7. Disappearance
Seeing that another five or six days had passed, letters from Bryke's family were also sent to Bryke. His parents were also extremely worried about the current situation of the war between Sakura and Ming, and in addition to telling him to return as soon as possible, the letter also included the fare and travel expenses to return to Mingguo.
Of course, according to the convention of the novel, the male protagonist Breke also used the money he had saved in the past few years to buy a ticket for Requiem to take home - it was also excellent to buy a child daughter-in-law, but the fog that had not cleared for a long time made it take him a while to find the ticket office he frequented.
Oh yes, there's one more thing worth mentioning -
"(Sakurafu) Ruike-kun, you're leaving in a week?—— by the way, give me a settlement of my experience as a human paladin. ”
"Yes, everything is almost sent back, and next weekend I will take a boat to Nagasaki and then to Fuzhou to return to China. - Okay, challenge the two zombies of level 1 for 300XP, plus the plot 100XP, for a total of 400XP, and 600XP upgrades. ”
"What a pity... I'd also like to see your dream collection. - Okay, let's continue tomorrow. ”
Inspector Emiya, dressed in civilian clothes, said dejectedly as he cleaned up the character templates full of numbers.
"I can't give you the big one," Breck said, putting away the dice and map, and pulling something out of the cupboard, "I'll give you this little Hatsune wood carving, as a testament to our short-lived friendship." ”
"How can you say that it is a short-lived friendship, you have written down my mailing address, remember to send me a letter. ”
"It's all going to war, and who knows how long the email communication will last?"
"Why do you like to say such frustrating things so much!"
Emiya was a little angry.
"Let's not talk about that, why do you come to me every day to chat? Breke asked angrily.
"Isn't this a vacation today~"
"Then what did you mean by wearing a police uniform yesterday!"
"There are some doubts in the transcript I made last time, so I'll come over and ask about it. ”
"And the day before yesterday?"
"Recently, the wanted silver-haired female snitch has been reported to be nearby, I'll check it out - I mean it! You live alone, be careful of being robbed and robbed!"
"What about the day before yesterday?!"
"As one of the people in charge of this neighborhood, I think I have a reason to understand and understand the situation of the local people so that I can carry out my work. ”
He said in a high-sounding voice.
"Okay, then please don't come to the local residents so early to make friends and find a relationship, okay, I'm a foreign out-of-school child now, and I have to sleep until 10 o'clock in the morning. ”
"Hey, I'll read you the newspaper!"
"It's a blunt change of subject..."
Bryke complained weakly.
"Today, the weather in Tokyo is still dense fog, and this strange phenomenon has lasted for six days, and although there is no obvious harm, it has caused great inconvenience to the residents of the city. According to the Institute of Meteorology, this phenomenon may be related to the increase in humidity caused by the abnormal sea conditions in the Far East Sea, but there is still no convincing explanation as to why this anomaly occurs only in the Heiankyo area..."
"It's all said, don't change the subject in this way..."
"The fog hasn't cleared yet... In the past few days, because of this thick fog, there have been many people who have taken advantage of the low visibility to grab bags and necklaces. The guard inspector scratched his head, "I can only take half a day off, and I will have to report back to the police station later." ”
"That's great, take what I gave you and go. ”
"It was so sad, I thought I could have a meal. Then I'll go first~" The guard inspector took away Bric's gift with a handbag painted with a cute beautiful girl, and went out with a hippie smile.
"I'm sorry about the silver-haired snitch..."
Slab Brick said softly.
"Silver-haired snitch? Who do you say? When are you going to eat?"
A requiem with unkempt hair poked its head out of the unoccupied dormitory next to it.
"Who are you?"
"Requiem. ”
"What is your identity?"
"The ancient 'black box' that is being hunted down by a mysterious organization, the sixth generation of humanoid autonomic nuclear energy moments, the highest scientific achievement of the last era. Requiem said subconsciously.
"Then why did you become this kind of waste person who doesn't get up until noon and asks when he will eat?"
"These are two different things! What are you going to eat at noon today?" she said confidently, "I have been doing the maintenance of the box last night, and I need to replenish my nutrition, so why don't you buy some meat and eat it back?"
"Presumably someone else who was laughing next door with my comic last night?"
"Total... Anyway, I'm going to eat meat!"
