Special investigation report from Yokohama

The next day.

It was almost noon, Hong Yao and Verlaine sat in the small courtyard of the shrine.

The negotiation venue originally prepared by Mafia at the port was in a third-party coffee shop. Just like Zhongyuan Zhong also invited her to dinner, both sides feel more at ease in the third-party position.But under the threat of terrorists, it is not safe enough to go to other people's sites.

Hong Yao took the initiative to invite Verlaine to the shrine, and the other party readily accepted the invitation.It is estimated that Verlaine, who is French, prefers chairs to tatami mats. The swordsmen set up tables and chairs in the yard, and put snacks for them to chat while eating.The negotiation process was very brief - because there was really nothing to talk about.Port Mafia is willing to pay a considerable ransom to bring Q back, and Red Medicine is also willing to pay to redeem the boy from Port Mafia.Both parties were not short of money, and the negotiations quickly reached a deadlock.

Verlaine shook his head helplessly: "You are simply the second most difficult negotiating opponent I have ever met."

"Thank you." Hong Yao smiled lightly, "I'll take the liberty of guessing, is Mr. Sen the first one?"

As a Frenchman, he worked as a cadre of the port mafia, no matter how you think about it, it should be a bit unusual.

"No, you are on par with the leader." Verlaine didn't hide anything, and told the truth, "The first one is Mr. Dazai of the Armed Detective Agency. Although he was only 16 years old at that time, he was already a formidable opponent. "

With Dazai's insight into people's hearts, he is indeed invincible at the negotiating table.Hong Yao nodded in agreement and checked the time.

12:00

It's almost time.She lowered her eyes slightly, and picked up the teacup: "Since Mr. Verlaine doesn't intend to persist—"

"……what?"

Verlaine probably didn't listen to her anymore, and he repeated in an extremely shocked tone: "That is... what?"

To make a mafia cadre like him show this expression... Hong Yao raised her head and followed his gaze to the distant sky.

A piece of blood red spread from the other side of the sea, quickly covering the entire sky.From the crowd to the building, they turned into flying ash the moment the red light enveloped them, and the charcoal color approached from afar, and they reached the gate of the shrine in the blink of an eye.

"...It failed." Hong Yao sighed softly.

Hearing her words, Verlaine also understood something, with a complicated expression: "This is the power of the 'shell'..."

This kind of power is not inferior to the Warcraft "Jig" that once hid in his body.The talent of human beings in "cannibalism" always seems to be so amazing and terrifying.

Hongyao's brain waves didn't match Verlaine's. She couldn't see what was so amazing about this kind of thing, she just quietly looked at the doomsday scene in front of her, and then frowned slightly: "It's more powerful than I imagined." It's even bigger."

Hearing this, Verlaine looked at her inexplicably.

But even so... Even if the prosperous city outside the shrine as far as the eye can see was reduced to scorched earth, the environment of the shrine has not changed in the slightest.The light golden barrier covers the entire shrine within the limits of the torii and the wooden fence around the shrine. Even if the five buildings in the distance gradually turn into coke, the shrine protected by the golden light is still like an isolated island. Even the monstrous waves outside can't reach it.

"The ability of the space system?"

"That's right." Hong Yao smiled slightly, "I advise Mr. Verlaine not to go out, the matter is not over yet."

Beyond the sea, Osamu Dazai, who was walking on the stone road, stopped.

"Yeah, it looks like I've lost this time." In the heat wave that was approaching, he smiled strangely.

"... Ah." Oda Sakunosuke, who was walking beside him, looked at the red light that annihilated everything, and sighed unconsciously. "Seamless clothes" had already given his ending, and Oda Sakunosuke was surprisingly calm at the moment: In the face of such a devastating ability, everyone will be very calm.

Neither of the two spoke again, letting the red light engulf them.However, when the heat rose to an unbearable temperature for the human body, a sudden change occurred.Dazai Osamu's body lit up with a faint golden light without warning, and the power that had been dormant in the depths of his soul finally awakened in the face of the threat of life, but the golden spirit that was so hazy and untouchable constituted the most indestructible barrier, The high temperature was firmly blocked from Dazai Osamu's body.

The original scorching heat wave receded in an instant, and everything in front of him was suddenly covered with a layer of light gold.The blood-red sky and the pitch-black scorched earth have been added with a light golden soft light filter, and there is actually a bit of a dreamlike dream in a trance.

Osamu Dazai lowered his head in disbelief, looked at the golden light spots that escaped from his body and gradually disappeared in the heat wave, and murmured blankly: "...Miss?"

Of course, the red medicine in Yokohama couldn't answer him. Although the shelter left by the girl four years ago was strong, it couldn't endlessly protect him from the rising heat.After a while, the continuous disappearance of the spirits made the golden light in front of his eyes become weaker and weaker. Finally, with a clear "click", the golden light was completely annihilated, and the heat wave of victory licked up instantly.

The young man seemed to mutter something, but no one in this land could hear it.There was an unadulterated and refreshing smile on his face, and he gradually became one with the vast scorched earth.

In the shrine, Hong Yao stopped holding the teacup.

There was a contract...broken.

But the problem is not big, Hong Yao's hand just trembled reflexively, and he calmed down in the blink of an eye.Broken contract does not mean disappearance, swords and swords have extremely guards on their bodies, and a mere fatal injury cannot cause much damage.

