Chapter 137 Plan 2

The Guild's first wave of attacks was repelled before they even reached Akutagawa's residence.

There were only two attackers, a highly skilled sniper and a person with special abilities who could control grapevines.

It can be said that the abilities of three people collide here. Whether it is the vines controlled by the attackers sent by the Guild, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Rashomon", or Lovecraft's tentacles, they all have the same characteristics in terms of entanglement and binding. The difference is that Akutagawa's "Rashomon" also has the characteristics of space and cutting, while Lovecraft's tentacles have the characteristics of regeneration. As for the vines of the Guild's attackers...

"It should be that he has a certain intelligence perception ability."

After dinner, in the main hall of the Akutagawa residence, all the members of the Asuka Pirates sat in a circle to discuss the attack that had taken place that afternoon.

"The person with the ability who controlled the grapevines never appeared in our sight from beginning to end. At that time, I suspected that he was observing us with a telescope. After all, snipers rely on this aiming telescope to observe long-distance targets. So I took Nakajima to hide in a place that was a blind spot from outside the yard no matter which direction was viewed. But as you saw, Nakajima was almost kidnapped by the grapevines." Hisa spread his hands and analyzed.

The weapons commonly used are guns and daggers. Daggers are not very effective against extremely resilient grape vines, which are difficult to cut. Bullets can directly cut off the branches of the grape vines, but the vines themselves are mobile and the branches can continuously grow new branches. Except for Akutagawa Ryunosuke's "Rashomon" which cuts very neatly, and Lovecraft's numerous tentacles that can break the branches together at a fast speed, the situation of others is very sticky.

After all, not all of them can hit the target every time, not to mention that this is a moving target that requires very precise aiming.

When Hisami realized that he did not see the person with special abilities himself, he suspected that the other party was remotely controlling the vines to attack. So when he found that the other party's goal seemed to be to capture Nakajima Atsushi, he pulled Nakajima Atsushi into a blind spot, trying to avoid the other party's sight.

Although Nakajima Atsushi has been trying to control his special ability these days and has taken countless beatings, his foundation is zero and he has only just started. It is good that he can use it. However, it is still quite unstable. The only advantage is that he found that the damage he suffered when using special abilities recovers very quickly.

However, just when his attention was focused on the battle between other people with more movement - the vines were basically concentrated there and in some places outside the yard, a few vines sneaked up from behind them at some point, and unexpectedly wrapped around Nakajima Atsushi's waist, picked him up and carried him away from above the yard.

Fortunately, he noticed it in time and called out Nakajima Atsushi's name, which attracted the attention of Akutagawa Ryunosuke. "Rashomon" directly cut off the branches behind Nakajima Atsushi and pulled Nakajima Atsushi back.

It was this incident that convinced Hisami that the other party was not observing them with his eyes. By eliminating all possible reasons, it became clear how the other party was observing them.

"So the person with special abilities must have used those vines to sense our situation."

"Speaking of this..." Sakyo turned to look at the uneasy Nakajima Atsushi, "Atsushi, do you know who the people who attacked us are? Why did they want to capture you?"

"I don't know either..." Nakajima Atsushi sat on the carpet with his legs crossed. "Except for the few days when I was wandering before I met you guys, I have always stayed in the orphanage. Even if there are outsiders coming to the orphanage, the director will lock me up and not let me contact them..."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke narrowed his eyes slightly, "The director of your orphanage knows that you are a person with special abilities, or he has seen your special abilities."

"Eh?" Nakajima Atsushi raised his head in surprise, "No, that's impossible? Even I don't know..."

"But you have no memory of the night you completely turned into a tiger in our yard," Akutagawa Gin pointed out.

"So it's obvious that your dean must know about your special ability. It's because you can't control your special ability that your dean locked you up and didn't let you contact outsiders." Jiuya sighed, "The dean is protecting you."

"... Protect me?" Nakajima Atsushi's expression was a little bit struggling. He recalled the bloody teachings that the dean had given him.

"Yes, because you can't control your supernatural powers." They still haven't forgotten the night when Nakajima Atsushi turned into a tiger and attacked them.

"For ordinary people, your ability is so destructive and you can't control it. If people find out that you are the tiger, they might want to kill you. If some people who understand and value superpowers know your ability, they might capture you and train you into a killing weapon, or put you in a laboratory."

Nakajima Atsushi's eyes became somewhat dull.

"So... he tied me up with chains..."

"Because you don't know when you will turn into a tiger." Fei Niao also understood, "But now that you have turned into a tiger, the iron chain probably can't hold you, so he wants to drive you out of the orphanage. It's not a good thing for you or the other children to keep a giant tiger that can't be tied in the orphanage."

