“No, I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about the culprit who caused the current situation.”

“What culprit? What do you know?”

“Hmm, so Kirisu-sensei, you didn’t ask the person who told you the truth?”

Kirisu Madoka just sat at the table, shook her head, and said, “I just know that all this seems to be related to a certain game.”

“That’s right. All of this is indeed related to a certain game. If you trace the root of everything, you will find that the person who launched that game and caused the current situation to become like this is actually surprisingly close to you.”

“What does it mean?”

Shizuka Hiratsuka is not the kind of person who likes to stop talking midway.

But she thought again, even if she said the man’s name, it wouldn’t make much difference to the situation, so she shook her head and said, “Since you know that all this is related to a game, and the shotgun in your eyes was distributed to others by that game, why don’t you try the game yourself so that you can get the shotgun?”

“I……”

Kirisu Madoka hesitated for a moment, but couldn’t say anything.

Yeah, why is that?

It was natural for her to be afraid, but why didn’t she take the initiative to hold the shotgun tightly afterwards?

At this time, Shizuka Hiratsuka stood at the door of the balcony, as if looking down at her, and said, “Perhaps you are too kind and don’t want to deal with this kind of problem with such a defensive mentality? Or perhaps, you are doubting your own talent and feel that you can’t do that?”

Kirisu Madoka suddenly didn’t know what to say.

“Or, in fact, you have already thought of these things, but you thought more deeply, and felt that if this continues, the whole of Japan will become a chaotic country, and the door to sin will be pushed open by the game. Anyone who tries to control that power before others will be the culprit. So you don’t want to become a trend-setter of the times and personally participate in this kind of thing, so as to exempt yourself from the sin of promoting such a thing?”

“I do not know.”

Kirisu Mafuyu still had a cold look on her face, but the look she gave Hiratsuka Shizuka contained a hint of asking for help.

Hiratsuka Shizuka gave a bitter smile and said, “In other matters, such as teaching and educating people, I can give you a lot of advice, but in these matters, I only know a little more than you, and I am not much better than your sister, but…”

“but?”

“But I think you don’t need to worry too much. Even if you don’t want to learn martial arts, haven’t you been doing this for the past few years? You are just afraid now because you suddenly learned some one-sided things, but it’s just like getting into a car accident. You can’t guarantee that you will never get into a car accident in the future, right? So I think you’d better relax and continue your career of teaching and educating people.”

“But that person said that people like my sister are increasing day by day.”

“You can’t say that all people who have learned martial arts are potential criminals, right? For example, aren’t your sister and I that kind of people? You haven’t seen us commit any crimes, have you?”

“But,” Kirisu Mafuyu hesitated for a moment, then said, “You are all women.”

“What are you…”

Shizuka Hiratsuka originally wanted to make some jokes about gender and stereotypes, but seeing that he really wasn’t in the mood, she just gave him another example: “For example, Reiji Munakata who often appears on TV?”

“No matter what, public figures will be careful about their behavior and not cause any negative impact, right?”

The implication is that even if he has something to hide, he will not make it public.

“If you say so,” Shizuka Hiratsuka finally said the man’s name helplessly, “He has been in the same school with you for three years of high school, and there is no…”

No, really not?

From Shizuka Hiratsuka’s perspective, Ling Wuji is that kind of student who is very troublesome but impressive. The trouble with him is that he is always too smart and sharp, and can easily use words to find out the various secret thoughts in other people’s hearts. To him, this kind of thing seems to be nothing great at all, so he will just do that. As for going a step further to help others solve their problems, most of the time he disdains to do it.

For this person, what makes people impressed is his talent, and what makes people hate him is also his talent.

As a teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka was actually initially uncomfortable with seeing Ling Wu Ji wasting his talent like this.

So at the very beginning, she wanted to put Ling Wuji back on the right track.

But the more she got to know Ling Wu Ji, the more confused she became. Ling Wu Ji was by no means the kind of student whom she could easily make submit with her authority and position as a teacher. This man had his own ideas, and his ideas were by no means like the unstable flowing water of Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukinoshita Yukino who were in adolescence and were extremely confused because of their uncertain values. Instead, he was like a reef and no matter how hard the outside world blew, he remained unmoved.

