Yokohama Future Lovers

Edogawa Ranpo was running.

After getting the last clue - what "Yasha Shirayuki" wanted to do that day, Edogawa Ranpo finally connected all the clues together.

The reason why Izumi Kyoka and Nakajima Atsushi were able to enter the old school building was because "Moonbeast" happened to be calling Nakajima Atsushi in his sleep, and Izumi Kyoka, like Edogawa Ranpo, had just "transferred" to the school. "Yasha Shirayuki" was also calling her, so they were able to come in.

At that time, Yasha Baixue didn't want to kill these two people, but wanted to wake them up from the virtual world.It's a pity that Izumi Kyouka and Nakajima Atsushi entered this world earlier than Edogawa Ranpo after all, and the "different powers" of these two people stayed in the old school building and were polluted.

"Yasha Shirayuki" has gradually been unable to distinguish between the killing intent and the emotion of wanting to save Izumi Kyoka.

When all the clues were connected together, Edogawa Ranpo also completely got rid of the "self" in this world and returned to his original self.

He is not the "Edogawa Ranpo" of this world, but the "Edogawa Ranpo" of another world.

In his world, Ranpo Edogawa and Yukichi Fukuzawa came to Osamu Dazai's home together to discuss the lover in Osamu Dazai's parallel world, but before they could discuss anything, the whole The world was shrouded in white light, and he, Fukuzawa Yukichi and Dazai Osamu who were present at the time were "swallowed" by a huge "book".

According to Edogawa Ranpo's reasoning, besides the three of them, it is estimated that many people will also travel to the parallel world.

And, this is only the first world.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help running faster.

——Catch up!

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The berserk Alice's long blond curly hair seemed to be swept up by the gust of wind, she grinned, and those empty and dark eye sockets seemed to lead to an endless abyss.

"No, it will hurt you." Alice's voice has been stuttering since just now, but this can't reduce the madness and terror in her.

She let out a series of small laughs, which looked extremely strange in the dark old school building.

"Be good, be good." Alice pointed the huge syringe out at Osamu Dazai, and said, "As long as you erase your memory, you won't disappear."

"Just like the time before, let's play together."

Looking at the horrifying blonde girl in front of him, Osamu Dazai did not show the slightest fear, instead he asked curiously: "As the advanced AI that maintains this virtual world, are you mental bodies okay for 'me'? The eliminated "virus", aren't you afraid that it will disappear when you touch me?"

Alice, who stayed in the old school building for a long time and could not return to Mori Ogai, not only changed her appearance drastically, but also her consciousness was often in a state of confusion and fuzziness.

Although the fighting instinct didn't degenerate, and even became stronger in the berserk state, her consciousness was still in chaos.

Hearing Dazai Osamu's words at this time, Alice just stopped subconsciously, wanting to answer his question, and said: "Well, Alice is very powerful. Although I am not an advanced virtual AI like you Dazai, I also I got a little bit of authority in this world."

Of course, the authority she can obtain is only to help Osamu Dazai erase his memory, and Alice has no way to call Mori Ogai to get him out of this virtual world.

"It's so lonely, so lonely, so lonely all the time in the old school building..." Alice closed her eyes, like a little girl singing, but unfortunately only the left half of her face is complete, and the right half of her face is like a devil Again, only a little flesh and blood remained on the bones.

She said, "Rintaro, that idiot, kept me waiting for so long."

This world is a future sci-fi setting, and everyone's life span is unbelievably long.In this world, "perfection" is taken for granted, and it is considered unthinkable to have "disease", so people who are considered sick will be forced to be released in the virtual world, and the real body will be imprisoned in the nutrition warehouse , and they will spend a "perfect" life in the virtual world.

Since Mori Ogai's consciousness was projected into the virtual world, how long has Alice been in this dark old school building?several years?decades?Hundreds of years?Even she doesn't remember.

Just remember the long, endless darkness and the wailing of other "spiritual bodies" in madness.

Until she thought that the connection with Mori Ogai had been completely severed, a strange emotion came from the other side.

Before Alice figured out what it was, Osamu Dazai came to the old school building with a torch.

This is the advanced virtual AI of this world, and Alice can tell the difference between him and others at a glance.But facing Alice's vigilance, the black-haired boy just showed a slight smile.

"Hello, lovely little lady. I'm Osamu Dazai."

Having said that, he let Alice "see" the "material" in his hand, and said, "Don't you think today is a good day to commit suicide?"

Weird people—no, weird AI.

When Mori Ogai was still in the real world, Alice, as his spiritual body, had seen many AIs. Most of them looked very human, but they were still non-human creatures in essence.

And Osamu Dazai?Alice felt that at that moment, not even a human being seemed like a "person" like he did.

Osamu Dazai explained his plan to Alice enthusiastically like a child planning a prank.

He's going to kill himself in the old school building to get the attention of other people in this virtual world.

Due to the mechanism of this virtual world, all the sense of disobedience has been weakened to the extreme, including the existence of this old school building.Osamu Dazai didn't notice that there was an old school building in Yokohama Junior High before he realized that he was human.

And Osamu Dazai, as an advanced virtual AI assisting this world, is able to realize that he is not a human being, which is already a violation of this mechanism. Without clearing his memory, he is also becoming more and more declining, let alone destroying the world. The truth has been told to others.

As long as Osamu Dazai tells them the truth about the world, everyone's memories will be blurred again.

Instead of that, it's better to bounce back and forth on the verge of violating the mechanics of this world.

"Actually, what will happen to this virtual world is not that important to me." Osamu Dazai said, "But I feel a little angry when I think that I was maintaining this world as a virtual AI before."

