In the quiet living room, Hidaka Hitoshi and Tsukuyomi were sitting on the front and side sofas respectively, motionless. The picture seemed to be frozen, as if time had been suspended at this moment, but the clock hanging on the wall kept Walking in a tick-tock-tock manner, faithfully reproducing the traces of time.
Gradually, the heat stopped rising over the tea cup held in Tsukuyomi's hand, and his fingertips became slightly cold. Half of the tea had already gone down.
Her eyes were divergent and occasionally focused. When she turned her head, she saw Hidaka Hitoshi pondering, thinking, and struggling. His face was solemn, and his brows were furrowed. It seemed that he was having a huge struggle with his heart.
So, even if it takes a lot of time to do this... it's understandable, right?
Thinking like this, the children's holes that Tsukuyomi focused on were about to disperse again.
But at this moment...
"Tsukuyomi."
Hitoshi Hidaka's sudden words made Tsukuyomi's eyes that were about to disperse instantly condense and his spirits lifted.
"I am here!"
She immediately looked at Hidaka Hitoshi with a solemn expression.
"Mr. Hidaka, may I ask, what is your decision...?"
Hearing this, Hidaka Hitoshi's expression stiffened slightly as he was about to ask.
"Uh..." he said with some embarrassment, "I'm sorry, what about that, can you tell me what you said to me before... again?"
"ah?"
His eyes widened subconsciously and his mouth opened slightly.
The moment these words fell, the pure white lights scattered on Tsukuyomi's face suddenly took effect. Taking advantage of the trance in her mind, they broke through the window and shined into her mind, like a holy light that purified everything. The light melted all her thoughts like snow, leaving only a pure and untainted light.
Tsukuyomi: "..."
She froze, her mind going blank.
In view of the previous investigation and understanding of Hidaka Hitoshi's character, after being stunned for a while, Tsukuyomi only pondered for a moment and then re-explained the previous words to Hidaka Hitoshi with a calm expression.
Then, there was the familiar silence and quietness again.
Hitoshi Hidaka also had the same performance, with a frown, eyes that alternated between sober and dazed, and an obvious struggle on his face... scoring twice was a yes.
"..."
The corners of Tsukuyomi's mouth trembled slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly emerged.
She picked up the teacup and lowered her head. She did not drink the tea that had completely cooled down. She just tilted the teacup and wet her dry lips. At the same time, she also wanted to hide the expression on her face at this time.
Fortunately, this time, Hidaka Hitoshi did not spend as long as before.
"Huh~~ I understand." He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had finally confirmed something, and said to Tsukuyomi, "Wait a minute, I'm going to get something."
Saying this, Hidaka Hitoshi stood up and left.
After a while, he came back with a notepad in his hand.
Unbuckle, flip open, take out a pen, and remove the cap.
"Awaited."
Hitoshi Hidaka said to Tsukuyomi as he sat back on the sofa.
"I'm sorry, could you please repeat what you said before..."
He also knew that his demands were generally a bit excessive, so he immediately added after saying this.
"This is the last time, I promise."
After Tsukuyomi heard this, his eyes moved down from Hidaka Hitoshi's face and glanced at the open notepad in his hand. His eyes narrowed slightly, then he looked back at Hidaka Hitoshi and began to repeat the previous explanation again.
She wasn't impatient at all, her mood was very stable, but she was just a little confused and curious.
Then, inevitably, her emotional ups and downs during the explanation became more and more dull every time. Up to this point, it sounded very much like she was memorizing the text.
But Hitoshi Hidaka listened very carefully...
Although I listened very carefully the previous two times, I was obviously more serious this time.
Serious enough to take notes.
It's like listening to a teacher's lecture.
This picture is very strange.
After realizing this, Tsukuyomi's expression gradually became strange.
She suddenly wanted to know what Hitoshi Hidaka had written down in that notepad.
Hitoshi Hidaka saw the curiosity in Tsukuyomi's eyes, so he handed the notebook in his hand to Tsukuyomi.
"Eh? Is that okay?" Tsukuyomi asked in surprise, "Can I really look through it?"
"Well, no problem, let's see."
Hidaka Hitoshi nodded generously, indicating that everything he wrote down was visible.
Tsukuyomi raised his hand to take the notepad and opened the first page full of exploration...
"..."
The origin of taiko drum?
Her expression froze, and then she immediately turned to the second page, the third page, the fourth page, and even more pages after that.
The development of taiko drums;
Types and structures of taiko drums;
Application scenarios of modern taiko drums;
Taiko drumming techniques;
Taiko drum...
Taiko drum...
Taiko drum...
"Snapped!"
Tsukuyomi closed the notepad abruptly and took a deep breath.
She looked up at Hidaka Hitoshi, then looked down at the notepad in her hand, looked at Hidaka Hitoshi, and then looked at the notepad in her hand.
At this moment, Tsukuyomi finally understood where Hidaka Hitoshi's calmness came from.
But then, a new doubt arose in Tsukuyomi's mind, that is - why Hidaka Hitoshi recorded the things she told about the alien timeline in such a book, all of which were related to Taiko drums. What about in the notepad?
Could it be that her words just now inspired Hidaka Hitoshi to compose a song related to taiko drums on the spot?
This is too outrageous...
With this thought in mind, Tsukuyomi opened the notepad again, and then quickly turned to the note Hidaka Hitoshi just took down.
Take a closer look...
Well, it turned out that she was overthinking.
Just now Hidaka Hitoshi simply recorded the key points of her explanation.
But this also made Tsukuyomi feel more confused.
So, why record this incident in such a notebook that talks about "Taiko" from beginning to end?
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Is there no other notepad?
Or, in Hidaka Hitoshi's opinion, is there any special connection between the alien timeline she told and the Taiko he knew?
Tsukuyomi raised this question and asked Hitoshi Hidaka for answers.
Hidaka Hitoshi replied: "The reason why I recorded them all on a notepad is because they all fall into my 'forgetful' category."
Hearing this answer, Tsukuyomi couldn't help but be a little stunned.
"Forgetful?" she repeated the word.
"Yes." Hidaka Hitoshi nodded and explained, "I really like taiko drums. I fell in love with them the moment I learned about them. But the strange thing is that the memories related to taiko drums are not in my mind. Stayed too long.
Even if you remember it clearly at the moment, it will gradually become blurred, diluted and disappeared as time goes by.
It's like I've never had the time to learn and practice taiko drums.
Only by writing it down carefully and reading it frequently can you avoid having no impression at all.
I went to the doctor, but the test results were very healthy and there were no problems.
The doctor also suggested several robust treatment plans to me.
I tried them all, to no avail.
In the end, the matter dropped.
It won’t affect normal life anyway, right? "
Hidaka Hitoshi smiled heartily, and then the smile disappeared and became gloomy.
Reminiscent of Hidaka Hitoshi's previous performance, after hearing Hidaka Hitoshi's words, Tsukuyomi's face became ugly.
"You mean..."
"Well, the words I said to you too... no, I should say, compared to Taiko, the words I said to you are more forgetful!"
No wonder……
Tsukuyomi secretly thought: racking his brains to think about memories, struggling from the first second to the next in memory, no wonder Mr. Hidaka behaved like that before.
She finally realized the truth and seriousness of the matter.
[The suppression of knight history by alien history has become stronger. 】
