Chapter 12 You Yu: No wonder Shuise is so persistent, wonder is really interesting.
Neon Light Building, rooftop city observation deck.
Three high school students from the Squid Detective Agency stood beside the astronomical telescope on the observation deck. Shui Se was watching the situation outside the building vigilantly. The corners where the neon lights were flashing were pitch black. The boy's eyes were dark and heavy, but his silver pupils did not blink. Shaking notes floated in the air, and he was cooperating with the patrol team of law enforcement officers to search for any movement around the Neon Light Building.
The theft of Night's Heart shocked the Solar Law Enforcement Bureau. Although phantom thieves were common in the neighboring West District urban area, they had not happened in Night City for decades.
The Sun Law Enforcement Bureau quickly dispatched a team to strengthen patrols on the third floor of the jewelry exhibition, and organized a team of law enforcement officers to investigate the thief Wonder in conjunction with the Squid Detective Agency.
As if knowing that the law enforcers had been on high alert, Wonder did not send out any more information after his success, even though the Phantom Thief should have put down his arrogant declaration of victory.
"Okay, okay, Shuise, you've been on edge for two days. If that Phantom Thief doesn't show up, are you going to stay on edge like this?"
You Yu sat on the railing of the observation deck, shaking his legs. It was a very dangerous position. If he lost his balance even a little, he would fall directly from a height of a hundred meters and turn into a pool of biological debris.
No matter who is there, Shuise and Linglan will stop the other party at the first time when they see this dangerous situation. Unfortunately, the person sitting there now is Youyu, who has super high school level luck. Even if this guy jumps from a height of 100 meters, he will escape danger for outrageous reasons such as his collar getting caught on the wire that suddenly appeared outside the railing, or there is a fire drill going on below and he just happens to fall on the inflatable rescue mat.
"Changing the subject, boys, [The Reunion] is going to start in a week, what do you think?"
Lily of the Valley frowned, and the beautiful lily of the valley pattern on the girl's skirt bloomed faintly under the night sky, making the delicate-looking girl look more like a pastoral doll.
Linglan looked at the overwhelming publicity about the "Time of Reunion" competition on her mobile phone, and followed Youyu's words to divert Shuise's attention.
Mizuki broke away from the silence, his attention briefly drawn away: "...What are the rules for this reunion?"
You Yu snapped his fingers: "I've seen it, it seems to be - a brand new realistic game mode. The DM system will place countless tokens in major city circles, and the selected Ten Commandments tokens will also be placed in random city circle areas."
"Players need to rush to the selected city area in reality, find and gather the fragments, and after assembling the complete token, transport it to a specific location to seal the demon. Rewards will be calculated based on the points accumulated by each team. The team that finds the Ten Commandments token will have higher points than the team with ordinary tokens."
Linglan touched her chin, her frown showing no sign of unlocking: "It feels like the game mode is similar to the usual one, but didn't the file in Solomon Academy say that the game mode during the last reunion was very different from usual?"
You Yu nodded: "From the preview information released by the DM system now... it is indeed not much different from usual, but there will be more details at that time. Also, Sister Hongxin told us to pay attention. In the reunion mode, all the demons in the inner world will unite. Demons will replace humans in the game. If they get the token, then the game in this city will fail, and disaster will befall the corresponding city in the outer world."
"If we participate in the reunion, we will represent Night City. When gathering the fragments, we must not only be careful of the demons, but also be careful of teams from other regions... After all, only one team or one person can get the "wish" reward in the end."
Shuise lowered her eyes: "That wish..."
The reason why the Reunion Contest mode is several times more popular than the usual Demon Game is the reward given to the final winner.
A DM system can realize any desire put forward by humans.
Whether it is immortality, resurrecting someone, gaining boundless power, and countless wealth, the omnipotent high-dimensional game system DM can make it possible for all players.
This is the most obvious handwriting on the interface of the Eden App Reunion Competition, and this was confirmed by King, the founder of the Law Enforcer, nearly a hundred years ago.
Shuise seemed to have regained some energy: "Is the team the same this time?"
You Yu shrugged his shoulders: "Same same, each team participating in the team competition is required to have three or four regular players and several substitutes."
