Chapter 284 The Third Player

Xi Haiqing Dou closed the forum, feeling somewhat satisfied but not too satisfied.

The response seems good, but... it's not enough.

Something seems to be missing.

Perhaps it lacks the "aftereffect" that makes people addicted - whether in forum discussions or in comics.

Since the "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" chapter has not yet been concluded, it's just right to let him add fuel to the fire later. It just so happens that... he still has a backup plan that he hasn't used up yet.

Although he had already guessed what the plot of the comic would be, Xi Haiqing Dou still opened the comic and took a look at it.

After the place he had seen before, the comic was updated with two more chapters. He quickly skimmed through the content, which was pretty much what he had expected. It included not only what he knew about the previous encounters with Edogawa Ranpo and Fukuzawa Yukichi, but also what he didn't know about, the "transactions" between "Dazai Osamu" and Dazai Osamu and Shibuzawa Ryuhiko respectively, and even the part about Oda Saku... the "chance encounter" with Akutagawa Ryunosuke on the roadside.

No wonder the player suddenly heard the sound of Odasaku in his hand... It was only when Saikai Haruto saw this that he finally understood the reason.

The ending of the first episode happened to be stuck at the scene where "Dazai Osamu" was "backstabbed" by Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, Dazai Osamu shot him, and he just appeared out of nowhere at the critical moment.

The young man in kimono with dark medium-length hair held the shoulder of the young man with black slightly curly hair with one hand, and faced the familiar friend opposite him in a semi-protective posture.

Just from the standpoints, it was intriguing enough. Add to that the three people's expressions: one was surprised, one was calm and worried, and one was shocked and bewildered, and it was even more dramatic.

This episode contains a lot of information, and it's very scattered. Not surprisingly, there are barrages of comments everywhere, with people discussing all sorts of things.

[Wait, there are scenes for our Detective Ranpo and the president? Damn, how come you two also know Mr. Mochizuki? I am almost laughing my head off.]

[So Ranbu means that No. 2 is not a killer, and Teacher Mochizuki also doubts whether No. 2 is a killer? Hashidou Madai, my brain seems to be a little stuck, it's about to overload, stop, stop for me]

[I was shocked. I thought Odasaku was going to fight with Akutagawa... Did you see that? Odasaku, take this big stray cat in front of you home with you! ]

[Wait, did you two choose to team up with Shigezawa without any prior agreement? Okay, the unnecessary tacit understanding has increased again, kowtow to Narcissus]

【??? Don’t knock on everything upstairs!!】

[Okay, Shibuzawa-san takes the lead in attacking No.2! The backstab is successful! Watch Dazai attacking No.2 as well! But Mochizuki-sensei shows up! He blocks it successfully! Dazai fails! Mochizuki-sensei still chooses No.2 and the backstab is successful! Dazai fails miserably!! I declare No.2 the winner]

[Where did this commentator from upstairs come from…Shen Jin, he made me laugh for no apparent reason]

[Okay, okay, anything can be used as a substitute for White Album, this can be used as a substitute, I am so surprised again]

…Xihai Haruto calmly turned to the next chapter.

The title of the next episode is "Far Away", a very to-the-point title, and the content is also very clear and concise. Saikai Haruto can even recount it with his eyes closed - the confrontation and dialogue he had in front of Dazai, the player, and Shibuzawa Ryuhiko yesterday are almost exactly the same, almost a perfect one-to-one replica.

The "Mochizuki Kaoru" in the picture opens with a big statement: "Because now 'I' am not a human being, but the superpower itself, a superpower life form."

Not only did it captivate Shibuzawa Ryuhiko and "Dazai Osamu" on the screen, it also captivated the audience in another dimension across the screen. For a moment, the screen was filled with question marks.

【Ah? Ah? Ah? ? ? Teacher Mochizuki is not a human being anymore? ?】

[Wait, did I miss something? Why did Kaoru Mochizuki suddenly become something else? I think I missed the previous part? ? ]

[Why doesn’t Dazai know this too? How did Dazai know this? And how did Mochizuki Kaoru know that Dazai also knew this? ? ? I don’t understand? ? ]

[Damn, I guessed it... As expected, it can be seen from the fact that Dazai didn't want Mochizuki Kaoru to see Shibuzawa, but Mochizuki Kaoru didn't worry at all. Who would have thought that it would actually come true? So the real Mochizuki died ten years ago. So he is no longer a "dead soul"]

[Shit, so the previous conversation with the Riddler was about this? ? Damn the Riddler.]

