"Ummm...... don't ......"

Ziongzong's morning woke up to the sound of murmuring from Uesugi Yui next door.

Such a morning was so beautiful that Ziongzong nearly woke up indulging in some fantasy in his dream.

As for what Uesugi Yui was not wanting, it must have been something decent, not some less conventional, less ethical and bizarre object.

Since Ziongzong's mind is not yet as decent as Uesugi Yui's, the contents of Uesugi Yui's dream he made up are colored with some bright colors.

For example, a very bright color somewhere between red and blue.

Yes, the color of a ripe mango, or a pear, well, it's okay to say it's a banana.

"...... awwww ...... no......"

Uesugi Yui's dreaming words continued and Ziongzong unconsciously gulped.

To say the least, it was the first time he could see Uesugi Yui's sleeping face so close, no no no, it was the first time Ziongzong saw Uesugi Yui's sleeping face.

So, without hesitation, Ziongzong took out his phone, put it on mute, and took 70 or 80 pictures of Uesugi Yui's sleeping face - yes, 70 or 80 pictures, which can be combined to make a frame animation.

--Well, that's enough.

For the sake of risk, everything should stop - after all, the remaining space on the phone's memory card has been filled up by these 70 or 80 photos, he also has the will to do so.

So Ziongzong packed up the bedding and went to wash up.

By the time Ziongzong returned to the room, Uesugi Yui was already awake, or rather half-awake, sitting on the bed, wrapped in her blanket, sleepy-eyed and dully rubbing her eyes.

Ziongzong felt an extremely strong urge from within to take pictures (not push).

However, the risk was so great that the possibility of success was negligible.

"Good morning, Sister Wei.

So Ziongzong said good morning to Uesugi Yui as usual.

"Oh, good morning, Ziongzong ...... ......? "

Uesugi Yui was still confused, she still didn't know much about her current situation, but was gradually increasing her understanding, and then, she finally understood.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

After the screaming attack, Ziongzong was already buried in a graveyard of pillows and quilts.

Ziongzong was innocent, at least leaving out the mental aspect to be so sure of him, but when girls want to bully boys, boys just have to be good and be bullied.

The actual bullying is a good thing, and you won't lose out, students.

Really will not suffer, really really, students, you have to believe in this book.

There is no other way, students.

"What's wrong, you two? "

For reasons we all know, Uesugi Yui and Ziongzong arrived late for the morning breakfast.

They were quietly seated in front of the crowd.

"Your face is so pink and red, Yui-san."

"Oh, did you say it was last night?"

The crowd started to cheer, but the blushing was a trumped up charge.

"Shut up."

Uesugi Yui was furious.

So everyone really did shut up.

The power of Uesugi Yui's feigned anger was comparable to the real anger of ordinary people.

After a "shut up", everyone shut up and ate their breakfast, and after a while of silence, someone finally couldn't hold back.

"Let's play a game of "Hangman's Pictionary. "

Ito Tomono said, holding up the miso soup.

"Hangman's Pictionary?"

"Well, one person is responsible for the questions, and the rest of us guess the words, English words. "

"I first to give a demonstration of the problem, first take out a piece of paper, well ...... the word consists of six letters, come, start guessing it, clockwise, one person said a letter, there are sure that you can also directly guess the word. "

Ito Tomono is obviously not a good rule illustrator, everyone is still confused to understand, think it may be a very complicated game, have expressed little interest.

"Then, let's start with Uesugi-senpai, please. "

"Just say one letter, right?"

"Yes."

"A."

"Well, that's it, so is there an A? ...... The third letter is A. Oh, next, Mr. Hayamizu. "

Ito Tomono put A in the third space.

"......B?"

Eiji Hayamizu, who is rather stupid, looks like he doesn't know what's going on.

"Don't use a question."

"Let's say C."

"Are you sure it's C?"

"Yes, C."

"No, it's wrong, there's no C. That's why I drew a human head under the gallows, and it takes five strokes to finish drawing a hanged person, which means the one who guesses wrongly will be punished. "

Ito Tomono drew a dangling head under the gallows.

"Then, the penalty is determined by the person who gives the question, and the person who guesses correctly becomes the next person who gives the question, which is why there is a direct guess of the whole word, see?

So the stakes are clear, the essence of the game is that the questioner punishes the last wrong answer, and it's not impossible to target someone if you're smart enough ......

"Next, Katagiri-san."

"E."

"That's right~ Now it's -a-e-."

"Next, Uesugi-senpai."

"T."

"Amazing, t-a-e-."

"Next~"

Uesugi Yui hesitated for a moment, then, decisively, he slapped the table.

