Beneath Deep Space

Yuriko is a quiet girl who usually doesn't like to talk. Her favorite places are the library and the laboratory.

She likes to stay in a quiet place for a whole day, oh, no... she works for a whole day. Her head is being transported at high speed and she is responsible for the design and research of the cutting robot.

The library gives everyone a quiet place to study, and people coming and going are quiet. There are not many paper books here (because there is not a lot of wood), most of them are electronic books. The new government will print a small number of paper books every day to make the book smell stronger.

She sits here and just likes this quiet atmosphere.

People in the library don't have too many distracting thoughts or messy thoughts. Everyone comes here to study or work, and their hearts are relatively simple.

This is what she likes most about it.

Although she is no longer used to using mind reading, she still has an instinct that can roughly sense whether a person is good or bad, malicious or well-intentioned...

"Mind reading" is a type of parapsychology.

There are many people who are partially able to read minds. Some experienced psychologists can speculate on the psychology of subjects by observing their words and expressions.

Some Zen masters who are proficient in Buddhism can also see the filth in the hearts of evil people because of their profound skills and pure hearts.

There are also some gypsies who have similar mind-reading skills that are equivalent to calculations.

But Yuriko's ability is different. Her "mind-reading ability" is innate and a personal talent.

Regarding her psychic abilities, part of the current scientific certification is that her brain structure is different from ordinary people. At certain times, she will enter a strange state and be able to feel brain waves and micro-currents in space.

Based on these brain waves and microcurrents, she can use her own brain to imitate the thinking of others. Therefore, she does not mean to "read" other people's thinking, but to guess other people's thinking through this imitation.

In the moment when she concentrated her mind, her brain was operating far beyond the limits of human beings. In just a few seconds, it takes an average person more than ten hours of calculation. Thanks to this, she is able to make complex mental guesses.

The success rate of this guess is above 99%, and there is basically no big error.

"Mind reading" consumes a lot of energy, so Yuriko is always hungry. She is a standard foodie. This is also the most embarrassing thing about her. She prefers to eat high-calorie foods such as chips and chocolate...

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt hungry. She lowered her head, took out a piece of chocolate, and took a careful bite. This kind of food is a luxury item on the Noah and the price is high, so most of her salary is spent on buying food... Buying a house is out of reach for her.

Inexplicably, she remembered things from the past, about ten years ago...

In fact, this kind of "mind reading" is not a very good thing, especially for a young girl.

The thinking of adults is chaotic and complex. Even if many people are physically unable to act, their minds are filled with all kinds of criminal thoughts.

When she was in Japan, she would always hear strange things like this.

"What are you showing off for? It's just..."

"Big Bear Girlfriend? Haha, why didn't you fall in love with me..."

"I stole her underwear and no one knew about it, right?"

Everywhere is full of weird content, pornography, crime, fraud... Well, some people who look very upright have dirty thoughts deep in their minds, which seems very incredible.

Fortunately, Yuriko is very smart. She has learned to protect herself since she was a child. She subconsciously stays away from people who are too strange. If you stay away from them, it should be fine, right?

That's probably why she's not sociable, because people are generally so horrible in their thinking...she's afraid of coming into contact with them.

However, there is one person she cannot stay away from, and that is her father...

Her father had serious chauvinist tendencies and would beat their mother and daughter whenever they disagreed. In his mind, they, mother and daughter, were his private property and could be used as he pleased.

This is the traditional Japanese idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority. In the Japanese island country, influenced by traditional culture, there are really many people with this straight male mentality.

The point is, many women take this idea for granted, too.

The young Yuriko could only carefully control her words and deeds so as not to give her father any reason to be angry.

She hoped that her father's career would improve, and in that case, his temper might change for the better.

How I miss the time when I was four or five years old, when my parents were harmonious, the family was warm, and there were no family conflicts of this kind. However, a few years ago, due to a career change, everything turned bad. My father gets angry at every turn, and my mother sheds tears all day long, and has a vague tendency to suffer from depression.

Yuriko could only pray to fate, hoping that their family's life would be better...

But as time passed, the goddess of luck did not favor their family. Her father continued to fail in his career and became addicted to drinking and gambling.

After that night of madness, he finally entered a dead end...

"Yuriko!"

After school that day, her mother inexplicably stopped her at the door. Her eyes were very complex, which she had never seen before.

"You came back so early today!" Mother said slightly hoarsely. She wanted to say something else, but she still didn't say it.

"Yuriko, the weather is nice today, let's go out and celebrate!" Her father, who had also put on his clothes, said softly.

His face was a little haggard, his eyes were red and bloodshot, but he tried hard to look amiable.

This kind of tenderness, this kind of kindness, has not appeared on my father's face for a long time...

Yuriko nodded ignorantly. At that time, she was only 10 years old.

Although she didn't understand why she had to celebrate when the weather was nice, she was still very happy in her heart. She didn't notice anything unusual about her mother and took her father's outstretched palm.

At this moment, she suddenly felt an abyss of malice... This malice... she had never felt before, like the ice and snow in the Arctic Ocean that had never melted for thousands of years!

Yuriko was stunned and immediately became motionless, with goosebumps all over her body.

"What's wrong?" her father asked.

Yuriko came to her senses and subconsciously activated her "mind reading" on her father.

"Yuriko... I really owe a lot of money! I have no choice! From now on, you belong to Mr. Watanabe... I really have no choice! Otherwise, I will die, I will die! "

His heart was roaring and struggling, with fear and guilt, but he quickly found an excuse for himself, that was death!

He thinks he has no choice and wants to get rid of his responsibility and his guilt...

Looking at my mother again, her heart was full of sadness, sadness, and deep guilt, and nothing could be seen anymore.

Yuriko lowered her head, with her own thoughts in mind.

Watanabe...who is it? She didn't know this guy, but judging from her mother's reaction, it was definitely not a good thing.

Her mind was spinning rapidly, and she quickly guessed the cause and effect of the incident.

Her father lost a lot of money gambling and wanted to use her to pay off his debt? Otherwise, you will die? As a ten-year-old girl, what use can she be and how much can she sell for?

Having said that, many people say she is beautiful and cute... Is that Watanabe some kind of... idiot?

A chill came out of her heart, almost making her unsteady. Yuriko is trembling on the inside, but she is very smart and remains calm on the surface.

She knew that since her father had made up his mind, there was no point in panicking. He just secretly opened his schoolbag and hid a penknife in his pocket.

what to do? what to do?

How to escape? How to escape?

She was only ten years old, no stronger than an adult, and had no money in her pocket. She was already pulled into the car by her father. How could she escape?

Jump off the car? suicide?

Yuriko really couldn't think of any good solution and closed her eyes in pain. Could this be her life...

"Mr. Yamada, my daughter has brought my IOU..." The father's cowardly voice came from outside the car. He will always be a pug in front of outsiders.

Her mother was holding her and shivering. Yuriko suddenly felt something cold on her neck. Those were her mother's tears, and her mother could no longer protect her.

"Even if I run away now, my mother will be hurt..." Yuriko thought like this, seeming to have determined her fate.

"As soon as she arrives, I will hand her over to Mr. Watanabe."

The man outside cursed disdainfully, and he looked down upon such a beast who betrayed his daughter. He took out another IOU and threw it in his father's face, "Get out of here!"

The door opened, and a rough big hand pushed Yuriko over. It was a young man with dyed yellow hair.

He had a cigarette in his mouth and picked up Yuriko with one hand. There was a trace of pity in his eyes and he smiled coldly.

Yuriko saw his heart: "What a nice little girl, Master Watanabe will definitely like her..."