Tokyo Ghost Story Capture Master

Chapter 31 Nim Game
"Props-if you give me three days of light"

"Writer Helen Keller's book, spread out in your hand, can force the surrounding scene to change from darkness to light, and everything is forced to be visible.

When spread out, each page of the book begins to burn, until the entire book is consumed and the effect wears off. "

After using the effect of this book, the pages in Dazai Xiu's hand began to burn.

However, even though the surroundings became brighter, Miss Mary was still nowhere to be seen.

What's more, the area they are in has become a place filled with strange rules.

It seems that we have to find a way to break through this place.

It is a pity that Osamu Dazai did not bring "Okita Souji's Famous Sword" when he came to Saakura Mana's house this time.

The problem is not big.

"Aww..." Sasakura Mana kept crying.

Dazai Xiu leaned over and picked her up, comforting her for a while before she finally calmed down.

Having been frightened by weird things for many years, she has developed a resistance. Most female high school students may become incontinent if they are frightened like this.

"Where did you run just now?" Sasakura Mana grabbed Dazai Shu's clothes, bit her lower lip, and asked aggrievedly with tears in her eyes.

"I just went to the toilet..."

Because he was afraid that Miss Mary would attack him on his way to the toilet, he released the "mannequin" he had captured at school during the day.

Make the "Mannequin" use Stare constantly.

The result is actually invalid!

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu""Sakura Mana cried in Dazai Shu's arms.

There is a refreshing lemon scent that you just took a shower, which should be the smell of shampoo.

Dazai Xiu patted her on the back, "Okay, it's my fault, just follow me."

You can't make your client unhappy, especially Saakura Mana. She has the opportunity to become his loyal customer, so you can't treat her badly.

"Let's go out now."

Dazai Xiu took Sakura Mana's little hand.

She walked out of her house and came to the corridor.

Just when Mana Sakura was puzzled, she was shocked to realize that there were no lights in any house in the entire building, even the building opposite. Plus it was night, so dark.

This is no longer the real world, but a space distorted by ghost stories.

It was the same situation as the hospital back then.

"Give me your phone." Dazai Xiu said.

Although she didn't understand the reason, she had nothing to rely on except the man in front of her. Sasakura Mana first asked nervously: "Are you really Dazai? You didn't become like this because of a monster, right?"

"Nonsense, hurry up!" Dazai Xiu urged.

After taking Mana Saakura's cell phone, he opened the communication records and found that there was no news of a conversation with Miss Mary, as expected.

So, how to fight back?
In order to regain the initiative, Dazai Shu judged that he must at least find a way to call Miss Mary.

That is, find a way to call Miss Mary.

Rules: The reason why rules exist is because they can be broken, not completely without chance.

Miss Mary is around here, find her.

"Let's go to the front to check the situation. If there is a chance, I will take you out of here first." Dazai Xiu squeezed Saakura Mana's hand tightly.

Even if she stays at Saakura Mana's house, she can only defend herself passively. As long as Miss Mary keeps sending out clones and the main body hides, there is nothing she can do.

"Yeah, yeah!" Sasakura Mana cheered up.

Wherever they go, lights will turn on under the influence of "If you give me three days of light".

But the pages will soon burn out, and then they will plunge into endless darkness.

Cerberus followed warily behind.

After passing through the corridor and reaching the stairs, Dazai Shu continued to lead Mana Sakura downstairs.

At the corner of the stairs, they saw something strange.

It is somewhat similar to the circuit control panel in the corridor. It is covered by an iron box to prevent accidental touching.

"What is this?" Sasakura Mana was confused. Dazai Xiu turned around, "What? Haven't you seen this thing before?"

"Yeah! Never seen it before!"

Since Sasakura Mana lives here, she has never seen this iron box, which means that it was born because of the strange rules and appeared here.

Dazai Shu opened the lid of the iron box.

There is indeed a circuit inside, but the long and short wires are all wound together, making it difficult to understand what the structure is.

On top of the wires, there are three keys inserted into the keyholes inside.

"What does this mean?" Dazai Xiu thought.

Three unturned keys…

Never mind it, try turning it around first!
He reached out and turned all three keys.

"Hey! Aren't you afraid of something jumping out?" Sasakura Mana was frightened by him, "What if this is a trap?"

"I love traps so much! You'd better jump out and do something weird quickly!" Osamu Dazai was pleasantly surprised.

Anyway, nothing happens if you wait around. You just have to do more dying to be able to encounter rare and powerful ghost stories! So he envied Saakura Mana's physique.

After turning the key, they continued down.

At the stairwell on the second floor, the same circuit control panel as on the stairwell on the third floor also appeared.

Dazai Xiu opened it as usual.

This time, there are five keys inside.

They are the three on the upper level that have not been turned, and the two on the lower level that have been turned.

Why are there so many extra keys? Is there really a trap? Be sure to turn the last key carefully...

After reaching out and touching one of the keys, Dazai Xiu suddenly retracted his hand.

Sasakura Mana was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"No, that's not the case." Dazai Xiu analyzed calmly and rejected his previous thoughts.

Since this is a strange story about rules, and these keys installed in the circuit board appear because of this, it must be very important and can trigger something.

There are three keys on the third floor, and Osamu Dazai has turned them all.

On the second floor, there are five keys, two of which have been turned.

Who could turn it?

Apart from Osamu Dazai and Mana Sasakura, the only one who will turn the key here is Miss Mary.

The question is why did she turn both keys?

"I understand." Dazai Xiu's expression rarely became serious.

"It's a game of Nim."

A two-player game in which two players take turns taking a certain number of items from several piles.

The player who gets the last item wins.

In Japan, a similar game is called Sankaban.

The main rule is: among the fifteen items, only a maximum of three can be taken away at a time. After all the items have been taken away, the person who took the most items loses.

Although the format is slightly different, it should be the same game.

After he turns the key on the second floor, Miss Mary will also turn a certain number of keys.

In other words, to win, Osamu Dazai must successfully turn the last key.

"So, what's going on now?" Sasakura Mana couldn't help but become nervous, "What is Nim Game?"

Since he has dealt with many ghost stories, many of which are of the rules type, Dazai Osamu is very familiar with this.

Already figured out the rules.

Next is the question of how to crack it.

Osamu Dazai is a professional at cracking rules and weird stories.

(End of this chapter)