Chapter 1043 Dedication to Science

"password?"

Glancing blankly at Mai Hanyu, who was poking around outside the door, Araki Sousuke looked at the box in his hand like a fully armed bomb disposal expert: "Sister Hanyu, how do I know the password, should I just pry it open?"

"I found it, Emi Sato is the birth mother of Tsukage Chikusa's household registration. She graduated from the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo. After graduation, she worked in publishing light novels. She died five years ago when a serial murderer broke into her house. The closed case file shows that her real cause of death is very likely to be related to the strange connection called 'The Last Supper'."

"If this box belongs to her, this kind of old-fashioned four-digit combination lock, you may try the date of birth, yes..."

Just when Araki Sousuke was about to "violently open the box", a reminder came from outside the door.

"It's...it's really my birthday..."

After trying to enter several password combinations, the suitcase in his hand opened.

"Huh?"

But inside the box, there are no "dangerous items" or "top-secret information" that everyone expected, just a dilapidated and yellowed book placed alone...

"New Edition Hundred Monogatari", published by Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd.

"This book...could it be..."

Staring at the shabby cover of this book, Araki Sousuke's eyes became a little subtle.

"really."

In the lower right corner of the cover, there is a line of small characters written "Author: New Folklorist Moon Shadow Qingren".

"But, why is this book locked in such a big password box..."

Flipping through the book casually, Araki Sousuke rolled his eyes in disappointment.

This strange story novel compiled and published by Tsukikage Haruto more than 20 years ago seems to have been popular for a while. He has seen it on the bookshelves of Daisy Orphanage, Koji Mochizuki and Ichiro Tokimoto.

"Strange, Tsukage Chikusa's household registration information does not register the father, but the biological father on the birth certificate is registered as a person named 'Tsukage Haruto' However, in the household registration information of the Metropolitan Police Department at the same time, there are more than 600 The one named 'Moon Shadow Qingren' seems to have something to sieve..."

"What?! Uncle Qingren is his..."

Outside the door, Hou Hai Lu Dou's broken thoughts made Araki Sousuke suddenly squeeze the book in his hand into a ball: "Who is this Tsukage Chikusa?"

…

Tokyo, Sumida Ward.

"who I am?"

The genial sunlight and warm warmth made Tsukage Chikusa struggle to open her eyes from the endless darkness.

"where am I?"

He found that he was sitting on an outdoor chair, and there was still a cup of hot coffee on the wooden table in front of him.

"Who's **** me...by the way, my computer!"

After confirming that the computer bag was properly carried on his back in his arms, he looked at the surrounding environment with peace of mind.

"Sky Tree? I'm in Sumida District?!"

Above the head, the blue and white Skytree is shining brightly in the setting sun.

"As expected of a **** with the blessing of 'Faith', if ordinary people make a quick transition through the 'Dark Projection', it may take a whole day to wake up."

Not far away, a man's teasing voice was heard.

"It's you... Chardonnay..."

The memories before the consciousness fell into darkness flooded into Tsukage Chikusa's mind again: "What exactly do you want to do when you brought me here? Where's Miss Furuhara?!"

Looking around, the rooftop plaza of the Skytree Shopping Center, which is close to the outside of the Yamanote Line and usually crowded with people, is empty at this moment because of a "supernatural terrorist attack".

When I went to the empty cafe, there were only two customers, he and Chardonaud, and there was no sign of Gu Yuansha.

"Don't worry, Miss Gu Yuan is staying in your rented house intact now, just like a work of art in a safe, no one can hurt her in the slightest."

"As for this place, it's not the destination of our journey... I just stopped by to borrow an 'experimental device'..."

Chardonnay nodded gracefully, and reached out to touch the thick and cold steel foundation of the Skytree beside him: "Mr. Hell Revolution, do you usually like to watch magic tricks?"

"Magic? You bastard, what the hell..."

Tsukage Chikusa has not yet caught up with the other party's topic of jumping, and the majestic black shadow has spread from Shadonod's hand...

This 634-meter-tall radio tower was dyed a shadow-like deep black from bottom to top.

"The darkest area formed by the inaccessibility of light has entrusted human beings' fantasy of the unknown and darkness since ancient times, and is usually called shadow."

As Chardonnay rubbed, folded, and squeezed his hands in the air, the dark black Skytree began to shrink and become thinner rapidly...

"Interestingly, no matter how large the object is, at a certain angle, the shadow can become infinitely small."

In the next second, a small black tower like a souvenir keychain quietly appeared in his palm.

"Moreover, things like shadows don't have physical concepts like mass and volume..."

And behind Chardonnay, the "Tokyo New Landmark", "The World's Second Tallest Man-made Structure", and "Tokyo Sky Tree" that were originally indomitable have disappeared without a trace.

"I see, is this the real usage of "Shadow Power"? "

Looking at the bare roof of the Skytree shopping mall in front of him, Tsukage Chikusa only felt that the so-called "Chikusa Kage Escape" invented by himself was simply inferior.

"Hey, Xia Duo, you specially asked me to come here for 'delivery', just to watch you steal Tokyo's 'new landmark'... This is the list of "100 must-take places for wedding photos" between Lizi and me. The tenth place!"

Behind the disappearing Skytree~lightnovelpub.net~ a man wearing a suit and carrying a black suitcase quietly appeared.

"Well, dedicating one's life to science, how can it be called stealing?"

Looking at this man who was dressed as if he was participating in a "gangster transaction", Chardonnay showed a warm smile: "How is Miss Lizi's condition?"

"Thank you for your concern. After taking the elixir, her body is no different from ordinary people."

The person who came was Higashino Kohei who took away the "Taketori Painting Scroll" on Mount Fuji.

"If that's the case, why didn't Higashino-kun unilaterally suspend the 'deal' with me? If you return the Taketori picture scroll to the Japanese authorities, the identities and lives of you and Ms. Reiko should be strongly protected."

"Theoretically speaking, this is true. However, this does not conform to my 'morality'... No matter what your real purpose is, but without your help, Reiko and I would have been buried in Saitama Cemetery long ago For safety, it is impossible to regain a new life like now, this is an indisputable fact."

Walking in front of Chardonnay with no expression on his face, Higashino Xinghei handed out the black suitcase in his hand: "The goods are here. Now, we are clear."

(end of this chapter)