Happy death in the reincarnation world

If one style must be used to describe the church, Osamu Dazai would choose "Gothic".

It's just that, compared to the Gothic architecture that the public recognizes, the church in front of me is much weirder.

The whole body of the building is black, but it has a crystal-like texture, and it looks more and more mysterious in the fog-it is completely opposite to the overall architectural style of the town.

Right above the door of the church, an orange lamp hung, emitting a faint halo.

The lamp is not big, and the light is not strong, which makes people feel puzzled why the light can still be clearly seen at a distance of half an hour.

Osamu Dazai has always had a good sense of space. Although he walked in the fog for a long time, he still did not lose his sense of direction. He even drew a rough map in his mind based on the distance he walked along the road, and determined the location of the church. position.

It's just strange that with the church's architectural style and height, it should be very conspicuous in the small town. Why did he and Zhong Ye walk around the town for a long time in the afternoon but didn't notice the church at all?

Come here tomorrow and have a look.

Dazai said in his heart.

Osamu Dazai walked around the church.The iron railings wrapped the church, and the top end was made so sharp that Osamu Dazai had no doubt that it could easily pierce human skin.

However, with such a tightly guarded church, the door is wide open, as if there is no concern that someone will break in at midnight.

Since you are so relieved, what do you need these iron railings for?

Isn't this a contradiction?

The wooden door of the church is open, and a faint light floats out from it, making people subconsciously feel at ease.

However, Osamu Dazai just watched the door vigilantly for a while, and finally chose to give up entering it.

This is an S-level dungeon. Compared with the so-called "benefits", rushing into an unfamiliar environment will only futilely increase the degree of danger and increase the probability of death.

This is not Yokohama City, and Osamu Dazai doesn't need to die at will.

"So you just walked back and continued to sleep?" Nakahara Nakaya widened his eyes and looked at Osamu Dazai in disbelief.

Dazai nodded.

"Didn't you see anyone else on the way?"

"Ah, I have seen it." Osamu Dazai said, "But I hid one step ahead of time."

Zhong Yuanzhong also twitched the corner of his mouth, a little speechless.

Compared with them, Dazai Osamu was quite stable last night.

"Then did you notice anything strange?"

"If you talk about strange places..." Osamu Dazai pondered for a moment, then said, "I smelled wisteria flowers last night."

Wisteria again.

From yesterday to now, this kind of flower has been constantly interspersed in the clues.

"Chuya, don't you think it's strange?" Osamu Dazai said suddenly.

"what?"

"It's autumn now." Dazai Osamu said, while pushing open the window, the cool wind poured into the house along the wide open window, and the unexpected cold made Nakahara Nakaya shiver.

Mixed in the cold wind, is the faint fragrance of wisteria flowers hanging on the window.

"But isn't the flowering period of wisteria in April and May?"

Zhong Yuanzhong was also taken aback.Something flashed through his mind quickly, and he captured it keenly.He lay prone outside the window, stretched his neck and tried to look out.

On the street, red-like maple trees stand on both sides. The maple leaves dance in the air with the cold wind, adding a fairy-tale beauty to the town.

Yes, it's autumn now, why do wisteria flowers appear?

"Could it be because of the emergence of heavy fog that changed the climate and the law of plant growth here?" Zhong Yuanzhong also guessed.

"It's not impossible." Osamu Dazai rested his hand on his chin and pondered, "We still have too few clues so far."

"It would be great if we could find out when the fog appeared in the town, including the history of the town..." Nakahara Nakaya muttered to himself, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said in unison with Osamu Dazai: "Library! "

The hotel where Osamu Dazai and Nakahara lived was located in the south of the town, and the lights seen at night were roughly located in the north of the hotel, where the library and school of the town were located.

Before going to the library, the two went to Wei Na's house specifically, but the door of the other's house was closed and the house was pitch black, obviously no one was at home.I asked Wei Na's neighbors around, and the answer I got was either I didn't know, or I didn't pay attention.

When the two gradually moved away from Wei Na's residence, Nakahara Zhongya frowned and muttered: "Didn't they sit and talk together all day long? How could such an older person not notice? Neighborhood relationship is so bad? "

"Let's take a look at it at night." Osamu Dazai said, "I'll be with you tonight."

