Chapter 96 Calico Cat

My name is Natsume Soseki, and I am a user with a very insignificant ability. Having said that, I am actually the original planner and promoter of the current situation in Yokohama.

The Special Agents Division is Yokohama's daytime, the Port Mafia is Yokohama's night, and the Armed Detective Agency is the dusk that balances both sides.

——The three-moment concept was proposed by me.

The chief of the Special Forces Division, Taneda Santoka, is my friend and junior. The president of the Armed Detective Agency, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and the current leader of the Port Mafia, Mori Ogai, are both my disciples. As the proposer of the plan and the link between the three parties, I made them all agree on the concept.

In the previous Dragon War, a person with fire abilities who was not in the records appeared. He was suspected to be a member of the Port Mafia. I plan to go and see what this little disciple is trying to do and why he hides himself so deeply.

To be honest, if it was my honest eldest disciple, I might just want to see what kind of person this person with special abilities is. But the one who got this person with special abilities is my younger disciple who has many ideas and a cunning mind, so I am not sure about just seeing this person with special abilities. I also want to see what little thoughts my younger disciple has.

Although the above may make me sound very powerful, in fact, my ability is just to turn into a cat. And in a sense, this ability does not make me insignificant, but the opposite effect.

——Because my special ability allows me to turn into a calico, and I am a male.

Anyone who knows a little about this will know that calico cats are basically all female cats, male calico cats are very rare, and the rare male calico cats are all natural calico cats.

Of course, although my special ability is to turn me into a male Sanhua, I am not a Tianyan!

And now, I have Waterloo.

When I finished observing this person who was suspected to have fire ability and was about to run away, I was caught by him and now I am on my way to my eldest disciple's territory.

"Luanbu, why does this cat seem to be in low spirits?"

Edogawa Ranpo glanced at the cat held up by Ace and said casually, "Maybe he's tired after dinner."

He doesn't care about the cat, he only cares about whether the president can touch the cat!

"I see." Ace believed this statement easily. "The detective agency is in this direction, I remember the person I just asked seemed to be talking about this direction..."

Even Ranpo Edogawa, a member of the detective agency, didn't know the way. Ace, who had never been to the detective agency, naturally didn't know the way either. It was Ace who asked passers-by on the spot to find out the way.

Natsume the cat was forced to be taken to the detective agency by two people with no hope in his life. It was not that he did not want to run away, but Ace's grip was too strong. Although he was not strangled, he just couldn't get away.

Not only could he not get away, Ace also said, "He seems to be in good spirits. It looks like he wants to visit your detective agency, too."

Bullshit! I didn't do that!

"Yoseno, I'm back!"

"Mr. Ranpo? I was just about to call you to pick you up." Yoseno Akiko put down the book in her hand and walked over from her workstation.

"Where's the president?"

"The president hasn't come back yet." Yosano Akiko looked at Ace who followed Edogawa Ranpo and looked around curiously, and asked, "Who is he?"

"Just call him Ace. You've met him before."

Ace immediately set his eyes on her and smiled habitually: "Hello, I'm Ace."

This familiar smile immediately gave Yosano Akiko a sense of déjà vu, but apart from the extremely discordant face of Mori Oo when they met last time, she couldn't remember where else she had seen such a smile.

In Japan, people rarely smile like this when greeting others. Everyone is very shy and usually just gives a very bland social smile. In Yokohama, many people don't even smile. They just have a straight face and don't care whether you live or die.

"Hello, Yoseno Akiko." Yoseno Akiko nodded and said, "Mr. Ranpo said we have met before. Sorry, I can't remember..."

"Well, maybe I still met you as Mr. Ougai at that time."

Ace didn't have a very deep impression of Fukuzawa Yukichi and Yosano Akiko, but he was more impressed by Edogawa Ranpo, who saw through him at first sight. However, even so, he did not recognize the other person at first sight. It was Edogawa Ranpo who recognized him first.

When they heard Mori Ogai's name, Yosano Akiko's and Mori Ogai's expressions inevitably turned a little sinister, but when they realized that this was the person who was different from Mori Ogai they met last time, they calmed down a little.

"So this is what you really look like." Yoseno Akiko exclaimed, "Then why did you use the appearance of Mori Oogai before?"

"Well, there was nothing we could do at that time."

Ace answered vaguely and did not continue to explain. It was okay to tell them that he used Moriogai's body at that time, after all, they saw it at that time, but more, such as his current body is a supernatural creation. He promised Moriogai, and he must keep his promise.

Yoseno Akiko didn't force an answer. After all, Ace was a member of the Port Mafia. This question also involved their leader, so it was understandable that Ace was unwilling to say anything, not to mention that they were not very familiar with each other.

"Come in and sit for a while."

"Okay." Ace was not polite at all. He just said what he heard and sat on the sofa with the cat in his arms. "Akira, do you want to come over and pet the cat?"

Yosano Akiko was surprised when he called her by her name in a familiar manner, but she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Maybe it was because she felt that this behavior of bringing her closer felt very natural and clean.

She looked at the cat in the other person's hand, leaned over and touched it, "It's a calico cat."

Ace rubbed the back of his head in annoyance, "I don't really understand this."

Yoseno Akiko was touching the cat and then she touched the cat's belly. The cat was caught off guard by Yoseno Akiko, who was studying medicine, and her legs were spread apart with two fingers. "Wow, it's a male calico cat!"

