Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"Hey! Anlan! Where are you going?"

Seeing An Lan suddenly run off in one direction, Jiang Lai hurriedly chased after her.

He noticed something!

That is...

After An Lan suddenly decided to chase after something in a certain direction, the little dwarf in the blue hat who had been following An Lan suddenly stopped staring at him!

Instead...

The guy's gaze locked onto him and then shifted to him!

"Holy crap!"

"What the hell are you doing?"

"What's the principle behind this?!"

Completely baffled, he could only follow An Lan and run out of the crowd.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

It's about a kilometer away from the border.

We have now arrived at the street corner of Queen Street.

An Lan stood at the end of the street, looking at the nearest tall building on the adjacent street, and suddenly stopped in her tracks!

"Um?"

"What's wrong again?"

Jiang Lai stood behind An Lan and followed his gaze. A figure wearing an orange hat was already walking towards the high-rise building, and his shadow was still folded in the stairwell.

"hiss..."

"Are you stalking the Orange-Hat Dwarf?"

"Um..."

Why are you following him?

"To confirm something... I want to see who he's contacting!"

"ha?"

"Hold the candle flame tight, let's follow!"

Without explaining much to Jiang, An Lan stood in the candlelight and followed him into the high-rise building.

This high-rise building is somewhat similar to the design of an old Chinese pigeon coop, with a staircase winding upwards, allowing you to come down at any corresponding floor and go to the apartment on that floor.

Keep going up, up, up...

After climbing to the top of the building, where an open-air balcony lay before her, Anlan stood at the entrance to the balcony.

My gaze fell upon a pavilion on the balcony under the moonlight!

The aroma of strong liquor wafted from the pavilion. A man with blond hair and blue eyes, dressed in luxurious clothes, was swaying a bottle of liquor, leaning against the pavilion, and looking towards the light outside!

This is a high-rise building with an excellent view.

With just one glance, one can see the entire scene of the distant landscape.

"Wow—"

Wow!

"Dance, dance, dance!"

The shouts and joyful singing continued.

But the man just shook the bottle, gulped down a big mouthful, and stared down below with a dazed look in his eyes.

"The Little Prince..."

"you..."

"Still haven't gotten over it?"

The one speaking is the orange-hatted dwarf.

He had already entered the pavilion and stood firmly behind the Little Prince, gazing at him with pity.

"It's you again..."

"Little dwarf..."

"Why is it that every time I sneak over, you manage to spot me?"

The Little Prince glanced back at the orange-hatted dwarf, his face filled with bewilderment.

"Glug glug! Glug glug!"

"..."

After finishing the entire bottle of wine in his hand, the Little Prince staggered toward the table in the pavilion, and went to grab another bottle!

"Clang!"

suddenly!

The orange-hatted dwarf swept the drinks off the table and calmly looked at the Little Prince: "Do you really intend to continue down this path of depravity? Do you think the Little Mermaid, who was willing to sacrifice herself to keep you, wanted to see you like this?!"

"you!"

"What do you know?!"

"What do you know?!"

In a few strides, the Little Prince walked up to the orange-hatted dwarf and grabbed him by the neck with both hands!

"Do you know? Do you know?!"

"I've almost forgotten! I've almost forgotten... what does the Little Mermaid actually look like?!"

"The saddest thing for a person is not death... but that the only person who remembers her slowly forgets her..."

"That damned witch..."

"I can feel my memories of her becoming increasingly hazy..."

"I--"

"I!!!"

As he spoke, the Little Prince was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"..."

The orange-hatted dwarf remained silent, letting the other man slowly loosen his grip on his neck...

"..."

The rooftop was deathly silent.

Downstairs in the distance, the mirror still reflects joy.

These are two different worlds.

I don't know how long they remained silent...

suddenly!

"so..."

"You built a wooden bridge that stretches all the way into the sea, hoping to go down and search for traces left by the Little Mermaid?"

"You don't want to forget her, do you?"

An Lan took the initiative to come out.

The Little Prince and the orange-hatted dwarf, still immersed in their grief, were both taken aback!

"you!"

"Where did you come from?!"

"Where I came from, who I am, none of that matters..."

"The important thing is..."

"Perhaps I can help you get something..."

"What...what do you mean?!"

"I've gone down there many times! But every time, I'm surrounded by a bunch of mermaids! They never give me a chance to explore; they utterly despise humans!"

"What do you think you can find?!"

The Little Prince snapped out of his daze and looked at An Lan with disdain.

Nobody's here!

No one can go down to the bottom of the sea and find something while surrounded by a group of mermaids!

"Tsk..."

"You don't need to worry about whether I'm okay or not. If I die down there, it's my own fault! If I happen to get something from the Little Mermaid, wouldn't you be the one who profits?"

"this--"

"..."

An Lan's next sentence instantly interrupted the Little Prince's doubts!

Fragrant!

