The Fire Chaser of the Collapsing World

As quiet as the night outside the window.

"Okay, [please] sit down, this is your home after all."

Mikael sat down as promised.

Until then, he finally regained a trace of sanity.He pursed his lips, making up his mind to get the conversation right before Alponia.

But the other party predicted his prediction, and the muscles in his throat had just reacted, and Aponia asked again before him:

"Mr. Mikael, [please] ask, do you...have the ability to see the future?"

An inexplicable impulse came, and a negative answer was almost blurted out, but was stopped abruptly.

Mikael looked at Aponia suspiciously, could it be...

"Yes, Mr. Mikael, I have already anticipated what you want to talk to me, so while you are away, I have already been on Dr. Mebius' operating table."

"Is that true..."

Mikael silently inspected his situation, and felt that it was no different from the past. It seems that Aponia...

No, if she really acquired the ability of commandments as before, then I am afraid that even he would not be able to detect when she gave the commandments.

Although he knew it was a friendly army, a thin layer of cold sweat could not be suppressed from behind Mikael's back.

"So, I'm sorry, I have to use my ability on you. But Mr. Mikael, I still have to know about that problem-you also know what will happen in the future, right?"

A wonderful feeling came to my heart again, and Mikael had already answered before he had time to react.

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Perhaps because of the different ways of asking, Mikael gave the answer this time:

"Yeah, I know."

Mikael touched his lips in astonishment, as if it didn't belong to him at that moment.

"Aponia, you—"

It is impossible to say that you are not angry at all.

But suddenly, another thought ran through Mikael's mind—why did she ask such a question?

As someone who can see through the threads of fate, she should be able to read the answers she wants directly from the future, so why come to ask...to test him?

This thought arose, and Mikael became alert again, because he couldn't tell whether the thoughts were guided by spiritual power.

Aponya saw through his thoughts again, she shook her head with a smile, indicating that she had done nothing.

"Mr. Mikael, please don't be angry. I did use this ability to you out of helplessness—please forgive me for having to keep testing you in this way so as to get a glimpse of the real you before I can Make a certain decision in your own heart. Of course, I also know your doubts, so I will say it straight: Mr. Mikael, you are a very special person."

Alponia's words spanned too far back and forth, Mikael gradually felt unable to keep up with her train of thought, and could only passively wait for her to speak again.

"Mr. Mikael, it seems that you can indeed see some kind of future, otherwise you wouldn't respond to the word 'also' in my previous question, right? But the way you see the future seems to be different from mine No, otherwise, you would have expected tonight's conversation, wouldn't you?"

"Yes."

"Then, I probably understand...can you describe to me the future you see?"

"Wait a minute!" Mikael suddenly shouted, "Alponia, I have been answering the questions all this time, so in exchange of equivalent value, can I also ask two questions?"

"Ah—that's certainly possible. Ask as you please."

"...Aponia, why did you find Mebius' super-change by yourself before I spoke?"

Mebius must have resisted. Mikael believed that she had a sense of proportion, but she still did so, which meant that Aponia must have given a reason enough to convince her.

Mikael wondered what that reason was.

"Actually, it's also very simple—when my gaze continues to extend along the thread of fate, I find that the thread that belongs to me will be with Ellie, with Yin Dian, with Mebius, and with Su in the near future no matter what." , intertwined with thousands of kalpas, and I will also become an [inhuman thing] that is no different from them. I even know what I have to do: [Commandes], don’t I? If so, this is The shackles that fate has bestowed on me.

"So the reason why I chose to take this step by myself is also very simple-I just want to do my best, resist fate a little bit, that's all."

Mikael exhaled, the sound of air trembling, this is indeed a good answer, but Mikael didn't believe it was the one Mebius got.

As if seeing through Mikael's heart again, Aponia suddenly said, "Ah, you want to ask me what I said to Mebius, right?"

"It's actually very simple. She asked me to tell her the fate of the person named [Mebius]."

"Then how did you answer?"

The alarm bells in Mikael's heart were loud, but for some reason, amidst the boundless fear, there was also some kind of expectation.

He knew the weight of the prophecy given by Aponia, and he was afraid that Mebius would end in the same way as the original world line, which was what he feared.

But what if that ends well?That's what he expected.

"You must be very excited now, Mister Mikael."

"..."

"I did answer her, but maybe not quite as you might imagine—I only answered her with one word, an answer I actually got:

"Not impressive."

Chapter 25 Shackles When Broken

"Not impressive?"

"Yes."

A wave of emotion finally appeared on Aponia's iceberg-like face.

"I looked up, thinking that I could follow the silk thread of fate to see her final outcome. But the fact is, when my sight rose to a certain height, the thread suddenly broke."

"disconnect?"

"Yes, there is no doubt that there are 'people' who are controlling the fate of everyone in the world through these invisible threads, but at a certain point in the future, those threads at least symbolize Mebius and me, There are also many people here whose fate thread was broken right there—sorry, I actually obtained this ability before the operation, and I also peeped at you without your consent fate.

"But then again, the part above the silk thread did not leave even the slightest trace, as if a pair of scissors roughly cut off all the fates, so I couldn't see the last ending."

[Is it because of Ellie? 】

Taking advantage of Alponia's opportunity to sort out his words, Mikael thought in his heart.

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in Mikael's mind, and he suddenly asked: "Then... Aponia, have you seen Sakura's fate?"

"Is that the lady with the long ears? I've seen it, and the thread is still cut at the end of the line of sight."

Mikael took a quick breath.

Although it is only a short sentence, in the case of an open-book exam, Mikael can also draw many conclusions from it. If the silk thread was cut because of Ellie's influence, it means a good news and a bad news. information.

Good news: Sakura survived, at least till the end of her life.

