Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

"Remuneration is not a problem." Harrison waved his hand, and the butler immediately handed over a check, "This is your advance activity fund. After the investigation results, there will be several times the reward depending on the situation."

Ye Ya took the check, looked at it, put it away casually, and nodded happily: "I accept this commission."

As soon as the voice fell, without waiting for Harrison to say anything, Ye Ya quickly took out the power of attorney and pen with the "Rumored to Have a Firm" logo from the cabin of the Night Raven, and handed it to Harrison:

"This is the power of attorney, please fill it out."

Harrison was stunned for a moment, then showed a little bit of a helpless expression, nodded and said: "Okay, no problem."

Harrison was obviously a person who was accustomed to dealing with various written documents, and he quickly filled out the power of attorney.

After putting away the standard and neatly written power of attorney, Night Crow took out a business card and a silver coin commemorating the 29th anniversary of the firm, and handed them to the other party while saying:

"This is the business card and commemorative coin of the firm, please keep it... The pen is also a souvenir, just accept it."

"Oh, okay, thank you..."

"You're welcome."

...

After saying goodbye to Harrison, Night Crow found an empty alley nearby and walked into the blind spot of the surveillance. Just as he was about to switch to the form of the Sea Moon Goddess with dream ability, he suddenly sensed something and stopped.

The next moment, the scenery in front of Night Crow was distorted and blurred.

But in the blink of an eye, everything became clear again, and Night Crow found that he was no longer in the world.

This is a fairy-tale-like garden with the warm and perfect afternoon sunshine shining on the afternoon tea table covered with a white tablecloth, making the colorful tea and snacks on the table even more sweet and tempting.

Next to the exquisite afternoon tea table, there are two white hollow carved armchairs quietly placed, one of which is empty, and the other is occupied by a handsome young man with blond hair, blue eyes, clean and gentle temperament.

The young man is leisurely, smiling at Night Crow, and gracefully extends a hand to signal: "Please sit down."

Night Crow nodded, took a few steps forward and pulled out a chair to sit down without hesitation, picked up the teapot and poured tea for himself, grinning while pouring:

"Your father just asked me to investigate whether you are dead or not."

"Ah, I saw it." The young man - Chaos Devitt nodded slightly, picked up the white porcelain teacup and took a sip of red tea, "You don't look surprised at all."

"I'm used to it." Night Crow said, holding the fragrant black tea to his mouth and drinking it.

The next moment, Night Crow's eyes lit up, and he blurted out an exclamation: "It tastes good!"

"As long as you like it." Chaos smiled reservedly.

After taking a few more sips of black tea, Night Crow put down the teacup with a reluctant look and looked at the young man opposite him:

"So, why did you bring me here? You're not in a hurry to give me money, are you?"

"Of course not... My dear father is very rich, but I'm very poor." Chaos said with a smile, as if he didn't hear that Night Crow was referring to the commission fee, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

——For such a talented young man with a villain temperament, Night Crow certainly didn't believe that he couldn't even understand such simple words.

So, Night Crow got straight to the point and said simply: "I don't like conversations that beat around the bush. Just say it directly. What do you want to do?"

"Straightforward!" Chaos praised, but he didn't intend to speak frankly - that didn't fit his character, "You should have read my information, right?"

Night Crow picked up a piece of dessert and said casually: "Do you mean 'members of the ××× anti-federal armed group', or 'the body has been sent for inspection and incinerated'?"

Chaos's smile remained unchanged: "Then..."

"Delicious!" Night Crow's eyes lit up again.

"...Then." Chaos's smile remained unchanged, as if he was not affected, and he finished the short sentence he wanted to say.

"Oh...then what?" Night Crow said vaguely with puffy cheeks.

"...Do you like sweets very much?" Chaos asked with a gentle smile.

"I like it very much!" Night Crow swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded without hesitation, "Did you make this?"

"Yeah." Chaos nodded, "A little entertainment in my spare time."

"Awesome! Even if you follow the recipe, it's not easy to make it so delicious!" Night Crow praised sincerely.

"... Just some snacks." Chaos said lightly, changing the subject a little stiffly, "Have you seen the reality of the world?"

"The reality of the world? What do you mean?" Night Crow reached out again, picked up a snack with a different shape and taste, and asked casually.

Chaos did not answer directly, but talked about something seemingly unrelated: "My ability is not like what Team 7 guessed, it is a fantasy manifestation."

"Oh." Night Crow concentrated on enjoying the delicious snacks and nodded casually to show that he was listening.

"... I gave my ability a name, called 'Boundary of Truth'."

For the sake of the delicious snacks, Night Crow took the time to praise it: "It sounds amazing."

"..." Chaos's smiling expression froze for a moment, "Thanks to this ability, everything in the world is transparent and false in my eyes."

Night Crow nodded and reached out to a new piece of snack.

As if he didn't notice Night Crow's perfunctory response, Chaos continued to speak:

"Everything in the world is essentially a collection of information, and for me, this information can be easily checked, easily tampered with, or even... erased. This is the 'boundary of truth'."

Night Crow swallowed a mouthful of food, licked the snack crumbs on his lips, and finally took it seriously: "'Easily' tampered with, erased... I don't believe it."

"...If you have to care about it, it's really not that easy." Chaos still smiled gently, "But it's just the amount of energy consumed... Other than that, the conditions are almost zero."

"Really? What about me?" Night Crow said, picking up another piece of snack and putting it into his mouth, and said vaguely, "Can you 'easily' tamper with my information?"

"...That's why I invited you here." Chaos's smile was slightly restrained, and there was a hint of seriousness in his blue eyes.

"To me, a world that can be arbitrarily tampered with is 'false', and you are the only 'real' thing I have ever seen in my life that cannot be tampered with."