The dark little corridor was inlaid with black and gold decorations, like eyes watching the people passing by, with an indescribable feeling of oppression. Kamiya Izuru put his hands in his coat pockets, his red eyes were full of calm. He walked in front, ignoring all the depressing scenes around him, and directly pushed open the door in front of him.
The man following behind Kamuzuru Izuru, Iwata Takeshi, looked at Kamuzuru Izuru's back with some surprise.
Even a dark person like him who was constantly walking in violence would feel strangely depressed and his whole spirit would be stretched to the extreme if he walked here, but the young man in front of him didn't even change his expression, and was exactly the same as when he was outside.
He is indeed a very courageous young man.
Iwata Takeshi pushed the door open with a complicated expression, but after walking inside he realized that something was wrong.
Standing at the innermost was a man in black. Takeshi Iwata knew him. This man was the one who gave him the promotional poster and brought him here. Before he participated in this game, it was also this man who gave the players the wishing stone. Iwata Takeshi had also wanted to confirm the identity of this man, but this guy wrapped himself up too strictly. Not to mention his appearance, he didn't even know whether this person was a man or a woman.
"You are not a participant in this game." The man in black looked at Kamizuru, "So, you cannot realize your wish."
"What?" Iwata Takeshi looked at Kamijou Izuru in surprise, "You are not a participant in this wishing stone game? Then where did the wishing stone in your hand come from?"
Kamizuru calmly looked at the man in black. He spoke calmly, without any tension or threat in his voice, as if he was just introducing a loophole in the game rules to someone. "Your game rules don't say that outsiders are not allowed to join. Besides, the token of winning the game is here with me."
"You'd better change the rules now, or just play by the rules."
Iwata Takeshi finally understood why Kamukura Izuru said at the beginning that he only killed one person. He directly stole the wishing stone of the winner of this game!
"I have the final say in this game." The man in black said firmly.
Kamiya Chuliu sighed in boredom, he just raised his hand, the gun in his hand fired, and with a bang, the bullet grazed the hood of the man in black in front of him. The powerful force directly swept away the black hood on his head. The man in black widened his eyes, and his black pupils shrank slightly, like a frightened cat.
"I have the final say now," said Kamukura Izuru.
Iwata Takeshi, who felt that the gun in Kamukura Izuru's hand was familiar, suddenly reacted. He quickly searched his body and successfully discovered that the gun from his body had been taken away at some point.
Damn it! I didn’t even notice it.
The man in black took two steps back subconsciously. He frowned and looked at the throne. Then he swallowed and said, "I'll go ask the higher-ups for instructions."
"You'd better not keep me waiting too long."
[Awesome.] Hinata Hajime clapped his hands, [He looks like a villain who threatens people with force!]
[Shut up.] Kamukura Izuru's voice was very soft, as if he was doing something he didn't like at all but had to do, so he looked a little powerless, [I will only help you with this boring thing this once.]
[Isn't this a good thing?] Hinata Sou laughed, [If you're really bored, just come out and bully the bad guys, maybe you'll feel better.]
[It's boring.] Kamukura Izuru threw the gun in his hand to Iwata Takeshi who was staring at him suspiciously, [It's boring to do boring things over and over again. It's just a waste of time.]
[How wonderful.] Hinata Hajime stretched his back and then lay on his back on the Mirror Lake, staring at the sky with his red eyes, [It’s great, we still have time to waste.]
Kamijou Izuru paused, his fingers suspended in the air, and after a moment he withdrew his hand without continuing to reply.
Is it a good thing to have time to waste?
At this moment, the man in black came back. He looked a little nervous and did not wear the hood with a hole in it shot by Kamijou Izuru. The man in black looked at Kamijou Izuru, then swallowed and said the following decision.
"Sorry sir, you can't have your wish come true."
Kamizuru pulled over a chair and sat on it. His red eyes showed no emotion at all. He looked straight at the man in black in front of him and said, "Give me a reason."
"You don't meet our requirements." The man in black expressed the above meaning dutifully. "The Wishing Stone Game is held for those who are in despair. We are providing them with hope and miracles. Sir, you haven't encountered a desperate situation, so of course you don't need this miracle."
"Hope and Miracles." Kamizuru said in a low voice, "You mean, you are a charity organization."
“You could think of it that way.”
Even Iwata Takeshi, who was a member of the mafia organization next to him, almost laughed, but Kamijou Izuru still had his original expression. He was calm and did not agree with their theory, nor did he find them funny. Kamijou Izuru just put one hand on the table, and his red eyes stared calmly at the man in black.
"What a boring theory." Kamukura Izuru said: "I thought there would be something interesting here, but it turned out to be just a predictable development."
“Wasting time.”
Kamizuru stood up and prepared to leave, but at that moment, the black-clothed man's cell phone rang. He picked up the phone, took a look, and then quickly stopped Kamizuru.
"Sir, please stay!" The man in black said with a little hoarseness and hesitation, "The higher-ups think you are qualified to join the game of Wishing Stone."
