"I guess so." The detective's tone didn't convey much emotion.
The police officer who smiled and told him to go to a safe place, but who was swallowed up by nothingness without looking back, came to his mind again, and Edogawa Ranpo couldn't help but whispered: "As expected, the police are all idiots."
Not knowing why his father was so kind to Edogawa Ranpo, the young detective patiently answered Kaionji Temple's questions as detailed as possible.
As the son of a Haiyinsi police officer, Haiyinsi Suyou himself has no way of knowing the real cause of his father's death and can only piece together the facts from fragments of information uttered by other people.
He finally got a lot of clues from Ranpo Edogawa.
"…That's about it. In the end, I figured out where the golden wish slip was hidden, and naturally solved the problem."
There was some pride in Edogawa Ranpo's voice, but it was not hard to tell that he seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the result.
"So, the theft of the Golden Wish Signature was caused by ghosts and gods?" Haiyinsi Suyou asked with difficulty. For some reason, his voice became a little dry.
The black-haired detective held his chin in his hand and answered gloomily, "I can't see ghosts, but I heard the policeman call that ghost, uh, Lady Hachisha."
“…”
[Shock! They're connected!]
[I didn't expect that Haiyin Temple's father had another clue]
[There is definitely something wrong with Zongji Temple now]
[Not necessarily. What if the devil is targeting Sojiji Temple? The black-haired guy and the police officer before might just be unprovoked disasters.]
[Boldly guess, Sojiji Temple and Hashikuni-san are enemies, and Hashikuni-san stole the golden wish slips for revenge, but was stopped by the black-haired boy's father, so Hashikuni-san came to seek revenge on the black-haired boy]
[But there are still bugs. How did the police officer named Tate die? And didn’t we mention before that Naomi Tanizaki went missing because she went to Sojiji Temple to pray? What about that?]
[I pressed ten spicy strips, there is something wrong with Zongji Temple]
[I'll take a pack!]
[Get out of the way, I'm going to take ten boxes!]
The bullet screen seemed to be caught in some strange gamble.
It took a long time to swim upstream to Haiyin Temple before I could find my own voice.
"Thank you, Mr. Edogawa."
Just as what was said in the bullet screen, things seemed to be connected by an invisible thread, and the truth was like a hidden undercurrent that swept all the people and events in the game into an invisible vortex.
When Haiyinsi Suyou walked out of the Armed Detective Agency, Madam Basha was standing downstairs, smiling and waving at him with her hands covering her lips reservedly.
For some unknown reason, the young man named Dazai Osamu also followed him downstairs.
"What's your little problem?" The young man in a light-colored windbreaker put his hands in his pockets and glanced in the direction of Madam Hachisha inconspicuously.
In Dazai Osamu's view, Kaionji Suyou's failure to seek help from the Armed Detective Agency was almost tantamount to seeking his own death.
"It doesn't matter." Dazai Osamu didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that the boy's voice, which should have been filled with fear, was actually full of smiles.
"It doesn't matter." He heard the black-haired high school student repeat it again.
Although it was indeed novel to meet a guy with extremely strong psychic abilities, Dazai Osamu would naturally not meddle in the affairs of an idiot who didn't listen to his advice.
The members of the Armed Detective Agency in light-colored windbreakers suddenly acted like model waiters in a cafe, making exaggerated and dramatic farewell gestures with their body movements.
"See you later." The black-haired young man said with a smile, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.
After bidding farewell to Dazai Osamu, I walked alone on the streets of Yokohama at night.
He took a moment to glance at the time on his red-leather notebook. There were less than two hours left before Lady Hachisha's attack.
The distance between him and Lady Hachisha became closer and closer as time went by. He could almost feel the cold breath and the obsessive and scorching gaze emanating from the terrifying creature from another dimension behind him.
However, the black-haired high school student was walking down the street as usual, as if there was no ghost lurking behind him.
[The world owes Haiyin Temple an Oscar. The Hachiya-san is almost sticking to my back, but the performance is so real]
[He can’t do that. Last time I watched the live broadcast on China Street, there was an old man who was the best actor. There were a room full of monsters and ghosts, but he just pretended to be senile and fooled them.]
The barrage discussed his acting skills, and he took down some information about China Street during his trip to Haiyin Temple. However, this relaxed atmosphere of the barrage did not last long. It was obvious that most of the audience found it difficult to understand why he did not seek help from the Armed Detective Agency.
[I don't understand why Kaionji didn't ask the Armed Detective Agency for help. Even if Tanizaki Junichiro and Edogawa Ranpo can't see it, Fukuzawa Yukichi can at least.]
[Yeah, it seems that the black-haired boy’s father has some kind of relationship with Edogawa Ranpo. If he really asks for help, Ginlang will most likely accept it.]
[Add one, this is really dangerous]
The comments were almost one-sided, with many people saying they were planning to watch the death live broadcast later.
However, this was all within the expectations of the Haiyin Temple Tour. In this case, letting Michel Ende appear again will definitely achieve better results than last time.
[Wait, does no one think that Haiyin Temple is really capable of dealing with Hachiya-san?]
A unique comment was posted alone and was immediately refuted.
[That's impossible. Although his clairvoyance seems to be the highest level among the current players, Haiyin Temple Suyou is just an ordinary person.]
