Ichijō Mirai adjusted his sitting position and said, "It's a bit boring, not fun."
On the cell phone, the researcher's face was expressionless, "It's not fun and you're still playing."
His hands are still crossed, and there seems to be a touch of silver between his fingers that doesn't belong to the flesh color, and his expression doesn't fluctuate much, "I'm not in a good mood right now."
Ichijō Mirai's eyes fell on the crossed hands and narrowed a bit, "Don't say the obvious."
"Who's the unlucky one?"
At the same time as this sentence, was the voice of the researcher: "When I'm in a bad mood, someone has to pay for it, a little bit of bad luck."
Finished, he paused for a few seconds, leaned back a few points, back against the backrest of the sofa, one hand raised to press the brow, one hand back on the edge of the sofa, looks a little tired, "Generally speaking the bad luck is someone else, but this time, I intend to go down a little first."
"I don't really want to leave this video behind, leave any clues, you will be keenly aware of it, especially the existence of this video will reveal one thing..."
It's 'the existence of this video', not 'the content of this video'.
Under normal circumstances, as soon as he learned of the existence of this video, Ichijō Mirai would definitely have thought: why would 'Ichijō Mirai' choose to have Suzuki Sonoko relay the video?
Ichijō Mirai shouldn't know Suzuki Sonoko, and it's obvious that Suzuki Sonoko doesn't know 'Ichijō Mirai' at all.
If she didn't know him, how could she have asked Suzuki Sonoko to pass it on? She must know her, and know her well enough to communicate with her as an equal.
Then why didn't Suzuki Sonoko know 'Ichijō Mirai'?
Thinking along the lines, it didn't take Ichijō Mirai more than a few seconds to figure out one thing: the current reality had been altered.
If 'Ichijō Mirai' is the first act, Ichijō Mirai is the second act.
So at the end of the first act and before the start of the second act, 'Ichijō Mirai' must have done something to overturn some of the settings of the first act, so that at the beginning of the second act, there are some changes in the settings, such as the time of joining the organization, and whether he knows Suzuki Sonoko.
The video doesn't even need to exist.
Ichijō Mirai's speculation when he learns that 'the courier is from Florida' and that 'the organization has built a base in Florida just for Ichijō Mirai' will lead him to speculate that.
[After the death of his parents, 'Ichijō Mirai' joined the organization, grew up in Florida, met Suzuki Sonoko for some reason, and decided to play with his own amnesia for unknown reasons].
But Ichijō Mirai is not normal.
So, "It's alright."
The researcher lowered his hand, his brow still furrowed, "As a price to pay, the more it goes to the heart of the matter, the less you'll find out."
For example, it was almost obvious that 'the game can change the past'.
Ichijō Mirai didn't say a word as he listened to a voice identical to his own, looked at a hand identical to his own, and stared at a flash of silver that was completely absent from his own: the ring.
On the middle finger of the researcher's left hand, he wore a ring.
It was a shiny silver ring with diamonds, and it looked like he had exchanged rings because he was close to his lover.
Engagement ring...
Lovers...
Is this what Ichijō Mirai deserves?
You can't have Jerusalem in the West, but you can't have Jerusalem in the East! You can be cold, but you can't be evil!
Ichijō Mirai's tactical tilt.
The video is just a video, not a real-time communication, the researcher unfolded a few eyebrows, and said the words of misjudgment, "Well, it's a little bit of screwing yourself, but if you don't have a problem with it, it's not really screwing yourself, right?"
He laughed, quickly turning expressionless again, leaning forward again and crossing his arms, calmly saying, "I will say one thing."
"I know myself very well, but I know, and yet do not know, myself who just came into this world with a time span of more than twenty years from where I am now."
"I'm not sure at the time of seeing this video, how far you've gotten through the second level, and if you've opened the third level,"
The researcher paused, "and wasn't quite sure what kind of misdeeds you'd do..."
"Wait a minute," Ichijō Mirai rationalized, "How can you defect, I've never been virtuous Savior."
"Instead of accusing yourself of being unethical, why don't you explain the ring?"
He was almost creeped out, "What's a 'lover'? It's something that requires at least 60% trust, if not 100%?"
Trust!
For Ichijō Mirai, it's like asking him to jump into an erupting volcano.
...Is Mount Fuji finally going to erupt?!
"But you're emotionless about everything," The researcher continued to himself, 'your attitude towards the world is currently still in a somewhat unrealistic state of 'indifference', where you're actually okay with whatever happens,"
"In this state, you might appropriately make ruthless choices, and with any luck, you're already in contact with the FBI."
The FBI doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter, they've killed three batches, it's the ring that matters!
Ichijō Mirai was tempted to say.
"Maybe with a little more luck," the researcher's tone lightened, "you've finished the shortest police academy chapter."
"What I'm saying is..."
His crossed hands moved, his left hand retracting a bit to look like he was habitually twirling the lady's diamond ring on his middle finger with his thumb, and his eyes lowered, his gaze no longer on the camera, but on the coffee table.
"Though I use the word 'you', we are one and the same."
"I have memories, and you're me without them."
"Losing a memory, for someone who is in control, is scary, but you don't have to worry, when playing the whole game, you've got a new and complete memory."
The researcher's tone was undulating as he gave an example, "The police academy, for example,"
"The beginning point of the Police Academy chapter is entering the academy, and the end point is graduating from the academy. By the time you finish this chapter, you've already gone through the entire academy period, and have a brand new memory, while the original, lost memory..."
"Will be completely forgotten."
He said, "Even the system will be forgotten."
"During that time, all the traces left behind by the memorized me will cease to exist, and even the system won't be able to remember me."
"When you pass the three chapters, starting from the age of seventeen in the Organization chapter to the age of twenty-seven at the end of the FBI chapter, all traces of my existence will disappear in these ten years."
The researcher spoke faster and faster, paused for a moment, then quickly added.
"If you still have time, you can enter the Wanderlust chapter as an extra, which begins with the death of my parents and ends with joining the organization at the age of seventeen."
"As for the period from birth to the death of the parents..."
"You shouldn't be interested," he hesitated, obviously knowing his character, "should."
"But if you're interested, the game will continue to be updated with extras, I just don't have a lot of time left, it won't be a holographic game, it'll be a mobile game, it'll be a bit easier to play, right?"
The researcher is still very uncertain, he thought, and thought again, "How there is a kind of oneself to drive oneself to the end of the illusion..."