Zongman: Starting as a Prop Master

His pupils suddenly shrank, and every hair stood up as if it had exploded. Ichinosuke felt a chill on his back, and the cold air flowed along his spine into his brain. His scalp was numb, and his hair stood up as if he had been electrocuted.

"It's out. It's really out."

"Sonoko, Xiaoyi?"

　(aeej) Huihara Ai, who was following behind the two of them, also noticed something unusual.

Avoiding the two people, Huibara Ai looked in the direction they were looking.

This is incredible.

The bare wall, at some point, a staircase appeared.

It is perfectly integrated into it. If Haibara Ai hadn't known that there was no second floor in the corridor, she would have thought that it was planned by the workers when they built the house.

The three of them did not discover that at the end of the stairs, an unknown flower as bright as blood was quietly blooming.

"What's this."

The ice-blue eyes trembled fiercely.

Haibara Ai was startled at first, then a look of sudden realization appeared on her face.

"I see. This is what Xiaoyi has always been afraid of."

Now, she understood the truth of the matter.

Why did Ichinosuke's face change so much when he heard about living in the school dormitory? Why did he stammer and say nothing? Why didn't he even dare to go to the toilet?

It turns out that this is the culprit.

"interesting!"

With a brilliant arc on the corner of her mouth, Haibara Ai looked at the stairs that appeared in front of her at some point, her eyes shining with light, and an unprecedented desire for knowledge awakened her scientist instinct.

Scared?

nonexistent.

Looking at Ichinosuke's abnormal behavior, it proves that he knows the existence of this thing in front of him.

The appearance of this thing should not be accidental, and it has never hurt anyone.

Otherwise, even if Ichinosuke were beaten to death, he would never come here to study.

As Ichinosuke's bedmate, Haibara Ai knows how afraid of this thing is.

Combining everything, it can be basically confirmed that it is Haibara Ai.

This thing in front of me is most likely harmless.

Now, she just wanted to figure out what this thing in front of her was.

Hallucination, magnetic field anomaly, or space crack?

If ghosts really exist, is it plasma? Is it afraid of radiation, ultraviolet rays, high temperatures? Will the use of chemical agents be effective?

If spirits really exist, can they touch people, do they have feelings, do they have memories?

Can the electric grid capture or detain people?

Do the talismans that have been passed down in the mainland for thousands of years have any effect? ​​Are peach wood swords and lightning-struck wood also useful?

If there is a soul, its weight is not 21 grams.

Where does the soul go after death? Are there really heaven and hell?

If so, where are heaven and hell?

The core, mantle, crust, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, ionosphere, exosphere, which layer are they in respectively.

Or, in another dimension.

When Xiaoyi grows up, will he be able to break into these dimensions?

If the soul exists, can it be resurrected? Or can it be transformed into electronic life with the help of instruments and achieve immortality?

Or maybe the soul needs to be reincarnated.

If this is the case, and the soul has memories, can it find a way to restore the memories of the previous life after reincarnation?

Everything is full of fog and unknown, yet it is so desirable.

The stairs in front of me seem to be the key to open the door to a new world.

Quietly, waiting for others to discover.

Chapter 198: Haibara Ai and Ichinosuke, their first encounter

"Huh...huh..."

Unlike Haibara Ai who was in high spirits and full of fighting spirit, Ichinosuke and Haibara Ai were trembling with fear and did not dare to move forward at all.

"Xiao...Xiaoyi, what is that?"

Suzuki Sonoko held Ichinosuke's arm tightly, huddled behind him trembling, not daring to look at the stairs.

The "female man" who was originally so proud and striding forward, now hides her head and tail like a frightened quail.

In the midst of fear, Suzuki Sonoko first thought of herself - her best friend who was afraid of ghosts

At this moment, she began to understand why Lan was frightened and screamed every time by her own mischievous costumes.

"Woo woo, Lan, I promise I won't dress up as a ghost to scare you anymore."

Hiding behind Ichinosuke, Suzuki Sonoko closed her eyes and swore quietly.

Ichinosuke, who was caught by her, was not much better than her.

If there hadn't been someone behind him, Ichinosuke would have escaped at a speed of more than Mach 10.

"Xiao Ai, go quickly."

Seeing that Haibara Ai was not afraid, but her eyes were shining. She stared at the stairs with great curiosity, and even seemed eager to go up and take a look.

Ichinosuke felt a chill on his scalp. He took a step forward, grabbed Haibara Ai, and protected the two of them behind him.

Ichinosuke's sudden action made Haibara Ai slightly stunned.

A pair of beautiful eyes, with a look of confusion, stared at Ichinosuke's back without blinking.

"You were so scared, your body was shaking, but you didn't retreat a single step and still chose to protect me behind you?"

What I saw was Ichinosuke's body trembling slightly with fear.

Haibara Ai's eyesight was enough to clearly see the hairs on Ichinosuke's body standing up due to fear.

One could even see large beads of cold sweat on Ichinosuke's forehead.

He is obviously a superman, but he is sweating so much.

It is easy to imagine how much fear and pressure Ichinosuke must have endured.

But even so, he still chose to stand in front of her.

"Little one..."

Shrunken to a five-year-old, the narrow back made Haibara Ai feel so safe.

"Sharks in the sea need to swim and fight desperately as soon as they are born. It may seem cruel, but in fact, if possible, who wouldn't want to hide under the wings of others and grow happily?"

Ichinosuke's back standing in front of her reminded her of the other most important person in her life.

"Sister, perhaps our lives over the past ten years have been so bitter just to prepare for a lifetime of suffering."

At this moment, Huibara Ai suddenly remembered a story.

A story about God, grapes and four people.

Four people, four choices.

The first person eats the good first, then the bad;

As a result, the first half of life was happy, but the second half was miserable.

The second person eats the bad first and then the good;

The result was the opposite of the first person. The first half of his life was miserable, while the second half was happy. However, after experiencing darkness without light for most of his life, the late happiness was also misfortune.

The third was cunning and only ate the good things;

Then, after only half a life of happiness, he was buried in the grave early with endless regrets.

The fourth person, good or bad, is random.

Haibara Ai feels that her life is like that of someone who chose the second option.

In the first half of his life, his parents died unexpectedly shortly after he was born, and his family was on the verge of collapse. At the critical moment, it was his sister who was seven years older than him who stepped forward and barely supported the family.

Although most of the time, I am alone at home.

But those were also one of the few days when she felt happy.

Later, he showed amazing talent.

After being accepted into the organization, my sister began to work hard to escape from that huge, emotionless organization.

However, my sister is just an ordinary woman after all, how can she resist the organization?

That day, I saw my sister lying alone in a pool of blood in the newspaper.

It was also on that day that the sky fell.

How desperate I was back then.

All he could do was to threaten Gin ridiculously and stop the experiment.

He was imprisoned in the gas chamber in a humiliating manner and did not even dare to have the slightest thought of revenge.

In desperation, he swallowed APTX-4869 and committed suicide.

At that moment, she didn't know whether she took the pill in the hope of becoming smaller like Kudo Shinichi, or whether she swallowed the pill out of despair and wanted to commit suicide.

But knowing herself, the latter thought occupied most of her thoughts.

As a scientist, she knew very well how small the probability of accidental occurrence was.