I who want salted fish became the leader

"No matter how kind a person is, they will have evil thoughts in the end." Ayatsuji said, "I once said similar things to Dostoevsky, and it is the same now."

"I will cycle once every seven hours." Hei Ni said, "In this case, will you feel at ease?"

Whether it is now or in the future, we can ensure that no fish slips through the net.

After finishing speaking, as if he no longer wanted to hear Ayatsuji talk, it said: "Go to sleep."

As its words fell, a burst of irresistible drowsiness hit, even faster than Ayatsuji's ability to think, he tried hard to open his eyes, but he had to admit that he failed...just, he seemed to notice To the magic factor that still remains in the air.

As a master, Ayatsuji found that the breath of the plague was fluctuating.

Although this heroic spirit was swallowed by the black mud to swallow all the magic power accumulated by him, its characteristics doomed him to be completely absorbed, even if his body was consumed, as long as there was only a little infected pathogen left, he could be resurrected from the dead ... Ayatsuji realized that things had turned a little bit.

Verlaine was infected by the plague not long ago, which can completely differentiate another body of the plague.

[Listen, plague. ] Ayatsuji said from the bottom of his heart, enduring the burning pain and using the first command spell, 【I leave this matter to you. 】

silence.

Although Plague always showed no emotion after being summoned by it, as if it was a puppet in his hands, but Ayatsuji can be sure that Plague actually has the personality of a pale knight, and it can understand Ayatsuji What are you talking about, it just obeys all his decisions.

And now, his Master needs him.

"Crack"——

There is no need for more silence. The command spell burned away the fence that made him crazy and irrational. Everything was like breaking ice. climbed up from under the ice.

To do everything that Ayatsuji gave him.

This idea came into the brain of the plague chaos, like breaking the glass barrier, it, rather he, has never been so awake, like awakening a new personality from a painful dream, he as the protector The Heroic Spirits in the room are completely awakened at this moment, and are no longer a group of ghosts that only represent viruses.

[Got it, I will do it well. 】

This is the first time after Plague was summoned by Ayatsuji, he said something that was not in line with the Holy Grail War. His emotions were fluctuating violently, so that the air seemed to be distorting, but he restrained this strong death, and his heart was full. The intense emotion of wanting to protect the Master.

He had to obey Ayatsuji's words and do what he said.

A group of black clouds appeared in the sky, and there was a sense of panic in the air, as if lightning would descend from the sky at any time, as if divine punishment would fall, indicating that something extraordinary was about to happen. The figure of Heini and Ayatsuji is gradually becoming blurred.

"Ayatsuji!"

Lan Tang's eyelids twitched, he realized something, his heart beat faster, and immediately stretched out his hand to grab the figure of Ayatsuji, but it was in vain, he disappeared with the figure of black mud, his hand was in mid-air Only a cloud of icy air was caught.

In the end what happened?

Hugo opened his mouth, but failed to make any sound. He frowned and looked at Verlaine with probing eyes.

However, something astonishing happened. A black mist emanated from Verlaine's arm. It was completely different from the black mud before. He was more like a mixture of some kind of virus. Because of the pain, Verlaine couldn't help sweating. , almost fell to the ground unsupported.

He raised his wrist, and found that as the black mist pulled away, the place where the black spots originally appeared was becoming dim, and the germs that were slowly eating away at his vitality overflowed from his body and gradually gathered into the air. A huge black shadow in the middle.

He is a plague, a heroic spirit who can revive even if there is only one pathogen left.

Lan Tang was keenly aware that he was not in the same group as Hei Ni just now. He thought of the crow that was eaten by Hei Ni, and asked hesitantly: "Will you help Ayatsuji? Or do you have Another idea?"

Although the question was asked, it was very clear that the other party, as a knight of the apocalypse, could not answer his words...

【I will. 】

Such a rough and hoarse voice suddenly sounded in Lan Tang's mind, and he opened his eyes wide, thinking that he had an auditory hallucination.

But before he had time to give him more time, the figure of the black shadow seemed to be disturbed by the surface of the water. After a violent fluctuation, he seemed to have confirmed his goal, flew towards the sky at a high speed, and quickly disappeared from the sight of several people middle.

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"Ugh."

