Super power krypton gold [Comprehensive]

The search operation was carried out as scheduled.

At seven o'clock on Wednesday night, Hotaru and I sat in the crowded theater on time, sharing drinks and popcorn, chatting casually, and waiting for the show to start.The Cave King and Joan of Arc Alter guarded the main entrance and the safe passage of the theater respectively, in order to catch everything in one go and avoid any fish that slipped through the net.

In terms of searching the three departments, Mr. Gua also entered the scene with us.In order to avoid attracting attention, he deliberately chose the seat in the corner a few rows away from us.

Unlike most of the audience, he didn't hold a paper tube with popcorn in his hand, but a bag full of... melons, small watermelons, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, loofahs, and so on.

According to him, if he doesn't prepare a few more melons for a change every time, he may want to commit suicide by smashing melons.

Of course, the melon money is reimbursed from public funds.Mr. Gua has always been strict with himself, and always buys cheap melons that have been reduced in price, so I always suspect that the reason why he looks so handsome and has no flesh in his body may be due to the chronic disease caused by eating a lot of expired melons. Gastroenteritis.

I pretended to lower my head and chat with Hotaru, and casually told these gossips to Qingguang and Gu Gu who were waiting for their spirit bodies.After listening to it, Qing Guang said that the word "melon" had collapsed in his mind, and he almost couldn't recognize it anymore.

"Hey, I hope the organization will reimburse me with my krypton money..."

I propped my chin and sighed.

"That should be impossible."

Qing Guang smiled helplessly and said, "I have heard that the amount of money you consume when using your abilities is quite exaggerated, right? Even you are willing to buy only one piece of popcorn. It seems that life is really tight."

"Uh, this..."

Although I feel that I am poor and ambitious and have nothing to be ashamed of, it is still a bit embarrassing to be pointed out by him.

Is my poverty already so clear at a glance...

"But maybe that's why."

Qing Guang suddenly changed his voice, and his voice sank heavily as if tied with lead.Even though there was only a cloud of air in front of me, I seemed to clearly see him withdrawing his smile, and the long black eyelashes were gathered like crow feathers, covering those dazzling red pupils.

"Because it's not easy to get, you will redouble your love for the sword."

His voice was as soft as a whisper, "I think it's a very happy thing for the judge to only buy a piece of popcorn and leave all the popcorn for the sword?"

"..."

Having said that, I really seldom move my mouth, and when I open my mouth, I focus on talking and not on eating.

Having said that, if it wasn't for Hotaru, I wouldn't buy non-essential popcorn at all, and it's only natural to leave it for Hotaru.Qingguang's envy and emotion are somewhat inconceivable to me.

However, I soon realized why.

"California, won't the judges over there buy you something?"

Hotaru frowned slightly in surprise, and there was a little innocent worry in the surprise.

"I protect Qian and help Qian, and Qian also cooks for me and buys me gifts. I think this should be a very common thing."

"...Our God Judge won't do that."

Gu Gu interrupted with an indifferent voice without any emotion.

"Because there is no need. The sword just needs to fight."

"It's too lonely to say 'no need'."

Qingguang's tone became more and more like a wry smile, "Although it's not impossible to continue, if I don't feel the master's love at all, it's quite hard for me. Because I'm hard to use, if you take it for granted, that's true. It's a matter of course... how should I put it, there is a feeling that hard work is meaningless. I am very unwilling."

"..."

Gu Gu was silent for a moment, and once again uttered an answer that gave people a sense of desolation.

"It doesn't matter. My memory is always blank. Even if there is nothing after that, it will only prolong that blank period."

I tremblingly raised my hand:

"Well, I'm sorry to interrupt..."

——I think the situation of you Honmaru (?) is really bad ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! ! ! !

What's going on, what kind of conversation is this? !

What is "not feeling the master's love"?What is also called "nothing", "extending that blank space"?Am I watching a doujin? ?No, in the final analysis, what did that irascible old man who stole the hat do to you, so his irascibility is not only aimed at me? ! !

I suppressed all the above-mentioned stormy complaints in the bottom of my heart, and only piled a stiff and twitching smirk on my face:

"Although I can't share the popcorn with you now... If you don't mind, would you like to come to my house to eat hot pot during the next vacation? There is another sword man in my house, let's have a good chat together. Bone, You'll be glad to see him."

"...?"

Bone ghoul expresses confusion with an unwritten syllable.

And I only answer with three words:

"Believe me."

I sincerely believe that there is no trouble that a table of hot pot can't solve.

If so, just two tables.

If that old man really created their troubles, I'll put the blame on him.

