Chapter 70: Ice Sculpture of Human Flesh
Nobita was stunned for a long time, and with some suspicion, he extended his spiritual sense, allowing his consciousness to gradually distribute to all corners of the training area. Indeed, as Izuki said, there is a faint sense of fear in the city...... There's definitely something unclean going on! (This trick was learned by him and Altair)
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"Nobi-kun? Nobi-kun? ”
"I'm listening, Shirt...... I'm sorry. Nobita opened his eyes and said with some guilt, "I've been basically in the horizon space for the past few days, so I didn't notice it. ”
“…… Don't mind if I ask a few questions, right? Izuki's expression was very serious, and he unconsciously made the commander's signature gesture - his hands were folded on his chin, his eyes were so sharp that they seemed to pierce people's hearts, the only difference was the difference in his glasses, "Nobi-kun, as far as I know, there should be no other superpowers around me, so I can only trouble you...... If you feel offended, I'll say sorry to you. ”
"No, no, no...... Don't bother, you just ask. Nobita said as he secretly surprised that the friend in front of him had become so imposing at this moment, and he was completely different from the gentle and jade-like teenager in the past. Or is it ...... Is he the real talent himself?
“…… Just now, you closed your eyes and thought for a while, and I called you twice before you came back to your senses. What's that doing? ”
"I can extend a part of my 'consciousness' to perceive the emotions of a particular area. This may be a bit mysterious, and I can't say it well...... Originally, I could only use Godzilla's instincts to feel things that were harmful to me, such as 'danger', 'pain', and 'harm'. But since I came back from this adventure, I have learned a few tricks from a non~usual, non-usual~ powerful master, so I can feel positive emotions. Using this trick to detect the happiness index of a certain area is the most intuitive, more accurate than any data......"
Izuki didn't care about the content of Nobita's back, touched his chin and thought for a while, and then asked, "So, Nobi-kun, can you take the initiative to 'sense' other superpowers?" ”
Nobita's expression stiffened suddenly, and his originally confident smile became very funny. He was stunned for a long time, and could only reluctantly admit, "I can't do it." ”
"And what about the other way around, so that others can sense you?"
"This ......" Nobita stopped talking several times, his expression changed several times, and then he said in a low tone as if he had done something wrong, "Originally...... It can be done. Originally, the two forces in my body were very conspicuous, and no matter how much I suppressed them, I couldn't suppress them. If I look at it with some kind of instrument, the electric potential energy and gravitational constant around me will be very strange, and if I am a superpower, I should be able to detect it...... However, it is also in this adventure that the one who is not immortal is the master I just mentioned......"
"I didn't want to be exposed to other people's eyes all the time, so I asked her to help get rid of those unstable redundant forces permanently. Now I'm just an ordinary passerby in the eyes of others, no matter what instrument I use to test it, I'm afraid they won't see me......"
Two plans in a row were shot due to force majeure, and Izumi had no choice but to smile helplessly and make a joke, "That's ...... Can you bring that master over directly? ”
It's a pity that Nobita has no intention of laughing at the moment, he desperately wants to understand the current situation, as if this can make up for his failure to find out that the situation is wrong in time.
"Xiaoshan, do you think it was a superpower?"
"......" Izuki took a deep breath and began to tell Nobita what had happened in the Nerima area in the past few days.
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Things started about a month ago, just like Nobita entering the main god space.
In fact, he saw it himself when he was scrolling through the news website, but at that time, Nobita had just received the divine power of Godzilla and Ghidorah, and he was so excited that he didn't notice the weirdness behind the incident, and simply passed it as a prank...... A month ago, when the weather turned cooler, strange human-shaped ice sculptures began to appear on the streets of Nerima Ward. These ice sculptures are all in the shape of young girls, lifelike enough to show the skill of the carver. They can be found everywhere from time to time, in parks, in front of hotels, in front of hotels, and even on the streets...... No one has ever witnessed this master ice carver working on the street, but when people get up to work in the morning, they can always find a new ice sculpture somewhere in the city.
The master seems to be playing a fun game of performance art with the public...... At first, that's what everyone thought. His artistic approach is beyond reproach, and each ice sculpture is different from the previous one, with different folds in the skirt, the style of the clothes, the backpack on the body, and even the height and width of the body. But only one thing is the same: these carved girls are all beautiful, and if they were real people, they would all be at the level of school girls in school.
Everyone has to admire this folk master who sees the beginning and the end of the dragon.
Although the police suspected that he had obtained so much ice, he ...... After all, there have been no serious accidents, and there is no reason to waste police resources investigating such incidents.
Later, things got horrifying.
