Wu Qiao reluctantly took the menu from the table and handed it to Ichinose Honami, with a hint of compromise in his tone. "What do you want to eat? My treat... eh?"
His eyes glanced at the completely untouched Black Forest Cake on the table, and he couldn't help but ask, "But you seem to have already ordered it, what else do you want to eat?"
"I don't want this kind of compensation." Ichinose Honami pouted in dissatisfaction, holding his chin with his hands, staring straight at Wu Qiao with his clear eyes, "So... Wu-kun, please answer me a question."
Wu Qiao looked at her serious look and sat up helplessly, crossing her hands on the table. "Okay, what's the problem?"
Ichinose Honami tapped his chin, as if he was organizing his words, and then said softly, "If... I mean if, you can experience different future directions infinitely without any cost, how will you use it? Or, how can you find a way to create a satisfactory future?"
Hearing this question, Wu Qiao was slightly startled, with a trace of astonishment flashing in his eyes. He looked at Ichinose Honami in confusion, and images of those games with multiple endings instantly appeared in his mind.
"It sounds very much like a game with multiple endings." Wu Qiao touched his chin, thought seriously for a moment, and then gave an unexpected answer to Ichinose Honami, "In this case, of course I'll try everything."
"Try everything again?" Ichinose Honami opened his eyes slightly.
"Yes, whether it's massacre, whether it's making friends, whether it's extreme, whether it's gentle, try it all. Isn't that what trial and error without cost is for?"
Ichinose Honami was stunned. She had imagined that Wu Qiao might give many answers, such as finding the optimal solution, avoiding tragedy, saving everyone, etc., but she did not expect that Wu Qiao's answer would be "try them all."
"But..." Ichinose Honami couldn't help but say, "If you have experienced so many different futures, wouldn't you feel confused? After all, every choice will lead to different results. If you have tried them all, you won't know which path to choose?"
"Ichinose, you made a mistake."
"What?"
"If there is no price, then there is no choice." Wu Qiao said softly, "The real choice is the decision to still be willing to bear the consequences even if there is a price."
He paused and continued, "And, because there is no price, you can try it without any scruples. Whether it is good or evil, right or wrong, you can experience it. Because only by experiencing it can you truly understand what you want and what you don't want."
Ichinose Honami listened quietly, with a thoughtful light flashing in her eyes. She looked at Wu Qiao, and suddenly felt that the young man in front of her seemed more complicated than she had imagined.
"Then... what about Wu-kun?" Ichinose Honami asked softly, "If you really have such an opportunity, which path will you choose?"
Wu Qiao was silent for a moment, looking out the window and looking at the pedestrians hurriedly passing by on the street.
"I don't know, maybe I will choose the most ordinary path."
"The most ordinary road?" Ichinose Honami was a little surprised.
"Yeah." Wu Qiao nodded, "Compared to those spectacular stories, although they are exciting, they are short-lived after all. And ordinary days are the longest."
Ichinose Honami looked at him, a gentle smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Wu-kun," she said softly, "You are really special."
Wu Qiao turned his head, looked at her smiling eyes, and felt a slight movement in his heart.
"Really?" He chuckled, "Maybe."
At this moment, the door of the dim sum shop was pushed open, and several familiar figures walked in.
"Honami-chan! Here we come!"
Ichinose Honami turned his head and waved to the visitor. "Everyone, this way!"
After they separated from Ichinose Honami, Wu Qiao and Sakura Airi walked side by side on the boulevard. Wu Qiao's attitude was very humble and he continued to ask Sakura Airi about photography composition and light and shadow techniques.
Faced with Wu Qiao's humble request for advice, Sakura Airi was obviously very helpful. Her eyes, which were always slightly lowered, became brighter at this moment. She even took out her camera and pointed at the sunset in the distance to demonstrate to Wu Qiao how to capture the softest halo.
However, during the break in the guidance, Sakura Airi's thoughts drifted away involuntarily. She was recalling the conversation between Wu Qiao and Ichinose Honami just now.
Experience different future directions unlimited times at no cost...
Sakura Airi chewed this sentence silently in his heart. Infinite trial and error? If this is really the case, it seems that his diary, which can predict the future, can also be used as a tool for this kind of "trial and error"!
Once this idea took root in my mind, it quickly grew like a weed.
Soon, Wu Qiao stopped and pointed to the vending machine not far away. "I'm going to buy two bottles of water."
"Okay..." Sakura Airi nodded obediently.
Watching Wu Qiao turn away, Sakura Airi took a deep breath, and her heartbeat involuntarily accelerated a few minutes. After she looked around to make sure there was no one else around, she quickly hid in a hidden corner covered by bushes like a clever kitten.
She carefully took out the diary from her bag, took a deep breath, and made a bold decision in her mind: hide!
The moment she made her decision, the originally clear writing on the diary rippled like water waves, and the future content directly changed.
The original content of "Two people taking pictures and hanging out together" gradually faded away, and was replaced by a brand new picture: Wu Qiao came back with two bottles of water and found that she was missing. He searched back and forth, and when he finally found her in the corner, he had a slightly angry and helpless expression on his face.
Looking at the vivid description of Wu Qiao being angry and Matoba in the diary, Sakura Airi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She closed her diary and walked out of the corner. Almost at the same time, the boy who walked towards her was holding two bottles of water in his hands. When he saw her, there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, but there was no unnecessary emotion.
The contents of the diary returned to normal, as if everything just now was just a short hallucination.
Sakura Airi put away the diary and looked at the young man walking towards him, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.
I feel like there are more interesting ways to use my diary.