Chapter 276 The Third Player
"So the reason why you can appear here, Mochizuki-kun, is because you are not a human, but a supernatural being."
Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, who was watching nearby, was in a delicate mood and lacked interest.
He should have never come across the concept of "supernatural life forms" in his memory, but for some reason, when Mochizuki Kaoru revealed his true identity, Shibuzawa Ryuhiko always had a sense of... déjà vu, which made him unconsciously believe what he said.
There was even a strange feeling of discomfort.
Although it is quite unexpected that a non-human "supernatural life form" suddenly appeared among a group of humans, given Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's personality, he should be very interested in this...but the sudden and ridiculous discomfort made him frown subconsciously, and for a moment he didn't have any interest in researching it, and even didn't want to talk.
Xi Haiqing Dou nodded lightly. His face was calm and he didn't show any guilt at all.
Although he does feel a little guilty now - especially when facing Shibuzawa Ryuhiko.
After all, his "script" was an almost complete rewrite of the script that Tatsuhiko Shibozawa was supposed to have originally written, so when facing the "script prototype" itself, he was inevitably a little short of breath.
But on second thought, he felt justified again - isn't Shibuzawa Ryuhiko fine now? And he can't find Nakajima Atsushi now, and can't do any messy experiments on him, so he won't die at the hands of Nakajima Atsushi, and there is a high probability that he won't be resurrected with supernatural powers... So he probably won't have the chance to use this script, so it doesn't matter if he uses it!
Anyway, no one can explain the situation with superpowers clearly, and this script was given to him by Dazai Osamu. If he has any questions, he has to go to Dazai Osamu - who knows how he came to such a magical conclusion.
Well, it has nothing to do with him anyway.
Thinking of this, Xi Hai Qing Dou instantly felt righteous again.
"…So, Mr. Mochizuki, have you been here for a long time?"
"Dazai Osamu" looked at Saikai Haruto and suddenly asked.
The situation at this moment seemed a little strange.
With the shell of "Mochizuki Kaoru" on his head and the buff of "supernatural life form", Saikai Haruto, who suddenly stopped being human, looked the same as always, extremely calm and peaceful, as if what he just said was just a trivial matter. On the contrary, Dazai Osamu, who was standing opposite him, had drooping hair and eyes as quiet as a dry well, with an unfathomable repressed emotion, which almost made people suspect that the person whose secret was "exposed" was not Mochizuki Kaoru, but himself.
Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, who was watching from the side, seemed to be absent-minded. No one knew what he was thinking about. His expression was weird, making it even harder to guess what he was thinking about at this moment.
Like him, "Dazai Osamu", who was completely out of the matter, for some reason, also put on a thoughtful, melancholy and depressed look, as if he had some "empathy" with Dazai Osamu for a moment... To be honest, Saikai Haruto didn't know what he was "thinking" about, or whether he was just acting.
But when he suddenly asked Xi Hai Qing Dou that question, Xi Hai Qing Dou immediately felt keenly that the atmosphere around him had changed again.
The one who pushed the atmosphere to change was Dazai Osamu.
Others, Haruto Saikai, were not quite sure, but although he did not appear to care much, in fact, most of his attention was on Dazai Osamu.
Therefore, he was able to promptly detect any changes in Dazai Osamu - even if they were extremely slight and lasted less than a second.
Sometimes Saikai Haruto was also puzzled - what on earth did Dazai Osamu see in the "book" that made him always have this kind of... indescribable, cautious feeling when facing him?
Could it be that he gave him the impression of being so fragile, like a piece of glass? He didn't seem to be like that when he was facing Odasaku... Ah, although he was also preparing to get another BE script this time.
Xi Haiqing Dou felt a little guilty, but not much.
He looked away.
"It's not early, I just arrived." He avoided the point.
"I just happened to overhear a few words."
"So, Mochizuki-kun is here just for Dazai-kun?"
For some reason, Shibuzawa Ryuhiko suddenly perked up again, and when he looked at Saikai Haruto, there was a look of fatigue that had not yet gone away, but also a bit of new interest.
"For Dazai-kun, even the secret that has been buried for ten years can be freely revealed now. Oh, the friendship between Mochizuki-kun and Dazai-kun is really surprising..."
He finished his speech in a flat tone, then suddenly added: "I just don't know what Mochizuki-kun wants to do by suddenly appearing here, and which Dazai-kun is he doing it for?"
Saikai Haruto: ...
The bad intentions of this guy in his words were almost overflowing. He was about to get goosebumps.
"Shibuzawa-kun," he said, "perhaps there is another possibility. I am here not for Dazai, nor for another Dazai-kun, but for you, Shibuzawa-kun."
Shibuzawa Ryuhiko raised his eyebrows in surprise, obviously not expecting that he would have a role.
“——Is it Ango?”
