Why wasn't I the one who got the male lead's script?

Hoshimi responded in a normal tone, and smiled at her as if he didn't notice the aggressiveness between the lines of Futaba's words.

"And if I wasn't here, I wouldn't have met you, Futaba."

“——Hmm.”

The girl with glasses, who had a serious expression earlier, was stunned for a moment, and the seriousness on her face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye - replaced by a little barely perceptible panic.

Even though Futaba was speechless and unable to respond in time, the smiling boy lying on the box did not press the issue, but remained as he was, looking at her quietly with a smile.

There is no doubt that this made Futaba Rio, who rarely suffered a setback, even more angry.

"... You guys, just say those corny things, and what are you laughing at?"

"Because it's rare for Ms. Futaba to suddenly become weak."

"That's really annoying. If you keep talking so smoothly, I'll put mustard in your Americano next time."

"Okay, okay, I surrender."

Futaba rolled her eyes at Xingjian, who raised her hand symbolically and looked quite innocent, and then touched her forehead as if she was in trouble.

She was not good at dealing with people like this who could speak in a nonchalant and calm tone, making it difficult for people to respond.

"I was a little worried that you would..."

He seemed to hear her mumbling faintly, and Xingjian subconsciously raised his head.

"Ah, you're worried about me?"

"No, get lost."

"Don't react so realistically~"

"Let's get back to the topic—last time in the lab, there's something I forgot to tell you."

She shook her head, and her expression returned to its usual indifference and solemnity.

"Oh?"

Xingjian raised an eyebrow in confusion to indicate that he was listening, while extending his left hand to check the time on his watch.

He can still slack off for about two minutes at most.

"——Still have to talk about Tomoya Aki's foresight into the future."

Futaba pushed up her glasses and got straight to the point.

"I have an idea... I originally thought there was no need to explain it to you, but if I don't explain it clearly, I'll feel like something is wrong."

"Ms. Futaba has also learned to keep things in suspense."

"Stop talking nonsense and listen carefully."

Futaba paused, then got straight to the point and asked her question.

"Let me ask you this beforehand—did An Yi mean to act according to the future he foresaw, thus maintaining the same trajectory as in the dream and moving forward towards the predicted future?"

“…Although the statement is a bit confusing, it is indeed true.”

"To put it simply, Aki's current situation is like the protagonist who has been given a designated life script in advance."

Futaba rarely used simple metaphors to explain the extraordinary phenomena - Hoshimi had always thought that she could only use confusing technical terms such as quantum mechanics to describe things.

"……I see."

As soon as Futaba brought up this example, the thoughtful Hoshimi nodded in understanding.

The script describes what will happen to the protagonist next and marks a destined ending for him.

Unfortunately, the script is not a videotape, so it is not clear enough to outline every frame one by one - it is just briefly mentioned.

For example, "The brave man adventures all the way, and finally defeats the devil and saves the princess" is a script, and "On the way, the brave man encounters xxx monster in xxx cave, and the brave man uses Starburst Air Stream Slash at a certain time to cause 99999 points of damage to the monster" is clear and accurate data and records.

"And... a fundamental paradox."

Futaba saw that Xingjian understood her idea easily and raised her eyebrows with a little relief.

“…Ah, I know that too.”

When his eyes met Futaba's, Hoshimi, who already understood something, nodded.

"The fact that he could foresee the future... didn't appear in the future he foresaw, right?"

Although it sounds a bit confusing, it is just a simple logical paradox.

In the future that An Yi predicted, he walked forward without knowing anything about what was about to happen - but in reality, he had predicted such a future.

This established fact has deviated considerably from the future he predicted.

"Although according to the principle of world line convergence, this little thing probably won't have much of an impact on the story's outcome...but there's a very interesting phenomenon in physics called the butterfly effect."

When talking about the topic of physics, her area of ​​expertise, Futaba straightened her back and adjusted her glasses - her every move and gesture exuded the calm demeanor of an expert.

"The smallest deviation can cause an unimaginably large reaction... Although my physics grades are average, I do understand this. That's the simple summary."

"It seems that even though you don't talk about physics, Xingjian, you still have some basic common sense."

"You have nothing to lose by praising me frankly."

"All in all, it's still too early to say for sure—but the impact of this deviation is definitely there. The only difference is whether it's been discovered."

Futaba ignored Hoshimi's small rebuttal and stated her own conclusion and further speculation in a firm tone.

"For example, didn't Amaki say that the girl he met was his destined heroine? Then, that heroine is one of the people who is most likely to be affected. Maybe something unusual will happen to her as well."

The heroine... is that Kato?

Thinking of this, Xingjian looked at the short-haired girl sitting in the corner of the window with a slightly complicated look.

She still played the role of being ignored by the other three. She ignored Aki and others who were actively communicating, and sat quietly in her seat drinking the milk tea in her hand.

"...Are you saying that Kato might also develop a puberty syndrome like foresight?"

