At noon, the sky was extremely high, and the silver light fell straight down, forming several halos through the stained glass windows of the mansion.The air in the building is suffocated, and the smell of gunpowder hangs in the windless room, like a scene from a movie.

There were only two people in the empty ballroom.

The much younger one sat on the ground with his right leg half crossed, smiling and talking.While the other stood about five meters away, saying nothing.

"Mr. Andre Gide. I have admired your name for a long time!" Dante smiled as if he had told a very funny joke while greeting.

Immediately afterwards, he showed a standard apologetic expression, and said, "Sorry, I was too excited, don't get me wrong."

She was not prepared to stop at all because of Gide's cold face.

Gide had even had the slightest thought of talking to Dante when he opened Leviticus, but now he doesn't want to hear another word.

Before Gide decided to ask his subordinates to take out this unconscious 'meat ticket', Dante finally acted a little more serious.

But that's all.

The boy said in the tone of telling a story to a child: "Once upon a time, there was a general. He was deeply loved by his subordinates. He was invincible and invincible. He made great contributions to the motherland."

"Then one time, when the general and his men were fighting to the death overseas, a political struggle erupted within the country he was loyal to. The general who was fighting outside became a victim of the struggle because he could not defend himself, Forced to lose her reputation and leave the country—”

Dante's words stopped in the murderous eyes cast by the tall gray-haired man.

"Why, do you think it sounds very familiar? Andre?" He tilted his head slightly, and read out the other party's Christian name in an ambiguous tone, "Who do you think of?"

Without leaving time for Gide's possible answer, Dante continued: "The general I'm talking about is Arcibiad of Athens."

This time, Gide responded.

"Acibiad is a morally corrupt person." He briefly expressed his opinion in one sentence.

"Is it morally corrupt? Maybe." Dante raised his head and looked at Gide. "Extravagant and romantic sounds more morally corrupt than massacring all adult males in Milos."

Although the boy had a very friendly smile on his face, what he said seemed to hide a sword.

"Don't mention this." Dante clenched his left hand and tapped the palm of his right hand as if he suddenly remembered something, "Yes, what I want to talk about is actually Socrates."

"Socrates is the teacher and friend of Alcibiaad. Socrates always pointed out Alcibiaad's faults in various aspects and advised him to introspect himself and stay away from flattery. During the Potidia expedition He also used his body to protect the injured Yasibaad."

"I remember that Socrates was poisoned for impiety and corruption of the youth. Am I right, Andre?" Dante abruptly turned to Gide.

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The mimic members who attacked the school were not wary, and after Sakunosuke Oda shot in support of the Port Mafia at the scene, they began to retreat, only to end up with more left behind than left.

This abnormal behavior made Oda somewhat vigilant, he immediately asked and rushed to the cafeteria, and he was a little relieved when he saw Akutagawa, Erasmus and the children standing together.

Even if he wanted revenge on mimic, he would never choose a place like the campus.In any case, protecting the children is more important.

"Oda Tsukuru!" The children's jagged voices easily penetrated the air, and Oda couldn't help putting his gun back into the holster, and picked up the girl and boy who were rushing towards him.

Although the smell of gunpowder smoke has not dissipated, but fortunately there is no blood on his body, he thought with a little gratitude.

The next second, the phone rang.

Oda didn't immediately realize that it was his cell phone, it was Saku who was sitting on his left arm and took the cell phone out of his pocket to realize it.

The girl glanced at the parents who didn't have empty hands, turned on the phone decisively, clicked to answer, and then held the phone to Oda's ear—she didn't want to get off Oda's arm just yet.

The caller was from the publishing house.He was inexplicably relieved.

However, what he heard next made his heart sink gradually.

The publisher called him because the bookstore didn't have Oda's number.

About half an hour ago, a bookstore in Yokohama was broken into at gunpoint by some strange men dressed in tattered gray cloths.

They didn't do anything else but nailed a map with a red X on it with a dagger to the new book of "Ryukichi Suzuki" and left.

Thinking that "Suzuki Ryukichi" wrote some remarks that caused protests from extremist organizations, the person in charge of the bookstore immediately contacted the publishing house.

