179.
Alice, with long blond curly hair and a red dress, was lying on the floor, drawing with her crayons.
Maybe it's because she's still a child - although I don't know if there's such a thing as an age limit for humanoid abilities, her drawing skills are terrible, and the people she draws basically look like stick figures.
Alice was happily drawing on the picture, and she could vaguely make out the main features of the characters. A little person with long orange-gold hair and a skirt was holding hands with a little person with silver-white hair and freckles. Next to the little people were five round balls with black and white spots and open mouths full of sharp teeth.
There is no doubt that this is Rantoshiro and his group.
"Alice-chan," Mori Ogai twisted his body to get his humanoid ability, and asked in a lingering tone, "Oh, isn't this the mysterious person who appeared in the Armed Detective Agency in recent days? Why, Alice is very interested in them, do you want to go and see them?"
"Hmph, that's because you're always busy with work, Rintaro, and don't want to play with me. I might as well go find someone good-looking to play with." Alice looked up and snorted coldly at Mori Ougai, rolled her eyes, and said angrily.
"But, you can't be interested in people from the armed detective agency. It would be too dangerous for the eldest lady of Mafia to get to know the enemy~" Mori Ogai showed a shocked expression and wiped it with a white handkerchief. He said with the tears pretending to squeeze out of the corners of his eyes.
Alice got up from the floor, brushed the dust off her hands, and sighed with her hands on her hips, "Really? Well, I'm not really going there to play, I'm just going to get some information. Isn't Rintaro also very interested after hearing Akutagawa come back and report that he met the kid who raised five tigers?"
"But, I went there for Mafia, not because of Rintaro, because Rintaro is a stinky man who I hate!"
After Alice finished speaking, she watched with satisfaction as Mori Ougai lost all color, bent forward in despair, and knelt on the ground.
"Alice-chan~ I'm really sad~" Mori Ougai hugged Alice tightly and rubbed his face on her skirt.
"Let go, Rintaro, you pervert!——" Alice kicked Mori Ougai hard in the face.
If Dazai Osamu saw this scene, he would probably laugh at Mori Ogumi.
Alice, the humanoid superpower outside of Morio, is equivalent to a part of himself, and the arrogant setting of the humanoid superpower that "hates him" was also set by him.
Kissing and hugging and all that, that's so narcissistic, the daffodils are blooming brilliantly.
Obviously, he has plans for some things in his mind and has planned them out carefully, but he doesn't say them directly. Instead, he has to talk to Alice and express them through Alice's tone. It's really a bad taste.
Mori Ogai's concerns this time were naturally caused by his observations of the Armed Detective Agency in recent days and the report submitted by Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
His concern was naturally for Randou Shiro and Gokotai, who were powerful but whose origins and attitudes were unknown. As the chess master, he had already linked Randou Shiro and Gokotai to Yaken, who had appeared for a short time like fireworks four years ago.
The sword spirits born from the swords possess powers that are uncontrollable by ordinary people. Their origins are unknown, and their whereabouts are unknown, and their true attitude towards humans and the city of Yokohama is unknown.
Once someone takes advantage of them, or this uncontrollable force is subordinate to any of the three forces, the three-moment concept proposed by the teacher will definitely collapse.
This power from the sword god of death belongs neither to the Port Mafia nor to the Armed Detective Agency.
For the sake of Mafia, for Yokohama, and for the city's continued prosperity, it's time to go and investigate.
No matter what means are used.
——Mori Ougai thought so.
So, smart people love to fantasize, especially those dark-minded uncles who love to play tricks and have evil intentions.
Edogawa Ranpo thought unhappily.
When Edogawa Ranpo waited for a long time in the office, he returned without holding the snack bag in his hands. Nakajima Atsushi and Goko stepped back with an apologetic look on their faces. They puffed up their baby faces, took out glasses from their pockets and began to show their "superpowers". After deducing what happened before, they understood what was waiting for them next.
"Forget it, Lord Ranpo will not take your mistake into account this time, but tomorrow - Atsushi, you must compensate me for the snacks, double the amount for today!" Edogawa Ranpo pointed at Nakajima Atsushi and said sternly, as if he was issuing some important instructions.
Nakajima Atsushi straightened his back subconsciously: "Okay, okay!"
Edogawa Ranpo nodded with satisfaction. He was chewing a piece of Screaming gummy candy in his mouth. This was a new type of candy that not only made a crackling sound when put in the mouth, but also made an "ow" sound similar to a dog's scream when the gummy candy was almost finished. Therefore, it was especially popular among elementary school students.