"The answer is travel."

All eyes were on Ito Tomono's face, and it was up to her, the questioner, to decide whether she was right or wrong.

"...... the right answer."

Ito Tomono hung her head down with a regretful expression.

"I should have known that I should have come up with a more difficult word. "

It seems that the purpose of her game was to punish someone, but unfortunately it didn't work out.

Ziongzong also considered the possibility of travel, but if it was his turn instead of Uesugi Yui, he wouldn't have guessed directly, after all, there were other possibilities.

--wait a minute!

--this game style, Murphy ......

previously stuck for a long time the puzzle, now in the mind of the light flashed, Ziongzong felt that he caught something.

"Uh, let's play first, I'm going to the bathroom. "

Inspired by the hanging game, Ziongzong had some ideas about the puzzling riddle from before.

The note with the riddle was always with Ziongzong, but he needed the assistance of a pen and paper for what he was going to do now.

Toad (1-1-1;3-4-1;5-4-1;2-2-2;4-3-2;4-4-2;3-2-3;5-2-3;6-2-2;6-3-2;)

Funnel glass (4-1-1;1-4-5;3-1-6;4-2-6;5-1-6;)

Ice (1-2-1;1-4-3;)

Coaster (2-2-2;4-3- 2;4-4-2;6-2-2;6-3-2;3-2-3;5-2-3;3-3-4;5-3-4;3-4-5;5-4-5;1-4-6;4-5-7;6-1-7)

Little Hens(1-3-1;2-3-1;6-4-1;3-2-2;5-2-2;2-1-3;2-4-3;1-4-5;6-1-6) Ziongzhi 6)

Ziongzong took out his paper and sketched out a few lines, listing them one by one, looking for possible regular results based on the possible algorithms that came to mind.

After listing all the scenarios, Ziongzong got the answer he expected.

"It's right! "

However, the excitement was only a matter of seconds, and then the answer to the riddle made Ziongzong realize the seriousness of the problem.

The answer to the riddle was a statement of a bad nature.

--The person who set such a boring riddle on such a cruise ship must be crazy.

It was good to have a breakthrough in the riddle, but the whole thing was not such a simple one-way street, and Ziongzong realized that it might have been more than just a question of how his own situation was.

Is this nasty riddle really using human life as a gambling chip.

It is simply absurd and unbelievable.

Ziongzong repeated the riddle a dozen times, but the answer was the same.

He also had to believe helplessly, and began to think of a solution.

-- If there hadn't been that cup of potassium cyanate in the first place ......

Yes, if there hadn't been that drink with the purpose of taking people's lives, Ziongzong wouldn't have taken this ghostly riddle seriously.

Now, however, it has developed into an awkward situation where it is better to believe it than not to believe it.

It's a dilemma.

--only to act first.

Thinking has listed all the possible results, the rest is to verify through action, Ziongzong tucked in the results of the calculations, straight to the target location.

--the last room on the last floor.

But this is a cruise ship, not Ziongzong's home, and freedom of movement is restricted.

"Hey, that boy over there, what are you doing? "

When Ziongzong tried to climb over the cabin fence, he was stopped by the ship's crew.

"Ah, sorry, just want to see the next floor, can you show me down please? "

When forceful tactics didn't work, Ziongzong immediately turned soft and soft.

The last room on the last floor was still far away, and Ziongzong couldn't even reach the penultimate floor now - the usual way to get to the penultimate and last floors was called an elevator, and there were locked metal barred doors beyond it.

"No, this room is not accessible to non-staff. "

"Oh ...... thank you, excuse me."

"You're welcome, please don't do this dangerous thing again, it's very disturbing to us."

".......ok"

Ziongzong put on a sorry face and left the fence. At his age, it was normal to show this level of adventurous curiosity, no doubt a most natural cover.

The purpose of such a cover-up is not to absolve responsibility, but to try not to create a redundant obstacle to the next breakthrough attempt.

Ziongzong returned to his room with his hands in his pockets, as a middle school student should.

--- We'll have to find another way.

The magnificent Kyoto University library stood in the sunrise as usual, it was still early, but the library was already full of students. Outside the library, a black car stopped slowly.

A young woman in a black and white professional dress got out of the car quickly from the front door, walked to the back door, and opened it respectfully - from there, the young lady with long black hair and the demure demeanor of a Yamato Nadeshiko - Souren Manranyama - got out of the car without any delay.

"This is all you need, Van. "

Souren took the bag handed to her by the waitress named Van and brushed a few strands of hair from her shoulders.

"I'm going in. Let me know if anything happens."

"I understand, Miss."

