17. Copy – Red

Although this conjecture is a bit absurd, it is the only way to explain the contradictions of this secret realm.

The true meaning of illusion is to "manipulate the five senses", only sight and no touch, which is not in line with the principle of illusion; And this unreal qiē obviously can't be the real world of a hundred years ago.

In this way, it seems that only the reason of falling asleep, or being influenced by someone with strong mental power, and accidentally falling into the other person's memory world, can make sense.

On deck, the wind was blowing, and several sailors shouted and beckoned their companions to pull the sails on the mast. The three Dino stood still, ignored by the sailors as if they were air. Several men crashed into Louie's body and knocked him to the ground, but these people rushed forward as if they didn't feel anything.

Yuto panned to the right, avoiding a man who had nearly hit him on the shoulder, then turned his neck to look to the sides, as if looking for something.

It took a long time for the sound of glasses clashing to hear in the ears of Dino and Louis.

"Not people."

Dino, who already had a little experience in communicating with Youdou, quickly understood what he meant.

"Are you saying that none of these sailors are alive?" Sure enough, this is not the real world, "How did little Yuto know?" ”

"There is no breath of life."

...... "Can you feel something as profound as the 'breath of life'?" Little Youdou ...... It can't really be some kind of ghost that sucks people's yang energy.

Dino accidentally opened his mind, and Youdou, who was staring at the number of jù uploaded back from the detector, didn't understand why Dino's expression suddenly became unfathomable.

Although the feeling of rain hitting their faces was unreal, it also managed to blur the vision of the three of them.

Dino retracted his misconceptions and squinted at the ship, confirming that it was indeed the Three-Headed Dog from a hundred years ago.

This is a three-masted sailing steamboat, with the typical characteristics of the transitional stage of the industrial revolution, and has not yet been transformed into the appearance of the later generations without masts and sails.

The huge sails fluttered in the wind, and the steam engine "whined" like a colossal beast chanting a heroic war song.

"Let's go over there and have a look." Dino found his bearings and beckoned the two men around him to walk in the direction of the bow.

A third of the way through, Dino heard a scarf-wearing sailor who appeared to be in the role of captain shouting.

"You guys&*&, Gurlum%¥......"

Dino: "......"

The scolding mixed with a little jerky accent and Spanish colloquialism instantly made Dino confused.

Except for the beginning of "you", he couldn't understand any of the other words......

As a translator wherever he goes, and a student whose foreign language proficiency is F except Japanese, Dino is deeply saddened.

For the first time, he realized the importance of learning a foreign language well.

"The fat man is saying, 'You bunnies, fools with their faces caught in the fence, you haven't eaten or are you deficient in calcium?' I can't even pull this thing'......" Seeing Dino's gaze drift over, Louis, who was translating in a loud voice, snorted unceremoniously, "Don't look at me, I know that you have a 'grudge' with the Spanish, so I will help you convey the meaning...... Of course, if you want to think that I despise you, that's fine. ”

Dino, who didn't think much about it: "......"

He vaguely understood why Louis was often hunted down on the bounty list.

Although it is known as knowing the current affairs and understanding the proportions, but this climbs the pole, and there is no danger and it can't bear the loneliness and begins to be cheap.

And Louis, who never thought of himself as a dead man, and had been running wildly on the road of proportionate death, touched the cold hair on the back of his neck and decisively changed the topic.

"Where's Yuto?"

I was still with them just now, where are we now?

"He's just in the second cabin......" Dino frowned slightly. I thought that Youdou just went over there out of curiosity to take a look, and at most he came out after a circle...... But now five minutes have passed, and Yuto is still inside.

Couldn't help but make a few bad guesses.

Not a cranky idea, he was only worried that this space of suspected dreams and memories was hidden by other mysteries.

Don't look at this space as harmless, the knives and clubs wielded by these sailors will not hurt them even if they fall on them, leaving at most a fold in their clothes; But who can guarantee that this space will always remain unchanged and will not suddenly become aggressive?

