Chapter 559: A Repeated Day
Music classroom.
Sakura looked at the student playing the recorder on the stage and frowned slightly. This scene was exactly the same as yesterday and it was really weird.
Not only were the courses exactly the same as yesterday, even the flute test, which she had taken yesterday, was taken again today. She still remembered that she got a note wrong during the test.
Could it be that she remembered it wrongly?
Confused, Sakura looked at Tomoyo beside her, hesitated for a few seconds, and asked, "Tomoyo, did you take the flute test yesterday?"
"Um?"
Tomoyo was obviously confused by Sakura's strange question, and Sakura continued, "I remember we finished the flute exam yesterday, and I toasted with my brother at home to celebrate."
Seeing that Sakura seemed a little nervous, Tomoyo asked gently and concernedly: "Sakura, are you too nervous?"
"No!"
Xiaoying didn't know how to describe it. Seeing Xia Yu sitting in front of her seat, she couldn't help but poke him with the flute in her hand.
After Xia Yu turned his head in confusion, Xiaoying looked at Xia Yu with a look of help: "Um, Xia classmate, didn't we have a flute test yesterday? You played very well at that time, and we applauded you, do you remember?"
There was a hint of nervousness in Sakura's voice. After all, even Tomoyo couldn't remember, so she didn't know if Xia could remember.
But classmate Xia has magic just like her, so he should be able to remember it.
As Sakura thought about this, a hint of anticipation appeared in her eyes. What she feared most was that she was the only one who remembered the repeated day, while no one else knew about it.
However, what made Sakura unbelievable and even uneasy was that Xia Yu's eyes did not show the affirmation that Sakura expected, but instead revealed doubt.
"Did we...take the flute test yesterday?"
Xia Yu frowned and thought about yesterday. It was clearly Sakura's father, Kinomoto Fujitaka, who was giving a lecture on the stage yesterday. When did he take the flute exam?
Thinking of this, Xia Yu also said directly: "Didn't your father come to our school to give a lecture? When did you take the flute exam?"
"Wasn't that what happened the day before yesterday?"
Seeing that Xia Yu and Zhi Shi both said that they had not taken the flute test yesterday, Xiao Ying couldn't help but fall into self-doubt. Did she really remember it wrong? Then what about the extra memory?
Xia Yu on the other side was silent when he saw Xiaoying's strange look. Did they really take the flute test yesterday? Then why did he have no memory of it at all?
Summer is back? The beginning? An endless August?
Is there a time loop in Cardcaptor Sakura's world? Is it the Clow Cards again?
Tsk, I can’t remember, I don’t have any specific impression of this episode, but since it’s a time loop, then it must be the Time Card that’s causing trouble.
Just as Xia Yu was thinking rapidly in his mind , the teacher on the stage suddenly called out, "Xia, it's your turn."
"good!"
When Xia Yu heard that it was his turn to take the music exam, he stopped thinking and walked to the podium with ease.
If it is really a time card, then the danger is not very great. At least it will not cause any actual danger. It will just repeat the time.
But I didn’t expect that he would fall for it too. Is this magical bullying?
He was so angry that he was shaking. When would ordinary people without magic power be able to stand up? He wanted to sue the Clow Cards!
The following exam was just like yesterday, Xia Yu performed on stage and won applause.
However, Xia Yu was a little confused when he heard the applause. Why didn't the Sunshine Points increase this time? Obviously, this kind of behavior would result in a Sunshine Points increase prompt.
Isn't this consistent with the behavior of a sunny and cheerful boy?
Xia Yu, who was puzzled, opened the system he hadn't looked at for a long time. Then he found that the sunshine value of his system had inexplicably increased.
"?"
"System, what's going on? When did the sunshine value increase? Was it yesterday's flute test?"
Feeling puzzled, Xia Yu thought of a possibility. Maybe there really was a flute test yesterday, and then he got the sunshine value.
However, after everything started over again, the system did not refresh, but he himself refreshed instead.
With this reasoning, the strange thing can be explained. The inexplicably increased sunlight value was increased yesterday, and today because the time was reset, the sunlight value did not increase.
[Yes, the cyclic behavior in the time loop cannot repeatedly obtain sunlight value. The system eliminates the bug behavior. ]
“…”
Xia Yu returned to his seat and looked at the system's answer, feeling speechless. So he tried to exploit a bug without knowing it?
This is so...
"Why didn't you tell me that time was reset!"
