角色故事•三（解锁条件：角色等级60）
新的一天开始了。

他踏上另一艘飞船，那艘飞船上的人们戴着不同的面具。他差点被人窃夺记忆，被迫听取如妄语一般的演讲。

他知道这条途径的航道上盘踞着巨兽，但他只有走上最险的道路，才有可能求得一条生路。

他击退了巨兽，然后在下一个港口下了船。他自认为藏匿于如星星般不知其数的舰船之中不会被人察觉，却当即被一个红发女子叫住。她恭敬地向他致意，说他们也是被他拯救的舰船之一。

他原本想转身便走，却看到红发女子身旁，停泊着一辆列车。

「你接下来去哪儿？」
「…没想好。」
「那你愿意来列车么？」
「……」
「我们在重走过去的航道，有太多的内容要重新来过，我们需要一个护卫…和记录员。」
「……」
「等你想好了要去哪儿，可以随时下车。」
「好。」  

Character Story: Part III

• Unlocked at Character Level 60

A new dawn begins.

He boards another spaceship, and the passengers are all wearing different masks. He nearly has his memory stolen, and is forced to listen to a lecture that sounded like mad ramblings.

He knows that huge monsters prowl upon this route, but he could only find a way toward survival by traveling along the most dangerous of roads.

He defeats the huge monsters and disembarks at the next port. He thinks he could remain undetected among the countless ships, but he is stopped by a redhead woman. She salutes him in thanks, saying she is with one of the ships he had rescued.

He is about to turn and leave when he sees a parked train beside the redhead woman.

"Where's your next stop?"
"...Haven't decided yet."
"Then would you like to board our Express?"
"..."
"We're retracing our previous journey. There's so much to see all over again. We need a guard... And an archiver."
"..."
"You can get off any time once you made up your mind on where to go."
"Alright."

角色故事•四（解锁条件：角色等级80）
新的一天开始了。

他揉了揉眼睛，发现自己已经许久没有睡得如此踏实了。他想着自己只是暂留，拒绝了特意为他准备的房间，只是在资料室里简单地打了个地铺，结果查阅了一整晚的智库，不知何时沉沉睡去。

他打开房门，列车长站在门外，语气严厉地斥责他不要熬夜，否则会错过热气腾腾的早餐，辜负自己的一番心意。他点点头，列车长心满意足地住了口，一摇一摆地领着他去了车厢。

红发女子——他现在知道她叫姬子，朝他笑了笑。另外一边的棕发男子——瓦尔特先生，虽然看上去有很多问题想问，但终究什么都没说。

不知不觉，他度过了很多这样的早晨。

重走航道的历程并不轻松，大多是由于星核的堵塞，有时也会碰见他此前击退的巨兽。他们甚至捕获了一块漂浮的巨型陨冰，陨冰里有个姑娘。

因此，当他察觉那个名叫开拓者的少年/少女体内被封印着一颗星核时，并不算太惊讶。

列车的旅途还将继续，还有什么不会发生呢？  

Character Story: Part IV

• Unlocked at Character Level 80

A new dawn begins.

He rubs his eyes, realizing it had been too long since he had such a good night's sleep. He considers himself as only staying temporarily and refused the room specially prepared for him, making a simple bed on the floor of the Archives. However, he stayed up all night reading the data bank. At some point, he'd drifted off to sleep.

He opened the door to find the conductor standing there, reprimanding him for staying up late — Otherwise he'd miss out on a piping hot breakfast and would've wasted the care put into it. He nods and the conductor quietens down in satisfaction, wobbling as they lead him into the passenger car.

The redhead woman — who he now knows is named Himeko — flashes him a smile. The brunet man to the other side — Mr. Yang — remains silent despite appearing to have many questions on his mind.

Before he knew it, he'd spent many a morning just like this.

The process of re-visiting the route is not easy, mostly due to the numerous roadblocks caused by Stellaron. Sometimes, they would encounter the huge monsters he'd defeated before. They even found an enormous chunk of floating ice — encased in which was a living girl.

That's why he wasn't very surprised when he detected that the (boy/girl) named (Trailblazer) has an actual Stellaron sealed inside (his/her) body.

The Express's journey will continue on. Is there anything beyond the realm of possibility?

