Magician in Type-Moon

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Huang Lu Meisha suddenly mentioned those classmates from the same school, but her expression showed a hint of disgust.

"Yes and no. As I said before, the usual separation refers to the soul leaving along with consciousness, but how come only their souls left while their consciousness remained in their bodies?"

Genki Satsuki's answer surprised Kōji Misaya, so she asked again:

"But according to you, if a soul leaves its body, wouldn't it be eaten by the planet? And shouldn't the creation of ghosts be a record and reproduction of the world's perception of them?"

Xuanwu Gaoyue chuckled and said:

"This involves how to make the 'fall' happen before the 'flight'."

“The Akasha Record is not something that only activates when an individual record is captured; it is a machine that is working all the time.”

"In other words, the phenomenon of their souls being extracted and dissipating has already been recorded, while the ghosts are just a phenomenon produced by the planet's one-sided record. Whether or not an individual record has been captured, for the ghosts, it is only a matter of whether it will be more complete."

Misaya Huanglu nodded slightly, but still couldn't quite understand: "But aren't these ghosts just empty shells? What use are they?"

Xuanwu Gaoyue nodded and said:

"Indeed, these ghosts are merely empty shells created at the moment of a soul's death. But what truly determines the course of this world is always the planet. In the planet's records, individuals named Miyatsuki or Byakuyashin have already died."

"For them, this is the future that has already been determined. The world must have existed since eternity, and the world itself is also pursuing eternity."

"In the face of the world's record, only the individual will move closer to the world's record."

"Therefore, their act of completing their inevitable death cannot be changed. To rewrite this act, one would have to erase the entire Akasha record."

"Simply destroying the floating ghosts in the sky or imprisoning those bodies will not change this future."

"Anyway, I don't think there's anything in this world that can kill a planet."

Genki Satsuki looked at Kyouji Misaya again, looking into her eyes and said:

"If you're really worried, you can go to the scene yourself and see what happens. After all, you always send a bouquet of flowers to the hospital around this time, don't you?"

Chapter 289 Seizing the Future (4 points deducted)

Even after Misaki Huang left, the air in the East Hall of the auditorium still seemed to carry a trace of the warmth she left behind.

However, a moment later, another figure quietly appeared at the gate and walked towards Xuanwu Gaoyue from the direction of the gate.

The figure appeared without a sound, as if blending into its surroundings.

"You're back, Araya?"

"Hmm, were you just chatting with your sister? That's so unlike you."

Araya Sōren walked to Genmura Sōgetsu's side and said in a deep voice.

"Not like me? Then what kind of person am I in your eyes?"

Xuanwu Gaoyue asked.

"Mirror."

"Mirror?"

“That’s right, just like the fairy you gave to your sister, there was neither hostility nor malice. There was neither kindness nor goodwill. To be honest, I still don’t understand why you came to help me. But that’s strange, why are you laughing?”

Araya Sōren looked at the man in front of her, whose face always maintained an unchanging smile.

Why is this man always smiling?

Since he said he had no hobbies, there was no reason for him to show any expression.

"In the eyes of the people around me, it seems that this is indeed the case. I clearly think that I am the same as usual, but everyone thinks that Genmu Satsuki is smiling."

Although Genmu Satsuki answered in this way, she still maintained the smile on her face.

"So you mean you don't understand the reason for laughter or the value of a smile at all? Is that how it is..."

Araya Sōren was somewhat speechless.

"That's right. As for why I chose to help you, I think it's a byproduct of the result you're pursuing, and perhaps it can solve a problem that has been troubling me for a long time."

Genmu Satsuki spoke with a somewhat awkward smile.

"A problem? I've never heard you mention that before."

"I only have the past." Genmu Satsuki's tone was as if she were talking about anyone else:

"Genmu Satsuki can only see other people's past. Just like how humans have to plunder other things to survive, I have to collect the past of people other than Genmu Satsuki in order to live. You know that, right?"

Araya Sōren nodded. After getting to know the man in front of him, he was prepared to collect the man's deaths, just like he was prepared to collect the deaths of oranges.