Kamiya Izuru looked at him indifferently. After a moment, he raised his head and looked at the surveillance camera in the corner of the room. The surveillance camera flashed a little red light, as if showing off its existence.
Behind the surveillance, the man with the silver ring clenched his hands tightly. He and Kamijou Izuru looked at each other across the space, with an ecstasy that was difficult to suppress in his eyes. He seemed to see the abyss under Kamijou Izuru's calm eyes, the sea of despair that no one could discover.
"That's him!" The man stood up and walked around excitedly. "I can tell that his despair is deeper than anyone else right now! So, so! Come and join the Wishing Stone Game, come and make your despair even deeper, it will all be done soon."
"Let him be disappointed again and again in a game that is not difficult at all! Let the despair be even deeper!"
The man covered his chest and kissed his ring. The distortion and heat in his voice could not be concealed. "I will be able to see you soon."
"My love."
…
The man in black said their wish would come true, without even asking them what it was.
Kamijura Izuru didn't care, as if he didn't come here for this wish at all. Of course, Kamijura Izuru was also very clear that the despair fragments could detect the despair in the human mind. As long as they understood what a person's despair was, they would certainly not fulfill the wrong wish.
The man in black told them the time of the next game and asked them to leave.
Just when Kamizuru was about to leave, the person behind him stopped him.
"Who are you?" Iwata Takeshi frowned and looked at Kamijou Izuru. The wounds on his body had already clotted, but the dark red blood was still stuck to his body. Moreover, because he was a rough man, he looked like a gangster who was blackmailing innocent passers-by.
The blackmailed Shinto didn't even bother to look at him, but just walked away, just like walking around a stone.
"Hey!" Takeshi Iwata was not a patient man. He clenched his fists and rushed towards Kamukuru Izuru, trying to knock him down.
This small body shows no signs of training and is definitely weak in terms of martial arts.
The wind from his fist brushed past Kamijou Izuru's cheek. He turned his body, exerted a little force with his feet, and hit Iwata Takeshi's stomach directly with his elbow. His stomach was hit in pain, and Iwata Takeshi's eyes widened suddenly. He slowly knelt on the ground and coughed up a mouthful of sour water. He could feel that he was not seriously injured, but his whole body was in so much pain that he could not exert any strength at all.
Kamijū Izuru's attack not only hit his stomach, but also caused all his wounds that had not healed to burst.
"A boring attack." Kamukura Izuru looked down at Iwata Takeshi who was trembling on the ground, "I do have some talent for fighting."
"Cough, cough, cough." Iwata covered his mouth fiercely. He propped himself up with all his strength, with pain in his eyes that could not be concealed. "What on earth are you doing here?"
"I have already answered this question." Kamiya Izuru's voice was very low, a bass voice without any desire or interest in this world. "I just wanted to confirm whether there are any interesting things here, not including wasting time having a conversation with you here."
Iwata stared at Kamuzuru Izuru, he gritted his teeth and stood up, "Wait a minute, don't go!"
"I have something more interesting here!"
Kamuzuru Izuru stopped as he was about to leave. He looked at Iwata Takeshi who was holding his stomach and unable to stand steadily. There was no change in his red eyes.
[An unexpected surprise?] Hinata Hajime's voice still carried the sunshine of the morning sun, [I remember this person is an undercover sent by the mafia organization.]
[Yes, it seems that he was chosen to join the Wishing Stone Game not just because he was asked to be an undercover agent.]
"You knew I was an undercover agent of the Mafia. Yes, I did report the news to them as requested." Iwata took down his hand that was covering his abdomen. His face was pale and his eyes were filled with undisguised sorrow. "But I can come here because of the Black Organization."
"In order to get me in here, they secretly killed my closest people, which brought me to the peak of despair."
Iwata gritted his teeth and said, "After I won the first game, I wished to know the truth about my relatives' death, and then I found out about this."
"What do you want to say?" Kamiya Izuru looked at him.
"There's nothing interesting about this place. They're just playing with human emotions." Iwata laughed sarcastically. "If they want to make people despair, they'll make them despair. If they want to give people hope, they'll give them hope. Those guys in power are so abominable that they make people powerless."
"But you have the power." Iwata Takeshi looked at Kamijou Izuru as if he was seeing a miracle. "You can pull down these powers and let them feel the taste of despair."
"Isn't this more fun than falling for a scam?"
Kamukura Izuru looked at him, and after a moment he looked away, "What can you provide me with?"
"Including my life!"
"I don't need such boring stuff."
"I know the list of participants in the Wishing Stone Game." Iwata Takeshi sneered, "The Wishing Stone Game has only been going on for two months so far, and the scope is limited to Beika Town. The organization has investigated all the participants in the game. I happened to see the list. Do you need this?"
Kamukura Izuru looked at him.
"make a deal."
【It was indeed an unexpected surprise. 】
[There are too many people involved, and the current information cannot identify any individual.] Kamukura Izuru looked at the detailed report, which listed each person's name and the reason for their despair. Some were marked with an "X" to indicate that they were dead, while others were marked with a victory symbol, and even the number of games they had won was marked.
