NOVEL WEB Chapter 588 (3k) Want to understand the meaning of life?
Chapter 588 (3k) Want to understand the meaning of life?
A little earlier, at Dr. Agasa's house.
"I still can't get through to Xiaolan." Conan lay on the sofa, put down the phone, stared at Martin depressedly, a mess of black lines appeared on his head.
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault." Without even looking at Conan, Martin knew what he was thinking and responded casually.
However, he only admitted it verbally but did not take any action to show it. He just lazily leaned on the sofa and connected his computer to the TV to watch old cartoons.
We still don’t know what happened to Xiaolan, so we hurried to Shizuoka to find them. Two hours round trip is not a long time, but the big question is whether we can find them.
Not to mention the plot he came up with, isn’t the three-step strategy of this group of people traveling → getting lost → staying overnight → Snowstorm Mountain Villa enough in the original plot?
Although it is indeed rare to see a snowstorm in Mountain View starting during the day, the probability of encountering Hotel Transylvania is still relatively high.
Thinking of this, Martin also sent an email to Xiaolan to highlight Martin's glorious image of being able to plan everything for himself.
When Conan was depressed, he remembered that Miyano Akemi was also there, so he got off the sofa backwards, stuck his butt out and went to the basement to find Haibara Ai as an ally to discuss Martin together.
Without the annoying sound of the great detective in his ears, Martin felt much more at ease. He turned off the mecha war series and switched to a series about cute beautiful girls.
At this moment, a bright red light screen suddenly appeared in front of Martin.
{Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly... live?}
{Yes}{OK (59s)}
A red box, a line of text, two buttons, a one-minute countdown, and nothing else.
"The meaning of life is to go to the dock and get some French fries." Seeing this familiar rogue pop-up, Martin was surprised at first, then curled his lips, got up from the sofa, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number while walking towards Dr. Agasa's bedroom: "I haven't walked towards the mountain yet, the mountain has walked towards me first."
Dr. Agasa spent the whole night in fear at the FBI base last night, and went to bed after returning home today.
But now he was awakened by Martin knocking on the door: "Doc, I have to go on a long journey, a very, very long journey."
"Martin?"
"If it's fast, I'll be back in three to five days. If it's slow, I'm not sure. I'm guessing it'll be a few months at the very least... (muttering quietly) I'm afraid that by the time I get back, the film will already be over."
Here, Martin also dialed the phone in his hand: "Brother?"
Because of the time difference, Ma Wu's voice sounded dazed.
"We need to move forward." Martin looked at the rogue pop-up window in front of him, with 37 seconds left on the countdown: "That stupid space has chosen me again... How are you and the vest preparing?"
Dealing with the main god space is Ma Jia's important mission, and Ma Wu is very interested in it. Martin only agreed to be their thug, intending to wait until the two of them are ready before setting off.
"Eh, so soon?" Ma Wu obviously knew that Martin was going to be imprisoned for the second time, but he didn't know the exact time - the Ma family couldn't control time in this world: "My mana recovery is only 20%..."
I should have known not to empty the blue bar just to show off my ability!
Martin walked towards the kitchen while reminding, "If you can't make it in time, don't blame me for not bringing you. Also, tell Ma Jia..."
Before Martin could finish his words, Conan ran out in a hurry and angrily asked, "Martin, what are you doing now?"
Although Martin couldn't see it, Conan saw a red pop-up window in front of him. Something strange happened to him, so Conan suspected Martin first without hesitation.
There was also Haibara Ai behind them, but she just followed out to watch the fun.
"Damn, the great detective was also chosen?" The main god space is different from this world. If you want to protect the great detective there, you may have to be more careful.
"Yeah." Ma Wu responded.
"Listen, Great Detective. First of all, this matter has nothing to do with me. It is neither my will nor my superpowers. Second, you and I are about to be sent to other worlds, and we are not sure whether we will be sent to the same world. Third, if you have anything to say, please leave a suicide note as soon as possible."
Due to limited time, Martin can only explain it briefly. The specific settings will be added after Conan enters the main god space.
As he spoke, Martin took some of the previously stored 'open-flavored' meat from the freezer and walked back into the room.
"Ah?" Conan spent a lot of time just analyzing what Martin said, but his long-term trust made him choose to do as Martin said first. He turned around and told Haibara Ai about the organization and the FBI, then took out his mobile phone to write an email, most likely leaving a message for Xiaolan.
Martin went back to the room and got two more weapons. He gave Ma Wu some instructions, and then came out to urge Conan when there were ten seconds left on the countdown: "Great Detective, do you want Ma Jia to make a substitute for you?"
