Chapter 16 14. Time to escape the space-time spiral

After I quickly regained consciousness, I explained my "constitution" and the characteristics and cycles of the "black hole of time and space" to Ms. Yuri.Then explain the whole story of the incident after the Fuchigami family's New Year's party.From the first round to the last round, the "offensive and defensive battle" between me and the prisoners under the table, or the secret agreement with my grandfather and other strategies.So far, no matter how close people are, I have never confessed to them, as long as they are related to the incident, I will explain everything to Yuri-san in detail.

Only halfway through, I regretted it.This is bad!When I said seriously what other people saw as whimsical, Yuri-san would think that I was crazy, that I was a dangerous person who couldn't distinguish between reality and fantasy, and then she would stay away from me, and I became anxious.However, although I don't know what to do rationally, I actually don't care about anything, and I can't stop my tongue.In the end, the whole incident was explained. "—Of course, this is the whole story of the incident." I noticed that Yuri-san was staring at me intently, and hurriedly added this sentence. "By the way, please treat all of these as my fantasy, as boring nonsense. Please think so, or as the content of science fiction I will write in the future."

"But..." Miss Yuri blinked, leaned out and stared at me. "In the restaurant, Tsutsuya-san said to me exactly the same as what you just said. He did tell me that if he becomes the heir of EDGE-UP, he will marry me. So, even if you say that It's just pure fantasy, and I can't believe it." In this way, in the last round, which is the "decision version", during breakfast time, Mr. Tsutsuya was also at the table, and indeed proposed a countermeasure of "losing the election" like a marriage proposal to Ms. Yuri, confidently thinking that he Must be chosen as heir.As everyone knows, in a few hours, sister Luna and brother Fujitaka will be designated as heirs by grandpa. "I just need to hide in the dark and eavesdrop on the conversation between the two of you, can't I know? This can't be regarded as evidence that I have mastered the black hole of time and space!"

"Indeed, those words you said are indeed stupid. If someone else said these words, I would definitely treat them as nonsense and refuse to believe them. But..." Miss Yuri's face was stiff until just now, without any expression. The expression was unremarkable, but at this moment, he suddenly smiled. "Of course, I don't mean that it's all because of Kutaro, so I decided to believe it. Because it was said by a specific person, no matter how illogical the content is, I believe it all unconditionally. I think that is the most stupid However, after listening to what you just said, I also recalled some things myself, so I think that perhaps what Kutaro said can be proved by logic."

"Prove it with logic?" My immediate first reaction was that Ms. Yuri was joking with me.I wondered if she took what I explained as a ridiculous joke, and then, with her extraordinary wisdom, she was going to reorganize what I said and transform it into a more exaggerated joke to respond to me. "So, how do you prove that I am caught in the repetition of a space-time black hole?" "First of all, let's sort it out in order and fix what Jiutaro misunderstood. You have described the New Year's party in detail just now, and the problem is on January 2 after that. After drinking in the attic with the president, Jiutaro arrived That evening, I was stuffed into the back seat of my brother's car, and then went back to my home. No, I should have returned home. However, when I woke up the next morning, I was not at my home, but In the attic room of Fuchigami's house. Kutaro will naturally believe that he fell into the black hole of time and space, that is, the recurrence phenomenon on January 2nd has started again. However, this is a huge misunderstanding."

"Misunderstand?" "Kutaro didn't leave Fuchigami's house on January 2nd." "But..." Compared to Miss Youli's expression when she suddenly heard the space-time black hole just now, my expression now is even more dumbfounded. "But I did get in my brother's car." "That's right, you did sit there. And you really planned to go back, it's only one step away. But, do you remember the condition of the car when it actually started?" "No... So, all I realized was that I'd fallen asleep in the car after getting in the car drunk."