[Wait, did no one notice Shibuzawa's expression? So funny, Shibuzawa looks familiar... Yeah, you will be in a similar situation in the future.]

The plot also progresses very quickly. First, the reason for the sudden appearance of "Mochizuki Kaoru" was revealed, then the topic suddenly turned to the Special Powers Division, then to the identity of Sakaguchi Ango, and then to his relationship with Dazai Osamu and Mochizuki Kaoru... Then, after a long detour, it turned back to the Special Powers Division and Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, and finally brought the topic back to the real focus - "books".

However, perhaps because the dialogue in the middle was too obscure, the first half did not seem to be particularly well received by the audience.

[I saved my life. Is this a gathering of some kind of puzzlers? Four puzzlers gathered together. Who can't understand and fit in? Oh, it turns out to be me.]

[All the mystery people, get out of Yokohama! ! Angry.jpg]

[I don’t understand… What? Is this neon? That’s ok. It’s normal that I don’t understand.]

[In summary, Zai said that Zai No. 2 was not Zai, Zai No. 2 denied it, Shize threw a Shura Field to Moon, and Zai and Zai No. 2 had to choose one. Moon had maxed out his dodge points and chose Shize (? ) instead, successfully avoiding the Shura Field. Shize was in great danger (mist)]

[Continued: Shibuzawa calmly continued to break up the CP, this time he wanted to break up Mochizuki x Dazai x Ango! Dazai x Ango was successfully broken up! But Moon continued to dodge, and the master of balance said he was not afraid! Mochizuki x Ango continued to survive! Shibuzawa suffered another setback! ]

[Ahhh, you upstairs! You can explain things, you made me laugh so hard... As a reward, I'll let you become a CP fan and go in to explain things on the spot.]

[So that’s how it is… Okay, now I finally understand it completely (big fog)]

The barrage was indeed quite humorous... Haruto Nishimi had to hold back from bursting out laughing on the plane.

The plot of the second half of the comic progresses at a relatively fast pace.

The confusing questions at the beginning only lasted for a short while, and in the blink of an eye, we entered the key point.

——It’s still “book”.

All the keys seem to revolve around the "book".

Whether it is the sudden appearance of "Dazai Osamu", Dazai Osamu's tit-for-tat, the relationship between "Shu" and the two "Dazai Osamu", or the relationship between Dazai Osamu and "Dazai Osamu", and the sudden "life and death" issue about "Mochizuki Kaoru"... all of them cannot be avoided without the existence of "Shu".

At this point, most of them are playing "open cards".

It is worth mentioning that the content about "seven cubed" mentioned by Saikai Haruto in the middle was deleted and changed to the part about "game"... Saikai Haruto guessed that the cartoonist was too lazy to point out the "connection" between this world and other comics. Although it is a pity that the idea of ​​secretly adding some drama to "Solomon" and "Mochizuki Kaoru" was shattered, this is not a big problem.

In the comics, the focus then shifts back to him and "Dazai Osamu".

At that time, Shibozawa Ryuhiko was already in a state of "eating spectators and watching the show" which was the most innocent.

Whether it was when the player threw out Odasaku's voice because he wanted to snatch the "book" and then suddenly grabbed him, or when he drew his sword to kill the player, Xi Haiqingdou looked at Shibuzawa Ryuhiko in the comic with an expression that was hard to describe - why didn't he notice at that time, the interest in that guy's eyes was almost overflowing, and he was just about to shout "Hit harder".

And Dazai Osamu's expression.

The first half of Saikai Haruto's attention was mostly on the players at the time, so he didn't notice that when he was "held" by the players, Dazai Osamu's expression was already not good - he must have guessed at that time what Saikai Haruto might be planning to do next.

After all, they both knew very well that with Mochizuki Kaoru's skills, even if Odasaku's voice suddenly appeared and distracted him, it would still be difficult for players to control him if he hadn't deliberately sold that broken trick.

Haruto Nishimi was looking at the pictures in the comics, and suddenly he became a little dazed.

I have to say that the cartoonist's painting skills are really solid, whether it's him holding the player back with his backhand, or him grabbing the player's wrist and quickly retreating, or cutting off Dazai Osamu's hand in the middle of the way and quickly reaching out to him to grab his sleeve, or him stabbing the player in the heart with his backhand...

This series of images not only looks extremely thrilling, but also has a faint sense of "fate" - as if destined, the hand that Dazai Osamu stretched out was still a step too slow; and his movement was still one step faster, and the moment he grabbed him, the sleeve also broke into two pieces at the same time.

