46 Chapter 46

"No. I'm here to buy the detective agency."

"Why are you all silent?" Yun Xiji asked.

Fyodor chose to use cold violence and ignored Yun Xiji's question.

Dazai Osamu was thinking about what to say next and didn't speak for a while.

In just 24 hours, there were more than one sounds of fighting and raiding coming from Yun Xiji's side, which indicated that Yun Xiji did not come in through formal channels.

Meursault's general alarm quickly confirmed Dazai's thoughts.

The fortune teller had barged in without permission.

Now we just need to confirm one thing - what is Yun Xiji's purpose?

He entered the prison without permission, but had no intention of saving Fyodor. He just sat on the other end of the surveillance camera and watched them, as if he was... watching a show.

"You said you used to be a prison guard." Fyodor's tone was flat.

The prison guard the other party was referring to was the one who entered the prison without permission, kicked the original prison guard away, and then sat down himself?

Fyodor remembered that when he was about to go to the Skeleton Fortress, Yun Xiji predicted that he would be forced to change clothes.

This is correct and there is no misleading information, except that Yun Xiji did not explain why he was forced to change his clothes.

This guy speaks the truth.

But all of them are the truth that has been cut off and may be misunderstood.

"Yes, I have plenty of experience," Yun Xiji replied. "The warden should pay me."

The messenger behind him: "......?"

Does this guy know what he is talking about!

It was good enough that the warden didn't arrest him, but he still wanted to ask for his salary?

This guy gets all the good things, right?

He hesitated for a moment, then interrupted Yun Xiji's conversation with the prisoner: "Hello."

The messenger had been standing behind Yun Xiji for a while, but unlike the rumors that he was very perceptive, Yun Xiji didn't notice him at all.

Could it be that Yun Xiji is just lucky?

He thought for two seconds, and the person in front of him slowly turned around.

The messenger quickly stated his purpose: "The warden wants to see you."

Yun Xiji asked, "Are you going to pay me a salary?"

The messenger felt ashamed: "I don't know what that person meant..."

What on earth is this guy thinking? How could the prison possibly pay him?

"I see. Then let him wait."

Yun Xiji said, "Anyway, he doesn't dare to come to me on his own initiative, right?"

The messenger just felt a headache.

What do you mean the warden doesn't dare to come and find him?

The Tiangang is reversed.

But the messenger thought about the task assigned by his boss and nodded with his eyes closed.

"Then let's go."

The fortune teller was surprisingly easy to talk to.

The messenger walked out of the monitoring room with him. As he closed the door, he winked at the guard, telling him to take advantage of Yun Xiji's absence to make some moves in the monitoring room.

Inside the monitoring room, the microphone used to communicate with prisoners flickered slightly.

It is always on.

Meursault Prison has powerful anti-escape technology and a series of facilities. Logically, Yun Xiji should not be able to enter alone.

How did he manage to bypass so many guards and find the location of the monitoring room so accurately?

The warden was waiting for Yun Xiji in the control room.

Along the way, the other party did not try to knock out the messenger and escape.

"If my purpose was to escape, why would I enter here?" The warden was lost in thought when a faint voice came from the door. Through the door, Yun Xiji seemed to have guessed his thoughts in advance. "Putting aside the detention techniques, there's nothing special about Meursault."

Warden: “…”

What does it mean to put aside the detention technology?

They are a prison, what else can we talk about besides that?

Yun Xiji walked in skillfully, pulled out a chair and sat down.

His behavior seemed to indicate that he was extremely familiar with everything around him: "You can speak now."

The atmosphere in the control room was frozen.

The system couldn't help but: [Do you still remember that you were going to give out knives? ]

Yun Xiji is too arrogant.

The system relaxed a little, it remembered that Ye Yueshen had told it that this alias was: [A cold companion, hiding his pain].

Which good person hides his pain by making those around him more miserable?

My companions are not indifferent at all, they are almost numb!

Ye Yueshen blinked, [Remember.]

When he blinked, his eyes were locked on Yun Xiji, and this action was reflected on Ma Jia's face.

The warden was horrified.

What is going on?

Ye Yueshen replied to the system: [If you want to make this vest feel pain, you can do it at any time.]

"I'm worried that if it happens too often, the audience will become immune to it." Ye Yueshen has his own rhythm, he said confidently, "But the time should be about right, I can send out a big knife soon."

The system is skeptical.

It looked at Ye Yue Shen, who was full of confidence, and chose to believe again: [Okay!]

"This is a prison, not some other place you can destroy at will," the warden said. "The people imprisoned here are all guilty."

"You're right, but I didn't damage the prison. I came in through the main gate, and the prison facilities are not broken."