"Besides, there are people I want to protect in this world." Osamu Dazai smiled and said, "Although they are completely unrelated by blood, they are just people who were assigned the status of "sibling" after entering the virtual world."

Who is he talking about?Alice didn't know.

It's just that Dazai Osamu showed a very "human" side, which made Alice feel a little complicated.

This complex emotion reached its peak when Anna Kushina rushed out of the old school building just because of her special induction.

Kushina Anna couldn't enter the old school building, so she could only call Osamu Dazai's name hoarsely outside.

Osamu Dazai, who noticed Kushina Anna, said softly to Alice, "I promised to live with that child.

——"Let's live together, both of us."

--"Ok."

"What a pity." Osamu Dazai lowered his eyes, his face extremely calm, and said, "I broke the contract."

Although his expression was incredibly calm, with no waves in his eyes, Alice felt that he was showing a sad expression as if he had been stung.

Alice, who was not human herself, just looked at him quietly.

Alice is just Mori Ogai's "supernatural ability". Without Mori Ogai's order, she does not have the function to prevent others from dying or showing a sad expression.

...But Alice herself felt sad for no reason.

In the too long darkness, this emotion also became dull, like a small decayed tooth in the mouth, sour and swollen, with a little pain that was just within the tolerable range.

There was no specific expression on her face that had become a mess, the blond girl just watched him quietly.

I hope he won't show such a sad expression.

Although she thought so in her heart, Alice did nothing in the end.

Afterwards, Osamu Dazai destroyed his body in the old school building, and Alice stayed by his side and sang, like a nightingale, singing carefree with her already hoarse voice , Sending away an advanced virtual AI with self-awareness.

After the body was destroyed, "Osamu Dazai" who became a ghost became silent and quiet.Alice knew why, because "Osamu Dazai" was completely dead, together with his body.

Staying here at this time is the soul of Osamu Dazai from another world.

As for Alice?She is naturally also the "Alice" of that world.

It's just that she is now completely immersed in the emotions of "Alice" in this world, and cannot break free.

So lonely, so painful, so uncomfortable.

Alice, who has self-awareness in the vague darkness, stays here alone, wandering and wandering.

She thought, "Alice" regretted it, she shouldn't have stopped "Dazai Osamu" from dying at all.

Want to be together all the time.

Don't want him to disappear again, want to play together again.

As long as the memory of Osamu Dazai is erased, they can be together again——

Osamu Dazai said, "But 'he' doesn't want to erase the memory at all, does he?" Both of them know who 'he' refers to.

Alice said, "I know, but..."

"If you still remember all of this, you will be 'broken' again." Alice said in a voice like a wounded little animal.

The original "Osamu Dazai" completely walked on the road of self-destruction after realizing that he was not a human being, but just an advanced virtual AI, and the world he lived in was only a virtual world.

"To prevent the death of 'Dazai Osamu', isn't this the wish of 'Alice' in this world?" Dazai Osamu sighed helplessly, and said, "Don't be swallowed by the crazy self in the parallel world. "

The first wish of "Alice" in this world?

Alice blinked in a daze, and said, "The first wish was that Rintaro would come to pick me up, that Rintaro would wake up. Then, then, then..."

"...Ah, that's right." Alice suddenly understood something. She who was in a state of berserk turned into a "little girl" again, and the huge syringe in her hand also turned into a spot of light and disappeared. up.

Alice "stared" at him, blood and tears suddenly slipped from those empty eye sockets.

Blood fell from those two eye sockets. In such a horrible scene, Osamu Dazai still looked at her quietly, his expression was even infinitely close to "compassion".

"I know, I, always knew."

"After you, died, that person, Rintaro, was very sad." After the death of "Dazai Osamu", Alice's other half, her master, sent extremely sad emotions, so sad that she was wandering around like Alice. The "creature" in the darkness and loneliness couldn't help crying, and even regretted not preventing Osamu Dazai's death.

"I, too, feel sad about it." She said, "Really, so sad."

"I know, Alice has always known." Her voice was no longer the sweetness in Dazai's impression, it was dry and harsh like a wraith.

But Alice still tried hard to express her feelings.

"The wish of 'Alice' is—"

——"Dazai."

The golden curly hair that seemed to be emitting light became dry, and she "stared" at Osamu Dazai with those empty eye sockets, showing a small smile.

That is the regret that "Alice" still cannot dissipate until now, and this regret has even slowly become an obsession with the passage of time.This deep, desperate obsession entangled "Alice", until Alice in the parallel world passed through, directly devouring all her sanity.

She stretched out her hand, and with a click, the ceramic-like arm kept shattering as she reached out to Osamu Dazai.

——"Smile."

It would be great if "Alice" could say those words herself when "Dazai Osamu" died.

Hope he can smile.She didn't want to see that expressionless ghost Dazai Osamu with empty shell data again.She didn't want to see "Osamu Dazai" feel regret and guilt until the end, she wanted to see him laugh.

I hope that he will not be submerged in the same emptiness and nothingness until his death, and that he can be happy.

I hope he won't show such a sad expression until the end.

——So, smile, my dear, dear Dazai-kun.

The moment Alice said that, she turned into little ashes the moment she touched Osamu Dazai, and dissipated into the air.

The author has something to say: I forgot to mention it in the last chapter, and now the talkative kind in this state has always been stumbling, and it sounds like the kind with a broken voice, "I, know, but, if it remains the same, Remember, "← This feeling, but I am afraid that the number of words will affect the perception, so I only use commas in more critical places.

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Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: Yunchenchen, Moxibustion 1;

Thanks to the little angels of irrigation nutrient solution: 28 bottles of floating like smoke; 1 bottle of Baitian, Yiye=Ichiyo, Fafa, and Yuyin;

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