Traveler, High School Student, Homeless

"All in all, I'll leave it to the two from the firm tomorrow."

The man who hired Jiang Ming's firm to assist in handling this incident, said in a serious tone at last, then turned and left.

"It's so mysterious."

Not knowing what the other party was trying to trick, Jiang Ming hesitated for a moment, then didn't bother to bother, turned around and went back to his room.

In the next few days, it is estimated that it will be a little hard.

Thinking like this, Jiang Ming turned off the lights in the room, and the silence and darkness gradually enveloped him.

Then, the time came to the next day.

Kamijou Touma opened his eyes, and looked vaguely at the silver-haired girl who was sleeping beside him.

It's already dawn...

After getting up from the bed and washing up, the boy walked out of the room in silence.

There are security guards everywhere on the street, as well as vehicles responsible for delivering daily necessities to each household.A bleak atmosphere permeated, and everything seemed to have entered a state of extreme vigilance at this moment.

Because Kamijou Touma had a registered identity in the containment control center, after scanning the boy's ID card, these people let him move as he pleased.

From time to time, some people on the street can be heard chatting and mentioning that there has been a large-scale death in a certain place, or that the curfew measures in some places have been extremely difficult to implement.

This disaster was too sudden, and its coverage was beyond imagination. Even though the forces of all parties were working hard to maintain order, there were still all kinds of chaos.

The boy's fist clenched slightly.

It is impossible for all the people in that community to have seen that kind of indecent video.In other words, didn't they die from meme pollution, but from the indiscriminate killing caused by the loss of control of the infected themselves?

No, it seems to be more than that, the boy has not forgotten the experience when he and Aliangliang Muli were expelled from that weird twisted world.

The woman, who was suspected to be the senior of Aliangliang Muli's part-time job office, clearly recognized her classmate.

Therefore, people who are distorted by meme pollution are likely to retain a certain degree of sanity.

The so-called indiscriminate killings that do not conform to meme pollution are mostly attacks by those who have been completely distorted out of their own will.Because the will has been completely distorted, they will kill indiscriminately.At the same time, it is also because the will still exists, so it can still be recognized to a certain extent, so the girl will take the initiative to let him and Aliangliang Muli go.Well, if you think about it this way, Araragi should be mainly let go, and Kamijou himself should be let off by the way.

"Something has to be done."

In any case, it is unacceptable for such things to continue to happen. The cries of the families of those tragic deaths are still lingering in Kamijou Touma's ears.

"But how do you do it?"

In the deserted park, Kamijou Touma sat on a bench and sighed slightly.

No entity exists, cannot be contacted, cannot find its source, and is constantly evolving to cause disasters in various places.To block such things, Kamijou Touma considered many possibilities, but still couldn't think of an effective method.

His right hand seemed useless in this crisis.

"Oh, Kamijou, it seems that my luck is still good, and I just happened to be able to find you."

Wearing sunglasses, Tsuchimikado, whose full name is Tsuchimikado Motoharu, a friend of Kamijo Touma's companion, at this moment appeared in front of the boy with a frivolous tone of greeting.

"Tsuchimikado, why are you here?"

Under the current situation of martial law, I can only come out because I have registered my identity and have authority, but why can one of my classmates walk around on the street casually.

Isn't this guy an ordinary person?

"Don't be so nervous, I also want to solve the trouble this time, otherwise I won't come to you."

Sitting next to Kamijou Touma, Tsuchimikado spoke carelessly, as if he was a good buddy.

"Do you have any solution?"

Kamijou Touma's eyes lit up when he heard something from the other party's words.

"It's not easy to say. In short, let's listen to the second partner's opinion first."

Tsuchimikado said and pointed to the side.

Following the direction of the finger, Kamijou Touma saw the Aliangliang wooden calendar walking alone.

"Hey, is that you?"

Kamijou Touma was a little surprised.

"Well, it's me. About the matter, I also understand something after yesterday."

Aliangliang Muli coughed lightly and sat down, and three teenagers of similar ages sat in a row like this.

"Is there anything you can do?"

Kamijou Touma stared at the Aliangliang wooden calendar in front of him with scorching eyes.

"It's not so much a method, it's better to say it's a bit of thinking. And, it's not so much my thinking, it's better to say it's Xiao Ren's thinking. How should I say it? It's still a bit complicated to explain it. Let Xiao Ren do it. Explained."

The Aliangliang wooden calendar, who was talking nonsense, finally pointed to his own shadow.

A petite girl with blond hair emerged from the shadow at this moment, glanced at Aliangliang wooden calendar with a slightly teasing look, and then turned to Touma Kamijou and Motoharu Tsuchimikado.

"Then, let me do the next explanation."

Oshino Shinobu raised his head.

As for how to stop this large-scale meme pollution, Araragi and Oshino Shinobi have no idea.Although they know "weird" well, they have never faced such a thing as "meme crisis", and it is difficult to apply the experience of the former to the latter.

However, Oshino Shinobu has a solution for how to return to the bizarre space he entered yesterday.

"When I left that place, I left behind a drop of blood."

