Chapter 283

The presence of the escort finally receded, and I let out a sigh of relief.

Since the conditions were all met, Dalzollene very reluctantly began to explain his own Fortune Telling ability.

【Lovely Ghostwriter】

·Special Ability

Performs a Prediction in the form of a Divination through Automatic Writing.

The fortune consists of four to five quatrains, predicting what will happen each month and each week (starting on Sunday). If the relevant month has 6 weeks, the last week is not marked.

The fortune is for the current month, but only if the fortune is told on the last day of the current month will it predict the next month instead of the current one. If the target week has already passed or the events of the current week have already ended, note the past events.

A bad Prophecy is always accompanied by a warning; if you heed the warning, you can avoid the Prophecy.

Words regarding sleep allude to illness and death.

If a death Prophecy is made, no quatrains will be written for one week following the Prophecy.

＜Constraint＞

① You cannot use this Nen Ability to predict your own future.

② It requires a slip of paper with the name (alias, stage name, etc.), date of birth, and blood type of the person being predicted, written in their own handwriting. You can only write one quatrain on that paper.

③ A Prediction cannot be performed unless the target person being predicted is at the location of the fortune telling or there is a facial photograph of the target person.

④ While writing, you do not know what you are writing.

⑤ Do not attempt to know what you have written.

＜Commitment＞

① If you attempt to participate in the content of the Prediction, such as trying to know what you have written down, the accuracy of the corresponding Prediction will decrease. The drop in the hit rate increases with the degree of participation.

Let me hear the details of her Fortune Telling ability, ruminating on what Hansu did in my mind.

"Huff...

It is said to be 100%, but that is not really true after all..."

As soon as the words fell, several people in the room showed suspicious expressions. Dalzollene seemed to understand what I wanted to say and frowned.

"Just because you can evade a bad Prophecy does not mean it will come true.

First of all, there is no point in predicting things that cannot be avoided.

The key is to make a highly certain Prediction and how to deal with it."

"Please do not say too many disparaging things about the young lady...!"

Dalzollene protested.... This is correct. If you say such things in front of a top-tier client. But it is better to be clear about this.

"I am not disrespecting you.

First of all, I do not believe in future Predictions or 100% accuracy.

In fact, even in that quatrain I saw, there were discrepancies.

It is possible, but once the human who sees the Prophecy changes their own behavior, the originally most likely Flow will change.

What is the problem?

There must be such situations where, if things had proceeded according to the Prediction, someone should have benefited, but because other people who were predicted changed their behavior, the result did not develop as predicted.

──So, the more people who are predicted, the lower the accuracy rate."

Ten-rou's Leader looked troubled. Dalzollene's face turned pale.

Perhaps Dalzollene also vaguely knew. I think my unease has already been expressed through my words.

"... It is just a Nen Ability. It is absolutely not."

A silence deeper than silence enveloped the place. What I just said is also inconvenient for me. That is why I should recognize that this is not a word that can be ignored. Everyone.

This is more of an understatement...

If there are others who have the ability to predict the future.

If you change your behavior using another Prediction, this fortune telling cannot be 100%.

... I cannot believe I have such an ability. The possibilities are endless, so I will not mention them.

"Dalzollene.

This is a completely redundant Suggestion, but you should carefully check the people you tell fortunes for.

People with a high probability of influencing each other are more likely to make the fear I just mentioned a reality. In particular, people in the underworld are more likely to result in incorrect Predictions.

The more people who evade the Prophecy, the lower the accuracy rate; there is no helping that, right?"

"..."

"This kind of fortune telling is why the advantage is so great."

Predicting things that are inevitable is meaningless. Dalzollene, who has been watching the fortune telling by her side, should understand that this is an undeniable fact. There may have been dangerous situations before.

"Instead of having clients protest later that the fortune telling that should have been followed was wrong, if they avoid it as much as possible, the loss will be smaller, won't it?

... If possible, the unit price of the fortune telling might be better, but only tell fortunes for people who are higher up. Then the clients will be satisfied.

