Chapter 20 Listen to the Wind 20
Not only was he looking for Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, Shibuzawa Ryuhiko was also looking for him.
This is the guess made by Hoshino Nozomi after experiencing the white fog at night.
The evidence is that after he rescued the esper, a large number of crystal-free core esper suddenly appeared in the white mist. Under normal circumstances, is it really necessary to send so many troops to face two ordinary esper?
He used the wind to throw the mutant to the east, but the white mist showed no signs of expanding to this point. Instead, it followed him closely until he used the body of the wind elf to enter the blind spot.
The reason why Shibuzawa Ryuhiko went to Yokohama was to find him - or rather, to find the God of Wind.
Since the forbidden knowledge comes from Teyvat, does it contain information about the demon?
The sound of the Wind God's piano has the effect of soothing the spirit.
If this speculation is true, then they don't need to go to great lengths to look for him. They just need to return to the town and loudly announce the fact that "the Wind God is still here". Once Shibuzawa Ryuhiko knows about it, he will come to them on his own.
The sky was turning white, the sun was rising, and the warm orange light gradually fell on everyone, dispelling the chill of the night.
The smell of fireworks blew in the wind, the white mist completely dissipated, and ordinary people returned to the real world.
Hoshino turned around, looked at the town where they had fought before, and told the two of them his plan.
His piano music was powerful and could be carried far away with the help of the wind. As long as Shibuzawa Ryuhiko was not in the collection room, he would definitely be able to sense their arrival.
Sakaguchi Ango and Dazai Osamu looked at each other.
[Are you sure it's feasible?]
"Of course," Hoshino Nozomi said confidently, "I am the world's number one bard!"
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Ango Sakaguchi stood beside the fountain in the park, looking at the crowd who were enchanted by the singing with a numb expression.
When the song ended, Wendy stood up in a dignified manner and bowed slightly, as if the stage under her feet was a spacious and magnificent stage instead of a stone platform with a fountain.
Wendy smiled.
Dazai Osamu mingled in the crowd, clapping at appropriate times to liven up the atmosphere, and bringing out thunderous applause and banknotes from the onlookers.
——How come this guy is so skilled in the atmosphere unit? ! What on earth does the Armed Detective Agency do on a daily basis? !
Sakaguchi Ango stared at the stack of banknotes in front of him: "Thank you, but we are free--"
Before she even finished saying the word "fee", Wendy took the money with a smile on her face: "Beautiful lady, you are so generous!"
The beautiful and generous lady immediately gave him twice as much. She turned around and said, "Excuse me, what did you just say?"
Sakaguchi Ango: "...Nothing much, please help us promote the [Wandering Band]."
"Haha, of course they will. In fact, everyone in the town knows you guys now. I only came here after hearing about you from others."
The beautiful and generous lady left. Ango Sakaguchi looked at Wendy who was collecting money and was too tired to complain: [Wendy, are you short of money?]
"This is my hard-earned income," Hoshino Nozomi said confidently, "I can definitely accept it."
In fact, he does.
Having no money, or almost having no money, is one of the reasons why Hoshino Nozomi chose this method.
The system was really stingy. Apart from the safe house and an emergency fund that were equivalent to a novice gift pack at the beginning, it never gave him anything else.
Now [Side Quest 5: Find Shibuzawa Ryuhiko and Retrieve the Remaining Pages of Forbidden Knowledge (Unfinished)] is lying quietly on the panel, and as expected, there is no reward below.
[Host, I want to clarify, I really don’t dig! ]
The system clarified: [It takes a lot of energy to cross the world wall, protect the spatial coordinates of the safe house, maintain your life activities, and maintain Lord Barbatos' projection and combat system, so you must save as much energy as possible QAQ]
Xingye looked at the amount of money he had and felt a little melancholy.
Life is not easy, Fengshen sells his art.
The real God of Wind often goes to a place called Dawn Winery to eat. Could it be that this characteristic has also affected him?
If he needs to pray to other demon gods in the future, he hopes they will all be rich gods.
"Ango, you can relax a little bit. It's OK as long as the effect is good. This place is not big. I also used the wind to make the sound spread farther. As long as my guess is correct, he will definitely know."
Hoshino Nozomi took the money and gave part of it to Dazai. After being told by Sakaguchi Ango that "this guy will lose the money soon because he tries to commit suicide by jumping into the water", he quickly withdrew his half-extended hand.
Dazai Osamu puffed up his face.
"I can buy you something to eat."
[Then I want to eat crab meat.]
"No problem! I want some apples too!"
Sakaguchi Ango: “…”
He felt powerless for a moment, and he simply couldn't do anything about these two people.