At present, although he can't directly wake Zhongya from his sleep, everyone will definitely wake up at night. He just needs to wait patiently by Zhongya's side.

Nakahara also nodded, took his mind away from Wei Na temporarily, and continued to follow Osamu Dazai towards the library.

About 10 minutes later, a large and magnificent building appeared in the field of vision of the two of them—the proprietress of the hotel before they came out had proudly told them that this library was the most proud building in the town.

The library is located on the edge of the town, backed by a waterfall, and the flowing water merges into a stream, half-surrounding the library. Along the stream, rows of fruit trees are planted around the stream On the side, a faint fruity fragrance floats in the air, which is very nice.

The location of the library is relatively remote. According to the proprietress, the location of the library was chosen here because of the fear of fire.Because the town itself is very small, there is no traffic problem at all, so even if it is in a remote place, it will not affect the residents at all.

Next to the library is the only school in the town.It's just that the school gate is closed tightly, and no one is seen.

"Is it on vacation?" Nakahara Nakaya casually glanced at the school without paying too much attention. He pulled Dazai Osamu and wanted to enter the library, but he heard Dazai Osamu say "Huh".

"what happened?"

"It's not right." Osamu Dazai frowned, glanced around, and his eyes became a little bit more serious: "Based on the time we walked and calculated the distance, we should obviously have passed the church. Even if my estimated time and distance are partly wrong , with the height and architectural style of the church, we shouldn’t fail to notice it based on the density and height of the buildings here.”

Although it sounds nonsense, Osamu Dazai has to admit that the church he saw last night disappeared mysteriously after only one night.

First it was Vina, and now it was the church, which was strange.

"There must be something I haven't noticed." Osamu Dazai frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's go to the library first. Let's come back tonight."

Different from other places, two men in security uniforms stood guard at the entrance of the library, one on the left and the other on the right, and they gave Nakahara Chuya and Osamu Dazai a vigilant look when they approached—this is Dazai This is the only guarded place that Zhi Er found.

Especially the two security guards, their demeanor is completely different from other townspeople, their expressions are serious, exuding an aura that strangers should not enter.

The vigilant gazes of the two barely disappeared until Osamu Dazai and Nakahara Nakaya stepped into the library's gate. They were greeted by the same unsmiling librarian.

He looked Nakahara Chuya up and down together with Dazai Osamu, and said coldly: "Outsiders can only borrow books on the first floor."

From the outside, this library has at least five floors, but are they only allowed to borrow on the first floor?

Without even guessing, the two of them can be sure that there must be important clues hidden upstairs, and it is very likely that there is a secret about this small town.

"We're just here for a visit, and we won't run around." Osamu Dazai smiled kindly at the administrator, took out another pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and handed it to the administrator in a very tactful manner: "Smoke a cigarette. "

"Smoking is prohibited in the library." The librarian snorted coldly. Just when Nakahara thought that Dazai's courtesy had ended in failure, the other party directly took the pack of cigarettes from Dazai's hand, and put it in rather impatiently. In his pocket, his expression softened a little, and he half-opened his body to reveal the security passage behind: "Go in."

"Thank you."

When the two went deep into the library, Nakahara Nakaya found a corner, lowered his voice and asked Osamu Dazai curiously: "How do you know he will accept your cigarettes?"

"The color of his teeth is dark and yellowish, which is obviously the trace of smoking. Have you noticed that his right finger often rubs unconsciously, and he habitually wants to touch his pocket, including the faint anxiety in his eyes It feels like a cigarette addiction." Osamu Dazai said.

"That's just to confirm that he is a smoker." Zhongyuan Zhongyou was also quite puzzled.He is also an old smoker himself, with a heavy addiction to cigarettes, but if a stranger handed him a pack of cigarettes for no reason, he would not accept it no matter how heavy the addiction is.Although it doesn't mean that everyone will be as wary of strangers as he is, but this is an S-level dungeon, and a large part of the difficulty of the dungeon is related to the difficulty of collecting clues. If the dungeon sincerely wants to make things difficult for them, obviously it won't Let NPC communicate so well.In addition, the librarian seemed to be vigilant, and he suddenly maintained a defensive posture from the first time he saw them. Don't you think it's too strange to let down his vigilance against them just because of a pack of cigarettes?Unless, there is some other reason...