不死途

角色详情
随缘营业，硬核推理，全凭直觉却屡破奇案。
猴子当助手，一心盼退休，侦探睡在冰箱，只为等愿者上钩。
幻月下，恶兽长嗥，他的追猎游戏会如何收网？  

Character Details

He takes cases on a whim, cracks them with hard-core logic, and solves the strangest crimes on sheer instinct.
With a monkey for an assistant and his heart set on retirement, the detective sleeps in a refrigerator, waiting for the bait to catch its willing prey.
Under the light of the Phantasmoon, the vile beast howls. How will he draw the net on this hunt?

角色故事•一（解锁条件：角色等级20）

野兽派侦探故事集（一）

「谨以此书献给我的朋友不死途先生。他本人不擅文采，所以在写作这件事上，我很愿意继续担任他的『旁白』。」

在外人们看来，我的朋友是一个极为古怪的人，例如：
1、怀表永远慢于正常时间却不想更换①。
2、说梦话的次数非常频繁②。
3、习惯睡冰箱③。
4、喜欢在别人写稿子时出言不逊，甚至抢夺羽毛笔，比如现在。
……
由于这些异于常人之处，再加上我的朋友对推理一窍不通，为了当好侦探，我的朋友进行了如下尝试：

周一：搬回一摞推理指南，细细研读了五分钟。
周二：上街采购易容所需要的衣饰，但过于花哨没能用上几次。
周三：打扮成一位绅士混入名流宴会，因为用餐不够礼貌，惨遭驱逐。
周四：花费一下午打扮成一位平易近人的老妇人，打探消息时因暴露男性嗓音而遭到报警。
周五：他招揽来了一位客户，侦探事业似乎在朝着好的方向发展。
周六：枕着推理指南睡了一天。
周天：放假。
周一：无客，继续放假。
本次尝试以阶段性失败告终。
……

如今的不死途先生已经是二相乐园的「不死神探」，坐拥鸽川区最隐蔽的侦探事务所，挥舞香蕉指挥着一群忠诚的雇员。
而当谈起这段我称之为「野兽派扮演」的经历时，他这样总结道：
「不要听老白胡说，事实没有那样不堪。」
说这话时，他面不红心不跳，露出自然的微笑。
看来那段经历的确让他的演技有所提高。

基于此，我总结道：
「侦探守则第一条：试着扮演侦探，就离真的侦探不远了。」

（应我朋友的要求备注如下：
①不死途先生并非不懂怎么调时间的白痴。
②不死途先生的梦话并不滑稽。
③不死途先生是人，不是一只冬眠的熊。）  

Character Story: Part I

• Unlocked at Character Level 20

Canon of Beastie Detective (I)

"Dedicated to my friend, Ashveil. He has no talent for prose, so I am happy to continue serving as his 'Narrator' through this book."

To outsiders, my friend is extremely eccentric. For example:
1. His pocket watch is always delayed, but he refuses to replace it①.
2. He talks in his sleep frequently②.
3. He has a habit of sleeping in the refrigerator③.
4. He enjoys being rude while others are trying to write, and even goes so far as to snatch away their feather quill... like right now.
...
Due to these oddities and his total lack of deductive skill, my friend tried the following to become a "real" detective:

Monday: Brought home a stack of deduction guides and studied them for five whole minutes.
Tuesday: Bought clothes for disguises, but they were too garish to be of much use.
Wednesday: Dressed as a gentleman to join a high-society banquet, but was kicked out for poor table etiquette.
Thursday: Spent the afternoon disguised as a friendly old lady, but the police were called when he revealed his male voice while digging for info.
Friday: He landed a client. His career finally seemed to be going somewhere.
Saturday: Slept all day on his deduction guides.
Sunday: Day off.
Monday: No clients. Another day off.
This endeavor ended in a total, if temporary, failure.
...

Now Mr. Ashveil is the "Ashen Detective" of Planarcadia, running the most secluded detective agency in Dovebrook District and leading his loyal employees with bananas.
Reflecting on the time he spent in what I call "Beastie Roleplay," he had this to say:
"Don't believe a word of Mister N's nonsense. It wasn't that bad."
He didn't even blink as he spoke, wearing a perfectly natural smile.
It seems those experiences really did improve his acting.

From this, I draw a simple conclusion:
"Detective's Code, Rule 1: Act like a detective long enough, and you'll practically become one."

(Notes added at my friend's request:
① Ashveil is not an idiot who doesn't know how to set a watch.
② Ashveil's sleep-talking is not funny.
③ Ashveil is a human, not a bear in hibernation.)

