In a cafe in Nagoya, Kumi Zhishu sits by the window on the second floor, sipping coffee while quietly watching the passers-by. In the cafe is one of the BGM of the recently popular "fast / a1t day a Avalon's court", a soothing piano music.

The boss here seems to be a big fan of "fate". With the hit of "fate zero", the boss decorates the whole coffee shop in the main style of "fate". The waiters all wear the clothes in "fate". Even the title has changed from "Mr. / MS" to "master".

Naoki Kumi is also a fan of "fast", so he often comes to this cafe.

Business is good here, and you can see the influence of "fast" and "Porter" here. I'm afraid I can't even find a place when "fatezero" is playing. It's just like the football bar in the world cup.

This is his old position. Apart from having a good view and being able to see the scenery, there is also a very important point. It's close to the power supply. He always brings his notebook with him and comes here for a day. This is the advantage of freelancing.

But now that "fatezero" is over, the heat is cooling down.

There is still the main body of "fate" here. There are many friends here. The content we talked about is still the story of "C ∷, □. E", arguing about the characters we like, or imagining what kind of "fate" stories will be in the future. All fans believe that the world of "fate" will not end like this.

At least there's a theater version. The great devil said that. It's said that the BD sales volume of "fatezero" is 10 million, so we are ready for the next theater version. In order not to let the "fast" world come to an end, some of his friends around him contribute to the sales. One person buys three or four or ten copies of BD.

Recently, we have just sold the first volume of BD. the sales volume of the first volume alone is close to 10 million, and it is still rising, not to mention the sales volume of the next volume. Therefore, the theater version is a certainty.

It just rained. The weather outside is still overcast. The pedestrians are in a hurry and look different. It seems that they haven't slowed down. However, it's much better than the numbness expression of walking dead a few years ago.

"The man who lost his wife set out to seek salvation under the guidance of his father" is really like the beginning of the kingdom of heaven, but it turns out to be a completely different story. As a secular man, Balian of Ibelin seeks to reconcile with the faith, while Qili, as a clergyman, finally finds her own identity.

Listening to the soothing piano music, he recalled "fate zero". Among the stars, he had a very special resonance with Eli.

He has no passion, no lofty idea of self awe, no belief in anything, no idea of what his purpose is in life, and can only find something that human beings generally think should be done... These are the mentality he once experienced.

And sometimes he can even find pleasure in other people's misfortunes. If there is something to prevent him from becoming a ceremonial figure, the most effective one is probably the fear of pain, which makes him satisfied with some third rate comfort. It's better to decide to wait until the end of this hopeless life.

Qi Li is not only a person without passion, but also seems to be extremely insensitive to the pain. He can squander his life in a fierce way, which he can never do.

Compared with the lack of "pain", what Qili never lacked in her life was "depression".

Kumi Naoki was surprised to see a man with powerful power and irrefutable evil nature. He sincerely feared his own nature, thought it shameful to obey it, and sincerely tried his best to resist the embrace of ID; This kind of fear and resistance is not out of any consideration of gain or loss. It seems that it is just because he thinks "this is not right." Kumi Naoki admits that this is the first time he has seen such a character, so that he is simply fascinated by the strange depression of Eli.

Evil spirit with human body, since nothing can restrain you, and your empty soul is not afraid of foreign hostility, what drives you to stand on the opposite side for a long time?

The more he tried to find the answer from the world of fate, the more he had to admit that it seemed to be the most impossible gift. Until he was reborn from the heart of black mud, he still believed that there was truth in the world, and the truth was good.

"If God is the creator of all things, then happiness is the truth for all souls. But now, a soul who violates morality and gets happiness really exists. Qi Li had just believed that this soul was not someone else, but herself. In this way, there is a contradiction between the definition of good and evil and where the truth lies. This contradiction cannot be ignored. " No matter how unbelievable it seems, isn't it this gift that asked this passage?He is still affirming the formula of the truth in the world that he has betrayed. He just regards himself as a wrong code, admits the existence, and will follow the wrong way in the future.

"There should be obvious reasons in the equation that leads to this strange answer. No, there must be. What is it... I have to ask. I have to find it. Even if I spend my whole life, I will understand. " No matter which pole is good or evil, Qili is always the same sincere and depressed seeker.

