Chapter 160 He Hasn't Contacted You

Chapter 160 He Hasn't Contacted You

When we landed in Yokohama, the first thing we saw was a white fog.

The whole Yokohama was empty, the moon was hanging high in the sky, Qianjianmu squinted his eyes, and a faint burning sensation appeared in his eye sockets.

At first he thought it was just an irritation caused by the environment, but as the burning sensation became more and more abrupt, a subtle sense of 'separation' suddenly spread to the depths of his soul.

He turned back slowly.

The familiar person was looking at him not far away, with a slight smile on his face, like a beautiful jade covered by red gauze under the moonlight.

Qian Jianmu couldn't resist falling into a long period of confusion and bewilderment. He stared at the man intently, and at a certain moment he actually felt a huge sense of unreality.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

His heart sank suddenly, it felt familiar yet strange, and the ominous shock made his scalp tingle.

"...You, do you still remember?" These were the only words he could utter from his dry throat.

“I have no memory,” the woman said.

She is not herself.

***

There is a huge difference between Sengenmaku's special ability and the special abilities of other people with special abilities.

The superpowers of a psychic come from the soul. When a psychic dies, the superpowers inside the body lose their effect, leaving only a tiny bit of residue.

But Qian Jianmu's special ability does not come from the soul. On the contrary, it is a kind of peeling off of the soul, and then turning them into a third party that is connected to him. His special ability is not pure, but more like a satellite orbiting a planet.

The most obvious example is the eye. After the eye was transformed into power, the third party that was forcibly merged with it peeled off, but a certain connection still existed, turning into an invisible thread connecting Qian Jianmu's body, and what was manifested was the special ability.

And when this ability is materialized by the person with the ability, this "thing" reveals its hideous face.

——With flesh and blood as the shell and stories as the soul, the friends he cherished were transformed into identical "pseudo-people" in his vast nostalgia.

But, struggling and entangled, Qian Jianmu clearly realized that death is death.

When Qian Jianmu received Lilith's other eye, he already understood clearly that Lilith was not only dead, but also had her body mutilated.

This couldn't be Lilith, but his sensibility made it impossible for him to ignore this existence.

Being able to see this existence, his emotions were as complicated as mixed pigments. The residues of the past that he tried to grasp were born before his eyes through his experiments.

There are traces of all this. A long time ago, his motivation for writing the book was to try to capture the shadow of the past with his special abilities.

In this world, as long as he keeps writing, he is an omnipotent person with special abilities. One day, he will be able to pick up those shadows of the past, the remnants of those friends bit by bit, and then try to carefully put them in a better environment, so that even a strand of their hair can have a normal life in a normal society.

So he is writing.

But after successfully separating Lilith, he experienced the world of swords and the world of spells successively. The emotional revival made him waver, and he began to fall into thought for a short time.

Is it a desecration of the past that he digs the dead out of their graves and makes their severed limbs grow into complete bodies?

Because death is death, and the rebirth is not them. When all his actions were examined, it turned out that he missed his past too much, and he arrogantly and domineeringly used other people's blessings to create substitutes for others to fulfill his own wish.

Is this really okay?

After that, he began to avoid such stories and no longer wrote stories about someone's past. Instead, he wrote something indifferent and tried to leave the answer to the judgment of time.

However, at this moment, hidden dangers from the past broke out. His experiment succeeded in a strange way, and he faced the body that grew from his eyeball.

Sure enough, it worked. He had never been so sure that his plan would succeed.

But... there is still no way...

"Give the order, Xiaomu."

As if because he was in a daze for too long, the woman lifted her hair and carelessly revealed the crystal:

"Why not give orders?"

"…Give me some time to think about it." Qian Jianmu complained.

Lilith did not answer, but her expression suddenly became subtle. She suddenly turned her head to look in one direction and bent down slightly. It was an action and posture that Qian Jianmu was familiar with, like a cat ready to hunt.

'Witch Lilith', 'Escape Master', 'Assassination King', Lilith is a single combat machine. As long as it is a one-on-one situation, she can take the life of others silently and is invincible.

"how?"

"Someone is watching us."

She spoke calmly, slowly raised her hand, and pointed to the rooftops of five buildings in the distance:

"On top of that."

Qian Jianmu's complicated thoughts were cleared in an instant, and he returned from the vast past to the current problem. He then looked up at the five buildings, but could not see them clearly because they were too far away. When Zero captured the picture and enlarged it, the buildings were empty.