Day 2
Breke got up early in the morning.
(That guy will be here today, too, so let's finish the Snowy Night Monster Talk script today.) )
Brick thought as he laid the dice and map on the table.
It was afternoon, during which Requiem came over for dinner and went back with a few new comics. Maybe this guy won't be here today, right? Blake began to pack up his board game kit with some disappointment.
Knock knock knock - suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Why? Came so late today—huh?" Breke opened the door, and it was Inspector Shizuki standing outside the door.
"Uh... Hello?" said Breke, hesitantly moving out of the way.
"Who are you waiting for?
Inspector Shizuki stared at Breech with piercing eyes.
"It's... yes, make an appointment to play with us today - ah, no!"
Breech was afraid that this Wei Gong's boss was here to grab the bag, so he quickly shut his mouth for the sake of protecting the Wei Palace.
"Be honest with me!
Jingxi suddenly grabbed his shoulder and shouted angrily.
"How, how?"
Seeing Inspector Jingxi's unusual performance, Breke also cringed a little.
"He left you yesterday, right?!"
"Yes.... That's right, what's wrong with Wei Gongjun?"
Brick smelled an ominous smell.
"When was the last time you saw him yesterday?"
Jingxi didn't answer his question and asked to herself.
"It was about twelve o'clock in the middle of the day. Wei Gongjun left me with something...."
"Why do you know it's this time?"
"It's... This?"
(That's because that rice worm's biological clock is particularly accurate – of course you can't say that!)
"Why do you remember the time so clearly?"
The inspector's eyes were completely devoid of his former calmness, and he asked like a hungry wolf.
"Because Wei Gongjun said at the time, because of this fog," Breke pointed to the thick fog outside the window, which still hadn't cleared, "his work became very busy, so he left at twelve o'clock to prepare for the afternoon's work." ”
"Twelve... Damn!"
Shizuki slammed the wall.
"What the hell is going on? What happened? What happened to Wei Gongjun?"
"You stay here and don't leave, I may come back to you. ”
Jing Xi left such a sentence, stared at him and left in a hurry.
"Tono, Kurokiri, and now it's that kid from Emiya... What the hell is going on!"
Just as Jing Xi was leaving the dormitory of Mingguo International Students with a solemn face, he suddenly heard the footsteps of someone coming from behind him.
"You!"
It turned out to be Blake who came running after him.
"Didn't you stay in your dorm room!" said Jingxi impatiently.
"I... I wondered if I could help. ”
"Are you underestimating our work? The inspector sneered twice, "People like you don't think that you can be a savior after reading a few comics or something—stay for me!"
"But... But I think Wei Gongjun is my friend... Is he missing now? I think I should do something for him..."
"Whatever you like. ”
Inspector Jingxi turned around and walked out, and Breke hurriedly followed. They silently searched all the way from the International Student Mansion where Breke was staying to the police station where Emiya and Shizuki were located, but the visibility along the way was too low due to the dense fog, and the search was extremely slow.
After two hours, the sun was clearly visible through the fog and the sun was setting in the west, the light was darkened, and the visibility was further reduced. The two men seemed to maintain a strange tacit understanding and never communicated with each other, just carefully searching for every corner where there might be clues - only God knows if they can find it.
Brick felt like he was a little out of strength.
Although he rushed out with Jingxi with enthusiasm at first, he was just an ordinary college student after all, and he quickly became weak under such a high-intensity action. Seeing that Jingxi had gone farther and farther away and didn't stop at all and waited for him, although he wanted to follow, his feet caused him to collapse on the side of the road. Already cramping, he involuntarily rolled on the ground twice.
"It hurts, it hurts..."
Misfortune was not alone, and while he was rolling on the ground, something hard was on his back, causing pain.
"What the hell...!" After catching his breath, he pulled out the hard object that was under him—the top half of a wood carving that had been cut in half by something sharp. Although there are some dark red suspicious spots scattered on it, it is still suspicious that it is a colorful wood carving from the past of the famous virtual idol Hatsune.
Caught in a moment of confusion, Breke stood up blankly, trying to see where he had fallen. He looked around and noticed a line of gilded letters carved into the doorway of the nearest building.
It is written in both Ottoman Turkish and Sakurafu as the "Ottoman Turkish Student Residence".