角色故事•二（解锁条件：角色等级40）

野兽派侦探故事集（三）

大侦探并不是孤身一人，请看事务所成员的合影：猴子们露出灿烂的笑容，将侦探（二排左三）挤在中间。
侦探幸福又绝望地看着镜头，就像他看到账单的时候，他掏空口袋缴纳香蕉费的时候，以及月底断水断电的时候。

他的确为伙伴们操碎了心，因为更严重的退化，它们无法像我一样流畅地思考和交谈。
作为猴子们的老板，他得一遍遍告诫它们不要惹出事端：
「『弓手』，城市不是实验室，别害怕噪音，明白了吗？」
「蕉蕉？」
「噗噜虽然是黄色的，但它不是香蕉。」
「蕉蕉？」
「机铠也不能吃，『诗人』，我说第二次了。」
「……」
「你也是，『乐手』，别偷吃了。」
「嚼嚼！」

他有时会和我讲起它们的故事：「弓手」如何掩护同伴，在战火里失去了双手；变成了哑巴的「诗人」以前有多么妙语连珠；「乐手」如何挥舞着一人高的巨锤，硬生生杀出一条血路……

按不死途先生的说法，「头狼」有责任帮助社群里的每一个伙伴。那些无力谋生的同伴，都被他妥善安顿在了可供疗养的星系。
在大家的帮助下，事务所的确在过去的一年内完成了真珠女士交托的各种奇案——至于钓鱼执法，暴力侦查之类的小瑕疵就另当别论了。

在所有案件中，令他最为难忘的是发生在鸽川的一起帮派仇杀案。
为追索十五年前的仇人，男人牺牲了自己的伙伴，家人，孩子……然而在那场失败的复仇尽头，他得到的只是一个鲜血染红的月亮倒影。

查案结束后，大侦探在河边徘徊了许久。
他也看到了自己的倒影么？
没有人知道，在某些时刻，这位侦探会突然变得像漩涡一样黑暗且难以捉摸。

所幸，他还要去赚每天的香蕉费，还有许多微小琐碎的事情分散着他的孤独。
「侦探守则第二条：珍惜你的同伴，就算它们是一群猴子。」  

Character Story: Part II

• Unlocked at Character Level 40

Canon of Beastie Detective (III)

The great detective doesn't work alone. Take a look at the agency's group photo: The monkeys are all smiles, squeezing the detective (second row, third from the left) into the center of the frame.
He gazes into the lens with an expression of blissful despair. That's the same look he wears when reviewing his bills, emptying his pockets for bananas, or seeing the utilities cut off at the end of the month.

He really worries about his companions. Due to severe regression, they can't think or talk as fluently as I can.
As the boss of the monkeys, he has to warn them over and over:
"Archer, this city isn't a laboratory. Don't let the noise scare you, got it?"
"Nana?"
"Ploos might be yellow, but they're not bananas."
"Nana?"
"You can't eat the mechatron either, Poet. That's the second time I've told you."
"..."
"And that goes for you too, Musician. No more stealing snacks."
"Nom nom!"

He sometimes tells me their stories: how Archer lost their hands in the crossfire while covering for their companions; how the mute Poet used to be so witty; how Musician wielded a man-sized hammer to carve a path through the carnage...

According to Mr. Ashveil, the "First Fang" has a duty to help every member in the pack. Those who couldn't make ends meet were all carefully relocated to star systems where they could rest and recover.
With everyone pitching in, the detective agency actually managed to crack all sorts of bizarre cases that Madam Pearl threw their way over the past year, though minor hiccups like entrapment operations and aggressive interrogation tactics are... well, another story.

Of all the cases he'd worked, the one that haunted him most was a revenge killing between gangs in Dovebrook.
To hunt down an enemy from over a decade ago, the man sacrificed his partners, his family, his children... Yet at the end of that failed revenge, all he found was the moon's reflection dyed crimson with blood.

After that case wrapped up, the detective lingered by the river for quite some time.
Did he see his own reflection, too?
No one knows that sometimes this detective can turn dark and unfathomable, like a whirlpool.

Fortunately, he still had his daily banana budget to earn, and there are plenty of other mundane little tasks to distract him from the loneliness.
"Detective's Code, Rule 2: Treasure your companions, even if they're just a bunch of monkeys."