This suggestion is amazing!

He will die if he doesn't succeed!

He succeeded. No matter what his intentions were, he was able to obtain the Little Mermaid's remaining memories!

this...

All benefits and no harm!

why not?

"What are your demands... what exactly is your purpose?"

Although he was somewhat tempted, the Little Prince still watched An Lan warily.

An Lan narrowed her eyes: "It's very simple!"

"You need to get on Cinderella's pumpkin carriage now, let's drive together to the bottom of the sea..."

"It's that simple!"

"You...you want my sister-in-law's car?"

"No... if you wanted it, why did you send it into the sea! You..."

The Little Prince was somewhat bewildered: "Taking a car into the sea? You...you're asking for it?!"

"That's none of your business!"

"Just know that I'm an adventurer who loves adventure!"

"As for whether we'll die, that's a matter for us adventurers!"

Choose!

"Are you suggesting we take a risk, or have you gradually forgotten about 'The Little Mermaid'?"

An Lan shrugged indifferently and leaned against a corner of the balcony.

The Little Prince and the orange-hatted dwarf stared at him for a while before exchanging a glance and quickly walking towards the stairwell entrance!

"you..."

"You wait! I'm with you!"

"Da da da—da da da—"

The sound of footsteps coming downstairs reached An Lan's ears, but she didn't rush to chase after them; a slight smile silently curved her lips.

"Holy crap..."

"Didn't we say that the [Mirror Image] shouldn't disturb them?"

"An Lan... what are you doing?!"

Jiang Lai came to her senses and looked at An Lan with a bewildered expression.

The dwarf in the blue hat was still following him!

"The premise of not disturbing is... not disturbing the other person's happiness!"

"And I am about to give the Little Prince happiness!"

"Then why can't I bother him?"

"What do you mean?"

"You...you really went down there to find the Little Mermaid's things? In the fairy tale, didn't everything about her turn into bubbles and disappear after the sun came out?"

"Excuse my bluntness, but even at the bottom of the sea, she might not be able to leave anything behind..."

"You still haven't realized it?"

"ah!?!"

"You—you bastard, you're not planning to use this trick to cross the beach and then go to the bottom of the ocean in the [Evil World]? You're looking for the witch of the [Evil World]?!"

"You're pretty quick-witted!"

"That's right... the Little Mermaid's whereabouts here may have completely disappeared, but over in the Evil World... that's another story!"

"But..."

"But aren't we currently studying the seven dwarfs of [the Boundary]?"

"Why did you suddenly bring up 'The Little Mermaid' again?"

Jiang Lai was completely bewildered by An Lan.

What kind of playing style is this?

Why are you going here and there?

Shouldn't we focus on clearing one point first?

"Tsk..."

"You still haven't figured it out?"

An Lan shook her head and then walked downstairs.

"Huh? What did you figure out?"

"The Secret of the Dwarfs!"

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't you notice that this little dwarf in the blue hat is only following you, not me?"

"yes!"

Why?

"Because of doubt! Because of confusion! Because of astonishment!"

"ah?!"

"What triggers him is this kind of emotion!"

"What?!"

After a few words, Jiang Lai's brain was struck dumb!

because...

Because of surprise?

Will this trigger the [dwarf]'s tracking?

this...

How did you come up with that idea?

"Hi--"

"Still haven't figured it out?"

"The first time we went to [Evil World - Mirror Land], you triggered a dwarf first, and then I triggered the Blue-Hat Dwarf! The second time we went, I directly triggered the [Blue-Hat Dwarf]!"

"Now, the moment we arrived here, we triggered the [Green-Hat Dwarf] again!"

"I ask..."

What do these experiences have in common?

An Lan suddenly turned her head and glanced at Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai pursed his lips, frowned, and pondered for a while before stammering, "It's...it's the confusion, bewilderment...surprise I felt while thinking?!"

"Hyouka! You got it right!"

"The first time, it was when you suddenly encountered something. I was definitely surprised at the time, wondering why it was you who encountered a monster! So, in my confusion and thinking, I triggered the pursuit of the blue-hatted dwarf!"

"The second time, we just escaped death from Cinderella's clutches! I think I've figured out a lot of clues by now. As the car headed towards the border, I think I was thinking about something..."

Because of thinking, I was triggered by feelings of doubt, so this time I triggered the [Blue-hatted Dwarf] first...

"As for now..."

"We've been thinking about the [Evil World], wondering why this guy is chasing us..."

"So, his ability was triggered again!"

"Am I right? [The Blue-Hat Dwarf]?"

"Tap tap tap—"

After walking down the stairs, An Lan turned to look at Jiang Lai again, but the [Green Hat Dwarf] had disappeared!

Regarding this!

An Lan and Jiang Lai both looked as if they had expected this!

Now that the doubts in my heart have disappeared, the other party... naturally won't pursue me anymore!