Chapter 54: Ming Shen Eternal 30

In the end, Dazai gave up on facing the challenge and did not call him "beautiful sir".

Fortunately, Gojo Satoru doesn't need to be so cautious.

After teleporting, they arrived at the so-called performance site.

This place is equipped with all the equipment needed for a performance: a stage, a curtain, lights, sound systems, and audience seats... The only problem is that there are only three of them in the audience.

"Oh, it's so quiet." Gojo Satoru said.

Even so, none of them were surprised.

As the person who brought the invitation letter, Dazai Osamu knew the inside story best; Raiden Cinema and Gojo Satoru had searched the Internet based on the information on the invitation letter early in the morning and confirmed that there was no magician named Nicolai in Japan, and that this venue had no performances scheduled for today.

So theoretically, the three of them couldn't get in—at least not through the normal channels.

If we force our way through, the security equipment here will inevitably be triggered.

Raiden glanced at the smiling Dazai Osamu and said, "You must have thought about it a long time ago."

Whether it was the two invitations prepared in advance or the special method of arrival that only Gojo Satoru could do now, they all showed Dazai Osamu's intention - from the very beginning, his target was Raiden Kage and Gojo Satoru.

"After all, I don't have much fighting ability," Dazai Osamu thought that Lei Danying was complimenting him, "If I encounter a slightly tricky situation, I will fall into danger and my life will be in danger."

Gojo Satoru: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this.”

“How cruel.”

"Okay," Lei Dianying interrupted, "So that means the magician also has a similar ability to teleport, right?"

“That’s right!!!”

A high-spirited voice rang out from the air, and with the sound of crisp finger snaps, a spinning white top appeared in the center of the stage. After spinning several times in place, it suddenly stopped, revealing its full appearance:

Wearing a white top hat and half a mask, he looks like both a magician and a clown.

Besides, he was holding another person in his arms.

"Sigma! My magical assistant!"

Gogol waved his arm and threw the humanoid creature out. The young man called "Sigma" had a strange hair color, half of it was milky white and the other half was light purple, like a large ice cream made of vanilla and taro.

Sigma staggered a few steps: "Hey! You didn't tell me I wanted to be a magic assistant before you came here! Do you really want to perform magic? You're not a magician!"

"From now on, it is," Gogol thought for a moment and said happily, "Show the audience a human body cutting magic trick, and Sigma will be the performance prop!"

"I refuse."

"Then I'll be the prop and Sigma will perform."

“I don’t want it!!”

Lei Movie: "..."

If Dazai Osamu hadn't said it himself, she would probably have doubted the identities of the two people by now.

As members of the terrorist organization "The Five Degenerates of Heaven", they are really too carefree... no, should I say too casual? They don't look like terrorists at all.

There is one more thing worth noting.

Raiden scanned the system panel: [Side Mission 8: Recover the forbidden knowledge from Sigma (unfinished).]

Sigmar had been exposed to forbidden knowledge. He was nominally Fyodor's companion, so it was understandable that he had been exposed to such knowledge.

"Miss."

After Sigma's strong protest, Gogol turned to the audience and asked: "Would you like to help me complete this performance?"

Lei Dianying thought about it and nodded.

Gojo Satoru frowned in disapproval, and then he heard Lei Dianying say, "Just help you control Sigma, right? I can hold him down."

"That's not what I meant at all," Gogol said cheerfully, "but it's also a very good solution, miss. Your idea is beyond my expectation. It's really free and interesting."

Gojo Satoru: “So it can be done this way.”

Dazai Osamu: “It seems to be feasible.”

Sigma: "...Why don't you ask the person concerned for his opinion..."

He couldn't stand the existence of these supermen.

"We didn't gather here today just to watch the magic show, did we?" Sigma decided to save himself.

Dazai Osamu: "But watching a magic show won't take up much time."

"You bastard," Sigma glared at him and said sarcastically, "You are so energetic. It seems that your injuries have healed."