Of course, there is another reason why this soft candy is popular. The winning rate of the highest prize is 0.3%. The highest prize is a popular character figure from a superhero anime. Even though the winning rate is extremely low, people who love this character still rush to buy it. In this not-so-fun thing, Edogawa Ranpo, who did not use super reasoning, bought soft candies many times but never won the highest prize.
"Oh, I've finished it again... Well, eat one more and then I won't eat it anymore." Ranpo Edogawa took out another bag of gummy candies from the drawer of his desk and opened the package.
When he saw the golden card inside, which symbolized the winning card of the highest prize, he opened his emerald cat's-eye eyes.
"Hey, I won a prize." He felt unexpectedly surprised and excited. Of course, he had won this kind of prize before, but when he shared it with everyone in the detective agency, he was met with a cold shoulder. In the end, if it weren't for the understanding and praise from the president, he would have almost given up buying this elementary school snack - because even if he won a prize, it would only be a toy that only elementary school students would like, it was too childish.
The detective is not an elementary school student, nor is he childish!
But the president just left and is not in the office, so I can’t share this with you…
Edogawa Ranpo squinted his eyes, bit off the candy in his mouth, and swallowed it.
"How boring." Edogawa Ranpo said this, but he did not throw away the golden card in his hand.
At this moment, the Yakuin cat, who had been nestling on Kunikida Dobu's desk, occupying most of his office space, forcing him to huddle aside and type hard on the keyboard - to be honest, the look of a grown man huddled into a ball was really pitiful and funny, and who occasionally kicked the folders on the desk, suddenly walked towards him.
When Yakuken was scanning the surroundings with his cat eyes, he accidentally saw Edogawa Ranpo holding the card, and he quickly understood what was going on. Yakuken raised his feet and walked towards Edogawa Ranpo's desk.
Because the desks of the detective agency employees were not connected except for those sitting opposite each other, and Kunikida Doppo's desk was separated from Edogawa Ranpo's by an aisle. Yakuin couldn't just walk over, so he simply bent his body and jumped. His black figure drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed steadily in front of Edogawa Ranpo.
"Meow~" Yakuken stood up, first clapped his two front paws together, and then retracted the sharp nails of the white glove-like cat paws and tried hard to reach Edogawa Ranpo's forehead.
Seeing the little black cat struggling so hard, Edogawa Ranpo subconsciously lowered his forehead.
The soft and warm claws pushed aside Edogawa Ranpo's hair and pressed against his forehead.
"Meow——" Those clear and bright purple eyes looked at him with a smile.
“Really…” Even though it was cat language, Edogawa Ranpo knew what the other party meant. He couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth, revealing a childish and hearty smile, “Ranpo-sama also knows that I am the best!”
180.
A week has passed in the blink of an eye, and today is the sixth day that Yaoyan has been maintaining the cat status.
Tomorrow he'll be able to get rid of this stupid look and be human again!
During this time, Yaoyan successfully became the pet of the Armed Detective Agency with his well-behaved, sensible, cute and soft cat appearance. Even Edogawa Ranpo, who has always been willful and innocent, is willing to pamper this little black cat in his own way.
The specific method is of course to feed him Ranpo's favorite snacks, tell him the heroic deeds of the famous detective, and share the interesting things he saw today.
After welcoming a little cat, Fukuzawa was also followed by his family and friends, two short knives and five little tigers.
Although these six plush animals are not real cats strictly speaking, Fukuzawa Yukichi is already very happy. Although he does not show it on the surface, the sharp murderous aura that never diminishes in the past has become softer, giving people a feeling of winter approaching spring with only a slight chill. From this sign, it is not difficult to see his mood during this period.
Because everyone knows that their beloved black cat will transform tomorrow, so today is particularly enthusiastic and... crazy.
"Wow - you are worthy of being Yakukenni. This abstinence-style white doctor's coat suits you so well!" Rando Shiro clasped his fingers tightly, his eyes sparkling.
The drug research cat poked the gold-rimmed eyes with its front paws. At this moment, the black cat was wearing a dark shirt and a white coat, with the buttons buttoned tightly and the tie tied neatly.
Even with her cat body, she gives off a feeling of abstinence, maturity and eliteness.
Yaoyan also enjoys changing clothes, because after becoming a cat, he feels like he is running around without clothes and with all this fur on his head. Unlike other men who find changing clothes troublesome, perhaps because he used to be a designer, he doesn't like to wear the same clothes for a long time, and prefers to dress himself up.
Yaoyan meowed to show his approval of the outfit.
