Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

I don’t know why, but when I reached this point, Furukawa Hirose had a sense of déjà vu as he was playing [Reverse Degree Man].

Among people with reverse degrees, time goes back to the past step by step in this way.

It's just that those were real events, and now it's equivalent to browsing John's past memories.

It would be great if you were a reverse person.

So with the reverse flow of time, the creek should come back to life.

Furukawa Hirose thought.

Who is Anya?

Until now, Hirosawa Furukawa is unknown.

In short, as they went back step by step, they learned by entering John's memory——

John's wife Xiaoxi's condition is getting worse and worse. In order to treat Xiaoxi, John Sr. even plans to sell his house and lighthouse.

But even this still can't save Xiaoxi's life.

…

The memory fragment this time was a paper rabbit on the ground. They passed it back a few years ago. John, who had just passed middle age and had a thick mustache, picked up the yellow paper on the second floor of the old house. rabbit.

"Creek?" he called, descending the stairs.

The two doctors also followed.

Downstairs, Xiaoxi was sitting on a chair folding rabbits, with the stuffed platypus beside him.

A lot of rabbits filled most of the house. There was a bucket next to her, which contained a large bunch of long orange hair that had just been cut off.

John saw her and said, "Why did you suddenly cut your hair short? What are you doing?"

"Rabbit," said the creek. "Did you see the rabbit I left for you?"

".Saw."

"Tell me about it." Xiaoxi raised his head and stared at John with deep eyes: "Describe it."

John scratched his head and said, "Well...it's yellow and a little fat."

"What else?" Xiaoxi stared at John closely.

"Okay...it's just a paper rabbit. There's something weird about you, Xiaoxi. What happened?"

Xiaoxi's eyes were a little red, she was silent, lowered her head and continued to fold the rabbit.

Dr. Watts said to Rosaleen: "I'm really getting more and more confused. Do you think the creek is a bit..."

"I don't know," Rosaleen said, "But again, she is not our client, so hurry up."

…

There must be something wrong with this rabbit.

Furukawa Hirose thought.

It's just that he hasn't yet understood what the answer is.

But judging from the reaction of the creek, the rabbit must be important.

Traveling through memories again and again, Furukawa Hirose learned that——

It turns out that Xiaoxi suffers from a rare disease.

Asperger syndrome

A social disorder, considered a harmless form of autism, but it can only be said to be harmless to outsiders.

So Xiaoxi should be an autistic person.

But was it because of this disease that she started folding rabbits?

Furukawa Hirose didn't understand.

But he guessed that it must be because of this disease that she couldn't tell the reason why she folded the rabbit.

The stuffed platypus helps them travel through John's old age, middle age, and into his youth.

Watts opened his eyes in surprise and pointed to the foot of the creek, where the downy platypus lay.

"It's unbelievable that this weird thing can be traced all the way back here."

"It looks like someone has taken good care of it," Rosaleen said.

…

The game progresses by constantly traveling back to John's earlier memories.

This time it's John and Xiao Xi's wedding.

A beautiful and romantic outdoor wedding, held on the grass, with the beautiful sea in the distance.

There are beautiful and colorful lanterns all around, filled with people's laughter and laughter.

The wedding at this time has come to an end, but in such a venue, the groom and bride cannot be seen.

Finally, Furukawa Hirose found John and Xiaoxi under the lighthouse.

Different from the lively and laughing scenes outside, it is very peaceful around the lighthouse.

John said to Xiaoxi: "Do you feel any different? I mean, we are already married."

Xiaoxi replied: "No difference. Why do you ask? What do you think?"

Xiaoxi blinked his big eyes, as if he wanted to hear something from John's mouth.

"I feel something is different." John touched his head and smiled honestly.

"What's the difference?" Xiaoxi became even more excited.

A pair of big eyes stared at John.

John was a little surprised, but he didn't know what to say in such an atmosphere. He thought for a while and responded: "I just simply feel that something is different, maybe it's a sense of responsibility."

The light in Xiaoxi's eyes dimmed again.

Furukawa Hirose didn't understand what the future was.

John answered that there should be no problem.

The two were silent for a while.

