"Where did you go during those seven years...?"
"We went to many places. We walked through every street and alley of Nagano, saw every snow-covered mountain on the tundra, waited for sunrise at East Mountain, watched the sunset over the western sea. We left our footprints in every corner of this world."
"This world is vast."
"It truly is. Starting from the western sea at sunset, it takes a full year to return to the eastern snowy mountains at sunrise."
"Looks like you really did go to many places."
On a park bench, the old man holding a long string of balloons could not help but sigh.
Then, his tone abruptly changed. He looked at the young man beside him and asked in puzzlement, "But how did you recognize me?"
"And how did you recognize me?"
The young man sitting beside the old man merely smiled. Rather than answer, he tossed back a question of his own.
"Recognizing you was not difficult."
The old man shook his head and answered gently, "Gu Shen, do you know? There is a unique aura around you... In this murky world, that aura is like a fire in a dark room. I'm not blind. With such a huge blaze, of course I could see it."
"I see."
The young man smiled bitterly and reached up to touch his face. With heartfelt admiration, he said, "As expected of Mr. Turing. I fooled many people with this 'face.'"
During those seven years.
Gu Shen had used his mental power to alter his facial data, living in the Real World with a different face...
If he did not wish to reveal his identity, no one could recognize him.
"You still haven't answered my question." Turing smiled. "How did you recognize me?"
"I don't have eyesight as sharp