Chapter 53 Anchache
On November 21st, late at night, in an apartment in Shangshi City.
"Accept the video call." Anson Lu yawned and read in a vague voice.
As the words fell, the chat panel expanded.
Urushihara Ritsu's face appeared on the screen, and his background was a prosperous skyscraper standing side by side like giants, with huge LED screens embedded on the surface of the skyscrapers.
If you look more closely, you can see the famous Tokyo Tower, also known as the Tokyo Sky Tree, which is one of the most famous sights in Tokyo.
Different from what Anson Deer had imagined.
He originally thought that what would be reflected on the screen would be the dark prison ceiling, and Urushihara Ritsu could only wait until the guard fell asleep and then secretly call him, just like a little kid whose parents restricted the time he could play with his phone.
What a pity... this guy seems to be living a pretty carefree life.
"Lu-kun, I'm sorry to bother you so late."
"It's okay." Anson Lu held up his chin and ate a potato chip. "The time difference between Japan and China is only one hour. It's only 10 o'clock here at night. It's not too late for a night owl like me."
"That's good."
Urushihara Ritsu adjusted the panel so that it was facing his body.
He was wearing a pitch-black tuxedo and from the looks of it he was standing on the railing of a suspension bridge. Under the bridge was a deep bay - the sea was rising and falling, and the dark tides were rising and falling.
"You're not standing on the Tokyo Bay Bridge, are you?" Anson Lu was shocked. "Damn it, Brother Crow, let's talk it over. Don't lose hope in this world. There's always light at the end of the tunnel, okay?"
As we all know, countless corpses were sunk in Tokyo Bay.
Urushihara Ritsu chuckled and thought that Anson Lu's thinking was still as erratic as ever.
"Lu Jun, how could I possibly have the thought of committing suicide? I just escaped from prison using the 'Phantom Crow' not long ago."
"Please, what psychopath would stand on Tokyo Bay and chat like you?"
"That's true..." Urushihara Ritsu put his hand on his chin, as if thinking about how to refute.
"But you're so amazing that you even managed to get out of Tokyo Central Prison."
"It's a piece of cake."
“Beep——”
The sound of vehicle horns came from above the Tokyo Bay Rainbow Bridge and reached Anson Lu's ears through the panel.
If it was two weeks ago, Anson Lu would never have thought that there would be a psychopath standing on the railing of the Tokyo Bay Bridge, talking to him on video with a leisurely look on his face. This is simply insane...
Help…
How on earth did I end up working with this freak for a whole week and even working with him to start a freak union? I've had enough, okay?
Anson Lu's eyes twitched slightly, he calmed down and asked:
"So, what do you want from me?"
"I have found out the information about that 'Icelandic girl'."
"I almost believed it. How did you investigate in prison?" Anson Lu was stunned.
Urushihara Ritsu's hair was messy due to the wind blowing over Tokyo Bay.
He said calmly, "I know a lot of people in the underground world, and I have ways to get them to help me get some information. Of course, they have to pay for it."
"Niu, so what did you say she was hiding last time?"
"The three traits required for the special sequence 'Snow Country Walker' are hyperthymesia, lack of emotion, and..." Urushihara Ritsu paused and said, "Anchache Syndrome."
"What is this? It sounds so high-end?" Anson Lu was puzzled.
"Simply put, this is an extremely rare, terminal disease."
"Terminal illness?"
"Yes, this symptom has only appeared in a dock village in Iceland." Urushihara Ritsu said: "The village is called 'Djupivogur', located in the north of Iceland, with a sparse population. Yuri was born there."
"What and what?" Anson Lu said in a daze, "No, why would the system use a terminal illness as a trait to match a special sequence?"
"Lu Jun, first of all, I need to tell you..."
Urushihara Ritsu said slowly: "Patients with Anchache syndrome will have two clinical manifestations: 'emotional loss' and 'hypermia'."
It took Anson Lu a while to react. He belatedly asked, "So... the system actually only used one of her traits when matching the sequence?"
Urushihara Ritsu said affirmatively: "Yes, that's why she hid it from us."
"What other symptoms does this terminal illness have?" Anson Lu asked.
"Hair turns gray."
"No wonder she has white hair at such a young age." Anson Lu complained, "It's just a small problem. There's no need to call it a 'terminal illness'. It doesn't sound very serious."
"So far, there have been only three cases of Anchache syndrome, the first of which was an Icelandic girl named 'Kaki' who was also born in that port village.
