I, Zhongli, Wander the World

"Apple?" Edogawa hurriedly picked up the golden apple on the table and shook it, "It's heavy, it's pure gold!"

Ayatsuji pedestrian said slowly: "It fits the character of that rich man."

Both detectives were sighing at the wealthy temperament that investors exuded from every pore, only Edgar Allan Poe said blankly: "Oh? Is it rare? There is an identical one in the castle that my family used for vacation. It's me. Dad put it in the orchard specially..."

Ayatsuji Pedestrian and Edogawa Ranpo turned their heads and glanced at Poe at the same time. Ayatsuji Pedestrian helped Miyazaki in his arms to straighten his skirt, Edogawa put the golden apple back on the table, and took a step back with his arms around him.

Innocent Edgar Allan Poe suddenly had the illusion of being excluded.

"When it comes to the golden apple, it's probably that one." Ayatsuji pedestrian changed the subject, "The troublesome apple in Greek mythology."

"Ah, is that the golden apple engraved in Greek mythology 'for the most beautiful goddess'." Edgar Allan Poe whispered, "As the final topic of the contest, it doesn't feel so simple."

In Greek mythology, Eris, the goddess of discord, held a grudge because she was not invited to the wedding, and deliberately presented a golden apple at the wedding with the words "Dedicated to the Most Beautiful Goddess" engraved on it. The battle of the three goddesses. The scramble even became the trigger for the famous Trojan War.

"These paintings on the wall are also quite interesting." Edogawa hurriedly walked to the wall and looked at the paintings framed on the wall, "Mmmm... So, does that correspond to the goddesses present at the time?"

There are four oil paintings neatly hung on the wall of the cabin, namely "people arguing with each other with torches in their hands", "people charging towards something", "woods full of ribbons", and "placed by the river". Huaizhu River mussels".

Ayatsuji pedestrian also walked to the side, "There were three goddesses present at the time, namely Athena, the goddess of war, Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and Hera, the goddess in charge of marriage."

And this happens to correspond to three of them.

"As for the extra picture, it should correspond to the goddess Eris, who caused everything." Edgar Allan Poe said, pointing to the "people who are arguing with each other".

The three detectives didn't hide anything because of their competitors' identities, and they exchanged information like friends.

Of course, this is not because of friendship first, but because they both know each other well. As long as the detectives present can see this most superficial information, even if it is said as a small talk, it will not matter.

"There's a keyhole here," said Edogawa Ranpo, who was bending over to look at the frame. "It seems that at least for now, what we need to do is to find the key that goes into the keyhole."

There is a small keyhole welded directly below each painting, and it looks like it needs the same type of key.

"Anyway." Ayatsuji pedestrian turned around, looked at the furniture in the cabin and said, "I still need to search first..."

The cabin shook violently suddenly.

Edogawa, who was unsteady, staggered and staggered, and was nearly supported by Edgar Allan Poe, who was beside him.

"Ranbu-kun, are you alright!" Edgar Allan Poe said in a panic.

"It's alright." Edogawa shook his head in a frenzy, his eyes widened slightly, and he whispered, "Is it really here?"

At the same time, in the upper room of the cruise ship, Zhong Li also looked at the rising sea.

The sky outside the window was still blue, and it was obviously supposed to be a good and calm weather, but the deep sea was beating with huge waves, as if some behemoth was stirring continuously in the sea, making the whole sea area unable to calm down.

"Mr. Zhongli, the members of the group who stayed on the shore have reported that some monsters have appeared in the sea near the land." Fitzgerald said with a serious face, "I personally don't think you can go there. , this tactic is too obvious."

The photos of the coast have been passed on through the Internet. In the photos with excellent pixels, the yellow-green monster with tentacles that stands like a hill standing in the sea is clearly reflected, and one of them is huge. The tentacle was about to slap down the boat.

Leaving the best battlefield unused, instead throwing monsters on the coast is a conspiracy that is so straightforward that it is almost undisguised. It's as if he's saying it out loud: This is how the tiger leaves the mountain.

"Can the group members on the shore resist that monster?" Zhong Li looked at Fitzgerald seriously.

There is no need to hide this kind of thing, Fitzgerald said honestly: "With firepower, they can resist for a while, but the monster's skin is very thick, and it is extremely reproducible, and they can't hold it for long."

"The problem with the tram." Zhong Li shook his head and said, "The calamity that may happen to people in one boat, and the calamity that will happen to more people on the coast, from this moment on, the therapist has forced me to choose."

The purpose of their third game at sea is to control the damage caused by Jingji Xiayan within a controllable range. The other party is obviously very clear about what they mean, and what they are doing now is the answer.

The other party responded to Yangmou with Yangmou and asked: Which side do you choose to save?

"But this bargaining chip is not enough." Fitzgerald shook his head and said, "There has not been any chaos on the cruise ship at all. If it is a choice, of course, it is to go to the coast where monsters have descended and there are enough people."

"So, the next event should happen halfway through my trip to the coast." Zhong Li said, "This is still a conspiracy."

The other party said: I planted unknown hidden dangers on the cruise ship, and I will tell you only when I go to the shore.

To go or not to go?

Zhong Li objectively commented: "It is a very wise approach to choose a plan that cannot be taken into account when calculating an overly powerful force."

"Tsk." Fitzgerald smacked his lips unhappily, "The monster's movements on the shore can be felt even here. If it is allowed to rage in the sea, it is still unclear whether this cruise ship will be affected. know."

"Can you just follow the other party's pace first?" he said with a sigh.

