After I divorced from chaos step

In the past, I would probably comfort Ranpo: "No, Ranpo-san, you will live a long life."

But today I don't say such soft words.

His forehead still hurt, and he was hit hard by his chin.I didn't expect him to be hardened, and his lethality was still quite large.

I rubbed the knotted eyebrows, and said softly: "Since you can't live out the length of your life, let's try to expand its width."

Three, two, one.

Three seconds later, Ranbu's eyes widened, and then he pursed his lips after a long absence.When he saw my frown, he carefully flattened his pursed lips.

"I won't expand!"

...Even if you don't pout, you are still acting like a baby.

"You can ask President Fukuzawa, he should have a lot of insight on expanding life." I changed the subject, "You said my grandfather is Pandora'sbox?"

Luanbu nodded without hesitation: "Yes!"

Pandora'sbox, literal translation is Pandora's box, which means the source of disaster, is a story full of myths.

In Greek mythology, Pandora opened the magic box and released the disasters in the world, but locked hope in the box.

If I use this analogy, half of the powers I have now are disasters, and the other half are hopes that have not yet been obtained.

No wonder Dosi always wants me to find the other half of the ability and get the full ability.

Wait, would he be so kind?

"With the other half's ability, will I be able to control it?"

"Theoretically so."

"Theoretically?"

Luanbu rubbed his chin while explaining: "In theory, if you open the Pandora'sbox again, you can get the ability to reorganize atoms into matter. But we still haven't found the Pandora'sbox."

"How did your uncle find it back then? The player in his team with the ability to search, is there anyone with that ability like him?"

"Mr. Hanabou and Ango Sakaguchi have searched almost all over the country for people with search abilities, but none of them can perceive the existence of the box." Ranpo speculated, "It may have been opened last time, In order not to be discovered by others, the box turned on self-protection and hid in a place where no one can find out."

This makes sense.Now that it is speculated that the box is the incarnation of Grandpa Xingzuo, then he definitely has a way to hide himself where no one can find him.

"Fyodor has been looking for it for years."

Mentioning the name of Tuo Si, I suddenly became vigilant.

If Luanbu did this, it would be compensation for a couple, but Tosi has no reason to help me like this, and besides, he started looking for it a few years ago.

He also never told me about the Pandora'sbox.

"Ranbu-san, do you know what it will look like after I recover my abilities?" I looked at the white wall, feeling really at a loss, "What can I do?"

"You can decompose any substance into atoms, and you can also reassemble atoms into any substance." Ranbu said with certainty, "Qingxixi's ability is a very remarkable ability."

"Well, it sounds very powerful." I nodded thoughtfully, "Then do you know the purpose of Tosi?"

"……Know."

I didn't ask any more questions.

Because I received a message from Tosi.

He was posted in the group.

[@Russian Soft Candy: I ​​found the coordinates of Pandora'sbox. 】

Attached is a photo and address.

In the photo, Granny Hanamaru's duck farm is bathed in golden sunshine, and her father is sitting on a swing under the grape arbor, staring into the distance with a blank expression.

The car speeds on the way from Yokohama to Kamakura.

"Qingxixi, you are speeding." Luanbu next to him reminded in a low voice, "You will be fined."

"……Feel sorry."

I tried my best to slow down the speed of the car, thinking that this is Zhongya Zhongya's car after all, so I can't cause him any trouble.

"Qingxi sauce, Duck Farm and Fyodor can't run away, so you don't have to be so nervous."

Sitting in the back row are Dazai and Yasuko.

Yasuko was dragged here by Dazai, and she originally did not agree to participate.After regaining her human appearance, she still wanted to hang out with the Sanhua cat in the detective agency for a while. She didn't know what the Sanhua cat said in her ear, so she agreed to come together.

"That guy Yuan Qingyuan, since he became a father, his IQ can't keep up. His ability is actually stronger than the old man, but he almost never uses it." Taizi complained smoothly, "I asked him to help me see When he and Natsume-sensei can get married, he is not willing."

"That means the knot won't work—it hurts!" Luanbu covered his chin, crying out in pain.Taizi pinched his chin unceremoniously just now.

"Brat, that's better than getting divorced!"

Whether it's a Chuya or a human-shaped Taizi, the relationship with Ranpo is very bad.

"Yuanqingxi, even if you find Zhongyuan Zhongye, don't remarry this guy!" Taizi turned his head and began to educate me, "Zhongye is handsome and rich, and although he is a little short, it's not his fault , much better than this guy who can't even do housework."

"Hey, I can do housework now."

"Tell me, what will you do?"

"I will send my clothes to the laundry, and I will use a robot vacuum..."

When Ranpo was arguing with Yasuko, I whispered to Dazai, "Do you think that's my father, or that guy?"

