Chapter 9 Shuise: I deserve to die.
"Okay, okay, I respect your idea."
You Yu spread his hands nonchalantly and made a gesture of invitation, just as elegantly and confidently as when he destroyed the last level of the Devil Game in the live broadcast of the Garden of Eden: "Then next, please allow me to take you to see the Solomon Academy built by King."
Bai Ye readily agreed: "Okay."
But Youyu's expression was not as calm as he usually showed. Instead, there was an indescribable hesitation and... embarrassment?
The attitude is somewhat similar to that of the young clerk before.
Bai Ye asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
You Yu: "...It's hard to say. I'll take you there to see for yourself and you'll know. Anyway, this school is not what you imagined just now."
Bai Ye complained in his heart: ...Although this person is his idol, he acts like he has the ability to read minds every day. He is really a bit annoying!
The moment he stepped into the teaching area, a red spider web barrier spread rapidly. The barrier that could not be observed from the outside just now covered the entire teaching area. Bai Ye looked up and saw everything that was jaw-dropping in front of him. He instantly understood why You Yu had that complicated expression.
The flashes of swords and sabers flashed in the school's teaching building. All kinds of strange labeled weapons appeared in everyone's hands. The teaching building seemed to have turned into a martial arts training hall, which had been bombarded with holes by label skills. From downstairs, one could directly see two students fighting in a big hole on the second floor of the teaching building.
The shadows of light and darkness were torn together, and a blood-red spider-web-like barrier enveloped the entire teaching area, dyeing the light and shadow of every inch of land in the teaching area blood-red.
There are many familiar young devil game players fighting here at the moment. The particle effects of weapons and tag skills are mixed together, which is more gorgeous and dazzling than the projection performance of the neon light building.
Bai Ye stared at the people who were fighting in amazement. They seemed to be about the same age as him and should be students of this school. If he was not mistaken... there was blood splattered on the body of some unlucky guy who was attacked just now, right?
Bai Ye murmured: "So why am I here?"
Could it be that the law enforcer was bribed by that bastard captain, so he was sent here to be killed by these fighters?
You Yu put his hands behind his head and looked at everything in front of him leisurely, looking like he was used to it: "Don't be too surprised, this is just a friendly match between our school's game department and the new law enforcers of the Sun General Administration———"
Bai Ye stared at You Yu silently. He had been watching the live broadcast of You Yu's face several times while he played the devilish game. It was the first time that he felt that You Yu's innocent face was so hateful.
Whose good guy friendship game is full of blood? !
You Yu answered Bai Ye's thoughts as if he could read his mind: "As for that, Nuo, that which just popped out was not blood, but a blood pack used to determine the attack score of the winning side. Don't worry."
You Yu paused and said, "I heard about your deeds. The law enforcers transferred you here... Well, I can understand their thinking. There are more and more demon games recently, and the second 'Reunion' season is about to begin. The Sun Law Enforcement Bureau is really short of people, so they can only bring you here as manpower."
Bai Ye was about to say something but stopped talking. He had already gotten used to You Yu suddenly answering his complaints as if he could read his mind: "...Sun is really a bit unpicky. I might as well just go to jail in Yechao."
You Yu smiled and shook his finger: "But at least even if we are members of the neutral player organization, the Sun Enforcement Bureau will give us money and provide accommodation. It can be considered a job after all. If we complete a demon game, the bonus can reach this number."
You Yu made a six, and Bai Ye changed sides instantly: "Just pretend I didn't say anything, Sun is number one in the world, unrivaled for all eternity!"
"Well, the confrontation during the Demonic Hour won't end in a short while. I'll take you to the teaching building first. Teacher Hongxin should be there. He will take you to learn more about the fate of those of us who have tag skills."
Bai Ye recognized the word "Red Heart" from You Yu's words. This was another acquaintance from the night when the Night's Heart was stolen. He was one of the four leading law enforcers and also an assistant teacher employee assigned by Sun to this special Solomon Academy.
Before, he was wondering why Shuise and Youyu both seemed to be very familiar with Hongxin. That kind of familiarity was not the formulaic familiarity between officials and detectives who often worked together, but a more private familiarity.
So it’s the relationship between teacher and student?
Bai Ye pushed the thick black framed glasses on his eyes, and his slightly messy curly bangs fell down, making him look even more harmless.
You Yu snapped his fingers, and the blood-red color instantly faded from their sight. He led the way in front, bringing Bai Ye back from the twisted teaching area to the iconic building at the beginning - the King statue.
Looking at the statue of the founder King, Bai Ye suddenly looked up: "May I ask you a question? ...Why is this school called Solomon?"
The devil game software of the DM system is called "Eden", but the special school established by law enforcers is called Solomon Academy. They are both from the same ancient legend. Is there any metaphor behind this?
"There's no metaphor. I'll tell you quietly—" You Yu patted Bai Ye's shoulder: "Sister Hong Xin told me that this name is simply to take advantage of the demons in the other world. After all, Solomon is the legendary leader of demons and has the upper hand in metaphysics. In this way, we will definitely win every time we play against demons!"
Bai Ye looked at You Yu in shock, feeling like a time traveler who had come to this world for the first time.
