Chapter 272: The Fractured Origami Tobiichi
"Why… why… why did Mom and Dad have to die? Why did I have to go through all this?"
Origami Tobiichi could no longer hold it in. Large tears streamed down her face, her sobbing echoing without end. Her entire body looked as though it was on the verge of crying itself into unconsciousness.
At this moment, Franklin did not know what to say, nor did he know how to comfort her.
Was he supposed to tell a ten-year-old girl that her parents had to die at this moment, and that in the future he could revive them?
That was obviously unrealistic. So how had he even accomplished all of this?
Franklin racked his brains and finally realized that in those restored memories, there was no concrete operational process at all—only a rough direction.
Left speechless, Franklin could only first soothe Origami Tobiichi's emotions as she teetered on the brink of collapse, while at the same time seriously thinking through the specific steps.
After a long while, Franklin directly sent his consciousness deep into Origami Tobiichi's mind. That was where he had encountered Origami Tobiichi's sealed memories before.
Perhaps there, he could also find the answer he was looking for.
Within the dark space, the sound of sobbing drifted over. Franklin followed the crying, moving forward continuously, until he finally found its source.
Franklin saw Origami Tobiichi, who was quietly sobbing. She was completely different from the Origami Tobiichi outside, who had already cried to the point of being unable to communicate at all.
"Who's there?"
A soft, tender voice tinged with grievance came through, and Franklin felt his heart nearly melt.
"It's me, Franklin."
As he spoke, Franklin's consciousness directly took on the appearance of a child about ten years old.
"Lin? How did you end up here?"
Hearing that soft voice and seeing that Origami could actually communicate at this moment, Franklin instantly let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm here to discuss something with you. I can save Uncle and Auntie, and let them live all the way until the end of their natural lives—possibly even longer—but I need your help."
The instant she heard Franklin's words, the lifelessness in Origami Tobiichi's eyes immediately regained a trace of light.
"Can it really be done?"
When she saw Franklin gently nod, Origami Tobiichi instantly seemed to regain a bit of vitality.
"What does Lin need me to do? If Lin can come here and find the superego, then there must be something very important to discuss, right?"
"The superego among the id, ego, and superego?"
After seeing Origami Tobiichi lightly nod, Franklin shook his head and stopped thinking about it further.
After that, he explained the entire plan he was about to carry out to the current superego of Origami Tobiichi, step by step, without leaving anything out.
This included the fact that the owner of the attack just now was actually her own future self.
After listening to Franklin's explanation and the plan he intended to implement, Origami Tobiichi stood there blankly for a long time without saying a word.
Seeing this, Franklin did not urge her. This was indeed a very difficult decision.
"Lin, how do you know so much? I remember that from kindergarten to elementary school, you never showed abilities like this. Why have you suddenly become so powerful?"
Seeing the confusion and puzzlement in Origami Tobiichi's eyes, Franklin continued to explain patiently.
"Actually, the me you're seeing now is from five years in the future. These are things that have already happened."
"And I came back from five years later in order to complete the full closed loop of events, and then revive Uncle and Auntie."
"Then is future me attacking Mom and Dad also something that must happen?"
"If Lin doesn't let future me come back, then wouldn't Mom and Dad be fine?"
Hearing Origami Tobiichi's words, Franklin froze for a moment. Thinking carefully, it did seem like a way to solve the problem.
But the most fundamental issue was that even if Origami's parents survived this time, in the near future they would still be unable to escape misfortune. This was fate's cruel joke.
Looking at Origami Tobiichi's somewhat curious gaze, Franklin coughed lightly, his expression becoming a bit more serious.
"Sorry. I also think what you said could work, but making such large-scale changes to the past would have consequences that are impossible to estimate."
"The butterfly effect—you should have heard of that term. Even if we change things now so that Uncle and Auntie don't die, in the near future all kinds of accidents might occur and still turn their deaths into reality."
"I still think the current method is the most stable one. It just means that Origami, you'll have to suffer some grievances for a period of time."
After hearing Franklin's explanation, Origami Tobiichi thought for a long time, and in the end, she still nodded.
"Mm. I trust Lin. As long as Mom and Dad can live well in the future, it's just losing some memories for five years. It's nothing."
Feeling a bit guilty, Franklin rubbed Origami's small head, and at this moment returned to reality, looking at Origami Tobiichi temporarily unconscious in his arms.
Franklin expanded his domain. The six-tomoe Rinnegan opened, as he processed Origami Tobiichi's memories with extreme precision.
Those beautiful childhood memories with himself were temporarily sealed by Franklin.
At the moment of her parents' death, only she had been saved by him, and because of that, he became the foundation upon which she placed her emotions and hope.
After everything was dealt with, Franklin let out a long breath.
Looking at the ten-year-old version of himself who had been found, Franklin showed no restraint. He immediately acted, extracting and sealing his memories, and at the same time sealing the plan together deep within Origami Tobiichi's subconscious memory.
After finishing everything, Franklin sent him back home. Looking at the awakened Origami, Franklin wanted to say something, but Origami Tobiichi ignored him.
After giving Franklin a deep look filled with hatred, she turned and left.
With the domain expanded and confirming that matters in the past had been temporarily arranged, Franklin let out a quiet breath and calmly waited for the time of the Twelfth Bullet to arrive.
Returning to the past, Origami Tobiichi saw her former lively and cheerful self.
She saw her parents, still alive and healthy.
She saw Phantom giving the Flame Spirit Crystal to Kotori.
After letting out a quiet breath, Origami Tobiichi closed her eyes.
She needed to give these five years of painful memories a proper conclusion. Otherwise, her heart would never find peace.
Within the dark space, the memories from before the age of ten and the beautiful memories after turning ten merged into a smiling Origami Tobiichi.
She understood everything about both the past and the future.
The memories from before ten, as well as the hatred toward Spirits after ten and the false memories, formed an expressionless Origami Tobiichi.
She was a cog in the scheme, but she did not care about that. Right now, she only cared about Franklin, and the Spirit who had killed her parents—the true instigator of everything, Phantom.
Handing over control of the body, the Origami Tobiichi who knew everything sank deep into her memories.
From now on, everything about this body would be decided by the Origami Tobiichi who possessed these five years of painful memories.
Coming back to herself, Origami Tobiichi stood there blankly for a moment. But in the next instant, she snapped back to awareness. She was searching for her target of revenge—Phantom,
the ultimate culprit she had pursued all this time, the one who had killed her parents.
Angel of Annihilation · Heavenly Wings—Origami Tobiichi's speed was like instantaneous teleportation as she rapidly charged toward the departing Phantom.
Angel of Annihilation · Light Sword was also unleashed at this moment, and the Angel of Annihilation branches floating around her transformed into countless, countless miniature floating cannons.