"Did you notice it?" Osamu Dazai's voice rang in his ears, Nakahara Nakata nodded hesitantly, and said, "I have a guess."

"what?"

"He...hasn't smoked for a long time?"

This guess sounds ridiculous.After all, it is impossible for an old smoker not to carry a cigarette with him. Even if smoking is prohibited in the library, he can leave the library to smoke, and he should not be attracted to the things of a group of "outsiders".

Unless, he hasn't smoked for a long time.And it's not that I don't want to smoke, but that I can't smoke...

Is this inference really possible?What age is this, can you still buy cigarettes?

However, Chuya Nakahara's deduction received an appreciative look from Osamu Dazai: "You should be right. I don't know if you have noticed a detail."

"what?"

"We walked for about 45 minutes from the hotel to the library. The normal walking speed of adults should be 5-7/km per hour, which is equivalent to about 100 meters per minute. This small town The area is small, the roads are basically arranged in a square format, there are few small roads, and there are not many square traffic to the intersection, so our route from the hotel to the library is basically a straight line. I asked the proprietress before, the hotel Going south, there is a straight path leading to the outside of the town, about 20 minutes away.”

"Since the task of the dungeon is to let us escape from this small town, then this path must be impassable, so we don't need to waste time to check it out, anyway, there must be some of the remaining five people going there, At that time, we only need to use information to exchange." Osamu Dazai paused, and continued: "So, have you noticed anything?"

Straight line, the library at the edge, the exit 10 minutes away from Hotel Two...

Zhong Yuanzhong also suddenly realized: "We are walking on the main road!"

Osamu Dazai nodded: "Basically, the route from the exit to the library is the main road of the entire town, and it also crosses the entire town. The buildings in the town are generally distributed in a radial manner, as the main road This route must be the place with the highest concentration of people. The concentration of people means that the distribution of shops is also the most concentrated and the most abundant. But on the way to here, the three tobacco shops I saw in total were all closed. "

Although most of the shops in this small town are open, just like the bar they entered before, few of them are doing business seriously, and shopping is half-selling and half-giving, and even giving away directly when they are interested There are also those who have no business attitude at all.

That being the case, why is the tobacco shop, which is a necessity for many people, closed?

This is obviously not normal.

But if it is said that smoking is prohibited in this town, it means that these three tobacco shops still exist, which means that tobacco sales were allowed before, but they are not open for business for some reason.This obviously doesn't make sense.

There was also the bar before, although what they drank was indeed authentic liquor, but the taste and appearance were like self-brewed liquor.

However, the town is completely devoid of people who grow food, raise poultry or even make wine.

Osamu Dazai had a vague guess in his mind that the issue of tobacco should involve the material issues of the entire town.If this reason can be found out, then the mystery hidden behind the town can be reduced by at least half.

Due to a series of conjectures, Osamu Dazai made a bet with this pack of cigarettes.If the librarian took the pack of cigarettes, it meant that there was indeed a problem with the supplies in the town.

Obviously, Osamu Dazai was right.

After talking all the conjectures to Zhongyuan Zhongye, Zhongyuan Zhongye agreed very much, and suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously: "Haven't you not smoked for a long time? Where did you get the cigarettes?" It was changed from the mall in advance ?

"Oh, this." Osamu Dazai smiled narrowly, "I took it from your pocket."

Nakahara Chuya: "...???"

"Dazai!" Chuya Nakahara squeezed out a few words fiercely between his teeth: "I only brought one bag in total!"

Give it away, what do you want him to smoke?Let’s talk about why this guy Dazai is so generous, his feelings are his things!

"Oh, it's just a small sacrifice in order to clear the dungeon~" Osamu Dazai patted Chuya Nakahara on the shoulder, tapped his lips with his finger with a smile, and said in Nakahara's puzzled eyes: "If Chuya is addicted to cigarettes, so I will reluctantly let you kiss to relieve the addiction~"

Nakahara Chuya: "...Get lost!"

The library books on the first floor are not much different from ordinary libraries, and even have fewer books than ordinary library books. Apart from common novels, literary works, and some reference books, there is nothing else.Those books that are more professional and knowledge-oriented can hardly be found. Most of them are casual novels, and the variety is very lacking.