[I mean, I don’t believe he can survive. If my wife doesn’t succeed tonight, I will eat the keyboard live on TV.]
[Keyboard: I didn't mess with any of you]
There were not many pedestrians on the empty street. Haiyinsi walked along the street to free himself, but this attempt to relax did not last long.
The conversation between the two pedestrians walking in front of him attracted Haiyin Temple Suyou's attention.
In front of him were two girls who looked like elementary school students and were carrying school bags. They didn't know why they were going home just now.
"Xiao Xing, Xiao Xing, have you heard about that?" the smaller girl asked her taller friend mysteriously.
"Hey, Aiko, what's that?" The little girl carrying a cinnamon dog backpack was immediately curious and leaned towards her friend.
"It's the one, the one in the forum." The smaller girl looked around and said anxiously.
"What forum?" The little girl carrying the Cinnamon Dog backpack pushed her glasses, still seeming to not understand what her good friend was talking about.
"You're out of date, Xiao Xing. It's that forum. I told you about it before. It's called the Spirit Summoning Forum."
The girl who was called □□zi found that her friend still didn't know even after she had talked so much, so she immediately became anxious and decided not to keep the secret anymore, and her voice gradually became louder.
"Oh! That! I remember now. Didn't you tell me before that you wanted to try the Wishing Devil Summoning Array?" After being reminded like this, the girl called Xiao Xing by her friends finally understood.
The Calling of the Spirits is a small forum with less than a thousand members, but they are all very active.
This is a forum formed by paranormal enthusiasts, but their purpose is more special, which is to exchange how to obtain power from some strange creatures to realize wishes.
The magic circle for summoning the wish-granting devil that Aiko wanted to try out before was obtained from here, but this is not what the girl wants to share with her friends this time.
"It's not the wishing devil. I tried it last time. That magic circle is useless besides being difficult to draw. I'm talking about the Queen of Innocence!" the petite girl declared happily.
"The Queen of Innocence! I've heard that too. It seems like she can even fulfill the wishes of the dead." The girl named Xiao Xing pushed her glasses up again and said seriously.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard that the Queen of Innocence is a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, about the same age as us, with a sparkling necklace and a super gorgeous dress! I made a wish too, I really hope I can be chosen!"
“That sounds super cool!” Aiko’s friend agreed.
This description seemed to become more and more familiar. Haiyinsi Suyou frowned and thought about it.
He didn't take the urban legends the two girls told seriously at first, but this description was similar to his own alias except for the gender.
Danmu seemed to have the same feeling as him.
[Emm… Why does this description sound so much like the previous shota, but the gender seems to be wrong]
[Maybe/doge]
"Look, Xiao Xing!" Aiko showed the mark on her hand to her companions. It was an oval formed by two giant snakes, one black and one white, with their tails connected.
The last time Michel Ende used his ability, the barrage didn't seem to see the pattern of the necklace clearly. They were still discussing, but Haiyinsi Suyou, who was not far from the girl, suddenly frowned.
This is the pattern on Michel Ende's necklace.
The pace of the tour upstream to Haiyin Temple paused for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
But his heart was in turmoil, far from the calmness he appeared on the surface.
"System." Haiyinsi Suyou called out to the system in his heart.
No response.
I don’t know if it was intentional on the part of the system, but the countdown on the red notebook seemed to be a little more glaring.
Haiyin Temple Suyou let out a light sigh, and the cool air from Lady Hachisha's body sprayed on the back of his neck. Although he knew that this was most likely the system's fault, the most urgent thing was to solve the big trouble that had been following him for five days.
However, when he was thinking about how to maximize the benefits of Michel Ende's appearance this time, several bullet screens attracted his attention.
[Yeah yeah yeah, the black-haired handsome guy shouldn’t die]
[What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Could it be that the official spoilers say that this black-haired guy is a hidden boss?]
[Did you guys watch the live broadcast on the other side? Ranbu asked the president to chase him out, so Haiyin Temple should be saved now]
[That’s great. Although I came here to collect exotic materials, I still hope that Haiyin Temple can survive. Ah, God of Live Broadcast, please let me watch the handsome guy for a while longer.]
[Tsk tsk tsk, you seem to have exposed something in front of me]
"Very good."
The black-haired high school boy whispered after seeing the bullet screen, with a faint curve at the corner of his mouth. This was probably the first time he had smiled sincerely in the past few days.
The actors and important audience of this comedy are all in place.
In the hazy moonlight, the blond-haired and blue-eyed king appeared again.
The Silver Wolf, who was following Haiyin Temple Suyou and staring intently at the woman in a white dress, suddenly looked towards a certain place.
Just now, he seemed to feel a familiar breath. At the same time, the swordsman was alert to the fact that this breath seemed sharper and colder than that of the tall lady not far away, who was gradually beginning to fully reveal her inhuman side.
The moon was gradually blocked by clouds, and a breeze lifted from the blue cloak, brushing away the cold sweat that had appeared on Fukuzawa Yukichi's forehead at some point.
The boy wearing an exquisite little crown stood in front of the two girls and looked at them openly.
He seemed to be satisfied with the height of the little girl named Aiko. Amid the two elementary school students' soft screams, the blond king said modestly:
"I received your wish."
"However," the boy dressed as a king changed the subject, his sky-blue eyes passed over the two girls and looked behind the black-haired boy, "It seems that something disgusting has disturbed his interest."