My Bungo system is a little different

"It's really strange." Atsushi Nakajima lowered his voice and said to Akutagawa, "Although I can still see it, it feels like we are not in the same space as us."

After the surrounding changes stabilized, the 'people' that both of them could see seemed to lose consciousness.

"The space here is abnormal." Akutagawa responded.

Akutagawa, who tried "Rashomon", knows that the town is in a state of spatial blockade.

But neither of them knew that this was actually the effect of domination within the domain. After all, they hadn't been 'marked', so they couldn't be regarded as within the domain in a certain sense.

"Not in this street."

Since there are very few people who are conscious, they simply entered the building and searched quickly.Turns out there was no 'live' except for one who appeared to be a bodyguard.

"Neither in this street."

A house was found that was empty although the chimney was smoking, and after a search, it was barely determined that the occupants had been out for a while.Probably one of the members who lost consciousness on the street.

"No."

A neat vacancy.There was no ignition.Suspicious but the first and second floors were empty.Could it be the residence of the 'ghost'?

"No."

The huts near the edge of the village seem to have been the temporary use of hunters.It looked like no one had been in for a long time, and the snow sealed the door.

Let's search again in the central area of ​​the town.

If you walk this way, you will inevitably see the traces left by the fight between the two cadres of the port mafia just now-the collapsed building and the broken glass windows of the house that did not collapse a little further away.

Stop sensing one by one, then walk to the next house.

Hmm... the door of this room is also completely sealed by snow.This can probably be ruled out directly——

Thinking of this, Atsushi Nakajima was about to walk towards the next building.

However, the elbow was directly pulled by Akutagawa.

"That window over there." Akutagawa gestured with his eyes.

Dun looked in the direction he said, and there was no snow outside a window on the side of the first floor of this small building.

You can't see the situation with the curtains drawn inside.But since there is no snow outside the window, either the snow has been manually removed, or the temperature inside is relatively high and the snow has melted.

Looking at the chimney area——

Chimneys are originally white?

"Go in through the door, or..." After adjusting to a battle-ready stance, Atsushi asked Akutagawa.

While it's not yet certain that this is what they're looking for, it's more or less a given that someone is inside.

And, a man who hasn't been out of the house for a long time—

Rather than not caring about what happened in the small town at all, it is more likely that the other party knows the development of things well and doesn't need to go out.

You didn't come here as an investigator, but you didn't summon the 'ghost' after staying here for so long, so you must be behind the scenes... an insider.

Thinking of Osamu Dazai's words of "following the agreement", Atsushi silently swallowed the word black hands.

"Basically, no matter what you do, you will startle the enemy, so the faster you move, the better." Akutagawa said.

Movement or something is secondary.

So--

After the two looked at each other, Akutagawa used "Rashomon" to forcibly open the door blocked by the snow "normally" - the corner of his clothes got into the snow, unlocked it, and opened it brute force.

The door of the small building was not completely scrapped after a scream of "squeak", but opened properly.

The first floor was very tidy, indeed there were people living there, but there was no one where the two of them could directly see.

"The airflow...the place with the highest temperature is over there." Dun instantly identified the location of the heat source in the building.

Judging from the location, it was indeed the room where the window they saw outside was located.

At this point, knocking on the door was unnecessary, since Atsushi and Akutagawa had forced their way into the building.

But considering the possibility that they might find the wrong person, Dun still tapped three times symbolically to show friendship, and then twisted open the door of the room.

After the door opened—

On both sides are bookshelves full of books reaching to the ceiling.There are sofas and small tables in the free space.

Next to the window is a desk.

A red-haired woman was half-reclining on the chair that matched the desk, and the direction of the chair was halfway between the door and the sofa.

Of course, she was alone in the room.

'The characteristic is that she looks extremely beautiful. '

Well, it looks like that's an accurate description, and good enough to tell the difference.

Dun looked at the woman with a calm expression and thought.

Maybe it was because of politeness, or something else, he didn't say that directly, but checked the other person's name first.

"Excuse me, are you Lena Bradbury?" Don didn't know why, but felt extremely nervous, and his back tensed.

The red-haired woman looked at him with a slow, rather psychedelic smile.

"You are Atsushi Nakajima." Her eyes fell on Atsushi at first, and then shifted to Akutagawa, "And you are Ryunosuke Akutagawa."

She did not respond to Nakajima's questions.

The tension mounts.The inexplicable pressure on his breath and back made Dun feel at a loss what to do.

"That..." Dun swallowed reluctantly, trying to say the short sentence of "according to the agreement".

Just when that sentence was about to slip out of his tongue, Akutagawa, who hadn't made any sound since opening the door, suddenly stepped heavily on him.

