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Chapter 1436: Scheming against each other (the black pork ham tastes okay)

"Brother, I'm back."

When Sha Jiuye pushed open the door of the office, she was filled with joy, after all, she could finally see Duanmu Huai. Although it was just a golden week holiday, for Sha Jiuye, it had been a long time since she last saw him.

"I also bought you a lot of local specialties...Mika also asked me to bring you a gift...Hey?"

"Ah, you're back."

However, the person who came out to answer the door surprised Sha Jiuye.

"Satori-san?"

Looking at Menme-satori who came to greet him with a bright smile, Sayukye was a little dazed for a moment, and even wondered if he had come to the wrong place.

"How will you be here?"

"Because Satori thinks it's more fun to be with the teacher?"

"???"

Hearing the casual answer from Menme Satori, Sayukye was confused, but soon she saw the other two people sitting there - a beautiful girl with silver hair in a gray dress was sitting at the bar making coffee, and on another sofa next to her, a blonde girl was curled up holding a teddy bear, looking at this side anxiously.

“Uh…what is this…?”

At this moment, Sha Jiuye's mind was full of question marks. Although the appearance of Mianmu Satori surprised her, as one of the Five Swords, it was not surprising that she had some interactions with Duanmu Huai. But the two girls confused Sha Jiuye. They were guests, but the silver-haired girl was making coffee slowly, as if she was at home. How could she be a guest?

And what about that girl?

"I...I'm going back to my room first."

Sakuya looked confused, but Shionji Ariko obviously didn't intend to get involved in these troublesome things. After all, the situation in front of her looked very strange, so she decisively found an excuse and slipped back to the room.

  Only Sha Jiuye stood blankly at the door. This was clearly his home, but why did he feel... as if he was the guest?

Fortunately, Duanmu Huai finally appeared at this time.

"elder brother!"

Seeing Duanmu Huai appear, Sha Jiuye raised his eyebrows and looked at him with dissatisfaction.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Why……………"

Faced with Sha Jiuye's dissatisfied questioning, Duanmu Huai sighed silently, but he still gritted his teeth and introduced Sha Jiuye.

"This is Shesta, she's also a detective. I met her when I was out solving a case. Now she's temporarily working with us."

"I see………"

Hearing this, Shajiuye's eyes softened as he looked at Shesta, who also raised her head, smiled at her and nodded.

"And what about the girl?"

“She………………”

Duanmu Huai glanced again at the blonde girl curled up on the sofa.

"Her name is Abigail Williams, and for some reason, she has to live here."

As for why it turned out like this, Duanmu Huai could only say that Yog-Sothoth was indeed not easy to fool.

Originally, Duanmu Huai thought that as long as Yog-Sothoth was willing to help tell him where Nyarlathotep was, he would seal the girl again.

It turns out that Yog-Sothoth was not stupid. It just gave Duanmu Huai a rough location and told Duanmu Huai that when the time came, it would appear again to explain the next clue.

To put it bluntly, Yog-Sothoth knew that Duanmu Huai would definitely destroy the bridge after crossing the river, so it did not say that all of them were alive, in order to let Duanmu Huai keep Abigail, instead of sealing her up or killing her. After Yog-Sothoth exited the possession state, Abigail turned into a girl who looked weak and helpless.

What else can Duanmu Huai do about this? He wants to eliminate Abigail directly, but unfortunately he still needs her to show him the way.

Forget it, let's keep it for now and wait until we expel Nyarlathotep.

Abigail, who was not possessed by Yog-Sothoth, looked like a well-behaved, sensible and kind child, but for Duanmu Huai, this was meaningless. In fact, many games have such a development, a kind, beautiful, gentle, angel-like heroine, but it turned out that she was a sacrifice or substitute needed to resurrect some demon or devil, and was hunted down.

When the whole world was against her, the hero stood up resolutely and became the enemy of the world to protect the heroine. However, in general, the heroine would be snatched away by the villain and resurrected as a demon king. When the world was about to be destroyed, the hero's affectionate call awakened the heroine's consciousness, and they joined forces to destroy the resurrected demon king and save the world.

Congratulations, congratulations.

Well, notice that this is what the general game world looks like.

But it’s not like that in the sea of ​​stars.

In fact, as a judge, players have encountered similar tasks many times. At the beginning, many players who were deeply poisoned by traditional games chose to help the hero and heroine, so that they could finally get married. When one of them was possessed by the devil, they chose to let the other one go up and use "true love" to wake him up, so as to drive out the devil and complete a traditional happy ending. Unfortunately, they thought so, but the problem is that this game does not give you such a good thing.

Basically, this situation ends in the following ways.

In the first one, the male protagonist is terrified when he sees the female protagonist who has turned into a demon, and he runs away immediately. The female protagonist, realizing that she has been abandoned, turns completely evil, merges with the demon, and destroys the entire planet.

mission failed.

The second one, the hero summons up his courage and calls the heroine, and the heroine seems to have heard the hero's call, she gradually recovers, and then the two hug and cry - then the heroine bites off the hero's neck and devours his flesh and blood, and then the devil says that the soul of that human has been devoured by me a long time ago, do you think I acted like him? Hahaha, don't worry, you will follow in his footsteps and die together!

mission failed.

