The two Muratas who were separated did not doubt why Mr. Nakahara, who had always been gentle and tolerant towards his subordinates, had such an attitude. They had been driven crazy in this environment where they could neither speak nor see clearly. They had no energy to distinguish what was happening in front of them. Is he the rightful owner?
In other words, even if it is really a trap in this hellish place, at least give them a good time, and they no longer want to be frightened like this anymore.
Ethan Hayes is not a devil. Since he came here specifically, he intends to take the person out.
He raised his toes and lightly kicked Murata's shoulder, attracting their attention, and then made a "follow me" gesture.
The two Murata immediately nodded like chickens pecking at rice, helped each other get up, and followed him lightly.
Just like Ethan Hayes's previous experience, the exit of the maze and the entrance to the inner layer were very close to each other. He took the duo, who were dizzy with hunger but still had to brace themselves and dared not make a sound, to return to the alley next to them. Go directly to the stone door at the end.
The two Muratas behind him were stunned when they saw his movement. They quickly gestured to try to remind "Nakahara-sama" that this was not an exit, and then lowered their hands when he looked at him as an idiot.
Yes, Lord Zhongyuan’s thoughts are beyond the reach of little people like them!
They just looked at "Nakahara Blake Ryder" without looking at the stone gate at all. Instead, he raised his hand and pressed it against the wall on the right.
"Crunch---"
The harsh sound of pushing the door sounded, and a bright beam of sunlight was projected from the crack of the door. As "Jace Rivers" moved, it gradually expanded and shone on the faces of the duo who had not seen light for a long time.
Even if Murata and the others were stimulated by the light and shed physiological tears, none of them closed their eyes. They just looked at the door hidden in the wall with excitement and longing.
---[exit! It's the exit! ]
The familiar scraping sound of bones sounded, and the skeletons patrolling aimlessly outside the alley heard the sound, but seemed to be afraid of the light and did not dare to approach.
At this time, the three of them had already passed through the door, leaving everything in the maze behind.
...
Dusk is the time of encounter.
Zhongyuan Zhongya walked out of the temporary stronghold when the sky started to turn yellow. He stood on the guardrail and stared at the coastline from a high position, not missing a single clue.
"Lord Nakahara! Lord Nakahara!"
The subordinates ran over excitedly, as if they had something important to report.
"Huh?" Jace Rivers tilted his head to signal him to speak.
"The patrol found two people rushing up from the beach!" The subordinate gasped, "They are the members of the Black Lizard who disappeared three days ago!"
Nakahara Zhongya's eyes narrowed, and he jumped down from the guardrail and motioned for him to lead the way: "Go over and have a look."
"yes!"
---
Oda Sanosuke stood at the school gate waiting for the children to finish school.
Mr. Baofu, who has adopted more than a dozen children at a young age, is also very troubled by the issue of picking up and dropping off his children.
The eldest boys in the family are already in junior high school. In the past, they not only did not need to be picked up and dropped off, but they could also help take care of their younger brothers and sisters. However, the situation in Yokohama has been special recently. Oda Sakunosuke is really worried and has repeatedly warned them that they must wait until adults come to pick them up.
Fortunately, his younger brother is back and can help him share part of the task of picking up the baby.
"Hey, Hoshimi, are you home?"
Osamu Dazai leaned on the telephone pole boredly and watched him make the phone call.
[Host, what rules did you see in the inner layer? 】
There was a noisy sound on the other end of the phone, accompanied by the chirping voice of a child: "Not yet. I just received Sakule and the others. What's wrong?"
[Number of people. ]
Oda Sakunosuke looked at the time: "Dazai will be back with me later. If you get home early, help me take out the beef from the refrigerator to thaw."
[The more people who open the inner layer, the less restrictive the rules will be. ] In other words, [A person who goes in alone is seeking death. ]
"Eh? Brother Dazai is coming? Do you want me to buy some crabs?" Ethan Hayes held the child and glanced at the corner of the street without any trace, and met the ocher-haired man who was half leaning there.
Xiao Qi also started to worry: [Then let’s open more vests? 】But they don’t have enough energy!
[Tomorrow I will ask "Jace Rivers" to go to the Armed Detective Agency. ]
"I already bought it yesterday." The reliable Mr. Oda was well prepared.
Xiaoqi was puzzled and reminded: [Is there Finn Walker in the detective agency? 】Host, weren’t you still afraid of being exposed before? Why do you dare to act so recklessly now?
"That's good, I'll be home soon."
[In this case, the more direct and faster it is, the less likely it is to be exposed. ] Mainly caught off guard.
After hanging up the phone, Ethan Hayes lowered his head to control the laughing children with gentle eyes.
[Besides, I won’t need a plug-in to fix this crack. If they can’t find anyone, why should they be afraid of losing their horses? ]
When he was about to walk out of the street, the man at the corner lowered the brim of his hat and followed him not too far away.
Xiao Qi responded in a confused manner: [That makes sense...]
I don’t know why, but it always has an ominous premonition.
...
Over here, Ethan Hayes settled the children quickly and without arousing suspicion, packed the ingredients in the refrigerator, and then hurried upstairs.
As soon as he closed the bedroom door, he rushed to the window and stared at each other with wide eyes for a long time with the person who had been waiting below for a long time. At the same time, he was frantically poking at the system in his mind: [When can the Lord God add the function of placing and recycling vests! ]
Of course, the main god who has always been stingy about energy will not install this function on the plug-in. Therefore, in terms of official application, the vest can only be placed in front of Oda Hoshimei---and cannot be taken back.
