1 00:00:30,910 --> 00:00:31,620 No way. 2 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:32,700 You're in ninth grade. 3 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:34,370 And you still don't know everyone's name in class? 4 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:36,410 What do you even do at school? 5 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:38,290 It's fine. 6 00:00:38,290 --> 00:00:40,790 They don't remember my name anyway. 7 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:41,790 Huh? 8 00:00:41,790 --> 00:00:43,290 You're kind of famous now. 9 00:00:43,950 --> 00:00:45,620 Ma Li Qiang's friends came over to talk to you. 10 00:00:45,620 --> 00:00:46,950 You totally ignored them. 11 00:00:47,290 --> 00:00:48,290 Hm? 12 00:00:48,290 --> 00:00:49,290 When was that? 13 00:00:49,290 --> 00:00:50,330 Last week. 14 00:00:50,330 --> 00:00:51,830 At the Boiling Blood Arcade. 15 00:00:53,790 --> 00:00:54,660 Oh. 16 00:00:54,660 --> 00:00:55,830 I remember now. 17 00:00:56,450 --> 00:00:58,290 I had to keep pulling the stick that whole level. 18 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:00,160 Or you'd get flattened in one hit. 19 00:01:01,450 --> 00:01:03,160 You're always like that in Swordsman. 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,790 Charging straight in every time. 21 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:08,330 You can dodge most of those attacks, you know. 22 00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:10,080 Eh, just hit them. 23 00:01:10,750 --> 00:01:11,790 Besides, you're the Traveler. 24 00:01:11,790 --> 00:01:12,750 I can't die. 25 00:01:15,540 --> 00:01:16,660 That old radio of yours... 26 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:17,830 Can it still be fixed? 27 00:01:18,660 --> 00:01:19,660 Shh. 28 00:01:19,660 --> 00:01:20,830 Listen. 29 00:01:32,950 --> 00:01:33,950 If... 30 00:01:35,370 --> 00:01:37,620 If you could go back to any day in your life, 31 00:01:38,790 --> 00:01:40,410 which day would you choose? 32 00:01:41,330 --> 00:01:42,750 I'd have to think about it. 33 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:44,620 Then... 34 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:45,660 Then what? 35 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,080 That day... 36 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,950 The sky was neither sunny nor overcast. 37 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:52,870 Summer had only just begun. 38 00:01:53,830 --> 00:01:55,500 I was probably playing games. 39 00:01:56,410 --> 00:01:58,620 And riding bikes with He Ming Shuo. 40 00:01:59,250 --> 00:02:00,750 Eating grilled sausage in the alley 41 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:01,950 and tofu pudding. 42 00:02:02,830 --> 00:02:05,040 Wandering between the bridge and the ruins. 43 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,540 Tuning the radio for music. 44 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,120 No, that's not right. 45 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,000 Those didn't all happen in one day. 46 00:02:15,290 --> 00:02:17,540 But I can't remember the exact order anymore. 47 00:02:18,250 --> 00:02:20,200 It was such an ordinary day, after all. 48 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:22,580 That He Ming Shuo... 49 00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:24,500 What was he like? 50 00:02:25,910 --> 00:02:27,450 He was... 51 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,040 I can't really remember him clearly. 52 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,500 [coughing] 53 00:03:03,790 --> 00:03:05,370 Why did Ma Li Qiang beat you up again? 54 00:03:05,370 --> 00:03:06,870 Does he need a reason? 55 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:08,540 Fair point. 56 00:03:08,870 --> 00:03:11,370 But if I had to say... 57 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:12,330 Right! 58 00:03:12,330 --> 00:03:13,160 Big Ma... 59 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,250 - Up! - You really can't... 60 00:03:14,250 --> 00:03:15,370 - Down! - See? That's more like it. 61 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:17,580 You should've just paid up. 62 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:18,750 Left... 63 00:03:19,450 --> 00:03:20,250 I'm outta here. 64 00:03:20,250 --> 00:03:22,500 I was thinking about the controls. 65 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:24,160 I wasn't paying attention... 66 00:03:33,910 --> 00:03:34,750 [Sigh] 67 00:03:34,750 --> 00:03:35,750 You're always like this. 68 00:03:35,750 --> 00:03:36,790 So wrapped up in your own thing, 69 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,620 you don't see who gets dragged in. 70 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:39,500 [Sigh] 71 00:03:39,910 --> 00:03:41,910 That's why I keep getting into trouble. 