I loaded the dream game

". That's right."

Ju Ya interrupted their conversation and reminded the boy, "When Xia Zhi left, Da Xie seemed to have something to ask you, and Miss Dongxiang Meisen also sent a message to Xia Zhi."

Xia Zhi took the phone she handed over

In order to prevent the signal from being blocked due to the difference in time and space, Xia Zhi asked Ju Ya, who was still at home at the time, to "disconnect"... After all, her body was still a mobile phone. So before leaving, Xia Zhi deliberately left her mobile phone at home and did not take it with her.

He turned on the screen, which showed a series of unread messages and missed calls, which were indeed from Dongxiang.

Is there anything urgent?

Just as Xia Zhi was about to open the message to check the content, he heard the door at the entrance being pushed open with a "bang", and a girl with long black hair appeared in front of them.

"teacher!"

Dongxiang held the door and looked at him breathlessly.

"what happened?"

Xia Zhi looked at her in confusion, wanting to signal her to come in and take a breath first.

The girl shook her head vigorously, swallowed her saliva, and couldn't wait to calm her breathing. She said anxiously and nervously:

"Xiaoyuan...is gone."

……or.

Chapter 1354: The disappearance of Nogi Sonoko?

The girl didn't come to school today.

Whether it was Togo himself or when he asked Yuna and the others, they both got the answer that they had not seen her.

I had originally agreed to help the teacher organize the Brave Club activities in the library today, but I haven't been able to wait for her to arrive for a long time.

Are you staying in bed again?

Tou Xiang couldn't help but think.

But even though Xiaoyuan is usually very sleepy, she would only sleep in class at most and would basically never skip classes.

Besides, even if she would miss other things, she would definitely not miss activities related to the teacher, right?

With a bad premonition, Dongxiang tried to call Xiaoyuan, but got no response.

As her inner anxiety began to grow, she quickly contacted Dashe and asked them to help in the search. Yuna and the others also joined the search team.

But she could not be found in the school, on the streets, in the shopping mall or at her home.

After searching for a whole morning, they finally confirmed one thing... Nogi Sonoko was missing.

No one knew where she went, and no one could find any trace of her, as if she had disappeared out of thin air.

Unease and panic began to spread in his heart. In this helpless moment, Dongxiang immediately thought of the boy.

But she couldn't reach the teacher by phone or text message, so she had to rush home.

After listening to the girl's story, Xia Zhi frowned slightly.

Given Sonoko's personality, although she is usually quite quirky, she shouldn't deliberately make such a joke.

Is there any special reason for leaving without saying goodbye?

He thought to himself.

With Amnesty's control over this world, it should be easy to find someone. Not to mention that the heroes have special mobile phones in their hands, and they should be able to locate them quickly based on the hero system installed on them.

...Oh, Sonoko is her own hero now and is no longer part of that system.

Xia Zhi turned to look at the petite girl beside him, and Ju Ya shook his head, indicating that he could not find the signal of the target object.

"Youna and the others are still searching, and they said they would tell me as soon as they have any news."

Dongxiang said with a worried look on his face.

But she always felt that things were not that simple.

"Teacher, Xiaoyuan..."

"Don't worry, she's fine."

Xia Zhi touched her head and comforted her.

With his comfort, Dongxiang finally felt relieved and his expression relaxed a little.

On the other side, Xia Zhi fell into deep thought.

Given the relationship between the hero and the sacred tree, could it be that it’s the same as the little origami that accidentally fell into the special time and space inside the sacred tree?

With this thought in mind, Xia Zhi found the Goddess Girl who was still sleeping in her bedroom hugging her pillow.

Faced with the boy's question, although still a little confused, Cong Yun closed his eyes and felt for a while, then shook his head and gave a negative answer.

His hopes were dashed once again, and Togo looked disappointed.

If the boy she trusted wasn't there to comfort her, she would have almost lost control of her worries and emotions.

After all, for her, Sonoko is one of the most important people in her life.

Xia Zhi had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu about the current situation... If it were in a criminal investigation novel, it would probably be a mysterious disappearance case.

According to this line of thinking, the first person who should be suspected should be the last person who saw the girl, right?

Xia Zhi thought carefully and thought, if Xiao Jiu and the others hadn't seen Yuan Zi early in the morning,

So the last person who saw the girl might be... myself?

He recalled what he had talked about with Sonoko until late at night last night.

...After going around in circles for so long, the suspect finally fell upon me.

"Summer Solstice..."

Mio gently tugged at the boy's clothes.

As the first friend she met in this world besides Xiazhi, Mio also liked Sonoko very much and wanted to help her in some way.

