Chapter 99 They Return
The three people were sent out, but that didn't mean the matter was over. Dazai Osamu felt dizzy, and when he woke up, he found that he was not in the alley where he came from the outside world, nor in the small house before, but in an unknown place with dark red everywhere.
All that could be seen was red, as if everything was soaked in blood. The protruding rocks were sharp and intertwined like fangs, emitting an ominous red light. There was a suffocating smell in the air. Dazai Osamu felt dizzy and uncomfortable as if he was cursed after just staying there for a short while. It's so quiet here that you can hear your own heartbeat.
Before Dazai Osamu had time to think about why he was here, his attention was attracted by the strange scene before him. Countless intricate dark red silk threads were densely intertwined in the air. They extended from all directions, like puppet strings in a theater, tightly binding the prey in the center. They tied up the white figure like a fragile butterfly that accidentally strayed in. The whole scene was filled with an absurd and surprising beauty that made people stop and take a look.
But Dazai Osamu soon recognized who the person in the middle was, and the sympathy he didn't have in the first place completely disappeared. He couldn't help but laugh out loud. If the situation allowed, he would even want to take a picture of the scene and sell it on the dark web for a high price. In this way, the reputation of the already famous space-based psychic Nikolai Gogol would surely be further enhanced, right?
Isn't this also a support to the "Five Degenerations of Heaven and Man" organization? Dazai Osamu thought with great interest.
"This is the person who broke into my space," Dazai Osamu heard the voice he had just heard before they parted. Elliot said in his ear, "He is really a spoiled and willful guest. He broke into someone else's house for no reason and not only messed up everything, but also wanted to talk to me about 'freedom'." Elliot paused and said, "I can only punish him."
"You are absolutely right!" Dazai Osamu praised immediately. He bowed to the void and said, "This is how people like this should be treated. They are all crazy people with their own values. Arguing with them is just a waste of energy. Their distorted beliefs have taken root in their hearts. Letting them run rampant will only hurt countless people around them. This is how they should be treated."
Elliot was not disturbed by Dazai Osamu's praise. He said softly, "I don't want to keep him here any longer. Since you know him, take him with you when you leave."
Dazai Osamu's eyes lit up, and a happy smile appeared on his face. He said, "This is natural."
This is really, really great!
He walked closer to take a look, and saw that the space-powered user in white looked more haggard than ever before. The dark red threads completely locked his limbs and body, and even a thick red thread was wrapped around his neck. As if all the vitality had been sucked out of him, his face was thin, his eye sockets were sunken, and his head was tilted to one side. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of his chest, one would have thought he was a dried-up corpse.
Suddenly, the withered corpse opened its eyes slightly.
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After the two men left, the clinic returned to silence. Fyodor was like a responsible doctor, preparing medicines in the pharmacy, waiting for patients to come, drinking a cup of heated espresso during breaks, and occasionally looking out the window to see other monsters.
"According to estimates, they should have met him by now," Fyodor thought, "What a pity that the owner here has no intention of joining us."
Before Nikolai lay in wait there, he had already done some investigation of the place. He wanted to know who the owner of this place was earlier than Dazai Osamu. "It's really strange. He was still in school when he disappeared. His special ability brought him nothing but pain and separation from the beginning to the end." He rolled his eyes. "How could he still maintain such a state of mind?"
The enemy of bewitching is perseverance, and only those who have a stabilizing force in their hearts cannot be shaken. He wanted to persuade such people to join the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. With the ability to infect people all over the world, superpowers would become a disaster for the whole world. This way... he would be one step closer to his ideal.
"What a pity, he is actually a transcendent, and such a transcendent at that." There was no expression on his face, and his eyes were obscure. He drank a cup of coffee in his hand, and countless plans flashed through his mind.
On the opposite side, people were also saying goodbye to each other. It was a tall and upright black leopard and a white rabbit with red stripes on its face. The rabbit looked at the black panther without saying anything.
Black Panther… No, Akai Shuichi sighed: "I didn't expect them to choose another path."
Rabbit said quietly, "They will eventually pass by."
"But it doesn't have to be so miserable." Although he said this, Akai Shuichi didn't feel very sorry, because he knew that everyone has their own choices, and everyone's choices make up a part of their own life. "Exploring the town can also get key clues. As long as you step into it at the end, it will be fine. A puzzle game was turned into an adventure by them. I don't know why they are doing it."
