Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

When he pushed open the bedroom door, Arcana was stunned.

This isn't my room, it's...

There is no need to say the rest. It has been at least a month since Chen Xi disappeared.

I would actually walk into this room by mistake from time to time.

With a click, Arcana closed the bedroom door and sat down on the edge of the bed, as she had done countless times before. She used to sit here often, waiting for Chen Xi's return.

Just now...

He reached out and grabbed a piece of clothing on the bed and held it in his arms.

As time went by, the smell of someone on it became weaker and weaker, but this still did not prevent her from holding it in her arms and feeling the sense of security it brought.

Gently stroke the fine stitching on the clothes from the shoulder to the waist.

Since the dress was taken off that night, its owner has never asked about its whereabouts. Of course, Arcana couldn't say that he took it away.

It was not even washed, but was carefully mended along with the bloodstains that had been stained dark red by time and the sticky flesh.

The black stitching stood out against the bloodstains, but Arcana didn't care.

Feeling the breath that originally represented death and now represented longing, a satisfied smile gradually crept onto Arcana's cheek.

"Lately, under the hand of reshaping, the traces of you have become increasingly faint."

"Many people have even forgotten your name and this room specially prepared for you."

"Haha~"

The clothes in his hands began to wail in pain as if they were being torn apart bit by bit.

"There's still about a week left~ When the next rainstorm comes, what kind of expression will you show me~"

“It’s really exciting~”

Black liquid overflowed from his hands, filling the broken stitches.

Clapping his hands, a figure walked out mechanically from the darkness.

"Keep cleaning this place up."

After saying that, he turned into a pool of black liquid and disappeared on the spot, but the brown-haired figure still bowed respectfully towards the center of the empty room.

"Yes, Miss Arcana."

A week later...

"drop--"

A rather sharp prompt sound appeared in the not-so-quiet supercomputing center. Although it did not cause much commotion, it still attracted the attention of several people.

As all eyes focused on the boy who was about to retreat to the corner, he apologized expressionlessly:

"Sorry to bother you all."

"There seems to be something wrong with my little invention. I'll be back soon."

Without saying much, the boy left the scene directly until he came to a place where he was sure no one would pass by. Then he connected the communicator on his cuff.

"Ms. Arcana, what do you want from me?"

The tone was not respectful, and could even be said to be emotionless.

"Now your undercover mission is over. Your primary goal is to find Chen Xi!"

The words were not harsh, but one could still hear a hint of anger in them.

Arcana ended the communication without thinking and said this.

Reshape, on a black chair, Arcana smiled and pinched the puppet in his hand.

"Where the hell are you~"

His tone was relaxed and cheerful, without any sign of anxiety.

"Chen Xi" was lifted up in front of Arcana by pinching her cheeks, and her mouth was pinched into an unnatural pout, but the strength of her hands continued to increase.

"Where the hell are you?"

Arcana stared at the doll in front of him until it showed a painful expression, and then he suddenly realized his loss of composure.

"Oh, sorry."

She put him down gently, but her fingers seemed reluctant to let go and quietly touched the back of the puppet's neck.

He pulled his hand back, and a pitch-black chain stretched out from the back of his neck and wrapped around Arcana's wrist.

"Where on earth are you?"

With a bang, one end of the chain was nailed to the table. Arcana took a breath and returned to his smiling state.

"Haha~ Maybe only in this way, you will never leave my side."

"My little music box~"

The chains were wrapped around and around, and Chen Xi's expression became more and more painful, but the person controlling him had no intention of stopping.

"No matter where you are, I will find you myself, and then..."

The chain tightened suddenly, even causing "Chen Xi" to stick out his tongue and roll his eyes.

"Let you stay by my side forever... Hehe~"

……

He took the communicator off his cuff, crushed it, and discarded it where no one would bother to look for it.

This thing is no longer needed now.

Chieri grasped the crystal pendant on her chest, and a glimmer of light emerged from the gaps between her fingers, turning into an elf-like ball of light, floating beside her.

Hmm, I still can’t see clearly.

This young man who seemed to be lacking in emotions was actually a survivor of a rainstorm.

The torrential rain from bottom to top took away almost all the emotions of the young man, stripping him of his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and also depriving him of all his expressions.

Of course, there are gains and losses. On the night when she was rescued by Reshape, Chieri awakened the mysterious art of divination.

Perhaps as compensation for the loss of emotions, Chieri's divination is unusually powerful.

He can see the fate of almost everyone, even Arcana!

And the one who couldn't see clearly... besides himself, there was also Chen Xi.

Back when he was still in the Reshaping Hand, he had the honor of seeing Chen Xi from afar once.

At that time, he was following behind Arcana, his face flushed with laughter, but these were not the focus of the boy's attention.

What he saw was the foggy "road" shrouding Chen Xi.

He couldn't see clearly, he wanted to see clearly, he also wanted to find an opportunity to get close to Chen Xi - and now, the opportunity came.

Although Arcana didn't say it explicitly, he still knew that the place where Chen Xi last disappeared was near the foundation.

After calming down her inner excitement, Chieri returned to her job, but was met with even more sidelong glances than before.

After touching her face to make sure there was nothing strange, Chieri turned around and asked the person closest to her:

"Is there something on my face?"

“Heh, ha…”

The researcher who was asked this question also smiled sincerely.

"No, yes, or rather, there is a smile on your face."

"By the way, you look really pretty when you smile."

After touching her face again, Chieri was surprised to find that the corners of her mouth were raised.

"Thank you."

After politely thanking him, Chieri simply let go of her inhibitions and smiled widely. Then, in a voice no one could hear, she whispered:

"Chen Xi..."

Soon, these two people with unclear destinies meet. What kind of fireworks will be intertwined?