……

After some pleasantries to warm up the scene, the circus performance officially began.

In all fairness, the circus named after "Neverland" is highly skilled, and it can be said that it is perfect.Whether it is rolling ball, tightrope walking, trapeze or other dizzyingly difficult events, they all performed impeccably, showing their profound skills accumulated through long-term training.Whenever a program ends, there will be overwhelming cheers and applause in the theater, mixed with children's high octave excited screams, almost toppling the entire roof.

Inadvertently, I thought of a person.

(...If Orihara Rinya-san were here, he would be extremely happy.)

After all, the intelligence dealer's hobby is to observe humans.Due to work reasons, I have met him several times, and I understand his blatant habit.

But if he was present, he would probably say "It would be great if the tightrope walker fell off, I really want to see the expressions of the audience at that time", which tramples on public order and good morals, and I might not be able to resist blowing him up , Since then, he has entered a career behind bars that has no relationship with justice partners-so forget it.Whether it's eating hot pot or watching a circus, it's better not to take him with you.

"Harakaru, and Qingguang and Bone Gu. Did you find anything unusual?"

As the nerves and eyelids were tense all the time, the muscles around my eyes began to cramp when the beast taming performance, which was the finale of the audience, began to twitch.

"How do I feel...it's just an ordinary circus..."

"Well, I think so too."

Hotaru's physical strength and perseverance are obviously far better than mine, and his eyes are still fixed on the stage: "If there is a problem, it should be in the last two programs."

"The last two..."

Amid a sea of ​​cheers and applause, a gorgeously dressed and elegant animal trainer stepped onto the stage.Like other performers, he showed the audience his superb skills in driving animals, from lions and tigers to puppies and cats, under the crackling whip in his hand, they all looked like newborn lambs Just as docile and docile.

But just as the performance was drawing to a close, a little accident happened.

Strange to say, that tiger was originally as well-behaved as a puppet cat, but when the curtain was about to end, it suddenly dragged its chain and rushed to the front of the stage recklessly, opened its mouth wide to reveal its sharp teeth, and issued a burst of orders to the audience A terrified roar.

What's even more strange is that it tried to stand upright on its hind legs several times, but every time it lost its balance and fell to the ground staggeringly.

"Wow..."

The scene in front of me was so weird that even I gasped unconsciously, "This is really Orihara-san's favorite performance accident."

Moreover, I don't know if it is my psychological effect.

——I always feel that the tiger, like the demon cat that appeared before, is also staring in my direction.

(No, it should be... the direction of Hotaru?)

The animal trainer quickly caught up with the out-of-control tiger, yelling and cursing loudly, and the whip rained down on the tiger's body.

Immediately afterwards, an increasingly unbelievable scene appeared.Accompanied by the tiger's shrill roar, the small animals that had bowed their heads to the trainer earlier stirred up, and then swarmed forward one by one, surrounding it as if to protect the tiger, and bearing the rain of whips from the sky together with it.

This accident came suddenly, but it was quickly calmed down under the experienced skill of the animal trainer.After the animal taming performance, the last show was not a shocking feat, but a youthful performance with the "student class" of the circus as the leading role.

"Student, student... By the way, this is it!!"

I subconsciously exclaimed.

From the outside, the members of the trainee class are all teenagers aged 20 to [-], about the same age as Hideo Hoshido and Nadeko Kawahara.If the head of the troupe recruits teenagers in the name of "safe school", but actually forces them to learn acrobatics and participate in performances as circus students, everything can be justified.

The training process of acrobats is very arduous. The children have suffered this unprecedented loss in their lives. They are frightened and depressed. They are afraid that their parents will send them to experience the life of students. A sensible child.

Moreover, even if the circus accidentally rolls over and is discovered by parents, it may not cause any problems.

There are as many reasons as you need to justify yourself.Strengthen your body, exercise your spirit, learn time management, enjoy team life, isolate all negative influences from the Internet, games, bad culture, and so on.Bottom line: circus training is good for kids.

Anyway, the result is that the child has become better, so what opinions can the parents have?

At least on the surface, the events performed by the student class are not dangerous. They are nothing more than walking the dog, turning a plate, and doing magic tricks. It is impossible to arouse the parents' sense of crisis.

In this way, the missing Xing Taoying may also be on stage——

"That's not right."

Hotaru's clear voice sounded like a wind chime.For some reason, I feel that the sound is more chilling down the spine than the roar of the tiger just now.

"Akane shouldn't be aware of it. Those children on the stage are [not human beings]."

"……Eh?"