Red Rabbit grinned slightly: "The town also has extremely terrible dangers. The power of the 'rules' is no less than that of the other party. They were able to escape from the danger of Red Moon, but perhaps here, they will be locked up tightly and lose the chance to escape. Who can say that they did something wrong?"
Akai Shuichi shook his head: "I don't think it's worth it for them to 'sacrifice' a companion. Except for the public security officer, they are not militant. I couldn't give them more help there. Except for the police station, I couldn't intervene."
He is the friendly party, the Gray Wolf is the ultimate rule defender, and the Red Rabbit is the balancer between the two parties (the fair man). Both sides have existences that have infiltrated the other side, just like in the Red Moon there is the spokesperson for the rules who is patrolling personally, and there is an old fox lurking secretly in this town.
This time, two people in the team had very bad luck. After observing for so long, Rei Furiya finally found the old fox (the twisted spy), while Osamu Dazai was discovered by the rules on the first night and was injured.
"But the owner here is kind, isn't he?" Red Rabbit picked up the baton on the side, "We can take it back even if they pay a price."
Akai Shuichi was silent for a moment, then said, "What about me? I haven't met him yet. Can I know what he wants me to do? Or does he want me to change into a different image and then be trapped here?"
Red Rabbit looked at him and asked with interest, "You have lived here for these days. Have you found any problem with this place?"
Akai Shuichi did not answer. question? What's not a problem here?
Red Rabbit sighed, she looked up at the sky and said, "This place is too closed."
"Everything comes from him alone. Nothing new is generated," Red Rabbit turned around, looked at him seriously and said, "Even the most knowledgeable people need to explore new knowledge. People's cognitive scope is expanded by coming into contact with new things. Blindly working on one's own will only lead to decay." Not to mention, he came here at an age when he had not yet grown up.
Akai Shuichi was shocked: "You mean, I am his channel to the outside world..."
"It's not you, it's you all." Red Rabbit explained: "This place needs to grow, and the owner here also needs to grow. He doesn't need to contact you. You are like books with recorded contents. Through your vision, he can understand everything in the outside world, of course, it is also the world you know. You are not the only one he has invited."
That invitation was not the first time it was sent out, and every recipient was a person of extraordinary talent.
Shuichi Akai had mixed emotions. He clenched his fists and felt as if everything about him had been seen through. But soon, he exhaled: "So this is the price I need to pay."
He closed his eyes. His strong mental strength allowed him to quickly accept everything. He even laughed: "I hope that everything I have experienced can inspire him and give him a comprehensive and correct understanding of the world."
"If possible, I suggest," he continued, "that you also select the people you invite in the future through the most rigorous and careful selection."
Only flowing water can bring vitality. So this place has never been stagnant.
"Finally," facing the red rabbit who seemed to have something to do, Akai Shuichi still asked: "Even if it would violate the rules, I still want to ask, were you a human in the past?"
Red Rabbit stopped moving. Her mind seemed to go back to that stormy night. She fell on the cold rocky ground beside the stopped train. Just before death came, she heard someone ask her, "Do you want to live?"
Nagase Hana wanted to survive, and so Red Rabbit was born.
But she didn't need to tell this to this man. She left without saying a word, leaving only Akai Shuichi still looking at her back.
Conan and Furuya Zero woke up, as well as the numerous innocent civilians who were involved. The police blocked off the area shortly after the incident happened, and Rei Furuya was soon called in for questioning. Only Conan was still wrapped in a blanket, insisting on staying here and waiting for someone.
When he saw Amano Tsuru coming out of a house on the side, he happily went to greet him.
Everything in this world has its ending, but some things cannot be seen just by looking at the surface. Just like a stone falling into the lake, sinking to the bottom of the lake is not the end, there are still layers of ripples caused by it. The undercurrent is the reality on the other side.
Dazai Osamu reappeared in the alley with the knocked-out Gogol by his side. As soon as he landed, he saw two figures standing at the entrance of the alley. One was the child who had given him this commission, and the other was a woman standing behind him with her hands on his shoulders.
This was an elegantly dressed lady with emerald eyes, looking at him together with her second child.
"It seems that the time passing outside and inside is the same." Dazai Osamu quickly came to this conclusion, and he immediately knew the relationship between this lady and the new transcendent.
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