"That's right, it's actually the same, Kutaro, you fell asleep. Then your brother was driving the car, and when he was about to leave, he was stopped by the president." "grandfather?" "right" "why?" "He said that if you stay one more day, the next afternoon will announce who is the chosen heir." "Huh...?" What caused a huge impact on me at the moment was the fact that I had always believed in, which collapsed in an instant.Suddenly, there was an illusion that the solid ground under my feet had completely sunk... The next afternoon, when it was announced who was the chosen heir, these trivial but strong questions dragged a corner of my memory like thorns.Indeed, my grandfather will not publish the content of the will before his death, at least he has made it very clear at the New Year's meeting.If this matter changed suddenly, it must have been after eleven o'clock when I left the New Year's meeting halfway.Moreover, in the conversation between sister Luna and brother Fujitaka that I overheard in the annex, the elder brother also talked about the matter announced today. "Today"... This of course means January 2nd.Even so, on the evening of the same January 2nd, Grandpa stopped our car and said—"The next afternoon"...announce...?

"Once he said that, everyone would definitely be very concerned. Gradually, everyone decided to stay another night. However, in retrospect, the real reason is that the president has not written a new will. From a general point of view It seems that even if everyone is away, the chairman can still write the will. However, as the chairman explained to Kutaro, since the chairman has some symptoms of dementia, if he does not gather all the succession candidates in his own home, it will be difficult. Who is that color, who is that color, he can’t remember in detail at all. Since all relatives gather together during the New Year’s party, it has become a custom to write the will on the night of the New Year’s party every year. If everyone Without it, the president could not choose the successor with peace of mind. However, on the night of January 1st, the president could not find the red colored paper, which is the color representing Kutaro. On January 2nd, Although Munakata-san came, the will has not yet been completed. However, the chairman decided from the beginning that no matter what, it must be completed on that day. Therefore, even if the colored paper is not ready, he still insists on Munakata-san to do some unimportant things. Let him continue to stay at Yuangami’s house to wait. I plan to wait until the evening of that day, that is, before Kutaro and you leave, to complete the will and then hand it over to Mr. Munakata.”

"However..." I recalled the drinking conversation with my grandfather in the attic. "Grandpa didn't seem to say that it must be completed on that day. He seemed to tell me that I should simply give up writing the will and write it another day." "I think it was when the president was drinking, and with Jiutaro as his drinking partner, he drank happily. I think the president felt that he drank too much, and maybe he couldn't complete the will that day, so he spoke with reservations. Let's put it this way!" "The result is... on January 2nd after the New Year's Eve, Grandpa didn't finish his will!"

"Yes. The ending is that Mr. Munakata still went back empty-handed. I think Mr. Munakata's return also means that the president gave up on completing the will on the same day and decided to complete the will on another day. However, he may have seen that Kutaro and you are going home , then suddenly changed his mind and decided to ask everyone to stay for another night, and then complete the new will as soon as possible." "That's why he stopped our car?" "Yes, he used the announcement of the heir as an inducement, which is what everyone cares about most. After getting off the car, you will be moved to the attic room while you are asleep, and then you will change your casual clothes into sports clothes for you. Although I said that, but I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I heard about it after the fact."

"So..." The sense of reality of finally knowing the truth left me speechless.I can't believe my misunderstanding is so naive, clumsy and funny. "The day after I woke up, I had a hunch that it was the second round on January 2. However, it was already January 3." "That's the way it is. Moreover, if the next day is the normal January 4th, Kutaro should immediately realize that he has made a mistake! But unfortunately, he fell into a space-time black hole on January 3rd, and began to appear Therefore, Kutaro completely misunderstood that the phenomenon of repetition occurred on January 2." "But in fact, it was January 3, the day after January 2, that caused the phenomenon of time-space repetition. In other words, I subjectively determined that the phenomenon of repetition had already occurred on that day. In the second round after that, after going downstairs to the kitchen of the main house, I heard Grandpa talking with Auntie and Mrs. Juzi, and compared with the conversation