Chapter 144 White Whale Falls
In order to ensure its own safety and prevent the enemy from tracing its location through signals, the secret base of the Armed Detective Agency, Evening Fragrance Hall, is not connected to the Internet and shields external signals. Although the internal mechanization level is high, all are connected internal signals and indicators.
Therefore, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Gin Akutagawa received the message only after they left Wanxiang Hall - in order to ensure that they could see the message, Reina specially sent messages to both of them.
If they had seen this message before knowing that Fitzgerald was the leader of the Guild, they would have been simply happy that their companion had found his family, but since this family member was also the leader of a hostile force, they could not help but worry.
Wanxiang Hall is located in a remote area, and it is night time now, so even taxis are hard to get. So "Rashomon" has developed a new way to rush to the destination by high-altitude jumping and Spider-Man-style.
When the Akutagawa siblings arrived home, Fitzgerald and Asuka, or Scotty, had already finished their conversation in the room. In order to help Asuka regain her memory, the Asuka Pirates changed their names and called her Scotty.
"That's what we agreed on at the beginning. We lent you the name of the Pirate Group because you forgot your own name." said the companions.
Before the Akutagawa siblings arrived home, Ace had already agreed with Fitzgerald on the plan to sink the white whale.
The Beluga Drop Plan has a wide impact. Anyone who has settled in Yokohama will try their best to organize the implementation of this plan. With the Moriguwai contract in place and Scottie's wishes behind - Scottie, who has lost his memory, is more emotionally inclined towards the Vertibird Pirates, with whom he has been living for two years, and of course he doesn't want this place to be destroyed - Fitzgerald naturally chose to compromise.
In fact, he had already made up his mind the moment he confirmed the information given by Mori Ougai was true.
His ultimate purpose of coming to Yokohama had actually been exceeded, so all previous plans could be canceled.
The Guild also decided to cancel the bounty on Nakajima Atsushi. If it weren't for the wish to bring his daughter back to life, which was impossible to achieve with human power, Fitzgerald actually trusted his own strength more than the legendary "book" that could make wishes come true. He believed more in what he could achieve through his own efforts and planning than in something illusory.
Of course, he can only represent Guild, and whether the other two companies continue to hold the bounty is not something he can control.
"This... Akutagawa-kun, right? I plan to take my daughter back to the United States directly. If you have any conditions, you can put them forward now."
There was still a sense of superiority in his words, as if they had saved the person just to gain benefits from him, and he was using these benefits to buy their relationship.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned and looked at Scotty, "Is this what you mean?"
Scottie pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "My father said... my mother's mental state is not very good. Although I haven't recovered my memory yet, I think I should at least go back to see my mother and let her feel at ease, so as to avoid regrets in the future."
Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded and asked her, "So, do you plan to temporarily leave the group and go back to take care of your mother, or do you plan to leave the pirate group and never come back?"
The air suddenly became tense, and everyone held their breath and looked at Scotty.
Scottie seemed stunned for a moment. She frowned and said hesitantly, "I have no intention of leaving the Pirate Group."
There was a quiet sigh of relief among his companions, and now it was Mr. Fitzgerald's turn to freeze.
He really doesn't want his daughter to continue to hang out with these shady people, and he also wants the other party to propose conditions to buy out the relationship so that they will no longer have anything to do with his daughter. But if his daughter insists on maintaining this relationship, he really has no way to stop her at the moment.
He knew very well that if his daughter had not recovered her memory, the other person would definitely have a higher emotional weight in his daughter's heart than he did. He could only compromise temporarily.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded, "Approved. When do you plan to leave?"
Scott looked at Fitzgerald.
"You can leave tomorrow," Fitzgerald said to Scott. "Of course, if you want to say goodbye to your friend, we can postpone it for a few days."
Scott thought for a moment and said, "The day after tomorrow, then."
…
Scott spent a day saying goodbye to his companions, and Fitzgerald used this day to retrieve Margaret and Hawthorne from the port mafia. Of course, after figuring out Fitzgerald's identity and talking it out, Lucy was released and returned to the Guild.
This time when he came to Yokohama, Fitzgerald used two means of transportation: a cruise ship and a flying boat, the Beluga. The cruise ship was bombed by the port mafia. Although the main defense facilities were well built and were not affected, the voyage was still able to continue, but it was not so good to watch.
The only thing left that could be used to compete with the ship that pulled down the Vertibird Pirates was the airship, so Fitzgerald simply planned to let Scott go back with the Guild members on the airship.
That being said, at the final gathering, some people decided not to go back to Yokohama.
The mystery novelist Edgar Allan Poe found a person who shared the same interests in mystery, and the other person's reasoning ability could keep up with his own, or even surpass his own. The other person also made an agreement with him that he would show his new novels to the other person, so he decided to stay in Yokohama for the sake of his rare (socially phobic and almost friendless) friend and his competitive spirit.
The relationship between the leader and members of the Guild is more like that between a boss and employees. Except for the old members who were there when Fitzgerald was just a simple capitalist and had not established the Guild, and who had a more reliable relationship with him and were in the core circle, the rest were basically here to work, and Fitzgerald had no reason to take everyone away.