72 00:03:41,910 --> 00:03:43,160 What's wrong with that? 73 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:45,250 Being able to focus on your own thing is great. 74 00:03:46,330 --> 00:03:47,540 That's my friend. 75 00:03:47,540 --> 00:03:48,580 He Ming Shuo. 76 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:51,580 To him, nothing ever seems like a big deal. 77 00:03:51,580 --> 00:03:52,160 Oh, right. 78 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,120 I'm stuck on this level. 79 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,250 Can you beat it for me? 80 00:03:55,620 --> 00:03:56,410 Whoa! 81 00:03:56,410 --> 00:03:58,040 Isn't this the newest console? 82 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,290 You bought Psycho Slayer too? 83 00:03:59,750 --> 00:04:01,870 I bought the new console for Psycho Slayer. 84 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:03,370 Let me see. 85 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:05,370 You picked the Swordsman, didn't you? 86 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,290 Then I'll pick this one. 87 00:04:07,290 --> 00:04:08,330 The Traveler. 88 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:11,540 I've tried this level a hundred times. Can't clear it. 89 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,250 But you can, right? 90 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:14,750 Is it really that hard? 91 00:04:14,750 --> 00:04:16,040 Leave it to me. 92 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:16,910 Attack is this button. 93 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:18,080 You'll need a second to get used to it. 94 00:04:18,830 --> 00:04:19,700 Oh, right. 95 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:20,750 Your bike... 96 00:04:21,790 --> 00:04:22,750 It's fine. 97 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:24,830 Now I finally have an excuse to ask for a new one. 98 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:28,080 The chain... 99 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,330 is catching a little. 100 00:04:29,330 --> 00:04:30,750 But it's a good bike. 101 00:04:30,750 --> 00:04:32,000 It'll be fine. 102 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,750 Then we'll ride together to the cornfields. 103 00:04:35,450 --> 00:04:37,160 I'll show you a great place I found! 104 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:39,120 Ride together? 105 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,120 Yep. 106 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,160 You can use this bike for now. 107 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,910 In a couple days, once I get my new bike, 108 00:04:43,910 --> 00:04:45,120 I'll come by that night and call you down. 109 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,040 OK. 110 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:50,660 Everyone knew He Ming Shuo. 111 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,580 Because he was Old He's youngest son. 112 00:04:53,580 --> 00:04:55,450 The kid had seen the world. 113 00:04:55,830 --> 00:04:56,830 He Ming Shuo! 114 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:59,250 You're having that much fun with a few pens? 115 00:04:59,250 --> 00:04:59,950 Stand up. 116 00:04:59,950 --> 00:05:00,790 Show everyone how you play with them. 117 00:05:00,790 --> 00:05:01,750 Hahahaha! 118 00:05:01,750 --> 00:05:03,330 Everyone liked He Ming Shuo. 119 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:05,040 He was easygoing. 120 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:05,540 And generous. 121 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:06,410 All right, sit down. 122 00:05:06,410 --> 00:05:08,000 He never took anything to heart. 123 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,200 You could say we had nothing in common. 124 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,160 We only became friends 125 00:05:14,790 --> 00:05:16,450 because of games. 126 00:05:16,870 --> 00:05:18,000 Can you do it? If not, let me try. 127 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:18,910 This is hard. 128 00:05:18,910 --> 00:05:19,040 Yeah. 129 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,410 Psycho Buster got an arcade version? 130 00:05:20,410 --> 00:05:20,830 Refund! 131 00:05:20,830 --> 00:05:21,830 Come on, let's get tokens. 132 00:05:21,830 --> 00:05:23,000 They're so bad. 133 00:05:23,950 --> 00:05:25,830 Boss, 100 in tokens! 134 00:05:25,830 --> 00:05:27,120 Wait, wait. 135 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,080 Don't buy tokens yet. 136 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,120 Huh? 137 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,870 Check the coin pushers' chutes. 138 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:33,910 Pulling that trick again? 