Dazai Osamu asked suddenly, "He was the one who contacted you, Mr. Mochizuki, right?"
His tone was calm and affirmative.
If there was something that could have caused "Mochizuki Kaoru" to appear here and find Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, Dazai Osamu could only think of him.
Saikai Haruto looked at Dazai Osamu again, neither nodding nor shaking his head. In Dazai Osamu's eyes, he confirmed this answer.
"As expected, Dazai, you were the first one to know about Ango."
Dazai Osamu acquiesced and smiled faintly: "When did Mr. Mochizuki know Ango's identity?"
The only people who would allow someone like Mochizuki Kaoru, who had nothing to do with Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, to appear here were only the Special Powers Special Affairs Division and only Sakaguchi Ango.
Dazai Osamu felt a little powerless in his heart.
In the "pages" of the "book", it was originally believed that Kaoru Mochizuki would know the identity of Ango Sakaguchi after he joined the Special Powers Division. His connection with the "book" was also related to the Special Powers Division.
But this time, even though he no longer had that relationship with the Special Powers Division, he still knew about the "book" and the identity of Sakaguchi Ango again, and he also appeared here at this moment.
The gloominess in Dazai Osamu's heart grew even more.
"The second time I met Ango."
Saikai Haruto pretended not to notice his emotional changes and said frankly: "When I first met him, his emotions were very obvious, and when we met the second time, Dazai's emotions were also not right, so I guessed that there was something wrong with his identity."
It is not difficult to guess that Ango Sakaguchi is a member of the Special Powers Division. At least for "Mochizuki Kaoru", it is not difficult to draw this conclusion.
"Ango is from another organization, and you knew about this long ago, Dazai, before you transferred him to your side, right?"
He whispered, "Ango just called me."
Shibuzawa Ryuhiko is a researcher of the Special Powers Division. He suddenly left the division and created white fog everywhere in Yokohama with great fanfare to provoke the Port Mafia. The Special Powers Division naturally wanted to take him back - although generally speaking, in such situations, the special powers who committed these heinous incidents, especially the Port Mafia, are also a major organization that Yokohama cannot ignore. The Special Powers Division must give an explanation to the government and the Port Mafia, and must hand over Shibuzawa Ryuhiko.
However, Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's abilities are too useful, and he is the only one in Japan who is comparable to those "transcendents" in the hands of the Special Powers Division. The Special Powers Division will never hand him over.
Therefore, even though Shibuzawa Ryuhiko caused so many troubles in just two days, the Special Powers Agent Department still wanted to take him back instead of killing him.
But also because his ability is too special, almost no one with superpowers can appear in Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's white mist intact... Therefore, it is even more difficult to find someone who can bring Shibuzawa Ryuhiko back to the Superpower Special Affairs Department in a short time.
In the end, Sakaguchi Ango had no choice but to contact Saikai Haruto.
Dazai Osamu smiled bitterly.
Saikai Haruto didn't say what the call from Sakaguchi Ango was about. In fact, Sakaguchi Ango called him after he met Edogawa Ranpo and Fukuzawa Yukichi. And looking at Dazai Osamu's expression, it was obvious that he had misunderstood something - perhaps he misunderstood that he would enter this white fog because Sakaguchi Ango called him first.
Saikai Haruto noticed it, but didn't explain it - this misunderstanding was exactly what he wanted right now.
Sorry, Ango, you have to bear this blame for now.
He apologized to Sakaguchi Ango in his heart.
He was the one who introduced Shibuzawa Ryuhiko into this "game", and after he had fulfilled his role, he naturally had to "recycle" him. Similarly, he just needed to find another reason that would allow him to temporarily avoid Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's death choice problem more reasonably.
[Dice Girl's Favor·SR (3/3)], the second time this effect card was used, Saikai Haruto used it to ensure Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's appearance, and the third time he used it, he used it here.
The reason this card is only SR is because it can only be used three times and can't affect large-scale events like changing the world, nor can it affect players, but other than that, it's still very useful here - especially when there are a lot of overly sensitive guys around, it can effectively allow him to avoid some problems.
The information about the "book" and the two "Dazai Osamu" that Shibuzawa Ryuhiko learned came from the Special Power Division and was a coincidence; and Sakaguchi Ango wanted to bring Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, who had escaped from the Special Power Division, back to the Division, but he could neither contact Dazai Osamu nor find other psychics who could deal with Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's abilities, so he finally contacted "Mochizuki Kaoru"... which was also due to Sakaguchi Ango's actions and even more of a coincidence.
——So his appearance here became a coincidence.
These "coincidences" are just "coincidences". Without any clues, even the most sensitive worry-teller cannot detect the connection between them and "Mochizuki Kaoru".
If there is any driving force behind it, it can only be called "fate" and has nothing to do with him.
This was what Dazai Osamu saw at that moment.