Chapter 258 The Third Player

After clearing up all the conversations with Tsujimura Mizuki, Saikai Haruto started to rush to the place where he had agreed to meet her.

It's not that he and Tsujimura Fuzuki were very familiar with each other. Before this, the two of them had never even met in the true sense. As for where Tsujimura Fuzuki's contact information came from... Nishimi Haruto adjusted his glasses a little uncomfortably.

...In short, it cannot be said. It cannot be said.

But his relationship with Tsujimura Mizuki is not important, and what the upcoming conversation will talk about is actually not important... What is important is that it can serve as a simple, tentatively reasonable "reason" to attract someone.

When Saikai Haruto walked into the address agreed upon with Tsujimura Fukutsuki, exactly nine minutes had passed since he left Mori Ogata.

I don't know if I was lucky, but I didn't see any □□ people on the streets along the way.

By the time he opened the door, went in and sat down, ten minutes had passed.

The timing is extremely accurate.

Two people who had never seen each other before recognized each other almost at first sight.

Tsujimura Fuzuki is very easy to recognize. She is wearing a simple white shirt and black suit pants. Her long black hair is tied into a simple ponytail at the back of her head. Her eyes are light-colored and her temperament is calm. It is easy for people to subconsciously ignore her existence or regard her as an ordinary office worker who is no different from any other person on the street.

But someone like Saikai Haruto would never ignore her existence - not only because of the name "Tsujimura Futsuki" clearly written above her head, but also because of the sharpness of the alias "Mochizuki Kaoru" itself, which made him subconsciously focus on Tsujimura Futsuki as soon as he arrived.

Not to mention the book she held open in her hands...it was even his.

Saikai Haruto took a quick glance and saw that it was the book "The Last Day" which had successfully won the mystery literature award.

Like him, Tsujimura Fuzuki also looked up when his gaze moved to her.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Mochizuki."

Tsujimura Fuzuki closed the book and greeted him.

"Chief Tsujimura, sorry for the wait."

Smart people often don't need too many words. The conversation between Haruto Saikai and Mizuki Tsujimura lasted only five minutes and ended quickly... Mizuki Tsujimura didn't linger at all, and quickly got up from her seat and left. Before leaving, she asked Haruto Saikai for an autograph.

Xi Hai Qing Dou stayed in his seat alone for a while, drank a cup of tea, relaxed his body and mind, and then left with some reluctance.

Talking to a smart person is easy, but it also takes a lot of brainpower. If he was just "Mochizuki Kaoru", he wouldn't have to worry too much, but unfortunately he is not. It's like one person has to use two brains.

But when it comes to playing machine gun, no matter how skilled he is, it will always be tiring to talk back and forth with one, two, three, four smart people in just two days.

Xi Haiqing Dou cursed in his heart, thinking that it would be better for the alias "Mochizuki Kaoru" to "escape death" when the time comes... This shabby place of Yokohama and this shabby film set in the if world are really not places where people can stay.

Is it because they can't stand the fact that he hardly used his brain in the previous world, so they want to punish him this time by making him use his brain hard now?

After taking the last sip of the slightly bitter tea, Xi Hai Qing Dou frowned and turned away.

It is not true that he discussed much about the "book" or "Dazai Osamu" with Tsujimura Fuzuki. He just hinted at it vaguely and got the fact from Tsujimura Fuzuki that the "book" was indeed not in the hands of the Special Powers Division.

As for what Tsujimura Fuzuki would guess from his words, such as that the Hong Kong underworld was indeed hunting down Dazai Osamu and almost "successfully" succeeded, and that he knew something about the "book"... and what else he would associate with it, that has nothing to do with him.

It was precisely because the conversation was so brief that it ended so quickly.

Xi Haiqing Dou was walking alone on the street, wondering whether he should go home first.

Of course, he was not referring to any other "temporary residence", but the house where only he and Nakajima Atsushi lived at the moment, and whose neighbor was Odasaku.

At the same time, I quickly reviewed the events of the past two days in my mind, and from an outsider's perspective, I began to think about whether I had missed anything.

Although only one day had passed, and not many things had happened in that day, he still felt for the first time what it felt like to be caught off guard and almost knocked unconscious. He also felt a headache and a feeling of being unable to think straight for the first time in a long time.

However, if it were him more than ten years ago, he would probably be completely confused by now. Fortunately, he has trained and improved over the years. At least now he can calm down quickly and make appropriate responses.

In the current situation, it is not easy to find a suitable method in a short period of time. Whether it is Dazai Osamu who has the real script or the players who have the fake script, it is not easy to deal with it.

