Chapter 44 The final chapter

The coffee in the paper cup had gone cold.Miyamoto took a sip to moisten his throat, and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.Only then did he realize that he had been speaking for two and a half hours. The sound of footsteps pulling slippers came from a distance, and disappeared after a while.The hospital was eerily quiet late at night. "Whether Kawabe Reiji was born or not, I didn't find out in the end. To be honest, I only remembered this name when I said it just now. How strange! I hardly realized it before." Miyamoto tilted his neck slightly. "Why didn't you tell me these things before?" Lizi asked, "It happened when I saw it twenty years ago."

"I have also forgotten it for a long time. No, it is not accurate to say that I have forgotten it. It should be said that it has not surfaced to the surface of my memory. After Shi Sheng was hospitalized, I thought that he was irreparable, and these things popped up again unknowingly. But I don't know what to say to you either. You'll think I'm out of my mind." Okamoto smiled bitterly and looked at his wife, "Who would believe such nonsense?" Lizi looked directly at him: "I believe it." "Really?" Miyamoto nodded and sighed, "I don't quite understand what time is all about. Maybe I can also be like Toki, at any time, my soul can swim in time .Or with the help of the power of the soul from the future, human beings created history. Thanks to Shisheng, I am on the right path. Of course, all this can be regarded as an illusion. Maybe there was a person named Shisheng in the past , had a little influence on me when I was young, and I took him as my own son to relieve some of the hurt feelings now. Everything is subconscious. But I still like to think that at that time Sheng is our son Shisheng. If we hadn't met him, Shisheng would not have been born into this world."

The future is not just tomorrow—this voice still echoes deep in Miyamoto's mind. "I believe. The Shisheng who was with you is our Shisheng. That's right!" "You want to think so too?" Reiko shook her head.Miyamoto tilted his head in confusion. "Not only do I believe your words, but I also have my reasons. Your words have solved a mystery that has troubled me for twenty years." "puzzle?" "Nihon-Zaka Tunnel," she took a deep breath, "You remember it too? The three of us were almost involved in the accident." "Well, you threw the car in the tunnel and escaped."

"At that time, my friend was driving very fast. We were all crazy. Just when we were approaching the tunnel, he appeared." "he?" "A young man on a motorcycle." Lizi stared into her husband's eyes, "he was beside our car, pestering us all the time, as if he was still shouting something. My friend who was driving got angry and pulled the car away. Stopped on the shoulder. So, he also put full speed. My friend opened the window, he got out of the car, said: 'Can't go any further, just stay here.' At that time, for some reason, he stared at My face. Seeing him, I also have a kind of kindness, a feeling of pity."

"It's time..." "My friend ignored him, closed the window, and drove on again, saying that the kid was crazy. However, I was a little worried. He didn't look crazy. I looked back and he got on the motorcycle again. He galloped up and yelled at other cars desperately." "He knows the past can't be changed, but he can't stand by." "At this time, there was already a tunnel ahead. As soon as we entered, we found that it was abnormal, because all the cars in front suddenly stepped on the brakes suddenly." Miyamoto knew that this was the moment when the accident happened.

"There was a loud explosion in front of us, and we could see the blazing flames. We were at a loss. At this time, someone knocked on the car window desperately. It was the young man just now, and he had chased him at some point. He opened the car door He shouted loudly: 'Get out, get out of the tunnel! Run with all your strength!' We didn't know what happened, but we all got out of the car in a hurry. At this time, he said to me:' Must work hard to live, because there is a wonderful life waiting for him.'” Reiko's words spread throughout Miyamoto's body in an instant, his heart was surging, and after a while, it condensed into hot spots in the depths of his eyes.He lowered his head, tears pattering down his feet.

"He...Shisheng," Lizi held back her sobs, "and then ran to the depths of the tunnel, probably to save more lives." "The number of victims was seven." "I've been thinking that there were only seven victims in such a big accident. He must have saved many lives. Not only that, he blocked everyone's way in front of the tunnel, slowing down all the vehicles on the road Speed. Without him, everyone, including us, would have driven faster and headed into the tunnel." He changed the past, Miyamoto thought, otherwise, history would be even more tragic.

Miyamoto put his hand on his wife's shoulder. "This is the first time I've heard of it." "It just occurred to me too. How did it happen? Is it important?" Miyamoto thought, maybe this is the law of time.Perhaps in order not to produce a time paradox, time manipulates itself. "You and I were both saved by him." Miyamoto said, "Saved by his sleeping son." "Is the Toki who appeared in your narration just now really Reiji Kawabe? If so, at that time, Tokio..." Miyamoto understood what his wife wanted to say, and he could even fully understand her feeling of being unable to speak.

He shook his head. "Perhaps Toki borrowed Kawabe Reiji's body to appear in front of me, but it was only a borrowed one. After returning it, he probably embarked on a new journey." "yes……" "I believe so." He shook his wife's shoulder firmly.She put her hand on his. Just then, there was the sound of running in the corridor.Miyamoto looked at Reiko's face involuntarily, and Reiko looked at him too.He believed that the two had the same premonition. is a nurse.From her nervous face, Miyamoto felt that the last moment was coming. "Your son's condition has changed..." was all the nurse said.The Miyamotos got up at the same time.

"How's your sanity?" "Maybe recovered, but—" Miyamoto ran forward without finishing listening, followed by Reiko.When they rushed into the intensive treatment room, the doctor was watching Shi Sheng's face, and a nurse was watching the monitor on the side.Both of them had serious expressions on their faces. "Please call him." The doctor said to Miyamoto.His voice was low and hoarse, as if implying that there was nothing he could do. Reiko bent down beside the bed and held her son's hand.She burst into tears and kept calling her son's name.He didn't know if Shi Sheng could hear him, he was motionless.

Miyamoto looked at his sobbing wife, and then at his son with his eyes closed.He should be sad, but he feels that the emotion has long since disappeared, and now it is like looking at a photo. He put his hand on his wife's back. "Shisheng is not dead, he has embarked on a new journey. Didn't you confirm it just now?" Reiko nodded repeatedly, but was still sobbing. The appearance of his son when he was healthy and lively kept appearing in Miyamoto's mind.He could hear his son's voice at that time, and even felt the feeling of being crazy with his son.He looked up, tears streamed down his cheeks and down his neck. At this time, he suddenly realized that he still had something important to do. Miyamoto stared at Shisheng closely, then moved his mouth to his ear. "Shisheng, can you hear me? Shisheng—" This cannot be forgotten.This is the most important thing.If he didn't tell him about this, he couldn't start a new journey. Miyamoto shouted with all his strength: "Toki, I'll be waiting for you at Hanayashiki!"