Half an hour later.

Using the address recorded on his cell phone, Kato Yusuke returned to the apartment belonging to Iwanami's identity.

The room area is about 15 square meters.

A bed, a table and chairs, and a wardrobe built into the wall are all the furniture.

Although there is a kitchen, there is no gas stove. There is only a household induction cooker placed on a small kitchen cabinet to make up for it.

The room has a toilet and a bathtub.

Although the space is narrow, it can still meet the needs of daily life.

It's an ordinary single apartment, or a doghouse...

But Yusuke is not picky about these things, as long as he has a place to bathe and sleep.

After checking the room, his attention was quickly attracted by the table placed in the center...or rather, the things placed on the table.

It was a large yellow envelope, which seemed to contain something and was slightly bulging in size.

Reach out and take it in your hands, open the seal, and then stand upside down.

Swish, snap.

A few banknotes and a bankbook fell into the palm of my hand.

【Thousand Yen Bill】x10

[Passbook account amount: 250,000]

The password is written on the back of the envelope.

I don’t know if it was left behind by those parents...

Kato Yusuke thought about this for a while, but due to the lack of information about those two people, he really couldn't extend his thoughts.

So I quickly put it behind me and started thinking about other things.

The most concerning thing among them is his current state and Iwanami's identity.

After all, while his appearance remains the same, his name has changed. It's really hard not to think about the reason.

If we look at the theory of time travel, if this world is the same as the world he originally lived in, then "he" during this period should still be in junior high school in Saitama Prefecture, preparing to take the exam.

Rather than something else...

In order to confirm this conjecture, he decided to do some tests.

Just do it if you think of it.

Kato Yusuke pulled out a chair and sat down at the table, then took out his mobile phone and started dialing some numbers in his memory...

First up is the Yingli pear.

"…………"

Contrary to expectations, the receiver did not hear the "beep--" waiting tone like when making a normal call, but there was silence.

After waiting for about 10 seconds.

The phone disconnected the call on its own and returned to the dialing interface.

Is there no signal?

Yusuke couldn't help but think this, but when he saw the full signal in the upper right corner of the screen, he frowned slightly.

But that’s okay, after all, there may be situations where the other party has no signal.

Then he called Senior Shiyu.

"…………"

A long silence just like before.

After waiting, the interface returned to the dialing numeric keyboard.

Kato Yusuke, who was staring at the screen, frowned deeply and thought for a while.

The crows cackled outside the window, as if taunting him.

After hesitating for a moment,

Finally I called Hui.

"…………"

Still familiar with the silence, still returning to the dialing interface on its own.

Kato Yusuke remained silent.

If three people in a row have failed calls, what is the probability that this will happen? This can no longer be explained by coincidence.

An eerie silence filled the room.

As if to break it, Yusuke tapped his fingers on the table.

A pair of sword-shaped eyebrows were locked together tightly, and the expression in his eyes was constantly changing.

After a long time, he let out a sigh.

Because there are too many missing elements, it is really impossible to prove the situation.

If the system is there, it may be able to get the answer.

But when I think about it, judging from the other person's attitude of cherishing words like gold, there is a high probability that he will not tell him anything.

Even so, he didn't want to give up so easily.

After pondering for a moment.

He took a deep breath to calm down.

Then he started typing on the numeric keyboard and entered the last series of numbers.

That was the number he used when he was in Saitama Prefecture.

If the result this time was the same as before, then he would have to re-evaluate the world.

A sense of tension arose spontaneously.

But now that the matter is over, there is nothing to hesitate about.

Kato Yusuke couldn't help but feel very strange at the thought of having to talk to his past self.

Raise your hand to press the dial button and wait quietly.

"..."

He couldn't tell how long the wait was. Just when he thought it would end in failure this time, the phone did not return to the dialing interface as before.

"…………beep……"

The heavy blind speaker sounded.

Immediately afterwards——

Slap, smack.

A faint sound of snowflakes flashed through my mind.

"...Please host to stop the current behavior immediately, otherwise there will be unknown consequences!"

The electronic female voice rang rapidly in my mind.

An indescribable warning sign arose in my heart, as if the hairs all over my body were standing on end, making my scalp numb.

And in that second.

Under the string of phone numbers displayed on the mobile phone screen, new changes have taken place.

——【00:00】

That means the other party has pressed the answer button.

Without any hesitation, Kato Yusuke immediately ended the call.

"..."

The phone screen went dark.

He probably thought he was a harassing call, so he didn't call again.

"...What did you mean just now? System."

"..."

There was silence in my mind, as if everything just now was just an illusion.

"Open the panel."

A transparent blue interface appears before your eyes.

"Open the store."
To be continued...