Tokyo Psychic

[As you approach your thirties, you watch helplessly as others win the championship on their first attempt, successfully challenge and be crowned the youngest king, your heart is filled with pain.]

After a night of heavy drinking, you look at your childish face in the mirror and realize you’ve returned to the age of eighteen.

[Countless opportunities are waiting for you to pick up, you swear that this time you must win them all! ]

Chen Yu: "Huh? I'm reborn!? No one informed me??"

Years later, Chen Yu, now a league champion, the youngest elf doctor, and a friend of mythical beasts, said in an interview: "I can achieve what I have today simply because I have a little more luck than the average person."

047. "An He Subaru" (four-in-one, modified)

（周末爆更9/12、10/12、11/12、12/12。本章关于打牌的内容已修改。）

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"Cosmic Superman, open your eyes, I am Shafulin." The alarm clock was supposed to ring at 7 o'clock, but it was delayed until 7:30 and 8 o'clock.

In the bedroom of a luxury duplex apartment, An He Subaru, who had been playing Street Fighter VI all night, finally regained some consciousness from her slumber. The moment she realized she still had to go to the Arts Academy for physical education class that day, she suddenly did a sit-up and responded to Master Shafulin's call, "I'll go with you! Take me to the Kingdom of Light!"

At this point, perhaps only a real trip to the Kingdom of Light can save today's schedule.

The phone placed on his chest flew up along with the data cable, then hit the wall heavily and bounced under the bed. The phone screen glowed in the darkness, like a legendary treasure waiting for a brave man to find in a dark cave.

She grabbed the edge of the bed, leaned her head down, and looked at her cell phone that had flown under the bed with tears in her eyes.

An and Subaru measured the distance between themselves and their phones.

After a moment of hesitation, she carefully lifted the warm quilt, and her smooth white feet stepped lightly on the cold floor. She couldn't help shivering, then she lay down on the floor with difficulty and crawled under the bed like a trench warrior.

Ugh, it’s so cold...

The unlocked phone screen displays today's weather forecast.

【August 2024, 4. 】

【AM.9:04.】

【Typhoon warning.】

After a while, An Hesuba, who had fully calmed down the phone, put on slippers, rushed into the bathroom, and turned on the gas heater and the light.

She turned on the faucet and washed her face with a towel dipped in cold water. She finally felt a little more energetic.

"Typhoon warning..."

An He Subaru looked at the still clear sky and couldn't help but complain about the unreliability of the weather station, "Isn't it still sunny?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of cold wind rushed into the bathroom.

The clear sky outside the window suddenly turned gray, the sea of ​​clouds was low, and there was a sudden thunder, as if the valve of a reservoir in the clouds had been opened, and a waterfall swirled down above the distant and vast stars.

Torrential rain swept over the tall buildings. Neon lights reflected dazzling, mottled glints in the boundless water curtain. It was as if darkness had vanished, day and night had reversed. Pedestrians walked under umbrellas in the torrential downpour. The colorful umbrellas resembled flowers blooming on the street, devoid of refreshing fragrance. Instead, the dampness was filled with the stench of boredom and resentment. The sign at the roadside ramen stall was dimly lit, and a gray-haired customer asked the emaciated, equally aged chef for a bowl of piping hot tonkotsu ramen.

Students and office workers rushing to school or work crowded the tram station entrance, sweat and rain mixing into a terrifying anxiety as the seconds ticked by. The narrow road outside the station was choked with traffic. Despite obeying traffic laws, no driver, no matter how impatient, honked their horn, maintaining a barely peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

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Beep, beep, beep, beep...

The alarm that was set in advance on the phone started to sound.

Recovering from sleep, Kurusu Akatsuki glanced out the train window. Rain streaked the windows, leaving a vast expanse of iron-gray sky. A faint spray of water shimmered along the window edge, leaving a long, white line. The sea of ​​clouds on the horizon blurred in the surging mist. Nearby, station attendants waved glow sticks, spreading a crimson glow through the dense fog. In the distance, the neon-lit skyscrapers spread like radiant roots, extending to the end of this endless rain.

The weather forecast said that rain clouds were heading towards Kawasaki City, and it was true. When the train just arrived in Kanagawa Prefecture, the weather was still fine. I closed my eyes for a short nap and when I opened them again, I saw only the rain pouring down like a waterfall outside the window. The strong wind broke off countless cherry blossoms and they fell into the canal, forming ripples. There was water flowing in the sky and on the ground. When I closed my eyes and listened, it seemed as if the whole world was submerged in the rain.

Kurusu Akatsuki looked at Ii Serina who was sitting next to the car window.

