The only way to cure Shanghai is to 'give the Great Sage handmade chocolate'. Everyone thinks that's impossible, but the Great Sage stubbornly insists it's the right way. |
![Story Chococlay.png](/images/8/83/Story_Chococlay.png) Great Sage Chococlay |
"Tch, next time you have to give me a lot of chocolate, or I won't forgive youuu!" |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"I've already told you to don't run away!" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Structurally, the back is not connected to the outside. So we don't have to chase after him." |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"I see, so he's like a cornered rat then." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"That's what I meant. Next time we'll track him down and find out what Shanghai's cure is. If the Great Sage doesn't know, I'll research a cure myself." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Until then, you'll have to make do with the sweet medicine I've made for you." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Beijing..." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Austerlitz, have you had any luck with her treatment?" |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"Nothing about a cure. However, I was curious about something else, so I looked for it and found this." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Is that... an old newspaper?" |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"This library was only recently discovered, but rumour has it that this place has been around for a long time." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Apparently so. So I was wondering if this place was hidden, like due to Nishikese barriers, until it somehow came to light for people to see." |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"I concur too. But then I remembered that there is also the possibility that the buildings that appear suddenly like this are things that existed a long time ago and no longer exist." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"That's right, mist stones can generate phantoms...!" |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"Yes. And my guess seemed to be correct. Look at this newspaper." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"I see, this library was destroyed by fire a long time ago..." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"So is the Great Sage also a tulpa or something?" |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"Sometimes there are tulpas that are as close to corporeal as possible, so we have to be very careful in our judgement. However, if the man who calls himself the Great Sage is shouting aloud that he is the master of this library, then the Great Sage is definitely a tulpa - L'Austerlitz concludes." |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"Well then, so we could have pummeled him with all our might. I went easy on him because I thought he was a normal human being." |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"A tulpa that ensnares a living person is, in other words, an evil spirit." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"But as long as we don't know whether the Great Sage knows the cure or not, we can't defeat him." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"AAAAAAAAAH!" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"What's the matter with you shouting, Shanghai, did you discover something important?" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"You, you know what? Don't get mad at me, but I want you to hear me out..." |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"Ah. That preface, that's the one that makes people angry." |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"Those are the days. When I confessed to bo-shi that I used to use that preface to beat up villains who threatened the peace of the town every day, she got very angry with me and told me I should take care of myself~" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Th-then it's nothing then! Shanghai doesn't know anything!!" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"It's okay Shanghai, I won't get angry. So can you please tell me properly?" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"For real? You really won't get angry? Will you promise me? Will you be the sweet Beijing you always are?" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Yes, for real. Have you ever made me angry?" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"There was the time I spilled ink on all the manuscripts Beijing's team spent an entire night to finish..." |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"That's a level of sin that would make any saint sock me in the face, I lost count at the number of times bo-shi got angry at me." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"It was so bad that I almost knocked out Tianjin. However, that's a tale that's in the past, I don't have grudges over that time or anything, so don't worry about it." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"So you'll never get angry with me?" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Yeah. I promise." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Good, that's a relief!" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"You know, the peddler who sold me the chocolate, I just remembered that he was the great sage~" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Are you sure about that?" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Yes. When he was a peddler, he was wearing a hood, so it didn't really hit me until just now, but now that I remembered about it, he has the same features!" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"WHY DIDN'T YOU NOTICE IT EARLIER THEN!?" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"You told me you wouldn't get angry!" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"If I'd known that, we would have sorted it out earlier. Good grief, you're a real pain in the ass, you know that!?" |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Ugh, I'm sorry..." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"...Oh crud, I promised not to get angry. I'm sorry Shanghai, that was my fault." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Beijing..." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Your symptoms will disappear once we defeat the Great Sage. Look, I'm here for you and everyone else. Let's go and cure your condition together." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Waaaaaah, I'm sorry too Beijing~~!" |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"Shanghai, it's not fair of you to casually jump into bo-shi's chest like that! I want to do it toooo-!" |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Wait you two, my hems are all jerked up. Conductor and Austerlitz are watching us, so stop it...!" |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"Do not fret. I can remain motionless when I am watching. I promise you that I will simply be part of the background." |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"So you are watching after all!?" |
Conductor |
Beijing, don't worry, I'm not looking over here. See, I've got my eyes closed! |
![Story Austerlitz.png](/images/b/b4/Story_Austerlitz.png) Austerlitz |
"Imagination sometimes surpasses reality, non? Inside Conductor's brain, three people's clothes are being stripped off, one, and another, then another--" |
Conductor |
You make me sound like I'm more of a pervert than if I just watched them, so can you please stop!? |
![Story Beijing.png](/images/5/5f/Story_Beijing.png) Beijing |
"Right, I'm out. Come on, you all, let's move on." |
![Story Shanghai.png](/images/1/17/Story_Shanghai.png) Shanghai |
"Let me huuuuug you more, Beijing!" |
![Story Tianjin.png](/images/e/e8/Story_Tianjin.png) Tianjin |
"Bo-shi, wait for me please~!" |
Beijing quickly pursued forward, while Shanghai and Tianjin ran after her. |
Even though we're still in a pinch for a long time, it's a surprise to see that the mood is so smiley. |