Sure enough, there were no useful clues on the first floor.

"Sure enough, we still have to find a way to go up." Osamu Dazai quietly looked around and said in a low voice.

While searching for books on the first floor, the two also had a clear understanding of the structure of this floor.The area they are in is a separate space, and they need to go through the security channel where the librarian is.Access to the upper floors is just outside the area.

In the area, a small borrowing room is divided into a small reading room near the window on the innermost side of the waterfall, and several rows of desks are placed. Everyone can sit here and read books, and at the same time enjoy the library through the huge windows. Great view outside.

Since the books here are not some expensive ancient books that cannot see the wind, the windows are not sealed, but are half-opened from above. The glass forms a pouring angle, and the gap exposed is enough for adult women to pass through. It is basically useless to get out of the window by ordinary means, and it is easy to make a lot of noise.

However, for Zhongya in the Central Plains, everything is not a problem at all.

After noticing the window, Zhongyuan Zhong also decided to use the old-fashioned way to fly out of the window and fly directly upstairs with the help of gravity.

"Don't be in a hurry to go up." Dazai Osamu grabbed the hand of Nakahara Chuya who was eager to try: "In case someone is ambushing there, you fly up directly, and you will expose the two of us instead."

"What should I do?"

Osamu Dazai suggested: "Why don't you try to see if you can perceive the energy fluctuations above?"

Zhong Yuanzhong was also taken aback.

Osamu Dazai said again: "I wanted to suggest you to do this before. Do you still remember the magic used by Mami? It is a special energy body that is completely different from supernatural powers. By manipulating this energy body, Asami Transformation, various operations can be realized after transformation. I think, Zhongye's ability should also be able to do it."

Osamu Dazai intentionally omitted the part of "the barbaric spit", but Chuya Nakahara understood the meaning of Osamu Dazai very well.

Indeed, the power in his body cannot be simply summed up in the word "supernatural power". If it is really calculated, it is a purer energy body than the magic used by Ba Mamei. As long as you want, you can also have as many kind of form.After all, it is the power of the gods. If there is only a simple gravity operation, it is too scarce, but because the manifestations of the power in the world he was originally in were all supernatural powers, so it was transformed into the most suitable for that world. The form of power expression has become his "supernatural ability".

That being the case, why can't the ways of using the power in the body be expanded?

Zhong Yuanzhong can also feel that his power is constantly becoming stronger and more handy. If he wants to make other operations, it should not be too difficult.

Try it.

He said to himself in his heart.

Thinking of this, Zhong Yuanzhong also closed his eyes, trying to mobilize the power of Huangbatu in his body, while trying to perceive outwards - gradually, he saw a group of "silk threads".

Filled with "silk threads" of various colors, they are intertwined in a black world, forming a huge and messy net.

He saw that around him, there were countless black and red intertwined "silk threads" extending outwards. Once they touched the "silk threads" of other colors in the air, they would be domineering and arrogant and directly swallow them into the stomach, and then evolve into It becomes a "silk thread" of the same kind as them, and continues to spread outward.

This should be the power of Huang Ba vomiting in his body, right?

So what is Dazai's like?

Nakahara also thought about it, while mobilizing his perception to look in the direction of Osamu Dazai, and then he saw a black hole.

Standing there quietly without making a sound, the moment he saw it, he felt a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart—it was the fear that originated from the power itself.

Any "silk thread" approaching the "black hole" will be swallowed by the "black hole" uncontrollably, leaving no trace.

Is this the entity of [Disqualification in the World]?Is it actually a black hole?

After being surprised in his heart, Zhong Yuanzhong also extended his attention upwards.

The "silk thread" transformed by his power has also become his eyes, wherever it extends, his perception can reach there.In the area near the second floor, he saw a huge cocoon wrapped tightly in purple "silk threads".

This should be the enchantment, right?If you explore rashly, you may be discovered.

So Zhong Yuanzhong also held his breath, concentrated more attention on that little bit of power, and carefully manipulated it to walk outside the "cocoon", and soon found an opportunity to take advantage of.

The huge "cocoon" is wrapped by "silk threads", so there must be gaps.What he has to do is to control his "silk thread" to pass through the narrow gap without touching any objects.

Under this extremely fine operation, Chuya's power easily passed through the barrier and reached the second floor.