[Because the host didn't ask, and the host was not in danger. ]
“…”
"You are such a clever little fellow..."
Should we say that this system is humane or rigid?
After sighing in his heart, Xia Yu said tiredly: "If the time is reset next time, remember to tell me the first time, understand?"
【Understand!】
【……】
…
In the afternoon, on the steps of the playground.
"Xia, do you believe what I said?"
After the club activities ended, Sakura and Tomoyo sat on the stairs to rest while the boys played football on the playground.
Xia Yu did not go to play football this time. Although he had no related memories, he felt that he should still discuss it with Xiaoying and capture the Time Card as soon as possible so that he could get out of this time loop as soon as possible.
"Um."
Xia Yu, who was leaning against the wall, nodded: "It was only after you, Xiaoying, told me that something was strange today that I noticed something was wrong. Perhaps we have fallen into a time loop."
"Time loop?"
Chiyo, who was listening nearby, muttered to herself, somewhat puzzled: "Could it be déjà vu? This is clearly my first time in a place, but it seems somewhat familiar, and when I was talking to people, it felt like I had talked to them before."
"Probably not." Sakura shook her head: "I remember it very clearly."
As she spoke, Sakura pointed toward the playground, looking at a scene that was exactly... different from yesterday.
The playground was different from yesterday after all, without Xia Yu playing football.
At this moment, Li Syaoran suddenly walked towards Xiaoying. Seeing that Li Syaoran's behavior was different from yesterday, Xiaoying was a little surprised.
But before she could ask, Li Xiaolang had already said, "Don't you find it strange?"
"Huh?"
"You also took the flute test yesterday."
Hearing this, Sakura stood up suddenly and looked at Li Syaoran in surprise. Tomoyo was also a little surprised. Seeing Li Syaoran said the same thing, she began to believe in the time loop.
After noticing the surprise of Sakura and the others, Li Syaoran said seriously: "It seems that you have also noticed that yesterday and today are exactly the same. There is no doubt that this is the work of the Clow Cards."
"Huh?"
Seeing Sakura's surprised expression, Li Syaoran was also a little surprised: "Don't you feel the smell of the Clow Cards? You are a Clow Card user."
“Woo…”
Sakura looked a little depressed, she really didn't feel anything.
Xia Yu, who was listening on the side, didn't know what to say. The Clow Cards were just pieces of paper. What flavor could they have? Spicy and spicy flavor?
Seeing Sakura's lost expression, Syaoran walked up to Sakura and pointed at the school clock tower.
"The Clow Cards are right there."
"Danger!"
Suddenly, a scream came from the playground.
Even though Xia Yu was gone, the black and white football still flew towards the little wolf like it did yesterday, even though the little wolf was not on the stairs at this moment, but at the bottom of the stairs.
The little wolf noticed this and did not hesitate at all. He jumped high again and kicked the football into the net, just like yesterday.
A few seconds later, applause broke out again on the playground.
“Is there something different in the same thing?”
Sakura couldn't help but murmur as she watched the process being different but the result being the same.
After telling the location of the Clow Cards, the little wolf did not stay and left alone.
Seeing Syaoran leaving, Sakura and the others discussed it and immediately decided to try to seal the troublesome Clow Cards at night.
It would be terrible if time didn't move forward and the same day kept repeating itself.
At night, Tomoeda Elementary School.
The night sky has changed a little compared to yesterday. The stars are no longer bright, and there are more dark clouds blocking the view.
In the bushes below the bell tower, three figures gathered stealthily.
"It really fits. It's so cute."
Tomoyo held a camera in her hand and filmed Sakura, who had already changed into her battle uniform.
This time's battle uniform is exactly the elf costume that Zhou Zhishi and Xia Yu sewed together last week. The milky white miniskirt, coupled with the green leaf-shaped wings on the back, looks smart and cute.
"It's really cute, Sakura, you've become a fairy that can fly freely in the night sky."
Xia Yu also held a camera and took pictures of Xiaoying from different angles. This dress was also his work, and the gold thread pattern on it was sewed by him.
His needlework skills were also quite good. If it weren't for the trouble, he could have embroidered a piece of Along the River During the Qingming Festival by himself.
"Woo~"
Hearing the praise from Xia Yu and Chi Shi, Sakura blushed a little, and at this moment, Xiao Ke suddenly broke into the camera.