角色故事•三（解锁条件：角色等级60）

野兽派侦探故事集（八）

不死途先生的怪病偶尔会剧烈发作。
他让所有人远离现场，我们会听见冰箱剧烈的抖动，然后是撕咬和啃噬的声音，压抑的嚎叫，映照在百叶窗上狰狞的黑影。
平静过后，他会拖着疲惫的身躯爬出冰箱，扫去冻成寒霜的血迹和汗水，仔细加固手腕上的钉子。
所以，他时常打趣自己：
「如果我在侦探小说里，一定会被人怀疑是罪犯。」

对此，的确有很多可疑的迹象。
首先，据我的不完全统计，不死途先生搬过无数次家。其次，一些老朋友在找他，但他总是避而不见。
但作为助手，我有义务向各位读者澄清真相。

不死途先生是个恋旧的人，在他古旧的行李箱里，珍藏着久远的遗物。
一颗染血的子弹，哪怕十个琥珀纪过去，其上沾染的鲜血仍然鲜艳如同燃烧的火焰。
一支生锈的箭矢，它被拦腰咬断，却仍在颤动，似乎想飞往某一个方向。
……
还有一枚黯淡的忆泡，据说来自于某位大君陨落的古战场。

在触碰忆泡的一瞬间，我觉得自己也经历过类似的梦——
虚卒炽烈的咆哮，战友失温的呢喃，还有在喉咙处滚动的、冰冷的恐惧。

「别分神，盯着我们的目标。」一个熟悉的身影背对着伙伴咽下鲜血。
无数道流星从各处赶来，却像飞蛾扑火一般被毁灭的烈焰焚尽。
「我们会赢吗？」
「这么多牺牲有意义吗……」
比周遭黑暗更可怖的绝望在众人心中盘旋。

在那个惨烈的夜晚，男人被自己的誓言贯穿。
「如果我们找不到光明，那就以更深的黑暗吞噬黑暗。」
影子从他的手臂蔓延开来，化作漆黑的罪孽，将战场、他自己、所有伙伴一同淹没——从此，它就变成了附骨之疽一样的诅咒。

其实，不死途先生并非罪犯，而是个病人，他的病也绝不只有关节炎和老寒腿。
但他早已为自己开好了药方：
「侦探守则第三条：长夜里的牺牲，是换取明天的代价。」  

Character Story: Part III

• Unlocked at Character Level 60

Canon of Beastie Detective (VIII)

Mr. Ashveil's strange affliction flares up violently from time to time.
He makes everyone stay clear of the scene before we hear the violent shaking of the refrigerator, followed by sounds of tearing and gnawing, muffled howls, and sinister shadows cast upon the blinds.
Once it passes, he crawls out of the refrigerator, exhausted and drained, sweeping away the blood and sweat frozen into frost, carefully reinforcing the nails on his wrists.
So he often jokes:
"If I were in a detective novel, I'd definitely be suspected of being the culprit."

There are indeed many suspicious signs pointing to this.
First, according to my incomplete statistics, Mr. Ashveil has moved countless times. Second, he always avoids meeting old friends who are looking for him.
However, as his assistant, I feel obliged to clarify the truth to all readers.

Mr. Ashveil is a sentimental soul who treasures mementos from ages past in his old luggage.
A bloodstained bullet, even after ten Amber Eras, still carries blood that blazes with crimson fire.
A rusted arrow, snapped in two yet still quivering, as if yearning to fly toward some distant destination.
...
And a dim Memory Bubble, said to come from the ancient battlefield where an Overlord fell.

The moment I touched the Memory Bubble, I felt like I'd lived through a similar dream...
The blazing roar of Voidrangers, faint whispers of comrades freezing to the bone, and the cold fear churning in his throat.

"Don't lose focus. Keep your eyes on the target." A familiar figure swallowed blood with their back turned to their comrades.
Countless meteors rushed in from all directions, only to be consumed like moths by the flame of Destruction.
"Will we win?"
"Do all these sacrifices mean anything...?"
A despair more terrifying than the surrounding darkness lingered in everyone's mind.

On that brutal night, the man was pierced through by his own oath.
"If we cannot find the light, then let us devour the darkness with an even deeper darkness."
Shadows spread from his arms, transforming into pitch-black sin, drowning the battlefield, himself, and all his comrades alike. And from that moment on, it became a curse that clung to him like a festering wound.

Truth be told, Mr. Ashveil wasn't a criminal, but a patient. And his ailments went far beyond arthritis and aching joints.
But he'd already written his own prescription:
"Detective's Code, Rule 3: The sacrifices made in the long night are the price paid for tomorrow."

