Chapter 127 Return

Higuchi Ichiyo has actually been considering whether to change her job recently. As a member of the armed forces, her physical skills are not outstanding and she is easily emotional, so she often doubts whether she is suitable for this position.

Alice suddenly asked this, and Higuchi Ichiyo's nerves suddenly tensed up.

But before she could respond, Ace, who had heard the key words and looked over, spoke first: "You don't like fighting jobs? Then why not switch to a clerical job?"

Higuchi Ichiyo was silent.

She is just struggling with whether or not to switch to a clerical job.

Originally, they were discussing this matter, and someone added another option. Higuchi Ichiyo was obviously tempted, but still showed a hesitant look, "But it's not easy to switch to a clerical position, right? And I don't know which position I should switch to."

Alice's eyes sparkled, "Then we'll ask Rintaro for you then!"

Not many people know this old name, but it is a nickname given by the chief's daughter. When people mention the change of position, the first person they think of who has the power to decide this matter must be the chief.

"Lin... uh, are you asking the leader?" Higuchi Ichiyo was a little hesitant. She always felt that her current behavior was a bit like tricking the leader's daughter into doing her a favor. If she was not careful, her boss would dislike her.

Alice patted her chest and assured, "Don't worry, if you have made up your mind, just leave it to us, right Ace?"

"Hmm? Ah, yeah! Don't worry, we can handle it."

On the other side, Mori Ogai threw his changed clothes on the sofa, thinking, "Did I guess wrong..."

The time when Higuchi Ichiyo joined the Port Mafia was quite coincidental. It was right after the Mimic incident ended and the official important undercover agent Sakaguchi Ango was exposed. The newcomer who joined during this period happened to be the one that Mori Ogai was focusing on.

Now that the last powerful undercover agent has been exposed, the authorities will definitely find a way to send new undercover agents into the port mafia. Among this group of newcomers, Higuchi Ichiyo is the most suspicious.

It is standard for the Mafia to have a cold heart when carrying out missions, especially those who are assigned to the action team, but Higuchi Ichiyo's behavior is not so consistent with the Mafia. Although Mori Ogai also doubted that the authorities would not send such an unprofessional undercover, he could not rule out the other side's reverse thinking.

The targets of undercover agents are usually the intelligence department and the action team. The first is the intelligence department, which can grasp the real-time movements of the organization; the second is the action team, which can analyze the direction of the organization's actions based on the mission content. The higher the level of the action team, the more it can judge the organization's movements.

The Black Lizard was one, and the Leader's Direct Guerrilla Unit was another. Higuchi Ichiyo belonged to the Leader's Direct Guerrilla Unit, which she was not suitable for.

She joined the team even though she was not suitable for it. This was the main reason why Mori Ougai suspected her.

However, now that she is thinking about switching to another position and is prepared to follow her superiors' arrangements in clerical work, it does not seem like the behavior of an undercover agent. After all, if an undercover agent wants to change jobs, he usually has a clear goal.

However, it is impossible for the authorities not to place an undercover agent in Yokohama's dominant port mafia, so who is it...

Michizo Tachihara, an undercover military police officer who had joined the Black Lizard Team before the Mimic incident, sneezed.

Guangjin Liulang, who was leading them on a mission, frowned and glanced at him, and whispered, "Liyuan, bear with it for a while, don't make any sound, if you catch a cold, take some medicine when you get back."

Tachihara Michizou: "...Oh."

But I don't have a cold_(:зゝ∠)_

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Higuchi Ichiyo was transferred to work under Ozaki Kouyo to do clerical work. Mori Ogai asked Ozaki Kouyo to pay more attention to her and observed her for a while and then stopped caring about this matter.

The colonel seized the opportunity and entered a period of expansion. Soon he came into contact with some powerful local forces, so he changed his aggressive attitude to conservative and entered a period of stable development.

About half a year later, Ace received another evaluation about Akutagawa and his friends from Chuuya Nakahara, saying that his students were quite interesting.

In early summer after the New Year, the Asuka Pirates' ship sailed into Yokohama from another port where they left.

Perhaps they wanted to give Ace a surprise, so they didn't tell Ace before they came back. However, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's daily diary and report-like emails basically told Ace about their itinerary. Combined with the intelligence from the port mafia, on the day the cruise ship entered the port, the crew of the pirate group still saw Ace waiting at the port to greet them.

With the support of his supernatural powers, Akutagawa Ryunosuke jumped directly from the bow and landed on the shore.

"Mr. Ace, we are back."

Perhaps because he had been exposed to the sun for a long time, his usually pale skin had become a little darker.

The people on the boat behind were still lowering the gangway, and when they saw Akutagawa Ryunosuke cheating and getting off the boat first, they all started shouting that Akutagawa had run away.

Ace reached out and touched his head. "Glad you're back. Is everyone okay?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned, "Several of Yukikawa and his crew were injured, but they were treated in time and are not seriously injured. Also, we recruited two new crew members during our voyage..."

Ace had seen Akutagawa mention this in the email he sent back. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Great! Can you introduce me to him?"

The companions behind had already got off the boat, and the last one dropped anchor and followed him down.

"Mr. Ace! We're back!"

After returning from the sea, many of these boys have grown into young adults, and have grown a lot taller. They all have smiles on their faces, and compared to their previous gloomy and introverted personalities, they are now more outgoing.

