Why are there only loser heroines around me?

And the core of this area is also obvious.

It’s the Christmas tree in the center that is full of gifts!

Volume 160: Chapter 5: Global Mass Extinction Event, Pilgrimage to the Sky Tree! (k)

at the same time.

Shibuya, Tokyo.

"Jiulang, what are you doing?"

Jiulang, who was analyzing the situation with her just a second ago, suddenly became dazed.

"Sakuragawa family, ancestral home... family... revenge..."

His eyes were red as he slowly stood up from the computer, pushed the stool behind him away, and walked towards the door, his movements as slow as a low-level zombie.

"Kuro?!"

Kotoko wanted to go forward and grab the other person. This situation was very similar to what happened to the tourists at Toyohashi Botanical Garden, but how could the supernatural events that happened in Toyohashi infect people in Tokyo?

She saw that Ukyo could temporarily slow down Yanami's movement by simply grabbing his collar. This kind of mental control force field seemed to only have a mental guidance function, and would "pull" people who entered the field in a fixed direction. It should not have the ability to enhance the strength or speed of creatures in the field.

Well, I should...

"Good weight!"

Kotoko pulled Kuro's arm, forming a sharp angle between her body and the floor, but it was useless. She could only be dragged away by Kuro.

Putting aside the inherent strength difference between the male and female protagonists and factors such as weight, Jiulang's strength seems to have increased. Kotoko is not sure. They are a couple, not enemies or something like that. When they were together, they did not deliberately compete in strength, but Jiulang was able to pick her up easily.

I was just about to ask Ukyo, who was on the other side of the headphones, if Kyouna's strength had increased.

"Youjing..." The words stopped mid-sentence, and the voice in Youjing's earphones became unclear.

"I want to become... Japan's number one... paranormal detective... Ukyo... Tachibana... Die!!!"

Ukyo: "..."

He didn't care about Kotoko's ambition, but he had already recorded this video. If the case was solved, he would play it for Kotoko and ask her for some benefits. If Miss Kotoko died, he would play it at the funeral.

Ukyo raised his hand and a black flame rose up. He was sure that as long as he destroyed the Christmas tree left over from Christmas not long ago, he could lift this large mental control field. However, Kotoko and Kuro who were far away in Tokyo were also affected... It was just an ordinary Christmas tree four or five meters high. As the "eye" of the field, its effect should not be so strong.

But even if it can only lift up a small area of ​​the spiritual realm, it would be good.

“——Cluster~!”

In just a moment, the black flames that could burn everything ignited the tall Christmas tree. The flames shot up into the sky and instantly reached a height of four or five meters. The tourists and animals who were stumbling, crawling, or walking towards the Christmas tree in the same direction suddenly stopped at the same time. They stared at the fire with dull expressions until the colorful boxes filled with everyone's expectations were shattered in the fire.

“Hot pot...hot pot...Dorayaki...pork bone noodles....”

Yana, who had been mumbling these words over and over again, saw that his hands had calmed down, but her eyes were still dull, and there was crystal saliva hanging from the corner of her mouth, as if dripping from greed.

After losing sight of the Christmas tree, she, like other tourists, looked up into the deeper sky.

Youjing followed her gaze and all he could see was the cool sunlight at noon in winter. Upon closer inspection, he saw only a few flocculent white clouds and birds flying towards a fixed area.

The Christmas tree was destroyed, but the crowd's enthusiasm did not stop.

Maori sees cigarettes in the gift box.

I drove to Murasame's key chain.

Yanami got a coupon for Shangri-La.

Those gift boxes correspond to people’s visions at different times.

But now, those boxes that symbolize people's desires have been burned by the black flames, so why does the crowd still not stop rushing?

Ukyo suddenly thought of the clown.

Maybe it can give me the answer.

It's not that he has any stereotype about clowns, so much so that he would suspect that they are the mastermind behind the scenes as soon as he sees a similar image.

But the clown was indeed suspicious, and among the many "pilgrims", Ukyo did not see the poor worker with conspicuous makeup.

The suit actor who looked like a hard-working worker at first glance disappeared when the crowd gathered here.

Ukyo looked around in the crowd. All the tourists in the botanical garden were gathered in the atrium. If he had taken off his clown costume and blended into the crowd, there would be no trace of him.

No time to find him...

The most urgent task is to first figure out the new flow of people.