On the phone, his editor was still implicitly asking if there was any misunderstanding, and if he needed to help hold a press conference to clarify. Oda couldn't listen anymore.

He bent down to put the two children down, took the mobile phone, said "I will deal with this matter" and hung up the phone.

The bookstore that was attacked was not far from where he was now, that is to say, it was probably the one where Dante went to buy books.

And up to now, the boy has not come back.

Although it is also possible that Dante ended his 'journey' and returned to his own time when he got his new book, mimic simply knew his pseudonym to convey the message.

But if—

Oda was silent for a while, entrusted the children to Erasmus temporarily, and then walked towards the car he drove over.

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"I know that I have done many irreparable evil things." The voice of an adult male echoed in the empty ballroom, "But we want to end this life that wanders like a ghost." And the only possibility is death.

"We won't kill you. We brought you here only to strengthen Oda Sakunosuke's thoughts - that time I saw approval from his eyes." Gide walked to the side of the boy sitting on the ground, "He A bullet will end all hope and despair."

Probably because of the memories Dante told about Socrates and Alcibiad, Gide talked more.

How long ago has this man's rationality been broken?Gide's eyes were so indifferent when he saw everything, as if he was a dead person who couldn't be warmed by the sun. Only when talking about the topic of death, his eyes lighted up briefly.

A touch of pity rose in Chi Zhi's chest, and disappeared when he spoke.

Dante put his hands on the floor and struggled to stand up, so his voice was muffled: "They long for death, but they cannot die; death is better than hidden treasures.*"

Unable to completely avoid the injured leg, the boy took a long time to stand up, and sweat began to drip on his forehead again.

He took a breath, and then said: "It is not Odasaku's bullet that can cut off hope, but the gate of hell."

Dante's tone was determined as if he had seen hell.

"Those who go to hell will never be rescued." The young man smiled as he said the horrible words, "You don't believe it, but your blood will return on your own head.**"

"You will always be a haunting ghost."

It is impossible to expect such a light curse to break Gide's defenses. This man has been immersed in pain since the end of the war, and his self-contained logic is very solid.And mimic, as a group with a large number of people, emphasizes this point even more-only when they stay with their comrades and fight, they can go back to the past a little bit, and feel like they are still soldiers.

However, Dante's next sentence made his face change drastically.

"Odasaku won't kill you, I erased the reason why he would kill you. You will return to endless torture again, I'm here to make a prophecy." The young man said indescribably, "If If you don't believe me, you can wait and see if Oda Saku will come."

Gide drew his pistol.

The muzzle of his gun moved quickly up to Dante's forehead, then moved away after a moment.

The atmosphere in the ballroom returned to the quiet and cramped, and gradually became more suffocating as time went on.

Until the sun gradually began to weaken, the mansion did not wait for the desired guest.

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"You said just now that Oda Tsukuru received a call and left in a hurry, even entrusting the child to Erasmus with just one sentence?"

When Osamu Dazai rushed to the teaching building, he didn't see Sakunosuke Oda, and asked his students but got such an answer.

Unfortunately, Osamu Dazai and Sakunosuke Oda missed it.

Before he could sort out his thoughts and prepare to call Oda's number, Erasmus came over with Sakuru in his arms and pressed his hand.

"There will be a time to settle accounts with you, let go." Osamu Dazai withdrew his hand and looked at Erasmus with an unkind expression.

"Oda went to the wrong address." The principal told Dazai to stop all his actions with one sentence.

"The address he is going to now is a place where you can check for a big surprise." Erasmus rubbed the hair of the girl who looked up after hearing Oda's name with his right hand, "As for the real address, I suggest you check it The 'little toy' you put on Dante last time."

After realizing that Dante had a lot to do with the mimic incident, Dazai immediately understood that the authenticity of the trajectory he received was suspicious, but if what Erasmus said was true——

The young mafia cadre turned off his mobile phone, and his frowning eyebrows were loosened: "Then you don't have to wait for the autumn to settle the score, let's talk now."

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