"Of course, it's thanks to Miss Ying that she has a kind heart and found a great doctor," Dazai Osamu replied.

He was injured while investigating in Italy, and the murderer was none other than Gogol, who was about to perform a magic trick.

According to Gogol himself, he was preparing to go to Japan, assassinate Nozomi, and then -

"Then I happened to run into Dazai-kun on the road and shot him~"

Dazai Osamu smiled and said, "Yes, that's it."

Lei Dianying was puzzled: "Did you have any grudges against each other before?"

Gogol denied it. In fact, that was the first time they met.

Since it was not a personal grudge, it means he fired the shot for someone else.

For Fyodor?

If this is true, then they must have a strong bond. In this case, would Gogol betray Fyodor, first preparing to kill Noose on his own, and then cooperate with them?

Dazai looked normal. What she was thinking of now, Dazai must have considered, but he chose to believe Gogol instead of worrying that he would provide false information and put them in danger.

Is it because she has to do this in order to find the noose at this stage, or is there a hidden story that she doesn't know about?

"Are you doubting me, young lady?" Gogol saw her doubt. "Fedya is of course my best friend. No one else can understand my ideals so well."

"ideal?"

"Freedom. Freedom from any constraints." Gogol threw the hat high into the air and caught it with his hand. "It is different from being bound by gravity. It is like a bird that can fly freely in the sky."

That's why he wanted to kill Noose.

The evolution that Nozomi desires is to utilize Tian Yuan to assimilate all of humanity into one.

Thoughts, feelings, actions... turn countless changes into the eternal "one".

As for how this "one" is calculated and whether they can still retain their independent consciousness by then, these are all unknowns.

This is completely contrary to the freedom that Gogol pursues. He will never allow anyone to build a cage to imprison all of humanity for their own selfish desires.

Not to mention, this cage would most likely end up imprisoning him.

After all, no one can predict whether Nozomi will harm other countries and regions if his plan in Japan succeeds.

Sigma agreed to work with Gogol for similar reasons.

Dazai still agreed with their words.

Raidenying glanced at the two people in front of him.

There is nothing wrong with the logic of the behavior.

But have they not considered the future? If Fyodor knew that Gogol and Sigma had ruined his plan, he would not let them off easily.

Let’s not talk about Gogol for now. This guy’s words and deeds are very arbitrary and cannot be guessed by common sense. Sigma behaved like an ordinary person from beginning to end, and he joined the "Five Decays of Heaven" because Fyodor promised to help him find a "home".

He has desires.

In other words, in some ways, his connection with Fyodor is closer than that of Gogol, who claims to be "a close friend of Fyodor."

Was he sure he could escape and had found a new employer, or was there some other reason...

"That's a good reason," Raiden nodded. "People who unswervingly pursue their ideals are worthy of admiration."

"Nikolai is pursuing freedom in his own way. What about you? Sigma, what will you do if you lose Fyodor's help?"

Sigma was stunned for a moment.

The eyes staring at him were like a dreamy light purple ocean, magnificent and beautiful, yet fraught with danger. If one was not careful, he would be swept in by the waves and drowned in the deep sea.

Why did she suddenly ask him this question... Did she discover something... No, maybe she was just asking casually.

Gogol remained calm - no, he was even very interested in the topic and was waiting for his answer with great interest, without giving him any hints or covering up!

Calm down, calm down, and think about how to answer.

Did he suddenly realize that he could find his own "home" without Fyodor? Or did he realize that Fyodor only wanted to use him, so he betrayed him?

Calm down.

“The assumption is not true.”

"oh?"

"We are still useful," Sigmar said. "For Fyodor, nothing is more important than this."

There is no more convincing argument than "benefits".

Ideals, feelings... these vague words are not as real and reliable as interests.

He observed Lei Dianying's expression carefully and cautiously, his heart pounding in his chest as if it would explode in the next second.