"This outfit is nice, why don't you try the detective suit that Detective-sama picked for you?" Ranpo Edogawa excitedly joined the cat dressing team. He held a brown beret, a brown cape, a toy cigarette holder and a pair of black-framed glasses.
Isn't this the same outfit that Ranbu-sama wore, only now it's a cat costume? All the military officers thought in unison.
Yakuken nodded, and put on the suit with the help of Ranpo Edogawa. He held the cigarette in his front paws and made an expression and "super reasoning" pose similar to Ranpo Edogawa's.
"Wow, this is awesome! I really have a good eye for it." Ranpo Edogawa said happily with pink flowers on her face.
Miyazawa Kenji also clapped his hands: "This outfit is so cool, I also want to wear something similar to Ranpo-san, maybe I can become a detective!"
She touched her short hair with Akiko Yosano. After seeing Yaken change into so many sets of clothes, her female shopping desire also emerged. However, Naomi Tanizaki did not come to the Armed Detective Agency today because she had to participate in school club activities.
Her usual shopping companion wasn't here, so...she turned her attention to Rantoshiro, who was wearing a simple solid-colored skirt.
"Luan, I remember you've been here for so many days and you only bought two sets of clothes to change into, right?" He walked over to Akiko Yosano and asked.
Rantoshiro pursed his face, "Yeah, because I thought we were only staying here for a while, and our brothers would be here soon, and we would be able to go home soon, so I didn't buy more clothes."
Yoseno Akiko touched her chin, and her beautiful eyes slightly raised: "Ah, I remember that tomorrow seems to be the day when the detective club goes out to see the cherry blossoms. Don't you want to wear beautiful clothes and take a beautiful photo with Yakuin?"
Rantoshiro: “!”
How could I refuse this? It's a perfect photo with my cat brother. It not only records the beautiful memories of watching cherry blossoms together, but also leaves a mark of the last day after my brother turned into a cat.
It's awesome no matter how you think about it!
So Rando Shiro agreed, picked up Yaken, who was wearing a detective suit, with one hand, held the arm of Yosano Akiko with the other hand, and went shopping happily.
The shopping duo selected clothes quickly and accurately. Although it took them a longer time than men, they gained a lot.
Shopping is not all about shopping, you also need to take a proper break. Rantoshiro, who was wearing a little skirt and standing with Yosano Akiko like a sister, pulled Yosano Akiko, who still wanted to continue walking, into a Western dessert shop.
"Really? Sister Akiko, please take a break." Rado Shiro picked up a small piece of cake and ate it, enjoying the sweet taste of fruit and cream between his teeth.
Yao Yan also enjoyed a plate of cake by himself. Of course, the cake had been cut in advance by Luan, and he only had to pick up the fork that was holding the cake and eat it.
"I'm so sorry," Yosano Akiko helped Rantoshiro put the loose hair that fell down around his ears back up, "Please forgive me, my little cutie, I'll pay your bill today."
Rantoshiro put his hand on his face and chuckled, "This is really unfair, so I will agree to it reluctantly."
Yao Yan, who was eating cake, was almost choked by the interaction between the two. No, the behavior between the two was a bit too much. People who knew about it would naturally understand that they had no tendency to develop in other directions, but from the perspective of others...
The cat's pupils swept over the waiter who was peeking at the side, and there was a look of sudden enlightenment on his face.
It seems that I really need to ask Ichi-nin to discipline Luan when I get back. I think I haven’t cleared out all the 18×yellow books and weird romance novels I collected before.
Just when the two people and the cat were enjoying such a leisurely and happy time, suddenly a loud noise was heard from the front of the road, which was obviously the sound of an explosion.
Yosano Akiko, who was sitting by the glass window, also saw Kunikida Doppo and Nakajima Atsushi running past in a hurry.
"It looks like the detective agency has a new mission. I'll go see if I can help," Yoseno Akiko stood up and straightened her skirt. "I'll leave my things to you, Luan."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back." He nodded in response.
It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but he was rejected the first time he wanted to help. The reason was that they were not members of the Armed Detective Agency. If they interfered with the commission, it would easily attract unnecessary attention and might cause trouble for them.
Although Rantoshiro and Gokotai didn't care about these, they naturally gave up when they saw the president of the Armed Detective Agency, Fukuzawa Yukichi, emphasize it so seriously.
While sitting in the store waiting for Akiko Yosano to return, Rantoshiro met a middle-aged man who pushed open the store door in a hurry.
The author has something to say: Damn, he still didn’t write about the scene of the car rollover.
Never mind, next chapter.
Yiqi Ni and Baiyao are coming too.
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05/17 23:00 First draft.
05/17 23:37 Corrected the wrong word.
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