Chapter 102 Arriving at the Right Time
102.
Oh, it seems there is such a thing?
Is this matter still not over? You turned your head nonchalantly and shouted to the original Pokémon: "Our Lord Dazai is asking you a question, Dragon God, please speak."
The original Pokémon tilted its head in confusion: "Meow?"
It remembers that the dark one is called Dazai. Should it talk to that person?
The considerate prototype Pokémon slowly moved over and gave a friendly "meow" to Dazai Osamu who was standing on the edge of the rooftop. The latter swiftly dodged the venom that was sprayed out.
"...Are you planning to kill people to silence them?" Dazai Osamu looked at the ground that was gradually corroding, and his eyes twitched. "My dream is indeed to embrace death...but I'd rather not die by being poisoned by stinky saliva."
"What I'm after is a refreshing and painless death."
"How come?" You finished the last skewer, wiped your mouth with the back of your hand, and put the barbecue kit into your backpack. "Xiaobao, what bad intentions do you have? Xiaobao just wants you to touch it."
“Hey, you two——” Nakahara Chuuya, who was standing nearby, suddenly rushed out and grabbed you and Dazai Osamu by the collars, and without even saying three, two, one, he jumped directly out of the rooftop, “Choose the right time to chat!!”
There is a gas tank under their feet!
Nakahara Chuuya just noticed that the floor was corroded and the stored gas was hissing out.
Originally, Nakahara Chuuya was relieved, thinking that the gas had not encountered a violent collision or reached the source of fire, so it would not explode for no reason - not to mention their luck, it would not be that bad - but when he turned around, he saw the burning charcoal that you had not taken back.
“Oh, so that’s how it is.” With your fate held by the scruff of your neck, you nodded seriously, “A body that dies by jumping off a building will be more intact than one that dies by explosion. Chuuya, you’re really thoughtful!”
"Well, if two people die together, it's a love suicide, but if three people die together, it doesn't count..." After thinking for a second, Dazai Osamu gave up the struggle, his eyes full of longing, "Great, I will definitely be able to cross the bridge this time!"
Nakahara Chuuya responded with an angry rolled tongue: "Who wants to commit suicide?"
"But..." You hold down Liu Hai's upward-flying hair, "We are falling all the time. Will we be broken into pieces? What do you mean by you are in me and I am in you... This kind of relationship feels a bit ambiguous."
"Do you think I want to?" Nakahara Chuuya said in despair, "I forgot that this guy's ability has been invalidated." His original plan was to carry the two of them and fly into the sky.
"Not dead." You smiled calmly at the other two. "The ancient and modern Mi Man who is in charge of resurrection will pull you back from hell."
Gravity control, such a useful superpower, I should go to the factory of the future to move bricks and do construction!
The five buildings next door are really abominable. They recruited so many useful NPCs, but didn't even think of giving one to the cat man. You thought sinisterly that when you fill in the game questionnaire, you must report these five buildings and make the Hong Kong//black disappear in the public beta version.
“Are you kidding me?!” Nakahara Chuuya’s face wrinkled into a ball, “I don’t want to die so easily!”
“Hey, you…” He looked at you, his eyes as beautiful as the sea, shining in the darkness, “Don’t die so easily.”
He said softly.
“…Someone will be sad.”
*
But no one died.
Just before you fall to the ground, a golden cube suddenly appears and blocks you in mid-air.
You regretfully put "Postpartum Care for Sows" back around your waist and looked at the two people in the cubicle: "It's a pity that you can't experience Master Cat's resurrection business."
"Eh..." Dazai Osamu said shudderingly, "You're going to bring me back to life after finally dying? What a vicious cat."
"Haha, now that you say that, I will definitely not let you die, you idiot who can't even lick the hook."
Nakahara Chuuya, who did not join in the quarrel between the elementary school students, lowered his head in surprise: "Rantou?!"
"Hmm..." Rambo, who was wrapped up tightly, stood below. He looked at you and said with a smile, "Isn't it the right time for me to come, Manager?"