With a little grooming, Souren Manranyama entered the library.

After entering the library, her eyes did not linger on its vast space and depth of vision, nor did she care about the curious gazes directed at her, but went straight to the front desk.

She then stopped in front of a woman with a badge bearing the name "Kurashige Yui".

"Hello, how can I help you? "

"You are Kurashige Yui, right? "

I had to ask such a question because the badge made it seem cumbersome.

The purpose of the question is not to ask, but to indicate the purpose.

"Yes, ......, what can I do for you? "

For Kurashige Yui, this was probably the strangest question she had ever asked in her part-time job as a librarian, but that was just the beginning.

"We've met before, remember? "

The introverted Kurashige Yui felt uncomfortable with the slightly aggressive way she was communicating, and her eyes darted around, unable to find a place to land, so that she was half a beat slower to respond to the even stranger question.

"Eh?"

Only then did Kurashige Yui take a good look at the girl in front of her for the first time.

"I'm sorry, I don't remember."

But she didn't remember anything.

She didn't think she knew someone who exuded the feeling of being a thousand-year-old lady.

She didn't have a friend of such high status.

"Try to remember again? "

Souren Manranyama still didn't give up.

"Well ......"

"Ahem!

"This customer, please don't talk to the staff during work, okay?

The two talked for too long and drew the attention of other staff members, and a slightly higher ranking manager approached, speaking with a slight note of censure.

"Hitchhiking?

Souren Manranyama frowned a little, undisguisedly putting on a look of dissatisfaction, then she took out a document from the satchel she carried.

"I am a reporter from the Asahi Daily, and I would like to interview your staff on matters related to the library and make a feature out of it, can't I? "

The moment she heard the reporter, the staff's expression immediately changed, and after Souren Manranyama showed her ID, she instantly adjusted the bending angle of her spine.

"I'm sorry for disturbing your work, Kurashige. "

While apologizing and stepping back, he also gave a small hint to Kurashige Yui.

"Then let's change places. "

With the staff's permission, Souren Manranyama simply led Kurashige Yui out of the library and to a nearby cafe.

After they left, the staff member thought about it and decided that in order to avoid negative news, he should first consult with the Asahi Daily, so he dialed the number of the Asahi Daily.

"Hello, the Asahi Daily is it? I am a staff member of the Kyoto University Library and would like to ask you a few questions about the topic ......"

The staff member suddenly got stuck halfway through his words, as if the other party on the phone had said something that he could not accept, causing his eyes to gradually become confused.

"Eh? Didn't know there was this topic? "

It seems that this staff member's plan to 'info' didn't seem to go that well.

And the conversation with the pair in the cafe was also not going well.

"It's not important if you can't remember, Kurashige Yui-san. "

After trying hard to remember, Kurashige Yui still couldn't remember what the connection between her and Souren Manranyama was, so she just gave up and looked out the window, a trace of helplessness flashing across her face.

Then, with a smile back on her face, she continued her conversation with Kurashige Yui in a friendly manner.

"How have you been these past few years? "

"Well, ...... is fine."

"Your father, how is your job as a police officer in Dojou going?"

"Dad is working very hard ......"

"Wait, wait, please wait, why are you asking about me, isn't this an interview about the library? "

Halfway through the question, Kurashige Yui realized that the topic had strayed too far into her privacy.

"I'm here for you, Kurashige Yui-san. "

Souren Manranyama didn't beat around the bush and picked her attitude straightforwardly.

"Although you may not know it, I owe you a lot, so ...... even if you think it's hypocritical, I hope you can accept it. "

But it was still a messy, illogical thing for Kurashige Yui to accept for a while.

"No, I still don't quite understand what you mean ......"

At that moment, Souren Manranyama's cell phone rang.

"What is it.'

--Mr. Dojou was heading to the library to look for Kurashige.

"Stay where you are, I'll come to you."

--"I understand, Miss."

Souren Manranyama quickly closed her phone, tapped a bill on the table, lifted her satchel and stood up, so fast that Kurashige Yui didn't have time to ask "What happened? "

"That's it for today, I'll come back to you, Kurashige Yui. "

With these words, and without waiting for Kurashige Yui's reply, Souren Manranyama strode away.

The cruise ship rode the wind and waves with its steel body, and after bidding farewell to the care of Sunshine, the second night of the voyage came.

The moon and the stars came together, and the sky and the sea were clothed in black, making the darkness of the cruise ship glow white like an ark.

--Unfortunately, it was not an ark.

Ziongzong, who was looking out the window, leaned his head against the glass somewhat feebly.

Tonight, they are enjoying a sumptuous seafood buffet in the restaurant.