For a moment, it was as if I had been thrown into pitch black outer space, and the entire world around me had been muted, and there was no sound at all.The originally bustling and bright venue suddenly became dark and dead like a tomb, only the weeds and the smell of corruption quietly spread together.

"If it's not human, then they are...?"

Even my own voice seemed to come from far away in the universe.

"Supernatural life form."

When Gu Gu opened his mouth, it was still indifferent and indifferent.

"It seems to be puppets made by supernatural powers, those children. Unlike us, they have no independent personality and are completely dominated by supernatural beings."

Qingguang added, "Because the appearance is exactly the same as the real person, it is very suitable to be used for stealing. If the missing children are all in the circus, they should be imprisoned in other places, right?"

(other places……?)

"Like backstage or something. I'm not familiar with the situation, Yuki, do you have any ideas?"

(Think quickly, Akane Yuzuki. Think carefully. A place that can accommodate all the children sent by their parents at the same time, restrict their freedom, and not arouse suspicion...)

(...That's right. There is indeed a place like this.)

"—————————"

In the next instant, the sound and light returned to their original state like a surge.However, my language function did not come with it.

Because I have to use all my willpower to barely control myself, control the blood that gathers from my limbs to the top of my head in an instant, and prevent it from bursting out of the top and turning into a bloody mushroom cloud.

Because, I realized.

missing child.

Peace of mind school.

circus.

Runaway animals.

Lifelike dolls.

And, the demon cat who was once a girl.

Dots are connected in series to form lines, and lines are intertwined and entangled, weaving a bizarre jigsaw puzzle.On that jigsaw puzzle, I clearly saw the demon cat—the hell in the eyes of Nadeko Kawahara.

It wasn't just her own hell.

"Senior."

I spoke to the headquarters over the radio, seeking the last piece of the puzzle, the last line of testimony needed for conviction.

"Do you remember how you described the child abduction case to me in a casual chat?"

"Yes, yes, why did you suddenly ask this...? 』

"If I remember correctly, you said that the city police broke into the trading site in the informant a few days ago, but there was no child at the site, only many small animals in cages. As a last resort, all the people present had to be released. "

I gripped the armrests of the theater seats.

"I think the answer may be simpler than imagined. It may be necessary to investigate the Xingdao family murder case and the serial child abduction case together."

"—Because in this circus, there are people with abilities [that can turn children into animals]."

Not a training school.

Not a cadet class.

It's not the same style as Black Butler.

Even, it is not compulsory discipline using confinement and corporal punishment.

The truth of the so-called Anxin School is to use supernatural powers to turn children into animals, and then literally [domesticate] them...! ! !

"... I was careless."

I clenched my teeth remorsefully, "I should have thought of it when I saw Nadeko Kawahara."

too easy.

The truth that is too simple and crude has become a blind spot in our thinking.

Change character at will?

[-]% reborn?

The God-given Gospel that saves parents from suffering?

of course!

A child who has been abused once as a wild animal would be grateful just to be able to change back into a human form. Who would be disobedient?

Who dares to be disobedient?

Perhaps, occasionally there will be one or two stubborn children who don't know what is good and what is wrong, just like a struggling and roaring tiger on the stage, like Kawahara Nadeko who escaped from the sky and turned back angrily, trying to fight back with anger.

But aren't there still puppets in the circus?Even I can't identify the puppets that are fake and real.

Or a domesticated child, or a doll.It has nothing to do with the will of the children. In any case, the circus can finally deliver a perfect answer to the parents and return them a "satisfactory child".

——That perfection became the source of urban legends.

The Happiness and Peace of Mind Parents Committee really lives up to its reputation.

"..."

I stood up abruptly.In the eyes of other viewers who don't know why, it probably looks like being burned ass.

But the hot flame was not behind me, but burning uncontrollably in my heart and mind.The flame made me anxious and indignant, but it also calmed me down, as calm as the ice and snow that never melted in the polar region, more like a knife cut from an iceberg.

I know that tonight I will plunge this knife into someone's throat.

"Akane Yuki, now start to conduct a sneak search of the backstage of the theater. As long as they find evidence of their child abuse, the city police can implement compulsory measures to catch them all."

"let's go!!"

The author has something to say:

The ability of the head of the circus: turning people into animals + copying dolls, a very powerful and versatile ability. (There are restrictions and costs, which will be discussed later)

Rebellious children are generally tamed and returned to their parents; some who refuse to obey are returned to their parents as puppets (circuses also use this ability to participate in child trafficking, and get dividends from it)

The meaning of irony is there. As for what is being ironic, everyone just understands it.

The head of the team is psychopathic, and the motivation will be discussed next... or rather, it's time to blow him up next.