You thought briefly, took out your pickaxe, and opened a few holes for Rambo's ability. Then, holding an NPC in one hand - the forced love version of Hug - you jumped through the gap.
"Bang--"
Amid the sound of gas explosions, you hugged the two NPCs who were struggling desperately and reached out to Rambo. The cat man said affectionately: "No, you came at the right time."
Rimbaud smiled and remained silent, throwing you the Ichimonji Norimune and Sonroku Kanemoto he had picked up on the road - you rode the bird too fast and dropped the two blades into the old world.
You let go of Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya, and frantically responded to the inspection of the Honmaru NPC.
The original Pokémon sees a familiar animal getting close to you and becomes unhappy. It meows and puts its head directly to the ground, meaning that Pokémon is a good treasure. Don't touch the powerful beast that has no treasure, come and touch the treasure.
Come and coax the summoner's good friend, the Pokémon, or it will get jealous and imitate the fairy and disappear in a bad temper.
The two blades, who couldn't understand the Pokémon language, only felt that this was a threat. They stood in front of you and confronted the original Pokémon - and Sonroku Kanemoto picked up his puppy knife again.
Dazai Osamu, who had been controlled by you for a minute with more than 200 powers summoned, saw this Shura scene and no longer squatted there to vomit. Instead, he stood up and began to gloat over the misfortune.
After you let go of Nakahara Chuuya, he walked up to Lanbo hesitantly. His expression was complicated, and he stammered, "Lantang, your hat..."
"That..." Rambo thought for a while, then he asked you gently, "Manager..."
"Can you lend it to me for a while?"
Nakahara Chuuya, who was originally thinking about whether to return the hat, heard that the other party wanted to borrow it. His eyes widened instantly and he pointed at himself blankly: "Eh? Me?"
"Oh, remember to return it." You were busy being a balance master, and when you heard what Rimbaud said, you added, "It's too early, he still has to pay back the debt to Cat Man."
"Eh, what?" Dazai Osamu's eyes lit up and he came over. "What debt did the slug owe?"
You stopped touching the head of the Pokémon and thought for a moment: "Money debt and love debt, right?" How can a debt of gratitude not be considered a love debt? One of your resurrected friends, but you spent 3,000 mana on it!
“Eh——” Dazai Osamu put on a disgusted expression and started muttering to you, “I didn’t expect a small slug would do such a thing…”
"That's right, I didn't expect that..."
"Hey!" Nakahara Chuuya shouted, "Stop spreading rumors!"
*
Verlaine realizes that he is still alive.
...But why? Shouldn't he disappear with the monster Guivre?
"This is the first time I've seen you act so fiercely."
A familiar, nostalgic sound that he thought he would never hear again rang out.
"Rimbaud..." Verlaine looked at the figure in disbelief. Then, he sneered and whispered, "A hallucination before death... You can't possibly appear here..."
"Indeed, that's how it should be." Rambo adjusted the position of his rabbit fur earmuffs. "But showing up like this is what we call a spy, right?"
"But I want to know, what exactly did you learn in the world of espionage?" Rampol tilted his head in confusion, "Your approach is completely different from what I taught you."
"It's really an illusion..." Weilun was silent for a while. He seemed to be thinking about how to answer, but he couldn't find the answer himself. "I don't know... But there is no way to destroy humanity..."
There is no way to fill the void in the soul.
"Why do you think I'm hallucinating, Paul?" Rimbaud sighed. "I have been waiting for you in this city."
"Because I betrayed you and wanted to kill you." Verlaine only received Rimbaud's tolerant and peaceful gaze. He was puzzled, "Why do you look like that? Why don't you hate me?"
"On the contrary, I want to apologize to you...I thought I was helping you, Paul."
Rambo wanted to say something, but you, who were squatting beside him eating popcorn with Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya, were already impatient: "Rambo, is he still okay? Do you still want to nurse him?"
After Rimbaud comes back from chatting with Chuuya Nakahara, he sincerely asks you to save Verlaine.