Precisely because the price is high and there are few other people telling fortunes, the success rate goes up."

"This guy, you still want to give advice?"

Hearing one of the Ten-rou Leaders speak softly, I suddenly came back to my senses.

That? Did I exaggerate? Why support people in the underworld?

... Ah, yes. The Flow of things, the Flow of things. No.

The old man with the sore mouth placed his scarred hand on my shoulder,

"I mean.

We should all become clients and share our fortune telling results, right?

How about it?"

"... Mm-hmm."

Yes, that's right...

In that case, we can know the other party's Prophecy, and we can even know how humans with bad Prophecies will evade them. A future where the Prophecy no longer exists is easy to predict. The amount of information is also quite considerable.

But you all, can you establish such a cooperative relationship? I have a feeling that if we don't trust each other, things won't go smoothly."

"That area might be a problem, but that is not something for you to worry about."

... I was told not to worry.

"Mm.

We've strayed quite far from the topic, so let's talk about the current Divination results.

Dazorne. I believe you have already seen them, but please answer the questions regarding the prophetic poems on the table."

"... Understood."

And then we finally returned to the current issue.

On the paper where each prophetic poem was written, the diviner, the date and time of the Divination, and the week the Divination referred to were recorded.

① 4 Auction clients (Divination date and time: August 31, morning)

- The first week of September -

In the basement, everything is rising in price.

This will be your bed.

Do not go up stairs you have not climbed before.

Do not compete with others for quantity.

② Ten-rou leader (Divination date and time: September 1, noon)

- The first week of September -

Enjoy the black banquet.

Do not be satisfied with lofty goals.

If you hide yourself in the waves of Pitch Darkness,

Go to bed without a sound.

③ One of the Ten-rou (Divination date and time: September 2, noon)

- The first week of September -

The Shimotsuki shining in the night sky tramples the beast's shadow.

Fallen Angel Wings flutter.

Peel off all the calendars.

The moon sinking in the harbor is entrusted to the hands of the Buddha.

- 2nd week of September -

Blooming at an inappropriate time.

The cherry blossom spirit sees off the sinking moon.

Submit to the test of the spirit.

The black goods lying on the ground will eventually awaken.

Yes... it is time.

① and ② were predicted before the Auction started on the first day. In other words, these are Divinations where no action was taken to evade the Prophecy.

③ would be the result of avoiding the Prophecy of ②. If one of the Ten-rou who was supposed to meet was to be assassinated, all the Ten-rou might have the same ending. Same as ①.

Nevertheless, there is no death Prophecy in ③, and there is a poem starting from the second week. On September 1, the day the incident occurred, the Divination was conducted after avoiding the Prophecy of ②, so the result of the Divination reflects this.

Even so...

The Divination for the first week of September in ③, which starts with "The night sky...", is strange compared to the other Divinations.

It is like a poem about a final battle; it is a masterpiece. What exactly happened?

Hit Darzorne with the questions you have already organized in your mind.

"On August 31, you already knew the result of this Divination, didn't you?

A customer at the Underground Auction had a premonition of death."

"... Oh, I see.

After the young lady predicts for a client, I check the content of the Divination, and if there are signs of death, I warn the client along with the Divination result.

The investigation also showed that four clients received the exact same death Prediction, and all four of these clients planned to attend this year's Underground Auction."

Darzorne's words made me frown.

"Understood. How could you all be in such a dangerous place?

How long have you been staying in Yorkshin?"

"... August 31.

Before making this prediction, the young lady intended to attend the Underground Auction in person."

"I understand, then you were probably cold.

She cannot predict for herself, nor can she know the results of others' Divinations.

However, he still tried to attend an Underground Auction that was clearly predicted to be dangerous."

When I said this, Darzorne made a rather complicated expression.

"... I persuaded the young lady, and the three of us bodyguards attended the Auction on her behalf.

I had long known what the young lady wanted."

"Hmm, who were the three people who participated?"

"......

Two died as martyrs. Only Wes, who was there earlier, escaped unscathed."

"...... I see.

