Chapter 40 Encounter
When Mori Ogai received the invitation for cooperation from Fujihira Seiichi, he just thought it was ridiculous.
It's nothing, no matter it was the people sent by Fujihira Seiichi or the letters sent, their attitudes were not condescending, but they also wanted to gain some advantages among equals.
He clearly came to seek shelter from the Port Mafia, and even acted as if he wanted to cooperate on an equal footing. Did he really think that the Port Mafia would not be able to find out about what he had done?
"But you can't just reject it like that."
Mori Ogai held the cooperation invitation letter in his hand and said with a half-smile, "Hirotsu-kun, in the afternoon's meeting, we will present to this gentleman what we have found out about Fujihira Seiichi's actions over the years and the fact that he is being threatened by the King of the Blue Sky. Then, stick to this point and let him offer a sincere apology first."
"Yes, chief." Guangjin Liulang, who was responsible for fighting with the people sent by the other side, retreated.
"Alice-chan, let's go out and buy a little skirt? We couldn't go out shopping last time because of those annoying guys!"
"We can't walk around for too long! You still have to treat me to some Japanese sweets!" Alice said loudly, her hands on her hips.
"Okay! Then let's go out for lunch first~"
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Mori Ogai's lunch venue of choice is, of course, a high-end restaurant. During this period of time, he always eats slowly, fearing that he will spoil his stomach.
Fortunately, Ace was not in a very good mood recently, otherwise he would be complaining about his slow eating speed.
Although Lantang was expelled from the Port Mafia by Ace, Moriogai did not just ignore him, but instead asked someone to monitor him from a distance. After all, the other party was a Transcendent, so no matter what, at least in Yokohama, he had to keep track of the other party's movements.
Although the people sent to monitor will definitely be discovered, I think Lan Tang should be able to guess that it was his "original personality" who sent them to monitor, so he won't have any objections.
Ace didn't want to have anything to do with Lan Tang anymore, and he didn't even want to see any news about Lan Tang in the short term. When Sen Ouwai did this, Ace did argue a bit, but was quickly convinced to let him handle it.
After finishing their meal leisurely, Mori Ogai took Alice to visit a Lolita specialty store.
It has been a busy time recently, and Mori Ouwai hasn't taken Alice out to the store for a while.
But recently, his senior brother might be even busier than him. The King of Cang has killed a congressman, and the police and the special agent department have failed to catch him. Those politicians with hidden motives are worried about themselves. I'm afraid that more than one person has privately commissioned the Armed Detective Agency to capture or even kill the King of Cang.
In fact, there are only three people in the Armed Detective Agency now, a detective and a doctor, and the only one with fighting ability is the president. Once he has to go out to deal with those politicians, the detective who is easy to offend people will probably be thrown into the detective agency without even an armed person to protect him.
Thinking about it this way, the Armed Detective Agency is even more short of people than him. The teacher's three-minute concept is a bit difficult to realize.
——Anyway, he would never give up the talents he could get to the Armed Detective Agency!
Mori Ogai was multitasking while choosing a new dress for Alice to try on.
Perhaps it was because Yokohama had been through so many disasters that no one cared enough to report Mori Ougai to the police, even though his behavior was so suspicious.
One person and one special ability body wandered around various lolita specialty stores, and spent two hours shopping. During this time, Ace couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Ougai, I always feel that something is a bit strange. 】
Mori Ogai thought he had discovered something wrong, and was startled. He asked calmly: [What did you discover?]
[That is, um... I feel like your behavior is prone to some strange situations.]
Mori Owl: ???
Although he knows that his behavior looks very criminal, Alice is his supernatural power! Others may not know it, but you know it! ?
[I heard that only the person you are getting married to can look at other people's bodies. I once met a little girl who forced my friend to marry her because his friend saw her face. ...Oh, it seems to be him? ]
Mori Ogai: ...
???
he??
Mori Ogai asked cautiously: [Your companion is actually a woman? ]
Ace answered without hesitation: [How is that possible? We don't have any female companions on the main ship.]
【Then why do you call a little girl "he"? 】 Mori Ogai puts emphasis on "little girl" and "he".
Ace replied calmly: [Because she's a shemale.]
Mori Ogai: [……]
Mori Ougai fell silent, but Ace was still reminiscing about the good old days between him and his companions: [I remember that my companion was just like you, Ougai-san, teasing a little girl, and was teased by another, um... child.] Perhaps because he didn't know how to describe it, Ace paused for a moment, and then directly changed the name, [He thought that my companion wanted to do something bad to the little girl, and then they started arguing...]