"She died three days after her eighteenth birthday. I heard that her death was very tragic. Specifically, she melted into water like ice, and then evaporated into gas..."
"What is that?"
Anson Deer's pupils shrank slightly.
"The second case also showed similar symptoms." Urushihara Ritsu said calmly, "Another girl died the day after she turned eighteen, and the cause of death was the same as the first case."
"You are putting this decreasing series here..." Anson Lu was silent for half a second, and then said, "Are you trying to say that Yuri might die at the age of eighteen?"
"Yes, based on existing cases, this should be the case."
Anson Lu opened his lips slightly but said nothing.
He recalled the Icelandic girl's profile hidden by her snow-white hair, and the words "thank you".
What was she saying at that time? Was she thanking me for going all the way to Sapporo Ski Resort to find her alone, or was she thanking me for admitting that we were friends?
But this is too humble...
You're so competitive that you can fight me for two hours at a chess game, but you'd say 'thank you' for something as trivial as this...
Speaking of which, Anchache syndrome, how can you get along with people in real life if you suffer from this crappy disease? If you are not a freak, you will be turned into a freak. It's really funny.
Maybe, I really am her first friend.
Anson Lu sighed and asked in a low voice: "Since this matter has not been spread out, it should be kept secret by the Icelandic government. How did you find out?"
"To put it simply, I know a few gamblers in Iceland, and the rest is difficult to explain..."
"Okay, so what are you going to do..." After a pause, Anson Deer asked in a low voice: "We can't save her, right?"
"I still have a lot to say." Urushihara Ritsu raised his deep eyes and said almost word by word: "Lu Jun, I really hope you can listen to me patiently."
"you say."
"When she first showed symptoms at the age of 10, her father left the family out of fear, and her mother negotiated to sell her to the Icelandic government for research."
Urushihara Ritsu spoke calmly, and continued: "After that, she left the port village and came to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland."
"Um."
"In fact, Icelandic medical scientists were helpless with this symptom, so they offered her to capital." Urushihara Ritsu said slowly, "White hair, hypermnesia, lack of emotion, under the marketing of capital, these characteristics made her a child star, and she frequently appeared on stage. I think everyone likes geniuses, especially geniuses with defects, because this can help them achieve psychological balance, right?"
"oh."
"But a year ago, at the age of 16, she retired from the stage and disappeared from the sight of Icelanders," said Urushihara. "She ran away, but failed. The existence of Anchache syndrome made her body much weaker than ordinary people, and it was impossible for her to run away at that time."
After a pause, he continued: "After that, her health deteriorated. The Icelandic government did not want to give up this cash cow, so she received treatment in the hospital for a year."
Anson Deer said nothing.
“Finally, too much money has been invested in research, but progress on treatments is nowhere near being achieved…
“When the Icelandic government was about to give up on her treatment, she awakened a special sequence in the evolution game – Snow Country Walker, becoming the third special sequence player in the Icelandic capital.
"Because of this, her health improved and she was able to leave the hospital bed where she had been staying day after day for the past two years."
When Urushihara Ritsu said this, he raised his deep eyes and stared at Anson Lu.
"But at this time, the Icelandic government forced her to cooperate. As long as she was willing to cooperate with the national action, her mother in the dock village would be safe."
"Ha..." Anson Lu said, "No, if you want to talk nonsense, at least you can make it sound reasonable, right? Her mother has already sold her out, how could she still do that for..."
Urushihara Ritsu interrupted him, "During these seven years, she has always believed that her mother sent her to the hands of government officials in order to save her. She has always believed this."
Anson Deer's voice suddenly stopped, his face twitched slightly, and light flashed in his eyes.
"It's really sad, isn't it?"
Urushihara Ritsu said slowly:
"First she was a plaything of capital, now she is a puppet of the government, and it will be the same in the future. She has never been free. Perhaps during this time in Hokkaido, she has experienced things she has never experienced before."
The messy hair covered Anson Deer's deep brown eyes.
He asked calmly: "Is she still in the capital of Iceland?"
"Yes." Urushihara Ritsu nodded, "And I have good news. Her mother died in the first round of the Evolution Game, but she is still kept in the dark by the Icelandic government."
Anson Deer said softly: "I understand what you want to do."
"By the way, she deleted me as a friend, so I can't directly transfer this 'travel coupon' to her through a transaction. This matter can only be handed over to you." Urushihara Ritsu said lightly.
