Hospital No. 444

"Ikaruga, do you know the law of cause and effect spell?"

"I know about the curse, but Dad, what do you mean by the law of cause and effect? ​​Is it similar to Paradox (time paradox)?"

She often heard her mother and sister mention the word Paradox.

"For example..."

In front of six-year-old Natsume Ikaruga, Natsume Heisuke pointed to the comics on the bookshelf behind her: "It's just like Jingle Cat's magical props."

Natsume Ikaruga is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent, so she likes reading Japanese comics, including Japanese national comics such as "Doraemon".

"Dad, it's Doraemon."

"For example, many of Jingle Cat's props have a causal effect. For example, Jingle Cat helps the male protagonist solve difficulties. After taking out the props, it will often produce some effects similar to the law of cause and effect."

When Natsume Ikaruga heard this, he still didn't understand what his father, Natsume Heisuke, said.

"For example, when the male protagonist Nobi is short of money, Jingle Cat can give him a prop, and then his uncle from other places may suddenly visit and give him a red envelope. Didn't you notice? According to the time, the uncle set off to Tokyo The Nobi family happened before the props were used.”

Natsume Ikaruga was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes... it's indeed incredible. It's not like a time machine... In fact, when Nobi Nobita was short of money, his uncle might have been on his way from other places. In other words, props can even affect the past?"

But then she felt something was wrong: "No, if that's the case, my uncle was already on his way to Tokyo at that time. Even without the props, Nobita Nobita could still get...the red envelope given by his uncle."

"This is the law of cause and effect spell that I want to develop for the hospital. In the three-dimensional world, cause and effect can only be the cause of the past to obtain the present or future results. But the law of cause and effect spell can affect the past now. Even anything that happens now Everything may be caused by the influence of the law of cause and effect in the future.”

"Indeed, there are many other props that have similar effects..."

Natsume Heisuke immediately took out another "Doraemon" comic from the bookshelf, opened it, and said, "For example, this comic is called "Searching for Mother Three Thousand Miles Away"."

"Oh, I remember. Because Nobita was scolded by his mother, he asked Doraemon to prevent her from seeing him. So Doraemon gave him a pill. As long as he took one pill, he would have to walk three hundred meters. rice to see my mother. Otherwise, no matter what happens, even if they live in the same small house, they will not be able to see each other. "

When Natsume Ikaruga first saw this comic, he thought it was impossible. Although the male protagonist Nobi's house has two floors, it is only one hundred square meters in size at most. Unless one of Nobita and his mother ran away from home or died without a complete body, how could they not meet each other?

But unexpectedly, the pills Doraemon took out actually had the terrifying ability to affect cause and effect. When Mom wants to find Nobita, there will either be a phone call or a visit. When Nobita goes to find his mother, he will be taken out to play baseball by Fat Tiger. Even if my mother draws a prize, she will be directly selected to travel to Guam. In short, under the influence of the terrifying power, no matter what he did, Nobita could not meet his mother.

It's obviously a comic, but Ikaruga was worried about Nobita when he saw it, and was even more amazed by the power of Doraemon's props. She simply did not believe that humans could develop such a thing in the future.

"I thought it was just manga fiction..." Natsume Ikaruga asked in surprise: "Is there really such a curse of causality? Two people try their best, but they can't see each other?"

"There are very few cases in the current hospital with similar symptoms, even among curses. It is extremely rare. Once encountered, it will be a very difficult situation for us." Natsume Heisuke pointed to his computer: "Just as I Just because it is rare does not mean that it is not available. If we can turn this curse into a curse and use it for our purposes... In the future, we can even prevent patients from being cursed in the first place and achieve absolute cure! "

Natsume Ikaruga looked at his father, Natsume Heisuke, with an expression of admiration.

Since childhood, she has been closer to her father, and her sister is closer to her mother. Sometimes they are obviously one family, but they seem to be in two camps.

My mother has always opposed my father's development of new spells. She had heard her mother and father arguing many times.

My mother always felt that even if the curse became a curse, it would still be harmful to doctors and patients, especially my father who was like a madman and wanted to develop a curse of cause and effect. The idea of ​​forcibly developing a causal curse like Mary Shelley did is simply crazy. In the end, countless lives will inevitably pay for his crazy idea.

The father's retort was that the development of cursed objects would definitely bring death, but without the cursed objects, doctors and patients would still face the threat of curses. Now that I have become a supernatural doctor, this is my destiny. It takes a powerful spell to level the difference between the doctor and the evil spirit.

In Ikaruga's memory, she and her sister discussed these things when they were alone together.

"Father's idea is good," Ikaruga hoped that his father's idea of ​​developing the law of karma could come true. "Father can become a better doctor of enchantments than Rod Darren. Developing the law of karma is his dream."

"Rod Dylan is a genius among geniuses," my sister Ibis shook her head, "surpassing him? How is this possible. I think my mother's idea is correct. My father forced me to develop this kind of curse. How to solve the problem of the curse's backlash? ? For the patient, is this treatment or murder? Curses cannot be tested on mice. In the end, human lives must be used to pay for his dreams. "

"The white tower of medicine is originally built from the bones of human beings. Apart from curses and surgery, there is no other way to cure the curse on patients." Ikaruga continued: "I want to see the day when my father's dream comes true. ”

"Ikaruga, have you ever thought about it," my sister Ibis said, "What if the piles of bones under the white tower include us or our family members?"

…

Until now, Ikaruga has been unable to answer her sister Ibis’ question.

The development of cursed objects is a process of constant trial and error, and this process is accompanied by the death of countless people. Among them was Lady Ophelia's brother. At that time, Mrs. Ophelia, as the wife of the vice-president and the matron of the Faust family, magnanimously took in the two sisters. Therefore, Ibis and Turtledove simultaneously proposed that they were willing to cooperate with Miss Lelia's experiment as an atonement. , which is also about risking your life to realize the curse of the law of cause and effect.

"This case is so similar to the example my dad and I talked about at that time..."

Just like Nobita Nobita, Alex and Melty cannot see each other no matter what.

This is a typical curse of causality!

Natsume Ikaruga stroked his hair.

Now, she appears here relying on the power of the law of causality. As my father said, the present cause affects the past effect. But in the end, everything she did was extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you may suffer backlash.

"Dai Lin..."

She continued to mutter the name.

She and Dai Lin had never met.

But she knew that she would meet this man named Dai Lin in the future, and that her future self would influence her now, forcing her to meet Dai Lin at all costs.

Not only that, she can sense the emotions of her future self. This emotion even affects my past self.

As long as he saw this man's appearance and heard his name, Natsume Ikaruga would have the urge to meet him at all costs. This kind of impulse cannot be suppressed by reason, let alone explained by reason.

"What happened to me in the future and him?"

At this point, she quickened her pace and moved on.

She could sense the location of Melty and her daughter, but the strange thing was...

Why is the distance between their mother and daughter getting farther and farther?