Airi Nogami is beautiful.
But that's not the point.
The point is, Airi Nogami has a strange magic power about her. Her smile will make people follow her steps unconsciously.
No, when Gates came back to his senses, he found that he was already sitting at the bar with a cup of brewed coffee.
Gates: "..."
By the way, he was "wake up" by the bitterness of coffee.
Gates quickly put down the coffee in his hand and stood up excitedly.
"Wait! I'm not here to drink coffee, Miss Nogami, I'm here..."
"I know."
Airi Nogami interrupted with a smile.
"You're here to wait for Ryotaro, right? I know... So, calm down, guest, if you get too anxious, your lucky star will run away."
Gates: "..."
Lucky Star?
Ah, this familiar feeling of déjà vu…
He didn't know if Lucky Star would escape, but he wouldn't take the bait easily this time!
"Miss Nogami!"
Gates said with a solemn expression.
"I've said it before, I'm not here to wait for Ryotaro, I'm here to... huh? Wait a minute!"
At this point, Gates' expression suddenly froze, and he turned to look at Airi Nogami in astonishment and asked.
"What you just said was...waiting for Ryotaro!?"
"Yes, isn't it?" Airi Nogami asked.
"Yes...well, although that's true, but..."
Miss Nogami, that's not what you said before!
The corners of Gates' mouth twitched and he couldn't help but ask: "Miss Nogami, how did you know?"
"A boy wearing a gray scarf told me while drinking coffee in the store."
Airi Nogami replied leisurely while brewing coffee calmly.
"He said that in the past few days, the Demon King's subordinates will come to drink coffee, and discuss with Ryotaro about the maintenance time operation... Well, the Demon King's subordinates he mentioned are you, right?"
[That bastard Woz——! ]
When Gates heard this, he gritted his teeth and cursed secretly in his heart, and immediately denied it: "No!"
"Eh? Aren't you here to see Ryotarou?" Airi Nogami asked.
Facing Nogami Airi's confused gaze, Gates nodded quickly.
"I am."
Airi Nogami: "As expected, you are the subordinate of that Demon King."
Gates: "..."
Why did this come back again? No, he was involved!
What Gates wanted to explain was that he was indeed the man who came to Ryotaro Nogami as described by Watts, but he was not a subordinate of the Demon King.
In Nogami Airi's cognitive logic, the person Woz described who came to find Nogami Ryotaro was the Demon King's subordinate.
In other words, Airi Nogami believes that if he is not a subordinate of the Demon King, then he is not the person who came to Ryotaro Nogami as described by Woz.
Obviously, Woz grasped Airi Nogami's character and deliberately misled her...
Therefore, if Gates only explains one point, he will definitely not be able to explain it clearly!
[That bastard Woz—! ]
After reacting, Gates cursed Woz again and explained:
"That's not the case, Miss Nogami! It should be said that I am indeed the person who came to Mr. Ryotaro as Woz said, but I am not the Demon King's subordinate... Miss Nogami, can you understand what I say? "
"Yeah, I understand." Airi Nogami nodded, "You're just shy...right?"
"No! Why do you understand it like this?"
Gates was dumbfounded.
"Also, Miss Nogami, why did you accept the existence of the Demon King so easily?"
"Eh? Is this difficult to accept?"
Hearing Gates' question, Nogami Airi seemed very confused.
“Don’t young people nowadays like this style?”
Airi Nogami explained.
"Heroes are very handsome, and so are the devils. Therefore, the devil who becomes a hero is even more handsome... This setting seems to be quite popular."
After saying that, Airi Nogami tilted her head, smiled and winked at Gates, and said.
"I also know how to watch anime and special effects films. Boy, don't underestimate adults."
Gates: "..."
Ah, now, it seems that I can’t explain it at all.
Because, now, no matter what he says, it seems that Nogami Airi can attribute it to a certain drama... It is nothing more than the difference between "seen" and "never seen".
[Woz, is this also part of your plan? ? ]
Gates sat back in his seat with a dejected look on his face, picked up his coffee and took a sip...
"so bitter!"
That smell, and his mood at this time, were simply a Best Match!
So Gates started adding sugar to his coffee.
Then, the overly sweet coffee only aggravated his inner anxiety.
Just like that, it was late at night.
Ryotaro Nogami never came back.
His lucky star seemed to have really escaped from him.
Gates: "..."
…
…
The desert of time, the terminal.
Woz managed to meet the stationmaster of the terminal.
"Hello~~"
Hearing the stationmaster's greetings to him, Woz gracefully caressed his chest and returned the greeting.
"Hello, webmaster."
Then, Woz got straight to the point:
"I came to visit this time to ask the webmaster for advice on the upcoming point of disagreement."
Before coming to the webmaster's office, Woz had already taken a rough look around and found no divergence point. That's why he added "coming soon" in front of the new divergence point recorded in the book. adjective.
The webmaster heard this and smiled meaningfully.
"The point of divergence that is about to appear...na~~~"
He did not answer Woz's question directly, but greeted Woz first.
"Come, sit down."
Woz didn't refuse and sat down firmly.
He looked at the stationmaster and smiled:
"I don't doubt whether a new point of disagreement will appear like others, webmaster. It seems that I came to the right place today and will not return without success."
"Haha, I do know some information, but not much."
The stationmaster took off the white hat on his head, turned it over twice in his hand, put it on again, and continued.
"You know, time is full of fate and variables. Can you understand it?"
"Of course!" Woz smiled and nodded, "The monarch I serve is the ruler of time!"
There is no need to say the implication.
At the same time, he lowered his head involuntarily and glanced at the Demon Advent Calendar in his hand.
Yes, those words in this book that remain unchanged and have empty spaces are the perfect embodiment of that sentence.
He has a deep understanding of this personally.
"So, there is no need to say anything unnecessary. Webmaster, unlike others, I should be able to understand what you said, right?"
Woz said proudly and proudly.
"How important it is to let the future point to the future that my Demon King believes in."
When the webmaster heard this, his eyes suddenly became sharp, but soon he regained his composure, as did the smile on his face.
"That's true~~"
Saying this, the stationmaster raised his hand and raised two fingers.
"Well, there are two things I can tell you."
"First, the terminal has been here for 11 years, so there must be a divergence point near here. It is not 'coming soon', but it has already existed here. However, we Its specific location has never been discovered.”
"Secondly, on December 3, 2018, Den-Liner... lost contact while driving towards that day."