the day before, it was almost exactly the same. If it was January 3rd , why is the conversation of grandpa two mornings almost exactly the same?" "That's probably..." Ms. Yuri paused for a moment as if she couldn't speak, but immediately returned to her usual calm tone. "The president's symptoms happened by chance." "Grandpa's symptoms? Ah..." What she pointed out was just a simple fact, but why couldn't I think of it?It makes me feel incredible. "Yes... that's it!" "Yes, I couldn't write the will on the night of the New Year's meeting, and then I couldn't finish it on January 2. This had a subtle impact on the president's consciousness. So, on the morning of January 2 and January 3, he , they all explained the same thing to the chairman and Mrs. Juzi, and they didn’t even feel that the dialogue was the same as the day before, and of course, the chairman and Mrs. Juzi, who knew the chairman’s symptoms, must have pretended not to know, Let's talk with the president!" I couldn't help but recall that in the seventh round, Aunt Hurunai asked me if I heard their conversation about origami in the main room, and I accidentally said that I had heard it several times.At that time, the aunt's expression was a little stiff.What I thought at the time was naturally the phenomenon of time and space repetition, and I slipped my tongue reflexively; but for my aunt, it meant that she had cooperated with my grandfather to have the same conversation several times. "But...but, although grandpa stopped us on January 2, does he really plan to announce the content of the will on the next day, that is, January 3?" I recalled Aunt Hu Yunai and Juzi The content of the conversation the wife had in the restaurant.At that time, my aunt asked whether my grandfather seriously wanted to publish the content of the will today, and Mrs. Juzi replied that it cannot be said that he did not mean that at all, but it will probably be postponed again!And diaries, about those diaries.The note on January 3rd (it was not the grandfather’s mistake, but the correct date) that I saw in the study said that everyone stayed here specially (staying one night longer), but decided to postpone the will to Write after January 4th.In other words, in the early morning of January 3rd, my grandfather had already given up on completing the will.This is also very normal!Because of the lack of colored paper needed for the lottery, the so-called stores, that is, the stationery stores, were closed until January 3rd. "If you didn't plan to write it from the beginning, of course it's impossible to announce it! Knowing this, why did grandpa stop us who are already sitting in the car and ask us to stay an extra night?" "Perhaps the president wants to give up on the matter that was originally decided by himself as soon as possible!" Miss Youli tilted her head in thought, her slender fingers lightly pressed against her temples, looking lost in thought.Miss Yuri's behavior exudes a romantic temperament that is not often seen in her. "He probably made up his mind that even if the red color paper is missing, he still has to do the lottery. However, if all the colors are not ready, he will not be able to calm down. Of course, it will be difficult to proceed. However, Kutaro does not Did you say that? Miss Luna and Mr. Fujitaka proposed that they get married as soon as possible and inherit the Fuchigami family. What did the president say to these two? I remember, he said that he was waiting for someone to come To make such a suggestion? Did he ever say so?" "So, is grandpa really looking forward to it? That's why there are those follow-up developments." "Or, it's just very simple..." Ms. Yuri cast a playful look at me. '"The president may want to spend more time with his relatives, even if it's only for one more day." The grandfather who once used a scheming scheme to force his father and uncle into unemployment, does he really have such an admirable attitude towards his relatives?I trembled slightly for a moment.However, when I saw the smile on Yuri-san's face, unexpectedly, I felt that this might be the case.After my grandfather got old, he gradually became unable to control his body and spirit. This kind of impatience made him selfish and suspicious; but at the same time, the sense of loneliness in his heart was also increasing day by day.If the matter of framing father and uncle with tricks is explained in a positive manner, it may not be out of dislike for the daughters, but the purpose of hiring son-in-laws to work in their company at first.He may have this kind of longing in his heart to consolidate the main management rights through his relatives, so that the bond between the "family" can be deepened.From an objective point of view, this is not a kind of love, but selfish and willful dependence.Not only grandpa, but also many people with contradictory mentality, hurt each other unconsciously, but at the same time seek warmth from each other. No, this is not the time to speculate on Grandpa's psychology. There are other more important things to think about. The first round of the space-time black hole