139 00:05:33,910 --> 00:05:34,830 Yes. 140 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,370 Every time I watch you do this, 141 00:05:40,370 --> 00:05:42,000 it feels ridiculously over-the-top. 142 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:43,620 It's not that bad. 143 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:44,580 Let's go. 144 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,700 - Coming through. - Coming through. 145 00:05:47,540 --> 00:05:48,250 Hey! 146 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:49,830 We weren't done playing! 147 00:05:50,290 --> 00:05:51,120 Forget it. 148 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,910 They'll be dead in no time anyway. 149 00:05:53,330 --> 00:05:54,870 After all that time on the handheld version— 150 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,870 We'd probably have a hard time dying. 151 00:06:04,250 --> 00:06:05,370 This game's brutal. 152 00:06:05,790 --> 00:06:08,200 Back then, I even dreamed about ways to clear it. 153 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 He Ming Shuo used to tap out signals. 154 00:06:11,410 --> 00:06:13,160 and it'd pull me out of my post-loss thoughts. 155 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,200 And he'd call me out to play at midnight. 156 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,080 And then 157 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,080 we'd hop from topic to topic, talking all night. 158 00:06:22,330 --> 00:06:24,870 They said the final boss looked a lot like Ma Li Qiang. 159 00:06:25,950 --> 00:06:27,000 He really does. 160 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:28,540 That invincibility power of his 161 00:06:28,540 --> 00:06:29,540 is insane! 162 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:31,700 Oh. 163 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:32,450 Look. 164 00:06:32,450 --> 00:06:33,500 This feels good in my hand! 165 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,790 Kind of like that sword. 166 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,000 Hey. 167 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,700 What superpower would you want most? 168 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:40,750 Flying, probably. 169 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:41,870 What about you? 170 00:06:41,870 --> 00:06:42,910 Teleportation? 171 00:06:43,410 --> 00:06:45,620 Then I could teleport anywhere I wanted. 172 00:06:46,870 --> 00:06:48,540 I still think flying is stronger. 173 00:06:49,830 --> 00:06:52,200 If you teleport around in midair, isn't that flying? 174 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,450 Well... 175 00:06:53,450 --> 00:06:55,370 The flying part is more fun. 176 00:06:56,580 --> 00:06:58,450 Skimming low over all kinds of places... 177 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:00,330 Just thinking about it feels amazing! 178 00:07:02,450 --> 00:07:04,120 We died over and over. 179 00:07:04,750 --> 00:07:07,410 Then we promised we'd clear it together, no matter what. 180 00:07:07,410 --> 00:07:08,950 Select your character. 181 00:07:09,870 --> 00:07:12,000 Finally, on a completely ordinary day, 182 00:07:12,410 --> 00:07:14,000 we played out of our minds. 183 00:07:14,660 --> 00:07:16,200 Never seen anyone make it this far! 184 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,120 Someone can get that good? 185 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,200 This is it! 186 00:07:19,450 --> 00:07:20,500 Amazing! 187 00:07:20,950 --> 00:07:22,000 Whoa! - Woo! - Yeah! 188 00:07:22,950 --> 00:07:24,200 Someone actually cleared it! 189 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:24,830 That's incredible! 190 00:07:24,830 --> 00:07:25,580 Y-You guys are... 191 00:07:25,580 --> 00:07:26,450 That was awesome! 192 00:07:26,450 --> 00:07:27,250 What? 193 00:07:28,290 --> 00:07:29,580 Why isn't the screen changing? 194 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,000 What's this? 195 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,040 What does that mean? 196 00:07:34,540 --> 00:07:35,620 - Huh? - Huh? 197 00:07:38,290 --> 00:07:39,410 Ah... 198 00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:40,750 What? 199 00:07:51,790 --> 00:07:52,910 Didn't see that coming. 200 00:07:52,910 --> 00:07:54,660 There's a hidden boss. 201 00:07:55,580 --> 00:07:56,700 Not a big deal. 202 00:07:56,700 --> 00:07:57,950 We've got plenty of time. 203 00:07:58,290 --> 00:07:59,370 We'll get there. 204 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Mm-hm. 205 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,040 I'll think of a new move. 206 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:07,700 Hm? 207 00:08:07,700 --> 00:08:08,910 Have you seen this? 208 00:08:09,410 --> 00:08:10,910 "Infinite Energy"? 209 00:08:10,910 --> 00:08:12,040 That's such nonsense. 210 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:13,410 Oh, that thing. 