"So that's how it is... The dean did this to protect me..." Nakajima Atsushi hugged his knees and buried his face between his legs, with traces of wetness and heat running across his face.

Seeing that he was in a low mood, the others looked at each other for a while and then tacitly changed the subject.

"But maybe it's not because Nakajima offended someone in the past," Hisa grabbed his water cup and drank a sip of water, moistened his throat and continued, "Do you remember what Mr. Ace said to us when he came a few nights ago?"

The impressed companions immediately responded and looked at Nakajima Atsushi in unison, then sighed: "7 billion US dollars."

Nakajima Atsushi was shocked. He realized that he was now a hot commodity worth 7 billion US dollars.

He quickly raised his head and looked back at those deep gazes in horror, "Well, you guys are not really going to send me away in exchange for the bounty, are you?"

Zuo Jing smiled and soothed him, "Don't worry, since you are our companion, we will not do such a thing. After all, several people on our ship have been bountied by different countries. If we really want to exchange for bounties, it is not your turn."

Nakajima Atsushi: “…”

Yes, he already knows that they are pirates. Isn't it normal for pirates to be hunted?

Yukikawa also comforted him: "If you are really scared, we can still run away to the sea. By then, even if someone wants to find you, it will be difficult to find our exact location from the vast ocean."

After all, those who want to capture Nakajima Atsushi are not enemies. With the high bounty there, there will be an endless stream of people taking up the bounty to capture Nakajima Atsushi. They can't kill all the people who attack them for the bounty. That would be endless. How can they live like this?

Nakajima Atsushi: “…”

I wasn't comforted at all.

And because he was a wanted man, the whole group escaped with him. Nakajima Atsushi always felt that he was the one causing trouble for everyone.

The previous attack involved not only people with special abilities, but also snipers hiding in the dark. He even saw the bullets that were fired into the yard from a long distance and aimed at Captain Akutagawa.

He brought danger to everyone.

Gin Akutagawa glanced at Nakajima Atsushi, who seemed to be thinking about something and looking depressed again, and unnoticedly started to divert everyone's attention: "Brother, what should we do next?"

"Two choices. First, as everyone said, go out to sea and avoid those who come to attack for the bounty; second..." Akutagawa Ryunosuke's eyes almost showed a bit of ferocity, "Just get rid of the person who announced the bounty."

Nakajima Atsushi was so frightened by the proposal that his eyes widened, while the others around him all looked somewhat excited.

Obviously, everyone prefers the second option.

"Um... is this okay?"

"What's the problem?" Reina said nonchalantly, "The guy who can offer you a bounty of 7 billion US dollars must be very rich. Since we are in Yokohama, we can cooperate with the port mafia to deal with them and then divide the spoils."

They have done a lot of similar things in the past two years. The difference is that sometimes they will work with a local organization to deal with another organization, and sometimes they will just shoot a few shots and touch something and then use the local organization to bite the tail for them.

But those are all outside places where you won’t live for long. If you offend people so deeply in a place where you live permanently, how can you still live like this?

In their hometown of Yokohama, the policy is of course different. The Kuroda Group, which can take out 7 billion, is definitely not enough, so the only one they can cooperate with is the local gang of Yokohama, the Port Mafia.

"If everyone agrees with the second option, I will go and ask Mr. Ace which organization has Nakajima on its wish list."

…

When Ace received the call and heard that it was about the organization that wanted Nakajima Atsushi, he generously told him all the information he knew.

Mori Ogai was sitting nearby at the time. After he finished his call, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it Akutagawa-kun?"

There are only two possibilities for who would ask Ace for this information. One is Akutagawa Ryunosuke who was attacked, and the other is Dazai Osamu.

After the leader of the Guild came to talk to the Armed Detective Agency a few days ago, some members went missing. It is normal for Dazai Osamu to set his sights on targeting the Port Mafia after he left the Port Mafia and lost a large source of intelligence.

"Well, he asked me which organization was holding the bounty on Dun, and asked me if I knew which organization attacked them today."

Ace leaked information to him, but Akutagawa Ryunosuke was not so stubborn as to force them to investigate on their own. As a captain, the most important thing he learned from Ace was to cherish his companions and not to let them do dangerous things just to show off.

Sen Ouwai's expression became a little subtle, "Why is he asking this? Does he want to cause trouble for these organizations again?"

"Who knows." Ace replied casually.

It seems that Akutagawa and his team's target is the Guild.

Sen Ou seemed to be thinking about something.

The Clocktower Pages were far away in England, and the Rat of the Dead House could not be found at all, so the only one they could look to was the Guild.

Perhaps they can work together again on Guild issues that they may have to deal with in the future.