Fujimaru Tachika sighed, this is the third time she sighed today, this is not common for the always optimistic Chaldean master, if it is not because the singularity is too weird this time, she will not Will act so dejected.

She simply squatted on the ground, stretched out her hand, and messed up her hair: "Ahhh—so, what went wrong!"

"Don't be so upset, Master, you should always have hope."

Beside her, a white-haired young man dressed in French aristocratic costumes of the last century looked at her with folded arms and said. He was wearing a dark green gentleman hat and a cloak coat of the same color. Although he spoke so, he was handsome and pale. There was no impatient emotion on his face, it was more like helplessness towards his Master.

He is the fantasy protagonist in The Count of Monte Cristo, but he prefers to be called the King of the Grotto than the weak and incompetent Edmond.

Of course, the earl is also fine.

"Count, it's true that we have come to Yokohama, because it does show the core city of the singularity. Although the instrument jumped repeatedly between Tokyo and Yokohama before, the doctor said that it has stabilized now, but Yokohama doesn't seem to have changed much... ..."

It is completely different from the singularities she has dealt with before. The current Yokohama is no different from any ordinary city. There are no burned streets or collapsed buildings. Except that it is much more prosperous than she remembered, it is basically the same as usual .

"Just wait, because all flaws will emerge over time, so impatient, there is really nothing I can do about you."

Fujimaru Tatsuka was criticized by the earl, she lowered her head and said weakly: "Okay, I see..."

"Raise your head." However, the cave king's voice suddenly turned cold, and he said, "Look at the sky."

"what?"

Fujimaru Tachika was taken aback, then, she realized something, immediately raised her head to follow the gaze of the earl standing beside her, stood up abruptly, and looked sharply at the sky as if covered by smoke. Burned and melted by the black hole, his face became extraordinarily solemn.

The original clear blue sky was like a drawing paper. The cigarette butt-like black hole was constantly expanding and burning the canvas. Many people walking on the street noticed this abnormality. Some people took out their mobile phones to take pictures. And some children who are naturally more sensitive made screams of being frightened and crying.

Strange, finally appeared.

Fujimaru Tachika immediately led the earl into a nearby alley and dialed the connection line of Dr. Chaldea Roman. However, before he could see the face of his little doctor appearing on the display screen, a strong force came Pulling her back a lot, he took a closer look and saw that it was the figure of the earl blocking her.

"Be careful, Master, something is coming."

Over the earl's shoulder, Tachika Fujimaru saw a group of black shadows flying towards them rapidly, leaving a black fog tail along the road. The target was obviously the two of them. At this moment, Doctor Roman's communication was connected. Yes, a swaying projection appeared in front of her, making her dazed.

"Lixiang, what's wrong... Ah, wait, what is that black shadow? I'll check it now!"

He put away his surprised expression, tapped his fingers on the keyboard for a while, and quickly called up the corresponding information... That is the new information that was created not long ago, called the Heroic Spirit of the Plague, and he hurriedly said: "Yes Plague! It is flying towards you at a speed of one thousand kilometers per second, and there is less than one millisecond left for the target to approach—"

what?

Almost as soon as the connection was connected, the black shadow appeared in front of them, but it just stayed in mid-air, floating left and right with the wind, being pulled by its body, it was... looking down at them.

Even the well-informed Fujimaru Tachika couldn't help opening his mouth.

"Wait, doctor, isn't it the creator of this singularity? Is this the first time we have encountered a big boss who came directly to the door?!"

"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen you too..." the doctor murmured.

When the earl's voice came, he frowned and said calmly: "Don't worry, it doesn't seem to be malicious to us."

As the vengeful ghost of the Avenger job agency, the Count of Monte Cristo is extremely sensitive to the so-called resentment and malice, because he himself can be regarded as a conglomeration of negative human emotions, so even if the shadow obviously has no human breath, he Also be able to tell that the other person seems to be evaluating them.

Sure enough, the next moment, the shadow disappeared.

But before Fujimaru Tachika could breathe a sigh of relief, a cohesive figure appeared in the air. It was a medieval knight riding a black and green steed with dark green flames from his breath. He sat on the horse, took off the He took off the tattered black cloth cloak that covered his face, revealing a figure in rusty armor.

"Fujimaru...giggle...Lixiang...giggle..."

