That's great ... a really, really great idea!　Completely outside of perception and cognition!　It was right out of range!

　The magical waves flowing from my entire body rage around the room like a storm in response to my emotions.
　Ahhhhh..........I may not have been this excited since the day I met Lily.　

'But no more. I've been found out ... the time you're in!　Once you're aware of it, there's no way to escape my future vision!

　As soon as he declared it, he activated the magic eye of future vision with both eyes.
　I focused and stared at the time he was hiding in and lurking.
　And while we're at it shall we also channel our sounds to each other so that we can talk to you?

Well it's nice to finally meet you, little masked man.
Huh?

　The figure, with its mask and cloak on.
　You should have just seen him earlier, but you have the illusion that he is a friend of ten years.
　

''How did you.........?''

　The first time I heard the masked chibi's voice was that of a girl.
　It was the voice of a girl not too old, although it was somewhat muffled by the mask.
　Well, I knew it was a girl by the smell.

You're a real kid.
Hmm...!

　In a dimensional transition, the masked little guy moves instantly onto another row of stones.
　But I was already there.

"Yo.
......

　He's quick to judge.
　He pulls a combat knife from the item box and aims for the throat of the kryptonite with precision.
　This move is clearly military martial arts. Is this what's called CQC?
　But that attack slips through my body.

''Eh........Ah!
'Yes, you and I are still in different times!

　Unlike bullets, which can be set to fire at a specific time, I guess they didn't set up the knife's close combat to be automatic and time-reversing.
　He held up his hand and sent shock magic into the future world of the masked chibi.

''Kaha........!

　The masked little guy was blown away by the momentum.
　The little body fell to the ground after being slammed into the rock wall of the room.
　It looks like there was damage reduction from the amulet, but he couldn't even seem to get a passive hit.

''d*mn it, these guys have no taste for hurting kids!

　He rushes to the masked chibi, who collapses in a light-winged sprint.
　The masked chibi quickly tries to escape by dimensional shifting, but........

"I can't jump........why........!
A dimensional wedge would have been driven in a long time ago. There's no transference now.
Oh no...!

　I stuck my finger in the mask of the little masked man who looked up and delayed activating the object destruction magic.
　Immediately after that, the mask cracked in half with a snap.

"Ah........no......no......no!
Look at you, you look so cute!

　Since she's wearing a mask, I thought she must be a beautiful girl as promised, and I was right. There wasn't an ounce of unexpectedness in her.
　She had an innocent face and eyes, and she seemed rather weak.
　Maybe I should have stopped breaking the mask.........increasingly difficult to kill.

　Once again, the masked little guy disappears.
　But I didn't panic and stopped looking into the future.
　It was because I knew that the masked chibi had deactivated the future walking cheat by himself.
　We finally face each other in the present time.

'How... how did you... how did you get to my time...'
Do you want to know?

　Let's be clear.
　The future walking cheat of Kamen Chibi and Chimi is an almost invincible ability.
　It's a weakness that affects the present as if the past has been altered by the present, but it's not recognized by the opponent at all.

But there's not much to say. The reason I've never been able to catch you before is simply because my brain was so hard, I stopped thinking that if I was five minutes into the future, I should just see five minutes into the future.

　To begin with, I should have known this a long time ago.
　I knew that the time of the universe is not an absolute law.
　Each universe has a different way of flowing through time.
　If you put a 'phase' in between the worlds, a hundred years can be an instant next to each other.

You were in the boxy garden world that I came and went in the present, not the future of 'absolute time' where the time axis is always constant and no parallel world is created. That's the true nature of the future world in five minutes.

　Chi Mi opened her large eyes into a full circle and tilted her head.

''.........Cackling Jikan?''
'Oh, you don't get it in theory?　He's really a horrible little boy...

　Ituna is the same, but maybe the sensory geniuses are good with the cheat ability.
　I usually have the habit of using it roughly, but when the time comes, I'm a stickler for logic.
　Well, I am aware of my slow growth.

I'll tell you if you did it unconsciously. The time you were there, you know, it was in an experiential time that flowed in different ways for different people.

　Sure, the passage of time may be constant. There may be equality.
　But the time we experience is different. What felt like a very long year as a child goes by in a flash.
　A hamster's lifespan is three years. Humans have a lifespan of about 70 to 80 years. An elf's lifespan is 300 years. A high elf's lifespan is infinite.
　Well, in my case, I've only heard it from others, so I honestly don't have much of a feel for it, but... no, that's why I couldn't come up with the idea that the way time flows for each individual... the idea of being able to use the cheat ability to move through objective time was the first thing that came to mind.

'Well, even though it's called "experience time", technically it's like visual information........ The time residue on the bullets you shoot from the future is always five minutes. But only when I saw five minutes into the future, the time residue was ten minutes. That is to say, I was still in the present, but I was seeing 5 minutes into the future, so you 'automatically moved to the objective time I was seeing in the future 5 minutes after the time I was seeing in the future', and you're now in the present. I fired a bullet 10 minutes ago. You didn't seem to notice because you were synchronizing your time-reversal cheat with the magic eye of your past vision and flying the bullet back in time, but...

　After a lengthy explanation, I look into Chimi's eyes to see her reaction to the answer.

''........Jikanzansa?''
Oi.