As for bosses and employees, if an employee wants to resign, as long as he does not hold any important business secrets or is in an indispensable position, for the boss it is just a matter of paying him less salary.
The location of Akutagawa's residence is closer to the port than where the Beluga whale is staying, but the distance between the two is not far, so Fitzgerald planned to drive the Beluga whale directly to pick up people on the day of his departure.
On the day of her departure, everyone in the Vertibird Pirates escorted Scottie to the port and waited with her, intending to see her off for the last time.
At 9:30 in the morning, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who was waiting with Scotty at the port, received a call from Fitzgerald.
[Akutagawa-kun, the Moby Dick is about to crash, take Scotty away from Yokohama! ]
Akutagawa Ryunosuke was stunned and immediately became nervous: "What do you mean!?"
[The beluga whale is out of control! It's already starting to fall! Don't ask so many questions! Take Scotty away!]
The call was hung up amidst a series of rapid warning rings.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke gripped his phone tightly and immediately turned to his companions and ordered: "Everyone, get on board immediately!"
Their pirate ships also docked at the port here.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked tense, and it was obvious that something was wrong. His companions immediately asked, "Akutagawa, what's wrong?"
"The white whale is out of control and falling." Akutagawa Ryunosuke said succinctly while dialing, "You guys get on board first, and then set sail immediately."
"What about you?"
"You sail first. If you can't stop them, I will catch up."
【Hello?】
As soon as the call was connected, Akutagawa Ryunosuke waved his hand to let them get on the boat quickly, and responded: "Mr. Mori, the white whale is falling. Is there any way to stop it?"
At this time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke wisely made his first call to Mori Ougai.
Even though the person he trusted and relied on the most was Ace, he knew that Ace had no ability to stop the white whale that had already started to fall. The Armed Detective Agency had a simple staff, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke quickly reviewed it and knew that they didn't have anyone who could stop it. As for the official side, he didn't even have any contact information.
There is only the Port Mafia. He doesn't know the true strength of the Port Mafia, but maybe they have a solution.
The beluga whale is huge in size, and after it lost control, its invisibility became ineffective. It could already be observed by machines from thousands of meters in the air.
Mori Ouwai felt very bad when he heard the news. He was so shocked that he stood up from his seat, sweeping away a lot of documents and decorations on the table.
[You said the beluga whale fell! ? ]
"Yes, the beluga whale was hovering over the city center before, and it was heading to the port this morning. It should be on the road between the two."
【I see.】
It was rare for Sen Ou to hang up the phone without courtesy. At this moment, he didn't even have time to greet the dishonest Guild leader's ancestors, let alone be polite.
If we continue to be polite, we will all die together!
After hanging up the phone, he immediately dialed Nakahara Chuuya's number, "Chuuya! Big news! No matter where you are, hurry to the city center! A beluga whale has crashed near here, and it's still in the sky. Go and stop it from crashing in the city center right now! Just throw the beluga whale into the sea!"
【yes!】
After giving the order tightly, Mori Ouwai sat back on the chair heavily as if exhausted.
This time it was really terrible, the headquarters of the port mafia was in the city center, and the first person to be unlucky when the white whale hit him was him because he was in the highest position!
The problem is that time is so tight that he can't run away. If he doesn't find a way to solve it, the beluga whale might collapse his entire building before he even reaches the first floor.
"Alice-chan——Why am I so unlucky——"
Alice: "...Maybe it's because Rintaro is such a bad person."
Mori Owl: “………………”
…
One thousand eight hundred meters above the ground, the aerial fortress Beluga.
Less than a minute after the whale turned and headed for the harbor, the whale's destruction program was automatically activated. Fitzgerald tried various methods to stop the program from running, but to no avail.
Fitzgerald placed his hands on the out-of-control console, his back bent, and stared gloomily at the cartoon mouse on the screen for a while, then turned to look at another member in the control room.
"Let's go to the landing bay."
Following his announcement, everyone else had already rushed to the landing bay and flown away from the beluga whale. Now, there were only the two of them on the out-of-control beluga whale.
"..." The white-haired, slightly plump old man sat there without responding.
Fitzgerald frowned. "Do you want to fall with the beluga whale?"
The old man bent down, touched the solid wall of the floor, and sighed: "In the end, let me fall with it."
The beluga whale was originally his superpower. At that time, it was just the most common animal superpower. But after it was mechanized, he lost the ability to control the beluga whale.
He hadn't heard the sound of a beluga whale for a long time.
Although he agreed to transform the white whale into a mechanized aerial fortress, he always felt that he was depriving the white whale of its life, even though supernatural powers have no life at all.
Fitzgerald sighed, "Herman, the white whale is your supernatural power after all. It may not be unable to come back after falling, but if you die, it will really be unable to come back."
Hermann remained unmoved and even closed his eyes.
Fitzgerald went straight up to him, knocked him unconscious, then carried him to the landing bay.
It was his idea to come up with the mechanized beluga whale, so if you have any complaints, just blame him.