Linglan nodded: "Now, teams from other cities... generally choose to directly send three people to the field and give up the qualification of substitutes. The fewer people there are, the easier it is to run in and cooperate. Even most of the people who come for the wish will participate individually this time."
"After the reunion begins, there will be no more game space. You are likely to be the last person to participate in the game space in 2299, that is, at the end of the 22nd century, Violinist."
The girl patted Shuise's shoulder with a wicked smile. Since the other party had temporarily escaped from the vortex of the Phantom Thief Wonder, there was no need to continue the brief friendship between teammates.
Shuise: "Lily...how can you laugh? Don't forget that Youyu accidentally signed us up for a four-man team! Even if we don't want a substitute, we're still short of one person! Squid, you go around inviting others to participate in the competition every day, why don't you actually find me a new teammate!"
You Yu chuckled: "Don't worry, Shuise, our new teammate will appear naturally when the time comes."
Shuise held his forehead in distress: "But now there is only one week left before the start of the season. If we don't sign up now, we will be disqualified by the DM system or forced to participate alone--"
"brush--"
The sound of soft vines growing and sprouting swayed, and Lily of the Valley turned her head suddenly, her dark green eyes flickering slightly, like fireflies in the forest. Her smile just appeared for a second from her serious work state, and then disappeared in an instant. The corners of her mouth were flattened, and her hands were clasped together, as if she was praying.
Forest green branches instantly took root from the glass floor of the observation deck and grew rapidly in a way that did not conform to biological principles, blooming into translucent crystal ghost orchids.
You Yu spun around and jumped directly from the railing, landing next to the two of them accurately. He still looked lazy and unmotivated, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
"...I'm really impressed by your persistence."
The girl with closed eyes opened them, her pupils turned into blooming lily of the valley, her sight seemed to pass through endless space, staring at another person deep in the high-rise buildings of Night City.
"That guy actually had the guts to return to the crime scene a second time!"
The girl's voice was crisp and clear, and unlike her well-behaved appearance, it had the toughness of a vine.
Soul Tag: [Ghost Orchid Ferryman], the ferryman who controls the boundary between life and death, can give vitality to other beings through the ghost orchid vine, control dead lives, and share the vision of the controlled lives.
Apart from being able to barely act as a healing player at critical moments, this skill originally had little use in reconnaissance. However, by such a coincidence, the accumulated water left by last night's rain had not yet completely receded, and at the extreme edge of the water-colored skill's coverage range, there happened to be a row of dead urban green vegetation.
The combination of the two's skills will allow the Squid Detective Agency to detect the whereabouts of the Phantom Thief Wonder as soon as possible.
“I feel that, too.”
Shuise's eyes lit up with a bright blue light, he closed his eyes, and resonated with the accumulated water at the location pointed out by Linglan. The boy stretched out his hand, Youyu and Linglan looked at each other, and in tacit understanding, they held Shuise's hand at the same time.
The next second, light blue water ripples appeared under the feet of the three people. The boys and girls held each other's hands tightly, turned into floating water droplets, and disappeared into the observation deck where the night breeze was blowing.
On the other side, in the alley near the Neon Light Building, Bai Ye, who had changed his image and put on his hood again and transformed into Wonder, was leaning nervously against the corner of a street vending machine. On the street separated by a wall, several law enforcers walked by with serious expressions, carrying an oppressive feeling that could not be ignored.
On the other side of the street is a food street. There seems to be some event going on tonight. Bai Ye can hear the cheers and excitement of the crowd clearly even across the street.
But he made sure that he did not lower his guard even after the law enforcers walked away, because he had heard the familiar sign of the appearance of some detectives—the sound of rippling water.
A drop of rain dripped down the shop's water pipe into the almost dried-up water within sight, and a faint light flickered. That was the skill light effect of Shuise using his soul tag skill [Sonata·Rain] to instantly move between water bodies.
If Bai Ye had not been a long-time fan of the Squid Detective Agency, he would never have noticed the fleeting blue light. The three members of the Squid Detective Agency worked very well together. If he wanted to get close to the Neon Heart Building to return the Heart of Night, he had to step into the coverage area of the musical notes that Shuise had already laid out.