The warden choked: "You—"

"And I helped you keep an eye on Fyodor and Dazai for 24 hours."

The warden's words were interrupted. When he heard Yun Xiji's words, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

“You should pay me.”

“…”

The warden held it in for a long time before finally saying, "Are you short of money?"

The guy in front of him gave him the illusion that he had "break into Meursault without permission just to find a job."

If the "Fortune Teller" became his subordinate...

The warden thought about it sincerely for two seconds.

If the fortune teller is stable enough, it's not impossible.

"Who doesn't need money?" Yun Xiji had a strange look on his face. The travel expenses from Yokohama to Meursault were all paid by Yun Xiji himself. Later, he would have to ask the Hound, the Special Ability Department, the Japanese government, the Rat of the Dead House, and the Five Decays of Heaven to reimburse the travel expenses one by one.

The warden said, "You now have three choices. One: Stay and become one of those prisoners."

"Secondly, Meursault will seek help from outside. Organizations from other countries will send people to capture you. By then, you won't be just a prisoner anymore."

"Three: You may stay, but you must carry your special ability shielding device with you. You are not allowed to remove it without permission."

Yun Xiji glanced at him.

"I don't make choices," he said. "I can give Meursault three choices right now."

"One, maintain the status quo. Two, prepare for the prison breakout. Three, pay me my salary."

Warden: “.”

Why does this guy keep talking about salary?

None of the three conditions satisfied him, and the warden's expression turned cold.

Without even turning his head, he pressed the button at hand. The ceiling slowly opened, and a device flashed red light.

"This entire room is shielded from all supernatural powers," the warden said. "Since you don't want to choose any of them, then you can stay here."

Yun Xiji's first negotiation with the warden ended in failure.

The prison guards who were lying in ambush nearby immediately stood up with their weapons in hand.

"Maintain the status quo?" Yun Xiji has his own understanding.

The young man didn't care about the supernatural power shielding device above his head or the prison guard who tried to attack him. He waved his hand and walked towards the door.

The stick behind him was swung up and hit him hard on the head. Yun Xiji didn't even turn his head. The stick seemed to be of poor quality and broke inexplicably in the middle when it was about to hit him.

The stick is broken!

Several other prison guards also rushed forward, but none of them were able to hurt Yun Xiji at all.

It was as if the "fortune teller" had foreseen this scene.

How is this possible!?

In this room, Yun Xiji should not be able to use his special abilities!

Yun Xiji said, "Don't you understand this? Idiot."

Others: “?”

What is a fool!

You didn't even explain it clearly.

Seeing that Yun Xiji seemed too lazy to explain, the warden had a myocardial infarction for a second. Several people tried to step forward and hold Yun Xiji, but they all failed.

The Warden pondered, "A reality that has already been activated and modified will not return to its original state simply by canceling the supernatural power."

Yun Xiji's ability is irreversible.

This is a very powerful ability.

"He must have foreseen everything before coming in and activated his supernatural powers in advance."

On the other side, Yun Xiji returned to the monitoring room and skillfully dismantled the small gadgets installed by the guards.

[Is this a knife?] The system hesitated.

Ye Yue Shen: [It’s not time yet, it will come later.]

The system looked at it hesitantly, not sure whether to believe it or not.

It looks at the current task progress.

Even if we change people now, no one will do better than Ye Yue Shen.

The system closed its eyes: [OK.]

Believe it one last time!

The two people in the prison heard familiar footsteps.

Yun Xiji actually returned safely.

"Can I ask a question?" Dazai Osamu raised his hand.

Yun Xiji said, "Ask."

"How did you get into Meursault?"

Yun Xiji had been to Meursault when he was still a member of the hound team, but during the transportation process, even the hounds had to wear blindfolds. It was impossible for them to judge their direction in the vast ocean.

Meursault's defenses were very strong. How did Yunxuji manage to bypass so many guards and open so many doors?

This cannot be achieved through foresight and luck alone.

Yun Xiji can change the probability of whether he can find Meursault, change the degree of damage to the gate, and change everything, but he can't make everything perfect. How can he be sure what will appear in front of him in the next second?

So far, Yun Xiji has always had the upper hand. Everything he did was just right and left no trace.

Can do this——

You must be very familiar with Meursault.

"I came in through the main entrance." Yun Xiji propped up his chin. "I know what you want to ask. You're curious why I'm so familiar with Meursault."

Fyodor also looked up.

He listened carefully, and there were two beeps from the other end of the speaker.

"Because I've been to Meursault more often than you've eaten rice."

Osamu Dazai: "..."

That's a lot indeed.

He was silent for a moment, then turned to see Fyodor continuing to read with an expressionless face.

His cellmates were very skilled at handling the situation.

