The middle two are set to come true

041: Challenge

Ise Kai had a dream.

Unlike ordinary people's grotesque dreams, his dreams are mostly empty.

Occasionally, in that blank dream, someone's footsteps could be heard, but their voices could not be seen, and whispered conversations could be heard, but their words could not be heard clearly.

No one communicated with him.

It is a dream of being alone.

Later, with amnesia, he began to dream about the experience of Pandora and Disbod.

It was a wonderful, incomparably gorgeous world.

He can see the fairytale sky and all kinds of strange races.

His dreams were no longer blank.

He likes that world.

But this day, he had a third dream.

There is a warm embrace in the dream.

That doesn't belong to the sister, and it doesn't belong to the grandfather.

It is Edogawa Ranpo.

The heartbeat was used as the background sound in the whole dream, which made him unable to think of a second answer.

Ise Kai woke up and sat on the edge of the bed empty-handed.

The room in Kesai is full of floor tiles, and the building is mainly made of stone, even if it is closer to the sun, it will not be warmer there.

He shivered from the cold before he regained consciousness, finished washing and changing his clothes.

Last night, the system, which had been daring to speak loudly, said like a voice assistant: [Happy New Year, player.It's 1:1 am on January 8st, and your schedule today is to meet the King of Gold. 】

"Hmm." Ise Kai responded calmly, and fastened the buttons of his shirt one by one.

The system couldn't hold back its heart of gossip, and asked cautiously: [Player, you and Edogawa are walking around...]

Ise Kai thought about this question for a long time before going to bed yesterday.

With the nature of detectives to get to the bottom of the matter, once there is a sign, Edogawa Ranpo will be able to find it in a short time.

If he proposes a relationship with himself, he will definitely agree before he reacts rationally.

But in that case, it will be troublesome when you leave.

Neither he nor the detective are the ones to let go easily.

At that time, either Edogawa Ranpo will destroy his plan, or he will take the other party to Disbod together - he really thought so.

They are all going against each other.

Ise Hai picked up the phone, deleted that familiar number, and cleared all text messages and email records.

"Try not to get to that step as much as possible, and don't see him until I find a way to get the best of both worlds."

Otherwise, he really doesn't know what he will do.

The system sighed secretly.

It's really troublesome for people from two worlds to fall in love.

Tokyo, Nanakamado.

This area belongs to the territory of the King of Gold, everything is in order, and it is the place with the best law and order in the whole country.

But today, people here frequently raised their heads to look at the sky.

It was rumored that Chess, which only appeared in Yokohama, appeared here in a majestic shadow, and the people in the area also received the rules of the Ten Covenant.

For the king, being used by another king in the territory is a provocation, let alone an ordinary person with supernatural powers.

Pan Dora, a superhuman from Yokohama, openly offended the strongest king.

Undoubtedly, he was surrounded by several people wearing black priestly uniforms and golden masks. These people were the rabbits of the Golden King's personal guard.In terms of combat ability, anyone here can defeat him.

However, Pandora glanced at them and said calmly, "Lead the way."

Since he wants to visit someone, of course he has to press the "doorbell" to tell the other party that he is coming.

He was brought into the Imperial Pillar Tower by the rabbits, and took the elevator to the topmost floor of the middle part of the arrow tower-like building.

Everywhere here is a combination of modern and Japanese elements, which made Pandora think of the orc embassy on the continent of Lucia.The embassy was rebuilt from the original royal city exported by his grandfather, and finally changed from an ordinary castle to this technological style.

Other races have either mastered high technology or possessed mysterious magic, but the human race is still stagnant in the Middle Ages.

The golden ornate sliding door opened, and he was ushered into a strange room.

The ground is transparent, and the huge stone slab under the floor can be clearly seen, with rune-like patterns on it.

That is one of the cornerstones of this world, the Dresden Stone that elects kings.

There is a serious man standing in the center of the room, the owner of the room, the King of Gold.He has white hair and beard, but he is burly and imposing, not like a 94-year-old man at all.

As soon as Pandora stepped into this room, he felt a terrifying coercion from him.This kind of pressure is enough to make ordinary people bow their heads tremblingly, showing their timidity in front of the second king.