　Oh, man.
　He's a temporal psychic, isn't he? He's a pro, isn't he?
　Is he a natural?　Genius?　I guess I'm a natural and a genius....
　I'm seriously reminded that I'm a have-nots when it comes to things like this.
　It's a good thing I try so hard.

　Oh, man.
　This guy is so different from what I had in mind for his character.
　I don't want to kill him.

"I've broken my mask........and I failed at my job........

　Oh, he's so cool. I'm tempted to protect it....
　Is that what I think it is? The mask that you wore earlier suggests that you're an expert at hiding your true self and that you're an expert when you wear it?
　If that's the case, then you were right to crack it. You're clearly losing your will to fight.

'Well, I have a question for you too. I'll spare your life if you can answer them.

　Chi Mi's eyes rolled up in surprise.
　He nodded coyly, as if he hadn't expected to be saved.

'You, what's your name?'

　The real name I saw was a Japanese name.
　In other words, he should be a cheat reincarnation with a past life memory, but this guy's childishness doesn't look like a pretend one.
　Maybe she's a child who died before she could remember.
　But that doesn't explain how he has all these cheat abilities without summoning or reincarnation. And there doesn't seem to be any robbery cheats.
　I don't think it's possible but...............No, this isn't something to think about now.

"....Masquerade. People call it a mass.

　Okay, I guess it's a code name.
　It's a professional thing to not give your real name.

So, Mas. It seems you've been persistently targeting Misaki, why?
"He's bad ... scary. If I don't do it, he'll get me....

　Hmmm, I can't argue with that.

　Well, so far, you haven't lied to me.
　I feel like you're answering honestly.
　Let's go with the real question.

"What kind of wish were you going to get?

　Needless to say, the most important question.
　Unlike other first time participants, repeaters are summoned with a wish that is fulfilled in the game (game) and are in the pocket of their hearts.
　There is a high probability that they are pledges.

''Hey, how could you do that...''
You don't have to tell me you want to die. Then it won't come true, no matter how hard you try.
Well, I don't need you to do that and I'll tell you. But in here.

　Chibi glances around.
　Isn't the wish itself what you want someone to hear?

"Don't worry. Time is suspended in here. Even if the God Almighty tries to see into this place, it's still in my wards. I can make it unseen, and I can tamper with it if I want to. So no one but me can hear you.
Okay.....

　What was spoken from Chi Mi's mouth was quite interesting.
　'If she's a pledge, I'll be able to help her out.

'Okay, I think I get it. Err... oh, yeah!　Just one more thing!

　He held out the rifle bullet he was clutching onto his palm and held it out to me.

"About the 'T.F.' initials engraved on these bullets.......what does that read?

　I have this imprint in a corner of my memory.
　It's up to my throat, but I just couldn't remember it.
　Maybe it's something related to my sealed memory.
　If that's the case, it's possible that it's best not to remember.

　But I'm not going to let my worries get the best of me," Mass replied as if it was nothing.

'T. Finders....'

　

Well it's not our pirate band... It's the name of a group of mercenaries...

　Oh ... oh ... oh.

''Ahhhh!　I just remembered!!!!
What the hell...　What the hell?

　My exclamation freaks Mas out.
　No, Mas.

'Well, well, well, well!　Masu was with "them"!　Oh, I didn't know that!　Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, that must have hurt.　Hey, can you stand up?　Are you hurt?
'What?　Let's see....

　Masu-chan stands up, bewildered by my sudden kindness.
　I patted the dust off of Masu-chan and then put my hand on her tiny shoulder.

'Oh, so you're still alive and well!　That's right. It's not going to break up that easily, is it? No, I miss it. To be honest, I completely forgot about it. It's too long ago, as expected...

　As I am sullenly reminiscing, Masu-chan asks me timidly, "Do you know about us?

"Do you know us...?
'Oh, sorry, sorry. To tell you the truth, I'm not a real bo...!　I was actually a former member of the group!
No... it's not true... it's not true...!

　Masu reveals more alarm than ever before.
　It's natural to suspect the deception. It's not unreasonable.

'So it's not a lie, by the way, is it!　I know it's a sign that only fellow members know!

　Once I remembered, the memories came flooding in like a dam and wouldn't stop.
　So I let it all hang out without thinking twice.

'f*ck you, Gummy Colossus!
.....
Fair enough!
.........
"Isecai Ten Imaginary Arc!
Ah............!
What do you think? Do you believe me?

　I thought she was clattering and trembling in my hands, but Masu clung to me tightly with big tears in her eyes.

'Oh, thank God!　You believed me, didn't you?

　It seems that the marks I had put in place are still there today.
　I've always said that fate is a b*tc*, but I really think this is fate.

　I'm not sure I ever thought I'd meet their friends in this place.

　The Otherworldly Wandering Mercenaries, the T-Finders........



　To the Tina Finders.







'Is it over?'
But you're not ready to leave.
What the hell is going on here...

　The three who had been blown away by my magic wave motion were on their feet.
　I called out to them with a smiling smile.

''I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for all of you.''

　In his hand, he held a Reaper's Handbook and a pen.




''Yes!　Four dead participants and that's it for Dumbato!　Well done to everyone who won!
'Eh....wait, Ryouji!　In the end, I didn't even kill myself!