"I will not interfere with what happens after that. Once the past is retrieved, the outcome is determined by the will of the person who possesses that past. I can only observe the past; I cannot intervene in it."

Xuanwu Gaoyue continued.

"So you also want to throw yourself into that ritual?"

Araya Sōren asked.

“That’s right. Unlike you, you want to use that thing to see the root of the problem, but I’m only after the product of that thing.”

For the first time, Genmu Satsuki looked directly at Araya Sōren.

“Things left behind in the outside world cannot be preserved to ‘eternity.’ Indeed, with modern technology, it may be possible to create objects that ‘will never break even if an accident occurs.’ However, even if the object itself remains unchanged, we ourselves will change.”

“The meaning of an object is assigned by the ‘recorder’ according to his impression. Therefore, even if the object itself remains unchanged, it cannot be called ‘eternal’ as long as the viewer’s impression changes.”

Araya Sōren understood; she understood what this man wanted.

'eternal'

It is something that the 'recorder's' impressions cannot control, and can in turn control the 'recorder'.

In this world, the only phenomenon that can be called 'eternal' is 'recording'.

Does he want eternity? No, he only wants a byproduct of eternity, the step before reaching eternity.

He only has the past.

So what he wants is the future.

And after that ceremony was completed, the future was pulled into the present.

"But the future isn't always what you'd expect..."

"So what?"

Xuanwu Gaoyue responded calmly.

Yes, people with no future.

That's enough as long as I can get a glimpse of the future.

......

"This place is really hard to find."

The door was pushed open, and Ryougi Shiki walked straight in, wearing a Reien school uniform, looking like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl.

After entering, she threw something that looked like a letter in front of Matou Ike.

"Where's Orange? Why is it that only you came back, Ryougi?"

Matou Ike sat on the sofa, not in a hurry to open the letter. Instead, she was puzzled to see Ryougi Shiki arriving alone.

"That guy messed things up himself, so he let me come back first."

Ryougi Shiki rolled her eyes, found a spot and lay down, acting as if she were at home.

"—Like an idiot."

Ryougi Shiki looked displeased and said this while looking to the side.

"What exactly happened?" Matou Ike asked, even more puzzled.

"You guessed right, Araya Sōren and the others did indeed set up their headquarters in the Reien Garden."

"What happened to you?" Matou Ike asked.

"I only encountered one, the one you mentioned who was sealed away, what was his name again?"

Ryougi Shiki stood with her back straight, shaking her head back and forth as if observing the darkening scenery.

"The Book of False Gods, Xuanwu Gaoyue," Matou Ike reminded him helplessly.

"Yes, that's the guy!" Ryougi Shiki shouted fiercely, "That guy is both easy to kill and hard to kill!"

"You fought with him?"

"Yes, no, it can't really be called taking action; it was more of a one-sided attack by me."

Ryougi Shiki shook her head.

"Aren't you with Orange? If she were with you, she should be able to help you break that guy's ability, right?"

Matou Ike was a little confused.

"You mention this and I get so angry! That Orange is just awful. As soon as we got to Liyuan, she left me aside and went off to chat with some acquaintances by herself."

When Ryougi Shiki talks about Aozaki Touko, she almost feels an urge to kill her.

"Orange's behavior is indeed a bit problematic, but he's just chatting with an acquaintance. He shouldn't end up not coming back, right?"

Matou Ike asked again.

"Yeah, but that guy left me outside all by himself, then ran to a place that looked like a trap and just walked right in."

As Ryougi Shiki finished speaking, she picked up the pillow beside her and threw it at the luggage left by Touko.

It was called luggage, but it actually only contained one or two packs of cigarettes and some changes of clothes.

"Um..." Matou Ike was also a little unsure of what to say.

Judging from Ryougi Shiki's behavior, it seems they knew about the trap beforehand, but Touko still stepped into it.

Then Ryougi Shiki was left alone to investigate in the Reien Garden.

But Orange's behavior might also mean that it has discovered something special.

"Could you tell me in detail about the process of your investigation?"