"Although it is a strange place that even I can't judge, it seems to be real and it seems to be false, it seems to be in the memory, just like Nanke Yimeng. However, using that drop of blood, I still managed to get a certain connection, and I can feel it. to that place."

"Although I don't quite understand this meme pollution, there must be a connection between this thing and that strange place, right? Since there is a connection, then returning to that weird space, maybe we can find a solution to this crisis way."

Shinobu Oshino who said this showed a proud expression, and his petite appearance seemed to have grown taller.

"If that's the case, how do we get in?"

Kamijou Touma asked immediately.

"I'm really impatient, but it's a pity, I really don't have a way~"

Oshino Shinobu shook his finger.

"Although it can be sensed, it is because of the sense that I don't know how to get to that place."

"It's like trying to reach the real moon from the moon reflected on the surface of the water. Even if you can see its shape, you can't really touch it no matter how you reach out. After all, I'm not the pretending old woman who manipulates the gap, this kind of thing I really can't help it."

Shinobu Oshino's words gradually became confusing.

"What does it mean?"

Kamijou Touma didn't understand.

"In other words, like wanting to enter the world in books, or wanting to enter the TV movie, it is impossible for ordinary people to do. This is what this lady feels, so explain clearly Right, Kamijou?"

Tsuchimikado next to him added.

"Yeah, that's right, although the fact that you look a little like that frivolous kid makes your yellow-haired kid look very hateful, but this point is quite correct."

Oshino Shinobu nodded in approval.

Into the world of books?Into the world of cinema?what is happening? !

Kamijou Touma became more and more confused.

"To put it bluntly, I can't find the way in. It's probably more accurate to describe it this way. Although Xiaoren can sense the connection, the connection itself is extremely illusory. It can only vaguely know its existence, but what is the direction and distance?" It's completely unknowable, it's just a connection to the extent of 'knowing that this place exists'. Therefore, she can't reach that place with her ability. Well, even if she can reach it, she can only go there alone, and I There’s really no way to rest assured that something like this is going to happen.”

The subsequent addition of the Aliangliang wooden calendar made Kamijou Touma finally understand what was going on.

"If that's the case, what to do? Report to the containment center?"

Kamijou Touma subconsciously wanted to take out his phone, only to remember that his phone had been broken yesterday.

"No, it wouldn't make sense to tell them."

At this moment, Tsuchimikado stretched out his hand to hold down the movement of Kamijou Touma's hand.

"In the final analysis, this is just our wishful thinking. Controlling such a big thing as a containment center may not necessarily follow our thinking. With the style of those guys, this lady who can help us is very likely because of her non-human status. , and were brutally exploited without hesitation."

"You understand this too, don't you, Kamijou? After all, that very good friend of yours was once captured and imprisoned by the Containment Center."

Tsuchimikado's voice seemed a little strange at this moment.

How could this guy know about Jiang Ming?

Kamijou Touma's expression turned cold. If he hadn't noticed it before, now he finally understood that his mysterious classmate seemed to want to act directly by relying on three or four people here.

"Don't show such an expression, I would be scared too, but if you want to solve the trouble smoothly, I think my help should still be necessary, right?"

The smile on Tsuchimikado's face was extremely bright.

"What can you do?"

Kamijou Touma stared at Tsuchimikado and asked.

"The reason why this lovely lady can't find that place is very simple, because it is indeed not a real place, but something similar to the embodiment of the spiritual world."

"So, we need a little equipment to realize this idea."

A yellowed newspaper shook out from Tsuchimikado's hand.

"From the legacy of the Mobius company that has been wiped out by the control and containment center, the STEM machines that can link each other's consciousness and memory are the only and best equipment we can use."

What was recorded in that yellowed newspaper was the news that a hospital where inhuman and cruel human experiments had taken place was destroyed and wiped out by soldiers controlling the holding center. Judging from the year, it had already happened four years ago.

Kamijou Touma's eyes wandered over the newspaper, and finally stopped at the name of the mental hospital.

【Lighthouse Mental Hospital】

Chapter 150 Three: The Chance to Save the World and the Players

Lighthouse Mental Hospital, a completely abandoned building ruins.

Before the fusion of the universe, it used to belong to a large multinational organization called Mobius Corporation.According to some information circulating on the Internet today, this organization seems to have discovered the technology to connect the spirits of people and create a virtual world.

Of course, there is no doubt that since it is an organization that can be destroyed by the control and containment center, it is definitely not a good thing.In fact, the research results of this organization are based on the premise of the tragic death of a considerable number of innocent people.There are some rumors that the main person in charge of this research project was later chopped up by the mad Mobius executives, leaving only his brain to continue to use to advance the research project.

However, after the Mobius Corporation was completely destroyed, some things remained, such as a STEM prototype machine that can realize the spiritual connection between human brains located in the basement of the Lighthouse Mental Hospital.Although the machine itself has been destroyed in the battle between the control and containment center and the Mobius Corporation, under the secret operation of some people with intentions, this prototype is still in the mental hospital, and it can be used again after being secretly repaired.

"And this is our chance, Kamijou, and Araragi-kun."

Tsuchimikado smiled and spread his hands to the two of them.