was not January 2nd, but January 3rd—for me, that was the truth that I didn’t want to accept at first, but after thoroughly understanding the facts, I found that many things became reasonable up.The first is the death of the grandfather.Why did something that should not have happened in the first round suddenly happen in the second round?Because I didn't drink with my grandfather, the idea of ​​a new cause and effect is caused. Although it can barely be used as an explanation for this question, it still leaves an unexplainable mystery. However, I mistook the actual January 3rd for the second round of January 2nd from the beginning to the end, which is actually not a very incredible thing.Grandpa drank alone in the attic room on January 3rd, which was not an unexpected event at all.I always thought that because I deliberately avoided drinking with my grandfather, the "schedule" was out of order.It was supposed to be two people drinking together, but it turned into the grandfather drinking alone.But in fact, the matter of my grandfather drinking alone was originally based on the "schedule" on January 3.I'm afraid, after my grandfather hid and drank with me the day before, that is, on January 2nd, he became unable to stop.Totally in love with the "hideout" of the attic. After I blocked Liuqin's sister and Fujitaka's brother, the lovers, I then killed Mai's sister, the ambush.After blocking Sister Wu, Cheng Yaojin, Shi Shifu's brother, appeared again.The strategy I employed, of course, could not prevent the "ex-convicts" from disguising my grandfather's death as a homicide.Grandpa's fall to death involved the issue of heirs, so it was disguised as a homicide. This is the "schedule" for the first round (not January 2, but January 3).In order to be the same as the time course of the first round as much as possible, the restraining force of the space-time black hole is continuously acting.That's the truth of the matter. After my grandfather's body was discovered, the police gathered everyone involved in the reception room. I felt a sense of incongruity at the time, and it turned out that it was because I had mistaken the correct date.Now I finally understand why I didn't see Munakata-san, or why I often felt something was wrong before.I didn't see Lawyer Zong Oak at that time, so it was quite normal.That's because Mr. Munakata visited Fuchijo on January 2nd.And it was January 3rd. In this way, it was on the afternoon of January 2 when sister Luna learned that the will had not been completed.She didn't take the opportunity to flip through grandpa's diary, but I learned about it through overhearing our conversation when grandpa and I were drinking in the attic. Probably Luna sister accidentally caught a glimpse of my grandfather and I walking towards the main house, which gave her the opportunity to eavesdrop.Speaking of which, at that time, I felt a yellow figure floating in front of the uniform, and the yellow was the color of Luna's sister's tracksuit.Grandpa had purposely lowered his voice to avoid Aunt Hurunai, but Luna sister mistakenly thought that we were going to tell some interesting secrets, which aroused her interest, and she followed us secretly to the attic. Then, Luna sister learned the fact that the will has not been completed, and she did hear the content of the conversation that the old will will not become invalid until the new will is completed (Of course, what she reported to Mai sister or Shi Shifu brother, etc. , should also include this matter).Because of this, at the scene where her grandfather fell to his death, she immediately thought of the fact that last year's will would take effect. When I heard sister Luna tell Brother Fujitaka about this in the annex, I was surprised at how quickly she obtained the information.But in fact, it was already January 3rd when we were in the annex, so it must have been slow. The time when she provided information to Shifu's brother and the dancing sisters was probably on the night of January 2nd.Probably when I was so drunk and drowsy, people who wanted to drink and have fun gathered together again and held another banquet. (I once mistakenly thought that Sister Wu learned this information when the New Year's meeting was renewed).Brother Fu Tugao happened to not be present at that time, so he found out about it a day late. It was also on the afternoon of January 2nd when Luna sister dropped her earring.When she was eavesdropping on my conversation with my grandfather, because I suddenly walked out of the attic, she went downstairs to hide in a panic. It must be at that time that she accidentally dropped the earring on the stairs!Logically, it is not wrong to limit the time when sister Luna left the earrings between eleven o'clock in the evening of the first day and three o'clock in the morning of the second day. On the second day of the month, it was mistakenly regarded as the day when the phenomenon of time and space repeated, so the wrong result must be deduced.If the day when the spatio-temporal recurrence occurs is January 3rd, then everything becomes reasonable.At that time, I