Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

"I'm just guiding you. Rather than telling the students the answer directly, I still want them to figure it out for themselves," Long said, putting down the tea cup: "But it seems that my students want to know the answer directly."

"......"

"Okay, okay, let me tell you directly."

Takashi put down his crossed legs, got off the back of the chair and sat tightly, saying: "The clone is an illusion, there is no problem with that."

"Actually, you're pretty close, Kosma."

"That power can indeed allow her to appear anywhere in the world at will - but that is just an appearance."

"Have you ever thought about the most basic question, why can a person appear anywhere in the world at any time?"

"Even if you use space travel or something, there will still be the concept of crossing distance."

"So is there any way for a person to appear anywhere without crossing the distance of time and space?"

Long said as he filled Cosmo's paper cup with some tea.

"......"

"Is this a tongue twister?" Cosmo said as he took the paper cup.

"[Is there any way that a person can appear anywhere without having to cross the concept of distance in time and space]... Is this possible?"

"How can it be possible to get from there to there without involving the concept of [time, space and distance]?"

"No, Cosmo." Long pointed to the seats where he and Cosmo were sitting: "I poured tea for us, did I move?"

“…”

"No, teacher."

"Then why isn't it moving?"

Kosmo looked at the teacup and tea on the table, and then at the chair: "Because teacher, you are here, the tea and teacup are within your reach, of course there is no need to move."

Long smiled: "Yes, Apponia doesn't need to move."

"?....Wait a minute! Teacher, what do you mean-"

Kosmo stood up in surprise: "The whole world is within the reach of Aponia?"

"To be precise, Aponia's existence is gradually spreading throughout the world."

"When she is fully able to travel throughout the world, she herself will not need to move to travel around the world."

"Teacher, what do you mean...Aponya hasn't...?"

"Yeah." Long nodded: "Maybe, you can imagine a spider web."

"The spider thread is where she can reach?" Kosmo reacted and tried his best to remember, fuse and analyze everything he had talked to Aponya before... After about ten seconds, he said: " Those people...the so-called core of the church are the nodes of the spider web?"

Long nodded: "You are very smart, Kosmo."

"It has great potential," he added.

Kosmo sat down on the chair all of a sudden: "Why are you telling me this?"

"Oh~?" Long said with interest: "Didn't you ask me yourself?"

“It’s normal for teachers to answer students’ questions.”

"not me...."

"As for many others, I can't tell you, just like I said." Long tapped his fingers on the table: "Aponia and I haven't seen or contacted each other for a long time."

"I have my own things to do, and she has her own ideas."

"Is there anything else you want to ask? Kosmo-san."

"..." Kosmo shook his head: "No more."

Kosmo looked at the ground. He was about to stand up and leave, but suddenly thought of something and looked directly at Long: "Then teacher... you are Aponia... and Qianjie... What sir said - new human beings?"

"Or is it similar to Mr. Qianjie... it's hard to tell?"

"Well..." Long's fingers slid across the table. After a while, he stopped and looked at Kosma: "The essence of the new human being is similar to me. As for Qianjie, he is not similar to anything, at least. Not like me."

"........"

"Similar to...you..."

Kosmo muttered these words, blinked, and once again began to combine all the information related to this that he had obtained before - including the latest... Long's changes.

"with you.."

"There are similar, similar... similar -"

Then I thought of the way Rona looked at the rain of bullets as if they were nothing: "Teacher, are you the first new human being created by the power of Aponnia?"

Long shook his head.

"..."

Kosmo thought about what he thought of, and asked tentatively: "Aponya obtained the so-called new human technology from you, teacher?"

Long did not answer directly, but tilted his head slightly, smiled and spread his hands: "You should have an answer, or...is this answer important?"

"Anyway, you already know what Apponia did and who your benefactor is, isn't that enough?"

"Keep growing, Kosma."

"Now you haven't had the time to come into contact with all of this. When you come to ask me these questions, it proves that you did not choose to join Aponia, and Aponia did not give you the power... In this case - what she and I should think about Be consistent and you can continue to grow.”