His vocal chords have been useless for a long time, like armor that has been in disrepair, making a screeching sound of sharp tools rubbing against each other. The green horse under him panted wildly and restlessly, and the pale knight tightened the reins, forcing it Quiet under yourself.

The Cave King frowned and stared at him for a while, then stepped aside, giving up his position to Tachika Fujimaru.

"He was not the originator of the singularity," he concluded.

Fujimaru Tachika blinked: "Uh, it's me? Since you have no malice, and you are not the creator of the singularity, then what are you here for?"

"Information... slightly... Ayatsuji..."

He gave up talking like a human being, because the next words sounded directly in Fujimaru Tatsuka's head, almost startling her.

[I know the information you want, Human Master, as long as you promise me not to hurt Ayatsuji, because I don't know how far you can do it, then I can tell you all the known things, as You, the most powerful Master in the history of mankind, will end everything. 】

Fujimaru Tachika: "Ayatsuji...?"

【My Master. 】

This confirms Da Vinci's statement that the plague does have a master, and it is indeed related to the creation of the singularity.

For some reason, the plague quickly gained the trust of Fujimaru Tatsuka, perhaps because the other party is strong enough, but willing to claim that a certain human being is his master. In short, as one of the four knights of the apocalypse, he did not lie to her at all detour is necessary.

"There is a question, why do you think you can't solve things...I can solve it?"

Fujimaru Tachika is not so confident yet, she feels that she is the eternal savior of mankind for no reason, because there are too many unknowns.

【Sherlock Holmes】

Fujimaru Tachika was taken aback: "..."

[After being with Ayatsuji, I realized that compared to absolute power, sometimes human wisdom and strategies are the most lethal weapons, and I am not a human being, what I lack is this. 】Plague said, 【Since Holmes can willingly recognize you as his master, you must have something special. 】

Although he will also take action at critical times, it is also one of human wisdom to be prepared and find allies.

"So you actually discovered Holmes back then, right?!" Fujimaru Tachika said immediately, "But you didn't devour him?"

Think about it, even though Holmes is a clever detective, he also needs magic power after all, and the plague is born by absorbing magic power and infecting everything. It is impossible for him not to feel the magic power coming from Holmes... But why didn't he act? ?

[A kind of intuition. 】

Although he was still groggy as it was at that time, but subconsciously told him that he could not do this.

Fujimaru Tachika was convinced. After all, the abilities of heroic spirits are usually buggy, so you can't care too much about the details: "So, are you willing to form a temporary contract with me? In this case, you can also help your master."

She could vaguely feel that the circulation of the demon offerings on the plague was jerky, and she guessed it was because Ayatsuji was now distributing the supply of magic power flawlessly, but at the same time, she could feel that the magic power in the air was becoming thinner and flowing in the direction of the plague , this seems to be a heroic spirit that can actively absorb magic power.

[No need, I only have one Master. 】

Plague refused, he didn't need others, even if it was just a temporary relationship.

"I see." Fujimaru Tachika did not force it, but sincerely assured, "I will not hurt Ayatsuji, because I am from Chaldea, which is responsible for protecting humanity, and it is precisely to solve all this and restore it It only appeared because of the original appearance, so can you trust me?"

Plague sat on the black horse, looked down at her, and the horse walked restlessly.

【…】

[The beast in the sky is the evil of human beings. It will scan the entire planet in a seven-hour cycle, and use accidental death to eliminate those who are guilty of evil. The standard for judging evil is determined by itself, and Ayatsuji is its heart. It is carefully hidden by it. 】

Fujimaru Tachika immediately understood why the plague forced her not to hurt Ayatsuji.

In other words, Ayatsuji Xingren is the reason for the formation of the entire singularity. All unknowns and distortions spread out around him. He is the beating heart of the beast, the external weakness and the core magical energy, and it is the source of restraint. The only existence of the beast with the power to destroy the world.

Because as the core of the entire singularity, if you want to dispel it, the easiest way is to kill the heart of Ayatsuji, so that you can solve all this from the root, but Ayatsuji is different from the previous bosses of the singularity , he is not a heroic spirit like some mythical epic, but a living human being.

If Ayatsuji died, the singularity would indeed disappear, but he would no longer exist either.