Xiaoxi said: "Do you like the name 'Anya'?"

"Anya? I like it very much."

"Then, would you like to call her Anya?"

Xiaoxi raised his head and pointed behind him.

There stands a lighthouse.

"What do you think about being called Anya?!"

ah!

Seeing this, Furukawa Haoze suddenly understood, and his brain buzzed.

Anya.

It turns out Anya is the name of the lighthouse!

The two people built a house near the lighthouse so they could see it every day.

For a lighthouse, Xiaoxi refused to sell it to heal himself. Is it worth it?

Is the lighthouse that important to her?

Could it be that because the lighthouse is a witness to their love, Xiaoxi is reluctant to let it go?

However, Hirokawa Furukawa thought to himself, your lover is by your side, so why bother clinging to a lighthouse.

Um……

How to say it? Furukawa Haoze frowned.

In other games, the more you play, the clearer it becomes. As the puzzles continue to be solved, you will find that the truth is at your fingertips.

This game is just the opposite. The previous puzzle has not been solved yet, but in the process of finding the answer, there are more and more questions.

What is the significance of the origami rabbit?

Why did Xiaoxi keep folding rabbits before he died, and kept asking John if he remembered what a rabbit was.

Now we know that the lighthouse is called Anya, but why is Xiaoxi reluctant to sell it.

What does the lighthouse mean to these two people?

And what does that platypus doll mean?

more importantly--

Why did old John have to go to the moon? ?

None of these things seem to have anything to do with going to the moon.

Furukawa Haoze thought to himself, if it were him, wouldn't his biggest wish be to grow old together with his wife?

Or stay in the sweetest day between John and Xiaoxi?

These all seem more meaningful than going to the moon, right?

Going to the moon is more important than a stream, right?

You really are not taking the usual path, pokeni.

However, Hirokawa Furukawa had a vague feeling——

The reason why Ishino Mika designed it like this is because there must be something waiting for him ahead.

Although I don't know what that thing is yet, it inexplicably affects Furukawa Hirose's heart.

…

[Let’s go dance up there. ] John took Xiaoxi's hand and said excitedly.

Xiaoxi seemed a little embarrassed, her cheeks were red, and she said softly, "But I don't know how to..."

[It doesn’t matter, I’ll teach you! 】

As he spoke, John stood up and held Xiaoxi's hand.

The two of them ran all the way to the top of the lighthouse, where bright yellow lights rose slowly, like another bright moon in the night sky.

The shadows of two men fell on the lighthouse panes.

Accompanied by beautiful piano sounds.

This scene is really romantic.

…

The style of pokeni is really beautiful.

As time goes back, the two of them are getting younger.

The bride at the wedding, Xiaoxi, was really cute. She had long orange hair and big eyes, just like a princess coming out of a fairy tale.

Time traveled back a little bit, and Furukawa Haoze also witnessed John and Xiaoxi's old age, middle age, youth and teenage years.

In their old age, the two relied on each other, bought a lighthouse, and built their own house.

In middle age, they rode horses together to treat Xiaoxi's autism.

In the lighthouse, two people gently held each other's hands and danced together.

When they were students, they had quarrels in the movie theater, but they could also make up right away...

Time passed through flashbacks, allowing Furukawa Haoze to witness the lives of John and Xiaoxi.

…

The next time he traveled back in time, he returned to John's boyhood.

Little John packed up his clothes and prepared to go out. The person standing next to him should be his mother.

"I'm going to school, Mom."

"Have a good day Joey."

"Huh? Why did his mother call him Joey?" Watts said.

Furukawa Hirose also felt strange.

Rosaleen also shook her head, "I don't know, maybe it's his nickname."

John left home, and his mother murmured: "Grow up, my precious son."

Looking at the expression on the mother's face, Rosaleen felt indescribably weird: "No, something is getting more and more wrong."

In the bedroom inside, there was a football that gave off a faint light.

"Come on, let's activate it," Watts said.

"Wait a minute, something's not right in this room."

"What?" Watts looked around and saw a very ordinary bedroom.

"Forget it, maybe I'm overthinking it, let's go."

