Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 26. Initial Repeatability
His face looked like he was seeing a nightmare. Obviously the sound of the clock clanging so loud that it is a sign that they should have moved to ‘world malam’. However, who would have thought that what they got was a bustling city with bright morning sunlight. Many residents who passed by on the road and the atmosphere of the afternoon sun that was about to set changed into the atmosphere of the morning again.
Besides, the, the other absurd thing they experienced was that all the items they bought this afternoon included the clothes worn by them and all those weapons vanished as if they had never been in hand them.
“A–what happened exactly?!” Kino could not hide her shocked and shocked face
“All the weapons we just bought are non-existent, even our clothes are back to how they were. Kaito, what exactly is this all about?! Shouldn't we be at ‘world night’ now? This is definitely not that horrible place. It's ‘world noon’!!!” Ryou shouted in panic
Kaito himself was just glued to the face of shock without knowing why something like this could happen. He began to realize that the location where they stood was the location after they returned from ‘world night’ yesterday.
When they looked back, the thing they saw was a bakery that read [Boulangerie Rassen]. There is nothing more crazy than this reality. Obviously they shouldn't be in that place, considering they just came out of the store [Magasins d'herbes et de poisons] to take Kaito's poison order.
“Kaito-san, this place.Isn't this the bakery we went to this morning? Something is not right. It's like we're back again to the same place as this morning”
“I don't know about this either. There's never been anything like this before. In addition, obviously this is sunny weather in the morning that we just experienced”
“I have a bad feeling about this. I'm gonna go to that bakery for a second. Kaito, please take care of Kino for me”
Ryou with a serious face immediately ran to the bakery. On that big road, Kino and Kaito fell silent and still could not think clearly. Kaito picked up his pocket watch and the time showed it at 06:05, supposed to be read as six o'clock in the evening. But, with such a bright state of affairs, he could only call the time indicated by the pocket watch as six in the morning.
“Jam six..but with sunny conditions like this morning atmosphere.I think it would be strange to call it six o'clock in the afternoon. But this really doesn't make any sense at all. I can't even think of the possibility of what causes something like this”
Kaito began to look confused and his slightly narrowed eyes made an impression as if he had not predicted anything like this either.
“We have to how now, Kaito-san?”
“……”
Such a thing is beyond prediction. Kaito still held the pocket watch in his hand and he could only fall silent. Ten minutes later Ryou walked slowly with his head lowered. Kino sees her sister coming out of the bakery and runs to get to her, leaving Kaito behind.
“Ryou!! Ryou, are you hurt? Is everything okay?”
Kino approaches the sister and she is a little surprised to see Ryou's face in shock until it looks sweaty and pale. Kaito looked back and tried to approach the two of them. He stopped when he saw Ryou's facial expression.
“They don't remember us..” Ryou spoke slowly once.
Kino couldn't quite hear what the sister said because her voice was so small
“What did Ryou say? I didn't hear. Can you repeat again? What happened inside?”
“The bakery owner's husband and wife didn't know me and didn't feel like I'd seen me before. I explained about us borrowing their guest room to rest and all the things that happened this morning, but they were looking at me with a strange look as if they didn't know it. I've also said that this morning the three of us just got out of their place, but they insist not
tau and never had a commotion like I explained to them”
“.....” Kino was speechless with a pale face
Ryou raised his head and looked at Kino's face with a look of shock, confused and not knowing how to explain the situation.
“ Nee...isn't this like a loop back from zero? Is there any other reason that makes more sense than this!. You can even see that this bag of antidotes is in the belt of both of us! If not a looping from zero then what happens now?!” Ryou shows the bag to Kino
Kino had certainly noticed it since all of their clothes were back to normal and all of the weapons they had just bought vanished without a trace. But, he could not say anything to explain this situation. They looked towards Kaito who was behind Kino, silent at his gaze and tightly grasped the pocket watch in his hand.
After trying to calm down, Kaito took a deep breath and exhaled. He started walking back to them and asked them to come with him. Kino and Ryou attempt to restore their calm demeanor and walk following Kaito behind him.
At such a time, there is nothing to be done. Not that they are happy to be in ‘world malam’, only now they are like lost in a more foreign place and do not know anything.
There were no clues they found after looking around the entire way. Everything seems normal, nothing strange. This was also the first time it had happened to Kaito after he had been trapped for so long
in ‘the two worlds’.
They continued walking until they were finally in front of the medicinal herb and poison shop [Magasins d'herbes et de poisons] back. Kaito recalled the details of the incident this morning. As Kaito walked in and the two brothers waited, the time shown was 07:43.
Now that Kaito saw her back, the time indicated was 06:27. There is a time difference because the incident they were in the bakery was like erased and never happened.
‘Is this time difference a clue for me?’
Kaito began to think it might be a clue. Kaito looked at the two sisters and tried to convince them to be calm.
“I know you still don't understand the situation, neither do I. But if we keep questioning this, we won't be able to find anything. It's best to temporarily try to follow the flow and see what happens”
“I took a deep breath and tried to reverse my senses, so I decided to follow the path as you suggested. Besides, seeing you who was also confused shows you yourself
also don't know anything about this.” Ryou finally started to think calmly
“It never hurts to pay attention to the situation first. After all, this is the case that we all experienced. I am quite calm knowing Kaito-san herself can also think clearly”
They could already show normal facial expressions back and decided this time to try to enter the store together.
The door opened and they were greeted by the shop owner.
“Welcome”
The store owner is a man who looks 50-60 years old but has a physical that still looks very healthy. He approached the three of them who had just entered. Kaito whispered to both of them.
