[Exorcism] Parallel Trap

Today's news is quite boring, nothing to watch.Tiqi scanned the newspaper from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the beginning, but still didn't read the next complete report.

"Tiki, have you seen my ruler?" Rhode's voice came from behind the newspaper following the sound of turning things over.

"No." Tiqi turned the newspaper back to the previous page. "Who told you to keep throwing things around?"

"Don't be sarcastic, come and help me find... By the way, you have been flipping through that newspaper all morning, and haven't finished it yet?"

"Well, there's nothing to read." Tiqi finally put down the newspaper and stood up, walking towards the desk, "Isn't the ruler in your hand?"

"One is not enough," Rhodes pointed to the unfinished lines on the workbook, "If you want to draw geometrically, parallel lines are drawn with two rulers."

Tiqi glanced at the homework book, and took out something after saying that it was not easy.

"Don't look for it, use this." He said and handed over a playing card.

"Oh, that's fine." Rhodes took the cards and sat back at the table to draw in satisfaction.

Tiqi leaned against the table, watching Rhodes drawing boredly.

A ruler is pressed vertically.

"Sometimes, it feels like we are like this now..."

Another ruler is close along the edge.

"Keep walking along your own line, keep walking..."

Translate along a fixed track to draw a line segment.

"We all have our own track, our own path..."

These straight lines are parallel to each other.Because the fixed orbit determines their fate, and determines that they will extend at the same angle and never intersect.

The figure of that boy appeared in his mind again.Wearing unlined clothes in the late autumn night, along the white roadside, raising arms, shaking, step by step, walking carefully.

"But maybe, there will never be an end..."

"There will be no intersection."

Yes, there won't be.

Definitely not.

Yesterday, when I heard from my subordinates that the young man appeared there, I didn't feel much emotion in my heart, but somehow he went there in disguise.Although this was a good opportunity to catch it alive, even Tiqi himself didn't believe this excuse, and besides, he never did it.Want to go, can't say why, he just wants to see it.

I thought the game was over at the moment of the showdown, and it might be life and death when we meet next time.But it wasn't until he actually met that he realized that he was a little lucky that he could still talk and laugh freely with the boy in such a role.

This is not like his Tiqimi Ke style.Indifferently, the dance party is over, and she is still greedy for the tenderness in the wine glass.In the past, wasn't he always able to advance and retreat, retracting freely?

Why is it different this time?

Tiqi felt like a student who dozed off in class, grabbed her schoolbag and rushed out of the classroom as soon as the bell sounded, and didn't realize what she had left behind in her haste until she got home.But what it was, where it fell, but I can't remember it.

It seems that he couldn't get out of his body.

Tiqi laughed at himself and picked up the coffee in his hand.

"Oh yeah, it's done!" Rhodes cheered, holding up her homework book.

"Is there any need to be so excited, I almost spilled my coffee." Tiqi avoided it symbolically.

"Why don't you do it for me next time?" Rhodes stuck out his tongue at Tiqi, and handed back the playing cards, "But Tiqi, you still carry this with you, how carefree you are."

"Play it when you're bored." Tiqi skillfully shuffled the cards.

Rhodes looked at the cards flying up and down in Tiqi's hand, as if he suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up.

"By the way, let's play cards." Then he leaned over to find something.

"Playing cards?" Tiqi raised his eyebrows, and the cards in his hand changed a few tricks as if showing off, "With me?"

"It's not your kind of card, it's this—" Rhodes took out an exquisitely crafted box, and smiled mysteriously, "Tarot cards."

Tiqi glanced at the strangely patterned cards in the box, showing an original expression.

"Is it the kind of thing that pretends to be a ghost?"

"Don't spoil the fun, play with me." Rhodes opened the box and took out the cards inside, "I saw Lulu playing that day, and I thought it was quite interesting, so I bought a set. I just started learning now. Come on, let me give it to you." You do divination and practice your hands."

"You women really like to play with this kind of thing." Tiqi looked at Rhodes who was shuffling vigorously and shook his head.

"It is said that sometimes it is very accurate, and it may surprise you." Rhodes gathered the shuffled cards together, divided them into three piles, and then combined them into another pile, "Quick, think of a question to ask, the answer is only Yes or no, you can ask whatever you want... Oh no, you can only ask about love."

"Love?" Tiqi raised his eyebrows, with a look of doubt, "Don't ask, I have nothing to ask."

"No, you must ask."

"why?"

"Because I've only learned this so far," Rhodes said innocently, "I don't remember the meaning of other cards."

"How can there be such a thing..." Tiqi was a little dissatisfied with the treatment of his little white mouse.

"Take care of the beginners. Just ask about two people... Oh, don't think about it," Rhodes' eyes flashed suddenly, looking at Tiqi with a sly smile, "I can probably guess what you want to ask."