Not to mention that the person’s own abilities have reached a certain level.

In fact, Hiratsuka Shizuka also went through a similar mental journey as Kirisu Mafuyu is doing now.

That is, when she realized that Ling Wuji possessed the power to easily rewrite people’s hearts, how could she be sure that her inner thoughts had not been tampered with?

And if what she thought was true, then for her, this world was just a huge virtual space similar to the one Neo had lived in, and the meaning of her existence was just to add some bright colors to the life of Ling Wuji? Because that person’s ability could easily use others as tools, and all her current memories were false, and he set it up that way because he wanted someone to become like this?

Although this idea is a bit too extreme.

But from this perspective, she could indeed doubt whether Ling Wuji really used his abilities to commit crimes and then erased other people’s memories, leaving her with just such an impression.

And if her words couldn’t even convince herself, there was naturally no way she could convince Kirisu Madoka.

So in the end, she could only walk out of her former colleague’s house dejectedly as if she had lost a battle, and then turned around and went straight to Ling Wuji’s residence.

In fact, what Hiratsuka Shizuka said was not wrong. The physical distance between Ling Wuji and Kirisu Madoka was indeed unbelievable. Although for Ling Wuji, this kind of thing probably didn’t make any sense at all, and there was nothing to be said about whether he lived close to someone.

The reason why Hiratsuka Shizuka knew where Ling Wuzhi lived was, of course, because of Yukinoshita Haruno.

There was no reason for Yukinoshita Haruno not to know where Ling Wuzhi lived.

So naturally, Shizuka Hiratsuka also knew where he lived.

For Ling Wuji at this stage, he finds it a bit strange to see Shizuka Hiratsuka come to visit him, because he has already decided that he does not want to overlap with the trajectory of his high school life, and the character of Shizuka Hiratsuka has an indescribable influence on his high school career, although the identity between the two now does not seem to be a pure teacher-student relationship.

“So you don’t want to call me teacher anymore?”

Shizuka Hiratsuka also felt a little unnatural.

Although for someone of her age who has reached that level, she has visited the homes of her blind dates before, but going to the home of an adult student who lives alone is a bit exciting for her. This will inevitably confuse her identity with Ling Wuzhi, not to mention that Ling Wuzhi has always been the kind of person who doesn’t care much about the differences in Japanese society.

“That’s not the case.”

Ling Wuji couldn’t offer anything as a treat, so he just gave her a bottle of Coke.

Hiratsuka Shizuka obviously knew that Ling Wuji was a serious coke addict, so she didn’t say much when she saw him like this. Ling Wuji quickly got to the point and asked her, “So, Mr. Hiratsuka, what exactly is it that brings you here?”

“From what you said, it seems that I won’t come to you if there is nothing wrong?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka raised her eyebrows and asked.

“I don’t think you’ll really come to see me if you’re okay, teacher.”

“Why do you think so?”

“Teacher, you must hate me, right?”

“If you insist on polarizing a person’s attitude towards another person, and simply say whether it is like or hate, then I can only make a general conclusion, which is, in my opinion, the part I like about you is more than the part I hate.” Shizuka Hiratsuka said calmly.

It is true that Shizuka Hiratsuka did have a lot of messy thoughts in her mind.

She was not afraid to assume the worst about Ling Wuji.

But when she pieced the parts of her memory of the boy together into an image, she still felt that this boy could not be said to be a simply annoying creature. As she herself said, she liked this image more than she hated it.

Although I don’t know whether it was intentional after Ling Wuji tampered with her thoughts.

And to be honest, her thoughts could be even more extreme, that is, her thoughts have always been manipulated by Ling Wuji, and even the reason she thinks that way now is because Ling Wuji wants her to think that way.

So instead of being suspicious and not believing anything, it is better to just follow your own inner thoughts.

When Ling Wuji heard her say that, he couldn’t help but think of Humphrey’s nonsense literature in “Yes, Minister”. However, Hiratsuka Shizuka did make a conclusion, unlike Humphrey whose final answer was just an ambiguous “Yes and no”. So Ling Wuji didn’t complain too much, but just said: “But you came to me, there must be a reason, right?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka could only sigh.