Natsume Soseki: !!!

The cat immediately struggled violently, but Ace grabbed him the moment he struggled, so that the cat could not escape.

Yosano Akiko immediately let go of the cat's hand the moment it struggled to avoid being scratched. Seeing the cat's reaction, she couldn't help but say, "He seems to be resisting."

Edogawa Ranpo, who was holding a lollipop, finally gave the cat a look, and then his brows slowly frowned.

Noticing his strange expression, Yosano Akiko wanted to ask him what was wrong, but before that, she noticed a piece of lollipop stick sticking out of the corner of Edogawa Ranpo's mouth. Yosano Akiko's questioning expression suddenly changed, she put her hands on her waist and raised her eyebrows and said, "Mr. Ranpo! You're eating snacks again! Have you forgotten that the president said to control your sweets intake?"

Edogawa Ranpo pressed the end of the lollipop stick with his finger and put the whole lollipop into his mouth. The lollipop and the stick pushed his cheeks into a strange shape. He then said vaguely, "I didn't eat it secretly."

Yoseno Akiko almost laughed, "You can talk to the president when he comes back."

"With Xie Ye——"

He turned away from Akiko Yosano.

So Ace continued, "Are male calico cats rare? You seem very surprised."

"Of course, the genes of calico cats determine that most of them are female cats. The probability of male calico cats is less than one percent of the total number of calico cats. Of course, they are very rare! The lucky cats we are talking about are these rare male calico cats!" Yoseno Akiko raised her index finger and shook it to explain, "That's what I said, but male calico cats actually have genetic defects. They are all natural cats."

Natsume the cat lying paralyzed in Ace's palm: "..."

Let’s leave this topic alone!

Ace raised his hand: "What is Tianya?"

"Well, it has the same male reproductive organs as a normal male cat and has estrus like a normal cat, but it cannot reproduce." Yoseno Akiko said with a scientific and truthful attitude, "In other words, the organs of a male calico are actually just a decoration."

"Decoration!?" Ace, who heard this for the first time, widened his eyes in shock. "Then it's too pitiful!"

Although he himself had thought about not having offspring before, and letting the bloodline of the Pirate King be cut off in himself, but not wanting and not being able to have are two completely different things!

As a man, as a male, you can be without offspring, but you can't be without offspring because of your poor physical conditions! You will be laughed at by others!

Natsume Cat (paralyzed): That’s enough, that’s enough, stop talking, I’m really not a heavenly being!

"Click."

At this moment, the door of the detective agency was opened and the president of the detective agency walked in.

Edogawa Ranpo quickly spat out the lollipop and put it behind his back.

Although his movements were fast, the unusual movements still attracted Fukuzawa Yukichi's attention. "Ranpo, what are you doing?"

A smart person like Luan Bu would not show his guilt. He looked at the guardian with confidence and said, "I didn't do anything."

Yosano Akiko added coolly, "I just ate something sweet."

Edogawa Ranpo immediately turned his head to look at her angrily, "Yo Yosano!"

Ace looked around and helped out, "It's nothing, right? Does eating more mean you're healthy?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi looked at the guest, temporarily put aside the education of the older children, and said to Ace, "Excuse me, sir, may I ask what you can do for me?"

"He's not the client." Edogawa Ranpo said gloomily, "He's the other person inside Mori Ogai's body the last time we met."

Fukuzawa Yukichi was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't react much. He just nodded to show that he understood.

"Oh, right!" Ranpo Edogawa took the cat from Ace's arms and brought it to the guardian, "President! Do you want to touch him?"

The guardian who has never touched a cat but is rejected by all cats was immediately attracted by the cat. His expressionless face staring at one place made him look more ferocious. His fingers moved slightly, and just when he wanted to satisfy his desire to touch the cat, the cat suddenly kicked away Edogawa Ranpo's hand, ran out of the door, and soon disappeared.

Edogawa Ranpo said dejectedly: "Ah... the cat ran away..."

Fukuzawa Yukichi's hand, which was about to touch the cat, fell on Edogawa Ranpo's head, "Don't worry."

Ace looked at them thoughtfully. He had accurately discovered that the detective agency president liked cats. He asked, "How about I catch a cat and give it to you?"

She glanced at Akiko Yono: "......?"

Don’t people usually buy cats as gifts?

"Don't bother." Fukuzawa Yukichi rejected his kindness. "It's not convenient for me to keep cats here, and I can't be responsible for them."

"Oh well."

"Ace, it's time for you to go back." Edogawa Ranpo looked at the sky, turned around and said to him, "You and Mori Owl have switched over, right? Well, I think you are still switching now, right?"

"Well, I'll go back first then."

…

Moriogai had never thought that his own child would go to the other family as a guest and even spend his own money to treat the other family's child to dessert. He only saw Ace arrive at his office, but before he could sit down, Ace's body disappeared directly because of the exchange.

…and two lemons fell from where he had been.

Mori Ougai: […? ]

[Do you want to eat lemon?] Can it be delicious if you eat it directly when it is so sour?

"Ah? No... Oh, that one? I haven't told you yet, that's a bomb. I got it from a new guy named Motojiro Kajii." Ace said as he squatted behind the table.

Mori Ougai: [………………]

Say it again!? What did you bring in!?