With her ability, if she can fully expand the "Paradise of Reincarnation", she can achieve the same control as Rinne over the world in the previous time and space. It should be easy to find someone.

...if she is still in this world.

Xia Zhi gently held her hand, indicating that she didn't need to worry for the time being.

He had a hunch that even with Mio's ability, he might not be able to find the girl.

As a hero of her own, now that the gods have become extinct, there should be nothing in this world that can threaten her life.

Since it wasn't an accidental disappearance, then he must have left on his own initiative.

And where she can go...

Xia Zhi had some thoughts in his mind, so he closed his eyes and felt the

The special connection between the brave girls and the sacred tree, due to the additional settings of the dream game, makes them exist to some extent out of the influence of the timeline.

And because Cong Yun and himself, as well as she and himself, share the same power, to a certain extent, the connection between him and his heroes in this world also transcends time and space.

Xia Zhi thought like this, and soon discovered in his perception that in addition to the brave girl beside him and several different connections in the distance, there was another connection that was more distant.

Judging from the familiar smell coming from it, it must be Yuanzi.

Feeling that the girl was in very good condition and not hurt at all, Xia Zhi felt a little relieved.

The only thing that makes people more concerned is that she does not exist in this time and space

But in... the past?

Xia Zhi opened his eyes, and a trace of deep thought appeared in his eyes

No wonder they couldn't find Daxie or Togo, or even contact Sonoko.

If we only search in the "space" dimension, we are destined to not find the existence that disappears in the "time" dimension.

But why was she in the "past"?

Xia Zhi remembered his previous guess

Neither Amnesty nor the heroes can find her. The only one who can easily find her in the past is oneself, who has a deep and close connection with her.

In other words, Sonoko did it on purpose from the beginning. She didn't disappear accidentally, but went to that time and space on her own initiative?

If we follow this line of thought, the only person who can help her send her to the past, besides myself and Cong Yun who could theoretically do it, is the only one...

……

When Xia Zhi found her, the elf girl with black hair and twin ponytails was squatting in a corner of the park feeding stray cats.

"Well, it's me."

In response to the boy's question, Tokisaki Kurumi admitted it generously.

"So, Xia Zhi is going to go find her?"

Miss Time Elf stood up from the ground, holding her parasol and tilting her head slightly, she asked with a smile.

.......

Chapter 1355: Will a brave teenage girl also have a rebellious period?

"Meow~"

The black cat, who was still struggling with the girl, decisively dropped the food in front of him when he saw Xia Zhi coming, ran to his feet, and rubbed his trouser leg with his little head.

Why does this cat look so familiar?

Xia Zhi recalled carefully and then remembered that this was the one he and Tokisaki Kurumi encountered last time at night.

It's you again.

This is the third time we've met. You were the one who started a group with Mio the last time we met, right?

As he thought about it, he picked up the black cat from his legs and held it in his arms, stroking it skillfully.

The black cat shook its ears and lay quietly in his arms. Under his skillful manipulation, it purred comfortably.

"Summer Solstice is still as popular as ever among the little animals."

Seeing this scene, Tokisaki Kurumi exclaimed.

Being able to make small animals stay by his side obediently without luring them with food, if she didn't know the boy's character well, she wouldn't have done this on purpose. She probably would have thought that this lord god had blessed her with some kind of animal affinity - or something like that?

"Not all animals are willing to stay around."

Xia Zhi took the cat food from the girl and tried to feed it to the black cat in his arms, while continuing

"For example, a 'little animal' ran away from home without making any noise."

The black cat, which had just been wary of the food handed to it by the girl, easily let down its guard when someone else fed it. It stretched out its pink little tongue and happily licked the cat food in front of it.

"Just like a cat that you love sometimes runs around everywhere, teenage girls are always a little rebellious."

Tokisaki Kurumi said this, trying to take the opportunity to reach out and touch the black cat. The black cat, who was concentrating on eating, seemed to have completely ignored the girl's actions. Seeing that the little black cat did not run away under her touch, she showed a happy smile on her face.

That's not necessarily the case. For example, the kitten at home will basically stick to him as long as he is at home, and he can't be driven away.

Xia Zhi thought.

But, the rebellious period...

Come to think of it, Yuanzi seems to be about this age?

While he was thinking about this, the black cat had finished licking the cat strips, raised its head and meowed at him twice.

One is enough, don't push it any further.

Xia Zhi pinched the back of its neck and placed it in the arms of the girl beside him.

Tokisaki Kurumi was in a panic for a while, and finally managed to calm down the little black cat that subconsciously wanted to escape.

After she heaved a sigh of relief, she raised her head and looked at the boy, tilting her head: "...It is precisely because she likes you that she does this."

"for me?"

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned.