April 5, 1999, 17:59 pm.

In the square in front of Duwang Town Tram Station, the public bench closest to the exit of the station.

The shore-side companion was holding ink-dyed brushes on his hands and a sketchbook on his knees, sitting upright on this ordinary bench.

His eyes were full of concentration when he looked at the painting paper, and under the concentration there was a vague fanaticism of obsessed with art.

At this moment, several passing fans were chattering and entangling the great cartoonist.

There was no hurricane on the face of the revealing companion on the shore.

While responding to the greetings of the little fans with a gentle expression, he focused on drawing on the drawing paper.

At the same time, he still counted silently in his heart:

“59 points, 05, 06, 07, 08…”

"It's here, 17:59:09."

The man from the future carefully advised him:

He will accidentally encounter Diapolo at 17:59:09, and then successfully launch the Gate of Heaven at 17:59:50.

Time will not be bad for a second, nor will it be bad for a second.

Sure enough, as the "prophecy" says:

At this moment, at the moment when it arrived at 17:59:09...

There is a middle-aged foreigner with pink hair who appears in front of his partner on the shore as if he is destined to be.

That's Diapolo, the villain protagonist of this story.

An unspeakable excitement came from the heart of the dew on the shore, but he did not show any signs on the surface.

He was still completing his paintings with a calm expression, and at the same time he was sending out those overly enthusiastic fans to leave.

Soon, the passing fans left while they were watching with their companions on the shore.

The dewy companion on the shore still ignored Diapolo. He just lowered his head seriously and focused on depicting the painting that was about to be completed.

Finally, the painting was created.

The dew clerk on the shore breathed a relaxed tone, lowered his brush with his hands down, and then looked up and said to Diapolo:

"Sir...you seem to have been observing me for almost half a minute."

"Are you interested in my paintings?"

"If that's the case, I'm just trying to give you a taste."

As he said that, he gently picked up the painting with the undried ink, as if he was expecting Diapolo's answer.

"Um..."

Diapolo hesitated a little.

He is now busy meeting with Yoshikage Kira, and his vigilance is at its greatest point.

So, holding the suspicion of revealing his companion on the other side of the shore, he started a test without saying a word.

In this way, after a series of temptations...

Diapolo finally dispelled his doubts and believed that the other party was just an artist who happened to be sketching and creating here.

"Okay...thank you."

"I was just about to see what you were drawing."

He continued to act as an art lover and perfunctorily agreed to the words of the dewy companion on the shore.

"Then please review and appreciate it."

The dew on the shore calmly handed out the sketchbook with his movements, with a faint excitement under his ordinary expression.

Diapolo took the sketchbook gently and looked at it in a pretentious manner:

"It's indeed a painting that makes people shine."

This is not entirely perfunctory.

Although the painting looks simple at first glance like a casual graffiti, you can see that the lines are simple and clear, and the details are rich and rich.

It seems like a few strokes, but the simple pattern is vividly depicted with the most exquisite strokes.

only...

Diapolo hasn't understood what the pattern depicted in this painting is.

It was obvious that the other party was sketching at the door of the station, but the content of the painting was not the scene where people came and went at the station, but...

A snake.

A snake connected to the end.

It's like a ring without beginning or end.

"This painting should be..."

Diapolo hesitated, not knowing how to answer the conversation.

"This is a mysterious symbol that has been passed down from ancient times to the present."

"I believe you will be interested in it, too."

The shore partner showed a smile and introduced to Diapolo:

"And its name is—"

"Original Snake."

...................................................................

Naples, in a port warehouse where the explosion just occurred.

"The Snake of the One-Tail..."

Another lost memory reappeared in my mind.

It turned out that before I could awaken my final ability, I had already seen the "Terminal Snake" in the paintings of the dew companion on the shore.

A wave of unspeakable fear surged into my heart, and Diapolo completely collapsed:

"Dew-friends on the shore..."

"So I had completely failed at that time?!"

He roared hysterically in the madness.

Li Qing smiled relievedly:

Indeed, revealing companions on the shore is the key to solving all this.

Since coming to Duwang Town, Li Qing has been holding a lot of questions that make him feel uneasy:

That is, why did he, who has never been to Duwang Town, have a teammate he has never met in Duwang Town?

Why can the dewy companion on the shore master his information in advance?

What method did the shore partner win over Diapolo, who could predict the future, and captured this guy who was too cautious in one fell swoop.

These questions have never been answered.

However, after knowing that Diapolo's ultimate ability is "traveling time"...

Li Qing vaguely guessed the answer:

He must have returned to the past too!

When he returned to the past, he would definitely contact his partner on the shore.

And this great cartoonist with a weird personality will definitely believe what he said and become his companion.

Because these are both the future and the past that have already happened.

The past cannot be changed, and the future will definitely come as written by fate.

So, after the crash...

The first thing Li Qing did was to look for his cell phone everywhere and wanted to contact his shore partner directly by phone.

I found my phone, but no one answered the phone at the beginning.

This is actually very normal:

Due to the time difference, the shore partner should be around 1 o'clock in the middle of the night.

This great cartoonist may be sleeping, or focusing on creation, and it is not surprising that he has not answered the phone.

Just when Li Qing came to the warehouse door and planned to continue bombarding the great cartoonist by phone...

Diapolo arrived on a motorcycle.

But Li Qing did not panic about Diapolo's sudden arrival.
To be continued...