Dino tried to go to the second cabin, but the sailors' 'figures' crowded the way, making it impossible for him to get through.

Although this is not a real space, nor does it have a realistic sense of touch or pain, it is not a simple illusion.

In this limited space, they can touch a qiē thing—such as the nautical diary in the previous room; Because of the limited space, they will be squeezed aside by the images of these people, and even trapped in a small room as before.

Seeing that the sailors were blind to them, but firmly blocked their way, and the walls were immovable and impermeable, Dino held back the hidden worries in his heart, and tried to forcibly push these false figures away and clear the way to the hatch.

But these guys were like dense tumblers, firmly blocking all the space around him, and even more and more dense, like cell proliferation, sandwiching him and Louie in between.

Before Dino could not help but pull out his whip and break through the obstacle with his attack, the sailor in front of him suddenly disappeared.

Just as when they inexplicably came out of the trapped room, the phantom flashed in front of them, and the scene changed again.

Just like the fast-forward shot in the movie, this time they are standing at the stern of the ship, and there are many dead or seriously injured people on the deck, and the dried blood is covered with the board, which is extremely depressing to watch.

Dino couldn't help but help but hold his forehead.

Not because he couldn't bear the shocking images, but because one of the things he was vaguely worried about had happened.

This disordered space is like a fragmented drifting board, sending them to one of the plates at random. Once separated, the chances of meeting each other again are very slim.

I only hope that the owner of this spiritual space has no ill will towards them, otherwise, even if he and Louie can get out of this space, they will not be able to leave with Yudou.

In a matter of seconds, the scene in front of me became blurry again.

It's like a fast-playing slideshow, switching frame by frame.

Discontinuous dreams, intermittent fragments of memory, and inexplicable scenes, apparently without clues, Dino thought of the nautical diary he saw in his room for no reason.

Storms, hijacked ships, crews killed by pirates......

This qiē in front of you overlaps with the story depicted in the nautical diary.

As a frightened teenager with a wiring book and a monocle in his arms hurried past them, Dino wondered if the boy was the author of the nautical diary.

I don't know how long the atmosphere of chaos and horror permeated the air, the clear and cloudless sky darkened again, and a few seconds later, a line of orange and red lit up where the sea and sky met, and the light of the sunrise seemed to penetrate the entire Mediterranean, driving away the horrors of the night's wandering.

Dino heard a sudden burst of cheers from the dead silence of the ship, his unfamiliar accent and archaic grammar preventing him from fully hearing the crew's conversations, but he vaguely guessed the meaning of those words based on a few simple but familiar words.

"Returned", "The Lord", "Yuri", these are the words that appear in the nautical diary. It seems that the protector of the ship, or something like a leader, has returned, giving hope to these suffering people and being overwhelmed with excitement.

Then, Dino met the crew's mouths of "Yuli" and "the adult".

It was two rather young men, and they were now on the boat next to each other, surrounded by everyone. The taller, beautiful blond young man seemed to be badly wounded, and leaned slightly weakly on the shoulder of the other. Because of the slight hanging of his head, Dino could not see his face clearly, and could only judge the birth and origin of the other party by the smooth jaw and fair complexion.

This person is by no means a frequent visitor at sea, and judging from the reactions of the surrounding crew, most of them are more respectful than familiar, which shows that this is the "adult" in the mouth of the crew. As for the young man next to him, he was naturally the "Yuli" in their mouths.

Dino then turned his attention to Yuri, but was surprised to find that the "Yuli" had an oriental face and a strange fox mask hanging from his waist, which seemed to be sold everywhere on the roadside during the Japanese summer festival.

The young man named Yuri did not listen to the noise in his ears, nor did he look flattered or impatient with the eagerness of the crew. His attention seemed to be focused on the blonde youth beside him, supporting him with half of his body, his clear voice mixed with undetectable worry.

"Are you really okay?" The well-shaped lips spat out a string of fluent Sicilian lingua franca, and finally spat out a name that made DiNorton feel like he was blown up by thunder.

“――Giotto?”