“That’s all I want to say… I’ll leave the rest to your judgment, Lu-kun.
“If you think she is not worthy of redemption, then let her become a puppet. After the remaining six months, when all her value has been squeezed out, she will melt into ice and die completely.
"Or, I have a 'travel coupon' in my hand, which I got from a trade with a Tokyo player. You know what you can do. This right is in your hands."
In today's world, cities all over the world are blocked by invisible walls, and only by using a prop called a travel scroll can one leave the original city.
Urushihara Ritsu means...
First, let Anson Deer use the travel scroll he has on hand to go to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, to find Yuri.
Secondly, Anson Deer gave another travel scroll to Yuri, allowing Yuri to leave Reykjavik and go to the copy from somewhere else.
This way, the next time Yuri comes out of the dungeon, he won't return to Reykjavik.
"It's true that we can't save her from the disease, but we can give her freedom," said Ritsu Urushihara.
"So, why did I do this?" Anson Lu sighed and asked, "Because I am the president you appointed?"
"She might only negotiate with you. As for me, if I go to her, I guess she won't listen to me, not a word." Urushihara Ritsu said as a matter of course.
"Crow, I need evidence..." Anson Deer said without question, "Proof that her parents are dead. Otherwise, I won't be able to convince her even if we go to Iceland."
"I will give you the evidence. This is a necessary step."
"And..." Anson Lu slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of dark brown eyes under his hair, and said in an extremely cold voice, "If I go to Iceland and find that the facts are even a little different from what you said, I will make you pay the price."
“A heavy price to pay.”
Qi Yuanliu was startled for a moment.
He had never seen Anson Deer look like this before.
It was as if a man-eating beast was lurking in those dark brown eyes, so deep that it was frightening.
"I promise you with my life, Lujun." Urushihara Ritsu said slowly: "I can't use any one-sided, incomplete, and untrustworthy information to mislead you. If my information is inconsistent with the facts, then..."
"Alright..." Anson Lu interrupted him, "The next round of dungeons will start on the 24th. I will use the 'travel coupon' to go to the capital of Iceland. Whether I can persuade that three-no girl is another matter."
"Okay, that puts me at ease."
A brief silence fell between the two of them.
The water in Tokyo Bay is flowing, the traffic on the Rainbow Bridge is like a dragon, and the prosperous high-rise buildings in the distance are displaying knowledge related to the [Evolution Game] on hanging LED screens.
"When I bring the Icelandic girl back to Shangshi City, you can come over here too." Anson Lu said calmly, "Anyway, you have to hide from the police in Tokyo, which is very tiring."
Urushihara Ritsu was stunned for two seconds, then smiled and said, "Of course, but I have some things to deal with."
"How long will it take?"
Urushihara Ritsu said thoughtfully: "Well, when the second instance is almost over, I can come to Shangshi City. I guess by then, we will have more than three members."
"There aren't so many freaks on earth..." Anson Deer said emotionlessly:
"Our union wants to recruit people. The first thing is that the person is unwilling to obey the government's management. This alone can exclude many players, not to mention special sequence players."
"This is the kind of person we want to recruit, Lujun." Urushihara Ritsu said calmly, "I admire lonely and proud souls, not puppets without any personal spirit like running dogs."
"That sounds nice," Anson Lu teased, "but in reality, it's just a bunch of freaks getting together to keep each other warm."
"That's enough." Urushihara Ritsu said, "Special people need special safe havens. It has always been like this since ancient times."
"Has anyone ever said that you are simply..."
After a pause, Anson Lu said with disgust: "The Virgin Mary among weirdos."
"Hehe..." Urushihara Ritsu chuckled twice.
"If you must put it this way, then you are Jesus among freaks, Lu Jun. I think that without you, the guild 'Hell Lighthouse' would never be able to be established in theory."
"The outbreak ends here. If we continue to talk, our union will really have to change its name to 'Chuunibyou Exchange Meeting'." Anson Lu let out a long sigh and said, "Let's take a break. It's getting late."
"Thank you, Deer-kun."
"What?"
"Thank you for your trust in me. I think anyone would find what I just said unbelievable."
"It does sound ridiculous. I never thought that the Icelandic girl's situation was so complicated." Anson Deer whispered:
"However, I just intuitively think that you can trust me, and my intuition is usually quite accurate. At least from the time I was born until now, even..." He paused, "I have never been wrong once."
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