"Huh?" Tiqi raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

"Okay, anyway, I know your problem, so there's no need to talk about it." Rhodes put the cards in his hand in front of Tiqi without any explanation, "Come on, draw three cards."

"Is this okay?" Tiqi condemned Rhode's divination attitude with a black line on his face, "Is there anyone as unprofessional as you?"

"Of course, I set the rules for my cards." Rhodes took it for granted, "Quickly draw cards, one at a time, and put them in a row."

"..." Tiqi resigned to his fate and drew three cards one by one and put them on the table.

"This is the simplest card array," Rhodes put the remaining cards aside, pointing to the three cards in a row and said, "From left to right represent the past, present and future."

Then she stretched out her hand and unveiled the cards one by one.

The first one is "Justice", which is upright.The haughty and ruthless goddess sits on a stone chair, holding a scale in her left hand and a sword in her right, watching the past of life with cold eyes.

The second card representing the present is the "Wheel of Fortune", reversed.The golden roulette engraved with strange words hangs in the air, surrounded by everything, including angels and devils.

The last one left represents the future.The card with the pentagram printed on it was slowly uncovered, revealing the chilling scene on the card.Everyone crawled on the icy soil, some struggled, some fell, and some fled in a hurry.In front of them, the adjudicator dressed in black stood on horseback, with a pale skeleton under the brim of the cloak—this was the "Grim Reaper", reversed.

Tiqi leaned against the table, looking at the card, without speaking.

"Ah, this card is easy to solve." Rhodes seemed relieved, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "In the past, you were like two ends of the balance, you advanced and retreated, and kept a subtle distance from each other. Peace with the surface. But something hidden under the surface determines that this state cannot last long, so the balance is broken."

Rhodes gave Tiqi a deep look, pointed to the second card and continued.

"So now the wheel of fortune is turning. It may run as planned, or it may go off track; a new opportunity may appear, or it may go around and return to the original point. There are countless possibilities, and no one knows what will happen. Well. The card is reversed, indicating that the current situation may gradually lose control unconsciously, and some uncontrollable things are quietly deviating from the track. However, no matter how the situation develops, in the future, everything will eventually come to an end."

Rhodes paused, reached out and stroked the last card, his fingertips resting on the skull.

"Death represents the end. Any story will usher in the final end, and no one can escape. But at the same time, the end of one journey may also be the beginning of another. Combined with the current wheel of fortune, the end of the future can be the end of the song People disperse and the dust settles; it can also be the phoenix nirvana and rebirth from the ashes. And this god of death who is in the reverse position may walk slowly and come late."

At the end of the conversation, Rhodes hooked the corner of his mouth and handed over the card.

Tiqi reached out to take it, and the inverted card in the opposite direction was facing him. The two dark holes on the skull were staring at him faintly, but they couldn't find the focus.

"How?" After a long silence, Rhodes asked meaningfully.

"Well, it's kind of like that." Tiqi said in the tone of a parent of a primary school student checking homework.

"You know that's not what I'm asking," Rhodes pouted and put his hips on his hips. "Besides, it's not made up. The meaning of the card in the manual is probably like this. It seems that the hit rate is good..."

"What did you hit?" Tiqi said disapprovingly, and picked up the coffee. "It's all yours. I don't think these mere cards can represent anything."

"Really? Off track, out of control, etc., it seems quite interesting." Rhodes leaned back on the chair, with a naive tone, "Yesterday someone rushed to the studio on purpose, I don't know..."

"Cough, cough cough..." To be able to choke on coffee, what kind of luck is that today.

"I don't know if this counts as losing control?" The sly eyes drifted over slowly.

"I don't have this word in my dictionary." Tiki cleared his throat, "But it's more interesting when something unexpected happens, isn't it?"

"That's true." Rhodes nodded, flicking the ribbon on the skirt, "Speaking of which, how did you get Lulu to agree to teach you disguise? You also gave you those outfits, Lulu is not such a talkative person .”

"It's not easy, there's nothing I can't do." Tiqi answered as a matter of course.It's really simple, as simple as ten different LV limited edition women's bags can be done.

"Hmph, let's forget about it. Drink so much voice-changing agent, be careful of your throat." Rhodes made a face at him, "Don't worry about seeing Allen next time..."

"You talk too much." Tiqi interrupted her angrily, and stood in front of the mirror to change clothes, "It's time to go."

"Yes, yes," Rhode deliberately prolonged his tone, "I didn't thank you for all your hard work to help you figure out a divination, but I will answer every question."

"I didn't ask you." Tiqi tied up his tie and adjusted the tightness.

"Anyway, I know," Rhodes shook his legs, "What you want to ask is Heya..."

"I won't wait for you any longer," Tiqi glanced back at her, and then walked towards the door, "Start work."

Rhodes pouted and muttered to Tiqi that it was not a gentleman for you to leave the lady behind like this, so he followed.

Full of unknown future, unpredictable orbit...

Isn't this very interesting.

Where will the wheel of fortune turn?