211 00:08:14,540 --> 00:08:16,700 Even if it were real, what's so bad about that? 212 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,160 True. 213 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,200 Maybe we could teleport, fly, 214 00:08:20,540 --> 00:08:22,160 maybe even travel through time. 215 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:22,950 Hey. 216 00:08:22,950 --> 00:08:24,000 A train's coming. 217 00:08:27,250 --> 00:08:28,870 I've never been on a train. 218 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,250 You will someday. 219 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,620 A train is like some ultimate weapon. 220 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:35,700 What? 221 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:39,200 Like, even if everything here is a total mess, 222 00:08:39,660 --> 00:08:41,040 you can still get on a train 223 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,620 and go somewhere bigger, somewhere new. 224 00:08:45,660 --> 00:08:46,580 Guan Chao. 225 00:08:46,580 --> 00:08:47,000 [Coughing] 226 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,370 -[Coughing] - If you had a world of your own, 227 00:08:48,370 --> 00:08:49,500 what would it be like? 228 00:08:50,410 --> 00:08:51,330 Huh? 229 00:08:51,330 --> 00:08:53,120 This is your room from now on! 230 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,000 Yeah! 231 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,160 My new room! 232 00:08:56,950 --> 00:08:58,040 There'd be a bed. 233 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,450 And a game console. 234 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,620 Some unfinished comics. 235 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,200 That's it? 236 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:05,290 Mm-hm. 237 00:09:05,290 --> 00:09:06,250 That's enough. 238 00:09:06,250 --> 00:09:07,620 Just one room big. 239 00:09:08,910 --> 00:09:09,750 And then... 240 00:09:09,750 --> 00:09:12,000 maybe the borders would be lined with mirrors, 241 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,080 reflecting everything around. 242 00:09:13,580 --> 00:09:14,290 That way, 243 00:09:14,290 --> 00:09:16,540 I could stay inside forever, and no one would find me. 244 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:18,870 Sounds nice. 245 00:09:19,450 --> 00:09:20,200 Eh... 246 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:21,250 What about you? 247 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:23,660 What would you put in your world? 248 00:09:25,450 --> 00:09:26,410 I don't know. 249 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:29,160 In my world, 250 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,750 it feels like there's nothing. 251 00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:34,500 Everything just passes through me. 252 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:37,040 Nothing ever stays. 253 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,250 So... 254 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,250 sometimes I envy you. 255 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,910 You don't care what other people think. 256 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,540 Your world is unbreakable. 257 00:09:50,580 --> 00:09:52,580 I just bury myself in games. 258 00:09:53,950 --> 00:09:56,250 For me, games have rules. 259 00:09:57,620 --> 00:09:58,830 But being around people... 260 00:09:58,830 --> 00:10:00,160 that's way harder. 261 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:05,370 Thinking back, 262 00:10:05,370 --> 00:10:07,000 we'd known each other for a long time. 263 00:10:07,790 --> 00:10:08,910 But whenever we hung out, 264 00:10:09,290 --> 00:10:10,750 we'd jump from topic to topic. 265 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:13,330 We hardly ever talked about real life. 266 00:10:14,250 --> 00:10:16,080 So I always felt like I didn't know him. 267 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:18,290 Like I had no idea what was on his mind. 268 00:10:20,580 --> 00:10:21,620 Hey, He! 269 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:22,120 Come on! 270 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,120 Come play! 271 00:10:24,250 --> 00:10:24,910 No. 272 00:10:24,910 --> 00:10:26,040 I've got something to do later. 273 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,330 Come on, just for a minute. 274 00:10:28,410 --> 00:10:29,410 I'll watch you guys play. 275 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,330 Fine, fine. 276 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,290 He Ming Shuo always moved faster 277 00:10:53,290 --> 00:10:54,250 than everyone around him. 278 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:56,830 His schedule 279 00:10:57,290 --> 00:10:59,120 left everyone else far behind. 280 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:03,330 Yes! 281 00:11:03,330 --> 00:11:03,790 Backboard! Backboard! 282 00:11:03,790 --> 00:11:04,580 Catch it! 283 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:05,540 - Here! - Pass it! 284 00:11:07,910 --> 00:11:08,870 Whoa. 285 00:11:08,870 --> 00:11:10,000 Is that his driver? 