“She was the same person who served me this morning”
“Did you talk to her a lot or did you ask her what her name was?” Ryou started to ask while whispering in Kaito's ear
“There is no harm in trying, Kaito-san. This could be used as a clue as well. Besides, do you remember what's different with his gestures now?” Kino also started whispering in Kaito's ear
“So far there is no. His way of welcoming us just now was exactly like he did to me”
“So. You don't want to try to do one or two different things right now? Anyway, we should try to see every change in the situation all over the place we came to this morning” Ryou suggested his best idea for now on Kaito
“I understand I'll try it”
“Is there something? You guys look like you have a problem”
The shop owner looked very friendly. His way of asking the three of them showed how friendly and friendly the man was. Kaito walked up to the store owner and approached her in the same way she used to.
“Good morning, Mr. Philippe. I'm here to sell you some antidotes
“O, yes? How do you know my name? Have we met before, young man?”
The man showed his smile even though he also looked curious about the three teenagers in front of him. Of course such a reaction was already expected by Kaito. He who could even reason to the previous gun shop owner and drugstore waiter to get all the items he needed for free would not do anything without planning. It was time for Kaito to demonstrate his speech and tongue-licking abilities.
“Mr Philippe may have never met us before. But, we know the married couple from the bakery [Boulangerie Rassen]. I asked them about the store that could sell medicine from finished products and they suggested the master's place to me. Of course they can not carelessly give a recommendation”
Kaito smiled kindly to be more convincing. Both brothers knew it was all a lie. What Kaito said was purely a wordplay of his tongue-shinting ability. The first reason, because before he had traveled around the place in the city so that he already knew what kind of store or what kind of products were sold. Second, during yesterday's transaction Kaito himself said the owner had introduced his name. And lastly, he just made up about knowing the couple.
Kino and Ryou's faces looked so miserably because they clearly knew that it was just a lie. The two brothers whispered back to each other.
“Kaito was indeed talented to be a criminal as I thought. He could even make up stories with an innocent smile as if it were real. Are we going to be okay?”
“Ja–don't talk like that, Ryou. Kaito-san did her best. After all, not the one who asks him to do something different as an approach is yourself. Try to be calm”
“I know that, but if this is clear it will be obvious if he is lying. Besides, there was no guarantee the old man knew the married couple from the bakery, right? We should be ready to run if this man becomes suspicious!” Ryou was already staring cynically at Kaito from behind him.
However, the alleged reaction apparently misses Ryou's estimate.
“Hoo... You know the Rassen family husband and wife! It's no surprise you know my name. They often recommend this store to their customers. Hiyaa. I'm glad they told you this place too. Come on in, we can talk even longer inside!”
A bright and sparkling smile was shown by the man. Kaito turned his head back while brandishing his thumb the sign of all was under control. Now Ryou's face turned strange as if he could not believe what he saw.
‘It turns out he's really talented at being a criminal. No wonder he could steal the offerings on the altar and fool the gun shop owner’
They spent a lot of time in the store. Kaito begins a transaction with the man as the shop owner to sell all the antidotes. So far, according to Kaito, the things the store owner did and said were not much different. Almost all, both the sequence of events and the replies to the words of the man were the same. Only the previous Kaito-made conversation provided a change in interaction.
“Total is 3,590 Francs. This is the most expensive transaction I have ever made. The number of antidotes to these poisons was indeed less than ten but their quality was truly the best. In fact, the composition of the material is very difficult to find. I'm surprised you have this, young man”
“I got it from the best and I know that mister Philippe must have a good eye for this”
Once again the faces of the two brothers were shocked. Who would have guessed the antidote possessed by them was so expensive and Kaito got it all in such an unusual way. Tired of his comments, the two of them chose to keep quiet and follow the way Kaito arranged all of it.
Kino looked at his pocket watch and saw the time showing at 07:13. They spent much longer in that place than yesterday. When they finished, they came out and followed Kaito.
“Where are you going now, Kaito?”
“Go to a place where I can convince the situation of all of us at the moment. I've seen enough of the possibility that all of this is indeed similar to looping as you say, Ryou”
“Means we are indeed repeating the time in ‘world this noon’? How can?”
“I'm still not sure of that so-called looping, but there's still one more place I want to be sure of. After that, I guess I can be sure of the conclusion of this state”
“……”
The two can only follow Kaito. Kaito's footsteps grew faster and faster until he finally unwittingly ran as fast as he could. Of course the sisters behind him tried to run as well following.
“This road is no stranger to me” Ryou runs while looking at each side he passes
“Kaito-san..it's the way to the altar, right?”
“……”
Kaito just ran without answering them. After a few minutes they reached the altar and found an unusual sight.
“Kaito-san..haa...haa...” Kino tried to catch his breath after tired of running.
“Oi, Kaito! You better tell us something before..Eh? Why is there a fountain next to this altar? Since when?”
Not only did Ryou realize it, but Kino also started to wonder.
“Didn't when we first came there wasn't a fountain here. Is this really the altar back then?”
Like anything normal from the start, there was nothing strange about the reaction of the townspeople. But, for the three teenagers, especially Kaito who has spent a lot of time in ‘world noon’, the change is a serious sign. In the end, there was only one conclusion that Kaito could draw and that left the two brothers unable to hide their shocked and pale expressions.
“Maybe...’world malam’ in this place...already no...”.
“….Eh?”
“Only one conclusion is now in my mind and the most reasonable is the fact that ‘world malam’ no longer exists”
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