"Second Miss is back!"

Hearing this sound, Natsume immediately turned his head and looked behind him. He only saw the Japanese-style sliding doors of Karitsuki Residence retreating like a tide, one, two, three...nineteen...

She stood there, still so beautiful, still so frail.

But at this time, Natsume knew very well that they might never go back to the past. She was no longer the Masato that Natsume was familiar with. She was the second young lady of the Shimizu family, a participant in the conspiracy to attack the advance team and indirectly caused the murder of Li Dan.

What is contradictory and ridiculous is that Natsume cannot hate her, and even feels that she may have been unable to control herself from beginning to end.

Masato Shimizu was dressed dignifiedly, with her robe on the ground, followed by more than a dozen servants with their heads lowered and taking small steps. Natsume stood up, and Takeda Nobu said, "Little brother, I'll take my leave first. If we have a chance another day, let's

Let’s discuss and learn from each other.”

Natsume glanced at him, with a little disdain in his eyes. He probably thought that you, a defeated general, had the nerve to take the initiative to ask for a fight? However, considering that the other party is just an ordinary person, but he can reach the pinnacle of Japanese swordsmanship, he should be worthy of respect, so

Natsume said calmly, "Okay, let's fight another day."

Takeda Nobu smiled and left, leaving Natsume alone in the living room on the first floor.

After a while, Masato Shimizu, the second young lady of the Shimizu family, walked into the hall. She looked back and the servants immediately stepped back respectfully. When everyone else left, Natsume smiled bitterly, "Should I call you Second Miss now?"

Should I continue to call you Masato?"

Upon hearing this, Masato Shimizu, who had just put on a smile, turned stiff.

She hesitated to speak, then changed her expression to a calm expression and said calmly, "Please call me Yaren, the second lady sounds weird."

Natsume nodded, turned around again, continued to admire the snow scene, and asked at the same time, "So... you actually broke the water circulation system on purpose?"

Masato Shimizu didn't answer. She walked to Natsume calmly and asked an unexpected question, "How long can a person live to see the world? Ten years? Twenty years? Or a century? Or longer?"

Natsume, who didn't expect that Masato would ask him in turn, took a deep breath and said, "Who knows, never mind, the world is chaotic anyway. If my master hadn't told me to practice as an ordinary person, I might have gone to Iceland or Antarctica."

Let’s go to a deserted place.”

"You dare not face this reality? Or do you not want to face it?" Masato asked softly.

Natsume touched his chin and sneered, "What difference does it make if you don't dare or if you don't want to?"

"Of course, that gentleman led you into the mysterious gate. Didn't she tell you why she wanted to accept you as her disciple?"

"Well, that's not right. In fact, it was me who cried and begged her, she didn't take the initiative to teach me." Natsume corrected a mistake.

Masato sighed softly, "I heard my mother say that that gentleman once single-handedly created AOA, and then caused the eruption of Mount Fuji and the global blackout. Such a person whose life is worthless would actually beg her because of you. She

Just accept you as my disciple? That’s too weird..."

Natsume actually knew a little bit about his master's past. It wasn't that he intentionally asked about it, but his master had told Natsume about it on some occasions. At first, Natsume was very shocked, especially when he heard his master talking about the fireworks on Mount Fuji.

She set it off, and Natsume had nightmares for several months.

"What's so strange? The master said that even if Mount Fuji doesn't erupt, Japan will eventually sink. Therefore, instead of letting tens of millions of people suffer the cold treatment from all over the world, it is better to let them listen to the sound of nature, so

She stimulated Mount Fuji a little bit, and then... bang, ha... millions of lives... and they were gone..." Although Natsume was very grateful to the master for leading him into the mysterious gate, on these matters

He still can't let it go, even though he has never experienced it.

"You are right. Because of what she did, our Qingshui family was almost wiped out... Fortunately, with the existence of God, we not only survived, but also mastered more technologies that are beyond this era."

"for example?"

"For example, this Karitsuki Residence, such as that star port, how even though it was clear that all of this was an illusion, you never doubted yourself." When Masato Shimizu said the last sentence, Natsume's pupils suddenly narrowed.

"What did you say?"

"Did you just find out? In fact, you are not on the moon at all now, or... this moon is just a dream, a virtual space created by a mortal who perfectly integrated the divinity of Yarams. A person who may wake up at any time

Come, and then all this will return to a dream of nothingness." Masato said the unacceptable fact.

Natsume touched his body and then his face. He wanted to find even the slightest bit of untruth, but found that all these efforts were in vain.

"Why is there such a dream?"

"Because he wants to leave the earth and go to a more distant place."

"who?"

"The one who creates dreams."

"Can you be more specific?"

"Haha..." Qingshui Masato laughed dryly and said, "If we knew who he was, how could we let him magnify the dream again and again."

Natsume was stunned when he heard this, "What does this have to do with anything? It's just a dream."