I didn't expect... that the law enforcers who are the guardians of Night City are also so dishonest... Some of my imaginations suddenly disappeared in disillusionment.
“…President?”
Bai Ye was shocked when another very familiar voice came faintly from the direction of the teaching area. You Yu turned around and smiled even more brightly, like a puppy who had found an acquaintance. He jumped and pounced towards the person with extremely exaggerated body movements.
"Hey, hey! Don't jump on me all of a sudden—do you want to fight me too?"
The man let out a strange cry and tried to avoid You Yu, who was clinging to everyone he saw like a plaster, but he failed.
Bai Ye turned around and met a pair of silver-white eyes like crystal. It was Shuise who faced the devil with him in the devil game last night.
The boy's short light blue hair was still stained with blood, and there were large splashes of blood all over his body, and even blood was dripping down the corners of his school uniform, like a murderer who had just escaped from a murder scene.
You Yu didn't care at all and rushed over excitedly to give Shuise a loving hug.
I don’t know why, maybe it’s because the identity of the Phantom Thief Wonder is closely related to Shuise. Although he was not familiar with Shuise before, Bai Ye always felt that he had an inexplicable sense of gloating when seeing an acquaintance get into trouble.
He quickly lowered his head and held back his laughter. A normal person would have shown fear at this moment, but regardless of his identity as Wonder or a juvenile delinquent, he didn't seem to be scared when he saw the blood.
Bai Ye's mouth twitched, and he began to think about how he should react to be like a qualified freshman.
Shuise didn't tolerate his president at all and pushed Youyu aside. The swirling water stream brought by [Sonata·Rain] fell from the air, and the clean rain instantly washed away all the blood on his body.
Shuise narrowed his eyes and looked at the new student behind Youyu. The boy stood there with a calm expression, looking weak and fragile, like a harmless little lamb.
But sheep are the embodiment of the devil and the representative of lies.
The other party is said to be an ordinary high school sophomore in Wheatfield Town. He had no signs of awakening any label skills, but suddenly awakened and almost killed Captain Faust, the law enforcer patrolling Wheatfield Town. What he did was serious and bad. Even with the Minors Protection Act, a note was made in his file and he was thrown into Solomon Academy for observation.
Solomon Academy was directly under the jurisdiction of the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau, and most of its students were family members of law enforcers. Law enforcers gathered there all year round, and it was almost the safest place in Night City besides Night Tide and the Law Enforcement Bureau. A juvenile delinquent was thrown here with great fanfare. No matter how you looked at it, it was wrong... and -
Shuise tugged at the corner of Youyu's clothes, ignoring the latter's confused look, and blinked his silver eyes: "You seem to be very familiar with him, President?"
You Yu instantly understood what Shuise, her junior high school classmate and gaming partner, meant, and smiled and waved, "I went out for a walk last night and happened to meet this new classmate. He was having some troubles at the time, so he had no chance at all. Don't worry."
Although You Yu was smiling as usual, his eyes were very serious.
What the young detective meant was that the other party had absolutely no chance of being involved in the theft of Night Heart last night, nor could he be an accomplice of the thief as Mizuiro suspected. So he should not infuse false suspicion and targeting on others due to excessive obsession.
Bai Ye struggled to maintain his quiet and taciturn personality, his fingers hidden in his sleeves clenched and unclenched nervously. Fortunately, the details that the game simulator had forged for him were relatively successful, making You Yu mistakenly believe that he had fallen ill in the alley last night and stayed there for a long time, and had no opportunity to cooperate with the Phantom Thief Wonder to commit the crime.
Although normal people would not think that an important vigilant with his hands controlled by warning rings would dare to be a collaborator of the thief, it seems that Mizuise has become quite paranoid because of that game.
Fate really loves to play tricks on him. Bai Ye never dreamed that in the end it would be the president of the detective agency who would provide the most crucial alibi for him, the thief.
"...Since the president has said so, let me apologize. I'm sorry, but you should have heard about what happened last night...I had to find that damn thief, so I was a little aggressive."
Miuse bowed sincerely to apologize. His silver eyes had not closed since the Night Heart incident last night, as if the Phantom Thief Wonder had hit him so hard that even his squinting eyes had disappeared.
Bai Ye waved his hands hurriedly. He was just a dangerous person who needed to be watched all the time. He really didn't need Shuise to be so polite to him: "It's okay, it's okay..."
The young man lowered his eyes. His cobalt blue eyes, which were clearly so bright in color, seemed to be covered with a layer of frost and were dull and lifeless.
Shuise realized that the other party was really not angry, or rather, he really didn't care.
Bai Ye looked at Shuise's apologetic expression, as if he had done something wrong, and tried to comfort him: "And I'm used to it."
This was true. Anyway, his current identity was just a dangerous juvenile delinquent. Because that bastard Captain Faust used his connections to smear him, he had heard a lot of sarcasm and cold words from the nightnet forum or familiar people during this period.
Even the charge was based on a misunderstanding, so Shuise's small targeting was nothing.
But Shuise seemed to be in even worse pain, and his whole body instantly weakened, as if he had been shot. He staggered back a step, as if he would fall down in the next second.
Bai Ye: ...I always feel like I said something wrong?
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