角色故事•四（解锁条件：角色等级80）

野兽派侦探故事集（尾声）

行文至此，我终于回想起了一些零碎的过往——在翁瓦克的雨林中变成原始生物之前，不死途先生的名字已常常出现在我们的谈话中。

「生存守则？我们还有这东西？」在篝火旁，「弓手」罗宾汉曾这样问我。
「试着扮演英雄，就离真的英雄不远了——这是第一条，你们已经差不多做到了。」我说。
「不会都是你现编的吧？」「诗人」科尔打趣道。
「乐手」科里亚正在大笑着嚼着肉排，那对小情侣莉娜和克里斯正合唱着他们从银河各处搜罗来的歌谣。
「他还说过，第二条…珍惜你的同伴，就算他们是一群混蛋。」我说。
「那混蛋们的老大呢？岂不是混蛋中的混蛋？」
「又想魔鬼训练了？」
「手下留情…」罗宾汉举起双手，「明天还有场恶战要打。」
一阵沉默。
科尔看着漆黑的夜空，「要不要我给大家写本传记，等一切结束后？」
「记得加上这句，」我拍拍他的肩膀。「生存守则第三条：长夜里的牺牲，是换取明天的代价。」
「我会记住的，把它当做结尾怎么样？」
「等他想出第四条吧，如果他还活着的话。」
……

那并不只是侦探破案的技巧，也是他教给我们的守则。
瞧，他当了这么久的侦探，身上却仍残留着过去的影子。

因此，我将第一节的备注作如下修改：
①他衷心希望怀表的时间过得慢一些，因为他的复仇之誓还没有完成。
②他时常在梦中经历过去，为了记住那些牺牲的同伴。
③睡在冰箱能减少每夜的幻痛，他以此等待诛杀恶兽的时机。

或许一直以来，他做的都是同一件事，为了心中的公义，向黑暗追索，直到为罪恶降下惩罚。
如今，他活着，是因为他的敌人还没有死去。
不死途是不向命运跪伏的野兽，奔行在通往死亡的狭途——

「生存守则第四条：循着时间追猎未来，直到足够弥补过去。」  

Character Story: Part IV

• Unlocked at Character Level 80

Canon of Beastie Detective (Epilogue)

Writing this far, I've finally pieced together some scattered fragments of the past: Before I became a primitive creature in Vonwacq's rainforests, Mr. Ashveil's name had already been appearing frequently in our conversations.

"Survival rules? Do we even have that?" Robin Hood the Archer once asked me this by the campfire.
"Try playing the hero, and you won't be far from becoming a real one. That's rule number one. You guys have pretty much nailed it." I said.
"Don't tell me you're making these up on the spot?" Cole the Poet teased.
Coria the Musician was laughing away, chomping on a steak, while the young couple Lina and Chris were singing songs they'd collected from across the cosmos.
"He also said rule number two... Treasure your companions, even if they're a bunch of jerks." I said.
"What about the boss of jerks? Wouldn't that make him the biggest jerk of all?"
"Looking for another round of hellish training?"
"Have mercy..." Robin Hood threw his hands up. "We've got a tough fight tomorrow."
A moment of silence.
Cole looked up at the pitch-black night sky. "Want me to write everyone's biography after all this is over?"
"Make sure you include this," I patted his shoulder. "Survival rule number three: The sacrifices made in the long night are the price paid for tomorrow."
"I'll remember that. How about using it as the ending?"
"Let's wait till he comes up with rule number four. If he's still alive."
...

Those weren't just detective tricks for cracking cases, but principles he taught us to live by.
See? Even after all these years as a detective, traces of his past still linger.

Therefore, I have revised the notes for section one as follows:
① He sincerely hopes the pocket watch will tick slower, as his vow of revenge remains unfulfilled.
② He often relives the past in his dreams to remember his companions who sacrificed themselves.
③ Sleeping in the refrigerator eases the phantom pain each night, as he waits for the chance to slay the monstrous beast.

Perhaps all along, he's been doing the same thing, pursuing the darkness in the name of justice, until punishment rains down upon the guilty.
Now, he lives because his enemies have yet to die.
Ashveil is the beast that refuses to kneel before fate and races down the narrow path toward death...

"Survival Rule No. 4: Chase the future along the trail of time, until you've done enough to make up for the past."