Chapter 141 Communications

After receiving the news about Asuka's parents, the members of the Asuka Pirates gathered in the lobby to discuss how to help Asuka find her parents. Asuka is still an amnesiac, and returning to the people she was familiar with may help her recover her memory quickly.

Gin Akutagawa glanced at Lucy who was still tied in the corner, "This matter concerns Asuka's parents. Is it okay for her to hear it?"

Although they did capture her as a captive, they did not intend to torture her. Nakajima Atsushi even gave her a blanket to lie on. But there was nothing more to it, after all, she was still a captive.

But now the disadvantages of tying her up in the hall have become apparent.

The Vertibird Pirates have so many members, and with the addition of Vertibird and Lovecraft, they now have eighteen members. Apart from the lobby, no other room can hold so many people at the same time, so every time they have a group meeting, it is either on the ship or in this lobby.

Akutagawa Gin's proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone. After all, Lucy was captured by the enemy. If she informed the enemy and they captured Asuka's relatives first and forced them to hand over Nakajima Atsushi, they would be in big trouble.

Lucy simply rolled her eyes.

Spoken as if no one wants to hear it.

After locking Lucy up in the west house and assigning someone to guard her, they closed the door of the hall and began to get down to business.

"According to the information given to me by the Port Mafia, Asuka's father's name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, and his mother's name is Zelda Fitzgerald, both of whom are Americans." After saying this, Akutagawa Ryunosuke turned his head and looked at Asuka, "Do you have any impression of the last name Fitzgerald?"

Fei Niao frowned and tried to recall for a while, then shook his head in disappointment, "Sorry..."

"It's not your problem." Akutagawa Ryunosuke interrupted her apology and did not let her continue to feel guilty. Instead, he turned to look at Lovecraft again. But think about it, Lovecraft himself has no power and has been dormant under the sea for many years. It is estimated that he doesn't even know a few people, let alone whether he knows Asuka's parents.

"Well, after we take care of the Guild, we'll sail to America. This time, we'll take the shortest route and go at full speed. We'll reach America as soon as possible and look for Fei Niao's parents."

Hisami frowned and said, "Why don't we go out to sea as soon as possible? The Guild is hunting Nakajima. If we go out to sea, we can avoid those who are trying to capture Nakajima."

"That's the second thing I want to say. The Guild sent an aerial fortress from the sky, intending to crash it into the center of Yokohama."

The term "sky fortress" tells us that this thing is huge. If it crashes in the city center, the casualties will be huge. Their house, Mr. Ace, Kosuke, Yuu and the others are definitely all within the hitting range.

When everyone heard this, they all gasped in shock.

Yukawa yelled, "What does this Guild want to do? With such a big move, isn't he afraid of causing international disputes?"

Reina also sighed, "It's hard to say. Our government has been licking the U.S.'s boots for a long time."

After all, Yokohama is a city with such a social background. It was a victim of the national preservation after the supernatural war. Most people in Yokohama only have a sense of belonging to the land, but not to the government or the country. Especially in Ray Street, the system is chaotic and the law is almost non-existent. It is not to the extent that it cannot be ignored, but the Yokohama government simply ignores it, as if there is no such place in Yokohama. Therefore, the people in Ray Street directly look down on the government.

It is also because of this that Yokohama has become the place where various underground organizations are most rampant across the country.

Here is the soil in which they grow.

"I understand what you said." Hisa looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke, "What are you going to do? We don't know the location of the aerial fortress yet, so we don't know where to start."

The hall fell silent again.

Suddenly, Akutagawa Gin said, "It's not that there is no way."

Everyone turned to look at her.

"The Armed Detective Agency," she said. "The Armed Detective Agency has Mr. Ranpo in it. He may have found the location of the aerial fortress. We can cooperate with the Armed Detective Agency. The Guild's plan targets the entire Yokohama. The Armed Detective Agency based in Yokohama will only want to prevent this from happening more than we do."

As for the port mafia, apart from Mr. Ace, Akutagawa Gin actually doesn't want her brother to get involved with them too much. The people there are too dirty and have no bottom line. She is very worried that her brother will suffer losses there. Even though he has Mr. Ace's protection, he can't do everything.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke stood up and said, "There is no time to waste. You two should take care of the woman we captured. Don't leave the house for the time being. I will go to the detective agency to ask Mr. Ranpo for his opinion."

Now, besides himself, the only ones with special abilities at home are Lovecraft and Nakajima Atsushi. It seems that all the Guild members have special abilities, so it is not safe for them to be alone. Moreover, Nakajima Atsushi has just mastered his special abilities, and he is the target of the enemy, so he will be most dangerous if he is alone.

Akutagawa Gin immediately followed, "I'll go too."

She was a little worried about causing misunderstandings given her brother's overly terse way of speaking.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke did not refute, "Then I'll leave the house to you."