The third option is that the hero musters up the courage to call the heroine, and the heroine hopes that the hero will stay with her forever. In the end, the hero, who is willing to be the enemy of the world for the heroine, chooses to abandon humanity and stand on the side of the heroine, so the player will face two demonized enemies - well, the devil wins twice, buy one get one free, wins numbly.

mission failed.

So, how can we protect the world from being destroyed?

It's actually very simple. As a judge, you just need to find the heroine before the devil and kill her directly. If the hero comes to stop you, kill him too.

Without the possessed vessel, the devil will not be resurrected and the world will be at peace.

Congratulations, congratulations.

Mission successful.

Oh, by the way, to be on the safe side, it’s better to kill the male protagonist as well, otherwise he might be corrupted by hatred and become the devil’s accomplice.

Therefore, we must eradicate all evil and root it out.

Such missions are meant to warn players again and again that they are not the princes and princesses in fairy tales, they are judges, and it is not their duty to expect "true love" to save the world. Their duty is to protect humanity at all costs and eliminate the existence that threatens humanity.

The same goes for Abigail. Perhaps this weak, kind, angelic girl is revealing her true nature at this moment, but the problem is that this is not important. What is important is that she is a vessel that can be possessed by Yog-Sothoth at any time. This alone is enough for Duanmu Huai to kill her directly.

  But at the moment, Nyarlathotep's priority is still higher than Yog-Sothoth... Yog-Sothoth is a person who doesn't offend others unless they offend me. It has little interest in humans except for idiots who seek their own death. Nyarlathotep plays games with humans all day long, so it must be dealt with first!

If there was a chance, Duanmu Huai wouldn't mind killing it directly.

Strictly speaking, Duanmu Huai didn't want to cooperate with Yog-Sothoth unless it was absolutely necessary. He never liked the kind of mysterious prophecy. Just like Duanmu Huai said before, if the future cannot be changed, then knowing the future is a waste of time. And if the future can be changed, then knowing the future is also a waste of time.

As for those who knew what would happen 500 years in the past and 500 years in the future, they were all neurotic. Like Yog-Sothoth, maybe he already knew all this and even the outcome. But he didn't care, because he knew the outcome, which meant he would not lose... Well, Duanmu Huai was too lazy to care.

Duanmu Huai’s method for dealing with this kind of guy is—as long as I don’t know about it, it’s the same as if I don’t exist!

  To put it bluntly, this way of responding is a bit like covering one's ears and stealing the bell, and the main idea is "I think, therefore I am". However, Duanmu Huai said that I am a rough man and don't like to think about those trivial things. I don't do anything that requires thinking!

So you, Yog-Sothoth, can scheme as much as you want. No matter what you scheme, I will conquer the world with my fists!

  Let’s see who has more ideas, or I have a stronger fist!

Just do it and it’s done!

“………………In short, that’s it.”

Duanmu Huai explained Abigail's situation to Sha Jiuye, but at this moment the girl was still curled up on the sofa, staring at Sha Jiuye with uneasy eyes like a kitten that had just been picked up. Seeing Abigail like this, Sha Jiuye's heart softened.

"Okay...Brother, I understand."

As he spoke, Shajiuye walked up to Abigail, hesitated for a moment, and then handed over the little panda that was sleeping in his arms.

"???"

Mimi, who was sleeping, looked confused. Duanmu Huai couldn't take her with him, so Sha Jiuye took the little panda on vacation. Now she was exhausted. Mimi was planning to have a good sleep, but...what did her master want to do?

"…………………"

It must be said that red pandas are naturally cute. Abigail's eyes lit up when she saw the red panda lying in Shajiuye's arms. She approached the red panda carefully and stared at it. Then she looked at Shajiuye with pleading eyes and asked in a low voice.

"Can I touch it?"

"of course."

Hearing Abigail's request, Shajiuye smiled slightly, and Abigail reached out her hand, placed it on the red panda's furry body, and slowly stroked it. As for the red panda, it turned its head to look at Abigail, and then curled up again.

From this we can see that small animals are indeed a magic weapon to bring people closer together.

Seeing that Shajiuye focused his attention on Abigail, Duanmu Huai was relieved, otherwise he really couldn't explain to Shajiuye why Menme Sanatori was in his house—Shesta was easy to explain, and Shajiuye might think that they were in the same industry and it was understandable, but Menme Sanatori...she had nothing to do with Shajiuye.

In addition, this guy is not very careful with his words, so Duanmu Huai is really afraid that Menme Sanitori and Sakuya will say something like "Your brother's milk is delicious" during the conversation, and then everything will be over.

It would be safer to let Shajiuye and Abigail play with the red panda.

However, Duanmu Huai came back this time not just because the Golden Week was over, but because the place Yog-Sothoth gave Duanmu Huai was Japan!

  In other words, Nyarlathotep is currently on this island!

Then, finding its trace is Duanmu Huai’s most important task at the moment!