After negotiating with Fitzgerald, Zhongli left the cruise ship and galloped in one direction into the sea.

It has been nearly two hours since the cruise ship left the port, even if the speed of the passenger cruise ship is slow, it is already a long distance. Zhong Li, who stopped a little, looked at the sky carefully, and was about to run forward again.

At this moment, his communication device rang.

This is a communication device specially purchased by Fitzgerald. In order to ensure that the vast sea can be unimpeded, it has an exclusive satellite channel. Relatively, only Fitzgerald can contact this communication device.

"Mr. Fitzgerald?"

"Kingji Natsuhiko's next prompt was sent just now." Fitzgerald's low voice sounded through the electric current of the communication device, "The other party's target is not the passengers on the ship..."

"It's a random step, isn't it?" Zhong Li said softly.

"...You really guessed it." Fitzgerald was silent for a moment, "The material of the cabin used as the competition venue was replaced, it should be replaced by an unknown ability in an instant, and now the person with the ability has been replaced by Find it out and get it under control, but like those bombers, there's no valuable information to ask for now."

"The replaced cabin mezzanine was stuffed with a special poison capsule, which made it impossible for us to break it violently from the outside, and the unrepairable gap at the bottom continued to leak water into the cabin. The clearance medal that was supposed to be a proof of victory is still there, but the golden apple The mechanism of the puzzle has been tampered with, and the punishment mechanism that was originally used to add fun has been replaced with a deadly mechanism, which will be activated instantly once it is solved."

"Even the built-in puzzles are no longer the same as the presets. I can't get the detectives out of the cabin with a through-puzzle."

"It's turned into a water dungeon filled with poison and traps."

Zhongli on the side of the communicator was not as angry as Fitzgerald imagined, but said in a calm tone: "Can this communicator be transferred to the side of Luanbu?"

Fitzgerald didn't ask much, and simply said, "No problem."

The detectives participating in the competition were wearing comms that communicated with the outside world individually. After a sound of adjustment, the voice of a young detective came from the communicator.

"Mr. Zhongli!"

"Wandering." Zhong Li said without end, "What's the result?"

"No problem at all!" said the boy on the side of the communicator, "Mr. Zhongli, when this incident is over, I want to eat the Scarlet Shrimp Senbei you made."

The tone of Zhong Li's chuckle was barely noticeable in the receiver, "So you are so confident that you can win the championship?"

"After all, I'm Edogawa Ranbu." The young detective said confidently, "Solving the mystery is my war, whether the obstacle is a detective or an agency."

"Then I wish you victory."

Communication was interrupted.

In a hut far from the coast of the incident, an old hand stretched out from the darkness and opened the closed curtain.

The sky outside the window was just right, and the warm sunlight poured into the room from the window. A few chubby birds flew off the window sill, and quickly left after sensing someone in the house.

"Helios' carriage has reached the noon track." The person in the room looked at the bright sun and said with a low smile, "It's time for God to make a real choice."

The lethality of those mechanisms arranged in the cabin is only for humans, but for gods, they are just gadgets that can be easily solved. But if Zhongli chooses to return to the cruise ship at this time, the monsters on the shore will surely cause irreparable damage to the coastal city.

"Of course, the detectives can choose to solve the puzzle before the water overflows the cabin, but at that time, they will not be greeted by a real exit, but more mechanisms." The man shook his seat, It made a "crunching" wooden block rubbing sound, "After all, the end of the golden apple is the tragic Trojan War."

So, to God, is more innocent life more important, or is it more important to have one's own "families"?

A comfortable smile appeared on the old man's face, "It's a really good research topic."

The current affairs player on the small table broadcasts the news of the seaside, and the monster discovered by accident in the indigenous tribe has started to attack the seaport in accordance with the contract with him.

Suddenly, a huge explosion erupted from the monster, and the huge body was blown slightly skewed, and then quickly adjusted its position, and several eyes on the top of the head looked in a certain direction.

"Oh, did you choose to go to the coast in the end? What a selfless god, so..."

His voice muttering to himself suddenly stopped.

The smoke dissipated, but what appeared in the picture was not the man he imagined.

The ochre-haired boy who was still wearing casual clothes floated in the air with a red light all over his body. He coughed violently while waving his hands to drive away the smoke and dust from his nose and mouth. Then, his exasperated voice could even be heard by the photographers who were far away. Clearly.

"Osamu Dazai! I ****!"

"Oops." Osamu Dazai, who was holding a bazooka on his shoulders on the sea, smiled happily, "It won't hurt anyway, so it's not a big deal to help increase the initial speed with ***."

As he spoke, he circled his hands in a trumpet shape in front of his mouth, and said loudly, "Zhongye, let the man behind the scenes who doesn't take you seriously when he makes plans to see your true strength!"

"Ah, you don't need to say it."

Zhongyuan Zhong also looked down at the monster below, "Although it is the first time to use it after Mr. Rimbaud's teaching, but..."

The red and black patterns zigzagged along the boy's body along with the words, twisting like a lifeless snake, but those eyes that were supposed to lose their senses with the release of power were always clear.

"This is what Mr. gave me, and it belongs to my war-"

A huge roar took over the entire shot.

Naturally, abilities that have never been shown before cannot exist in the plan. For the first time, Jingji Xiayan's face showed a stunned look, and then he suddenly looked out the window as if thinking of something.

In the courtyard downstairs, a slender figure stood there, looking straight into the window.

Those golden eyes were like blades of ice and snow.