After all, it is a seal for the Clow Cards, so this sealed beast is naturally indispensable, and some of the weaknesses of the Clow Cards still need it to be explained.
Xiao Ke, who had already changed into the scraps of clothes, floated in front of Xiao Ying curiously: "Xiao Ying, how did you find the hiding place of the cards?"
"Student Li told me."
Sakura felt a little embarrassed. She was the Clow Card user, but she still needed others to tell her where the Clow Cards were hidden.
"Eh? Is that the boy named Li?"
Hearing this, Xiao Ke crossed his arms and said unhappily, "Then we have to hurry up, otherwise if that guy interferes, the cards might be taken away by him!"
"Um!"
Sakura nodded heavily, took out a flying card and turned the magic wand in her hand into a flying wand. Then she soared into the air and flew towards the towering clock tower.
Seeing that Sakura had already charged towards the hidden Clow Cards, Xia Yu below reached out to Chiyo and said, "Do you want to take a picture from the best angle?"
"want!"
Zhishi smiled knowingly and took the hand that Xia Yu extended.
This time, Xia Yu did not plan to deal with the Time Card together with Xiaoying. Although he was very tempted, firstly, he had forgotten how to seal the Time Card; secondly, he would also be affected by the power of the Time Card, and he had no means to counter it, so he decided not to step forward and cause trouble.
At worst, after Sakura seals the Time Card, he can come over and borrow it for a day to analyze it. I believe Sakura will not refuse.
No matter what the process is, as long as the result remains unchanged, it's fine.
While thinking this, Xia Yu picked up Zhishi in a princess hug, then flew into the air and found a good angle to start taking pictures.
After following Chiyo in shooting for so long, he naturally gradually understood which shooting angles were the best.
On the other side, at the clock tower.
Sakura flew around the clock tower twice, looking at the dial that was about to point to midnight with her eyes narrowed.
"I feel it. It's the aura of the Clow Cards for sure!"
It was not until she got close to the clock tower that Sakura sensed the presence of the Clow Cards. The Clow Cards were indeed hidden inside the clock tower.
But just as Sakura approached the clock tower, countless colorful green lights burst out from the clock tower, seeming to dye the world this light green.
In this green, the air seemed to become sticky, everything was slowing down, and the wings on Sakura's flying staff gradually stopped flapping.
Whether on Xiaoying's side or Xia Yu's side, everything became extremely slow.
"What... is... happening...?"
Feeling that her own movements had stopped, Sakura turned her head and asked Xiaoke. Her voice also slowed down, almost jumping out word by word.
"The...flow...of...time...has...been...slowed...down..."
Xiao Ke held Sakura's shoulders tightly as he explained. His voice also became slower, and even his expression changed extremely slowly.
Xia Yu, who was also affected, was also very surprised. This feeling...
It's you, Eye of Death!
The next second, Xia Yu watched his actions go backwards, and even his previous thoughts seemed to be going backwards!
Everything around seemed to have pressed the back button, and everything was moving backwards along the original trajectory until it returned to the moment before approaching the clock tower.
If it were in a cartoon, maybe even the BGM would play backwards.
"It really fits. It's so cute."
In the bushes below the clock tower, Tomoyo was holding a camera and filming Sakura, who had already changed into her battle uniform.
Xia Yu, who was standing by, also held up a camera and filmed Xiaoying while praising her: "She is really cute. Xiaoying, you have become..."
[Report to the host, the time has been reset! ]
However, before he could finish his words, a hint suddenly popped up.
"?"
Xia Yu looked at the system prompt with a surprised look on his face. The time was reset? When?
"Sakura, did time just reset again?"
Since you don't know, then ask someone who can feel the time reset.
Hearing Xia Yu's question, Xiaoying nodded with a sad face: "Yeah, it suddenly came back before I got close."
"Huh?"
Hearing the conversation between Xia Yu and Xiaoying, Tomoyo's originally interested expression was stunned: "The time is reset? Did the sealing of the Clow Cards just now fail?"
"Yes, that guy is the Time Card!"
Xiao Ke flew out at this time and explained: "The Time Card is the card of time. It can manipulate time freely. People without magic power cannot feel the change of time."
"Is that why I don't feel anything?" After hearing Xiaoke's explanation, Zhishi suddenly realized. He had heard Xiaoke say before that she had no magic power.
"Looking at this situation, the time card should have already been integrated with the largest clock tower in town. If we don't seal it quickly, the time will reset at midnight!"