thought about the possibility that Luna sister would come to the attic to find me in the middle of the night, but now that I think about it, it makes no sense at all. Every round of people who meet me in the morning are very worried about my hangover, and now it's clear why.I never thought that I drank too much at the New Year's party, even to the extent that everyone was worried. In fact, what everyone was worried about was my drunkenness on January 2.Because I was drinking with my grandfather that day, when I got in the car, I was so drunk that I looked like a mollusk without bones, so everyone was so worried.Therefore, Aunt Hu Liunai, who once persuaded people to drink at the New Year's party, said that the people she had to scold were not an unspecified majority including herself, but she was referring to her grandfather. In the eighth round, the reason why I didn't meet the Yuri-san I was supposed to meet in the corridor was not because I missed the time slot.It was because it was January 2nd when I met Miss Youli, and it was not January 2nd that entered the eighth round, but January 3rd.Therefore, when my grandfather invited me for a drink in the restaurant, his lines were a little different, which is only natural.All of this is due to my misunderstanding that the date of the first round is January 2, which is one day behind the actual time. "There is another reason why Kutaro misunderstood, and that is the clothes we wear. If the president sets up to force us to change into sportswear, wouldn't everyone change into different clothes on January 2nd and January 3rd? Especially women, such as Miss Luna, etc., pay attention to dressing up. It is not surprising even if they do different dressing ups on the same day, not to mention every other day. If the phenomenon of time and space repetition starts, everyone will dress completely Different clothes? Kutaro should be able to tell at a glance!" "Original..." I was persuaded by Ms. Youli, who demonstrated in an orderly manner, and felt that she would have a deeper understanding of the entire theoretical system of space-time black holes than I did in the near future. "I see." "The chairman's ups and downs, dementia symptoms, and the sportswear we wear, all the accidental factors overlapped together, which made Jiutaro's misunderstanding even deeper." "I see, um... I see." Just when Ms. Youli verified the doubts in my mind one by one, when I was about to accept her statement completely, I thought of something that puzzled me. "Although I understand, but..." "but?" "The phenomenon of time-space repetition should be repeated eight times, plus the original first round, there will be nine rounds in total. If I mistakenly believe that January 2 is the second round of time-space repetition, but the actual time is January Three days, then, there should be another round that I haven't experienced. That is to say..." I said it a bit complicatedly, and felt that my mind was also confused, so I quickly sorted out the order. "...I calculated it carefully. According to the order of the second round, the third round, and the fourth round, "yesterday" happened to be the ninth round, which is the last round. That's right, I definitely did not count wrong, please Trust my judgement, I've had a couple of flips, so I can't count them wrong." "I see." Yuri-san looked at me, as if she couldn't be so serious when she said to me, she kept showing me a gentle smile to comfort me. "You are right. Logically, this incident proves that Kutaro is not lying." "Yeah? What are you talking about? Well...it's already confusing enough, can I not make it any more confusing? Well, that...if, if I mistake the actual third of January for the second of January Then, after the last round of misidentification is over, you will be stunned by the reappearance of the "repetition phenomenon". Isn't it like this? Because of an error. From my subjective point of view, It's like the 'repeating' happened one more time. And then... then I'll notice that I was wrong about the actual start time of the space-time black hole, which should be the case in theory, shouldn't it? I should find myself Mistaken." "You're absolutely right." "Besides..." The expression on Miss Youli's face showed no sign of wavering, which made me feel uneasy. "If I got the starting time wrong, I should have woken up at my grandpa's house this morning. Since I miscalculated, 'today' is the real last round. However, I did wake up at my own house this morning, and then Yuri-san also called, and now we are having dinner together. If this is the case..., wouldn't the space-time phenomenon be over?" "Yes, the space-time recurrence phenomenon has ended. Kutaro, the reason why you are confused about what happened is because... this is the first time since your life that the total number of occurrences of the recurrence phenomenon has been reduced from nine rounds to Eight rounds? In other words, you feel that your 'physique' has changed? You suspect that may be the case, don't you?" "Hmm..." Yes, I immediately agreed with this hypothesis with a dull face. "I just want