Sachiya or Fyodor, probably.

The culprit behind the white fog should be Ryuhiko Shibusawa.

Bai Qilin Shibusawa Ryuhiko, the leader of the psychics, had mentioned to him that he had been searching for him two years ago. However, the Psychic Special Agents protected Bai Qilin very closely. After all, he was the psychic with the greatest potential to become a Transcendent. With Bai Qilin backed by a huge mountain, he could not and would not nip the danger in the bud in the bud. Besides...

In fact, at that time he selfishly wanted to find an opportunity to see Ryuhiko Shibusawa's special abilities.

What is known so far is that public opinion led people with special abilities to flock to Yokohama, the grand event in Yokohama prompted the Special Powers Division to release Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, and Tatsuhiko Shibusawa dragged the entire city into the fog and started the massacre. This is a complete logical chain.

But what is the purpose.

Creating chaos? There must be a vital purpose behind this harmless chaos.

Yet it was invisible, as if someone had locked them in an isolation room, using carefully connected coincidences to seal the key points, determined to keep them secret until the very last moment.

But think about it, it's normal for Yukiya and Fyodor to be together. Not to mention who Fyodor is, he hasn't even seen his photo yet. Just the guy Yukiya is enough to make everyone suffer.

If it was Yukiya... The brain of a creature like Dazai Osamu is really not something that ordinary people can guess. It is even more difficult when Dazai Osamu himself deliberately blurs his own thoughts. You know, he is a ruthless person who can control his own heartbeat and even use heartbeat to feel the feeling of dying.

“…”

Let's go to the Armed Detective Agency first.

***

“… curtain… curtain…”

Mitsuyo Kakuta raised her hands in astonishment:

"Eh? Younger than me?"

"Feel sorry……"

Qian Jianmu glanced at Lilith, wondering what on earth Lilith had gotten from his book or memory that led to the most perverse years of Lilith's twenties. He was used to it, but if he was placed near anyone, that person would be overwhelmed.

Fortunately, the law of conservation of movement and stillness applies. After going a little crazy, Lilith calmed down again, put down her hand, and walked behind him.

With a sigh of relief, Sengenmaku reached out his hand to Mitsuyo Kakuta.

"This is the route to the Armed Detective Agency. What are you doing here?"

“Eh? The Armed Detective Agency?” Mitsuyo Kakuta was even more surprised than him. She spoke incoherently as if her brain was on fire: “I just ran away. Ah! My special ability is back. Who was that… that lady just now…? No, I won’t ask anymore. Thank you, teacher!”

Did the subconscious run to the Armed Detective Agency?

Although there have been some changes in the past two years, for example, for some reason, Mitsuyo Kakuta and Saiki Jyouno hit it off, Ranpo Edogawa always looked at him with a sidelong smile for no apparent reason, Chuuya Nakahara's respect for Ogai Mori has reached a new level, and all the members of the Port Mafia have become pet lovers... and so on...

It’s not surprising if you think about it this way.

"Find a place to hide." Pulling up the young man who was a circle older than him, Qian Jianmu looked into the distance and gave Lilith an order, asking her to kill the isolated superpower first, then turned around and said: "It will be safe when the fog dissipates, Zhou Zuo will be back soon."

"It's the big boss! The big boss is so young!! The big boss is so handsome!" Mitsuyo Kakuta's eyes filled with tears: "Big boss, come with me, I know where I can hide! The world outside is too dangerous!"

"I can't yet..."

Qian Jianmu was pounced on by the enthusiastic big dog again. At this moment, continuous explosions occurred not far away, and flames shot into the sky.

The lethality of a riot by people with special abilities is actually not as great as that of hot weapons, and at the moment the combat power ratio is that of people with special abilities beating up ordinary people, so it is very difficult for both sides to confront each other. Although the wind was tinged with a very faint smell of blood, Yokohama was quite quiet at this time, with only occasional gunshots or shouts, and inexplicable light effects all over the sky.

Perhaps because he had been in the underworld for too long, Qian Jianmu squinted his eyes and felt that some of the sounds were familiar.

"I'm going to go over there and take a look. You hide well."

Suddenly he realized that his hand was still tightly held by Mitsuyo Kadota. He pulled it and Mitsuyo Kadota swayed with him. It was not until he realized something was wrong and lowered his head that he found that he had not let go. His face turned red.