What's more troublesome is that maybe it's because his way of "ringing the doorbell" was too provocative, or maybe his previous plans were too offensive-he caused many people in the Non-Time Institute to fall into a quagmire, and those were all gold. King's clan.

In short, the King of Gold has actually used the power of the Sanctuary of the King, and various planets surround this room, making it a universe.

He didn't attack the junior in front of him, just the shock of power emitted when he opened the sanctuary made people get a glimpse of his strength at the tip of the iceberg, which was his prestige.

The deterrent power brought by the strongest king is no small matter. Even a person with supernatural powers has to think twice before facing such a power, and he is reluctant to retreat.

But Pandora was calm and composed, he walked forward against such oppressive force, and stopped at the edge of the stone slab.

This is absolute confidence in one's own ability, no matter how strong the aura is, harm is prohibited under the covenant, and that kind of wind pressure cannot draw any holes in his body.

It is also his absolute confidence in his plan, the King of Gold will not attack him.And since he dared to face the king, he was naturally prepared accordingly.

He greeted politely: "Congratulations on the New Year, Your Excellency the King of Gold. First greetings, I am Pandora of Elchea."

He raised his head, looked at the tall king, and said, "I wonder if you are satisfied with my gift."

The King of Gold looked at him fiercely.

Those moths should indeed be cleaned up, but the purpose of this person in front of him is definitely not just to clean up the moths.

Pandora walked around the edge of the stone slab, seeming to be very interested in the existence under the floor.He glanced at the King of Gold and said, "My purpose is just to meet you and ask you a question."

The King of Gold asked in a deep voice, "What's the problem?"

Pandora said like a villain: "O king of gold representing 'prosperity' and 'destiny' - your clan has begun to decay, and you are powerless and old, don't you think about finding an heir?" ?”

The system was shocked: [Is it so straightforward? ! 】

It understands that if the player can become the King of Gold, there is a great probability of taking over the Dresden Slate.

But even if the King of Gold is blind, it is impossible for the player to take over.Moreover, the king is obviously not an inheritance system, but is selected by the slate.

The King of Gold didn't sneer, nor scolded this junior, he looked at Pandora with sharp eyes, confirming that he was telling the truth.

He closed his eyes and turned around.

"If it's just for saying this, then you can go."

Pandora looked at the stone slab under the transparent floor, and the runes on it lit up.

The corner of his mouth curled up, and he said slowly: "Of course I know how the king was born. You have been keeping the slate and suppressing his power, so that the king's appearance is limited to Tokyo and its surrounding areas."

"—In that case, why can't it be limited to a certain person?"

The King of Gold said majestically: "It's ridiculous, are you recommending yourself to the old man? A guy who hides his head and shows his tail."

System: [Of course he will refuse.The player looked too suspicious, a proper villain's behavior. 】

It was as if he suddenly ran to someone else's house and opened his mouth and said, "Hi~ I see that there is no one to inherit the throne in your family, what do you want for me?"

Will agree that the host must be stupid, and the whole country will be finished.

Pandora actually responded to it this time: "This is what I want."

Is this part of the player's plan?

The system shut up.

Pandora is still like an ambitious villain, leaving meaningful words like a foretelling.

"Think about it carefully, my lord...how long can you suppress it?"

Coming out of the breathless imperial tower, the system quickly asked: [Player, aren't you planning to usurp the throne?How can you usurp the throne like this? 】

Pan Dora raised her eyebrows and said, "It's Ise Hai who wants to usurp the throne, so what does it have to do with me, Pan Dora?"

The system understood what he meant, but was still stunned: [But... Ise Hai's identity is just an ordinary student, isn't this more difficult? 】

"Some things, only Ise Hai's identity is more suitable." Pan Dora looked back at the solemn Pillar Tower, "Things went smoother than I imagined."

He sat in the car driven by Sano, dispelled the supernatural power, and only kept his mask and closed his eyes for a nap.

"If the throne is really chosen by the king of gold, then I will have a headache."

The system was stunned: [Could it be...]