Chatting, gossiping, teasing and playing, the atmosphere is very warm.

And where the atmosphere is lively, there are always one or two people who don't fit in and spend their time at their own pace - Eiji Hayamizu, for example.

Obviously, he's not one of those silent, bitter guys, but his attention is not at all focused on the table conversation, he's been captured by a beautiful Asian woman at the next table over and was preoccupied with how to strike up a conversation.

Then, after a long period of observation, Eiji Hayamizu deduced that the Asian beauty was a Chinese girl.

So.

"Uesugi, the country needs you."

Eiji Hayamizu moved over to Ziongzong, intimately hooked his neck, and whispered.

''Then you call the country.''

Ziongzong tried to push Eiji Hayamizu away, but his arms were too weak to do so.

'Don't be so impersonal, look, there's a pretty girl over there, see? "

Eiji Hayamizu put his hands on Ziongzong's head and turned him in the direction of the Chinese beauty.

"And?"

Ziongzong had a bewildered look on his face that he didn't see anything.

"From what I can see, she should be from China, can you help me? "

"What can I do for you?"

"You know what to do, asshole."

"You should go by yourself, I'm not good at this kind of thing."

"Don't do that... okay... no... okay?"

Eiji Hayamizu pandered to Ziongzong while keeping a low profile as much as possible, but Ziongzong didn't buy it.

Ziongzong first elbowed Eiji Hayamizu in the stomach, then kicked him in the knee with the toe of his shoe, and finally gave him a blank look and left him with a "no".

At this point, the physical and mental blows were delivered, and Eiji Hayamizu fell to the ground, mourning and gasping for breath.

Since his best friend, who had crossed national and ethnic boundaries, had abandoned him, Eiji Hayamizu had to gather his courage and set out on his journey alone.

These are some of the scenes from the dinner table.

On the other hand, Uesugi Yui and Ito Tomono were engaged in a war of words about the merits of the Kyudo Club and the Kendo Club in the history of the school.

The girls, probably due to their racial talent, were not only able to fight in a tight battle of words, but also to eat, walk around, and purposefully replenish their plates of food, which would have been difficult to do with human abilities if not for their racial talent.

On Ziongzong's side, as the hot topic was not on him, after Eiji Hayamizu left, became even more cold and silent, not participating in the conversation at all.

Originally, the matter of the riddle had been left behind by Ziongzong for the time being before boarding the ship, but now, after answering the riddle and after realizing what a state of affairs he knew, Ziongzong hated to split himself into two, one for thinking and one for acting.

On the one hand, there was no more time, and on the other hand, he hadn't even thought of a plan of action.

He is now caught in the difficult choice of indeterminate choice, the puzzle is known, the riddle is also known, yet the riddle is not the last, but a thing that he has to stop, for this reason, he has to make a choice among ABCD, can choose only one, or two, three, or even all or none - and the correct The choice is only one, only exactly, he is considered to have solved the puzzle.

Otherwise, it is a total loss.

While Ziongzong was thinking, one person noticed his perversity and kept watching him.

She was the other iceberg at the table.

It was Katagiri Mai.

Later, it seemed she couldn't look away, so, under the cover of the table and tablecloth, Katagiri Mai stomped Ziongzong hard under the table.

The result was easy to guess, Ziongzong, who was completely unprepared, leaned back in pain, so that he fell on his back with the chair.

This unexpected 'attack', so Ziongzong a rare cry of surprise "ah - ", plus the chair fell to the ground with a loud noise, so that the air in the restaurant are silent for a second.

And then, as you can imagine, the already jubilant group burst out into a maniacal laughter that almost turned the boat upside down.

-- What are you doing Katagiri-sang??

Ziongzong blushed with embarrassment and looked at Katagiri Mai in confusion. Although he did not understand what was going on, Ziongzong knew that the murderer was Katagiri Mai.

However, Katagiri Mai just looked like "you deserve it", without any intention to explain.

She herself didn't know why she did it.

After dinner and banter, everyone went to their rooms and the sleepy season descended on the cruise ship.

Most people went to sleep, except for the crew on duty, and those guys who didn't want to sleep - entertainment on the cruise ship never distinguished time, and the casino, theater, and KTV always remained open.

However, other than that, it still accepts the jurisdiction of time.

The empty cabin aisle, Ziongzong paced past, sneakers stepping across the deck with a clunking crunch, accompanying him all the way forward.

Ziongzong knew he had to go in that room anyway, since the right way can not go, then the only choice is the evil way.

