Magician in Type-Moon

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Seeing that the two were somewhat silent, Kokutou Mikiya took the initiative to ask:

"Is there anything else I need to do? If more accurate intelligence is needed, I can infiltrate the Liyuan Garden."

“No, Mikiya, you’ve done a great job on this.” Orange rejected Mikiya’s proposal.

"Why?" Kurohiri asked, puzzled.

“It’s too dangerous there. If Genmu Satsuki is deeply involved in this matter, an ordinary person like you could easily become an idiot before even realizing what’s happening.”

Orange paused for a moment, then continued:

"Even Matou Ike and I are no exception to this. As far as our personal will is concerned, we cannot resist what the other person says, because denying this is equivalent to denying our own existence in the world."

After saying that, she smiled silently.

Hearing Touko's words, Kokutou Kanya seemed somewhat dejected. Although he knew the rejection was for his own good, but...

He really didn't want to see anyone he knew fall into a life-threatening crisis again.

Last time it was Ryougi Shiki, this time it's Aozaki Touko.

"But I..."

Just as Kokutou Mikiya was about to say something, Matou Ike suddenly interrupted him.

"Orange, I remember you used to study at that Liyuan School, right?"

"Ah, yes, I studied there for a while..." Orange didn't seem very willing to answer.

"In that case, you should still remember the interior of the Liyuan Garden, right?"

Matou Ike continued to ask.

"...Liyuan is isolated from the world. You can't even hear the sound of cars inside the school. Under the strict school rules and the quiet rule of the nuns, things popular among young men and women cannot enter the school."

Orange slowly recalled.

"The woods that occupy most of the campus are like deep forests. If you get lost in there, you might not be able to find your way out for most of the day."

"You don't want me to go there again, do you? That place is like hell!"

Seemingly having thought of something, Orange resolutely refused.

"I'll leave the investigation inside the Reien Garden to you, but it's easy for something to go wrong if you face Genmu Satsuki alone. You should go with Ryougi Shiki."

Ignoring Aozaki Touko's protest, Matou Ike paused and continued:

"As for compensation, making Ryougi wear that school uniform designed like what nuns wear to Mass should satisfy your perverse tastes, right?"

Hmm... let Ryougi wear a uniform, that kind of interesting outfit.

It seems alright...

Thinking of this, Orange nodded in agreement.

"And then it's your turn, Kurogiri. I have something to ask you to do."

Matou Ike turned to Kokutou Mikiya and said.

"what?"

"It's almost time for the next high school girl to commit suicide by jumping off a building. I'll leave this to you, okay?"

"No problem." Kurogiri Mikiya finally showed some enthusiasm.

"Also, please keep an eye on Wuzhao Wue's ward. Notify me immediately if there are any suspicious individuals. Just crush this little thing."

Matou Ike took out a small insect, tossed it to Kurogiri Mikiya, and gave him instructions.

"And what about you? You've dumped everything on us, what are you planning to do yourself?"

Orange was a little annoyed. Who was the boss of the firm anyway? Why were the employees starting to assign tasks to the boss?

She seemed to have forgotten that Matou Ike had not yet received any payment from her.

"Me? I'm going to go and cause trouble for that Explosion Demon. It's time to get down to business."

"What important matter?" Aozaki Touko asked, somewhat puzzled. Could that exploding demon really be considered an important matter?

"I forgot to tell you, my main purpose in coming to Kanbuko City is to hunt the Mystic Eyes."

Chapter 260 Determining the Future

Kurami Ryuka is a professional bomber.

He was a demolition worker who directly accepted contracts, or rather, a performer who secretly accepted commissions and worked cleanly and without leaving a trace.

The reason for this is that even if the person himself has no intention of performing, as long as someone expects him to show off his skills and the stage he creates attracts a large audience, it can be called a "performance".

From a young age, Kurami Ryuka discovered that she could see images of the future.

This special ability made his life extraordinary, but it wasn't as wonderful as the "prophet" he seemed to be on the surface.

On the contrary, this ability brings immense loneliness and suffering.

The future reflected in his right eye was neither a harbinger of fate nor a miracle beyond reason; it was simply the "outcome."

Whether it's five minutes, an hour, or a month later, all he sees is the inevitable outcome of his own actions.

It wasn't a supernatural foresight, but rather a glimpse into the fruits of one's own labor.

But this discovery also deprived him of the most basic human emotions.

He no longer had any expectations for the future and lost the motivation to pursue his dreams.

For others, life is full of unknowns and hopes, but for Kurami Ryuka, everything is already fixed.

The consequences of every decision and action he makes can be foreseen in advance, which makes him devoid of any sense of the "present" and its value. Everything in the present becomes insignificant to him because the future has already been written.

It was this very ability that gradually caused him to lose his passion for life.

Once he knows how to get the desired result, even if that result is full of pain and sacrifice, he has no interest in making any different choices.

For him, deviating from the predetermined path was meaningless, because he had already seen through all the possibilities.

"What a joke, life is so incredibly boring."

Kurami Ryuka felt a disconnect between herself and society, and was naturally isolated, which eventually led to her current situation.

He's willing to handle everything from crime warnings to actual demolitions, as long as the employer is willing to pay.

I started this business simply to earn some pocket money.

However, after he received his first case, the client came back crying and begging him to do it again.

Then, through the introduction of the client, other people came to entrust him with cases... His cases kept coming, and everything was very different from what he had expected.

He completed the task as instructed and skillfully evaded the police pursuit.

No one knows the true identity of the bomber.

He had no base, no hiding place, and no organization backing him up from the beginning, relying solely on a mobile phone to conduct business.

As usual, he received another commission.

The employer this time was a very generous foreign man.

To be precise, he should be German.

The man was dressed very elegantly, wearing a red coat with gold trim, looking as graceful as a nobleman in a painting.

Just like an aristocrat, aristocrats are truly a rare thing in this century.

Although they didn't meet, he witnessed the entire process of the man entering the dollhouse before he lit the fireworks.

The man was quite arrogant, which made Kurami Ryuka very unhappy, but since the reward this time was equivalent to the sum of all his previous jobs, he accepted it.

This time, the task is to blow up a doll shop.

The other party's tone didn't sound like they simply wanted to cause trouble; it sounded more like they wanted to hold a grand celebration.

The German man said casually, "After I've dealt with the greatest enemy of my life, I need a spectacular explosion to celebrate."

Kurami Ryūka had no objection to this.

But when he was about to take action...

He visualized the result of the bomb explosion in his right eye and observed the future through his left eye.

When acting according to the future depicted in the image.

I don't know whether to call it a blessing or a punishment from heaven.

He saw something that was impossible in the world he knew, like a mirage.

A blue-haired man stood on the rooftop.

Behind him, countless stars fell, turning into bombs that shattered the dollhouse.

Compared to an explosion of that scale, the explosives he made were child's play.

This was the first time he had ever seen a truly extraordinary world.

In the past, he acted alone, isolated from society.

"That's so cool." For the first time—no one appeared in the future that Kuramaki saw.

Driven by fear or excitement, he forgot to put away the explosives and fled the place.

He returned to his enclosed little house, where even light couldn't get in.

He dialed the employer's phone number, but all he got was a busy signal.

Undeterred, he kept making harassing phone calls to the other party all night long, because he had seen his own phone being answered.

"you are?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was quite deep, but you could tell from the tone that it wasn't the same person as the original employer.

This left Kurami Ryuka somewhat unsure of what to do.

"The Bomber," he replied, using a nickname given to him by outsiders.

"Is that so? It seems Aruba has also found some help..."

Aruba? Does that refer to his employer's name?