Even, in order to correct all this, all traces of Ayatsuji's existence will be completely erased, and the living will not have any memory of him.

[If you dare to break your oath, human, I will start a new end of the world. 】

The voice of the plague is very cold. He has no so-called compassion for human beings, because he has never belonged to the category of human beings, so he cannot be expected to have even a little empathy. If his master disappears, he will immediately Let the Apocalypse described in the Bible come to this planet.

After all, the existence of the plague is to end mankind, which itself is the mission of his birth.

If there is no restraint from the master, the plague will definitely release its original nature, and he will bring the remaining three knights, because the plague means famine, death, and a war of plundering supplies. Chaldea behind Tachika Fujimaru should understand At this point, he will definitely do such a terrible thing.

"Don't worry... I can't do such a thing." Fujimaru Lixiang said, "Because I am not qualified either."

It is too cruel to erase a person's existence. Ayatsuji can make her own decision, but she herself has no right to sacrifice others.

I don't know if Plague believed her words. The knight just stared at her for a while with eyes emitting black smoke, and then pulled the horse with the reins. The figure seemed to be about to disappear in front of them, and the dark green horse sprayed The flames exploded more and more.

【I will supervise you, Fujimaru Tachika. 】

After leaving these cold words, the figure of the plague knight turned into a cloud of black mist again, condensed into a crow with scarlet eyes, and finally disappeared from the sight of the two of them.

"Huh..." Doctor Roman breathed a sigh of relief, and patted his chest, "I thought we were going to have a fight so soon."

He had never dared to disturb him before, and could only see Tatsuka Fujimaru talking to the silent pale knight.

"Master, what did he tell you?" The Cave King walked in front of her again.

Fujimaru Tachika touched her nose, she was warned by the famous plague just now, and now she still feels a little unreal: "He told me all the known information, the beast on top of our heads is a human being... It doesn't seem to be of the Tiamat kind, so I guess for seven hours, we're all safe."

Of course, not necessarily at seven hours.

"what?"

"A seven-hour cycle, if it cannot be resolved within seven hours, it may cause...the continuation of the singularity." Fujimaru Tachika pondered.

This means that if the cycle cannot be stopped before its human cleansing plan begins, this will escalate from the Singularity to the level of the Lost Belt.

They need to figure out a way to stop everything.

"Excuse me, please scan the black mist, doctor." Fujimaru Tachika said suddenly, "I want to know where the most magical power is."

The blackness of the sky is constantly expanding, and even has a tendency to hang down, wrapping the entire earth like a curtain. She has no doubt that if she can observe the earth from the universe, the black mud is trying to surround the earth like a candy wrapping Tighten the candy wrapper.

"Ah, ah...no problem."

Dr. Roman hurriedly moved the scanning point of the device to the sky. The red point was constantly shifting. It took him some effort to fix the anchor point, and then immediately sent the coordinates to Tachika Fujimaru. She received the coordinates It was carefully preserved.

When he raised his head, he saw a familiar figure walking in against the light.

Fujimaru Tachika narrowed her eyes, and immediately recognized who it was, and said in a surprised voice, "Mr. Holmes."

"I hope I am not too late," said Holmes.

When he made the decision to go to Yokohama, he set off immediately, and spent a little more time reasoning before he found Fujimaru Tachika, but in the process of going to the other party's place, the sky had completely changed, and he quickly realized The singularity of is finally produced.

Holmes briefly greeted the King of the Grotto and Dr. Roman on the other end of the line, and then expressed the idea he had come up with along the way: "I think, Li Xiang, we need to meet two people. If there is no accident, they will meet We can help."

"Who is it?" Fujimaru Lixiang trusted his reasoning and mind.

"A boy named Osamu Dazai, his supernatural ability is [Disqualification in the World], which can nullify many functions. The other is called Edogawa Ranpo. If there is no accident, his mind will help us make a new one. plan of."

"And I believe they have already realized that something is wrong." Holmes glanced at the sky.

……

……

"So, that's it." Fujimaru Tateka said.

She was a little embarrassed, because it was Holmes who brought her and the earl to the meeting room in Hong Kong and Hei. I have said everything I know.