Ukyo's eyes followed the crowd... He put his arm around Yanami's waist to prevent her from joining the crowd again. The collar of his coat was a little tight around her neck, and Ukyo was afraid that she would suffocate. Also, holding her waist made it easier to carry her.

Quickly arriving at the Botanical Gardens parking lot, Ukyo unlocked the Bugatti.

First, he opened the passenger seat and threw Yanami in, fastened her seat belt, then took off her coat and used it as a makeshift rope to tie her around the waist to the seat to prevent her from moving.

"Kurosawa, can you capture where the flow of people is going?"

"Kurosawa?"

There was a staccato noise coming from the Maybach's radio.

"Number one in all of Japan... no... the world... the universe! Ha, ha, ha, ha... I, Kurosawa-sama, will become the strongest... artificial intelligence in the universe!"

"Hahahaha~~~"

Humans can still laugh out loud even in some very critical situations.

But Ukyo's face was very tense, he didn't think Kurosawa was funny.

So the sudden laughter from inside the car could only have come from someone else.

See you in Yana!

She was actually giggling.

Ukyo remembered that he had taught her in Nightmare Town how to regain consciousness through the set safe words after falling into the mind control area. She seemed to be trying. For beginners, this process was not easy.

There was nothing he could do to help her, all he could do was wait and watch.

Since Kurosawa couldn't use it, Ukyo had no choice but to take out his phone and open the map. He zoomed in and looked in the northeast to see if there was any large landmark building.

The Toyohashi Museum of Art is in the northeast.

Ukyo opened Google's real-time map again, wanting to see if other people in Toyohashi were also converging towards the museum's defenses. First, he was bombarded with a bunch of stiff messages from Google's built-in AI, such as "Google AI wants to dominate humanity." Then, Google's built-in voice started arguing with Kurosawa in his car, and the two engaged in a heated debate over who was the "world's best AI."

Even You Jing had never encountered such a situation before.

Not only can it affect all living things in the area, it can even affect AI.

He had no choice but to give up Google and find a new map app that did not have built-in AI but had a real-time viewing function.

Fengqiao Duimaike has an internal dedicated map software, which has no AI restrictions but a simple interface. Ukyo has rarely used that interface before, which seems to take people back to the software of ten years ago. But with nothing available now, he can only settle for the next best thing. He studied on his mobile phone for a long time before finding how to open the real-time map.

The current flow of people in Toyohashi is all displayed on the mobile phone.

His guess was wrong. Although a small group of people were gathering towards the Toyohashi Art Museum, it seemed that they were just passing through. Their real location was even further away.

Ukyo continued to zoom in on the map, trying to find where they were going from a wider perspective.

Zooming out to the entire country of Japan, the direction of the crowds becomes clear. Aside from Toyohashi, people from all over are converging towards Tokyo. If we zoom out to Tokyo...

"It's the Sky Tree."

The crowd is heading towards the Sky Tree!

"What the hell? Is Japan the center of the world?" Arthur's voice suddenly came from the headset. "A lot of people in Britain are converging towards the port. I was curious where they were going, and it turns out it's Japan."

Ukyo was startled and asked, "Why aren't you affected?"

Arthur said in a very arrogant tone, "Is it possible that I, like you, also possess seven virtues that are completely opposite to the seven deadly sins?"

Ukyo was silent.

People can't speak when they are speechless.

"Oh, oh, oh! I'm convinced!" Arthur said helplessly. "Actually, I've also been targeted by a mental field. But you have to understand, the larger the mental control field, the less energy it distributes to everyone within it. Ordinary people don't have a way to break free from this kind of energy control. But I'm a professional. I've been in this business for over a decade. I've been on guard since I heard Kotoko being controlled through my headset."

"When the spiritual realm swept over me, I had already started trying to find the safe word in the control field. I had found it around the time you tied Yanami to the car. I guess Miss Kotoko should be able to find it soon too."

"Ahem...you two, I..." Kotoko's voice, having regained consciousness, could be heard through the Bluetooth headset.

"Jiulang...Jiulang is missing..."

"Forget about your boyfriend for now," Arthur said in a pretentious tone. "You were one minute and fifty seconds slower than me in finding your safeword. In the past minute and fifty seconds, we've analyzed the current situation and reached a conclusion. Qin Baoer, you're in Tokyo, right? Is it convenient for you to take a look at the Sky Tree?"

Kotoko didn't mind Arthur's strange nickname, he was always like that.

As for the Sky Tree....

Fortunately, she was on a business trip near Tokyo when she connected with Yanami, and she could see the Sky Tree as soon as she opened the window of her residence.