the possibility." "Of course it's not impossible. For us, a space-time black hole is an unknown and incredible phenomenon. Since its principle or law cannot be said to have been analyzed clearly, it is impossible to say that the possibility you mentioned is absolutely impossible. .But my thinking is different from yours.” For me, I don’t think the process is important, but I am eager to know what the conclusion is.For me like this, Yuri-san looked into my eyes tenderly as if she was admonishing her. "There are more complete and reasonable explanations that don't need to reduce the total number of space-time repetitions." "Huh? What did you say?" "You still don't understand?" "I don't understand, does Miss Youli know?" "After listening to your description, I came up with a possibility. But I don't think I can prove the nature of the problem precisely. If you ask me, is it just your imagination? I can only I can answer that yes. However, I think I should be right." "It doesn't matter even if you imagine it, please tell me." "Of course, it's just that I have one condition. Can I say it?" "Of course, Qing said." "When I first came here, I once told you that I completely misunderstood Kutaro's age. Although you might think I was lying, before what you once said to me was really realized, I had Silently determined that it is okay even if you don’t wait.” Miss Yuri said "what you said to me"—meaning what I said to her in the corridor on the afternoon of January 2nd.It took me a long time to think about this, long enough to kick my ass out of the way.At the time, I thought that the conversation I had with her would end up being "reset" and disappear, and I still think so now.That didn't turn out to be the case, and those conversations seem to still be there. "Hmm...then, when you rejected Tsutsuya-san, the person you were talking about was..." "The man I like in my heart? Of course it's Kutaro!" She seemed a little amused, and giggled. "People's fate is unpredictable! If you hadn't said that to me on January 2nd, I think I might have been moved when Mr. Tsujiya said he wanted to marry me. It's not that That’s definitely the case, I just feel like there’s that possibility. On January 3rd, what Kutaro said had already filled my thoughts, and when Mr. Tsutsuya confessed to me, I was only surprised, and didn’t take him seriously. One thing." "Really..." I didn't expect any other reaction at all. "What a close call!" "Then, let's get into the topic I was going to talk about today! As I said just now, I don't have to wait, after all, that is my free decision. Anyway, I originally thought that Kutaro would graduate from university next year. However, Kutaro is still high I'm a student, so it's another matter. I should give priority to my studies. I once thought that I have to wait for a few years. After thinking about it, I suddenly lost confidence. I have to wait at least six or seven years. !Can I wait so long? I was already in my thirties by then. Also, if you go to college, where there are many young girls, Kutaro's mind might change. That's why I wanted to come and discuss with you, How serious are you about this matter? In the end, you suddenly mentioned the sci-fi topic of time-space recurrence. At first, I wondered if you wanted to treat the previous incident as if it hadn’t happened, and said in a roundabout way If you want to break up." "What are you talking about breaking up?" I was a little stunned. "We haven't started anything yet, have we?" "Women are the kind of animals that will imagine themselves when they hear things from men! Especially things related to love. However, if you think about it carefully, a straightforward person like Kutaro should not say that kind of beating around the bush. I thought that what you said at the beginning should be serious. However, the reason why I am so convinced is not only this, but the main reason is that Kutaro was very confused." "Very confused?" "You are very confused about why today is January 4th, right? This fact itself can be logically deduced to prove that the phenomenon of time and space repetition has indeed occurred. That is because, if the repetition phenomenon that Kutaro said is bragging, then It means that Jiutaro really knew that January 3rd existed between the day before yesterday and today. However, for Jiutaro, that phenomenon did not actually happen to him. January 3rd disappeared, too detailed description will form a loophole instead. No, it should be said that you didn’t have such an idea in your mind. You just need to explain the system of time and space recurrence phenomena in order—one by one, and then And then it's over. There's no need to make it sound like you noticed a mistake and got confused." Where is this argument logically deduced?I'm a little sorry for Yuri-san, but I have to raise my doubts frankly.She took my bewilderment as the premise of her inference. Although it is a kind of sophistry, it can be generally established.But if my confusion is nothing more than acting, won't there be a flaw soon?In order to make the setting of fictional events look like