And this is also to evoke a sense of resonance at the same time, can let Kumi Naoki sprout some respect for him, realize the most essential difference between himself and this person.

When he followed the rhythm of the music and knocked on the keyboard of his notebook, the owner of the coffee shop came over with coffee and snacks, put them in front of him and sat opposite him.

Because he always comes here and sits in the same place. Plus, I have the same hobby as my boss. After a few conversations. They became friends.

Kumi Naoshu is not polite. The snacks provided by the boss are baked by the boss himself. They taste good. Most people can't eat them.

"Fatezero is really a wonderful story. A few days ago, I made up the fat line of fatestaynight, and watched it together with" fate / a1t day a Avalon's court "and" fatezero ", which is still meaningful."

At this time, the coffee shop is not busy, and the boss is talking with him. Then he asked him, "I don't understand one thing, just as I don't understand the reason why Eli stubbornly resists ID. That's why he didn't seem to have thought about it for a moment, just as he did in the night of jiantongyan, getting pleasure from Shichen yuanban? Generally speaking, people who take pleasure in the collapse and fall of others can hardly resist the pleasure of letting the most solid and upright personality collapse and fall. However, Shichen yuansaka seems to have no such attraction in the eyes of Qili. "

When Kumi Naoki brought up his coffee, they often talked about it like this. He thought about it and said, "is it true that Eli didn't have any malicious interest in Shichen harasaka? I think maybe the answer is not so sure. In his heart, he has more than once compared Shichen yuansaka with his father Lizheng, believing that they are the same kind of people, no matter their clear ideals and goals, or their unreserved trust in themselves. And the moment I saw Lizheng's body. The idea that "before my father's death, let him have a taste of the supreme pleasure in the world" really came into being

"I think so. For Shi Chen, who belongs to the same type as he Li, he may not have had the same idea once. And it's about the same thing that has blocked his awakening all the time. The affirmation of the truth that there is goodness in the world, though I don't know where it comes from, actually exists in this twisted soul. So he should have affirmed Lizheng and Shichen in the same way. These two people are "right" and they are a wrong code‘ There is an insurmountable gap between right and wrong. We can't let what's right turn into what's wrong, and we shouldn't let it. Right can only be eliminated and reduced, but it can't be distorted. The so-called pleasure is to find out other hidden mistakes... "

The owner of the coffee shop was thinking, then nodded and chatted with Kumi Naoki.

"I suddenly feel that the image of Eli is similar to Michelle, the protagonist in the traitor. They also have no sense of belonging to the moral good and so on. The code of conduct is completely in accordance with the standards of the world, because they should do so. Sometimes I get pleasure from something that goes against common sense. The difference may be that Michelle did enjoy the pleasure of love on his wedding night. He was not completely insensitive to his feelings. He also wanted to repay his wife's love and blamed himself for not fully repaying his wife's selfless dedication. It's a pity that his child died young and his wife's death completely shattered his hope of returning to a "normal life" and ended up indulging himself in emptiness. "

"I think the situation of Qili is like the extreme of this situation. Because she has no sense of belonging to morality emotionally, she can only rely on the education she received to regulate her behavior. Here I have to admire Xia Qili. I can admit that what is right is right, what is wrong is wrong, and I belong to the category of wrong. Although Michelle is sometimes ashamed of some of his behavior and ideas, in the later stage, he can't help but publicize his theory in front of his wife, rationalize his ideas, and try to change what he once thought was wrong to the right direction. "

Maybe Qi Li's charm lies in his purity? Since I am a wrong code, I will go all the way to the end.

Kumi Naoki himself felt very contradictory about this.

After all, he and Yanfeng Qili have different tastes, which is more or less the pleasure of "let the most solid and upright personality collapse".Having said that, I'm afraid to see it come true.

It's like seeing a beautiful oil painting and wanting to touch it, but also knowing that part of the beauty of oil painting must disappear with the touch. It's no longer the painting he can't help touching because of its beauty.

So maybe the choice of Eli meets my expectation in another direction. Don't change it, just sink it into the abyss.

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