The darkness seemed boundless and endless.

It's like falling off a cliff into a bottomless abyss.

It was unknown how long it had been before Fang Zheng felt his feet touch the ground, and then - the originally dark scene in front of him suddenly became bright.

"here it is……"

Fang Zheng quickly glanced around, but didn't see Sylvia, Toto Kirin, and Julie. Not only that, what appeared in front of Fang Zheng was not the teaching building he had seen before, but a Japanese-style room that looked a bit narrow. The bookcase next to it was filled with all kinds of books, and charcoal was burning in an old brazier, bringing some warmth to the room.

The windows are wooden paper windows, and a small table is placed on the tatami, and that's basically the layout.

No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like a modern building.

And at this moment, suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"I'm sorry, Kasugano-sama."

As he was talking, the paper door was pushed open, and then Fang Zheng saw a very young girl in a kimono kneeling at the door. She had short black hair that reached her shoulders, and a big green bow tied behind her head. She curiously poked her head out and looked around.

"Um...excuse me, what happened? I heard a loud noise just now..."

"Oh, nothing. Sorry."

Although he didn't know what happened, Fang Zheng quickly calmed down and answered in a low voice. After hearing Fang Zheng's words, the girl who called herself Hatsune didn't say much, but lowered her head.

"I understand. Please let me know if there is anything you need."

After saying this, the girl respectfully closed the door again and left the room.

"Um……"

Fang Zheng stared at the closed paper door and frowned. He had encountered this situation before. Fang Zheng still remembered that in the love world, he and the girls were once teleported to Tianshen Elementary School and locked in the world of evil spirits. The feeling just now was almost the same as then, which meant... this world was also a world of evil spirits?

But the girl just now seemed quite normal...

Of course, if this is the case, it reminds Fang Zheng of Rokukenjima in Conan's world. That world looks exactly like the normal world, but in fact it is also a world ruled by evil spirits. Not only that, it is also the hiding place of the mastermind behind the scenes, that is, the will of the world.

Although Fang Zheng still doesn't know what the current situation in this world is, but... in short, let's investigate the surroundings first.

After searching the room for a while, Fang Zheng found a diary in a bookcase. From the records on it, this room belonged to a man named [口口口口], who used to be a policeman, but later left the police force and became a detective - well, he feels similar to Kogoro Mouri.

The detective is currently investigating two cases, one of which was commissioned by his former superior, a series of bizarre murders in Ueno.

The other one was a request from [口口口口] to find her sister. According to the records, the girl was looking for her sister whom she had not seen for a long time. She was said to have left home five years ago and her family had been looking for her repeatedly but to no avail. However, she seemed to have been spotted in the slums here recently, so they commissioned a detective to investigate.

The letter also included a photo of the girl, who was dressed in ordinary clothes with bandages wrapped around her eyes. Judging from the diary, it seemed that the detective had some kind of connection with the girl.

"I see."

After looking through the diary and the information, Fang Zheng seemed to have some clues. According to the diary, the detective was currently staying at a "Snow White" game run by an acquaintance. If his guess was correct, then this should be the room where the detective in the game stayed. So, in this world, he was taking over the identity of that detective?

Fang Zheng made this guess because in the diary, several names were unclear, as if they were erased by someone. This was not the case with other names, so for now, his guess made sense.

Moreover, judging from the diary, in addition to the detective's own name, there are three other names that are also blurred, so it is possible that these three people are Sylvia, Toudou Kirin and Julie.

However, Fang Zheng was not in a hurry, because according to the records in the diary, the other party would come to Baixue to meet him tomorrow. At that time, he would know whether his reasoning was correct.

Early the next morning, Fang Zheng arrived at the door of "Snow White" and waited for the other party to arrive.

After waiting for nearly an hour, a familiar figure appeared in front of Fang Zheng as expected.

"Ah, it's Kasugano-kun after all!"

The one walking towards Fang Zheng with a bright smile on her face was none other than Sylvia Luneheim. However, her outfit was also strange at the moment. She was not wearing the school uniform of the Aoi-Ve Girls' School, but a kimono. It looked quite interesting.

"Huh... I'm suddenly in an unfamiliar place. I really don't know what to do."

