Of course, Orange wasn't waiting for Shinji in front of Kirie's ward because she was jealous of his old love or his new love. There are countless female characters in the Type-Moon world, and Orange is definitely one of the most difficult to conquer.
She is just like her attribute wind, fickle and unpredictable. Only Shinji can take advantage of her young age and status as a creditor to take advantage of her occasionally, but it is difficult for others to even get close to her, let alone something pleasing to the eye.
But even Shinji, who was the closest to them, didn't know what the woman in front of him was thinking. Most of the time when they were together, they were talking about business, even though the location was a dating sanctuary in the late 90s - a coffee shop, with soothing music playing.
"You should have met Kan's sweetheart, how is she doing?" Shinji asked vaguely while biting the ice cream spoon.
"Did Gan ask you?" Orange took a sip of coffee.
"He didn't ask me, but his expression—" Shinji chuckled, "—was almost written with worry. If he continues like this, he will break into the hospital illegally sooner or later. You know, this hospital is madly equipped with a security system of the same standard as the research institute. It takes a lot of effort for me to take Kirie out for a ride at night."
"Now that you mention it, I'd like to see if Gan Ye can successfully invade." Orange tilted his head, and the corners of his slender eyes twitched slightly, like a vixen with evil intentions.
"Hey, hey, he's your employee after all, don't treat him like this."
Orange was unmoved by Shinji's protests and continued, "How about a bet? Can we successfully enter Shika's ward?"
"It's meaningless. I won't gamble." Shinji shook his head. "If it really comes to that, I will help Mikiya invade, or just take Ryougi Shiki out."
"Yes, he does have a kind of affinity that makes people want to help him." Orange stopped joking and said seriously, "This feeling has become even stronger after meeting Shiki."
"so?"
"Tell Ganye to let him be patient for a little longer."
"Is Ryougi Shiki in bad condition?" Shinji frowned.
"Well, it's not good. You should have heard it just now. She almost ruined her eyes. The doctor said it was because she just woke up and her mental state was unstable, but I don't think so. I always feel that there must be other reasons."
Orange's feeling was not wrong. Ryougi Shiki poked her own eyes out not because she was mentally unstable, but because she had awakened her mystic eyes, the mystic eyes of death perception.
The Mystic Eyes of Death, as the name suggests, are mystic eyes that can look directly at "death". It is one of the highest level and rarest mystic eyes. It is said to come from Balor, the king of the Fomor in Celtic mythology.
All things must have an end and disappear, and the time of this end is determined at the moment of birth, which is the so-called death date. If there is a beginning, there must be an end; therefore, it can be reduced to nothingness.
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can see the "death" of things, and receive the concept of "death" which has no substance in the form of visual information. Specifically, it appears as a dark line like a crack that appears on the surface of the object. If it is cut along the line, it will cause irreparable and irreparable damage to the object, so this line is usually called the "death line".
It is worth mentioning that because the "death line" is the embodiment of the concept of "death", there is no distinction between soft and hard death lines. No matter how hard the object is, it can be cut along the death line effortlessly.
The way to awaken the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception is very special. One must experience death and allow the brain to establish a connection with the "root" before the Mystic Eyes can awaken.
In the eyes of the holder of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, the whole world is full of cracks that seem to break at any moment. If one has never seen the normal world, it would be fine. Otherwise, the feeling of going from complete to fragmented is enough to drive anyone crazy.
Ryougi Shiki couldn't stand this feeling, so she wanted to destroy her eyes to avoid seeing this crazy world.
The inside story was unknown to Orange, who had only met Ryougi Shiki once, and Shinji had no intention of revealing it. Orange just pointed to her chest and continued.
"The eyes aren't the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is this place - it's empty. It's not about losing memories, but a deeper emptiness, as if I've lost something vital."
"The cave of Galan?" Galan means emptiness, completely empty.
"Yes, that's it. I speculate that one of the two yin and yang may have been lost. The one I saw was the female human form, so the one that was lost was the male weaving, which is why there is a gap that is difficult to fill."
"Nine times out of ten."
Shinji thought back to the plot of "Kara no Kyoukai" and answered in the affirmative.
Someone did die in the car accident two years ago. It was one half of Yoji, Ori. Shiki, who survived, experienced death, and his body, which had been processed by the Yoji family's secret technique, was already connected to the root, so he awakened the Death Perception Mystic Eye. The missing half gave rise to the Galan Cave.
If a person has no sense of reality about himself, he will have no motivation to live, and death will happen sooner or later.
"The next step is to find a way to fill this void."
"Do you have an idea?" Orange looked at Shinji.
"Didn't you think of that too?" Shinji looked back at Orange.
The two people's eyes met, and each understood what the other meant.
"I can only leave it to Mikiya."
"But before they meet, we need to make Shiki accept the reality and inspire her will to live."
"Oh? You figured out a solution?" Shinji raised his eyebrows.
"I guess so. I plan to approach her as a life counselor and speech therapist to see if I can stabilize her. If not, I will have to use some drastic measures. The hospital is where life and death meet, and everywhere here is filled with soul fragments left by the dead, that is, ghosts and the like. Conscious ghosts will instinctively possess the body, and people like Shiki who have a hole in their hearts are their favorite objects of possession. They will probably find a way to kill Shiki and get his body."
"Use death to stimulate the desire to live... ... Use strong medicine for serious illnesses, but be careful, because medicine that is too strong can easily poison the patient."
"I understand. I'll be there watching you while you're taking the medicine. If you're worried, you can come with me." It seemed that Orange was ready.
"Tell me when the time comes. I'll go there if I don't have any plans..." Shinji said, glancing at the clock on the wall. "I'm going to pick up Sakura and Fujino in a while, and then I'm going to pick up Yustisa at the station. Are you going with me, or?"
"No, I'll go back to the office and tell Mikiya about Shiki's situation."
"Hehe, it turns out that you also forget about your old love when you find a new one."
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, but it is never too late for a villain to take revenge, and Shinji finally found an opportunity to fight back.
"We are a perfect match, even in this respect."
"It's a good match, okay?"
The oranges were defeated magnificently.