Chapter 10 chapter Ten

Gibbon and I made an appointment to meet at a nearby family-style restaurant after he got off work.Maybe it's because of the location, after 7 o'clock in the evening, there are no families who come to eat together in the family-style restaurant.Gibbon and I sat in the smoking area, surrounded by individual customers who looked like company employees who had just got off work. "He dropped out of school?" After ordering food, Gibbon wiped his hands with a wet towel and asked softly. "He must think it's better not to have any more contact with society, as long as he can endure it for another two months, so he plans to lock himself at home."

No matter how you think about it, his words can only be regarded as delusions.In Gibbon's mind, he had already treated what he had imagined as a fact. "Actually." I suppressed a sigh and said, "Actually, as long as Yuki quits school, I have nothing to do with him, and I have nothing to do with you from the beginning. So whoever Yuuki wants to kill, you I don't want to care about how far my delusions will develop. It's just that I can't care about it now." Gibbon looked at me questioningly. "I made an appointment with someone, with Akemi Tachikawa. I will definitely do what I made an appointment with a woman, although I also feel that my character will always suffer."

"Then what about the appointment with the man?" asked Gibbon mockingly. "I wouldn't make an appointment with a man at all." "clever." We were at the same time - Gibbon got his beef curry rice and I got my iced milk tea. "Anyway," I inserted the straw into the cup, "I've made up my mind to find out. So please tell me everything." "everything?" "Everything you hide and don't say." Gibbon smiled, trying to get away with it. "Last time you said," I didn't even look at his smiling face, "you met Yuuki by chance in Tokyo and went to see his sister, but you didn't see her. I'll just believe it. However, the other party said that he didn't want to See you, generally speaking, when encountering such a situation, everyone would give up, right? No one would ask all the neighbors about it, would they? Let alone ask for leave on purpose to visit Yuuki's relatives Yes. It is unusual for you to do this. But you did do these extraordinary things. Why? Because you have been suspicious of Yuki since before, not what happened in front of you. Now the situation It just deepened your suspicions. Am I right?"

For a moment, Gibbon stared at me as if he had been accidentally attacked, and then smiled as if he had made up his mind. "It's scary how real you move." "I haven't started getting serious yet." "Let's talk while eating." "Please." Gibbon picked up the spoon. "I didn't hide it, but some things may be unbelievable. I want to say that it may confuse you." "Is there anything more unbelievable than killing my own sister in order to monopolize the inheritance, and then disguised as a woman to cover up the crime?" I said. "Then I am more and more interested in listening to it."

Gibbon only took a bite of curry rice, then he seemed to lose his appetite and put down his spoon. "I once told you about the village where I used to live." "Located in the northeast, a small, unnamed village." "In that village, Mian is a celebrity." "celebrity?" "right." The man on the opposite side nodded, and said softly as if he was very depressed. "He's a man of prescience." "Predictive ability?" This is not a word that is often heard, I couldn't help laughing, and asked a question. "what happened?"

Gibbon ignored me, he didn't take my reaction seriously at all, and continued to speak at his own pace. "It happened when I was just in high school, when Mian was still a primary school student, and he suddenly became a person who could predict what would come. Moreover, what he predicted was not that this summer would be cool, and that the economic situation would worsen from next spring, etc. , ambiguous generalizations. Tomorrow, the uncle of a relative falls down the stairs and breaks his bone. Next week, the aunt next door is hospitalized with food poisoning. A nearby dog ​​gets hit by a car while hanging out. All these very specific things can barely be said. At first, everyone thought this child was incredible, but it was really interesting. But gradually, people in the village stopped laughing. They thought it was all accidental, People who just laughed it off and didn't take it seriously seem to be wrong. Because Mian's predictions were too accurate. Our place is a small place in the countryside, and the story of Mian spread quickly. Mian was walking on the road, everyone So they gathered in the distance to point and point, you can see that it is Yuki, the person with supernatural powers. It is said that the TV station in Tokyo even came to interview, because Yuki's parents tried their best to stop it, so the result failed. His parents The mood is understandable. And from a certain day on, Mian stopped making predictions, just as suddenly as at the beginning. That."

Gibbon seemed to organize his thoughts, paused for a moment, and then continued. "Did I tell you that his parents died in a plane crash?" "yes." "Mian no longer made predictions. After a long time, everyone forgot about him. But I didn't forget. Because I found it strange. Mian, who can predict the future so accurately, why didn't he predict that flight Accident? You think so? If Mian had the ability to predict, he must have known in advance that the plane would have an accident, and he should have persuaded his parents not to take that plane. At that time, Mian’s predictions were always accurate, but why didn’t he Can save one's own parents from an accident? There are only three valid reasons."

Gibbon said with a heavy heart, and raised a finger. "First, Mian doesn't have the ability to predict. The reason why Mian can predict the things that people witnessed so accurately is only a chance of one in a few hundred million; second, although Mian has the ability to predict, But his ability is limited, and he himself can't choose the object of prediction, so he failed to predict that the plane will die, so he didn't dissuade his parents; third..." Gibbon, who raised his third finger, seemed to be reluctant to say the following words out of a sense of ominousness. He sighed lightly to cover it up, and continued:

"Barely has the ability to predict, and he also predicted the plane crash, but he didn't dissuade his parents." I want to laugh out loud.Gibbon gushed about the future, and about a boy who could see the future.It's ridiculous.But, I can't laugh.Inside me, there is another me who believes his word. Doomed? My sister laughed. Maybe so.but…… Yes, if even so, I would not admit it. "Are you OK?" When I came back to my senses, Gibbon was watching my face silently. "It's okay." I said. "It's just that my brain hurts after hearing some absurd words."

Gibbon smiled faintly: "May I go on with this nonsense?" "Please," I said, "I'm free anyway." "You're right. From the very beginning, I started to suspect Mien. I met Mian by chance. It was true, but I didn't say hello to him. At that time, I followed him quietly until I reached his door. .Then I went door to door, and I came to a conclusion. How does a child with extraordinary abilities feel? How does he grow up? I really can't imagine. But we are very It's hard to expect that Mian, who watched his parents die, has the same conscience as others. He must have foreseen that something will drive Miss Yoko to a dead end. Such an opportunity never comes again. I think that's why he didn't The reason why he couldn’t wait to do it when he reached the legal age. He must be very anxious, because Miss Yangzi is already an adult, and she can handle her inheritance including her own at will.”

Gibbon seemed to remember those things from the past.He started to eat his curry rice, and I watched in silence as the curry rice disappeared from the plate. Gibbon is eating curry rice here, and I am drinking iced milk tea here. These are all things that have been decided in the dark, right?With the straw in my mouth, I thought to myself.The so-called future with infinite possibilities seems to be nothing more than that. "Now" can only have one and only form.Whether it is accidental or inevitable, it is because of a certain will that this form can be embodied in the "now".The more I think about it, the more I feel that my will is more ambiguous and weak than I imagined. "Where are you going?" Gibbon stared at me who stood up suddenly with surprised eyes. "I wanted to go back, so I went back. Probably this is something that has already been decided." Without looking at Gibbon's face, I turned around and left the shop.