Chapter 76

Aventurine: "Something like that... after all, if I don't gamble... I can't even survive..."

Aventurine: "Sigh, why am I telling you all this."

Aventurine: "I don't need any comfort."

Aventurine: "The current me will never repeat the mistakes of the past!"

Aventurine: "It's just a pity... they can't see it anymore... can't see it anymore..."

Stelle: "......"

Firefly: "......"

Robin: "......"

Dr. Ratio: "Sigh... this damn world!"

The video continues.

[You should wake up, gambler.]

Dr. Ratio's deep voice suddenly rings out.

[...Oh!]

[God, I might have had too much SoulGlad... I didn't expect you to come back so fast, how is it... any discoveries?]

Aventurine rubs his dizzy head,

and then looks at Dr. Ratio.

[Just as you guessed: no one outside knows that Robin was murdered, not even a rumor.]

[The TV is still broadcasting her ceremony rehearsal—probably a double—everyone is dreaming.]

Dr. Ratio says the situation he investigated.

[That's for sure.]

[Who would have thought that death would truly descend into the beautiful dream built by the Family, and the victim is still the heroine of the Charmony Festival...]

[Honestly, I didn't believe it before, and even "tested" it myself a few times.]

[Until I found that I really couldn't die.]

[Once there is danger, I will be forcibly awakened by the Dream Pool, as if I just had a nightmare.]

[That's why I am convinced that there must be a bigger secret hidden behind this.]

Aventurine explains.

[Then you should have also heard of that Memory Zone Meme...]

[When I went to find the Oak Family to pull some strings for you, they were already in a mess.]

[Besides Robin, there was another victim.]

[I don't know the specifics, only that it was a stowaway.]

Dr. Ratio tells Aventurine the other piece of intelligence he inquired about.

[Two murder cases?!]

[I said that the Nameless's reaction was wrong, she must have witnessed another one...]

[This murderer is really a lunatic...]

[But I have to say, the murder case is a very good breakthrough, which can accuse the Family of dereliction of duty and let the IPC intervene with this excuse.]

[It's just that their wrist is much tougher than I thought, even Robin's double is ready...]

[These two cases will definitely be suppressed.]

[What should I do?]

[Let me think... the opportunity is rare, and I can't afford to lose, I must be very careful...]

For the next plan,

Aventurine begins to fall into deep thought.

[Amazing, gambler.]

[You're out of ideas again so soon?]

Dr. Ratio looks at Aventurine,

his tone teasing, and with a trace of sarcasm.

[There are many chips, but they must be carefully selected.]

[The most straightforward one... still has to be Robin.]

[Remember, that Masked Fool asked me to "find a mute to be a friend".]

[Robin is the mute in her words.]

[She lost her voice, ordinary people don't notice it, but it can't escape your ears and mine; that is not the organ making sound, but the resonance of the Harmony.]

[If it wasn't that the girl practiced singing until her throat was hoarse, there is only one possibility...]

[The Family has a problem, or Robin herself has a problem.]

[In order to figure this out, I tried every means to meet her...]

[...But she died, and died right under my nose.]

Saying the last sentence,

Aventurine's face is a bit ugly.

[Total loss—and by the way, sent you to the interrogation stand.]

[There are eyewitnesses at the scene, the Family temporarily believes your alibi, but in the future... I'm afraid you will have to live under the surveillance of the Hounds.]

Dr. Ratio says with a calm tone.

[The current situation is not optimistic, Professor, I'm starting to break into a cold sweat.]

[Do you think there is still a chance to turn the tables in this situation?]

Aventurine spreads his hands,

and then asks with a relaxed face.

[If you ask me the probability—yes, but it's close to zero—to use a more Penacony-local term, dreaming.]

[But if you just can't control your hands and want to find someone to try your luck, then there happens to be a suitable candidate...]

[That man wants to see you again.]

Dr. Ratio raises his eyebrows and says.

[Who?]

Aventurine asks back.

[Sunday.]

Dr. Ratio answers.

[...]

[...Is it a confrontation in court, or a private interrogation?]

Aventurine is a bit speechless.

[If it were the former, I wouldn't need to pass the message.]

Dr. Ratio says as a matter of course.

[Alright...]

[That's right, it's all right.]

[See, the dead don't speak, but the living do—]

[Ratio, I can be sure now that there must be a problem "inside" the Family.]

[Just wait and see, that man's sister is dead... he won't be able to sit still.]

[No time to lose, let's set off now—lead the way!]

[A good show... is about to start.]

Stelle: "Aventurine and Dr. Ratio are colluding again?"

Stelle: "I thought they had already parted ways!"

Dan Heng: "After all, they are both envoys of the IPC, it's impossible for them to be so impulsive."

Dan Heng: "It's just that next, Mr. Aventurine seems to be in trouble!"

Furina: "Because Mr. Aventurine accidentally bumped into the scene where Miss Robin was murdered, he became the unlucky one."

Furina: "He has now become the key suspect of the Family."

March 7th: "Who told him to listen to the Fool's words and insist on finding Miss Robin?"

March 7th: "Now he's in big trouble, right?"

Gallagher: "Tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Sunday, as the head of the Oak Family, is no ordinary person."

Gallagher: "I hope this Mr. Aventurine can come out unscathed after meeting Mr. Sunday... tsk."

Sunday: "I will not be indiscriminate."

Sunday: "If my sister's death really has nothing to do with him, then I naturally won't vent my anger on him."

Aventurine: "Ha, this sentence is enough, I believe that with Mr. Sunday's noble character, he shouldn't make things difficult for an unlucky guy like me, right?"

Dr. Ratio: "That's hard to say."

Dr. Ratio: "After all... some of your handles are still in his hands!"