real facts, deliberately mixing inconsistencies into the narrative is a common trick. "Although the opening remarks are a bit long, I'm going to state the conditions now. Why did January 3rd disappear? The exchange condition for telling you the answer is...Kutaro..." "yes?" "Can you believe me? I believe everything you said, but can you really believe this fact? Although it is not logical, but because you said it, even if you are half-believed, just listen to it. My There is no ambiguity in my attitude, and I am not lying. I really believe what you say from the bottom of my heart. Can you trust me? Because I believe in you, I can solve the doubts in your heart. But can you trust me?" She said something illogical, but at this point, it didn't matter.Because I feel joy in my heart, and in this joy, there is a fact.I was afraid that she would take the phenomenon of time and space repetition as a casual joke, and she also looked away.But Yuri-san saw through my heart thoroughly and knew where my fear was, and I was very moved by it.She is indeed the ideal woman in my mind.No!Her intelligence and beauty are far beyond my imagination. "It's very simple." After seeing me nodding slowly, Miss Youli leaned back on the chair contentedly. "You always think that January 2 is the time when the space-time black hole appears, and the repetition is finally over, thinking that January 3 has arrived. However, in fact, the time has passed January 3, and it has come directly to January 4th of January. That’s because the day when the recurrence phenomenon actually occurred was January 3rd. Therefore, subjectively, there was a round of error in the starting date. If it was the day of concern, I thought it was the last round You will be surprised to find out that the next day is the real last round. Even so, the recurrence phenomenon is still logical and ended according to the usual rules. But this time, there was an error on the starting day, Why does it still end? The answer is none other than Kyutaro - ignoring one of the rounds." "No, please wait a moment. As I said just now, I definitely did not count wrong." "Well, you didn't make a mistake in counting, and Kutaro has also carefully counted. The reason is...you can't count one of the rounds." "I can't... count?" "Only in that round, let alone being unable to count, Kutaro can't do anything." "I can't do anything...why?" "That's because, in that round, Kutaro died." "Huh?" In an unconscious state, I clenched my fists with both hands, and leaned on my ears on both sides, making a very strange posture.Although the guests at the next table seemed to laugh out loud, it was not the time to care about such things. "What? Huh? You, what are you talking about?" "Kutaro is dead." "I'm dead! You said I'm dead? That... that kind of thing... I'm not living well now, that... I'm still alive, right?" "It really bothers me that you question me! I think that no matter what happens, as long as it is during the period of recurring phenomena, it will be restored to its original state due to the 'reset', right? Didn’t he die several times on the third day of the first month of January, but he is still alive now, isn’t that the same reasoning?” "But, but, but when and when did I die?" "It reminds you that in the seventh round, what happened to you in that round?" "The seventh round? Well, that... you mean, I asked Aunt Huruno to prepare a banquet in order to restrict everyone's movements. After I felt relieved that all the people gathered in the living room, there would be absolutely no problem, Grandpa had an accident." My voice became hoarse unconsciously. "Fall . . . down the stairs of the main house." "That's right." Miss Yuri nodded vigorously. "The incident that happened to Jiutaro was almost exactly the same as this incident. The correct date of the third round on January 2 that Jiutaro subjectively determined was the second round on January 3rd, that is, the prisoner was Mai. That time, miss. After that round of 'reset', Kutaro woke up in the attic, and half asleep, wondering whether to make sure the earring had fallen on the stairs." She didn't even have such a small part. I am very impressed by the clarity of the explanation. "But the result was that sleepiness overcame the will, and Kutaro fell asleep like this. However, this is the subjective determination of Kutaro. In fact, it was Kutaro who went down the stairs to find the earring, but because he was not fully awake, he accidentally stepped on the earring 。久太郎就从楼梯摔落下去，头部受到剧烈撞击而死。虽然我不会有那一轮的记忆……没有记忆真是幸运。可是，如果久太郎的尸体出现在我的眼前，我、我应该会因为太过震撼而发狂吧，在大家的面前丑态毕露……” 那时，友理小姐隐约润湿了双眼。我凝视著那对眼眸，回忆起那个夜里所作的“梦”。千真万确……对，确实是从高处摔落的梦。 “总之，久太郎就这样死了。但过了不久，午夜零时过后，时空再度'重设'，久太郎也再次从阁楼苏醒过来。然后，就误以为那一轮是前前一轮的接续。你说自己睡得迷糊了，觉得自己曾经离开被窝，而走到楼梯，但其实你是在作梦。”我当时以为，因为作了从高处摔落的恶梦，剧烈的撞击感，让自己从睡梦中苏醒过来，结果，那并不是梦。“你说过，那时是睡意战胜了意志力，所以才昏昏沉沉睡著了。但真实的情况是，你在前一轮死掉了。因为你完全没察觉这件事，所以从客观面来看，久太郎才出现了空白的是不是这么一回事？但事到如今，也已经无法证明了吧！” -- 时间经过解析 客观的时间经过┃小说主角主观上的时间经过 二日┃二日（第一轮） 三日（第一轮）┃二日（第二轮） 三日（第二轮）┃二日（第三轮） 三日（第三轮）┃在这一天主角死去了一整天 三日（第四轮）┃二日（第四轮） 三日（第五轮）┃二日（第五轮） 三日（第六轮）┃二日（第六轮） 三日（第七轮）┃二日（第七轮） 三日（第八轮）┃二日（第八轮） 三日（第九轮）┃二日（第九轮） 一月四日┃一月三日 --