Counting carefully, the swords are either at the Honmaru or at the shrine, and the only one who is absent... Tsurumaru Kuninaga.He once said that he planned to evacuate from Yokohama through Standard Island and explore the island by the way. It was probably just in time for the outbreak of supernatural weapons. This was something they had already prepared for.

With Tsurumaru's ability, he will never fail twice on the same thing.

She was distracted for only a moment, and even Verlaine didn't notice it.He was staring blankly at the golden barrier of the Sanctuary Shrine, remembering that he was once firmly protected by such a beautiful and strong golden barrier.

... until now.

Hong Yao's voice came to mind, and he quickly pulled out of the memories, and followed her hint to look outside the door. The scenery around the shrine had changed again.Everything outside is rapidly retreating back to before the explosion. The trees have changed from shapeless coke to a lush and lush appearance. In the distance, five familiar buildings appear out of thin air. Passers-by pass by the door backwards. Hezekiah The miracle of pleading with the LORD thus happened clearly.

Even though he knew all the plans about the explosion, he was still shocked by what happened before him: "This, this is... what's going on?"

"It's not that time is going backwards, but a certain form of space-time fluctuations." Hong Yao put down her teacup and explained in a good-tempered manner, "Mr. Verlaine knows about the 'singularity'? The space-time fluctuations are originally invisible, but a certain A 'backtracking time' type of supernatural power has conflicted with the shrine that is 'independent of time and space', so we in the shrine have witnessed all this."

Just as he was talking, the scenery outside changed again.The city, which was gradually returning to peace and tranquility, suddenly twisted and wrinkled like a piece of drawing paper that was roughly grabbed, and then the folds burst, revealing the black scorched earth under the drawing paper.The two futures are like two broken mirrors of different shapes that are combined and changed repeatedly. The edge of the fragments is a pitch-black void, and sometimes there are pictures that don't know when and where they belong.

At the same time, Atsushi Nakajima also violently lifted the lid of the trash can: "Wow!——ah! Wow!"

——What was hidden in the trash can was not Osamu Dazai as he thought, but a frightened doll that he bought from somewhere, and threw him with a strange "squeaky" smile.The little tiger jumped back in surprise, and saw Osamu Dazai standing up from behind the trash can with a smile: "How about this surprise, Atsu-kun?"

"...I don't see where the joy is at all, Mr. Dazai." Atsushi Nakajima complained honestly.But after complaining, he became serious again: "Mr. Dazai, I have something to ask you to listen to."

"Hmm, let me guess - you're the 'man who knows the future', right?"

Knew it.Atsushi Nakajima thought, it really was Mr. Dazai.He subconsciously glanced at the trash can where the doll was hidden.

Even this scene, Mr. Dazai has already expected it?

"About this—" Seeing that Atsushi Nakajima's eyes fell on the doll, Osamu Dazai happily introduced, "I went to a nearby store to search for a long time, and spent all the money I had on me to buy this super— —Scared the baby, and specially modified the trash can to wait for Dunjun to come to the door! I thought you would come later, and almost missed it... It was so dangerous."

Atsushi Nakajima: ...Wait, even Mr. Dazai knows this in too much detail, right?

"Don't be so surprised, Dun-jun, Wells is not the only one who can make people remember what happened—although I know a little bit, but you should tell me in detail about what you experienced alone. This matter is really troublesome."

Yokohama.Inside the shrine.

...No, are they really still inside that shrine?Verlaine watched the changing scene outside the door for a while, then looked at Hong Yao suddenly.Her expression was very calm, and that too young face was full of commonplace indifference.Sensing his gaze, she didn't turn her head, but looked at these intertwined and unpredictable futures, put her index finger in front of her lips, and softly "shh": "I suggest you keep Be quiet. Does Mr. Verlaine know about the 'observer effect'? If you talk too much, even I don't know how the future will develop."

Verlaine glanced at Hong Yao, who was calmly "observing" the changes in the situation, and then at the scene outside where he didn't know what day and night it was. He felt that this statement was ridiculous in his heart.But since what happened today is already enough nonsense, he didn't dare to tell the truth about the future of Yokohama to test the truth of Hong Yao's words, so he could only think about asking a less taboo topic: "You knew that things would go away." up to this point?"

Hong Yao smiled slightly: "It's all about being prepared."

"……I understand."

The leader specially set the negotiation time for today, nothing more than to show Hong Yao's strength again.This matter is not only concerned by the Armed Detective Agency, Port Mafia will also participate, and has the ability to solve world-class problems. I believe that Red Medicine will once again exert its power on Port Mafia.

Unexpectedly, Hong Yao also had the same idea. Obviously, this scene in front of her proved that her method was more successful than the port Mafia. The "shell" can even evaporate buildings, but it can't do anything to this thin golden barrier. The girl's ability has already exceeded the limit of human beings.

"I understand what you mean." Verlaine apologized to Mori Ogai from the bottom of his heart, and came up with the final plan, "If you are willing to return Q, then the leader is also willing to tell you the whereabouts of the dark fallen Fusangshen. And cooperate with your actions to a limited extent."

Hong Yao turned his head abruptly.

"The chief doesn't deceive people with such things, and he can't deceive you either, can he?"

——But that's news that even A doesn't know.

Mori Ogai...

"I agree." Hong Yao lowered her voice, her tone unpredictable, "After this matter is resolved, Yumeno Hisaku will return it to Chief Mori in person."