"By the way, Mr. Ace, we have two new companions," Yukawa Hiko, with an OK bandage on his face, turned around and called out, "Fei Niao, come here quickly!"

A girl with shoulder-length golden hair was brought over by Akutagawa Gin. Yukikawa placed a hand on her shoulder and said to Ace, "We found Asuka at sea when we left the United States a year ago. It seemed that she had experienced a plane crash before. After we picked her up, we found that she had lost her memory. However, despite this, she can still drive a boat! Anyway, she has joined our pirate group now. Because she has lost her memory and can't remember her own name, we temporarily gave her the name Asuka."

Akutagawa Gin then introduced Asuka, "This is Mr. Ace whom we mentioned before."

Fei Niao greeted Ace a little reservedly: "Hello, Mr. Ace."

She had heard a lot about Ace when she was on the ship before, and knew that he was a respected person by her companions who saved her. This was also their first meeting, so Fei Niao couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Hello, Asuka, welcome to Yokohama."

Ace seems very approachable, and because his appearance age is fixed at 20 years old, and the youngest on the ship is 17 years old and the oldest is 19 years old, he now looks about the same age as them, which makes Fei Niao relax all of a sudden.

Although he had no memories of the past, some things in his subconscious mind would not change with the loss of memories. They came from his body's inertia and habits. The sociable bird quickly integrated into this new environment.

"By the way, Yan, didn't you say there were two new companions? What about the other one?"

Yukikawa's smile froze for a moment. "Well, there's a new companion, who's more of a homebody, doesn't want to socialize, and insists on staying on the boat to guard it..."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke took a step forward and said, "Mr. Ace, I will take you to see it. Howard's ability is very special. I think he should be the special race mentioned in your story, just like the fish man or mermaid, but there is a difference. I think you should be interested."

Yes, the main reason why Akutagawa Ryunosuke invited the other party on board was because the other party was quite special and really touched Ace's heart, so he especially wanted to bring the person back to show Ace.

As expected, Ace immediately became interested. "Oh? What's the difference?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke organized his words and led Ace to the boat. "I found Howard when I was fishing. He can live in the sea, so I think he should not be a simple psychic."

No matter how special they are, people with special abilities are still human beings, and it is impossible for them to live in the ocean without any human social interaction. In addition, there are a lot of strange species in Ace's story, which makes Akutagawa Ryunosuke's thinking very broad, and he no longer limits the specialness to special abilities.

"Having said that, Howard's appearance is completely consistent with that of a human, and he is different from the mermaids and fishmen you described. However, his limbs can be transformed into tentacles that are somewhat similar to those of marine creatures..."

The more Akutagawa Ryunosuke talked, the brighter Ace's eyes became. He couldn't wait to see what kind of creature this Mr. Howard was. You know, since he came to this world, he has never seen any species other than humans!

Seeing that he was going to take Ace aboard to meet the newcomers, his companions who had already disembarked called out to him from a distance: "Then let's take the things back first and clean up the house—"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke responded and then he and his companions split into two groups.

He took Ace aboard and knocked on the door of a cabin.

The bass voice from inside didn't even ask who it was, and just said, "Come in."

The door was unlocked, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke opened it. "This is our new companion. His full name is Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Because the latter part of the name is more difficult for us to pronounce, everyone is used to calling him Howard." After introducing Lovecraft, he said to Lovecraft, "Mr. Ace wants to meet my new crew member, so I'm bringing him to meet you."

Ace looked into the room and saw a white man with long black curly hair. The last man with similar features he had seen was Lan Tang.

The man had a mature face and looked much older than Ace. At the moment, he was sitting cross-legged on the bed, with a computer on his legs, headphones on his head, and a bag of potato chips in his hands, looking extremely relaxed.

After hearing what Akutagawa Ryunosuke said, he took off his headphones, got out of bed and looked towards Ace, "Ah, hello."

I don't know if he was born with a paralyzed face or if he's just not in the mood or for some other reason, but his expressionless face makes him look even older.

"Hello!" Ace greeted him in a friendly manner, and then stared at him, which made Lovecraft a little confused. So he also looked at Ace and asked, "What can I do for you?"

Ace immediately said excitedly, "Ryunosuke said you can create tentacles, is that true!?"

Mr. Lovecraft transformed his right hand into several green tentacles that squirmed in front of him, and then Ace grabbed one of them and touched it curiously, "Wow, it really turned into a tentacle, so cool!"

Lovecraft was stunned, and slowly pulled his tentacle, which turned back into a human hand after Ace let go.

"Is this a supernatural power? Or is it a racial talent? Why don't we find a doctor to give it a try later!" Ace looked at him inquiringly, and when he saw that he put it away, he changed the subject, "Howard, you have never been to Yokohama, have you?"

Lovecraft said "hmm" calmly.

Then Ace hooked one hand on his shoulder and the other on Akutagawa Ryunosuke, "Come on, let's go have a big meal! How can we not get together now that we've landed!"

Lovecraft took two steps under his force, and the other end of the headphone cable that was still wrapped around his body was immediately pulled out, and the sound on the computer suddenly turned to external speakers -

A sharp soprano voice with a questioning tone came out from the laptop's speakers: "(American English) You slut, you dare to seduce my man! I'll tear you apart!"