalling the scene at that time. He hadn't thought of committing suicide for a long time, but when faced with this scene, this thought tried to dominate his brain again.

However, he promised his predecessors not to do so. But what to do... He had no choice but to decide not to leave here until the senior woke up.

Xia Yinci flipped through the documents in her hand. This boy named Kaede Watanabe is lying in this ward now. And the man sitting on the ground now is called Sato Kazuhiko. The relationship between the two is that of seniors, but now they are no longer clowns, but have acted in dramas one after another.

"Hey, have you heard that unconscious people can appear in the dream world?" Xia Yinci looked at the man who was sitting on the ground decadently, and squatted down.

The other party did not answer. He just stared at the girl in front of him with discolored eyes.

"Have you ever thought that even your senior will be punished if you don't have the right number of people? He has been unable to wake up now, which means he has been in a dream. If the punishment comes because of your withdrawal, he will be deprived of the ability to dream." Qualifications...he really has nowhere to go."

"But what should I do!" Sato Kazuhiko shouted hysterically, his voice echoing in the corridor in front of the ward.

"Don't you plan to go to the dream world to find him? He may be waiting for you there, and wants to say something to you."

"I tried...but I...I can't sleep when he's unconscious..."

While speaking, Xia Yinci sighed lightly, and stood up again in frustration. Are you insomnia because of this shock...

"Hey, I have a way to make you fall asleep. Do you want to try it?" Suddenly, the tea-haired girl who had been standing there silently spoke.

"Hehe, it's impossible... I don't think there is such a method. If you can make me fall asleep, you can come!"

After getting the confirmation, the brown-haired girl still had the same calm look as before, she walked up to No. 5 in silence, and gently pulled him to stand up. And in the next second, she knocked him unconscious without warning. Xia Yinci obviously did not expect this, and there was a trace of astonishment in his eyes.

"Hey, do you want to go to the dream world with him?" The tea-haired girl glanced at Xia Yinci. Xia Yinci was just about to answer, but she remembered the sentence Su Luoyang said, "When you think about whether you invite others I have to do the same, I can't look directly at you," her tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

"Forget it... let him go alone."

The brown-haired girl bit her lower lip after hearing this, and after thinking about it quietly, she suddenly sat on the ground and entered the dream world as soon as she closed her eyes. Xia Yinci didn't have time to say anything to her, so she had no choice but to squat down, sometimes looking at Kazuhiko Sato, and sometimes looking at the girl with brown hair.

"Hey, can I also enter the same dream world?" She tilted her head in confusion.

She remembered that when Lin Yu met her, Lin Yu mentioned that this girl had no common sense, and she slept next to him in order to enter the dream world.

Now it seems that she is not willing to sleep beside anyone. Thinking of this, Xia Yinci couldn't help but smile sincerely for Lin Yu.

"By the way...Speaking of which, why haven't the two of them come back yet?"

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In confusion, Kazuhiko Sato woke up from his dream. There is a huge circus city in front of him, which is far away from the Candy Town just now, and Kazuhiko knows this place. Watanabe Feng once brought him here and told him that this is his dream palace.

However, he never had the courage to step here. This frightened him from the bottom of his heart. When he saw the smiling clowns take off their masks, he recalled his past self. So he has never been here alone.

He kept backing away, shaking his head, trying to leave this place. But he was held tightly by a hand.

"Let me go!" Kazuhiko kept struggling, and when he found that he couldn't free his hands, he raised his eyes and looked at the brown-haired girl in front of him, feeling extremely excited. But the tea-haired girl looked disapproving.

"Aren't you going in? Your senior is waiting for you there."

"What nonsense are you talking about! How did he appear in my dream?"

"You can go to other dream worlds only in the Dream Palace." Speaking of this, the brown-haired girl paused, "You don't know this, do you? I think your senior should have told you this That's right."

Looking at the circus city, which symbolizes joy in the eyes of others, but means despair to him, Kazuhiko couldn't muster up the courage to go in for a long time.

"Hey, this is a very meaningful choice for you. Face your own fears and meet your seniors, or give up?"

Motivating him in a different, surprisingly better way. Sato Kazuhiko looked at the girl's deep pupils, he gritted his teeth tightly, and finally broke into his dream palace. At the same time, memories of the past, good and desperate, all flooded into his mind.

The closer you get to the depths, the more malicious the dream overflows. Facing what he was afraid of, Kazuhiko Sato kept moving forward with the feeling of wanting to meet his seniors.