A journey into an infinite dimension

[Compared to this, Shiori, do you remember what happened five years ago? ]

Walking slowly on the street from five years ago, Shiye looked at the peaceful scenery around him and asked Shizhi.

[The fire in Amamiya City caused by Kotori, who turned into a spirit, and... Origami's parents, who were suspected to have been killed by Kotori.]

Shiori clenched his fingers quietly, his attention drawn away from the previous topic, and spoke in a low voice.

This matter has always been a knot in her heart.

Although she knew that the culprit behind this incident was someone else, through the recording from five years ago preserved in Ratatoskr and the memories she recovered when Kotori's spiritual power was sealed, in Origami's eyes, the one who killed her parents was undoubtedly Kotori, the spirit who caused the fire five years ago, identified as Efreet.

Because of this incident, Origami once risked using the CR-UNIT, which would put a huge burden on the user's brain, to take revenge on Kotori. Although she was successfully prevented in the end, Shiori has never seen Origami and Kotori appear together since then.

Although she knew that Kotori was not the murderer, she could not come up with any reasons or evidence to convince Origami.

【Speaking of which, why did we go back five years ago? 】

Shaking his head and suppressing the emotion deep in his heart, Shiori asked doubtfully.

【This is just my guess.】

He glanced at a passerby walking from not far away, and in order to avoid accidentally bumping into an acquaintance of Shizhi of this era, Shiye quickly slipped into an empty alley.

After a few breaths, Shi Ye no longer came out. Instead, a beautiful pure white cat jumped lightly onto the high wall, and then walked along the wall leisurely with its elegant cat steps.

[Assuming that Origami turned into an elf for some reason, the first thing she would think of, besides revenge on Kotori, would be to use Kurumi's power to go back to the past and change the fact of her parents' death.]

With a pair of noble golden vertical pupils blinking, Shiye, who used his ability to transform into a cat, said to Shizhi in his consciousness.

[However, judging by her current state, it's clear that she failed, and that what she saw and experienced five years ago was too much for her to accept, which led to the reversal of her spiritual power and the mental breakdown we see.]

[So, what happened to cause her, who had a strong character, to become like that? ]

As Shiye spoke, Shizhi's thoughts couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and at the same time, a certain ominous premonition gradually came to his mind.

However, Shi Ye did not stop her speculation.

Origami's biggest obsession now is revenge. If she had discovered the suspected murderer of her parents five years ago, she would have lost her mind and desperately wanted to kill him.

Wait.... Jiaye, I can't say any more...

So, is there a possibility?

Wait...wait...

[Were Origami's parents actually killed by her from five years later? ]

The cruelest speculation and facts were placed before Shiori. Although it was an illusory body, the sudden throbbing of her heart still made her so painful that she almost couldn't breathe.

She hoped that wasn't the case, but if she took that assumption into account, it made sense why origami looked the way it did.

Only when she discovered that the person she had hated all these years, the one who killed her parents, was actually herself, did Origami fall into collapse and despair, where even a reversal could not affect her.

boom! ! !

Just as Shizhi was stunned by this possibility, a pillar of red lotus fire reaching the sky suddenly rose from a certain direction not far away, and then at the moment of the explosion, it dragged the entire city into a sea of ​​fire.

Just like Tiangong City five years later.

【Kotori has become an elf. 】

Seeing this scene, Shi Ye quickly turned over and jumped onto the roof, moving nimbly in that direction on the roofs of many houses.

[Also, Shiori, you can come back to your senses. No matter what the real facts are, after we intervene, the development of the situation will only change according to our wishes.]

The speech that completely disregards the inviolable time and history fully demonstrates Shi Ye's arrogance and contempt for the law.

[...Yes, you are right.]

Chapter 224: Lifelong Regret————[Hold Your Head (Suppression)

【found it. 】

Turning over and jumping onto a higher roof, Shiye in the form of a white cat looked down at the young Kotori and young Shiori below. His pair of golden vertical pupils were quietly locked on the figure standing next to the two of them, which seemed to be mosaiced and could only be barely seen as a human figure.

