329 – [5] Time
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It was so strange.
Their destination was completely shattered.
It seemed like it would have been crushed somewhere below, but it actually came out on the opposite side.
Is it really nothing that the destination collapsed?
No, on the contrary, are they nothing?
‘Hallucination? ‘Am I seeing something wrong?’
I decided that I may have created hallucinations because I was so sad.
There are countless cases of people creating hallucinations due to lack of sanity, so the possibility was ample.
However, if asked if Cheonma-ri was a person who would suffer from hallucinations, etc., All he could do was shake his head.
Cheonma-ri knew this better than anyone else.
‘No, that won’t be it. ‘I’m not the type of person to suffer from hallucinations or anything like that.’
He said he was not the type of person to see hallucinations.
However, the existence in front of me cannot be explained unless it is a hallucination, so how could this not be a strange situation?
It seemed like the world had gone crazy.
That’s why she called her subordinate who was next to her.
“Hey, there are two people. Can you see it too?”
“If it’s over there…… Ah yes. I see it. One person looks like the head hunter and the other… ….”
I can see other people too.
They even gave an answer right away about who it was.
A real Kang Xian.
I don’t know why it appeared over there, but it was clear that it was real.
And Cheonma-ri felt something strange.
‘Obviously, there were three people in the group until Kang Xian left, but where did one go and only two came here?’
Dark-skinned Southerner.
Ines Corseiro was nowhere to be found.
What on earth happened?
I was just about to lose myself in thought with a frown on my face.
The gaze of the two people in the distance shifted.
She belatedly discovered a thousand birds and her eyes widened.
“What is it?”
“Huh, Mari?”
* * *
Pirolic.
Returner found in front.
What you do.
Overturning rubble with a small number of people.
Current status.
Looking this way.
Looking at the expression, it is clear that something is bad.
I think I need to hit him.
“Uh…… “I guess Mr. Marie was looking for us.”
“I see. But why are there so few people?”
Shannon and I escaped beyond the mountains behind the Arecibo campus.
The two of us went back around the mountain behind us and arrived here to check what had happened.
I thought it would be empty since no rescue team came.
But strangely enough, several temples of Cheonmari and Nartica were located here.
“If this much time has passed, there is a good chance that a large group will come and dig it up.”
Judging by the way they were turning over the wreckage, it was clear that they had come to rescue them.
But why is there only that many people?
The rescue team that is usually mobilized for this type of work has a huge number of people.
Has it really been a while since you came here?
No way, no way, it can’t be.
They gave us over 10 days, but it has finally arrived?
“…… Wouldn’t it be quicker to go and ask first?”
“Yes, I think it should be so.”
I approached Cheonma-ri with long strides.
She looked at me from her toes to her head.
“River, Gangsi? “You’re a Jiangshi, right?”
A gaze mixed with anxiety and joy.
On the other hand, it was a face with some traces of regret.
“Yeah, man. It’s your friend. “Where have you been and what have you been doing all this time to be like this?”
“Oh, no, I was just wondering if you didn’t come home…” … I came here and was looking for you…….”
“Hey, no matter what. “Why are you looking for it now?”
If I was going to find it, I should have come out to find it sooner.
I pointed to the ground with a frown.
“If you had listened to me explaining things to Shannon and Ines, you should have come a little sooner.”
“I’m sorry. From next time, if I think you’re missing, I’ll go find you right away.”
“Wow, you speak well.”
“I’m truly sorry…… “But where have you been all this time to come out from the other side?”
“I was trapped underground here and just came out after discovering a detour. “And then I found you.”
“Ah… ….”
Cheonma-ri looked at her river Xian and lowered her head.
The criminal held his hands together as if he had no qualifications.
“I’m really, really sorry.”
“Ha…… “More than that, how did you come here now?”
“Well, stop spending time doing this and that…” ….”
It was a way of saying that he was doing his job and playing the game.
When I thought about it that way, I felt like she was truly amazing.
Is there a person in the world who leaves his close friend alone for 10 days, regardless of whether he goes missing, and then moves on later?
It was something that would make me angry, but when I saw the eyes of a thousand birds, I didn’t really want to get angry.
Yes, that’s right if you say so.
What do you expect from me, who has continued to regress because I haven’t been able to properly deal with the world tree so far…….
In the end, she lowered her head in bitterness.
This is because it was proven that the reliable barrier, even though it had a strange appearance, was only a facade.
“Ugh.”
“Well, still! I came running in one day because I was worried about you in my own way…….”
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“What nonsense is Haru? “I came here for work and was locked in the basement for over 10 days.”
“Heat…… Hole?”
A thousand birds tilting their heads.
It was as if he had just heard something nonsense.
Could it be that the concept of time has become blurry because I am stuck at home?
It was really disappointing to not know how long I had been trapped.
“What kind of idiot are you talking about? “It’s only been one day since you were locked up here.”
“One day?”
“It seems like my sense of time has become strange since I’m only underground. “You haven’t been down here that long.”
“That can’t be possible.”
I checked the time every day.
The time of one day could not physically come out.
“Mr. Shannon. “The period we were down there was over ten days, right?”
“Yes! “I just went to sleep there so many times, and I asked Mr. Xian to do it— bubuuup!”
“Did you hear? How many times have you tried to sleep? “Never one day.”
“What is this…?” … Assistant Manager Cha, exactly how long has it been since our Jiangshi went missing?”