Bad news: Alicia is dead.

Mikael's face gradually darkened, and he asked with the last glimmer of hope: "Then... Aponia, what is my fate?"

Mikael has seen the bad habit of many people in reading. They always turn to the last chapter and the last page eagerly when they don’t have much content in a book, trying to see the end of the story first.

He has ridiculed this approach countless times - if you know the ending from the beginning, then what's the point of reading the middle story?

But now he also has this kind of thought, and he can't restrain it at all-he is eager to know the final outcome, to know whether the hard work along the way is really just a waste of nothing.

But Aponia smiled, and that smile gave him inexplicable hope—if it was a bad ending, how could she laugh?

However, Mikael only received a non-questioning response: "Mr. Mikael, you don't seem to understand fate...or the meaning of fatalism."

"What... what do you mean?"

"The so-called destiny is something irreversible and unchangeable. If we live in a fatalistic world, it is not that the ending is already predetermined, but that every action we make and every word we say is It is fate that has already been arranged.

"As I can see, there are several silk threads hanging from everyone's body, leading directly to the clouds, and an unspeakable existence uses these threads to control us to make the actions she wants. In other words, The world is but a gigantic stage, and we are but puppets on it.

"So, Mr. Mikael, since you have seen a certain future, [please] answer me——has your current conversation with me happened in the future you have seen?"

"No."

Alponia's smile widened even more.

"Mr. Mikael, do you know? When I first took in those children, I clearly saw their future destiny-they will not be long, yes, not long after this point in time, because a All of them died from the serious disease, and even the entire Twilight Street was affected.

"At that time, I hadn't yet understood the essence of fate. I thought that fate could be changed after tomorrow. I made a lot of efforts, but in the end, before you came, the children, the fate of Twilight Street and what I saw earlier It's the same. I also know that if it weren't for the serum you brought, they might really..."

Mikael frowned, and he finally grasped the loophole in Alponia's logic:

"No, Aponia, you also said that destiny cannot be changed, but aren't those children doing well now? Judging by your expression now, their fate and their final outcome have changed? This is the same as your previous one. What I said, fate is irreversible and cannot be changed, seems to be contradictory."

"That's true, not only that, but the fate of everyone in the Golden Garden at this moment is completely different from the first time I saw it, even changing every second."

A gratified smile bloomed on Alponia's face, and Mikael understood—she had deliberately led his thoughts to this step.

No, or, from the beginning to the end, she just wanted to lead Mikael's thinking to this road.

"Mr. Mikael, do you know why human beings construct a desperate 'philosophy' like fatalism?"

"do not know."

I don’t know, Mikael has never known, whether in his previous life or in this life, why would someone put forward such a world view—is it because the knife of life is not cruel enough?

"Because of order. The first essence of fatalism is not despair, but order. If everyone thinks that what they do is due to the meticulous arrangement of the great gods, they will naturally lose some kind of aggressiveness, but they will also lose a certain amount of enthusiasm because of it." Be content with yourself. Ancient emperors tried to rule their subjects in this way, because they were sure that their fate was no longer in their hands - although we know this is just poor wishful thinking.

"Correspondingly, fatalism is based on an absolute order. The reason why it will not make any mistakes, and the reason why it is irreversible and cannot be changed is because God has already arranged all the fates perfectly. , all roads have only one path, leading to the final destination, as long as no one can violate this rule, then the fate will never be changed."

She raised her eyes to look at Mikael, her originally dull gaze suddenly became radiant, even a little fanatical.

"I have tried countless times to change the fate of a certain person or a group of people, but all ended in failure. I also doubted myself, the world at one time, and fell into despair at a loss. And when I came out of this despair I don't understand the prayer of the gods - I want a light. So that afternoon, Mr. Mikael appeared in front of me. When I saw you for the first time, I knew I had found the light I was looking for ——

"Mr. Mikael, you don't have those silk threads on your body."

Mikael belatedly looked down at his hands.

He finally understood what Aponia really wanted him to understand under the painstaking guidance.

He's the one who can ignore the traffic rules and mess up everyone's roads.

He is just a puppet without a string, and all his actions are according to his own will, knocking other people on the stage tottering, and even the thread of fate that binds them deviates from the original track.

This also explains everything that happens to Mikael.He has indeed changed the fate of countless people—the original First Herrscher's, Carol's, those children in the orphanage, and everyone else's anti-entropy.

Even if the world line will correct itself, so what if it ends by itself?

At least... at least in this world heading towards a hopeless end, he has the possibility to change everything.

Because he is an "outsider".

Since outsiders do not belong to this world, they will naturally not be bound by the shackles of fate bestowed by the world.

"But then again."

Albania's voice sounded again.

"Mr. Mikael, do you know why I guess you know some kind of fate?"

"Why?"

Perhaps it was because he really "knew", so Mikael hadn't paid attention to this point until Aponia brought it up, and he finally felt puzzled.

"That's because when you first saw you, Qianjie, and Xi'er, your gaze stayed on Xi'er."

"Ah, so it is."

Mikael chuckled lightly.

"It seems that I don't need to say more, Mikael, you seem to have found a way to change Seele's fate."

"It does have some ideas"

Mikael nodded.

"DiDi! DiDi! DiDi!"

Suddenly, Mikael's cell phone rang three times in a hurry.

"Excuse me."

He first apologized to Alponia, whose eyes became empty again from the moment he heard the bell, as if he was really wandering in the sea of ​​stars, trying to get a glimpse of the future...

When she came back to her senses again, how could there be any sign of Mikael in front of her?

Only the fluctuations caused by jumping into the space rift slowly rippled like water waves.

[What a coincidence, just after dissecting fate with Mr. Mikael, he really wants to control the "fate" of many people...]