【...】

Looking at that figure, Shizhi's eyes seemed to flash with some complex light.

, whose true identity is the first elf, the origin elf - Takamiya Mio, who is also her lover in the previous life and... her biological mother who gave birth to her.

Although she no longer cared about anything related to her biological mother, she still felt complicated when she saw her with her own eyes like this.

It's sizzling!

As Shiye and Shizhi watched, the next moment, several golden lasers suddenly fell from the sky and pierced through the noisy body in an instant.

However, as if it had no entity, the body pierced by the laser swayed for a while before returning to its original shape. Then, as if to avoid affecting the young Shiori and Kotori, its figure slowly floated up and looked up in the direction where the laser came from.

Over there, Origami, dressed in a pure white spiritual attire like a wedding gown (Eheieh), and surrounded by pale golden "feathers," stood in the void like an angel, her eyes filled with hatred and loathing staring intently, unable to accommodate anything else.

"——————"

Her pupils shrank slightly, and along with Origami's cold call, pale golden "feathers" quietly surrounded her back, with the muzzle facing outward, forming a sun-like shape, and then a large number of laser beams fell at the same time, causing a large explosion.

[Gaya, go stop Origami! If this continues!]

Taking his eyes away from the air, Shiori said to Kaya anxiously.

[Wait, I have an idea I want to try. First, let me check where Origami lived five years ago.]

With his soft paws pressed on the pages of the book, Shi Ye looked at the information displayed on it and nodded his furry head.

[Shiori, have you ever looked into Origami's past?]

"Eh? No, no, because Niya said that if you abuse it too much, you might learn things you shouldn't know, which could lead to a breakdown in your relationship."

Shaking his head, Shizhi, no longer anxious because of his absolute trust in Shiye, spoke honestly.

"That's true, but do you remember the first time you met Origami? She seemed to have known us for a long time, and her attitude towards us was different from others."

As he spoke, Shiye placed it in front of Shizhi, letting her see what was inside, and then he jumped in a certain direction.

"Five years ago, when her parents passed away, Tobiichi Origami was comforted and protected by Gokawa Shiori from five years ago. From then on, she entrusted her smiles and tears to Gokawa Shiori, while keeping the hatred and resentment for herself." --- Is this true?

After reading out the retrieved information, Shizhi was stunned.

[Next page.]

Shiye prompted.

"The Gokawa Shiori who comforted Origami Tobiichi was actually from five years in the future. She used her ability to transform into the Gokawa Shiori she was five years ago. From then on, Origami Tobiichi fell in love with this girl who appeared before her when she was most helpless, with a forbidden love."... Is this referring to us now?

Blinking, Shizhi was suddenly confused by this somewhat complicated development.

"Perhaps, but this information also means that our operation will fail. Otherwise, we wouldn't need to comfort Origami."

After a few rises and falls, the figure stopped on a lamppost. Shiye looked at the young Origami below, as well as Origami's parents who were intact. Then he looked up at the battlefield in the sky. His figure gradually changed from a white cat to the appearance of young Shiori in a ray of light.

[However, this type of development is no longer necessary, so I'll help you set up another Falg.]

【Eh? 】

Without waiting for Shizhi to react, Shiye waved his hand to summon them, then pointed a pistol at his forehead with one hand and a rifle in the direction they came from with the other. At the same time, the page floating in front of Shizhi automatically turned to a new blank page, and gradually a picture of young Shizhi being hit by a bullet emerged.

Yod

He pulled the trigger with both hands at the same time. After doing this, Shi Ye watched the bullet disappear from his sight and shot himself in the forehead again.

Aleph

Along with the gunshots, everything in time was slowed down to the extreme in Shi Ye's perception, including the reunion of the Origami family below and the huge artillery bombardment falling from the sky.

In this world where time seems to stand still, Shiye slowly came behind Origami's parents and casually pushed them from the trajectory of the cannon's fall towards the direction of young Origami. He then walked to the side of young Origami and gently touched her head.

"This is a secret between us."