…

Everything developed just as Mori Ogai had expected. The released Margaret was a member of the ship guard who came by boat, so she naturally didn't know the location of the airship Beluga. Lucy did know it, but the airship was constantly moving around Yokohama. She had been captured and taken to Akutagawa's house for such a long time, and now she didn't know where the Beluga had flown to.

Although they don't know the location of the beluga whale, they have the leader's contact information!

She should also be thankful that she and Hawthorne did not carry their cell phones with them, but left them in their own bedroom on the ship - with their strength and contempt for the port mafia, they did not plan to get off the ship, so they did not care too much about whether to carry their cell phones with them. What's more, her skirt had no pockets, and she often held a small umbrella in her hand instead of a bag, so it was inconvenient to carry a cell phone - otherwise, if the port mafia got their cell phones and cracked their cell phone passwords, they could just look through the address book to contact the leader. Now at least one of them has escaped.

Margaret sighed and called Fitzgerald from a street phone booth.

"Chief."

[Margaret?] The voice on the other end sounded a little surprised, [I heard that you and Hawthorne were captured by the port mafia?]

The ship bombing at the port caused such a big commotion, and he was the actual owner of the cruise ship, so of course he got the news early on.

Margaret immediately replied, "Yes, the leader of the port mafia, Sen Ouwai, wants to meet you, so he released me first to communicate with you, but Hawthorne is still in their hands."

【So the mission failed.】

Hearing the other party's cold voice, Margaret felt a little panicked, fearing that the other party would ignore Hawthorne. After all, she definitely couldn't rescue people from the port mafia by her own strength, otherwise she wouldn't have been captured by them together with Hawthorne.

She did not hesitate and said quickly: "They said they know the whereabouts of your daughter!"

There was a chaotic noise coming from the other end of the phone, followed by Fitzgerald's angry voice: [Did Mori Owl really say that? Doesn't the Port Mafia know that my daughter died a year ago? ]

"...Yes, he asked me to tell you that your daughter is still alive, but she has lost her memory. If you want to know where your daughter is, you'd better agree to meet him. If you don't believe it, you can check who the Port Mafia's officers who stayed in the United States have been asking about privately. They have been looking for the girl's relatives for half a year, but only yesterday they found out that her father is... you, the leader."

The sound of metal plates being hammered came from the other side of the receiver. After a while, Margaret heard their leader's voice with suppressed anger: [...Okay, you go and tell Sen Ouwai to set a time and place for us to meet.]

Being able to say such things shows that they are not afraid of investigations, and there is no need for Mori Oo to tell such lies that will be exposed if they are investigated. The United States is their away game, and it is their home game. It is difficult for them to fake traces.

Having said that, after he hung up the phone he still asked his subordinates in the United States to investigate the matter.

He had to be careful about anything related to his daughter. He came to a small country town like Yokohama to get the legendary treasure "Book" that could make wishes come true and to revive his daughter Scottie. He also wanted to hunt for the man-eating tiger because someone told him that the tiger was a signpost to the "Book".

But if his daughter was still alive, he wouldn't have to look for the legendary thing. It's not 100% certain whether this thing really exists. After all, no one has heard of anyone having actually seen it.

But if Sen Ouwai really dared to lie to him, he would definitely let that bastard know the consequences of teasing him with his daughter!

…

Armed detective agency.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Akutagawa Gin were speechless when they faced the closed door of the Armed Detective Agency office. There was no one in the office, only a note stuck in the crack of the door.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke took out the piece of paper and read it. It read:

"If you want to solve the invisible flying whale, wait for our people to pick you up at Port Mirai at 9 o'clock tonight."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned immediately and looked a little annoyed.

"The invisible flying white whale mentioned in the note should be the flying fortress Moby Dick that Lucy mentioned." Akutagawa Gin soothed, "Since they said so, they must have found a solution. Let's go to Port Mirai to find them at night as the note said?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke hummed in a depressed tone.

…

The person who came to pick them up at Mirai Port at nine o'clock in the evening was Junichiro Tanizaki from the detective agency. His special ability was related to creating illusions, which was very suitable for hiding himself and carrying out covert operations.

He took the two of them to a room deep in an abandoned subway tunnel, where almost everyone in the Armed Detective Agency was.

Just as Akutagawa Ryunosuke guessed, they have indeed found the location of the white whale and are currently considering candidates to disrupt the plan to destroy the white whale.

They arrived at the right time.

"Welcome, Ace's student." The first to greet was Ranpo Edogawa, who had just finished eating some snacks. There was still some pastry crumbs on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded to him calmly, "Mr. Ranpo." Then he turned to Dazai Osamu, "Mr. Dazai."

"What a coincidence, Akutagawa." Dazai Osamu said with a smile, "We were just deciding on the person to go to the white whale to destroy the device controlling the white whale, and we just happened to be in need of a target with strong offensive power."