He must try his best to ensure that players will not die at the hands of Dazai Osamu or the Port Mafia... Fortunately, this is still easy to handle. Although it may be a bit unethical for Dazai Osamu, there is what "Mochizuki Kaoru" said to him yesterday, "He will protect another Dazai Osamu." Based on Xi Haiqingdou's understanding of Dazai Osamu, it is speculated that the gang will most likely be cautious for a while. The fact that members of the Port Mafia are gradually no longer seen on the streets is the best proof of this.

...I guess that sentence of his had a pretty devastating effect on him?

However, Saikai Haruto only felt guilty for a second, and then he quickly became confident again: After all, he used the same reason to "save" Dazai Osamu from Rimbaud before, so isn't it inevitable that he would save another "Dazai Osamu" for the same reason? It would be even more strange if it wasn't.

But it is impossible to ask Dazai Osamu to give up causing trouble.

Once he knew that the player he met this time was actually the shell of the "Boss Zai" from another world, Xi Haiqing Dou felt very uncomfortable. Then he put himself in the perspective of Dazai Osamu of this world who got the "book", and he almost suffocated.

It is not an easy task to distinguish the player from the real Dazai Osamu. Haruto Nishimi is not sure what the script he took from the script in the "book" is like, and whether the "Dazai Osamu" in the book and others can distinguish the player's true identity. But now, he can be sure that the Dazai Osamu he knows now who took the "book" must have known that the player is not "Dazai Osamu".

The simplest distinction is that Dazai chose to hunt down the player, rather than finding the player, meeting him, or trying to resolve the issue in other ways.

——The real Leader is having such a miserable life, it can be said that he is countless times more miserable than Dazai Osamu in this world. If Dazai Osamu regards the player as the real Leader, at least he will run to him to show off how well he is doing (?).

He chose to hunt him down directly, which must be because he saw that the player was not the real Leader. But he would not tell anyone else about this conclusion... Of course, with Dazai Osamu's personality, it is probably impossible to get the whole "truth" from him before the dust settles in his eyes - whether it is Leader or Dazai Osamu in this world, they all have the same problems. Who makes him Dazai Osamu?

That’s getting off topic.

In short, after understanding this point, Saikai Haruto has roughly guessed part of the script in Dazai Osamu's hands.

Even if he could protect him for a while, Dazai's desire to kill the player would be temporarily hidden, but it would never fade away... and might even become more determined.

And this player who can pretend to be the leader is obviously not a good guy, and his "fun guy" attribute is also very obvious - what kind of good person would have the trouble to rely on the "NPC in the game" when "playing the game"?

Looking at Dazai Osamu's attitude towards him, his attitude towards him in the phone call yesterday, and his attitude towards him in daily interactions before that... Nishimi Haruto boldly guessed that in Dazai Osamu's mind, the "death" of "Mochizuki Kaoru" in the "book" was most likely related to him, and the relationship between him and the player in the "book"... was probably in a state of "opposition" from the beginning?

The current situation actually presents difficulties and disadvantages for the player, himself, and Dazai Osamu. If we use common sense to infer from yesterday's situation, the next situation will either be a stalemate for a period of time, or it will drag both the player and him into an increasingly disadvantageous situation - after all, Dazai Osamu in this world holds the script and must have a deep understanding of the player, and the player knows nothing about his script, and he has always been a good friend of "Mochizuki Kaoru"... But Saikai Haruto is not just "Mochizuki Kaoru", and needs to consider the existence of the two factors of "comics" and "forums".

When thinking of this, Xi Haiqing Dou couldn't help but grind his teeth - who could have thought that one day he would have to face the dilemma of Dazai Osamu x2? !

Oh, and even Dazai Osamu x2 who holds the script.

So if you want to solve this current dilemma...

The best way, of course, is to stir the water.

Drag a "useful" guy whose existence was originally unknown but does not exist this time into the situation, and make the water as muddy as possible.

The existence of the "book"... If he was the only one who knew about it, wouldn't it be too boring? Since only he and "Dazai Osamu" knew about it, it would only lead to a deadlock. So wouldn't it be better to bring in more people to break the deadlock?

Saikai Haruto returns home.

He had already sent a message to Nakajima Atsushi yesterday. Today, before he could even knock on the door for the second time, the door was impatiently opened - a white-haired boy who was already twelve or thirteen years old looked as thin as a teenager due to years of malnutrition. After seeing him, the confusion and insecurity in his purple-gold eyes turned into relaxation and dependence.

"Teacher Mochizuki, you're back!" he shouted.

"I'm back, Atsushi." Saikai Haruto touched his hair.

[Dice Lady's Favor (Three Times) (SR)]: For something that is likely to happen, it will be more likely to happen at the right time you expect, even if the probability is only 1%, with a cooldown of 24 hours. (Except when drawing cards and affecting the main story) (PS: Please note that it can only be used three times.)

Used times: Three times.

Usage content: Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, a researcher in the Special Powers Division, accidentally learned about the "book" and "Dazai Osamu".

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