[I’m urging you! I’m urging you! 】Xiao Qi is just a part-time worker, what can he do?
Ethan Hayes couldn't help but have a headache when he thought that Brother Dazai was coming soon and the children were still playing downstairs.
So, he pulled out... er, a hemp rope from under the table and threw it down the window.
"Zhongyuan Zhongye": ...
While silently muttering "I'm sorry, Blake Ryder-nii", he climbed up along the hemp rope like a thief, and lay down on the ground automatically as soon as he entered the door.
Ethan Hayes: ...
He lightly kicked his foot and said, "Put it inside."
"Zhongyuan Zhongya" glanced at the dark bottom of the bed and said with some reluctance, "I was able to sleep in the bed last night..."
Oda Hoshi couldn't get used to him, even though he was "himself" to a certain extent. He squatted down decisively and pushed the person to the bottom of the bed. The sheets naturally hung down, covering the situation inside.
"Don't worry, I have already cleaned the bottom of the bed. In order not to be discovered by Dazai, I can only aggrieve you." Ethan Hayes began to pack the twine, "If you are not happy, you can come back first."
What he means by "coming back" is to withdraw his consciousness from the vest. This is the ability of the vest plug-in, which can help the host separate part of his consciousness in order to control the vest. Without the host's consciousness, this body is just a puppet.
"Zhongyuan Zhongya" thought for less than a second and decisively evacuated from the shell, leaving the handsome young man lying under the dark bed with a "peaceful" expression.
---He doesn't want to stay under the bed!
Xiao Qi, who was watching the whole process, said quietly: "It looks like there is a corpse under the bed..."
[…Who’s to blame? If there was a recycling function, would I be in such trouble? ] Ethan Hayes complained, "If you can't, you can give me a house!" We can't let Chuuya's shell sleep in the wilderness, right? ]
Xiao Qi weakly shut her mouth.
---Sorry, it doesn't have money to buy a house either.
After Ethan Hayes cleaned up all possible traces, he heard the cheers of the children downstairs.
He paused and slowly opened the door.
[coming. ]
---
Not long after he met Liam Carter, Osamu Dazai learned that he had a younger brother.
"I always thought I was an orphan." In the Lupin bar, Oda Sakunosuke recalled the child who suddenly came to him who was still a killer, with gentle eyes.
"I didn't expect that I still have a relative in the world."
"Eh? Maybe he's a liar who relied on you to cheat me out of food and drink." Aiden Cole was lying on the bar and gossiping enthusiastically, "I've seen a lot of this kind of kid, and I'm looking for an honest person like you to take over."
Oda Sakunosuke chuckled: "No, we did a paternity test." He held his chin and thought for two seconds, "If it were me at that time, even if Hoshimi was really not my biological brother, I might I will still recognize him."
After all, he was in a period of confusion about his future career planning at that time. Hoshimi's appearance not only gave him an extra responsibility, but also strengthened his idea of quitting the world of killers.
Ethan Hayes has no special powers, and there is nothing special about him except that he is smart. For Aiden Cole at that time, he was just like the children Liam Carter adopted later, just an accessory of his friends. It's just that this "accessory" has a pretty good brain, so they have something in common.
---Until MIMIC invades Yokohama.
The "ghost" with similar abilities to Oda Sakunosuke tried to find relief from him, and for this reason he did not hesitate to attack innocent children.
When they arrived, they saw the injured Ethan Hayes and the intact children.
The owner of the curry shop said that if Hoshimi hadn't noticed something was wrong in advance and persuaded them to move, maybe they would have been killed by MIMIC. In order to prevent the MIMIC people from finding them, Ethan Hayes even stepped forward and took the initiative to distract the enemy, and was injured as a result.
To be able to escape from the hands of MIMIC, who was a soldier, Ethan Hayes is undoubtedly extremely smart. This is also the first time that Aiden Cole truly recognized "Ethan Hayes" as a person, not just "a friend's younger brother".
Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the way the boy smiled and comforted his brother even though he was injured still clearly existed in his memory.
Thinking of this, Osamu Dazai's mind stung for a moment.
...
[...Hoshimi! Star sight! ! ] The cry of pain and tears penetrated his memory and echoed in his ears.
Is it...Liam Carter's voice?
The young boy, covered in blood, leaned weakly in his brother's arms, his expression was peaceful, but he seemed to have lost his breath.
He saw himself standing nearby and reaching out his hand, wanting to comfort his friend, but he didn't know what to say.
...
"Liam Carter..."
Aiden Cole murmured, and Oda Sakunosuke, who was dragged by the children and walked in front, turned around and looked at him inquiringly: "What's the matter, Dazai?"
Interrupted by Oda Sakunosuke's voice, the tragic scene instantly collapsed like a broken mirror, disappearing into the depths of memory without any trace.
Aiden Cole's eyes were dazed for a moment, and then quickly regained their clarity.
"No, it's nothing."
He shook his head, quickly followed the pace of his friends, and sighed exaggeratedly: "The work is really hard! My head is starting to hurt!"
Oda Sakunosuke did not wonder why he would be so hard at fishing tomorrow. Instead, he nodded in agreement: "In that case, let's take a vacation until this case is solved."
Aiden Cole spread his hands: "Noah Bennett-san will definitely not agree..."
"Can I help you with some advice?"
"Then please leave it to Liam Carter!"
Aiden Cole chatted with his friends all the time, his tone was cheerful, but the doubts in his heart did not diminish at all.
Thanks to Hoshimi, Liam Carter didn't have to suffer the pain of losing an important family member.
but---
MIMIC...who solved it?
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