Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 80, Section 78: Stormy Weather

This can be seen from this train schedule.

The train in April 2040 was the last one, indicating that the entity manipulating this space will achieve its goal on that day, and there will be no longer a need to bring people here.

The purpose then seems obvious.

However, the Hibiya Line or Yamanote Line will likely be affected, and since April 18th is a Sunday, there is no school, so the impact on him as a student will be limited.

"If there's a downward trend, then there should also be an upward trend."

Higashiyama Shin focused his gaze on the dark outline opposite, which seemed to be another platform, with a track next to the train, but it was farther away than the normal up and down platforms.

After thinking for a while, he decided to continue along the railway to see what the tunnel ahead held.

After getting off the platform, I turned on the ultraviolet light and cautiously moved forward in the dim, dark purple light.

The tunnel was completely dark, and the ultraviolet light was only enough to illuminate less than half a meter in front of you.

He tried his best not to lean against the railway tracks, and groped his way forward along the tunnel walls.

Click.

It looks like he stepped on something.

"This is a part?"

Higashiyama Shin took the object out from under his feet and, upon closer inspection, it appeared to be the remains of some kind of electronic product.

He paid close attention, lowered his body, and explored carefully.

He quickly found out where the wreckage came from.

A broken cell phone.

Not just one machine, but an entire area.

At a glance, there must be more than a dozen of them.

Most of them are incomplete, with only a few still maintaining their shape.

Higashiyama Shin picked up a few relatively intact ones, which were even able to be turned on.

The time displayed was the time he originally saw on his phone.

2037年3月15日01:00
So, all these people came in at the same time as him?
so much?
Or is it that in this space, the phone's battery won't be consumed, and the time on the phone will change with the time of day?

He even found his phone there.

I picked up the somewhat familiar phone; spiderweb-like cracks covered half the screen. When I turned it on, it showed a photo of me and my wife.

He gave his phone to the girl in the white dress at Hibiya Station, and the girl in the white dress threw the phone away?

So what was her initial purpose in wanting the phone?
Higashiyama Shin glanced at the battery level, and it remained consistently high, showing no signs of depletion.

He put away the UV light, turned on his phone's flashlight, and crossed the graveyard of cell phones, continuing on his way.

light.

After walking for a short while, he saw a bright white light at the end of the tunnel.

Shinichi Higashiyama could feel a sense of ease and joy in the character. His originally tired body seemed to be injected with energy out of thin air, and he became light and unconsciously ran towards the light.

As he approached, the white light grew increasingly blinding until it engulfed him entirely.

He instinctively reached out and covered his eyes.

clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang
His eyelids twitched, and sensing that the scene around him seemed to have changed, Higashiyama Shinsai slowly lowered his hand and reopened his eyes.

Before me was a scene that was all too familiar.

It was that train bound for Tsukiji Station, "the place where dreams begin."

Has he returned to reality?
still is
[We are approaching Tsukiji Station. The exit is on the left. Passengers heading towards Tsukiji Market, please exit through the left door. Please take your valuables with you when you disembark.] The familiar announcement confirmed that we were still in that unknown space.

He did not successfully leave the subway, but instead entered a cycle of reincarnation.

You have successfully completed the ending - Endless Reincarnation.

[Ending Review: A typical ending; you can't escape it]

Vision gradually blurred, and the character collapsed limply to his knees in the carriage, breaking down and sobbing uncontrollably. The game then automatically quit.

Shinichi Higashiyama returned to reality.

[Congratulations to the player for successfully achieving the Silver Trophy in the mini-game "Subway"! The reward "Wind, Cloud, Thunder, and Rain" has been issued.]

He organized his thoughts on the game before looking at the rewards.

"A humanoid weather controller, huh?"

In short, it's the ability to manipulate weather changes, a powerful ability to create grand scenes, with considerable strength, allowing you to strike whomever you want.

The wind howled like blades, dark clouds obscured the sun, lightning flashed, and torrential rain poured down!

Forget about its usefulness, just tell me if it's cool or not!

If he could fly, he could easily create a scene of him undergoing a tribulation.

Whether Tokyo's weather forecasts will be accurate in the future depends on his mood.

I glanced at the time; it was already five o'clock.

Bro, have you ever seen Tokyo at 5 a.m.?
Although he had used up some of his mental energy in the game, he was still full of energy and couldn't sleep.

It has been about ten days since he took the Transcendent Pill.

His physical fitness has been improving day by day. From not feeling anything at the beginning to now being able to lift heavy objects, he feels that he is terrifyingly strong, and he is even afraid to go to the apartment gym to work out.

Because he didn't want to go too far, he could only do a little bit each time, which meant that he would be interrupted after warming up a bit, leaving him in a limbo, and he would have to come back and do five hundred push-ups in one go to feel a little better.

He felt that if he wanted to, he could keep doing this, becoming a human pile driver.

Fortunately, the latest reward helped him out.

In the future, when I have excess energy, I'll make things difficult for the passersby in Tokyo, letting the rain keep falling and the wind keep blowing so that God can bear the blame for their misfortunes.

With a thought, a hidden lightning bolt flashed across the clouds somewhere in the sky, followed by a muffled rumble.

"It takes effect immediately and works quite well."

Higashiyama Shin nodded with satisfaction and went into the bathroom.

After washing up, he turned on the cat ear switch, and a pair of black cat ears appeared on his head in the mirror. He nimbly shook them, and the normally quiet early morning suddenly seemed a little noisy.

Elevators running, cars driving, dogs barking, cats meowing—these are the background noises of the city.

Just like the chirping of insects and croaking of frogs in the countryside, and the rustling of the wind through the flowers, grass, and tree canopies.

The feeling of having an extra pair of ears was quite wonderful, further enhancing his already keen hearing.

The only downside is that this hearing growth is uncontrollable. If someone suddenly plays a high-energy DJ in his ear, he'd probably want to rip the DJ's head off and throw it into the nightclub.

It's a pity it grew on his head; if it had grown on Chiba's head...
In her mind, the usually aloof Chiba twitched her cat ears, looked at her with a puzzled expression, and then, with a hint of reluctance, turned her head away, made a perfunctory cat fist with her hands, and let out a soft "meow".

Just imagining the scene made Shin Higashiyama laugh out loud. He shook his head, deactivated the cat ear switch, and walked out of the bathroom.

Just then, Ueda Yasushi floated back through the window and returned to the Soul-Gathering Umbrella, looking slightly tired.

Seeing that Higashiyama Shin had already woken up, he poked his head out and spoke weakly.

"Brother, do you think I'm the only ghost left in this world like this?"

(End of this chapter)