286 00:11:10,450 --> 00:11:11,540 I'm so jealous. 287 00:11:11,540 --> 00:11:12,540 You're jealous of everything. 288 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:13,910 So what? 289 00:11:13,910 --> 00:11:15,120 His family's got everything lined up for him. 290 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:16,080 He can have anything he wants. 291 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,120 Of course I'm jealous. 292 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,450 Where have you been? 293 00:11:28,410 --> 00:11:30,910 And where'd you get that console and bike? 294 00:11:33,330 --> 00:11:33,950 Answer me! 295 00:11:33,950 --> 00:11:35,000 Guan Chao! 296 00:11:38,620 --> 00:11:42,080 Lately, have you been hanging around Old He's kid? 297 00:11:43,290 --> 00:11:45,950 Old He bought dinner today and made a point of telling me 298 00:11:45,950 --> 00:11:48,040 to keep you away from Little He. 299 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,790 He's worried you'll mess up his grades. 300 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,500 You know what Old He's family is like！ 301 00:11:54,330 --> 00:11:55,080 He has choices. 302 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,120 What do you have? 303 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:58,870 What are you going to do with your life like this? 304 00:11:59,910 --> 00:12:01,000 Collect scrap? 305 00:12:02,330 --> 00:12:03,870 Guan Chao, are you listening? 306 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,950 You want me to hit you too? 307 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:10,580 You need to be realistic! 308 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,250 How... How could this happen? 309 00:12:17,830 --> 00:12:19,950 What the hell happened... 310 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:27,250 [retching] 311 00:12:27,250 --> 00:12:29,200 [coughing] 312 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,040 [retching] 313 00:12:36,250 --> 00:12:38,660 Do you think your dad's pathetic? 314 00:12:39,910 --> 00:12:42,620 After all these years, I haven't gotten anywhere. 315 00:12:42,620 --> 00:12:43,870 Look what I've become... 316 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:50,700 Guan Chao, I know it's been hard 317 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:52,580 having a dad like me. 318 00:12:54,580 --> 00:12:56,910 You have to study hard. 319 00:12:57,750 --> 00:13:00,120 Don't end up like me! 320 00:13:01,450 --> 00:13:02,910 Don't drift through life! 321 00:13:02,910 --> 00:13:04,910 Take responsibility for yourself! 322 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:07,910 Make plans for your future! 323 00:13:07,910 --> 00:13:08,910 "The future"? 324 00:13:08,910 --> 00:13:11,000 How much longer are we stuck in this dump? 325 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,620 You should think about your child's future too! 326 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:13,790 Rain has been frequent lately. 327 00:13:13,790 --> 00:13:15,250 High heat and convective weather are occurring together. 328 00:13:15,250 --> 00:13:16,790 Here are your report cards. 329 00:13:17,750 --> 00:13:18,950 You're graduating soon. 330 00:13:18,950 --> 00:13:21,000 You need to think about your future. 331 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:27,040 The future... 332 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:31,750 When I came back to myself, 333 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:34,910 I had no idea where all the time had gone. 334 00:13:35,790 --> 00:13:37,830 Why I was here now. 335 00:13:38,870 --> 00:13:40,500 Or what I was supposed to do with my future. 336 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,410 You're afraid. 337 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,370 Time is passing. 338 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,250 Life is short. 339 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:52,620 Like nothing really matters. 340 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:00,580 If only now 341 00:14:01,330 --> 00:14:03,620 could last forever. 342 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,830 Day after day at this job, you can see the rest of your life stretching out. 343 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,040 Oh, be grateful for what you've got. 344 00:14:30,540 --> 00:14:32,120 Where else could we go if we quit this job? 345 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,160 [laughing] 346 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,370 Give it to me! Give it! 347 00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:36,870 [laughing] 348 00:14:36,870 --> 00:14:38,450 I don't wanna live! 349 00:14:39,450 --> 00:14:40,750 Looks like someone's jumping. 350 00:14:41,370 --> 00:14:42,450 They saved him. 351 00:14:43,410 --> 00:14:44,410 Idiot. 