Putting the old acoustic guitar in her hand on her lap, the girl sitting on the bench on the street looked up calmly and looked forward.
Crowds of people passed in front of her, but no one stopped to pay attention to her, and no one ever paid her any visiting glances.
There is no place to come and no way back.
Like a bystander out of an absolute position, she is rejected by any world and walks alone on the edge of one world after another.
After carefully adjusting the strings, just like she had tried tens of thousands of times before, in harmony with the music, the girl spoke softly to the crowd in front of her and once again sang a song without an audience.
— But this time, her singing was echoed.
As the music fell, the sound of applause came from directly in front of her.
Raising her head slightly in astonishment, the girl saw the boy standing in front of her. For a moment, it seemed that only she and the other person were left in the whole world.
For the first time, the girl clearly saw her own shadow in the eyes of others.
Just as the girl was in a daze, the other party walked over and sat next to her.
"What, you came to this world too?"
… I? Does he know me
"What, you don't recognize me?"
Looking at the girl in front of him who was looking at him blankly, Bai Zhi looked a little funny.
"If you count carefully, it doesn't seem like much time has passed, right?"
The End of the World Singer, the Master's sister, is a special existence cursed by the world and thus forgotten by the world.
His acquaintance with the other party can be traced back to the first major battle.
I remember that at the end, the other party should have returned to her sister with Chitose. At that time, he gave her one of the only temporary residence permits produced by Shadow World, but she never came once.
"...I don't recognize you, but I am willing to make you a friend..."
After a long silence, the girl spoke softly.
"I have traveled through countless worlds, and you are the only one who can see me and hear my singing."
"You really don't remember?"
Bai Zhi vaguely felt something was wrong. Looking at the girl in front of him, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.
... Are you the only one who can see the other person
If he remembered correctly, both Lin Xiaoyi and Anna should be able to see each other... Did he recognize the wrong person
However, Bai Zhi quickly overturned this inference himself.
Whether it was his clothes, appearance, the red scarf tied around his neck, or the acoustic guitar held in his arms, they were all the same as the doomsday singer in his impression.
"Wait, do you remember your sister?"
As if he thought of something, Bai Zhi quickly asked.
"I have no relatives."
Holding the acoustic guitar in her arms, the girl shook her head.
"Since I can remember, I have been wandering alone in various worlds. No one has ever been able to see me, and no one has ever been able to hear my singing. You are the first."
Looking up at him, the girl seemed to have light in her eyes.
"If you need a friend, I can be your friend."
"What about the name? Do you remember your name?"
After letting out a little breath, Bai Zhi asked again.
"Name... none."
After thinking for a moment, the girl shook her head.
"If you really need a name, you can call me the Singer...or the End of the World Singer."
Looking up to the sky, the girl spoke softly.
"I have forgotten how many worlds I have walked through, and how many worlds I have witnessed the end of. If you really want to call me, just call me the singer of the end of the world, the singer who has witnessed the end of the world. "
"..."
Bai Zhi was sure that there was definitely some big problem with the other party.
Having lost the identity of the player and the memory of the past, he is like a ghost of time, walking alone in thousands of worlds to witness the end of one world after another...
"... Well, you go back with me first."
Reaching out and pressing his temples, Bai Zhi stood up from the bench.
"Something must have happened to you to... wait, other people can't see you?"
Bai Zhi was keenly aware of the strange glances around him that were complaining towards him, and Bai Zhi couldn't help but frown.
"I have traveled through many worlds, and of all the worlds, you are the only one who can see me."
Looking up at him, the girl answered seriously.
"..."
… is that so
But Bai Zhi remembered clearly that in the past, although only certain people could see each other, as long as certain people could observe her, then she could also be observed by others. .
The result is good now. Only certain people can observe each other.
Uh... So in the eyes of the people around me, I was actually talking alone to the empty chair next to me for a long time
After realizing something belatedly, Bai Zhi's face couldn't help but look very subtle.
What happened after that indeed confirmed his suspicion.
In everyone's eyes, he is just a psycho talking to the air next to him...
Hmm... Thinking on the bright side, at least I can still evade fares openly...
-Bai Zhi tried to comfort himself in his heart.
During the process of returning to the hotel, the Doomsday Singer behaved quite quietly... or rather well-behaved, following him closely.
Even when he wasn't paying attention, the other party would secretly reach out and hold the corner of his clothes, as if he was afraid that he would lose him.
"You said there was a girl next to you?"
Looking at Bai Zhi in front of him, Li, a mountainside man who was trying to make alms with a purple gold alms bowl in his hand, looked strange.
"Yes, right next to me. How about it, can you see it?"