"Utilization value," Lei Dianying pondered, "Nikolai has abilities similar to teleportation, but you seem to be just an ordinary person."

Sigma: “…” Although he thought so, Lei Dianying still felt a little frustrated when he said it directly.

She suddenly raised her hand, as if wanting to touch him.

Sigma's heartbeat quickened again.

Coming.

Superpowers, activation.

Raikage's fingertips rested on Sigma's shoulders.

【Recycling successful.】

【Do you want to check the memory?】

【no.】

——Sigma’s ability is to exchange the information that the person he touches wants to know most with the information that he himself wants to know most.

The moment the forbidden knowledge was successfully recovered, these words suddenly appeared in Hoshino Nozomi's mind.

Fell into a trap!

The naginata appeared in his hand instantly, and Hoshino Wang turned his wrist, and the blade rushed straight at the two men. Gogol screamed in surprise, said "something bad is going to happen", grabbed Sigma's collar, threw his hood, and fled the scene at the moment when the blade and the hood touched.

A piece of paper floated down slowly, and there seemed to be an address written on it.

Before Hoshino Nozomi could check, Dazai Osamu suddenly told him a location, and Gojo Satoru immediately teleported and disappeared in the theater.

"It seems that Nikolai's transmission range is about thirty meters."

"You..." Hoshino Nozomi was about to ask Dazai how he knew that, but suddenly realized something, "Ango was watching the surveillance nearby. Did you know that a long time ago?"

"I met Gogol in Italy, and he happened to be looking for a noose and was willing to cooperate. No matter how you look at it, it was really lucky," Dazai shrugged. "I don't think such good luck will befall me."

"But it's true that he wanted to kill Noose."

Dazai picked up the note that fell on the ground and handed it to Hoshino Nozomi: "So, this is true."

"Nikolai wants to kill Noose, which means that Fyodor has discarded Noose."

In other words, the energy of the summoning may be sufficient.

"Since you already knew about Sigma's ability to exchange information, it means that we have not obtained any useful information from him," Xingye Wang took the note, "Aren't you afraid that he will get something from me?"

"Sigma's ability can also be considered as a spiritual one, right? After all, its essence is to extract things from the brains of both parties."

"so?"

"So, I think his ability has no effect on you - no, it should be said that it can only be transmitted one way."

Dazai Osamu smiled and said something very firm.

Hoshino Nozomi did not refute.

The fact is just as Dazai Osamu said, Sigma did not get what he wanted to know from him. At the moment when Sigma's ability was activated, the system conducted a will assessment.

He only had 10 points of willpower, but this time he rolled 20 and failed the appraisal. In desperation, Hoshino Nozomi chose to use his luck to make up for the point difference, with a redemption condition of 1:1.

He directly burned 15 points of luck and changed the appraisal result to normal success.

Now, his luck has dropped from 60 to 45.

But compared to the information that was extracted from him by Sigma, this price was nothing.

After thinking about why Dazai Osamu came to this conclusion, Hoshino Nozomi felt that it was related to Yumeno Hisasaku.

When he was using the Wind God Vest, he was hit by Yumeno Hisasaku's ability. At that time, his will identification failed and he fell into hallucination. Fortunately, he regained his sanity after the identification was successful. To outsiders, it seems that Wendy and others have a very high resistance to mental attacks.

This matter must have been told to Dazai Osamu by Nakahara Chuuya, or Dazai Osamu must have gotten it out of Nakahara Chuuya.

"Since you already had a plan," Xingye Wang calmed down, "Why didn't you tell us earlier?"

This question stumped Dazai Osamu.

He thought silently for a while, and finally gave the answer "I'm used to it".

Xing Yewang: “…”

Forget it. Now I just hope Gojo Satoru can successfully capture Gogol.

A few minutes later, Gojo Satoru returned empty-handed.

His expression was unusually serious: "Someone rescued them."