352 00:14:45,790 --> 00:14:46,910 Hey, Guan Chao. 353 00:14:46,910 --> 00:14:48,250 Have you picked your high school choices yet? 354 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,080 All he does is sit around playing games. 355 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:52,700 He won't answer you. 356 00:14:54,250 --> 00:14:54,830 Huh? 357 00:14:54,830 --> 00:14:57,290 You think Ma Li Qiang's repeating for the fifth time? 358 00:14:57,290 --> 00:14:59,120 He really looks like the fake boss in that game. 359 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,120 Ahh! 360 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,450 Open up! Open up! 361 00:15:04,450 --> 00:15:05,950 Dude, how much longer are you gonna be in there? 362 00:15:05,950 --> 00:15:06,950 Ah! 363 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,120 Big Ma... 364 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,450 What? 365 00:15:12,450 --> 00:15:13,750 Cat got your tongue? 366 00:15:13,750 --> 00:15:14,750 Eh... 367 00:15:14,750 --> 00:15:17,870 What game are you guys talking about? 368 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,910 Every day, I tried everything to clear that game. 369 00:15:28,790 --> 00:15:30,580 But what was I supposed to do after I cleared it? 370 00:15:31,290 --> 00:15:32,290 I didn't know either. 371 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:34,410 That He Ming Shuo... 372 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,000 isn't with you? 373 00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:52,200 After they took my console, 374 00:15:53,580 --> 00:15:55,160 I actually felt relieved. 375 00:16:00,450 --> 00:16:01,450 Guan Chao? 376 00:16:04,370 --> 00:16:05,370 What's going on with you lately? 377 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:06,700 You've been acting weird. 378 00:16:07,660 --> 00:16:08,700 Have I? 379 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:11,540 For the first time in ages, you're not gaming after school. 380 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:14,540 Ma Li Qiang took my console. 381 00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:16,410 He told me to meet him by the railroad at 7 tonight. 382 00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:17,750 7? 383 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,290 That's really soon. 384 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,200 [sigh] 385 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,580 Let him have the console if he wants it. 386 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:28,000 But your save files are on it, right? 387 00:16:28,790 --> 00:16:29,540 So? 388 00:16:29,540 --> 00:16:30,620 I'll go get it with you. 389 00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:33,450 No. 390 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:35,540 I wasn't going to play anymore anyway. 391 00:16:36,910 --> 00:16:38,620 It was just wasting time. 392 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:40,330 You'll get better the more you play. 393 00:16:40,330 --> 00:16:41,750 How is it a waste of time? 394 00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:44,580 You already came up with that new move, didn't you? 395 00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:45,950 Let's give it one more push. 396 00:16:45,950 --> 00:16:47,450 Maybe we'll clear it! 397 00:16:48,450 --> 00:16:49,750 It's not about clearing it. 398 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,080 Huh? 399 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,080 Then what's it about? 400 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,080 He, have you ever thought about it? 401 00:16:54,790 --> 00:16:55,870 Where you're going afterward. 402 00:16:55,870 --> 00:16:56,830 What you're going to do. 403 00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:59,660 Beat that hidden boss together with you. 404 00:17:00,370 --> 00:17:01,450 Wasn't that the plan? 405 00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:04,660 No. 406 00:17:04,660 --> 00:17:06,910 I mean the bigger future. The things that matter. 407 00:17:08,790 --> 00:17:09,950 Playing games every day. 408 00:17:09,950 --> 00:17:10,870 Wandering around. 409 00:17:10,870 --> 00:17:12,000 Talking about nothing. 410 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,750 Wasting time on meaningless stuff. 411 00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:18,830 Then one day looking back and finding I've done nothing. 412 00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:20,830 I don't want that. 413 00:17:24,830 --> 00:17:25,790 Meaningless? 414 00:17:27,790 --> 00:17:28,790 Wandering around. 415 00:17:29,580 --> 00:17:31,200 Feeling the wind move past you. 416 00:17:32,290 --> 00:17:33,540 Smelling grass. 417 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,660 Watching ants climb a wall. 418 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,750 Watching shadows shift across the ground. 