Just to confirm, does the Nostrade family intend to retaliate against the Phantom Troupe?"

"...... No.

We witnessed the scene of 'trampling the beast's shadow next month' in this poem (3) with our own eyes.

We determined on the spot that with our strength, it was impossible to defeat them......

If the Mafia community decides to retaliate again, we will do our best."

"Yes.

...... No, it is time for you to stop.

Everyone should focus on escorting her, rather than combat power.

You are often targeted, aren't you, child? If something happens to you, she is naturally in danger as well. For the Mafia community, that would be a greater loss."

The old man with a sore mouth nodded,

"...... I understand. Darzorne.

In this case, if the Mafia belonging to the Mafia community targets her unilaterally, please contact me directly. Stop immediately.

If you are targeted by someone who does not belong to you, and you do not have enough strength, you can use it from here.

Also, even if retaliatory measures are taken in this situation, I will not force you to participate."

"A......

Thank you!"

"What, politeness alone is not enough.

That girl's fortune-telling saved my life. It was cheap."

............ I think I said too much again. The Mafia is becoming more and more powerful.

If I say this, I might as well put this matter aside....... Even so, if the balance of power in the underworld collapses, conflicts will become more likely to occur, and that is still better than that.

"Ah, retaliation, I remember now.

First of all, did you cancel the assassination request for the Zoldyck?

Isn't it because they discovered that the Phantom Troupe is from Meteor City?

If that is the case, the option of retaliation should disappear first."

The old man with a sore mouth gave me a troubled look,

"That is what you told the Zoldyck.

If I had captured or killed one of them, I could have investigated.

Even with cross-checking with the International People's Data Organization, it is difficult to prove they do not exist.

If he were there, I could investigate, but there is no information indicating he is from Meteor City."

"...... Of course. It is difficult to investigate from that line.

Even if the Hunter Association investigates, I don't believe the result would be any different."

"That is correct.

But this is the basis for your claim that they are from Meteor City, right?

'Kurta Massacre' and '31st Suicide Bombing Incident'. The common message left at the scene was: 'We refuse nothing. So do not take anything from us.'

Different?"

"Yes, that is it.

But you cannot contact Meteor City even if you want to, right? Does the Phantom Troupe have a connection with Meteor City? I don't want to cause trouble; it is a mutual relationship.

Even if I cannot say for sure, I think I have no choice but to do it because of the possibility."

"Don't tell me so easily...

Precisely because it cannot be confirmed, I am currently hesitating whether to retaliate.

After studying the '31st Suicide Bombing Incident', I understand the other party is not good.

But now that even the Auction Items cannot be found, and face cannot be saved, it is a pity."

"It is too difficult, Ya-san.

If the Auction Items are found and an Underground Auction is held, will the retaliation stop?"

"That is the bare minimum...

However, I feel that making an enemy of not only Meteor City but even the Hunter Association is truly too terrible."

"Yeah, very smart.

It is best not to give the Association an excuse to intervene, okay? They also have connections with governments around the world.

Do it right, please don't disturb the others."

"Ear pain, wait hey......

If it is a mental check, I cannot ignore it, so I am in trouble."

"Yamete, you treat me like I am Fuki-chan.

Anyway, you look anxious, aren't you worried about the time limit for the Underground Auction?"

"Of course I am.

All auctions in Yorknew will end on September 10th.

Therefore, tomorrow night is the limit for the secret Underground Auction."

"After that, many families will return home..."

"I'm glad you came so quickly. Alright, let's give it a try."

"Oh, please. As quickly as possible.

Is there any other information you need?"

"The ability of the Owl carrying the Auction Items and the murder scene.

Hmm, I'm sure it's right around the collapsed building."

"The Owl's corpse, or rather its remains, was found buried in a crater created by Fire.

Of course, I had them investigate the surroundings, but they couldn't find a single Auction Item."

"Have you had any Nen users other than me search for you?"

"... I cannot be too public.

Internal matters are not to be spoken of, and outsiders must be consulted first."

"Fine.

Then tell me the Owl's Hatsu."