Looking at the young Origami who was looking at him with surprised eyes, Shi Ye smiled slightly, and then his figure slowly disappeared from her sight.

The next moment, the light cannon came crashing down, and its terrifying power directly plowed a huge mark on the asphalt road.

Origami's parents only felt that they were pushed by something, and when they came to their senses, the place where they were standing had turned to ashes.

Throughout the whole process, young Origami was the only one who understood what was happening.

At the same time, that smiling face and those words were deeply engraved in her young heart.

......

......

"Wait, Jiaye, what are you trying to do——huh?"

At the Gokawa family, Shiori, who was asking about what Kaya did five years ago, suddenly sat up from his bed the next moment.

"Weren't we just on the same street five years ago?"

Looking around blankly, Shizhi couldn't help but feel full of doubts.

"Because our actions have been successful, there is no point in staying where we were five years ago."

The figure gradually condensed from virtual to solid beside Shiori, and Jiaye said calmly.

"Successful? So how is Origami now?"

Hearing this, Shizhi immediately asked excitedly.

"Just look back in your memory and you'll know."

With a faint arc on the corner of his mouth, Jia Ye said.

"memory?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a long series of memories that were both strange and familiar suddenly flooded into Shizhi's mind. Every scene in the memory was so new and familiar to her.

The reason for this contradictory feeling is that Shiori is very sure that these things are things she has never experienced, but after having this memory, it seems like she has experienced them.

To put it simply, she suddenly had an extra memory about someone, and the source of this memory was the period between the day of the fire five years ago and this moment.

This is a memory she didn't have before she prevented the death of Origami's parents, because it's a memory she only has after she successfully changed what happened.

In this memory, she had one less lover who would do all kinds of shameless things to her all day long, and one more childhood sweetheart and elf lover with a dual personality who was innocent, cheerful, slightly dark and inexplicably sultry on the one hand; on the other hand, he would do all kinds of shameless things to her all day long.

————Yes, it is origami, and it is origami in a new world that was derived after history was changed.

However, due to the effect of the "Twelve Bullets", the memories and personality of Origami from the original world who had used the "Twelve Bullets" were also preserved like Shiori and Kaya, and merged with Origami from the new world, becoming a dual personality like Shiori and Kaya.

Naturally, after the timeline changed, the incident of Origami's reversal and rampage no longer existed.

Although other things have changed to some extent, overall, there is not much difference from the original world.

By the way, through the memories of the New World, Shiori learned that although Origami's parents were rescued, they died in a traffic accident four years ago. Therefore, Origami now lives in the elf apartment next to the Gokawa family, just like Tohka and others. Because of this——

"Good morning, my dear. Please allow me to give you a good morning bite."

With the sound of the door opening gently, a silver-haired figure walked into the room stealthily under the gaze of Kaya and Shiori, and was attracted by the two people who had already gotten up at first sight.

"Gaya wants to come too?"

Faced with a situation that would have embarrassed any normal person, Origami extended an invitation to Jiaye with a deadpan expression.

"Wait, my other self, don't say such embarrassing things!"

The next moment, an 'Origami' who looked and acted exactly the same, except for her long straight hair, appeared beside Origami, covering her mouth with her hand with a red face.

"It's not shameful at all. It's a token of my affection for my dear."

"It's too embarrassing anyway!"

Watching the interaction between the two Origami, both Kaya and Shiori felt a little fresh.

They never imagined that one day they would see such an innocent expression on Origami’s face.

It’s obviously that origami, it’s really magical.

"Ori, Kaka, today is your date with Mayuri, so don't be late."

After a lot of trouble, they finally won the victory. Origami smiled and reminded the two of them, then dragged the struggling Origami away.

He even closed the door when he left, which made people sigh, what a good boy he is.

"It seems that the time has also changed with the changes in the past. Shiori, you go on a date with Mayuri, and I will take care of her affairs."

Accepting the name 'Origami' for herself without any expression, Kaya said to Shiori.

It seems that the foreshadowing laid five years ago has taken effect. So, in this new world, the person Mayuri loves will become Shiori again.