There is even an extra small frame of flashback in the middle - it is obviously a "memory" scene, the protagonists are still "Mochizuki Kaoru" and Dazai Osamu, and it is a similar picture - but in the picture, Dazai Osamu reaches out to grab "Mochizuki Kaoru", and he clearly touches the person but only touches the air.

Moreover, when Saikai Haruto re-watched the situation from the perspective of a bystander, he discovered some new things that he had not noticed before - for example, in the scene when he pierced the player's heart, even he himself did not know that, although a small drop of blood splashed on his face because the action was too fast, the expression on his face at that time was not murderous, but a kind of almost indifferent calmness. After watching for a long time, you can even see an inexplicable tolerance and sadness in it.

For another example, although the player's brows are furrowed, there is not much surprise in his eyes, and there is a faint but genuine smile on his lips.

——When he was countered by him, it seemed that he had thought of this scene. Even Xi Haiqing Dou couldn't be sure, and couldn't guess what he was thinking at that time.

...Isn't it true that the cartoonist "mixed in his own personal opinions"? He felt that his expression at that time didn't seem so cold, right? And...was the player smiling? I can't remember clearly.

As expected, the reaction of the bullet screen was also very quick and real.

[I was just thinking about the mystery teller of No. 2 Zai, wondering if he was Zai or not, but in the blink of an eye, Teacher Mochizuki killed him? You are such a good guy, worthy of me? ]

[You can choose anyone else to tie up, so why not tie him up... You are done for now, you are really done for now]

[Help, who knows, Mochizuki-sensei is so beautiful in this scene... When she kills people, she actually has a kind of divine feeling on her body, so cute, I really feel bewitched]

[I was bitten +1, my dear, please don’t kill him, come and kill me, please]

[Ah, am I the only one who feels that Kazai deliberately committed suicide like this? Help, he is still smiling at this moment, and I actually bumped into them, it feels so fatalistic... Am I completely finished?]

[Dazai, who didn't catch Mochizuki-sensei, has a look on his face that feels good... No, I mean it hurts.]

The scene in the comic has reached the end of the comic. Next, it is the scene where "Mochizuki Kaoru" creates "special power points" and "voluntarily dies".

Watching this scene again from a bystander's perspective, Saikai Haruto had a blank expression on his face. He only silently thanked the cartoonist in his heart for drawing him so handsomely and making the special effects of his supernatural powers so dazzling - in fact, the scene at that time did not have such dazzling special effects at all, but was extremely plain and simple.

What surprised him even more was that the comic also included an extra "memory" scene of Dazai Osamu.

When "Mochizuki Kaoru" in the comics created special abilities, Dazai Osamu uncontrollably recalled the scene in his mind when "Mochizuki Kaoru" "disappeared" from the memory he got in the "book".

——Just as Saikai Haruto expected, in Dazai Osamu’s memory, the “Mochizuki Kaoru” also said similar words, and then turned around without hesitation and disappeared into the “Supernatural Power Special Point”.

"This is something that only I can do, and only I can do."

The "Mochizuki Kaoru" in the picture said: "Just think of it as me killing him and killing another you, Dazai. Goodbye."

Memories and reality flash back and forth repeatedly, finally overlapping in the same ending.

...It is worth mentioning that there seems to be a scene in the middle where Nakajima Atsushi is waiting obediently at home for "Mochizuki Kaoru" to return.

Xi Haiqing Dou's non-existent conscience was aching again.

Saikai Haruto turned to the next page...but didn't get there.

The comics that follow are no longer available.

Perhaps because of the sudden "death" of "Mochizuki Kaoru" in the manga, many barrages seemed to regard the end of this episode as the end of the "BUTTERFLY EFFECT" arc... The barrage was filled with the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling.

The bullet screen that should have not been completed at this point in the comic was also drowned in the crowd.

But Xi Haiqing Dou felt that this was not the end yet - after all, this matter seemed to be over, but the sequel had not been explained yet. The story was about integrity, the beginning, the development, the turning point, and the ending after the climax. The foreshadowing and backhand he had laid before should also play the final role at this moment.

Saikai Haruto closed the comic and clicked on the "book" and the "glasses" belonging to "Mochizuki Kaoru" in the bag next to him.

...Well, it's time for him to take Mochizuki Kaoru's last "relics" and seek refuge with "Mochizuki Kaoru's good friend" Chiaki Uehara.