Chapter 124: Replicating Superpowers
When spaces merge with each other, wonderful images will emerge. This is the essence of both parties exposed in the interaction. When worlds merge with each other, something more novel and bizarre will emerge. This is their deeper inner nature. Just as some weapons that are usually hidden are only brought to the surface during wartime, it is also during this time that you are more likely to come into contact with these things.
Pei Zhen withdrew his mind and immersed himself in this simulated fusion world with full concentration. "Distortion" and "rules" moved back and forth unscrupulously in the space created by this supernatural power. The supernatural power of Edgar Allan Poe, "The Black Cat of the Rue Morgue", which he had not been able to understand before, gradually revealed its inner mystery in front of him. Although the supernatural power was given by heaven, it was not without mysteries. It was just that before, humans could not reach the level to interpret it.
During this period, Pei Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly. He stood in the air where the sea and the sky met. At a certain moment, he suddenly opened his eyes wide. A huge and gorgeous sword appeared in the sky. The endless pressure stopped the strange changes around him. The light swept out, and even the villa at the farthest place was affected. The people who were still running and fighting could not help but look outside, because just a moment ago, their eyes were filled with white light.
It quietly appears in the world, the jeweled hilt reveals its nobility, the slender sword body is flawless, there is a silver-white chain wrapped around it, and a bright red rose blooms at the end. This chain is completely different from the rules, it is more like a kind of confinement and foil. It is entangled with the sword, and after such a long time, it has finally found a way to live in harmony with it. At first glance, one would have thought it was born together with the sword.
Now, it suddenly began to move.
A piece of information flowed into Pei Zhen's mind like water, just like the last key fell into his hand. Pei Zhen's eyes were bright and shining. In a rational thinking state, he waved his hand and put the experience he had just gained into Elliot's mind through the mental connection.
The next moment, a smile appeared on Elliot's face, and a white light also appeared on his body. He glanced at the giant raccoon lying in front of him, and twisted and infected it, turning its owner into its own shape. He did not resist at all. The rules imprisoned it, making it impossible for its host to escape from this world. And now, the "book" also "betrayed" it, revealing part of the secret of superpowers in front of Pei Zhen. Elliot took a step forward, and the ground in the scarlet space shook. The books scattered on the ground suddenly flew up, and as the pages turned rapidly, several story spaces were gradually generated here...
Elliot clenched his hands, and the new space that was about to form trembled and shrank back. Then, the book fell down with Elliot's pulling force, covering the big raccoon. The little raccoon on it felt something and trembled slightly.
The supernatural power "The Black Cat of the Rue Morgue" no longer has any secrets in front of Elliot. Even without Poe, Elliot can deploy it at any time. This is because his supernatural power also has spatial characteristics, and the "rules" and "distortions" are too high-level, which can derive and regulate many things, which reduces a lot of trouble for him when replicating it.
The changes on his side were not visible to others, and those who could see them could only see Pei Zhen. This time, it was his real body that covered the vest. No one knew that after possessing such terrible two abilities, Elliot could also expand on his supernatural powers. He turned his attention back to the two intertwined worlds.
Their changes attracted the attention of people in the villa, but soon they had to put the focus back on themselves. Edogawa Ranpo had several battles with the killer. He was not good at fighting and was chased and killed badly. Fortunately, Kudo Shinichi and Morishima Ai came to rescue him and took him into a passage that could not be seen from the outside.
The outside of the passage was just an ordinary wall with a small table as a cover, but the inside was a different world. Except for the concrete floor at the beginning, the rest was natural rock layers. Cool water dripped rhythmically from above. Some places were quite narrow on both sides, and Ranpo felt a sense of cramped crowding.
"The terrain is going downwards. This hidden passage must be very large. It's larger than I expected." Ranpo analyzed the situation in his mind. He didn't say anything, but just walked quietly. There was no wind, and Ranpo suddenly thought of the room where the first deceased was.
"There are several directions here," said Morishima Ai, who was walking in the front, at this time. "This villa is actually older than what you see. When my... parents bought it, they completely renovated it from the inside out. This hidden passage was also discovered at that time. They traced its history and could only find some legends about pirates. When they found it, they also found several skeletons inside. It seemed that they killed each other. There was no treasure. It should be transported away by the victor."
