Chapter 190

No matter from what angle one observed, that middle school girl attempting to climb over the school gate bore a striking resemblance to the youthful, vibrant Haruhi Suzumiya, only her figure was slightly more petite, and her long hair had not yet reached her waist; compared to the Team Leader in his memory, it was shorter by a lot.

Clearly, the current time node seemed only able to be positioned at a certain instant three years ago.

Apart from that, Xia Zhi did not think any other possibility would be greater.

And if it was that time point three years ago, things suddenly became quite interesting, because this time point was extremely, extremely important; it was very likely the beginning of everything, the source of the story, its status just like "long, long ago" in many fairy tales.

According to the Time Traveler's account, the Time Fault should have appeared tonight.

According to the Alien's account, the Information Explosion should have occurred tonight.

And if going by the Esper's account——

The entire World……should have been created tonight, even the bell of Genesis might have just rung not long ago; these were all very possible things.

Thoughts reaching here, Xia Zhi couldn't help but give rise to an indescribably subtle sensation, feeling that the time point he was in had suddenly become abnormally Sacred, and the time at this moment also appeared exceptionally extraordinary.

Although the actual situation was merely so, the scene before his eyes was actually quite ordinary and unremarkable; ordinary moments are often easily ignored by people, especially when he stood in place, seriously thinking, while simultaneously watching that middle school girl ahead, watching her still striving to climb over the wall——

This scene made one unable to hold back laughter; that laughable feeling also arose spontaneously.

In an instant, all reverence was lost.

"……"

"……"

The Magician sighed slightly; indeed, he still couldn't maintain too serious an attitude toward Miss Suzumiya.

He pondered slightly, and did not plan to continue watching, but instead walked up briskly; no matter how you put it, first trigger the main plot and then see.

Walking under the silent Night Sky——

On this empty Street, the sound of footsteps appeared especially piercing and abrupt.

The middle school girl who had just climbed up the gate with effort, and was preparing to shift her posture to get to the Other End, was startled. She subconsciously turned her head, looking toward the direction the sound came from, and simultaneously her foot slipped, she lost Balance, and her body leaned backward, falling back……

Her Pupils contracted instantly, her face revealing a frightened and bewildered expression, as if she had not yet fully Reacted to this sudden situation, only instinctively feeling fear.

The Next Moment——

The expected feeling of falling solidly to the Ground did not come.

Instead she was caught, caught gently, and steadily.

Miss Suzumiya Blinked, and only then Reacted, realizing that although she had not fallen to the ground, she was currently in a princess carry state……Realizing this, she immediately struggled, kicking her legs randomly in anger and anxiety: "Let, let go! Release me——!"

That head of black hair, not yet waist-length but already quite long, swayed in the air like silk.

Xia Zhi also directly set her down gently, letting the little girl stand firmly on the Ground again.

Although Strictly Speaking, his appearance here should be in the capacity of a "guest" invited here. However, the Opposite Side was an unaware Goddess, who may have unconsciously facilitated all this, so……right now Haruhi Suzumiya should still not know him.

Therefore, this reaction was quite normal.

The middle school girl who had steadied herself, while still slightly shaken, had a trace of annoyance on her face; she retreated two steps vigilantly, glared at him and asked: "What are you doing!"

"Playing basketball——"

"How could it be playing basketball!"

"Since you already know it's impossible, why ask? Isn't it obvious I was catching you, what else could I be doing?"

The youth spread his hands casually, as if completely oblivious to her Vigilance, with an indifferent look: "Look, if not for me, you would probably have fallen just now. I just caught you in passing, what other purpose could there be?"

"Hmph! You think this is whose fault? If not for you, how could I have fallen……"

Miss Suzumiya had an unconvinced look, wrinkled her nose and snorted lightly, simultaneously sizing up the youth before her from top to bottom, her gaze somewhat suspicious: "Also, who are you? What are you doing at Dongguo Middle School so late, you wouldn't have any ill intentions, would you?"