[And this list is not particularly detailed. The Wishing Stone is still looking for people who are in despair. ]
【Then please ask for off-site assistance. 】
Kamukura Izuru sat on an abandoned bench. He took out his cell phone and called a familiar number. On the other side of the phone, Conan Edogawa was at Dr. Agasa's house. He was trying to persuade Haibara Ai to help him find news, but Haibara Ai said that she would not accept extra work.
"This is really a terrible thing, Huibara, help me." Edogawa Conan followed behind Huibara Ai, "Maybe it will be related to the Black Organization."
"Then I can't help you investigate. In this situation, it will be more dangerous to be involved with the Black Organization." Huihara Ai lowered her head and looked at the newspaper. "Besides, since it is a game that makes ordinary people kill each other, the police may have already noticed it and started an investigation. After all, there are more than one or two people who died."
Conan Edogawa sighed, and at this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. The moment he saw the familiar number, Conan Edogawa frowned.
"Hinata?"
"Is it the young man with the same voice as Conan?" Dr. Agasa came over curiously.
"Yes." Edogawa Conan looked at the phone interface, "Why did he call me at this time?"
Conan Edogawa answered the phone, "Hello, this is Edogawa, Hinata brother, what can I do for you?"
"I'll give you a list." Kamiya Izuru said briefly.
Dr. Agasa widened his eyes when he heard the voice. He and Haibara Ai looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Although they heard that this person's voice was very similar to Conan's, they didn't expect it to be so similar. Except that it was a bit cold and it was obviously an adult's voice, this was simply Conan's voice.
"List? What list?" asked Conan Edogawa.
"Participants of the Wishing Stone." Kamiya Izuru dropped a big bomb directly, "You have contact with the police, let them control these people, and it is best to restrict their actions."
"Wait a minute!" Edogawa Conan raised his voice, "Where did you get the list from?"
"An unexpected gain." Kamukura Izuru directly used Hinata Hajime's words.
Conan Edogawa twitched his lips, "Your answer is too brief!"
Unfortunately, Kamukura Izuru is not a person who can explain. He just said "receive it now" and sent the list directly to Edogawa Conan. While Edogawa Conan was still trying to get more details from Kamukura Izuru, Haibara Ai silently called up the information of one of the people.
While looking at the information, Huihara Ai frowned slightly.
"He's telling the truth."
"well?"
"They were once cornered, and suddenly received money from unknown sources, and their attitudes changed before and after." Huihara Ai checked another person, "Yes, everyone on the list is like this."
Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara stared at each other for three seconds, and then Conan Edogawa spoke, "Brother Hinata, where are you now?"
"Playground."
"You are in the enemy's base?" Edogawa Conan twitched his lips, "Don't be impulsive! You are only one person, and the enemy is an organization!"
Haibara Ai looked at Edogawa Conan speechlessly and said, "How dare you say that to others?"
"Don't worry about me." Kamukura Izuru said, "We must keep these people under control."
Conan Edogawa clutched his phone tightly, "Who are you?"
At first he thought Hinata Hajime was just a stranger who accidentally had the same voice as him, but he was seen through his identity. So he thought Hinata Hajime was a highly skilled detective who came here for other purposes, but now, he went straight into the enemy's base alone?
...He is a good person.
"My interests coincide with yours, and I will help you temporarily." Kamukura Izuru said calmly, "Although in my opinion, both of these are very boring."
However, there is a guy who longs to stand in the light, and he can only follow his heart and go to the light.
[There's nothing we can do about it. After all, if you were the one making the decision, you would definitely stay in one place forever. You would find it boring to even go out, and you would be in hibernation if you could only maintain minimal physiological activity.] Hinata Hajime spoke helplessly, [You need to move, Izuku, or else mushrooms will grow on your body.]
[There is no substance in the human body that can grow mushrooms. ]
[But now it seems that although the fragments of despair are scattered among the various players in the game, there is still one person who is the main host of despair.] Hinata Hajime abruptly changed the subject, [That person is the guy who hosted this wishing stone game and is artificially creating despair events.]
Kamiya Izuru sat on the bench, [He was the one who killed Takeshi Iwata's family. ]
[Yes, it seems that the Black Organization is taking the blame this time.] Hinata Sou sighed, [In this case, I want to know why this desperate host would be so crazy to create desperate events.]
The person chosen as the Despair Host will definitely be a person full of despair, and the Despair Fragment will certainly not give the Despair Host hope. It will only make the Despair Host more desperate. The contaminated power of despair will continue to spread, making the Despair Fragment even more powerful.
If it really gets out of control, it is not impossible for it to spread to the whole of Japan or even the whole world.
[In the end, it's just that you are attracted by false hope.] Kamukura Izuru said calmly: [Hope and despair are antonyms, but in a sense, they are synonyms.]
Hinata Hajime smiled and said, "I don't think false hope necessarily means despair."
"After all, you see, Chu Liu, you are definitely not hopeless to me now."