They activated the football and prepared to move on to the next memory.

But something went wrong this time. The place where the two came was completely blank. There was a row of houses in the distance, but there was a huge, black void in the middle. The two could not walk to that row of houses.

Furukawa Haoze also felt something was wrong.

…

Old John's memory ended abruptly here.

Beyond that there was a blank space, as if it had been destroyed by something.

I want to explore, but the front is hazy. It also exudes a stench.

Furukawa Haoze was a little confused.

Stuck?

"What's going on? What is this void? Wait, what is this smell? It seems to be the stink of the crushed squirrel! How did it come to this time?" Dr. Watts' mind was full of questions.

Rosaleen said: "I don't know what happened. Maybe the memory reorganization was not connected. There must be a malfunction in the advanced data protection system inside the machine."

"I can't believe there are so many self-deprecating people in the maintenance department."

"It's okay, don't worry, we have saved the memories of the teenagers."

"Well, I guess that's it...not much to do here."

…

"The next step is to instill in John the desire to become an astronaut, so as to fundamentally realize his desire to go to the moon." said the female doctor,

Nani? !

Furukawa Haoze was a little confused.

Are you going to the moon now?

But there are still a lot of mysteries that have not been solved.

The life of John and Xiao Xi described before has nothing to do with going to the moon, right?

Moreover, what kind of secrets are buried in that unexplorable memory?

There is no explanation for any of this!

Why do you feel like you are about to finish the level and forcefully fulfill your wish now?

Furukawa Haoze was actually a little angry in his heart.

I feel that this game has been prepared for so long, but it ends in such a sloppy way at the last moment. It is really outrageous.

No wonder friends who attended the Tokyo Game Show before said that this game is not worth buying.

Think about a game. He has been playing it for more than 3 hours now, and he is still confused.

Not only has the mystery not been solved, but it has gotten bigger and bigger. Anyone will be angry, okay?

…

With a glimmer of hope, Furukawa Haoze still gritted his teeth and continued the game.

There has to be a beginning and an end.

But the next plot made him even more angry.

This company, Sigmund Company, is simply a cold machine that takes money to do things without any emotion. According to the company regulations and the instructions of Vice President SAM, whether it is this business or other businesses, male and female doctors serve as architects. The only thing to do is to complete the contract strictly in accordance with the employer's requirements!

In other words, from the beginning, their purpose of coming here was to fulfill the old man's wish [to go to the moon].

That's all.

As for what happened between John and Xiaoxi, it didn't matter at all.

As long as the old man's memory can be recalled and John's strong dream of becoming an astronaut is instilled in his childhood, and he can help him realize his desire to go to the moon in his memory, then the contract will be fulfilled successfully.

"Damn capitalists!"

When Furukawa Haoze reached this point, he couldn't help but curse.

"This is more than just a business, okay?"

This is the life of John and Brook.

"Can you show some respect to people!?"

Moreover, judging from Old John's previous experience, he had no motivation to go to the moon at all, and he was not actually interested in the moon or astronomy.

On the contrary, Hirokawa Furukawa believed that the creek held the most weight in his heart.

You have ignored a living human emotion and instead pursued astronaut dreams.

Going to the moon just for the sake of completing it would be too impersonal, right?

…

However, Furukawa Hirose still couldn't figure it out——

Old John is not the material to be an astronaut at all. He has been accompanying Xiaoxi and living with Xiaoxi all his life. Why is he so persistent in going to the moon?

This just doesn't make sense logically.

Unless the creek has something to do with the moon.

But……

So far, Furukawa Hirosawa has not been able to discover this.

…

Furukawa Haoze had a very uncomfortable life in the following plot, because just like the female doctor said, the next step is to strictly implement the contract.

The two went to John's childhood memories and began to put up various aerospace-related posters.

Inserting astronomy into John's elementary school curriculum.

Extracurricular activities were also changed to astronomical observation.

…

In short... John is influenced by various small details.

Damn it! Damn it!

If the plot ends like this, wouldn't Mika Ishino be too bad?

This is completely damaging your own reputation!

…

John! Come on, don't be influenced by them!

...(End of chapter)