Ring, ring-
"Today is Friday, April second."
"It is seven o'clock in the morning."
"The weather is clear, with temperatures of eighteen to twenty-nine degrees. UV levels are not particularly high, so you can head outdoors without worry."
"Next, the morning news."
Lanci woke from her sleep.
She found herself sitting on a large bus.
The entire bus was filled with children around her age.
Many of them were still asleep.
"How long did I sleep?" she asked.
"Five hours," Shen Ye said.
"But..."
The little girl looked around her and saw that they were all friends she knew.
Sophie.
And several other little girls.
Shen Ye spoke:
"You brought them back to life-but reality follows logic. They couldn't simply come back to life for no reason."
"So the incident in which you were sent to the research center back then was pushed back by two years, to this very moment."
"Did time turn back?" the little girl asked.
"No, time didn't turn back. Everyone's fate was simply delayed by two years, and the events back then were delayed along with them. They only began today, two years later," Shen Ye said.
"So they're all still alive now?" the little girl asked again.
"Yes. The human potential testing project has only just begun. You haven't reached the research base yet," Shen Ye said.
He added:
"-When Peaso told me just now, I thought I'd misheard."
The little girl looked nervous and said uneasily:
"Baxter, we have to put an end to all this."
"Indeed," Shen Ye said.
He looked at the little girl and was about to discuss what to do next, only to see her succumb to her drowsiness. She yawned and fell asleep again.
Shen Ye paused, then sighed.
-She was only five years old. After doing so