Isekai showed a triumphant smile: "Ah, being able to choose the king independently means that the slate has its own thoughts [1], just like the second fantasy species in the Disbodry sequence."

"In other words, the covenant is also applicable to the slate, and I have sent a game challenge to the slate just now."

This is still the inspiration given to him by his grandfather, using games to determine the throne.

The system murmured: [Playing with such an existence, to become the king of gold through the slate, what did you pay as a bet? 】

According to the covenant, the bet must be considered equal by both parties.

"I am a mere human being, of course it is impossible to have the same power to make bets, so I lowered my requirements a bit. Instead of becoming the king of gold directly, I will become the successor of the king of gold that has been foreshadowed."

Although it seems similar, the strength required by these two requirements has an insurmountable gap.

Isekai recalled the previous events and said: "I put forward my request to win to him. To my surprise, what he asked of me was only to help him find the answer."

——I respond to the wishes of mankind and help mankind realize their ideals.

——Obviously fulfilling the wishes of human beings, why is everyone unhappy?

The Tablet has always responded to the wishes of man, and presumably that is why the Tablet responded to his challenge.

However, it is impossible to take advantage of this to reach the sky in one step. Ban Yecang wants to eliminate evil, but he is only endowed with the power to see evil.

Even if he made a wish to go back to Disbod, and was lucky enough to be fulfilled by the slate, he would only gain the ability to teleport.

The system sighed: [In this case, isn't the slate useless to the player?Is it still necessary to be king of gold? 】

Ise Hai was silent for a moment before replying: "It is necessary. There is also a book in the supernatural agent department that is said to be able to fulfill all wishes."

The book was hidden deeper than the slate, and he didn't have time to go deeper into it. He needed the identity of the King of Gold to get the book.

If even books can't fulfill his wish... His eyes dimmed.

System: [What game did the slate propose? 】The challenged party has the right to decide the content of the game.

Ise Hai shook his head and said, "I don't know yet."

He waited quietly, and this wait was a month.

During this month, he prepared donuts on the day Edogawa ranpo came back, but he just asked someone to deliver them, and he didn't hand them over in person.

He didn't answer the call from the other party, and he didn't check the email he sent.However, he could think of the content of the email, probably full of "liars".

In mid-January, the third semester of Haichang High School started, and Ise Kai returned to school normally, but Edogawa Ranpo did not come to him, nor did he call him again.

The proud and arrogant detective must have been very angry at his obvious refusal.

But Yi Sekai knew that he would definitely come on his birthday, because that was a promise made by a detective.

And on that day, he also had to make a choice.

In late January, his guardians came to Yokohama.Kishibe Rohan collected enough materials and began to immerse himself in creation.

During this period, Ise Kai also heard a news from the King of Green that the Colorless King with the ability to predict has passed away.A few days later, the new colorless king appeared, but his sword only appeared briefly when he became king, and several parties failed to find the new colorless king.

On February 2st, a whole month after the challenge letter was issued, Shi Ban finally replied to him in his sleep.

The scene in the dream is exactly the same as the stone slabs in the imperial pillar tower.

The only difference is that a boy with light blond hair [2] appeared in front of Isekai, who claimed to be Dresden Slate.

Shiban said calmly: "There was a child who wanted to experience a different life. I heard his wish and gave him the ability to [intervene]. Through this ability, he possessed others and obtained the memories and consciousness of different people. But I forgot my original identity."

"He has become the new colorless king in charge of 'Chaos'."

"If you can find his original identity, you win."

This is the game given by the slate, a reasoning game.

Ise Kai accepted the game.

February 2rd is Ise Kai's 3th birthday.

Armed Detective Agency.

Ranpo Edogawa, who was in a bad mood recently and was always sulking, suddenly sat up from his seat, and his movement attracted the attention of others.

Edogawa Ranpo opened his emerald green eyes and looked at the program on the phone, and a familiar red dot disappeared.

This is the locator installed by Ise Kai himself, and because there is still this existence as a comfort, Edogawa Ranpo reluctantly gave him time to think.

After all, that's an idiot.

And it is impossible for him to refuse Lord Ranpo.

But now, on a day when they had tacitly accepted the deadline, positioning had disappeared.