As she walked forward, she spoke in a calm and steady voice: "Because it is on an island, the exit is extremely hidden, and they built a mechanism there, so they didn't make any modifications here. They even thought that this thing was very interesting, so they didn't touch it. Who knows what will happen next..."
She didn't say anything else, and no one else responded. For a moment, the passage returned to a cold silence. Morishima Ai led them for a long distance. Because they walked very fast, time did not pass very long. Only when they reached a certain point did Morishima Ai stop. She turned around and asked Ranpo and the others, "The 'butler' is fine, but where did your other friend go?"
"You mean 'Kyosuke'?" Shinichi asked.
In the dim light of the portable lamp, Morishima Ai nodded slightly.
"You don't have to worry about him," it was Edogawa Ranpo who answered, and he said very calmly: "He has his own things to do, and he may not be in this villa now." He remembered the white light that penetrated the sky and the earth before, and he had a vague premonition in his heart.
"Is he related to your purpose here?" Shinichi asked.
Ranpo thought about it and decided not to give an answer. Given Ryuichi's personality, he probably wouldn't give up just like that, so he said something. Before Shinichi could recover from the news of the "colorless king", he turned to Morishima Ai and asked, "In your original plan, was there anything else you would do except use this passage after killing Harue Eisai?"
Morishima Ai bit her lip: "What do you want to say?"
"It suddenly occurred to me that the 'Butler' is different from us," Ranpo said, "He has read the original novel. As long as the original author has described the passage mechanism once, he might have known how to get in here."
After he finished speaking, there was silence again. Shinichi broke the silence. He laughed and said, "Hasn't the situation changed now? We have a common enemy. He shouldn't come to be hostile to us at this time, right? Although he is a strange conspirator, he shouldn't do such an unwise move..."
Before he finished speaking, a rumbling sound came to his ears. Edogawa Ranpo and Morishima Ai's expressions changed instantly, and they ran in the same direction at the same time, Morishima Ai in front and Ranpo behind. "What happened?" Shinichi asked hurriedly, and Komachi Koyuki also looked panicked.
"The explosives I hid were discovered!" Morishima Ai said with gritted teeth in her tone.
"Explosives?" Shinichi was shocked. "Where did the explosives come from?! Isn't this a psychological case? Didn't you drive Chunjiang Yingcai completely crazy by using drugs and psychological abuse day after day? Didn't he really die of shock due to purely mental factors this time?"
You really haven't forgotten to make a final summary of the case even now, Ranpo's eyes twitched.
Morishima Ai's words were somewhat helpless: "This is just the last resort. Although psychology leaves no trace, there are still uncertainties. It's okay to collect some things as a last resort."
"Besides, that was just something I made casually." She said lightly, "It's such a small amount, I don't plan to really use it."
It’s nothing! Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but curse in his heart, "Amano, what kind of experience did you write for your heroine? Is it really okay to keep piling on layer by layer like this?"
Ranpo sighed, "This is probably the author's hidden setting. Some works also have this. They already have ideas in their minds, but when they put them on paper, they don't write them down. But since the story has become real, these things may also exist. So I say that if the author himself enters the story, their advantage will be much greater than ours."
Morishima Ai had a gloomy face. The surrounding passages began to shake due to the vibrations from above. They did not stop for a moment. Even though they knew that the changes above might not affect the ones below, they were unwilling to take the chance.
It was not until they walked out of a huge cement slab and pulled aside the vines that had formed a wall that they had the chance to look back. "What were you planning to do before?" Ranpo asked Morishima Ai.
Morishima Ai lowered her eyes, "Chunjiang Yingcai hid a few guns in his study. I went to get them out. I plan to use them to attack you first."
If that doesn't work, try something with greater power and range. But as she said, these are only last resorts.
Looking in the direction of the villa in the distance, Morishima Ai's brows gradually frowned.
"What's wrong?" Komachi Koyuki was the first to notice her abnormality.
"The house is still there..." Morishima Ai murmured.
"Half of it has already collapsed, isn't that enough?" Shinichi asked.
"Maybe." Ranpo gave an ambiguous answer. "His physical fitness is very special. With an explosion of this magnitude, an ordinary person might be able to survive if he's lucky."
Shinichi looked around, but there was no sign that everything was over. He pulled himself together and said, "Let's go back and check. And the Butler, we also need to check on him."
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