Except for the outermost barrier, there are no other energy sources on the second layer, which looks very ordinary.

After unable to find the key information, Zhongyuan Zhong also continued to manipulate the "silk thread" to move upward.

The higher you go, the tighter the "cocoon" that is the barrier is wrapped, the narrower the gap, and the more difficult it is to pass through.Starting from the third floor, various moving "silk threads" appeared on the floor, obviously someone was patrolling, and judging from the degree of "silk threads", it was obvious that the strength was not bad, and it should not be lost to him before The A-level monster encountered in the copy.

On the fourth floor, the strength of the inspectors doubled again.

By the fifth floor, the "cocoon" has completely turned into a ball of light filled with dark purple light, surrounded by airtight surroundings, and no gaps can be seen. Even if there is a layer of "cocoon", it can still Perceive the extremely terrifying energy fluctuations in it.

very dangerous!

Nakahara Chuya's nerves tensed instantly.

It seems that the library is indeed the key.

I don't know what is on it. Although the overall strength is not as good as my own, it just makes people feel creepy and wants to escape subconsciously.

Zhongyuan Zhong didn't intend to confront it head-on, this kind of weird energy ball will be Dazai Osamu's task afterwards.

Opening his eyes from the perceptual state, Nakahara Chuya quickly passed the information he had explored to Osamu Dazai.

"Black hole?" Rao Dazai Osamu, after hearing Zhongya Nakahara's description of his ability, he showed a surprised expression. He obviously didn't expect Chuya Nakahara to see the "appearance" of his ability under such circumstances.

"It seems that when I leave here, I have to study myself." Dazai Osamu grumbled, and then said to Nakahara Chuya: "Today you only need to explore the second floor, and now is not the time to continue to investigate .”

Nakahara also nodded, manipulating the gravity to let himself dexterously slip through the gap above the window, while Dazai Osamu, after Nakahara left, randomly took a book from the bookshelf, pretending to be sitting in the borrowing room, his gaze But secretly paying attention to all directions.

Maybe the other party believes too much in the power of the enchantment, or maybe it thinks that the vertical and smooth walls of the library cannot be climbed at all. No one is patrolling the area outside the library near the waterfall, so Zhongyuan Zhong can also come here without any scruples. flight.

The next question is how to pass through the barrier that wraps the second floor.

The previous method can certainly be used to investigate, but the Central Plains cannot be reduced to such a degree like the "silk thread", and breaking the barrier rashly will only attract the attention of the other party.

what can we do about it?

If I can't find a passable gap, can I try to assimilate the force simulation?

After opening a corner of his mind, Zhongyuan Zhongye’s thoughts on the use of power flowed out like water, and for some reason, he always had a feeling that these ideas were all feasible, or in other words—he should have had them in the first place. Ability.

Without further ado, Zhong Yuanzhong also took a deep breath, closed his eyes again to perceive this piece of ability.

Although it is said that it is to simulate assimilation, Zhongyuan Zhongye has no concept of how to operate it. The alarm clock can only repeat the words "simulation" while trying to perceive the energy on the enchantment. The energy "assimilates" the information.

This trick really worked. Under Zhongyuan Zhongye's surprised eyes, he could clearly feel that part of his energy had evolved into energy similar to the barrier, and then he wrapped this energy around his body, as if he had wrapped himself in a huge Like soap bubbles, he cautiously stretched out his hand toward the barrier in front of him—then easily passed through.

It worked!

Zhong Yuan was overjoyed, and without hesitation, he passed his whole body through the barrier, and got in through the open window on the side of the second floor, and the whole picture of the second floor of the library suddenly appeared in front of him.Like the first floor, it is full of books, and the books on the shelves are not special. They are still ordinary literary works, novels, etc. It seems that there is no abnormality. The only difference is that there is an extra piece of storage in the corner. Areas for various newspapers and magazines, and even a few computers.The computer is still plugged in and appears to be functional.

Chuya Nakahara followed Dazai Osamu's instructions, and went to the newspaper immediately to search for it.

After a while, a smile appeared on his face.

found it!

It was a daily newspaper dated April 2011, 4, and it was written in big bold letters on the page: The fog lingered for a long time, and the town of Yodel had been "trapped" for seven days.