Tonight was a good night for Ziongzong's solo action, first of all, Uesugi Yui was called by Katagiri Mai to discuss the problem, according to Ziongzong's knowledge of Katagiri Mai, Uesugi Yui most likely will not return tonight, which also provides a certain degree of security for his all-night covert action, on the other hand Eiji Hayamizu, on the other hand, suffered a calamity due to his unpremeditated pickup ...... Simply put, the Chinese girl was actually on the boat with her father, and during Eiji Hayamizu's pickup, her father happened to be back, so... ...

Eiji Hayamizu will probably be so conditioned tonight that he will be difficult to regain the human form.

Ziongzong thinks about how Eiji Hayamizu will be how to tone down her mood, otherwise, this huge ship trapped in the darkness is just too horrible.

The so-called evil path is the path to achieve the purpose even if it is against morality and law.

Because forcing a breakthrough has been nearly impossible, Ziongzong decided to steal the key.

It is incalculable how unpleasant this overseas training trip will become if this is discovered.

But there is no other way, riding the tiger, the dilemma, Ziongzong changed into the skin of Itou Yoshihiro, began to gamble on the face of the adventure.

Meanwhile, people who are unaware of this are still enjoying their journey.

In order to prevent Uesugi Yui and Ziongzong from sleeping in the same room, Katagiri Mai thought hard and finally called Uesugi Yui to his room under the pretext of "discussing a problem".

What should we discuss, of course, was something related to Kyudo-sha.

Uesugi Yui got excited when it came to Kyudo Club's advancement to the whole country, so it was no problem to talk all night long.

"That's why, those guys from the Kendo Club won't be able to be arrogant for a few years, but when the new kids from the Kyudo Club grow up, the national competition will not be a problem!"

Uesugi Yui clenched her fist and made a speech with conviction, and she was joined by Ito Tomono, whose heart was burning with the spirit of Kyudo.

In contrast, Katagiri Mai, the person who started this conversation, was the one who was the least engaged in it.

"I'm going to retire soon, and the next generation of Kyudo will depend on you two~ Tomonosu and Mai. "

"Don't call me Tomonosu all of a sudden!"

"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"

"It's not a question of whether you like it or not. ...... "

"You really like to prepare yourself, but if you're too hesitant, you'll be hated by your boyfriend."

"What! What! I'm just ......"

"Oh, you're so shy, I've got you, haven't I?

Uesugi Yui grinned wickedly as she got close to Ito Tomono and giggled happily with her.

In fact, Uesugi Yui knew exactly what Katagiri Mai had in mind when she called Uesugi Yui into the room to talk, so she just yelled a few symbolic words about her dreams and goals, and then let the conversation twist around, as it's normal for a girl's conversation to twist around the topic of love, hoping to bring her and her juniors closer together.

"Why didn't Mai say anything? "

So the battle spread to Katagiri Mai, which Uesugi Yui intended to do.

"No, no? I'll just listen to what Yui-senpai has to say. "

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Mai you can be that. "

"Don't you think it's very cunning of you not to talk and just listen to others? "

"And there's something strange about Mai-chan lately."

"Eh, is that so?"

"The other day at the club event, she wasn't in good shape, was she? I couldn't even do the basic archery seven obstacles. "

" Umm..something annoyed me."

"Something's bothering me... a girl of such age..."

"Maybe you're in love with a guy?"

"No, it's not that kind of thing."

"Oh, really? What a pity."

Uesugi Yui put her hands on Katagiri Mai's shoulders and looked at her with great sincerity.

"But it's not a boring thing... Mai-chan, it's a very important thing to do when you're a student. "

"If you have a boy you like, you must tell me, maybe I can help you~"

"...... hmm."

Katagiri Mai nodded gently and smiled coyly.

The hands on his watch pointed to Roman numerals II.

It wasn't 2:00 p.m., it was 2:00 a.m.

Itou Yoshihiro relied on his arms to hold on to the exhaust pipe, hanging under the ceiling of the machine room.

Stealing the key was more difficult than he expected, and just trying to find out where and on whose person that key had been placed was incredibly difficult, and there was the night patrol crew, diligent and dedicated, hardening the difficulty of Akihiro Ito's operation by one level.

--This is just the beginning, it is still early to give up.

Itou Yoshihiro gritted his teeth and climbed the exhaust pipe to march forward in mid-air to avoid the crew currently patrolling below.

The night was still long, and the truth, covered by a mystery, had not yet been revealed.

Even so, the bad outcome of this riddle is already clear to him .

This is not a riddle to solve, but a riddle to solve, otherwise ......

this huge iron cage sailing on the sea -

it will not be a steel ark to the holy land, but a cage of death that will fall into hell at any moment.