You didn't want to go at first, but suddenly you felt that the name sounded familiar - hiss, the magic book thief!
Great, it’s delivered to your door, right?
You walked angrily to the gray-named NPC, saved the game first, and then asked Xiaobao to perform a series of brutal and inhumane whipping actions on the "culprit".
Then, under the horrified gazes of others, you let out a long, refreshing breath and started reading the file.
It feels great.
Any NPC who steals things from players will eventually be brought to justice by the players!
After going back to the game, you just want to ride your bird back to Honmaru to see your beloved ancient fruits and starfruits.
Seeing that you were about to leave, Rimbaud quickly stopped you and said that if you saved Verlaine, you would get a free employee with no food or lodging required.
Anyway, let's get this out of the way. Rimbaud, who has become much more thick-skinned and can calm down while wearing women's clothes and slacking off in the store, believes that Verlaine will voluntarily work for his "brother".
It doesn't matter if he is unwilling. His eyes became more and more depressed. He would re-educate Paul until he was willing to stop.
Paul must have experienced the same hardships that he went through in the knife-wielding and pet-dancing parlor, right?
After all, they are partners.
Since Rimbaud is so enthusiastic about giving you a free tool, it would be wrong to refuse, right? You nodded modestly, then took out the book and gave Verlaine a resurrection.
Just as you were about to use the summoned medical skills to heal the other party, you saw Rimbaud walk up to Verlaine and start saying something that sounded a little ambiguous to you.
Uh, what do you mean you should hate me because I killed you, what do you mean I don’t hate you but I actually want to apologize… An old enemy is a close friend, a close friend is a partner, a partner is a mentoring relationship where you have exchanged names…
The French play with flowers.
Rambo, immersed in the complex emotions of reuniting with his partner, suddenly switched back to the depressed state of a worker: "Are we going back now... Manager, can't I take a leave?"
"If you have anything to say, I'll set you up in the store and you can talk slowly."
“…No, Paul and I don’t have that kind of relationship.”
"Yeah, yeah, that's right, I mean it's what you said, Cat Man believes in you and supports you unconditionally."
Verlaine, who was helped by the medical treatment, regained some strength. He ignored the conversation between Rimbaud and you, stared at you with shining eyes, and said in surprise: "Brother!"
Nakahara Chuuya showed a slightly complicated expression. He moved closer to you and whispered, "Are you also considered a brother? Then tell the people around you to be careful, this guy..."
He was silent for a long time.
"…There's something wrong with my brain."
"Although I don't want to interrupt your family fun..." Dazai Osamu sat on the ground and sighed, "But the two European transcendents are not dead... Slug should think about how to report to Dr. Mori."
"Ah, I still have to deal with the aftermath and hand over the supernatural secret service department... It's so annoying, I don't want to work anymore!"
"Special Powers Special Agents?" You caught the key words and flicked your tail, "Their surveillance cameras have been watching this place."
From time to time, the system would pop up a message saying "You are being monitored by the Special Powers Department." Oh, and occasionally, a message saying "The rats in the underground are watching" or "Your loyal fans are recording your glory" would pop up.
Dazai Osamu thought.
Dazai Osamu gave up thinking.
"...I will start my shift tomorrow. Come on, please take me in, Cat Man. I don't want to have my hairline disappear like Dr. Mori."
“Is this a big problem?”
Scratch your head, there isn't much description for this limited-time mission, and there's no reward either... only a main clue and two pictures.
One picture had a suspected infringing Mickey Mouse logo printed on it, and another picture had a tiger drawn on it with the word “road sign” written underneath.
Wow, what a great clue. Cat Man is more confused if he has it than if he has not.
"The slower the process, the greater the impact..." Nakahara Chuuya explained to you, "and Verlaine is a European transcendent, and he is involved in many cases..." If you are not careful, it will spread into an international dispute.
"I understand." You, who didn't understand at all, pounded your palm with a serious expression, "Just kill everyone who knows about this now, right?"
"...Don't you totally not understand?!"