[Bungo Stray Dogs] With the Light and the Dust

On the second day after meeting Wells, on that road again, Bei Chenguang saw Captain Walston whom he had met before.

Walking in a hurry, he didn't even care about bumping into someone, and he strode forward while giving orders to the walkie-talkie, as if he was about to run.

What happened to make the captain of Standard Island so anxious?Or was the supernatural weapon that Verne mentioned yesterday discovered?

Bei Chenguang thought so, but he only paused for a while, then turned around and continued walking back.

If he stayed outside for too long, Osamu Dazai, who was alone at home, might run out to look for her again like yesterday.

Just thinking about it... makes me want to smile.

Just when she returned to her place of residence and opened the door, a burst of gunshots suddenly sounded from the direction of the organ area.

The agency area is not close to here, and ordinary people can't hear gunshots from such a long distance, but to Bei Chenguang, any disturbance seems to come from his ears.

She looked up in that direction.

After the initial confusion, the gunfire died down quickly.

Bei Chenguang stood at the door and looked in that direction for a while, then walked into the house and closed the door, put down the things in his hand, and then turned on the light in the living room, before turning around, he heard Dazai Osamu's sleepy voice from behind Came, "Well, Miss Guang is back."

"Did I wake you up?" Bei Chenguang turned around and asked in a soft voice.

"No."

Osamu Dazai removed the book covering his face, sat up from the sofa, yawned and rubbed his messy hair, the top two buttons of his shirt were undone, revealing the clearly shaped collarbone under the bandage.

"What do you want for dinner?" Bei Chenguang asked while opening the refrigerator.

"Can I order food today?" Osamu Dazai's eyes lit up, "Then I want to eat canned crab meat!"

Bei Chenguang thought about it for a while since he made canned crab meat for him last time, and nodded in agreement, "Fry or soup?"

"Let's fry it, it would be better if there is sake..."

Before he could finish his words, the floor of the living room suddenly sank, and then Verne appeared in the living room with Wells.

"Wells was shot... Yes, is there any way to save her...!" Verne knelt down to support Wells, who was already breathing very weakly, raised his head and looked at Dazai and Beichen eagerly and pleadingly Guang, "There is no healing power among the powers I absorbed. Wells suffered a fatal injury and couldn't survive the doctor's treatment... Please, is there any way..."

It turned out that the gunshots just now were related to them.

"Mr. Verne, calm down a little bit." Osamu Dazai said.

Verne, who had turned into a boy, pressed his chest and breathed hard, showing a painful expression like crying, "I can't do it, I am called the guardian, but I can't even save a woman's life... Why, I don’t want to lose my companion again!”

"Verne, [Shell]..." Wells, who was about to lose consciousness, spat out a few words with all his strength, his wound was touched when he spoke, his face turned paler, and his breathing was so weak that it was hard to feel it.

"[The shell] has been resolved, Wells, just hold on, please!"

The blond-haired, blue-eyed woman closed her eyes after hearing that the [shell] had been dealt with, a faint smile appeared on her face, as if she was letting out her last breath, her hand that had lost strength slowly fell down.

"Wells...?"

Complicated expressions flashed across Bei Chenguang's eyes, she closed her eyes and said softly, "Sorry, I can't help it."

Verne hung his head and did not speak.

As for Osamu Dazai, who watched this scene, he held his breath, thinking of the scene of Oda Tsukuru's death in another world that he had seen in the book.

How similar.

"Mr. Verne, there may be a way to save her, and only you can do this way."

Dazai spoke slowly.

"What is it?" Verne immediately raised his head.

"Your supernatural power can absorb the supernatural power of the dead people on this island, right? If you absorb Wells' supernatural power now, can you go back in time and save her?"

Indeed, by absorbing Wells' ability to go back in time, he can go back to 55 minutes ago and prevent Wells from dying, but...

"The moment [Mysterious Island] is activated, the effect of the ability must spread to the entire island, and Dazai, you are a nullified ability. As long as you are on the island, my ability will not take effect...unless you can control your ability Can it work or not."

Verne shook his head, his eyes dimmed again.

"That's it, but my ability will only lose its effect when my heart stops beating." Osamu Dazai stroked his chin, suddenly remembered something, and looked at Bei Chenguang, "But Miss Guang should have the ability to let me Is there a way to lose its effect?"

Bei Chenguang nodded.

"Since this is the case, the problem can be solved." Dazai Osamu stood up from the sofa, stepped on the floor with bare feet, and opened his arms with a smile.

It seems that I am looking forward to it.

Verne, who had experienced ups and downs in a short period of time, supported Wells and watched Bei Chenguang walk towards Dazai with a calm expression.

He didn't pay attention to his outstretched arms, just reached out and touched the back of his hand, then withdrew his hand and said to Verne, "Okay."

"Hey~ According to the routines of comics and movies, don't you need skintoskin (intimate contact) at this time—"

Verne activated his supernatural ability [Mysterious Island] immediately after Bei Chenguang said "Okay".

This time without the influence of [Disqualification in the World], he successfully absorbed Wells' supernatural ability.

Wells' supernatural ability, called [Time Traveler], needs a camera as a medium to use it. Not only can it control the time in the surrounding space to a certain extent, but it can also allow consciousness to travel back to the past and change what has happened.

As long as you use this ability on yourself, you can go back to 55 minutes ago and change the fact that Wells died.

"Great..." Verne's trembling eyes reappeared light, he looked at his hands and muttered to himself, "This time, I won't let anyone die again."

"Verne, true perfection does not exist." Bei Chenguang noticed that Verne's mood was wrong, and reminded with a frown.

"I know... But if I don't try, I won't be reconciled, Lumière. Maybe this is my direction." Verne smiled quietly, used this ability on himself, and then whispered to The two said goodbye, "Goodbye."

The camera hung around Wells' neck, which was used as a medium for supernatural powers, projected radiant rays of light, and the rays of light drew a blue figure in the empty sky.

It was a three-dimensional image of a river flowing calmly from upstream to downstream.

Verne's figure disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, Wells' body also disappeared.Only the traces left on the floor can prove their presence.

"Sure enough, there is more than one idiot in this world who will choose a sad fate for himself."

Osamu Dazai lowered his arms, looked at the place where they disappeared, and calmly uttered prophetic words.

The author has something to say: it has been changed.

The idiot that Zai said was himself. He knew the future and chose a sad fate for himself in order to save others without hesitation. In fact, he is quite similar to Verne in some ways.

Then comes the detective agency that breaks the endless backtracking!

I am so happy with so many comments on the last chapter!No more back pain when coding, no more sore neck!