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"I...I don't know, Professor..."
"Overcoming fear in dreams is an experience the Semimai people have developed to control dreams," the man called the professor said with a maniacal laugh.
"Manipulating dreams?"
Shotaro Zuo was confused.
“That’s right!” The professor turned around, pointed at him, and approached him step by step. Finally, he grabbed his arm and pulled him to the table. “The indigenous people of the Malay Peninsula have been able to control their dreams with their own consciousness through continuous training. They are really amazing!” As he said this, the professor picked up a wooden craft from the table and stuffed it into Shotaro’s hand, laughing wildly.
Shotaro looked down at the wooden craft in his hand, saw nothing special about it, and put it back. He then began to introduce himself earnestly.
"I'm Detective Shotaro, I have a few questions..." Before he could finish speaking, he was abruptly interrupted by a familiar voice from behind.
"Let me ask!"
"Eh?"
Shotaro and the others turned to look behind them.
The newcomers were none other than Terui Ryu and Makura, whom they recognized. Terui Ryu ignored the surprised looks from Shotaro and Makura, led Makura to the professor, and pulled out his police badge. "I am Terui from the Extraordinary Crime Investigation Division of the Fuuto Police Department."
"I am Makura."
As Makura spoke, he deliberately raised his chin smugly at Shotaro Sakai.
Shotaro turned his head away speechlessly, looking as if he didn't know this idiot.
“Detectives and police!” A young man named Fukushima Gen stepped forward with a surprised expression.
Terui Ryu ignored him and focused his gaze on the professor in front of him. "Professor Akagi, I heard that the six people who have suddenly fallen into a coma recently are all your students."
"Yes, I've been working with them to study lucid dreaming," the professor said, without denying it.
"Lucid dream?"
Shotaro Zuo frowned.
"The English name is LUCIDDREAM."
Professor Akagi picked up the white lab coat hanging nearby and put it on, his earlier manic smile fading. "It means the dreamer is clearly aware that they are dreaming. We investigated the brainwaves of sleepers, hoping to unravel the mystery of lucid dreaming." As he spoke, he walked to a tent placed nearby, lay down inside, found a comfortable position, and closed his eyes.
"So that's why you used students for experiments, causing them to never wake up?" After getting a general idea, Shotaro Zuo came over and questioned him.
Professor Akagi suddenly opened his eyes, propped himself up, and swung his hand at Shotaro, but Shotaro dodged it. Although he dodged it, Shotaro was still startled by his action and patted his chest.
Meanwhile, Makura, timid and huddled in a corner, watched the excited Akagi with lingering fear.
"They were just too tired to fall asleep! Because my research is too difficult!"
"Um..." Makura cautiously stepped forward to interrupt him, afraid that he would go crazy again, "Which device is used to detect brainwaves?"
“This one.” Gen Fukushima picked up an earphone. “After the test subject falls asleep, his brainwave data will be transmitted to this computer.”
Masakura was so shocked that his mouth dropped open.
"Huh? That's amazing?"
“Then let us be the test subjects for once,” Terui Ryu said, stepping forward two steps.
Yukimura Himeka rushed forward, shaking her head and waving her hands in protest, "No, if you try it, the monsters in your dreams will..."
"Don't worry, we will definitely confront him head-on and completely eliminate him."
"I am confident," said Terujiro.
"Then I'll come along too."
Shotaro Sato suggested.
"Wow, you guys are so brave!" Yukimura Himeka blinked and clapped her hands excitedly.
Then, just like he had hugged Shotaro Sasaki before, he stepped forward and hugged Ryu Terui.
"I am extremely grateful."
She raised her head, her gaze filled with admiration, and cupped her chin in her hands as she looked at him, saying, "Could you be my destined prince?"
Terui Ryu:?
Shotaro: Huh?
Akiko, standing behind, twitched her lips and muttered to herself while looking at the animal specimens beside her:
"Does she think she can say and do this to just anyone?" That's such a terrible woman...
Seeing their expressions, Fukushima Gen quickly explained, "Don't misunderstand, that's Himeko Rin's gentleness."
"Huh? Ji... Ji Xianglin?"
Shotaro Zuo was confused.
What is this all about?
......
The visit to the research lab ended quickly, and Shotaro and Akiko returned to Narumi's office to discuss things with Philip.
Akiko's eyes widened, and she stroked her chin with a Conan-like expression as she analyzed:
"The culprit must be Professor Akagi, or to put it simply, a mad scientist. He's willing to become a dream-manipulating entity for his research!" His erratic, insane behavior...
If he said he didn't ask 893 questions, who would believe 60 out of 644 questions?
Philip was holding the device against the earpiece he had specially brought back to detect brainwave data, but he didn't find anything unusual on it. He put the device down and said:
“There’s nothing suspicious about it; the device is quite ordinary.”
“Then I’ll give it a try.” Shotaro took the earphone from his hand. “If an admixture appears in my dream, I’ll definitely grab its vitals and identify its true form.”
He put on his headphones and lay down on the small bed next to him, "That way the case will be solved."
Philip said thoughtfully, "Will things be resolved so simply?"
......
At this very moment, in a lounge.
"Wake me up immediately if anything unusual happens." Terui Ryu put on his headphones and closed his eyes. Jino Mikio and Makura stood to the side, nodding and saluting, "Understood, please rest assured."
......
Night falls.
"Damn it!" Shotaro, who had been keeping his eyes closed, threw off the covers in frustration. "I can't sleep at all when I'm so focused."
When he tried to cover himself with the blanket again, he suddenly remembered what had happened that day.
"correct!"
Shotaro sat up, took out the DVD of Kaze no Hajime: The Terrifying Avenger that Akiko had been watching all night, and put it into the computer's CD drive.
"Okay, let's start watching a period drama to help me fall asleep." He placed the computer on the right side, found a comfortable angle to prop his head up, and watched the TV series playing. "I should start feeling sleepy soon."
However, without realizing it, he had already opened several DVDs, and placed the ones he had finished watching next to his pillow. His eyes were still fixed on the characters on the computer screen. At the most suspenseful moment of the TV series, a character named Kaze no Saheiji was seen wearing a loose kimono and tying someone up with ropes.
But a samurai sword quietly appeared behind him and slowly approached his neck.
Hiraji stopped his movement and turned his head:
"Could it be that you are?!"
That's all for now.
Shotaro immediately sat up.
"Wow!" He quickly opened the newest disc, took out the old one, and inserted the new one. "This is quite interesting."
"Who exactly is it...?"
......
Meanwhile, in Akagi's brain science research lab, someone was looking at the brainwaves of Shotaro Hidari and Ryu Terui on a computer screen, and took out a memory chip and inserted it into the connection port on his arm.
"Nightmare!"
(nightmare!)
......
While Shino Mikio and the others who were waiting beside Terui Ryu were playing with military flags on the bed next to him to pass the time, Terui Ryu on the other bed was motionless, obviously already asleep.
"Brother!" a clear voice called out, "Brother!!!"
Terujiro turned around, and a girl in a school uniform appeared in front of him with a bright smile, holding a bento box and skipping along.
This is his sister.
Teruji Ryu subconsciously smiled and said:
"Why are you here, Haruko?"
"You forgot your lunchbox. How can you be a detective?" she said, handing over the lunchbox she was holding.
Terui Ryu smiled as he looked at the familiar Haruko in front of him, but as he looked, he frowned.
'No, Haruko was already killed by Isaka last summer...'
"Oh, right, brother," Haruko said with a bright smile, "Actually, I'm getting married!"