"The prerequisite for becoming a hero is a correct stance, perfect thinking and sufficient knowledge."

"Perhaps you would say that these things can change with different perspectives. Just the so-called [position], the entire human race will have many positions."

"So, Kosmo, keep growing up until you have your own ideas and take actions to infect others."

“You will naturally step into the reality of the world.”

"Aren't you already on this path? For example, Honkai Impact—when the time comes, you will naturally recognize it."

After finishing speaking, Long waved to Kosmo.

“…”

It seems to be the same as Apponia... They are all Riddlers, and they can't get the absolutely definite answer.

"Thank you, Mr. Long, goodbye." Cosmo had to stand up and politely said goodbye three times before walking out of the office.

But... there are at least a few takeaways.

He knew what his savior was.

And what did Aponia do....

Spider web.... She might actually be capable, at least very capable.

Cosmo thought and headed to the garden below the teaching building.

Brand new branches: 341. Different youth, different life

"Here, Kosma—"

Destobia waved hello in one direction from a double bench on the garden walk.

Because she saw Kosmo's figure appearing at the entrance and exit of the garden, looking around, probably looking for her.

When Cosmo came to the garden, it was actually very easy to find where Destobia was.

But she was more easily discovered by saying hello like this.

Naturally, many students who are taking a break can find it.

There were a lot of looks between Kosma and Destobia, just like this morning.

The two of them have been very attractive to the students since they started school.

The gossip spreads very fast.

There were many loud and noisy sounds all around, but they were a little far away and Destobia couldn't hear them.

But Destobia could detect the crowds of people at the classroom window, the curious eyes peeking out from the flowers, etc.

She was stunned, and then realized that her movements were indeed a bit loud.

Seeing Kosmo coming this way, Destobia, who was under such "all the attention", felt a little panicked and a little shy.

She suddenly sat down on the bench, feeling a little at a loss. She put her shoulders and arms straight on her sides and looked at the toes of her cramped shoes tapping back and forth.

Destobia has a very easy-going style and is generous in her words and deeds.

It looks very big, but its heart is very delicate.

Kosmo is also very thoughtful, but he is not dealing with others for the time being.

It is precisely because of this that two guys with very delicate minds have been together since childhood.

But...that doesn't mean that Destobia can handle many situations very maturely, such as now.

...

Kosmo didn't understand even more.

He had just been bombarded by what Long said, and he didn't care about other people's eyes.

So Kosma felt strange about Destobia's very shy and shy appearance.

It also felt very strange.

After all, I have never seen her like this before.

"Destobia, what's wrong with you?" Cosmo stopped next to her and asked.

Hearing Kosmo's voice, the toes of Destobia's shoes that were straight down her legs stopped in a circular motion.

Slowly turned her head to look at him.

When he saw Destobia holding her arms by her side, her face was slightly red, her cheeks were a little pouty, and her eyes were looking at him with a bit of anger.

Kosmo was a little strange, why did Destobia suddenly look at him like this?

Want to lose your temper?

No, how could she be angry with me?

Kosmo subconsciously turned his head and looked around...

I saw the curious eyes of my classmates.

He also roughly heard many small sounds that Destobia could not hear.

"......"

Kosmer is no fool.

He had seen a lot while surviving on the fringes of society with Destobia.

There are many things that these students in front of them don't know, and if it hadn't been for Honkai, they might not even be able to see it in their lifetime.

Therefore, their words seemed very...childish to Kosmo.

However, this does not mean that their words have no reference value...

Some things, some things... are too familiar and people don't realize it.

Kosmo is now.

In the words of his classmates, he suddenly realized something.

——Destobia is different from me...she is a girl, and a very beautiful girl.

Moreover, in their opinion, their relationship with Destobia was very familiar.

It can even be described as close.

Especially since they all clearly saw Destobia's shy look.

All of them, including Kosma and Destobia... were fourteen or fifteen years old.

They are very curious and ignorant about the budding feelings.

"......"