“Roughly a day and three to four hours have passed.”
This is ridiculous.
Then what exactly is the underground experience that I remember?
This…… This… ….
No matter how I looked at it, I could only see that Cheonma-ri and his subordinates were making an outdated April Fool’s joke.
“No, the person involved was there for more than 10 days, but what do you mean by saying it only lasted one day? Oh, you’re not kidding, are you?”
“Isn’t it a joke? It’s true that it’s only one day. If you don’t believe me, would you like to bet? Are you betting on each other’s parents?”
“I heard it’s true that it’s been more than 10 days. And what are you betting your parents on? “You have to have parents too.”
“True. Yes. “We don’t have parents to bet on.”
However, even if the parents were not present, it was not the case that there was no evidence to bring in.
The hunter watch I’m holding right now has a built-in watch.
We spent time together underground, so the exact time must be indicated.
I immediately showed the Hunter Watch time to Cheonmaly.
“Ha, showing this won’t change anything…… Uh?”
“Right? “Am I right?”
“What is this…?” … It’s December 2nd…… ?”
Cheonma-ri stared at the hologram of Hunter Watch.
The expression gradually became crumpled and then froze.
“Shannon, please show me yours too.”
“Yes.”
“Oh, but my time is a little different from Mr. Xian’s. “I wonder where the error came from.”
At any rate, the difference was only a few tens of minutes.
It was an error level, and it was at a level that could not be considered a big deal.
The thousand birds even looked at Shannon’s and distorted her face even more.
It was like a blind man denying reality.
“Right? “We were down there for over ten days.”
“To be exact, I was trapped for ten days and one more day.”
“Nonsense, nonsense. The last time you left home was yesterday…….”
I quickly turned on my hunter watch.
I then showed the current time to this person.
However, the time shown by Cheonma-ri was very different from ours.
This was because it was referring to ten days ago.
“What is this…?” ….”
“If you don’t believe me, I can show you my men’s watches.”
This was sincere.
She was sure she wasn’t lying.
But we also didn’t lie.
If neither of them are lies, then what exactly is this situation?
“Now that I think about it…… It’s been 10 days and there’s still burning debris…… ?”
Evidence that clearly shows that it is a day.
I soon remembered that time is relative, but even so, there was no reason for such a difference.
Something was very wrong.
We looked at each other and fell into doubt.
“You left home yesterday. “What on earth happened?”
* * *
“I’m sorry for getting angry earlier.”
“No. If you’ve been locked up for more than 10 days, that might be the case. “In fact, I feel more sorry for not being able to understand your situation.”
Luckily, Cheonma-ri accepted my apology.
As a result of sharing information with each other, it was revealed that I had made her angry by telling her everything.
“Mary, I’m saying that because I feel sorry. “Is there anything you want?”
“What do you want? Hmm…… “Then, if you have time later, would you like to go watch MLB together?”
“If you like it.”
“Oh, then you won’t have to say anything else later?”
“Yes.”
Judging by the strangely sticky look in his eyes, I thought it might be a bit annoying later.
However, there was no surer way than this to erase the regretful feelings that arose from my carelessness.
In fact, it was an unavoidable mistake.
It was unimaginable that the time flow between above and below ground was different.
Wow!
“As expected, you are my childhood friend! Thank you~!”
“What? “This is an apology aimed at an acquaintance, so of course I have to straighten it out.”
“It must have been difficult to be locked up for over 10 days…… “I will definitely repay you for this consideration later.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay─ Huh? “Oh, I’m in pain. Could you please be gentle on me a little?”
“Oh, sorry. “Did I hug you too much?”
“Well, to be honest, I think you both are hugging each other too much.”
Shannon’s tail and the corners of her eyes were lowered.
Her dissatisfied words carried weight.
Cheonma-ri and I fell immediately.
Shannon then sat down next to me, feeling a little relieved.
“…… Hmm. By the way, two minutes. Why do you think the flow of time was different underground?”
“Well. “Maybe it was just influenced by a dimensional storm or something.”
“Personally, I think there must have been some strange artifact somewhere underground.”
But because I couldn’t even imagine it, it was even more painful.
No matter how much we thought about it, we couldn’t come up with a plausible reason why our time was messed up.
So the three of us thought and thought for a while.
And at one point, the keyword time particularly lingered in my mind.
The fact that I have time superpowers.
The fact that we have items related to the current time.
“Um…… “I’m sure it’s not because of this.”
I am an object that is safely stored in my bag.
I looked at the vial related to time.
“It’s a disease too small to cause anything to happen… ….”
Coincidentally, it is not for nothing that small peppers are said to be spicy.
Even if it was small, I couldn’t tell what huge effect it would have.
Out of curiosity, I thought about opening the bottle cap.
However, if the only verification is the report, what can be done even if it is opened?
Moreover, it was unclear whether there would be any danger.
It seemed necessary to postpone the analysis.
If we wanted to check this in the future, it seemed best to gather graduate students from the academy.
This is especially true for graduate school researchers who wanted to study this.
Of course, the research showed that this was the case and the speculation continued.
We were in the midst of endlessly discussing time.
“Huh?”
Shannon shivers as if something suddenly occurred to her.
Then he cut off our conversation with a perplexed yet very urgent look on his face.
“Sleep, just a moment. I mean us. “Don’t you think you’ve forgotten someone?”