Her eyes lingered on the two teenagers, Osamu Dazai was lying on the sofa playing with his fingers, while Ranpo was sitting beside him, biting a lollipop with a blank expression on his face, he pushed and pushed beside him Dazai Osamu, and then said coldly: "Stop pretending, I know what you know."

"What are you talking about, I don't know." Osamu Dazai said.

"When you and I went to find Gide, we disappeared for half an hour."

"That doesn't mean anything."

Fujimaru Tachika thought that they were fighting among themselves, and they were all talking about topics she couldn't understand.

"So you got the backup, and grabbed the rest of the books from MIMIC." Ranpo said impatiently, he bit the candy directly, because he was in a very anxious mood now, thinking that Ayatsuji was in him without knowing Somewhere, he can no longer reason calmly as usual, "You take the book because you know this will happen, don't try to hide it from me."

He used an affirmative sentence, and Osamu Dazai couldn't hide it from his eyes.

It's just that Ranpo didn't notice the connection between this and Ayatsuji at the time. He only thought that Osamu Dazai was thinking about something bad again, so he didn't take it to heart.

"You know...?" Catching the keyword, Fujimaru Tachika immediately looked at Osamu Dazai, "Wait, what does this mean?"

Hearing this, Osamu Dazai sighed, he closed his eyes, and sat up completely from the sofa, trying to make himself look less aggressive.

"Do you believe in time travel?"

"..."

"Just kidding, just giving an example." Osamu Dazai restrained his smile and said almost indifferently, "Believe it or not, I knew what would happen now about twelve hours ago, because the world Time has gone backwards, and I seem to be the only one who remembers it."

He looked at his fingers, wondering if it was because of [Disqualification in the World], so he was the only one around him who remembered all this.

Osamu Dazai knew that Ayatsuji was not around when that moment happened.

Osamu Dazai, who woke up twelve hours ago, was very calm. Although he didn't know why, he quickly entered the state. He re-read the MIMIC information, and realized that Hugo was going to take the book away soon, and The only thing that Osamu Dazai can get is the broken pages from MIMIC.

Originally, he guessed that the world went back in time because of the book, so when he got the remaining book, it meant that the matter was over to some extent.

So, he disrupted the plan and decided to ask Ranpo to go with him to pick up Ayatsuji. Osamu Dazai needs to put Ayatsuji in his eyes to be at ease, and this time he chose not to tell Ayatsuji MIMIC like last time because The book will enter Yokohama, just trying to change the original trajectory.

When he was in the car, he heard the theory of parallel time and space mentioned by Ayatsuji again. Osamu Dazai seemed to think of something, which made him feel a little uneasy. He didn't know if he could solve it this time and let things go to a different direction again. future.

In order to avoid more butterfly effects, Osamu Dazai threw a pillow at the back seat of the car, simply interrupting this repeated conversation.

However, what he didn't expect was that the stain in the sky still appeared.

What went wrong?Why is Ayatsuji still not here, and the sky is still like a burnt curtain?

Hearing this, Ranpo narrowed his eyes, he understood what Osamu Dazai meant, and quickly realized what he was referring to, another guess came to his mind, he said slowly: "... Dazai, you Have you ever thought of another possibility?"

"..."

"So it's not because of the book at all, but because of Ayatsuji."

That's why such a time-reversing thing happened... Osamu Dazai fell into deep thought. Indeed, in the last twelve hours, he did not go to Yokohama to look for Ayatsuji, so he had no way of knowing that Ayatsuji had obtained the identity of the Colorless King , this is completely new news he got in this reincarnation.

Since it has nothing to do with the book, there is only one possibility, which is the ability of Ayatsuji as the Colorless King.

Back in time...twelve hours?

And Osamu Dazai was the only one of them who remembered what happened.

"Please describe what happened to you in the last twelve hours." Fujimaru Tachika said, "This is very important to us."

Osamu Dazai glanced at her, and there was a trace of evaluation in this look, but Luanbu suddenly said beside him: "Say."

Ranpo has never been so serious before, he opened his emerald green eyes, and his eyes fell on the expanding black mist outside the window from time to time.

Hearing this, Osamu Dazai had no choice but to spread his hands, and could only say: "Well, if you have to say it, there is actually no difference from this time, the only difference is that Ayatsuji is still in Tokyo, and this time I will send him Brought back to Yokohama... oh, as the detective said, I have the book now."