Seeing Fang Zheng, Sylvia was obviously more relaxed, and then she also told Fang Zheng about her own experience. Like Fang Zheng, Sylvia was also teleported to a room, where she seemed to be a new actor in a troupe. Like Fang Zheng, after reading the diary and talking to the actors in the troupe, Sylvia found that she had replaced the identity of the girl who was supposed to be here. Then she also saw that the diary stated that she would come to Xuebai to meet up with [口口口口]. With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Sylvia came here to look for clues.

but……

"By the way, Kasugano-kun, where exactly is this Snow White?"

Sylvia looked at the building behind Fang Zheng in confusion.

"When I asked an uncle for directions on the street, he told me to keep going and that not everything in life is so sad. He also looked at me with sympathy... Is there something strange about this place?"

“…”

By the way, Sylvia is also a foreigner.

"This is Yuguo."

"You...Guo? Is it a place to play games? Is it like an arcade?"

In a sense, it is indeed a place where men and women play games.

"A brothel is a place where women sell their bodies to serve men... I think you understand what I mean."

Fang Zheng pointed it out directly.

"Why--!?"

It must be said that this also surprised Sylvia, but soon, she stared at Fang Zheng with a slightly red face.

"So, then Kasugano-kun, why are you here?"

"…Because I'm a detective now, and I'm supposed to be staying here."

"A detective who lives in... a place like this?"

"…Just listen carefully."

Fang Zheng spread his hands helplessly.

"Well, we still have a lot to do."

"All right."

Sylvia also knew that the situation was urgent and now was not the time to talk about these things, so they quickly left Xuebai, sat down in a nearby cafe, and began to exchange information.

"By the way, Kasugano-kun, where exactly is this place? Have we arrived in another world?"

"I don't think so."

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"I think this might be a subspace... where those evil spirits live."

"Is it hell?"

Hearing this, Sylvia's expression changed slightly, and Fang Zheng sighed.

"It's not that exaggerated... In short, I think this is just a small isolated world. It shouldn't be too big."

"So, is there any way we can get out of here?"

"It should be enough to destroy the core here, or eliminate the evil spirits here... I'm not sure either."

"Those three children, they shouldn't be here too..."

Sylvia frowned and whispered uneasily. She did say that three girls had disappeared in the old building before. Now it seemed that they might have been sucked into this space like Fang Zheng and the others, and then their identities were replaced.

"Kasugano-kun, did you see them in that...place?"

"Is their hair black?"

"That's not the case..."

"I didn't see him. He shouldn't be here."

Because of the influence of star power, the hair color of many people in the Star Vein Generation has changed. For example, Stella's hair is red, Julis's hair is pink, Sylvia's hair is purple, and Toudou Kirin and Julie's hair are silver-white. These are actually all mutations from star power.

This era should be the Showa period. The falling star shower disaster had not yet occurred at that time, and most people had black hair, so if there were different hair colors, it would be very easy to identify and could be seen at a glance.

"But what exactly are we going to do?"

Sylvia was confused by this. She had tried it before, but her ability was useless in this world. Now Sylvia didn't know why she came here inexplicably and became an actor in a theater troupe.

"Generally speaking, vengeful spirits are full of hatred and resentment, or they want to resolve this resentment. I suspect that something may have happened here, and it was not resolved in the end."

"It's not solved?"

"Of course. Didn't the newspaper say that dozens of female students died accidentally? Assuming that they were all part of a conspiracy, then this means that the conspiracy was successful, otherwise there wouldn't be dozens of deaths."

"That... makes sense."

Sylvia thought about it and decided that Fang Zheng was right. After all, so many people died and the school was closed afterwards. You can't say this is a happy ending. Not to mention that they are here now. If there is a happy ending, would this happen?

"But what does this have to do with my search for my sister?"

In this world, Sylvia is a new actress. Of course, according to her, this identity seems to have some complicated family situations, which Sylvia has not figured out yet. She just knows that this identity was originally commissioned by the detective to find her sister, and she assisted the detective in the action.

But Sylvia couldn't figure out what the connection was.

"This detective is currently investigating a series of bizarre murders that occurred in Ueno."

Fang Zheng did not hide it and spoke it out directly.

"According to the records, the victim's limbs were chopped off, his abdomen was cut open, and his internal organs showed signs of being eaten."

"you mean……!?"

Hearing this, Sylvia's eyes suddenly lit up and she stared at Fang Zheng closely. She remembered very clearly that the two students she found in the old building before looked like this!

"Yes, I think... there must be some connection between them."

Fang Zheng nodded and continued speaking.