Sitting next to me, Ichi Serina was wearing Bluetooth headphones, probably playing Diamond Dust's "Empty Box." She cupped her right hand lightly to support her cheek, then leaned her elbow against the window, her head tilted to the side, gazing aimlessly at the slowly moving rain outside.

This girl is quite cute when she is quiet.

Kurusu Akatsuki thought for no reason.

Too bad, she'll probably start making a scene soon...

As expected, after hearing the alarm set by Kurusu Xiao through the headphones, Jing Qin Rencai rubbed her eyes and looked out the window at the heavy rain. Her mood immediately plummeted to the bottom. She looked panicked and pulled Kurusu Xiao to ask endless questions such as "What should I do without an umbrella?"

But the train had already arrived at the station, so the Phantom Thief gestured with his knife and knocked her head lightly, "Let's go. Umbrellas are definitely for sale at the station!"

Jing Qinrencai suddenly became quiet.

It takes more than an hour to drive from Tokyo to Kawasaki.

No wonder Sakura Sojiro could let them go on a long journey without worry...the two places are too close.

After walking through the magnificent hall, the two people who had bought umbrellas stood at the station entrance, hesitating.

Cascades of rain cascaded down the square edge of the door, like a flowing wall - even the wizards in "Harry Potter" would feel terrified when they passed through the wall of King's Cross Station and reached Platform 9 and 3/4.

Jing Qinrencai thought that she did not have the courage to pass through this wall.

Although she looks carefree on weekdays, she is a girl after all, and one of the things she hates the most is definitely "getting wet in the rain on the street."

Passersby who also stopped in front of this high wall of water sighed, "What a heavy rain..."

Jing Serina cautiously poked Kurusu Akatsuki's arm. "Where are we going next?"

"...Shin Kawasaki Arts Academy." Kurusu Akatsuki was fiddling with the navigation on his phone with his head down.

“Isn’t that where actors develop their skills?”

"Ah."

The thief looked at the distance displayed on the navigation system and felt a pang of pain in his teeth. "If we just take a taxi, it will probably cost tens of thousands of yen."

"What will happen if I don't take a taxi..." Jing Qinrencai looked at the rain outside the station and silently stopped asking this stupid question.

The girl said gloomily, "I'm so unlucky. The weather turned so bad right after we arrived in Kawasaki."

Kurusu Akatsuki patted her shoulder gently as if to comfort her. "Don't worry, it's just a typhoon warning now. By the time we return to Tokyo, we'll probably encounter a real typhoon."

This sentence contained a lot of information, causing Jing Qinrencai to freeze in place for a while. "Does this mean... we're going to be trapped in Kawasaki City by the typhoon?!"

Kurusu Akatsuki fiddled with the umbrella in his hand. "That's probably it."

He looked up at the dark sky beyond the rain and said, "Now we have to find a place to stay quickly."

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at the same time.

A bathroom in a luxury apartment.

An He Subaru looked at himself in the mirror, trying hard to put on a smile... Suddenly he felt deflated, listlessly turned on the faucet, and started to run hot water into the sink.

Then I slowly washed up, slowly cleaned my face, and slowly changed my clothes.

The class schedule and other things don’t matter anymore.

When a person is about to be late, he will feel that time is very urgent. Every minute and every second is like an expensive diamond falling from a high altitude into a cliff. The wealth disappears in the rushing cold wind along with the stench of capital. He will be nervous, restless, and emotionally fragile. Any failure may defeat a person's rationality at this time. After rationality comes uncontrollable panic and anger transferred to the environment.

When a person is late for a while, he will feel very nervous and timid, and will constantly think about the punishment and the price he needs to bear for being late. He will be restless until he knows the result of his treatment, and then he will relax and return to his normal work or study.

But what if... what if I'm already very late, and I'm sure I won't be able to catch up no matter how fast I try...

She found a pair of sports shorts from the closet, put on a dark gray skirt over the shorts, and added a white shirt and a black sweatshirt.

Although the weather is cold, it is raining heavily after all. If you wear long pants and get the trouser legs wet, you have to wash them again, which will be very troublesome.

Finally, he put on long rubber boots, a raincoat, and a shoulder bag containing the "Sticker Monument" card set that symbolizes darkness and evil.

An and Subaru opened an umbrella they had bought at the Sword Sanctuary peripheral exhibition and took the elevator downstairs.

After hesitating for a moment in front of the apartment door, she stepped into the water curtain.

The big black umbrella and its tip looked like a black sharp point, cutting through the heavy rain and blending into the crowd.

The rain, a blanket of rain, fell on the puddle-filled road, creating countless ripples in the splashing water. The trees of varying heights, shrouded in mist, resembled kappa monsters cloaked in Buddhist robes, their heads bowed and eyes closed, receiving the baptism of the rain.