Someone discovered that the ice sculpture that appeared on the street turned out to be someone he knew in his life. This morning, her ice sculpture was laid out in the park; When I got to school, I found that someone was missing. Out of excessive curiosity, a policeman went to investigate the appearance of the ice sculptures so far (the photos of those ice sculptures are widely circulated on the Internet), and compared the photos of the missing person in the past month, and found that it was exactly the same! On the night of the disappearance, there was an ice sculpture of them on the street.
This news spread far and wide, and for a while, people in the Nerima area were panicked. No one thought it was a prank or performance art anymore, all sorts of urban legends were all the rage, and panic spread at a speed visible to the naked eye.
What's even more terrifying is ...... Before the news was noticed, there were already many ice sculptures exposed to the street that silently melted into water or were smashed by urchins...... Nobody cares. And the missing girls have still not been found.
At the strong demand of the family, the police had to compromise and temporarily requisition an ice storehouse. Whenever an ice sculpture is found on the side of the street, it is transported to the ice storage so that it does not melt away...... After doing this two or three times, the person who made and tuned it seemed to notice it, and the next time, what appeared in everyone's eyes was a dismembered ice sculpture, completely divided into hands, feet, body, and head, completely separated.
Families are wailing in despair, the police are frustrated, but people are still missing every day.
So far, the only clue is a surveillance video from the street: a man in a red raincoat will pass by the ice sculptures in full light at various times, pretending to glance at them casually, as if admiring something. The first few times, he might have been understandable about doing so...... But now that everyone is in danger, he still appears near the ice sculpture from time to time to admire, which seems very suspicious. Considering the seriousness of the situation, the police had to issue a wanted warrant, which also allowed the public to obtain some clues about the suspect's appearance......
So far, however, no progress has been made.
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After listening to this weird urban legend, Nobita swallowed his saliva and felt a chill in his back inexplicably.
He is not surprised by the existence of superpowers, there are underground people, underwater people, heavenly people in this world, and many races that live in seclusion in places that humans cannot reach, and there is nothing strange about one more superpower...... He was amazed that this man would be able to use his superpowers to commit crimes. Or even like this...... There is no clear purpose at all, as if it were just a crime to execute others for the pleasure of oneself!
The current stage of the law undoubtedly does not recognize the "superpower" point...... So the question is, from a legal point of view, this person has not committed any crime. Not to mention whether the police can successfully find him, that is, if they are found, arrested, and taken to court, what crime should he be convicted of? There were no witnesses, no physical evidence, and there was not even a need to find a defense lawyer for him...... The final result must be a release in court. Nobita even thought that he would surely sweep the eyes of a victor over the family members who came to watch the moment he walked out of the courtroom, glancing disdainfully at the banners in their hands...... Then he strode out and went back that night to find a new victim.
Does someone need to punish him?
There will be ...... Are you willing to punish him?
"I'm sorry, Shirt...... Now I don't have time to deal with this. Nobita hesitated for a long time before he said, "But I'll send a few sentinel robots to take on human form and patrol the city to find the suspicious character you just mentioned." If it had been confirmed, they would have taken him down. ”
Izuki was silent for a moment, apparently not satisfied with this answer.
"I'd actually prefer you to sit in the battle yourself."
“…… No, sorry, I ...... I don't have time. Nobita stood up in distress, some afraid to look directly into the light-like eyes of the wooden shirt, and some anxiously wanted to escape from the room, "The shirt should be able to understand, right?" Every four days, I will be forcibly recalled to the main god space and thrown into other worlds. It's been three days since my last adventure, and it stands to reason that I'm going to have to leave tonight...... Trust the Sentinel's abilities and they'll get things right! ”
"Speaking of which, when you went on an adventure in another world before, why didn't anyone notice it?" Izuki wanted to recall the situation at school in the past few days, but he found that his memory seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't even think of anything about Nobita, "Obviously, a big living person has disappeared for more than ten days, but no one in the school has mentioned you, teachers, parents, and classmates...... I didn't even feel anything wrong with myself. ”
"Ah, you say this...... This is the basic operation of the Lord God. Nobita shrugged his shoulders and said, "When the reincarnation enters the other world, he will modify the memories of the world on a large scale, making my disappearance a 'natural' thing. You all know I'm gone, but no one thinks it's strange, my parents aren't weird, Shizuka, Fat Tiger, and Husband aren't weird, because it's a 'taken for granted' thing for you. When I returned, the Lord God quietly modified the paradox of this area, so that you would not notice any change.
In fact, if I hadn't told Xiaoshan about it, you would never have noticed anything out of the ordinary. Even if you know now, it won't be strange when you can't see me tomorrow morning. ”