Book 2. Have you ever had the experience of winning the first prize in the lottery and having your values ​​change completely?

 Hello. This is Watanabe Ten.

Phenomena that occur in reality are made up of various causal relationships. Even Laplace's demon is said to be able to predict reality if he could fully understand physical phenomena. Perhaps a perfectly pre-established, or in other words, completely predictable, inevitable world does not exist.

However, just as science aims to predict the future, attempts to predict reality are interesting. If you were forced to choose between reality and unreality, which do you think you would choose? Reality refers to the timeline we currently live in. Furthermore, fantasy refers to a world that is far removed from everyday life.

Just as the grass is always greener on the other side, you may be longing for a fantasy world. If the grass is always greener on the other side and you find an interesting, shiny gem lying around, you might step into a fantasy world to get your hands on that gem. I know the saying, "Reality is stranger than fiction." The most realistic things that exist between reality and fiction are made up of interesting events.

Now, have you heard of the urban legend about doppelgangers? It's the story that there are three people in the world who are identical to you. I have never met a doppelganger in real life. However, I have seen many people in my daily life who I feel sorry for because they look just like me.

When the fantasy world surpasses the real world, there is a chance that you will choose the fantasy world over reality. In other words, neither doppelgangers nor fantasy worlds are common sense, but they teach me a lesson. Even if you find yourself in such a situation, it is hard to believe in reality.

If I met my doppelganger, I would probably think they were an exact match, and if I suddenly stepped into a fantasy world, I don't think I'd be able to distinguish it from reality.

I have had unimaginable experiences in real life. I'm not bragging, but I have experienced a reality that is harder to believe than anything in fiction. I can't say much about it specifically, but if you had an experience similar to mine, would you be able to accept it? In other words, if you experienced something more real than fiction, like fantasy or science fiction.

I think that reality is more prone to surprising coincidences than fiction. Have you ever had the experience of winning the first prize in the lottery in the real world, and had your values ​​change completely?

Your values ​​change. I'm talking about a change in your state of mind, but I think that changes in your state of mind happen more often when you're in reality than when you're reading a novel. This is because a novel is, after all, just a novel, and you don't get involved in it.

The grass is always greener on the other side. That's an interesting point. Surprisingly, it's not fiction but reality that is the darkest spot under the unrealistic lighthouse. Reality is full of unexpected events. You change the world!! Your world can change in an instant. Try to make an effort to change your world. That's all. This was Watanabe Ten.