"That's a strange thing to say——"

Xia Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud; he also directly sized up the girl from top to bottom, his tone full of Joking: "You, a person running over in the middle of the night wanting to climb into the school, suddenly so full of justice, don't you feel that's very Discordant?"

"Uh……I, I……I have a reason……"

Miss Suzumiya was rendered momentarily speechless; she was still a middle schooler at this time, her face skin was obviously still somewhat thin, not yet evolved to that later Willful extent; faced with the youth's counter-question, for a moment she couldn't justify herself righteously, and even her voice unconsciously became much quieter.

"Then it's settled, I also have a reason……"

The Magician smiled lightly and waved his hand, giving the same answer noncommittally.

"Wu……"

The girl bit her Lip in annoyance, looking at him unwillingly, but under these circumstances, she indeed couldn't help but start to become Curious about the identity of this suddenly appeared youth.

So young, doesn't look like a Dongguo Middle School teacher……

And at this hour, there shouldn't be anyone in the school anyway……

Skills also very Agile, I just fell Unexpectedly like that, yet he could steadily catch me……

——Wait, wait!! Right, right! How did I Ignore this point?! Ignored this most important point!!

"……!!"

Miss Suzumiya suddenly seemed to think of something, immediately turned her head to look at the tightly closed school gate beside her, then hurriedly ran over, tiptoed to look out at the empty silent Street outside, only to see it was still devoid of people, appearing slightly cold and desolate under the night.

However……

She wasn't looking to see if there were people, but to confirm Xia Zhi's Position and Distance just now.

After seeing clearly, in just an instant, Miss Suzumiya's Pupils burst forth with astonishing brilliance.

She turned around excitedly, jogged to before Xia Zhi: "You! How are you this fast?!"

"What this fast?" The youth looked puzzled.

"I mean, just now how did you come over to catch me so fast?"

The girl reached out and directly rudely grabbed his sleeve, as if afraid he would Disappear the moment she let go, her expression extremely delighted and excited, eyes shining with the dazzling light of the Alpha Star of Cygnus, staring straight at him.

"Can you teleport, whoosh and you're here?!"

Only now did she React, this person's speed seemed fast to an Abnormal degree.

When she climbed the gate, she heard Footsteps ring out from the Other End of the Street, then subconsciously turned her eyes to look, and indeed saw him walking over from that side of the Street, a clearly obvious Distance still between them.

Immediately after, she just didn't pay attention for a moment, lost Balance, and fell toward the inside of the school gate.

Then——

Was steadily caught.

It's just that at the time she was startled and didn't pay much attention to this detail; only now reacting does she suddenly discover how unusual this matter is. Miss Suzumiya asks herself that she still understands some common sense; she doesn't believe that when she fell from the gate at that time, it would need much time.

Half a second? Or one second?

Anyway regardless it's fine; it's definitely impossible for it to be enough for a normal person to rush over from the street side, vault into this side of the gate, and still make it in time to catch her before she landed, right?

Abnormal! Absolutely abnormal!

Her heart increasingly affirms her speculation, yet the smile on the girl's face becomes increasingly brilliant, her gaze scorching to a degree that almost burns.

If it were someone else encountering this kind of thing, and in the middle of the night at that, who knows if they'd start feeling hair standing on end and legs going weak, suspecting whether they'd run into something unclean. But she doesn't; on the contrary she only feels her whole person excited up, mood excited beyond measure.

Finally encountered!

Finally let myself encounter it!

This time period, she dares to run out alone, preparing to break into the empty school, isn't it just to want to witness a bizarre phenomenon beyond this boring real life!

"Of course not teleportation." Facing her excitement, the youth's expression is as usual, lightly saying: "I just saw you were about to fall, so I ran over to catch you."

This is the truth.

However, Miss Suzumiya obviously doesn't believe, her full face an expression of despising him for deceiving a child: "Impossible! How could you run that fast!"

"I'm a sports student; better physique is normal." The youth doesn't even raise an eyelid.

"Sports student? You're talking nonsense; a sports student couldn't be this outrageous either!"

"You don't understand sports students and arbitrarily jump to conclusions; a sports student's physique is the supreme physique; if you don't understand don't speak randomly, okay!" Xia Zhi's spoken words are still very infuriating.