"Do you really think dreams are illusory?" Masato Shimizu asked a question that Natsume couldn't answer.

He scratched his head and then asked, "What else?"

“Ever heard of the story of the brain in a vat?”

Natsume was startled and seemed to understand, "Are you saying that our thoughts and consciousness are actually false? All these feelings are artificially given?"

"That's the way it is, but what's scary is not these. It's that as Yarams' power becomes stronger, it's difficult for us to determine where the boundary of this dream is."

"Um... I didn't mean to find trouble, Masato. I'm just curious, why are you looking for the boundary of the dream?"

"Because if we don't stop the spread of dreams as soon as possible, dreams will eventually overlap with reality."

"Um...what's wrong with this?"

"Do you think it's funny when two solar systems collide?" Masato pointed out the key point.

Natsume stopped laughing immediately, but he still found it a bit unbelievable. Even if he knew more than ordinary people and had entered the occult door, he still felt that it was ridiculous that things in dreams could become reality. This was not only unscientific, but even inappropriate.

logic.

"You suspect I'm telling a joke?"

Natsume shrugged. He didn't want to quarrel with Masato Shimizu over this kind of thing because it felt too stupid.

"Then...not only are your Shimizu family not heinous terrorists, but you are also saviors?" Natsume asked pretending to be relaxed.

Masato Shimizu began to hate the less steady Natsume in front of her.

"The Qingshui family is not the savior... The Qingshui family is a cursed family... You should have guessed it, that Master Gen is the ancestor of our Qingshui family. She is also the holder of divinity. When she took over Qingshui

After returning home, she has been trying to free all of us from the pollution of divinity, but we have fallen deeper and deeper... Now we can only barely suppress it. For this reason, we have done what we should do and what we should not do...

..." Masato Shimizu said this slightly sadly, but the tears flashing in her red eyes did not fall in the end.

Natsume stopped talking.

"Your old classmate Li Dan...she is not dead. She is alive and well. You can go see her anytime and anywhere. But I want to make it clear to you. You can accept every word of what I see and hear here.

Tell her, otherwise...I will still kill her."

Natsume was shocked when he heard this. He probably didn't expect to face such a strange Masato Shimizu one day.

"Um...then...what's the purpose of attacking the advance team and arresting so many people? Besides, someone has to be responsible for those who were killed in the advance team, right?"

"Responsible? Haha..." Masato Shimizu smiled coldly, "Didn't your master tell you what happened after the discovery of the Dead Sea Gate in Antarctica?"

Natsume frowned. He had indeed heard his master talk about it once or twice, but she had never told Natsume about that past in detail.

"what happened?"

"Leakage and infection." Masato Shimizu said calmly, then raised his arm to show Natsume.

I saw that Bai Xi's arm slowly became pale and withered. Natsume looked at this scene in surprise, while Qingshui Masato said lightly, "The forerunners have gone too far and too deep in the world of bunkers... so that

When they returned, they didn't even notice that they had turned into complete filth... We are too weak, so weak that divinity will obviously make us stronger, but when we come into contact with divinity, we are more likely to degenerate into being...

The monster of primal domination.”

As she spoke, Qingshui Masato put down her sleeves, and her skin recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Anyway... don't get involved in these things anymore... I will send you back, and you can take Li Dan with you... but don't go to the shelter again... don't go to any of them."

"Why?" Natsume frowned.

Masato didn't explain, she turned around and left without any nostalgia, but when she turned around, a few tears shone brightly.

Natsume saw it, and he grabbed Masato's hand and said, "Hey, Masato! There's no need for such a quarrel between friends, right? Besides, how can you keep me out of it now?"

Masato didn't look back, she said, "In Wangye Ecological Zone, where we worked before, I have prepared a shelter for you and Hanako... But unfortunately, I don't know if Hanako is still alive now, so you can take your old classmates there.

I wish you happiness."

After saying that, Masato Shimizu shook off Natsume's hand and left decisively.

Natsume froze on the spot, then he said coldly, "Shimizu Masato!"

Qingshui Masato stopped. The situation she was most worried about and least wanted to face happened.

"Is that your name? When we first met, you told me that your name was Qingshui Masato, and you were a girl who liked to eat sukiyaki! How come we haven't seen each other for a few days and you have become so condescending?

The second young lady? What are you trying to escape from? Wish me happiness? I can leave those people in Refuge No. 1 alone, but the master said, if possible, help them! So... I will not return to myself.

A person can survive alone. Even if we meet again as enemies in the future, I will go back to Vault 1! I will find out! Find out what you guys are doing!!"

Masato Shimizu's eyes were filled with tears, she clenched her fists, and after a while she sneered, "You're not the hero in a Japanese manga? What kind of motivational speech are you giving? If you don't want to go, don't go. I won't force you."

After saying that, Masato Shimizu really left.
To be continued...