The damp red bricks paving the ground, their pungent color reminiscent of pig blood, contrasted sharply with the surrounding dense greenery. Silvery, sticky spider silk spun a vast web across the sky, enveloping the entire Kanagawa River.

An He Subaru made up a story about the "ups and downs and hardships on the way to school" on his mobile phone and sent it to the teacher at the Arts Academy.

After receiving the other party's urgent reply, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, held up her umbrella, and set off for school.

A fine stream of water fell along the edge of the umbrella and merged into the inky shadow.

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Clang, clang, the frosted glass sliding door slowly closed. Accompanied by the steam rising from the hot water hitting it, and a short cry of pain.

Jing Qinren spent a full 5,000 yen to book a single room in a convenient hotel.

She hurriedly took a hot shower, then fell on the slippery tiles covered with foam. Looking at the empty shelves, she couldn't help wailing, so she pushed the door open naked. She sneezed from the cold, and finally found the change of clothes she had forgotten to bring into the bathroom on her bed, and put them on shivering.

Lying on the soft big bed in the hotel, she began to lament the misfortunes of the day.

Kurusu Akatsuki lived in the room across from her.

The cell phone on the pillow was beeping non-stop.

Jing Qinren took out her cell phone and saw that her friends in the band in the chat group were all greeting her and Kurusu Xiao with concern.

[Ijichi Nikka: It looks like a typhoon is coming to Kawasaki today!]

Yamada Ryo: It looks like the typhoon will bypass Kawasaki City... Actually, it's passing through Tokyo.

[Part-time Job God Kawaharagi: Stop it, I finally found a new part-time job last night... Looks like I'll be shutting down soon. (Kiritani Kazuto in tears.jpg)]

[Toyokawa Shoko: It's the same here. I can't do many part-time jobs anymore.]

Toyokawa Shoko: @Kumamoto Genius Nina (Isai Renna) @Big Space People Are Terrifying (Kurisu Akatsuki), it's supposed to be raining heavily in Kawasaki right now, right? Have you and your classmates figured out what to do?

[Toyokawa Shoko: According to the typhoon path forecast given by the meteorological station, you may be stranded in Kawasaki for the next few days.]

Ijichi Nijika: Yes! Be sure to keep warm! Try not to get wet in the rain! If you get sick, it'll be really troublesome.

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Jing Qinrencai, who had just recovered from a serious illness, looked at the chat box on her phone that kept sliding down with a distressed expression.

There were no such things as "classmates traveling together"; this time, only she and Kurusu Akatsuki went to Kawasaki.

After tapping her fingers on the numeric keypad and thanking a few friends, she received a private message from Kurusu Akatsuki.

Concise and concise.

[Big Spaceman is really scary: Open the door.]

Jing Qin Rencai looked at her thin clothes and undried hair, sighed, got out of bed, put on disposable slippers, walked to the door, and after confirming through the peephole that it was Kurusu Akihabara outside the corridor, she ran into the bathroom in her slippers, picked up a dry towel, wrapped her wet hair, and then went to open the door for him.

"too slow."

The first thing Kurusu Akatsuki did when he entered the room was to close the door.

Jing Qinrencai stiffened her neck and stared at him, "We're trapped here now!"

"Do you have enough money on you?" The thief glanced at her.

"Enough...enough?" Jing Qinrencai herself was a little unsure.

"I still have 120,000 yen. Considering various living expenses, this amount can only sustain me for a week of operations in Kawasaki," Kurusu Akatsuki said straight to the point. "If we can't make the major sinner in our plan repent within a week, we'll all be homeless."

He looked at Jing Qin Rencai and said, "Little girl who ran away from home, you don't want to ask your family for money, right?"

Jing Qingren's spirit instantly waned, but she still spoke weakly, "I used to work part-time in Kumamoto and earned some money. They also sent some living expenses to Mr. Sakura. Before I left, Mr. Sakura gave me all the money. So, it should be... enough for a long time?"

It's great to have both a father and a mother.

The now-parentless thief was speechless.

After considering his words for a while, he reopened the topic, "Anyway, take out your phone first."

Jing Qinrencai obediently took out her cell phone, unlocked it, and handed it to Kurusu Akatsuki.

"You said before that the 'different world navigation app' completely disappeared after it captured you in the impression space, right?"

Jing Qinrencai nodded like pounding garlic.

Kurusu Akatsuki fiddled with it for a while, making sure there was nothing unusual inside before returning it to her.

"But the enemy's goal has been achieved..." The thief walked to the small sofa next to the window and sat down, holding the armrest. "They just want to make me suspicious and worry about the safety of those around me."

"Amamiya-san, so... uh, President! So, are you going to tell everyone in the band about this?"