So Qinzi subconsciously looked out the window...

"Strange? Why is the sky in Tokyo dark?"

Some foreign tourists who come to Tokyo for the first time may have imagined such a scene:

As night falls, the Sky Tree towers majestically in the heart of the city, gently outlined by a myriad of lights, like a dazzling bridge connecting heaven and earth. All around, the hustle and bustle of the city gradually fades...

At this moment, the sky tree that Kotoko saw was indeed like this.

But if you zoom out...

...

The crowds gathering from all directions were like a tide of migrating ants, as if pulled by some invisible force, slowly surging between the neon lights and countless traffic, and finally converging into an unstoppable torrent.

These tens of thousands, no, probably millions of people... Their eyes were dull, their pace was fast or slow, and although their steps were inconsistent, they all pointed in one direction - the sky tree that reached into the sky.

Not only humans, but even some Tokyo native monsters that are invisible to normal people are gathering towards the Sky Tree.

The only thing that was not affected was the gate to the underworld, which had been guarded by the Minamoto family for generations and was about two kilometers away from the Sky Tree.

The resentful souls and monsters there are still lingering around the door. The door to the underworld itself is equivalent to a large protective spiritual formation. While it is not disturbed by the outside world, the creatures wandering inside the door cannot think of getting out.

 …

...

The distance from Toyohashi to Tokyo is about 293.6 kilometers, and Ukyo has no other means of transportation but a Bugatti.

It's impossible to get to Tokyo by this car.

As soon as he drove out of the Botanical Gardens, he was shocked by the completely blocked road. The car owners had already left their cars, and every car on the road kept its doors open. Youjing was very glad that these people still retained the instinct to "step on the brakes" after falling into the spiritual realm.

Arthur's voice came from the headset. "Hey guys, I have good news for you. I can fly a helicopter, and I'm on my way to the London Metropolitan Police Department. I plan to steal a police helicopter and fly to Japan. Is there anyone good at math who can help me calculate if there's enough gas in the tank? Will I crash into the Pacific Ocean mid-flight?"

"Don't even think about it." Ukyo said coldly, "That little mailbox can't possibly make it across from England to Japan. You'd better stay in England. I can handle this here."

"Very good," Arthur said. "But I'd like to know how you're going to get from Toyohashi to Tokyo if the traffic is paralyzed? Oh! Damn! It seems you can really steal a helicopter and fly there! 300 kilometers as the crow flies should be enough for the mailbox."

"You're right." Ukyo unbuckled Yanami's seat belt. She seemed to have returned to reality through the safe word, but for some reason she fell asleep. This is what happens after someone falls into the spiritual realm for the first time and comes back to reality. She might become a little sleepy.

Ukyo untied the coat that was tied around her waist and then said to Arthur, "In case you don't know, the H155 police helicopter has a maximum range of 699 kilometers. I can even fly to Tokyo and back again."

"Another point, I don't even need to go to the police station to steal a helicopter. There's a big English letter H written on the roof of the third floor of my house."

"Damn it!" Arthur was about to lose his temper: "You actually have a helicopter at home!"

"Don't be so surprised. It's just a private helicopter. The Hill HX50 isn't expensive."

This area touched upon Arthur's blind spot of knowledge. When he had nothing to do, he would search for various luxury sports cars on the Internet, because one day in the future he would be able to buy these cars, or at least rent them. However, he had never thought about private helicopters. What he had just said to Youjing about being able to fly a plane was just a pretense in front of his friends to satisfy his insignificant vanity. How could he fly a helicopter?

He had never even heard of the brand Hill HX50!

Arthur quickly opened the search engine and searched it. After seeing the price of 97 US dollars, he chuckled.

Yes, it is indeed not expensive, Master Youjing, but it is not as expensive as your Bugatti!

"Young Master Youjing is so rich, can you v50 me and see my strength?"

"I'm busy."

Ukyo opened the passenger door and carried Yanami on his back by her legs. Traffic was paralyzed, so he could only walk home first and then think about the plane. But he couldn't just leave Yanami in the car like that, so he hoped Kotoko could hold on a little longer.

In fact, she couldn't even think of holding on. She had no other options except to watch the crowds converge towards the Sky Tree from the hotel window.

Many people have already started "climbing trees".

Yes, they started climbing up from the base of the Sky Tree, and then people crowded together, people crowded together... The next person stepped on the back of the one in front of them, just like those crazy zombies in zombie movies...