Although only one page.

But Osamu Dazai was very cautious. He didn't figure out how the book works, so he left this page.

As everyone knows, it was precisely because he allowed Ayatsuji to return to Yokohama this time that he had the opportunity to infect Verlaine, allowing the plague to appear and telling Chaldea and others about everything. Therefore, to a certain extent, Osamu Dazai did change this situation. One time development.

And Fujimaru Tachika couldn't help but glance at the Cave King, and finally figured out what went wrong.

No wonder Dr. Roman's judgment repeatedly jumped between Tokyo and Yokohama, making them very confused. It turned out that it was because the previous singularity was clearly in Tokyo, but under Dazai Osamu's operation, it was transferred from Tokyo to Yokohama. Caused the jump of the instrument!

"Master Ranbu is going to look for him." Ranbu said abruptly, his expression showing a trace of impatience, "I don't need to be so slow like you."

He threw the leftover candy bar in the clean ashtray.

What are they doing? Since Ayatsuji is busy, what are they still doing here?

If you have doubts, just think about it on the way out, doesn't he know what to do now?Is it so difficult to act directly?

Or is it that there are too many concerns, so that other people don't care about Ayatsuji as purely as he does.

Ranpo really doesn't understand them, not even Dazai Osamu. The more you think about this kind of thing deliberately, the more you will go to the misunderstanding of thinking. For some reason, he was born with a childish straightforwardness.

He stood up from the sofa and looked at Osamu Dazai: "Since he was able to activate the ability of the Colorless King in the last cycle, he will definitely wake up at some point. All I have to do is to cut the black hole. It's a filthy thing, bring out Ayatsuji."

Holmes: "You have already figured out what to do."

"Ayatsuji's eyes, if I'm not mistaken, are the distorted magic eyes in the magic world." Ranpo is not just talking, he has carefully studied Ayatsuji's information, trying to understand his thoughts, So he got a part of the message, "If Ayatsuji wakes up, let him use the twisted magic eyes to break the black mud's imprisonment, and then find a way to cut off the magic link between the two, it can be easily solved ?"

After all, the legendary twisting magic eye can even twist the space, as long as the owner has extremely high psychological quality and the conditions for offering, Ranpo believes that these two points are not a problem for his Ayatsuji, all he has to do is understand Ayatsuji's thoughts and cooperate with his actions.

Since Ayatsuji made the time loop once, and Osamu Dazai's statement confirmed this, how could Ranpo not understand Irene's meaning, since he is so smart, he should be able to guess that Osamu Dazai is immune to this cycle.

Ayatsuji will wake up, but he needs the help of internal and external cooperation, and Ranpo must do it so that Ayatsuji will not be disappointed.

Fujimaru Tachika was stunned: "How do you know that Ayatsuji is the heart of the demon..."

She didn't have time to reveal this at all, she didn't know how this man named Edogawa Ranpo knew about it, except that his emerald green eyes were the same as Sherlock Holmes, giving people a suffocating sharpness With a sense of oppression, she couldn't find anything strange about the other party.

"Master Ranpo won't explain such a conspicuous matter." Ranbu looked down at her sitting on the sofa, with a trace of irritability in her eyes, "Since this world has the twisting magic eye, it is said that it can cut off all the magic eyes. The Devil's Eye of Immortality must also exist."

As a core member of Butei, Ranpo stored magic-related knowledge in his brain for emergencies, but he didn't expect it to come in handy now.

"Uh..." Fujimaru Tachika was bewildered by him, "It should be like this."

"..."

His eyes were on Dazai Osamu: "Dazai, don't hesitate, you should understand what Ranpo-sama is thinking, since our original intention is the same, and you can't hide from the eyes of the world's number one detective, then Stop putting on that disguise."

Ranpo's words are very straightforward, there is no tactful meaning at all, he knows that Osamu Dazai knows what he is talking about,

"..."

"The Russian, okay." Osamu Dazai pouted, "Although I think the two of us can handle it."

And Holmes thought for a while, and then said: "I know what you mean, I will arrange the personnel on our side, and let Lixiang cooperate with your actions as much as possible."

Fujimaru Tachika & Cave King: "..."

Wait, what was the plan?Did they really talk about the plan just now? !