Qian Jianmu's wrist was blue from being grabbed. He withdrew his hand and sighed inwardly that the man had great strength, but he did not have time to say anything more as he ran towards the explosion.

He had just run two steps when he saw Mitsuyo Kakuta running after him.

"No, no, the boss's special ability has not been taken back yet. It's too dangerous! Take me with you!"

“…”

As expected of you, Kakuda.

There were bloodstains everywhere along the way, and the traces left after the fierce war were shocking. Qian Jianmu picked up a few bullet shells. The familiar symbols on the shells made him sure that these were the munitions he brought back from the organization.

The organization's internal resources are quite abundant, and the weapons are much more advanced than those in Yokohama. Sengenmaku bought a lot of weapons at the internal purchase price, some of which were placed in the shrine, and the rest were given to Ranpo to be replenished in the Armed Detective Agency. Fukuzawa Yukichi accepted it carefully and promised not to use it recklessly except in extreme circumstances.

After turning a corner, Qian Jianmu took a deep breath, raised his head, and finally saw several fighting figures.

The bullets in guns will run out one day, and the heavy fog caused stray bullets to injure people. Nowadays, few people continue to use guns, so they can only fight with all their might.

However, before he could get close, the war ended in an instant.

The crimson-haired woman retracted the knife with her backhand, hooked her instep on the protruding steel bar, and hit the forehead of a person with special abilities with a sneak attack. After confirming that the other party had disappeared, she exerted all her strength, flipped lightly to the ground, and inserted the dagger into the scabbard with a flick of her hand, while glancing at the people present with her beautiful and fragile eyes.

"……gentlemen!!"

Nakai Hideo, who had just been through a tough battle, did not look at Lilith for long, but walked towards Qianjianmu as if he had found his target. He was panting, his calf was injured, and his walking was not very smooth.

"Sir, it is now 10:10 pm. It has been three hours since Edogawa Ranpo discovered the anomaly, and two and a half hours since the white fog rose into the sky. Mr. Ranpo asked me to tell you..."

He took a deep breath, his expression heavy:

"He only notified Dazai and Shusaku. He did not contact you. He did not contact you in any way."

Chigenmaku's pupils shrank slightly.

His emotions were slightly stagnant, but his rationality was still online. In this short sentence, he analyzed the three things that Edogawa Ranpo wanted to tell him:

1. He is the target of the riot.

2. Dazai Osamu has set out to deal with the White Kirin.

3. Qian Jianmu has to face this matter no matter what.

"as well as……"

A look of hesitation appeared on Nakai Hideo's face:

"Mr. Ranpo said..."

[“If it suits my taste, everything is fine.”]

The people from the Armed Detective Agency gradually dispersed and tried to find the murderer. Only Nakai Hideo showed a rare look of worry and looked at him quietly.

Lilith stood beside Qianjianmu, her eyes full of the ignorance of a little animal.

The cold wind blew across his body, and Qian Jianmu slowly clenched his fist, then loosened it, and then clenched it again.

The fingertips feel a little cold, and this coldness seems to have appeared a long time ago, and there is a disgusting sense of déjà vu.

Yes, these are the last two things Ranpo wants to tell him.

First, the next target is Ranpo.

Second, Ranpo hopes that they can all be "agreed with".

It is very difficult to hide the truth from Edogawa Ranpo, because as long as he can grasp a clue, the great detective can deduce the truth of the incident in an instant.

And the moment he deduces the truth, Edogawa Ranpo will make the most correct choice, such as...

"...Where did Ranpo disappear in the end?" Chijianmu's voice was steady without a trace of fluctuation.

"He left on his own and no one knows where he went."

—Hide as much as possible.

He had to hide to delay it longer. But he couldn't just leave. He had to inform the Armed Detective Agency of the incident before he could leave.

Within a half-hour radius with the Armed Detective Agency as the center.

Think quickly, calculate quickly, where can Edogawa Ranpo go?

Just at this moment, Qian Jianmu suddenly heard a loud noise.

He turned around suddenly and saw a plane being lifted up by some force and slamming down to some part of the ground.

An ominous black and red halo floated high in the sky above Yokohama, where the fog could not reach.

He believed that Chuuya and Dazai were invincible together, but at the moment he had mixed feelings about it.

It’s too fast, too late.

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