[…And then? ]
As if he was recalling, Ace said after a while: [And I don’t remember clearly, but I remember that kid was pretty good at fighting, and he looked like a good talent!] He changed the subject for a moment, and then continued, [Anyway, during the fight, my companion accidentally removed his veil, and he said that he saw his face and wanted to marry him...]
Mori Ogai finally couldn't help but complain: [...He's wearing a veil.]
What kind of weird feudal setting is this? Isn't the setting of a shemale quite novel? And doesn't he think of himself as a woman? What kind of messed up world is Ace's? Why are there so many weird things?
[Yeah, anyway, he said it was a custom there.]
Mori Ogai: ...
Alice giggled, "Ace, are you trying to say that Rintaro is so easily entangled by strange people?"
Mori Owl: "..."
He refused to be entangled by the shemale.
But there shouldn’t be such weird things in their world...right?
It was a rare opportunity to go shopping happily, but Ace's memories of the past ruined his mood halfway through, and Sen Ou felt a little depressed.
He looked at the time and saw that the afternoon was almost over. He turned to Alice and said, "Alice, don't you want some cakes? Let's go have some cakes!"
Alice's eyes lit up: "Okay!"
The two of them sat down in the cake shop. Mori Ouwai ordered an exquisite little cake for Alice, and then ordered a cup of coffee for himself.
Ace could only watch Alice eat the cake through his eyes, while his mouth was filled with the sour, sweet and bitter taste of Japanese coffee, making him almost drool - if he hadn't lost control of his body.
[O-Ogai-san, why don't you eat the cake? Just drinking coffee is so boring——]
Mori Owl laughed at him.
Who can I blame for him not wanting to eat desserts lately? :)
But Ace was not someone who would give up easily. He looked eagerly and made a noise: [Mr. Ougai, those cakes on the menu look really delicious! Let's go buy one. We won't be in trouble if we don't eat too much! ]
Mori Ogai rejected him coldly: [It looks one way on the menu, but it looks another way when it’s made. Ace-kun, have you ever heard of ‘the picture is subject to the actual product’? ]
[But, Alice's looks delicious...]
【Maybe it just happens that the one that does it better. 】
[Mr. Ogai——Let’s just eat one——Maybe what we buy is delicious? 】
Mori Ogai got goosebumps all over his body when he spoke in a coquettish tone, and said with a bit of disdain: [Ace-kun, my hunting range is girls under the age of 12.]
Ace-kun, for this bite of food, have you lost all your shame?!
He remembered Ace saying that he was a 20-year-old young man. His age was completely reversed! And as long as he thought about his previous career as a pirate, and put a little bit of the image of pirates in movies and TV dramas into his mind, he really, yue——
So disgusting!
Although I know that the images in movies and TV dramas will inevitably uglify the villains to a certain extent, for example, the leader of the mafia must be a bald man with a fat face... Mori Ougai feels that his face is still presentable.
Mori Ogai was very resolute this time, and he made Alice finish a few small cakes slowly and elegantly without ordering any snacks. Just as Alice finished eating and the two were about to leave, a familiar face walked in from outside the store.
The familiar face immediately spotted Mori Ougai, and the two looked at each other. The other quickly showed a look of disgust, then turned his head away and walked to the counter to order.
[Hey, isn't that Ranbu? Why is he here alone? ]
[He must have gotten lost.] Mori Ougai had already thoroughly investigated this senior talent under his old rival.
The other person appeared here because someone probably asked him to wait there, but he turned around and saw a snack shop here, so he walked in directly.
After ordering, Ranpo Edogawa sat directly next to Alice, blocking her way from leaving the booth.
Sen Ouwai looked deep in the eyes and asked with a chuckle, "You sit here with me, aren't you afraid that I will take you away directly?"
Edogawa Ranpo raised his eyelids and glanced at him, sneering: "It won't be you in a while anyway."
Mori Owl: "..."
Just, I feel a little depressed.
But he was not someone who would shut up so easily, and could not help but test him a few more times: "But I can take you back to the Port Mafia right now, and then Mr. Fuze will have to redeem you."
Edogawa Ranpo was unmoved. He raised his eyebrows and said, "As long as I tell the other person, he will definitely not detain me."
Mori Owl: "..."
Damn it! Ace, you guys have become my weakness!!
Not long after, the waiter brought up all the small cakes that Ranpo Edogawa ordered. Ranpo Edogawa said directly to the waiter: "These cakes will be charged to him."
He pointed outside the forest.
Mori Owl: ? ?
You are a bit too arrogant, aren't you? Why do you think I will treat you to such a big cake? Do you still remember that we are enemies?