Now the question is, when did Yunxuji come to Meursault so many times?

Parallel world?

Or...a book?

Facing Yun Xiji, he figured out some techniques to talk to Yun Xiji, "Very impressive."

No emotional ups and downs.

But it unexpectedly pleased Yun Xiji: "That's very clever."

"Then may I ask, why do you come to Meursault so many times?" Dazai Osamu chose a question.

Yunxuji has appeared for less than half a year, so it is impossible that he has come to Meursault during this period. It must be related to time, supernatural powers, and books.

Instead of asking when the other person came, it is better to ask what he is here for.

"sure."

Yun Xiji replied: "To keep an eye on you two."

There was a hint of laughter in his tone, the same tone as always, but with an inexplicable strange meaning.

The riddler of Yunxiji said:

"For freedom."

Ye Yueshen opened the forum and began editing: [Yun Xiji really wants freedom]

As he was writing, he suddenly realized that this topic could be extended to loneliness. Ye Yueshen hesitated for two seconds and decided to change the word: [He is always alone.]

After editing, click Publish.

Ye Yueshen's smooth operation stunned the system.

[You are the most proficient forum host I have ever seen.]

Ye Yueshen asked casually: [Really? ]

[Really.] The system said, [My previous host didn't unlock their forum account.]

Ye Yueshen thought about the prerequisites for unlocking and suddenly fell silent.

Then he is indeed the most skilled.

Because no one else has unlocked it.

1L [I feel that Xiaoyun and Civet Cat have different understandings of freedom]

2L [The freedom Yun Xiji wanted was to break free from the cycle and return time to his own control. The freedom Gogol wanted was more on a spiritual level.]

3L [You are so adept in entering and exiting Meursault because you have been here many times.]

Ye Yueshen interjected: [Doing the same thing over and over again, every time, anyone would feel overwhelmed]

5L [Then this little cloud has a very strong mental quality]

6L [Maybe I like to commit suicide because I've died so many times that I've become indifferent to life and death.]

7L [There was no internal friction from beginning to end, and I have been able to push away the pressure skillfully ww]

Ye Yueshen replied: [He's been through so many cycles, he must have been close to success at some point. He made a plan for a whole year all by himself, only to fail at the very last step.]

8L[Vision was killed instantly when he had only one drop of blood left when fighting the BOSS:)]

9L [A whole year? Is Yunxiji's cycle a year? I can't find it anywhere.]

Hazuki Shin: [……]

Mistake.

He made up for it: [I guess]

After the three daily speaking opportunities were exhausted, the discussion within the forum suddenly took an uncontrollable direction.

11L [Although, no matter which setting, it's all good. "Being beaten.JPG"]

12L [The OP's ID looks familiar. Is it the OP who previously wrote about Mu Ye and Xiao Yun being lonely? I'm wondering why this OP looks so familiar.]

13L [The OP is too devoted to loneliness]

14L [I feel like the cycle should be able to be broken? If the cycle can't be broken, then what's the point of the production team creating this character?]

15L [Maybe there are bad people in the production team who want to stab us]

16L [The production team is bad, but the sky is clear after a break in the clouds]

[……]

The production team and the primary system are innocently blamed.

The system checked the pain value and reported back painfully: [It fell.]

They stared at each other in silence for a moment.

The system took a look at the discussion on the forum, then looked at the pain value, and suddenly had an unrealistic idea.

It would be nice if its pain value could also be listed.

The system was silent for a long time: [Hmm... Show me other vests.]

Maybe it’s just that Yun Xiji’s alias is too eye-catching, and everyone is unable to empathize with him for the time being.

The system, in turn, comforted Ye Yue Shen: [Don't worry, there are always more solutions than difficulties.]

————

At the detective agency, Mu Ye Xue Che hasn't come to work for three days.

"Did something happen to Muye-kun?"

"Have you called yet?"

"not yet."

"Then I'll do it."

Kunikida Doppo called him and actually got through: "Muye?"

"Is there something wrong?" Mu Ye Xue Che asked.

"Aren't you coming to the detective agency?"

The tone on the other end was far from friendly: "Why should I go to a detective agency?"

Kunikida Doppo was about to say, "You're a member of the detective agency," when he heard Kurome Yukie's next words: "You haven't taken my money, so you're just trying to get rid of me, aren't you?"

Kunikida Doppo swallowed his words back into his stomach.

Are you actually worried about this matter?

Mu Ye Xue Che's logic is very strange. Why would anyone insist on working for payment?

If it is due to a cognitive error and you dislike other people in the detective agency, then you will not think about staying in the detective agency.

He tried to explain: "That's not the case. You are a member of the detective agency. The detective agency will not take your money."

