[Now that you have made a decision, in order to show your sincerity, the system will provide a special service: celebrity vest]
"What is this?" New terms appeared one after another, but with the previous events as a foundation, the tour to Haiyin Temple had calmed many of them.
[When certain conditions are met, you will have a chance to draw a vest, and these vests have different abilities. You can play them and use their abilities to accomplish what you want. ]
[Now you can look at the panel, please pick up this notebook]
Since it has chosen to cooperate, Haiyin Temple Tour still complies with the system's requirements.
Some words written in black ink appeared on the red notebook.
【Name: Haiyin Temple Tour (0Pa)】
【Species: Human】
【Vest: None】
[Item: Evil God Training Notebook - Red (in use)]
【Number of draws remaining: 1】
【Faith value: 1】
[Trigger event: Lady Hachisha's visit (117:59:28)]
The faith value is probably what the system calls something about faith. Haiyinsi Suyou recalled the barrage that praised him and had many guesses in his mind.
I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the countdown for the last one was red, which was particularly eye-catching and quite shocking. This abrupt color also gave the Haiyin Temple tour a bad feeling.
He suddenly recalled the bullet screen he had just seen. The five days mentioned in the last bullet screen seemed to correspond to the countdown, and Lady Hachisha was also mentioned in the bullet screen just now.
He had heard of the legend of the Hachikatsu Lady. The story of the tall woman seducing children had become his bedtime story when he was a child.
The strangeness of the Tateda family came to mind again. Officer Tateda was an ordinary person, and as expected, he was probably more dangerous than dangerous.
This speculation made Haiyinsi Suyou grit his teeth. This former colleague of his parents had always been very caring towards him, and he couldn't help but feel sincerely angry.
"Five days left? Then come on." Haiyin Temple Suyou unconsciously stroked the wooden sign on his ear, muttered to himself, and clenched his fists tightly.
Being entangled by ghosts and spirits that even the Zen master's consecrated wooden plaques could not resist, it was impossible for him to escape without external help, but he would try even if it meant risking his life.
"If you can't beat them, just join them? That's the way to survive." The self-deprecating words came out of the boy's mouth, as if he was provoking and rebelling against the void.
He is determined to avenge Officer Tateda, even if it means going against his parents' teachings and taking any means necessary to win a chance of survival for himself.
"What does this lottery mean?"
[As a benefit of binding to the system, you have the right to participate in a free lottery.] The system explained.
Haiyin Temple Suyou originally just wanted to click on the lucky draw interface to check it out, but the lucky draw was triggered when he flipped the paper.
A golden light suddenly shone from the notebook, blinding him.
A strange totem appeared on the blank pages of the notebook.
They were two giant snakes, one black and one white, entangled with each other and devouring each other.
An update also appeared on Haiyin Temple's personal panel:
[Name: Haiyin Temple Tour]
【Species: Human】
[Vest: The King of Innocence (Do as You Wish)]
[Item: Evil God Training Grip - Red (in use)]
[Number of draws remaining: 0]
【Faith value: 1】
[Trigger event: Lady Hachisha's visit (117:22:34)]
Haiyin Temple Suyou was just about to ask how to use the vest, but as soon as he thought about it, a petite figure appeared in front of him.
"Good night." Haiyinsi Suyou looked at the woman outside the window and suddenly smiled.
This good night sounds like it is said to the fierce ghosts and gods outside the window, but also like it is spoken to oneself.
After five days, it is still uncertain whether you will become the prey or the hunter.
The curtains were closed with a bang, like closing a door separating two worlds.
********
"Ding-bell——" The tranquility of the Armed Detective Agency at dusk was broken by a phone call.
Kunikida stepped forward and answered the phone. After just a few words, the young man's expression immediately became more serious than before.
"President!" The blond young man covered the bottom of the phone and shouted loudly in the direction of the president's office, with a troubled look on his face, "You may need to handle this personally."
"Let me do it, Kunikida."
The swordsman in kimono walked steadily to the young man's side, took his place and answered the phone.
"Hello, this is Fukuzawa."
The swordsman's gaze changed slightly when he saw the phone number. This slight change was not noticed by Kunikida Dokupo, but it made the detective, who was just seriously studying the glass marbles, reveal an intriguing smile.
The blue glass marbles were carefully collected by Ranpo Edogawa, and the famous detective, who looked like a child, slightly diverted his attention from the snacks to the president of the detective agency.
"I'll take this commission."
I don't know what the person on the other side said, but Fukuzawa Yukichi accepted the task very readily.
"President, this is... the government?" The blond young man looked confused and hesitant.
"Almost, but it's also a private commission."
Fukuzawa Yukichi answered briefly and seemed unwilling to say more, and Kunikida Doppo was also very interested and did not ask any more questions.
"It's a supernatural incident!" Edogawa Ranpo jumped up from the sofa, rushed to Fukuzawa Yukichi's side, and shouted confidently.