Haruhi Suzumiya at this moment also unavoidably gets a bit choked with anger; her chest heaves rapidly, as if the waves in her inner heart are surging. She bites her lip hard, her voice carrying a trace of stubbornness: "Hmph! I just know; even if you don't admit it it's useless!"

The Magician gazes at her, then sighs: "If it's like this, then whether this kind of thing is admitted or not actually isn't the point; anyway you all know it's not, right... and in this kind of situation, a little girl like you, shouldn't you feel fear instead?"

"I'm not a little girl!"

Miss Suzumiya instinctively retorts, but also keenly perceives that between the Magician's words there seems to be a slight loosening, as if not denying but indirectly acknowledging her viewpoint.

"Okay okay, you're not a little girl..." Xia Zhi perfunctorily nods, directly transferring the topic: "But let's not stand stupidly at the gate here; too conspicuous; if a passerby passes by it easily invites unnecessary trouble; what do you think, classmate Suzumiya?"

"Hmph hmph, then we'll go——wait! How do you know what I'm called?"

The girl speaks, but the words aren't finished before she startlingly perceives a problem, staring with wide eyes at him.

"Wasn't this said by yourself?"

"When did I ever say this kind of thing?" She directly raises her voice decibels.

"Eh? You haven't said it yet?" The youth frowns, as if also recalling, "Sorry, please forget what just happened... maybe I got it wrong; I should still not know your name."

"Are you stupid!"

Haruhi Suzumiya isn't polite at all; how could this kind of thing be treated as not having happened! Only although her mouth is very impolite, strangely she isn't angry, but instead even more invigorated.

"Quickly say, how did you know what I'm called? You wouldn't be a time traveler or something, right, knowing me from the future?"

She interestedly makes a guess, brain wide open guessing about this.

Don't know whether to say her intuition is extremely sharp, or some kind of unreasonable yet unconsciously expressed prophetic advantage, directly in one mouthful piercing the essence.

Xia Zhi's expression instantly appears somewhat subtle.

"Eh, isn't it?" Miss Suzumiya sees his strange expression, thinks she guessed wrong, yet isn't very disappointed, but frowns and continues proposing guesses: "Could it be an otherworlder? Or an alien? Wouldn't it be a Magic User?"

"..."

"..."

"Can't it just be an ordinary person, just coincidentally knowing you through some way while you don't know me; isn't this also very possible?" The Magician feels if she keeps speaking she'll expose his bottom, so can only sigh and speak.

"That would be too boring!" Haruhi Suzumiya has a resistant expression: "I just feel ordinary people are not interesting at all; this ordinary world is also not interesting at all!"

"What method is there for this; physical laws are just decided like this; if you feel the world is very ordinary, not interesting at all, that can only explain——"

"Explain what?"

"Explain... when God created the world, He definitely slipped up!" Xia Zhi meaningfully glances at her, "Perhaps after messing up, still unwilling to abandon the already created world, thus always stuck in entanglement, just like you like this."

"... Why say it like this? Why would God slip up?"

Opposite Miss Suzumiya angrily puffed up looks at him, inexplicably has a kind of unconvinced feeling.

She also doesn't know why, but just has this feeling.

"Because God created a physical universe; it's concise, symmetrical, exquisite, perfect——but uniquely forgot to leave the interesting you want, right?" Xia Zhi spreads his hands, smiling wryly. "Just like your common sense; you even if very much anticipating encountering a supernatural life, but your rationality feels that's impossible..."

"So it's saying, it was determined from the start."

"The world should just be like that."

……………………

——Initially, God created Heaven and Earth.

——The singularity was empty chaos; all physical laws still didn't apply.

——God said, let there be light, and there was light. God saw light was good, then set light speed as 299792458 meters per second, and let it be constant and unchanging, not changing due to reference frame changes.

——God called light with wavelength range between 0.39 to 0.77 micrometers "visible", called light outside this interval "invisible". There is visible, there is invisible, there is light, there is darkness; this is the first day.

(Chapter End)