Pointing to the side, Bai Zhi gestured to the other party.
"It was about as high as my shoulders, carrying an acoustic guitar and a long red scarf."
"...Are you sure you're not here to entertain me?"
After repeatedly looking at someone's side for more than a dozen times but still not seeing anything, and instead causing a group of people around to point and point, Li, a man on the mountainside, had a dark look on his face.
"I still believed what you said before. After all, there is evidence, but now you tell me that there is a girl next to you that I can't see. Are you lying? Why, you are so old, and you still have a girl Fantasy friends?”
"laity."
Glancing at the end-of-the-world singer beside him who stretched out his hand to tug at the corner of his clothes, Bai Zhi shook his head and decided not to care about the embarrassing guy in front of him.
Mountain Man Li: “I ※※&&&…”
… … … … …
"Uh... didn't see it."
After staring at Bai Zhi's side, Phalaenopsis shook her head honestly, and then asked nervously.
"What, is there something that we can't see bothering you? If there is anything you need our help with, just ask."
On the side, Floating Ray has already drawn out the hilt of his sword.
Bai Zhi: "..."
… … … … …
A certain red and white witch: "Hmm... If you are willing to pay me some money, I can pretend to see it." (Nodding seriously)
Son Mingxue: "Well... are you too nervous? Yes, do you need a knee pillow? (Nervous)"
Nu Liang: "..." (don't speak but just look at him silently)
Hanzo: "..." (same as above↑)
… … … … …
After looking for about five or six people, Bai Zhi had to admit it. I currently have no way to solve this problem.
What really led him to find relevant clues came from an accident that happened on the road when he was looking for Ouroboros.
The red scarf tied around the neck of the Doomsday Singer passed directly through the body of a fat man who rushed over to grab the task.
It was also because of this unintentional discovery that Bai Zhi suddenly realized a terrifying guess.
"...Penetrate through here?"
Looking at the closed door in front of him, tilting his head slightly, the End of the World Singer looked at him.
"Yes, can it be done?"
Bai Zhi looked serious.
Previously, he had deliberately asked the other party whether she had been to a certain room, but because the other party had been wandering aimlessly, she had no impression of it.
- Faced with his question, the End of the World Singer gave his answer with practical actions.
"..."
After swiping his card and entering the room, Bai Zhi couldn't help but fall into silence when he looked at the girl standing quietly in front of him, waiting for him to come in.
In his mind, some key nodes were quickly connected in series at this moment.
The mysterious person who had been to that guest room before was the Doomsday Singer, and not long after that, the Lord God descended on the Samsara Team there...
The other party has lost all memories of the past, wandering aimlessly in thousands of worlds as an absolute outsider, and witnessed the end of those worlds with her own eyes, and no one can see her...
The main god is composed of the seven evil gods of original sin, and each evil god of original sin has a corresponding original sinner. Those evil gods of seven original sins can enter and exit any world at will. The world barrier is completely protective against these evil gods of seven original sins... or in other words, the original sinners. invalid…
When these fragmentary details of the past are connected together, when the missing puzzle pieces are put together into a complete pattern... the truth is actually obvious.
—The Doomsday Singer in front of me is one of the seven original sinners chosen by the Lord God! ! !
[Arrogance], [Jealousy], [Rage], [Sloth], [Greed], [Gluttony]... and finally [Lust].
The above seven are exactly the seven original sins.
If you judge from the characteristics displayed by the other party... is it extremely arrogant
Thousands of thoughts were surging in his mind, and after only five or six seconds, Bai Zhi locked onto the other party's true identity.
—One of the Seven Deadly Sins? The agent of arrogance.
"What's wrong?"
Noticing something strange about him, the End of the World Singer looked at him with some confusion.
"...It's nothing, I just figured something out a little bit."
Looking at the other person, Bai Zhi stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead. Bai Zhi sighed slightly in his heart.
If his speculations were completely correct, then there would be a completely reasonable explanation for these strange changes that happened to the other party.
Even if you want to go deeper, think of the original sinner who suffered a heavy blow and fell from the Lord God, and the great changes that happened to the End of the World Singer. The fallen original sinner might represent [arrogance]].
It was precisely because of the death of the original sinner that the Doomsday Singer had the opportunity to rise to power.
After thinking about these things clearly, there was only one question left before Bai Zhi.
——The singer of the end of the world became the original sinner. Is it her own wish
However, after thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi discovered that there was no clear answer to this question, and it was basically impossible to verify.
When discussing this with Yu Xing before, Yu Xing also teased that there might be original sinners among the people he knew, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a prophecy now.
"What are your thoughts in the future?"