Ms. Kato looks like an ordinary person, but no matter how you look at it, she doesn't look like someone who would be the cause of paranormal phenomena.

"I haven't made any conclusions—the most taboo in scientific research is imprecision. I won't make any firm statements without sufficient factual evidence to support a self-consistent hypothesis."

Futaba shook her head and gave some of her current detached thoughts.

"Of course, perhaps she would experience the appearance of quantum entanglement due to being touched by Aki... but whether this can be observed is another question. What I said may not be completely correct, it is just a guess for you."

Having said that, Futaba curled her lips in a cold manner.

"That girl sitting in the corner over there must be the heroine, right? She looks like the same type as you, Hoshimi."

"Eh? Why do you say that?"

"Because they seem to have little presence, and at first glance they look like the kind of people who are easy to bully—but who don't seem to have much desire to be bullied."

"Haha, but I don't think so."

The black-haired boy smiled faintly and slowly looked away under Futaba's gaze.

"Kato and I are probably two similar yet completely different types of people."

"…I wonder if you're a nuisance or not."

Futaba muttered this in a very soft voice, with a complex light flashing in her somewhat dim eyes.

Hoshimi blinked, then looked at Futaba and spoke.

"I say, Futaba."

"Just say what you want to say. I'm listening."

Although she would rather look at the passing wild cat with an indifferent look than turn her head to look at Xingjian.

"If you could see into the future, what would you most want to know?"

Xingjian tilted his head which was lying on the box and looked up at Futaba, who had an indifferent and serious expression.

The latter was visibly stunned when she heard his question. Then she looked away, and her eyes, which were always rational and wise, showed a slightly unpredictable look.

It seems that even Futaba is hesitant and uncertain about this question.

"I think answering a question that will never happen to me is a waste of time—well, anyway. I usually hate getting dragged into troublesome matters, but if something changes and you can't handle it yourself, please contact me. Don't get me wrong, I just think that predicting the future is no small matter."

In the end, Futaba still didn't give a clear answer. She picked up the bag in her hand, and after saying this, she walked away without looking back. Xingjian lay on the box and waved goodbye to her, then stood up.

"...That guy used to be really averse to such troublesome things."

Just as he was looking at Futaba's departing figure thoughtfully and stroking the back of his head——

crunch.

To his left, there was a sound of someone stepping on a cardboard box on the ground.

"?"

"Woo——"

Following the sound, at the corner where Futaba had just walked, a girl with short flaxen hair and wearing a Western-style school uniform was frightened because of the shrill noise she made.

"...?"

She seemed to want to cover her whereabouts, but accidentally exposed her presence, so she looked at Xingjian who was attracted by the noise with a somewhat panicked look.

The black-haired boy was stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows as he thought of something.

"Did you hear everything that happened just now?"

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This update is still half more than usual (cover my liver)

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Aki Tomoya can't predict the future: Chapter 6: Light Bulb and the Strange Lady (Part 4)

It was a few minutes later that we returned to the store.

Taking advantage of his not very conspicuous presence - one could even say that few people cared about him - Xingjian took advantage of the opportunity when no one else noticed him and walked from the back door into the kitchen without attracting anyone's attention.

"Ah, Hoshimi. The guests at table 3 want to order."

"Good~"

The tasks from the store manager were also carried out smoothly, and it seemed that no one noticed that he had just been slacking off while throwing away the garbage.

He deliberately did not pass by Table No. 6 where An Yi and others were, and went around in a circle and headed in another direction.

But just as Xingjian, pretending to be calm, walked steadily to table number three with the menu.

"........."

The guest lying alone on the table—or to be more precise, a flaxen-haired girl in a school uniform—raised her head and met the black-haired boy's professional smile.

When their eyes met, Xingjian's expression froze for a rare moment.

This person was the girl whose eyes had just met by chance at the back door. Judging from her uniform, she must be a student from the same school, maybe a junior.

"…I say, you should be a senior from the same school."

Before Xingjian could figure out how to put it, the girl with short flaxen hair asked the question first, her eyes blazing with curiosity.

"What's your name, Senior? If possible, can you tell me your name~?"

One can inadvertently see a hint of natural cuteness in her eyes, but this emotion might be more appropriately described as deliberately artificial.

In response, Xingjian calmly took out the account book and placed the menu in front of Isshiki.

"Hello, if you're ordering now, we recommend our new Set B. It's affordable and filling, and I'm sure it'll satisfy your hungry cravings."

"Eh~ Although dedicated seniors can easily make girls' hearts flutter, considerate seniors are more likely to make the juniors' hearts beat faster, right?"

"Okay, that's the exciting A set, right? Got it. 1500 yen, thank you for your patronage."

"Senior, you are blackmailing me, right?"

Who told you to come to the restaurant without ordering anything and keep trying to find out the waiter's background?

Xingjian sighed helplessly. Although his salary was paid on time, it was also related to the customers' evaluation. He couldn't just show his bad face to the customers.