I raised my head and caught a glimpse of the smile on Dazai's lips in the rearview mirror.

"What do you say?"

……

I actually know a lot about Dad's law of causality.

He can see a person's future and end.

Dad doesn't like this ability, because predicting death in advance is not a good thing, he thinks everything should go with the flow.But I don't think so. I think knowing a person's future and ending can at least avoid some unexpected accidents.

Dad has seen my future.

At the beginning of my memory, it was he who touched my hair, leaned over the cradle, and said to me in the most gentle voice: "My Qingxi, you will have a bright future. Dad has seen it."

Dad said I would have a bright future.

A wonderful... future?

I have done countless wrong things in these years, and many people have died at my hands. Regardless of whether I did it from my heart or not, substantial damage has already been done.

I have heard gossip that Sigang Muhang, the young leader of the Enemy Alliance, dreamed of becoming a hero like All Might when he was a child.

He protected his weaker classmates, tried to act like a hero, and I guess he also said that line of blood from All Might just like me.

——It’s all right now, why do you want to ask?Because I am here!

Ironic.

It's completely reversed. It should be said that something happened because we came.

……

The duck farm is very close.I stopped the car, unbuckled my seat belt, and opened the door.

There is a strong scent of grass mixed with flowers.

Another sunny day.

The path leading to the duck farm is covered with sunlight, and the newly built street lamps are neatly arranged along the roadside.Summer butterflies fly across the field, and in the distance is an endless wheat field.

By the Crescent Lake, under the swing of the grape trellis, Dad was sitting, and Tosi was standing, and a game of chess was placed on the stone table in front of them.

… I remember that Dad never played chess, he preferred solitary games like fishing and painting.

"Mr. Jin, long time no see."

Jin dropped a chess piece, raised his face, and his figure and face slowly returned to his original appearance. He looked more mature and thinner than Dazai, and the two were very similar.

Except for Ms. Taizi who said "Yeah" out of surprise, everyone else had an expected expression.

I sneaked a glance at Luanbu, and he gave me a bright smile, which made me feel even worse... The secret that I have been hiding for a long time has nowhere to hide in front of them.

"I thought Yuan Qingyuan became stupid because of some kind of stimulation. It turns out that there is such a thing living in his body." Taizi looked at me with a sneer, "You always knew?"

"Yeah." I nodded, "I met Mr. Jin when I was nine years old. Thanks to his care, I went to Russia to study later, which was also arranged by Mr. Jin."

Mr. Jin possesses his father's abilities, his soul is immortal, and his decisions are all reasonable arrangements based on the law of cause and effect.

I had nothing to rely on, and I also thought that I was young and had no opinions, so I could only listen to him in everything—no, there was only one thing I didn’t listen to him.

That is, he asked me to keep the secret about the ability from everyone, but I told Tuo Si all about it later.

If I insist on keeping it secret and insisting on not using it, as long as I get through the risky period, I will probably be able to return to China quietly and live the life of an ordinary person.

"Haven't you ever doubted his existence?" Yasuko looked back and forth between him and Dazai, and finally came to a conclusion, "Could you have the same relationship between me and Nakahara Nakaya?"

"The relationship between me and him is more complicated than that between you and Zhongye." Dazai said with a smile, "It's better for Ms. Yasuko not to know."

Tosi, who hadn't said anything for a long time, said softly, "I also advise you not to know."

Taizi narrowed his eyes: "You little brat, your life is very hard, and you can live until now."

"Oh, did you recognize me?"

The chess game between Tuosi and Jin stopped without a winner.He pulled the corner of his mouth, revealing his small canine teeth, "If Miss Taizi hadn't gone to Russia to assassinate me back then, my mother wouldn't have suffered any misfortune because of me."

Tosi's calm words were like a stone thrown into the lake, stirring up thousands of waves.

I'm a little out of my mind.

"Yuanjiang, do you understand? It's such a powerless and hopeless thing for a person without abilities to meet someone with abilities."

"You killed his mother?" I asked word by word, "Is there any enmity between you?"

I stared at Yasuko's face closely, not wanting to let go of any emotion on her face.

But apart from frankness, I can't see anything else.

No guilt, no regrets.

Taizi shrugged: "I just accept the commission, I don't care who I kill."

"Whose commission?"

Taizi rolled his eyes in displeasure: "Little girl, do I need to report to you?"

"I asked who did you accept?" I asked loudly, "Don't tell me, you accepted Yuan Xingzuo's commission."

Her expression changed, and she said sternly: "Don't call the elders by their names!"

"Qingxixi, that's not the case."

Seeing that I was completely rhythmic by Tosi's words, Ranbu simply covered my ears.

He said to me with lips, "Please trust your family and trust me."