The young detective's eyes, which were always narrowed, widened now, filled with curiosity and a desire to explore.
"The famous detective wants to go too!" the black-haired detective requested excitedly.
Fukuzawa Yukichi was not moved at all by the pair of green eyes staring at him with great interest.
"No, and my mission is just to be a bodyguard. Just stay in the detective agency." The silver-haired swordsman ruthlessly rejected the detective's request.
"Why?" the detective drew out his tone, looking very unhappy, with a hint of disappointment quietly revealed in his clear green eyes, but it was quickly replaced by stubbornness.
"It's always like this when I encounter this kind of thing," Edogawa Ranpo complained like an angry cat, "Ranpo-sama is always left out, even though my super reasoning can definitely play a big role!"
He knew that Fukuzawa Yukichi and the detective agency were doing these things for his own good, and his special ability of super reasoning always told him the danger of these events.
However, he had almost never completed this type of case reasoning, and he always felt very unwilling to be excluded.
"No means no, just go and finish the remaining tasks from yesterday, Ranbu." The silver-haired swordsman said as he was about to walk out.
"But I wasn't a few months ago..."
The young detective tried to fight for such rights for himself, but before he could tell what happened to him, he was interrupted by the silver-haired swordsman.
"Stop talking, Ranpo. That was enough that you acted on your own." Fukuzawa Yukichi's tone was extremely serious, with an aura that brooked no rebuttal, and the willful Edogawa Ranpo immediately silenced him.
Edogawa Ranpo curled his lips, looking a little unconvinced, but didn't say anything else.
When Edogawa Ranpo decided to ignore a ruthless guardian for a whole day, the silver-haired swordsman turned back as if he remembered something.
Thinking that Fukuzawa Yukichi had changed his mind, Edogawa Ranpo's eyes suddenly lit up, but he only heard him say, "If you complete today's task well, I will make an exception and let you drink another bottle of soda."
"Tsk." The young detective pouted unhappily again, but still accepted the request reluctantly for the sake of the soda.
********
"President!" Kunikida Doppo caught up with Fukuzawa Yukichi on the pretext of asking for advice on work.
"What's wrong, Kunikida?"
"Why doesn't the president allow Mr. Ranpo to get involved in cases like this?" The blond young man looked puzzled.
"I believe that Mr. Ranpo is sensible. Besides, Mr. Ranpo cannot see ghosts and gods, so he won't be affected too much. He also has such a talent for reasoning. He should be the most suitable candidate."
Kunikida Doppo's words made the silver-haired swordsman stop in his tracks, and he turned around and looked seriously in the direction of the blond-haired young man.
"Yes, Ranbu can't see ghosts and gods, but when he didn't have the ability of clairvoyance, he could infer the location of low-level ghosts and gods like the old man. In the words of those psychics, he is a potential genius who has the potential to awaken with just one opportunity."
"If Ranpo really awakens the ability to see ghosts and gods, Kunikida," the silver-haired man paused and looked in the direction of Kunikida Dopo with a sharp gaze, "can you imagine the world that Ranpo will see?"
"By then, Ranbu will probably see not just the monsters around us, but the huge creatures that are beyond our consciousness, the real fears that neither you nor I can understand."
"What happened at Sojiji Temple does not need to happen again."
Silence spread between the two of them. Kunikida Doppo seemed stunned by the scene described by Fukuzawa Yukichi. He opened his mouth but could not speak.
"Okay, Kunikida, go back. We still have no clues about Tanizaki Naomi's disappearance, and we are seriously short of manpower right now. I'll leave the detective agency to you for now."
Thinking of his missing members, the mark between Fukuzawa Yukichi's eyebrows seemed to become more obvious, but he still patiently gave instructions to his subordinates.
Having said this, Kunikida Doppo no longer insisted on his own idea and watched his teacher get into the black car.
A man dressed as a priest was already sitting in the car with a solemn look on his face. This was the person that Fukuzawa Yukichi was protecting.
For Fukuzawa Yukichi, this government mission was so unusual and happened so suddenly. Looking at the sky getting darker and darker, Fukuzawa Yukichi suddenly had a bad feeling.
“Hope everything goes well.”
The silver-haired swordsman thought as he followed the priest toward the villa where the mission would take place.
But the moment he got off the car, he suddenly felt a different, undisguised aura coming from the villa next door, as obvious as a lighthouse in the dark night, but the next second, that aura disappeared.
This feeling was so short-lived that it seemed like an illusion, but Fukuzawa Yukichi did not dare to take it lightly.
Just at that moment, he felt fear for the first time in a long time.
Like a bitter, aged medicine that has been chilled, the fear is sticky and cold.
The tip of the swordsman's tongue suddenly became numb and bitter, and the liquid fear slid down his throat directly into his stomach, then suddenly disappeared.
On the wall of the villa garden, something reflective seemed to flash by.