Isn't it said that the things that were taken away are dangerous? You two are so nervous! Why is it that the atmosphere is like a spring outing?
"Performance of a band that came from afar to improve the music literacy of residents" During the halftime break, Sakaguchi Ango stood in the shade, the tree shade dispelled some of the heat, and when he turned around, Dazai Osamu suddenly stood beside him, and they hid under the shade of the tree together.
"It's a beautiful melody and language I've never heard of before," Dazai Osamu looked at Wendy playing with water with her fingers, holding the harp tightly in his arms, "A spirit born from the wind is very interested in human art."
The identity of a wandering poet, his skill in playing the harp and singing, and his calling "communicating with the help of the wind" as prayer... these were probably all determined by Wendy's hobbies after she was born.
"Wendy's only goal is to retrieve that thing," Sakaguchi Ango replied, "We still have a lot of things to deal with."
The treatment of Shibuzawa Ryuhiko. And what exactly is "that thing".
There was no guarantee that it wouldn't leak a second time. By then, would they still have to wait for Wendy to show up?
"If you push too hard, you'll end up like that esper," Dazai Osamu stretched out his hand, and his fingertips moved from left to right. "Whoosh, you'll be thrown back to Yokohama by the wind. Ah, wasn't that what Wendy was thinking about before?"
Sakaguchi Ango: “…It’s not impossible.”
"We've finally managed to stay here. We'll soon be able to see with our own eyes what 'that thing' is." Dazai Osamu curled his lips.
The leaves rustled and the shadows of the trees swayed in the wind, enveloping the two of them.
The warm sun shone obliquely, the ends of Wendy's hair shone slightly in the sunlight, the corners of her lips curled up, and her green eyes were as full of vitality as a forest.
Sakaguchi Ango sighed, but couldn't help but relax a little.
"But, has Ango ever thought about one thing?" Dazai Osamu's words made Sakaguchi Ango's body tense up immediately, "How did he find so many people with special abilities?"
The curve of Dazai Osamu's smile remained unchanged, but for a moment, Sakaguchi Ango felt dangerous.
The Special Powers Division will not specifically provide information for Shibuzawa Ryuhiko to capture superpowers, so...
Someone is providing Shibuzawa Ryuhiko with intelligence on psychics.
If they come into contact, the other party will likely notice something is wrong and try to get as much as possible, whether it is intelligence or the thing itself.
In the worst case scenario, Shibuzawa Ryuhiko is not the end, and the seeds of disaster have already spread all over the soil.
Dazai Osamu didn't continue speaking. He stretched, walked out of the shade of the trees, and came to the side of Hoshino Nozomi.
"Isn't it cooler under the shade of the trees?" said Hoshino Nozomi.
[Occasionally, sunbathing can make people feel refreshed. After all, my motto is to commit suicide in a refreshing, bright and energetic way, and I can't rot in a dark corner.]
"Suicide?" Hoshino Nozomi withdrew her fingertips from playing with the water. "Come to think of it, Ango just said that you often commit suicide by jumping into the water."
What a weird person, Hoshino Nozomi thought, he committed suicide so many times and yet he is still alive.
Should we say that he has a strong vitality, or that he is just unlucky and is always rescued?
[Wendy doesn’t look surprised at all. Many people would at least look surprised when they hear my motto.]
"Because," Hoshino paused, thinking about how to remedy the situation, "Dazai is probably looking for something."
"If he wanted to die, Dazai could have just pulled out the gun from Ango's waist before we could react. With a bang, everything would be over."
[So, Wendy, what do I think I'm looking for?]
"That's hard to say," Hoshino Nozomi wiped the water off his hands and smiled, "It's good enough that Dazai knows it in his heart."
Dazai Osamu also laughed: [Because this is not your responsibility, so you have no interest in exploring it?]
——Because he was also looking for an answer.
He didn't know what it was, so how could he have the nerve to brag about it in front of Dazai Osamu.
"You can say that, but it would be more accurate to say," Hoshino thought for a moment, "All I can do is make sure Dazai can survive the flames of the evil dragon, and then let you pursue your own future."
Dazai Osamu lowered his eyelashes slightly and wrote: [Will it be dangerous?]
"Don't worry, with me, the world's number one bard here, I will definitely not let you get into any danger!"
[Being a bard is not a combat profession. There is no causal relationship between the two, right?] Sakaguchi Ango couldn't help but complain.
"Well, anyway," Hoshino Nozomi assured, "since I've agreed to work with you, I won't let anything happen to you no matter what."
The young man smiled, and in the warm wind and slanting sun, he said, "Trust me for a moment, will you?"