What's worse is that skill users with soul tags have a special mechanism. They can sign a skill sharing contract with each other. Skill users who have signed a skill sharing contract can use their skills on other people at the same time, such as transferring the color of water. However, unless they are friends who are bound by life and death, no one will entrust their life to other people.
But the Squid Detective Agency is such a group of friends. They have come step by step from the Devil’s Game and have become friends you can trust three years ago. The skill-sharing contract may become suspicion and threat to others, but to them, it is just a team skill that should not be wasted.
Bai Ye took a deep breath. He didn't have enough time to hide his tracks. He stared at the puddles that were glowing blue, ready to confront the Squid Detective Agency head-on at any time.
If Shuise was the only one coming, he wouldn't be so nervous, but...
The Squid Detective Agency, which has signed a skill-sharing contract, will definitely act together.
The strongest assistant among her peers, a powerful girl who can control her life force, and the most difficult lucky detective in the eyes of criminals.
Bai Ye felt like his brain was about to explode. Although he was still doing group work with those three guys during the day, when a real head-on confrontation came up, no one knew better than him how difficult the high school detectives from the Squid Detective Agency were.
Although these three high school students are already good enough to be called star detectives, their skills are still far greater than their fame.
"Oh, I might have to go home late tonight. I don't know if I can finish my homework..."
Bai Ye sighed, the blue light came on again, and the sound of metal objects breaking through the air tore through the night. He jumped up suddenly, supported himself lightly on the wall with both hands, and stepped directly on the top of the wall, flying up to the balcony of the second-floor house across the street like a flying bird.
The huge, sharp fork was deeply embedded in the concrete wall. A girl in a pastoral-style midi dress descended from the sky, stepped lightly on the end of the slender fork, and landed gracefully. Zhou Shen's wind lifted the beige and forest green ribbon hanging from the fork handle.
Lily of the valley blocked the direction of the alley, and the girl smiled proudly: "I found you."
"It's really hard for me to find you." The condensed water appeared out of thin air on the street. Shui Se, who had never squinted his eyes since playing a game with Wonder, stepped out of the ripples and made an off-key voice that was so excited that he gritted his teeth: "Phantom Thief Wonder."
He stretched out his hand into the air and swung out the bow, blocking the escape direction of the last thief on the ground.
"Hi Hi~"
Bai Ye was prepared and looked up towards the location where the third voice came from. Sure enough, he saw the boy wearing the iconic beret sitting on the edge of the roof, shaking his legs, and greeted him: "The road here is also blocked~"
The three of them, using the skills shared by Shuise, each blocked the three directions in which he could escape the moment they arrived. There was no confusion at all, and their tacit understanding was frighteningly strong.
Bai Ye took a deep breath and kept telling himself that he is now the mysterious thief Wonder and must not be OOC, before he regained the courage to speak.
"As expected of the Squid Detective Agency, they gave me such a big surprise right after we met. Unfortunately—"
The masked thief clapped his hands, and the next second, he showed a very crazy smile.
"Unfortunately, you still can't trap me."
The black-clad thief snapped his fingers, and almost at the same time, his body disintegrated into countless white doves that flew high into the sky from midair. Several black laser playing cards with sharp light shot steadily in front of the detectives, one for each person, less than a centimeter away from their feet, like a silent show of skill.
“…Damn it, this guy is like this again. Even if it’s a tag skill, there will be a pre-swing when using it!”
Mizuiro tried to catch up with the Phantom Thief, but ended up pulling at his own hair helplessly.
"interesting."
Although they had lost the trace of the thief, You Yu was still smiling happily: "Shui Se, I understand why you have been obsessed with him. Wonder is indeed more interesting than all the opponents we have faced before. The task of catching this thief belongs to our Squid Detective Agency!"
Shuise looked at Youyu's eyes, which were sparkling like a child who had got a favorite toy, and suddenly wanted to observe a moment of silence for Wonder.
After all, all those targeted by their captain are now working in the deepest part of Yechao Prison, enjoying a stable job.
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