[Before he does something irreversible, stop him with your own hands...! 】
These words suddenly set off a huge wave in Gates's heart, making him feel dazed for a moment before he came back to his senses.
On the one hand, this is because Kido Shinji’s words hit on something he has been thinking about recently;
On the other hand, it’s because…
"Mr. Kido..."
"Um?"
"You suddenly became so reliable, I'm not used to it."
Shinji Kido: "..."
Then, he said angrily: "I'm an idiot and I'm really sorry!"
"Well……"
After realizing what he had just said, Gates couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Sorry, Mr. Kido, what I just said was..."
However, as soon as Gates began to explain, Shinji Kido raised his hand to stop him.
"Stop, Gates, stop talking, let this topic end here."
He no longer wanted to be hurt anymore.
It hurts a lot!
Seeing this, Gates' expression became even more embarrassed.
"……Um."
He nodded, and then thought a little worriedly.
I wasn't like this before...
It’s all the King of Time’s fault!
Gates felt that if Tokiwa Shougo hadn't always been so angry with him, how could he have blurted out such a sentence just now under the influence of Tokio?
impossible.
Absolutely impossible!
so……
I am really contaminated by the King of Time.
At this thought, Gates couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Then, there was a long silence.
Neither Shinji Kido nor Gates made any suggestions to immediately open the door in front of them.
because……
If Gates's speculation and Kido Shinji's hunch are both correct, then the ward in front of them is no longer a gathering place for old friends, but a mirror monster's... lair!
In other words, once that door is opened, they may be completely exposed at any time.
And once they are completely exposed, the "invisible" protection on them will be converted into a "powerful taunt" within a period of time.
As time goes by, they may become enemies of all mirror monsters in the entire city.
Then, if everything goes well, they will encounter Mirror World Shougo once more.
As soon as they thought about this, Tokiwa Shougo's words suddenly began to sound in their minds.
【He is very strong! Even, in a sense, he is stronger than me! 】
That was what Tokiwa Shogo said about Mirror World Shogo during the discussion last night.
[Although he did not inherit the power of many knights like me, his development of his own power of time is half a stage ahead of me... at least! 】
Because of this, if Tokiwa Shougo wants to leave the current time and space without leaving any trace and go to the mirror world to lay out some trump cards in a place where Shogo can't see it at all, the safest way is to have someone come and cover him, or even, At the critical moment, stop Sougo from the Mirror World who discovers an abnormality.
In other words, Tokiwa Shogo wants to use them as bait to draw away the attention of Mirror World Shogo.
This is undoubtedly a very dangerous mission.
[By then, you may die! 】
That's why Tokiwa Shogo was so worried about Shinji Kido and Gates before.
[Even so, do you still want to help me? 】
Thinking of this, both Shinji Kido and Gates also remembered their answers at that time.
[Ah, our future is left to you! 】
At this thought, Kido Shinji and Gates looked at each other, and both of them couldn't help but smile.
"Mr. Kido, are you nervous?" Gates asked with a smile.
"Isn't that natural? Aren't you nervous?" Shinji Kido replied angrily.
"makes sense."
Taking a deep breath, Gates raised his hand and held the door handle of Eri Akiyama's ward.
"Are you ready?"
After saying this, he took out the space-time drive with his other hand and put it on his waist.
"Well, open the door!"
Shinji Kido also took out Ryuki's card box and held it tightly.
Then, with Shinji Kido's tense look on his face, Gates turned the doorknob hard with his palm.
"Crack!"
With the sound of a door lock opening, Gates pushed open the door of Akiyama Eri's ward.
They looked into the door nervously.
But……
The expected chaos of demons did not happen.
No mirror monster's shadow was reflected on the window glass or anything else.
Just as they had seen from the observation window, everything was peaceful.
Peaceful and quiet.
The sunlight shines through the window with the curtains open, over the water bottle with flowers on the table, and into the house.
Look carefully, there are fine flying dust dancing in the light.
On the pure white hospital bed bathed in this beam of light, Eri Akiyama fell asleep quietly with a peaceful expression, as if he was having a good dream.
Next to it, the electrocardiogram makes a regular "beep" sound, and the curve representing the health of the heartbeat continues to extend toward the future on the display screen.
Such an ordinary ward is nothing in ordinary times, but its ordinaryness seems extremely abnormal in today's world where mirror monsters are raging.
Therefore, Shinji Kido and Gates did not relax their vigilance, but looked at each other and walked in cautiously.
Just as Gates crossed the door, a very strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.
It was as if something was calling him.
Following that call, Gates suddenly looked towards Akiyama Eri.
He hesitated, walked to Akiyama Eri, confessed to her in a low voice, and gently lifted the white quilt covering her body.
Immediately, Gates' pupils shrank instantly.
I saw Eri Akiyama holding a piece of... knight's watch in his hand at his side!
A knight’s watch for night riding!
…
…
Outside the hospital.
Move the time forward a little.
"...Do you think the person who acted with Kido is a good person?"
Faced with this question asked by Tezuka Miyuki, Ren Akiyama was stunned, and suddenly remembered what Tezuka Miyuki said before when he persuaded him to leave his wife's ward.
[If you trust me, I have a suggestion...]
[Lian, please tell me the truth, do you have a watch like the one used by the Demon King? 】
[Leave it to Eri. In this case, Eri will be saved no matter what. 】
Those words were spliced together with Tezuka Umino's question at this time, and Ren Akiyama suddenly understood.
"So, you asked me to keep that watch to... give it to him?"
"No."
Hearing this, Tezuka Umino looked at Ren Akiyama very seriously and corrected him.
"I asked you to keep that watch so that it could become Eri's talisman, not so that it could be snatched away."
Listening to Tezuka Miyuki's deliberately accentuated tone on the word "snatch away", Ren Akiyama fell silent and frowned deeply.
"This is a tricky statement... do you think the Demon King would believe it?"
"He'll believe it."
Saying this, Tezuka Umino tossed a coin, looked at the light reflected from the coin flipping in the air, and whispered.
"I'll make him believe it."
.bqkan8..bqkan8.