"hiss--"

While gasping for breath, Akutagawa's "Rashomon" stabbed at the red-haired woman very quickly in front of him.

However, what happened in the next second was not blood spatter.

The black flowing beast was bounced back by something in mid-air, and the speed of returning was exactly the same as the speed of going.

Before Atsushi's brain understood the reality, his hands had turned into tiger claws and slashed towards Akutagawa's back.

it's wired.

Did it hit something, or didn't it?

In front of the red-haired woman who was still leaning on the seat, a figure in white clothes appeared out of thin air.

"It's true that her name is Raina Bradbury. What do you two want from her?" He said with a smile.

"Ask for information." Akutagawa replied.

Because he usually looks quite ferocious, so at this time he is regarded as a different kind of poker face - anyway, it is impossible to tell whether he is lying or not from the way he speaks and looks in his eyes.

"Are you two coming to me for information?" Bradbury, who was sitting on a chair, finally spoke this time.

With that uncomfortable smile, she glanced at the two on full combat alert again.

"Two students of Osamu Dazai." Bradbury chuckled, turning his head to the white-haired man in front of him, "I wonder where he is now. You should have seen him here, Nikolai? "

"I haven't seen it today." Gogol pretended to be thinking, and said in surprise, "No way, did he come to your stage without authorization to make trouble?"

Bradbury gave a mocking sigh.

"Nullification is a big problem. Besides, I think Fyodor pulled him in." She casually blamed the devil, "Fortunately, only when the core of the singularity is found can the whole nullification be done, which is just an addition to the story. The tortuosity is better."

Her smile was menacing as she spoke the last sentence.

Bradbury and Gogol actually chatted like this, as if Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa didn't exist.

The consequences of this neglect are——

The silently moving black lurking on the carpet spread to the talking woman's legs little by little, and then thrust out obliquely upwards.

As long as it hits, it can stab people through, and even stretch out countless small thorns to fix the 'prey' and cause secondary damage at the same time.

"Rashomon" is such a weapon.

But the premise is to be able to pierce.

Just like last time, the black was returned at the same speed, but this time instead of going back the same way, the direction was changed to Atsushi Nakajima.

and so--

"It's the space system." Akutagawa said.

Since the previous return attack to Akutagawa didn't cause any damage, so this time to turn to Atsushi?

Fighting against such an enemy really needs to worry about hurting teammates. This time, Atsushi dodged the attack of "Rashomon" with the speed of "Tiger".

Atsushi and Akutagawa looked at each other with tiger eyes.

——The goal is to first confirm the scope of that 'Nikolai' ability.With the regeneration of 'tiger', there should be no problem for a while, so don't attack yet.

--clear.

Even though it was the first time fighting together, they exchanged ideas as if telepathically.

Dun came to defend, Akutagawa came to attack.

This is a temporary tactic.

Just like that, all the black on Akutagawa's body flowed, fortunately this was in a warm room with a fire, otherwise he would soon suffer from hypothermia.

puncture.bite.cutting.

The black color of "Rashomon" was divided into dozens of branches, and even dozens of branches shuttled through the not-so-spacious room.

Attacks on Bradbury and Gogol were unsuccessful from either direction.

Those two men have not moved positions so far.

Gogol at least turned his attention and gaze to Ton and Akutagawa, while Bradbury just looked bored and distracted.

Dun is very flexible.He is fast.

But after Gogol gave that mischievous smile, blood started to flow from his body.

"Don't... stab." Atsushi said to Akutagawa.

Piercing is better for sneak attacks.Its strength and damage are relatively low.

Atsushi knew that Akutagawa did this to minimize the damage done to him - puncture wounds healed more easily for Tiger.

But this conservative approach is just wasting Akutagawa's energy right now.

Understanding Atsushi's determination from Atsushi's words, Akutagawa changed his attack instantly.

"Rashomon" started destroying things in the house.

— breaking glass, cutting furniture into pieces, and flying paper all over the room.

Then take the opportunity to ignite the combustibles in the room with the fire in the stove.

According to the test, the opponent's space system ability seems to be able to freely manipulate the space within a certain range, and it can be cut or grafted.

Not killing us directly is 'playing prey', Akutagawa thought so.

But since we've been given the chance to attack—

If the whole house is on fire, will you choose to retreat?Or take Bradbury with him?

The wind blowing in from the broken window caused the flames in the house to rise instantly.

Paper burns easily, as do wooden furniture and wool rugs.

For some reason, Gogol burst into laughter when he saw the flames burning in the house.

"—please help me put out the fire."

Finally, Bradbury, who had lost his seat, stood up and sighed, and made a request to Gogol.

In the next second, something different from what Akutagawa expected happened.

A sudden mass of snow appeared in the room, crushing the flames.