419 00:17:39,870 --> 00:17:41,330 Clearing a game you love. 420 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,250 Those things matter on their own. 421 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,580 We're not talking about the same thing. 422 00:17:49,750 --> 00:17:51,000 This is the same thing. 423 00:17:55,290 --> 00:17:56,410 You're not like me. 424 00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:57,870 You have so many choices. 425 00:17:57,870 --> 00:17:59,330 You never have to worry about any of this! 426 00:18:01,250 --> 00:18:02,250 You wouldn't understand. 427 00:18:09,950 --> 00:18:11,000 It's okay. 428 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,660 Everything will be better tomorrow. 429 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:25,910 Guan Chao, you're here! 430 00:18:26,370 --> 00:18:27,830 He Ming Shuo isn't with you? 431 00:18:28,620 --> 00:18:29,700 No one can find him. 432 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:30,830 Old He's frantic! 433 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:33,000 I've got a really bad feeling. 434 00:18:35,370 --> 00:18:36,450 Guan Chao! 435 00:19:26,450 --> 00:19:27,750 At that moment, 436 00:19:28,410 --> 00:19:29,450 I hesitated. 437 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,120 I was afraid. 438 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,450 Suddenly, nothing I could do would change anything. 439 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,250 It was too late for everything. 440 00:19:48,410 --> 00:19:49,410 Meaning... 441 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,160 The future... 442 00:19:51,950 --> 00:19:53,160 Anything that mattered... 443 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:57,500 How could I ever take days like that for granted? 444 00:19:59,450 --> 00:20:01,040 I shut that scene out of my mind. 445 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,200 I refused to think about anything that happened here. 446 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,950 Like I was really starting to forget. 447 00:20:44,830 --> 00:20:46,660 The memory hollows in Guan Chao's mind 448 00:20:46,660 --> 00:20:47,950 are multiplying. 449 00:20:48,870 --> 00:20:49,870 At this rate, 450 00:20:49,870 --> 00:20:52,080 all his memory layers will disappear. 451 00:20:52,750 --> 00:20:54,790 Until, in the end, he loses every memory, 452 00:20:55,410 --> 00:20:56,450 and all that's left are hollows 453 00:20:56,450 --> 00:20:57,750 that devour everything. 454 00:20:59,790 --> 00:21:01,500 All we can do is drink tea here? 455 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,370 Isn't there anything else we can do, Boss? 456 00:21:04,370 --> 00:21:06,830 From here on, it's all up to you, 457 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:08,160 Guan Chao. 458 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,080 This is... 459 00:21:12,500 --> 00:21:13,750 the source of the hollows? 460 00:21:15,290 --> 00:21:16,290 Calm down. 461 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:17,700 Move! 462 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:19,000 Guan Chao! 463 00:21:33,290 --> 00:21:34,370 Come play, 464 00:21:34,370 --> 00:21:35,330 Guan Chao. 465 00:21:36,580 --> 00:21:37,580 Every time you lose, 466 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:39,910 I'll eat one of your memories. 467 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:57,540 These are... 468 00:21:58,410 --> 00:21:59,450 my memories. 469 00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:29,160 This is... 470 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:32,870 that game... 471 00:22:50,660 --> 00:22:51,660 I still... 472 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,040 have a chance! 473 00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:54,870 I've made up my mind! 474 00:22:54,870 --> 00:22:56,080 I have to go back! 475 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,200 Again! 476 00:22:58,200 --> 00:22:59,250 There's still a chance. 477 00:22:59,250 --> 00:23:00,410 I can't stop here. 478 00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:02,790 Again! 479 00:23:08,790 --> 00:23:10,580 Why do you keep losing, Guan Chao? 480 00:23:12,540 --> 00:23:13,540 I have to... 481 00:23:14,450 --> 00:23:15,660 go back to reality. 482 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:17,950 Save He Ming Shuo! 483 00:23:19,450 --> 00:23:20,500 All these years, 484 00:23:20,830 --> 00:23:22,120 we've gotten along so well. 485 00:23:23,250 --> 00:23:24,540 You depend on me to live. 486 00:23:25,290 --> 00:23:26,500 You can't clear the game. 487 00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:29,500 And even if you did clear it, 488 00:23:30,870 --> 00:23:32,620 it wouldn't mean anything. 489 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:19,410 This is the last time. 490 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,450 I'll eat 491 00:24:21,830 --> 00:24:23,330 all this pain. 492 00:24:40,620 --> 00:24:41,620 In reality, 493 00:24:42,910 --> 00:24:44,580 there was so much I had to face. 494 00:24:46,410 --> 00:24:47,660 The future was confusing. 