Time was running out, Conan had no time to think about it, and shook his head out of instinctive disgust. Martin didn't care either, and threw a pistol in his hand to Conan, while instructing Ma Wu on the other end of the phone: "Ask Ma Jia to find a substitute for me, and walk around here for a few times when you have nothing to do, and don't do anything unnecessary."
Between him and Conan, one of them must remain to intimidate Vermouth. Seeing the countdown shortening second by second, Conan's hand left an afterimage while writing the email, and then he pressed send before the countdown reached zero.
In front of Haibara Ai, Martin and Conan suddenly disappeared. Unlike Martin's transformation, whose appearance and disappearance could not be confirmed at any time, she could be sure that they disappeared just one second ago.
……
When Gin brought Vodka back to the Black Organization's base, Vermouth was already waiting for them there. There was moisture on her body, and it was obvious that she not only changed her clothes but also took a shower.
"Vermouth, you wasted a good opportunity to defeat Akai Shuichi." Gin asked as soon as he came up.
Vermouth was in a terrible mood and had no interest in confirming how things went down last night in Gin's memory. She sneered and said, "Then next time, the two of you will go and delay that 'fake'?"
"..." Gin was speechless and turned to look at Vodka: "Vodka, can you still transform?"
Vodka shook his head palely.
How on earth did that guy do it... Gin looked very unhappy.
"Leave the matters concerning those people to me from now on." Vermouth suddenly said. She still clearly remembered that Martin had hit her with Conan with a lot of ripples, and the amount of ripples was enough to kill Conan if she did not take action to resolve it.
Shirley's lover not only calculated that he would save the brat, but also took the brat as a hostage, which showed that he was totally willing to kill him and that he was not a good person at all!
Gin was dissatisfied when he heard this: Vodka and I can't defeat them even if we help you, do you want to come alone next time?
"Do you think we are holding you back?" Gin asked coldly.
Vermouth didn’t want to argue, but now that she and Gin had fallen out, she would have to act alone, so she snorted coldly: “Hmph~ You know whether I was able to help or not.”
While the two were arguing, a red light screen suddenly appeared in front of Gin.
{Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly... live?}
{Yes}{OK (60s)}
"Be alert!" Gin growled, "That guy is coming again!"
Like Conan, when Gin saw this strange thing happening, he thought of the impostor.
The three men stood up, stood back to back, raised their guns and looked around vigilantly.
"A sentence just appeared in front of me and is still in my sight. Do you two have it in front of you?" According to Gin's experience, if the same thing happened to Vodka, or the two people could see the red light screen in front of them, Vodka would have asked long ago, so at least Vodka didn't encounter it.
Vermouth shook her head. She didn't see it. "One word? What word?"
Only I can see it, is it the trick of the imposter? Or is it some kind of accidental coincidence?
"The meaning of life? What is the true meaning of living? Such words are meaningless... And there is no room for rejection in this so-called option."
The countdown next to the option was like some kind of deadly danger, decreasing second by second. Seeing the countdown getting shorter and shorter, Gin immediately transformed again, ready to face any subsequent changes in his strongest state.
And when there were still 5 seconds left in the countdown, Gin chose to take the initiative again. He reached out and clicked on the option that was in the countdown, {OK (4s)}.
From a psychological point of view, when people are forced to make a choice and there is a default option, they will subconsciously choose the opposite option. So in Gin's eyes, choosing {Yes} or waiting for the countdown to end naturally, the possibility that these two are traps is far greater than directly choosing {OK}!
However, nothing happened. Gin's hand penetrated the light screen without any touch at all.
Yes... this light screen is fixed in your own perspective and moves as you move your perspective. So what should you do to make a choice?
The last three-second countdown ended, and right in front of Vermouth and Vodka, Gin, who had completed his transformation and was dancing strangely, disappeared abruptly.
"Gin? Are you still there? Gin?"
Vermouth and Vodka searched inside and outside the base but to no avail. They confirmed that Gin was missing for no reason. Helpless, Vermouth could only call the boss to report the matter.
however……
"The boss's number is no longer in service... Could it be that it has been shut down due to unpaid bills?" Vermouth muttered quietly, and then contacted Rum instead.
However, Rum told her: "[Just a few minutes ago, the boss suddenly disappeared. Saint Emilion was next to the boss at the time. According to him: the boss slammed the table, laughed three times, and then stepped into the void and left... It was simply crazy.]"
"Gin also disappeared. He didn't smile, but just pointed suddenly at the air, as if he saw something that others couldn't see."
(End of this chapter)