Then he told her everything about Kirisu Mafuyu.

“To be honest, you should take her to see a psychiatrist for something like paranoia. What does it have to do with me?”

Ling Wuji just said it casually after listening to it.

“Is it really nothing to do with you?”

Shizuka Hiratsuka immediately stared at the boy’s face and spoke word by word.

“Okay, maybe it’s related,” Ling Wuji said, “But even if it’s related, what do you want me to do when you ask me this question? Erase her memory? Let her become the icy teacher she used to be and continue her rigid teaching method?”

“As I recall, although you were both taught and studied in the same high school, she probably never taught you, so the relationship between you was not that of a teacher and a student in the conventional sense,” Hiratsuka Shizuka asked suspiciously, “So how do you know that her teaching method is very rigid?”

“Isn’t it okay if I heard it from Leticia?”

Ling Wuji was just speaking casually.

When Hiratsuka Shizuka heard him say this, she could only put aside her doubts for the time being and said hesitantly: “Can we try another method? Her sister already knows part of the truth about the so-called mysterious side. If that’s the case, even if you can erase her memory temporarily, sooner or later she will still fall into the current situation…”

“How about I set up a psychological suggestion spell for her, so that if she falls into this situation again, her memory will be erased again?”

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at her student in disbelief. Although she knew that this person had always had a bad personality, could this bad personality plus his great powers lead to such a way of doing things? No wonder he only complained when he was in that club. If he behaved like this in every situation…

Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn’t help but shudder.

“Student Ling.”

Then she lowered her voice and wanted to start lecturing Ling Wuji.

However, Ling Wuji interrupted her and said, “Teacher Hiratsuka, I know what you are going to say. It’s just that this is not the way to help people. This is purely avoiding the problem instead of solving it. But from my point of view, that person just doesn’t want to face the real world. Since she has made this choice, there is nothing wrong with me helping her bury her head in the sand and letting her continue to be an ostrich, right?”

It’s still that familiar way of speaking.

Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly had a bitter smile.

But perhaps because they were too familiar with each other, she couldn’t help but feel relieved. After hearing Ling Wuji say this, she couldn’t help but want to ask Ling Wuji: “Since you can do this, does it mean that you have done this to others before, wantonly modifying other people’s memories and thoughts, just because you don’t want to face the real world?”

But in the end, Shizuka Hiratsuka didn’t ask that question.

She just sighed and continued, “In any case, this is not a desirable way to solve the problem, and I will not accept this way to solve the problem.”

“Teacher, did you make a mistake?”

Ling Wuji immediately sneered.

“what?”

“Let’s not talk about whether you accept it or not. What I want to say is that I don’t seem to have a position to help you, right?” Ling Wuji said, “Now I’m not your student, and I haven’t joined any messy clubs. You are not the instructor of that club. Apart from the relationship caused by a past memory, there is no direct sociological connection between you and me. In other words, you and I don’t have that kind of position now, and you can’t use the excuse of not being able to graduate, even though you can’t threaten me in the first place.”

“We are…”

When Shizuka Hiratsuka heard the young man use such words, she was shocked for a moment and didn’t even finish her words.

“From my point of view, teacher, you are just looking for people everywhere to disturb my quiet reading time for no reason.”

“You are just someone who is here to have fun. How do you mean you are disturbing your reading time?” Shizuka Hiratsuka was so angry that she started to argue with him, “Besides, who was the one who was suggesting the name of the club? Now that you don’t want to help anymore, you say that there was never any fun in the first place? I have never seen such a shameless person!”

“Anyway, I’ve already quit the club, and you’re not the club’s instructor. We’re all adults now, so if you don’t accept my solution, you don’t have to do it!”

Ling Wuji just said calmly.

Hiratsuka Shizuka was so angry that her teeth were itching.

But she eventually calmed down her anger, lowered her voice, and said, “If I don’t want to accept your previous plan, but I want you to solve the problem, what should I do to make you agree to solve this incident completely?”