495 00:24:48,370 --> 00:24:49,410 It left me breathless. 496 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,790 So I chose to go numb 497 00:24:53,870 --> 00:24:55,830 and run away into games. 498 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,410 I kept running away. 499 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,080 I think 500 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,950 you'll become someone amazing someday. 501 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:12,080 I'd always known 502 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:14,330 I wasn't amazing at all. 503 00:25:15,620 --> 00:25:18,080 I was just a coward who ran into games. 504 00:25:23,410 --> 00:25:24,410 I regreted it deeply. 505 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:27,790 All the more reason not to forget. 506 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:34,370 These memories... 507 00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:38,700 I'll never let the hollows erase them. 508 00:26:03,540 --> 00:26:04,500 Little by little... 509 00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,330 I can't remember anything... 510 00:26:08,450 --> 00:26:10,120 It feels so easy... 511 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:12,870 Maybe it would be nice 512 00:26:13,910 --> 00:26:15,620 to just fall asleep like this... 513 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:38,950 That melody... feels familiar. 514 00:26:40,870 --> 00:26:41,950 What is it? 515 00:26:42,750 --> 00:26:45,910 I remember, around this time, the radio could pick up the music from that game. 516 00:26:49,450 --> 00:26:50,450 Hm? 517 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,000 That's strange. 518 00:26:52,370 --> 00:26:54,200 I remember it was around this frequency. 519 00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:02,580 I think 520 00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:04,040 connections between people 521 00:27:05,330 --> 00:27:06,700 are a little like radio waves. 522 00:27:07,660 --> 00:27:09,580 It's whether your frequencies line up or not. 523 00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:13,540 Some people might never be on the same frequency as you. 524 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Found it! 525 00:28:34,330 --> 00:28:35,330 Guan Chao! 526 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,080 He Ming Shuo... 527 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,450 How is this possible? 528 00:28:39,950 --> 00:28:41,540 That game we used to play together... 529 00:28:43,330 --> 00:28:44,910 we never did clear it all the way through, did we? 530 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,450 You be Player 1 this time. 531 00:29:03,790 --> 00:29:05,040 I don't have much time. 532 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:06,160 Use your shield to cover me. 533 00:29:07,450 --> 00:29:08,830 One last time, 534 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,500 let's clear it together. 535 00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:27,500 Guan Chao! 536 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:28,500 Catch! 537 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:31,080 Use that move you came up with. 538 00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:32,910 Give him the final blow! 539 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:47,750 Congratulations. Game clear. 540 00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:49,040 Traveler. 541 00:30:50,450 --> 00:30:51,750 What will you do 542 00:30:52,830 --> 00:30:53,830 next? 543 00:30:59,790 --> 00:31:00,830 Looks like that memory object 544 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,540 has revealed its true power. 545 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,870 Back then, we stood on an endless plain. 546 00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:15,580 We never imagined 547 00:31:15,580 --> 00:31:17,500 that days like those would end too. 548 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000 Like the game we never cleared, 549 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:24,580 we thought it would never end. 550 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,830 Didn't you ever worry about the future? 551 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,160 Mm... 552 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:43,540 I guess not. 553 00:31:45,450 --> 00:31:46,950 Because I believed the future me 554 00:31:47,410 --> 00:31:48,500 would be okay. 555 00:31:49,830 --> 00:31:51,250 The future me? 556 00:31:53,450 --> 00:31:54,500 Mm. 557 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,200 The future me. 558 00:34:49,910 --> 00:34:50,910 [sigh] 559 00:34:51,450 --> 00:34:52,790 Looks like it's not over yet.