Mu Yexue Che on the other end of the phone seemed to be trying to catch key words, and only heard the last sentence: "Since you don't want money, then don't contact me again."

Kunikida Doppo:?

The phone was hung up.

He stared blankly at his phone, lost in thought.

Fukuzawa Yukichi walked slowly into the room, lowering his eyes. He announced, "The pages of the Special Ability Division have been stolen."

"The person who was originally responsible for picking up Dazai is looking for the book page. If we want to bring Dazai out on time, the detective agency must go there in person."

"Meursault prison?"

"yes."

"This prison... probably can't be found on a map." Meursault's exact location remains a mystery, and the detective agency cannot find a route to it.

Fukuzawa Yukichi had originally agreed with the Special Ability Department to pick up Dazai Osamu in seven days, but just three days later, news broke that the book pages were stolen by an organization calling itself "The Five Decaying Celestial Beings". The personnel originally assigned to them by the Special Ability Department were also urgently recalled to deal with the matter of the book pages together.

The prison received the news that the pick-up would be seven days later. They received the news that a group of people would come to take the prisoners out of prison at that time.

This time requires advance reservation.

If you are not able to pick up the person after seven days, you will have to wait until one month to pick them up again.

"That's a prison, different from other places." And there are also "fortune tellers" there.

This is an uncertainty factor.

On the side, Nakajima Atsushi remembered that Yun Xiji had worked in the Hound Dog, and suddenly had a bold idea.

He hesitated for a moment.

"Can we buy information from the fortune teller?" Nakajima Atsushi suggested. "He should know how to get to Meursault."

Kunikida Doppo shook his head: "No one can contact him now."

Everyone knows his location, but no one can contact him or find him, so they can only wait for the prison authorities to capture him.

Meursault Prison, a very dangerous but unexpectedly safe hiding place.

"Where's Mu Ye Xue Che?"

"He's still out there and shows no intention of coming back," Kunikida Doppo said. "He insists on paying the detective agency the money."

Edogawa Ranpo, who was originally lying on the table, slowly raised his head, and his glasses fell down a little, but the detective didn't care. "If you want Kurome-kun to come back, you have to find out what he's thinking first."

"He was influenced by the book."

Everyone else in the detective agency was stunned: "Affected by the book?"

The Five Decays of Heaven stole that page... in order to cause problems in Mu Ye Xue Che's cognition?

"They were pages used on the entire detective agency," Edogawa Ranpo said, "but only Kurome-kun was affected."

"What's written on the page?"

Ding Dong sound.

A new message appeared in the Armed Detective Agency's emails.

System Report: [Pain Value Increased by 2%?!]

It was a little confused.

Ye Yueshen clearly didn't do anything, so why did his pain value suddenly change?

[It's Mu Ye Xue Che's, right?] Ye Yue Shen made a rough estimate. He was controlling Mu Ye Xue Che in the car, with the prison route map Gogol had traded to him in front of him. [By now, the detective agency should have known the reason for his influence.]

The system flipped through the previous content and roughly understood: [Did the detective agency misunderstand?]

Ye Yue Shen affirmed: [Of course.]

[The increase in pain points must be due to this incident. The detective agency probably feels that Mu Ye Xue Che doesn't truly trust the detective agency.]

"I should register a new account and send the contents of the book to the detective agency." Ye Yueshen said, "Then, after they know everything, I'll go to the detective agency in person and intensify the conflict."

The system was stunned: [How impressive.]

This plan is definitely a drastic move.

So if the host is so powerful, how does he manage to get the pain value to negative?

Ye Yue Shen anonymously hired someone to send a message to the detective agency, and then controlled Mu Ye Xue Che's vest to get off the car in front of the detective agency and walked upstairs.

Everyone in the detective agency moved to the conference room to discuss the matter of Dazai Osamu and Kurome Setsuki.

At the door, a young man with a high ponytail and an expressionless face raised his chin slightly, and the person next to him opened the door for him.

The noise of a group entering the room was so loud that everyone in the detective agency poked their heads out of the meeting room.

Nakajima Atsushi was surprised: "Muye-kun? You're here?"

Nakajima Atsushi's attitude gave the boy pause.

"You don't welcome me?"

He frowned slightly, with some dissatisfaction, "Why are you the only one here?"

The other members of the detective agency came out of the meeting room.

Kunikida Dopo had a complicated expression. His eyes fell on Murasaki Yukito for a moment, then he quickly left.

This is a normal reaction.

"Muroba-kun, are you going to give me money again?" Tanizaki Junichiro said, "We all know this, it's not yours..."

Before he could finish his words, Mu Ye Xue Che sneered.

He said, "No. I'm here to buy the detective agency."