Chapter 94 094 Cute Creatures
—Adorable things have extraordinary inner qualities. In the end, Barry and Vladimir still failed to capture the group of Armed Detective Agency members.
Fortunately, there was no mission to capture the "human tiger" in the first place. So it wasn't a problem even if Barry and Vladimir didn't capture Nakajima Atsushi.
Although his identity was exposed, his reason for doing so was to stop the group from capturing the man-tiger, so the fact that Atsushi Nakajima was rescued in the end was just a loss of points.
As for Atsushi Nakajima being hit by Vladimir's superpower... let's just forget about it. Osamu Dazai works for the Armed Detective Agency, so this superpower is practically useless to him.
Barry and Vladimir stood for a long time, looking sadly in the direction where Atsushi Nakajima and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki had fled, before retreating with a long sigh and a childlike Montgomery.
Montgomery: You've already arrested me, why are you sighing and complaining? Do you despise me?
Barry & Vladimir: We only caught one guy who we have to return to the duo. So annoying.
Leaving aside the matter of Barry and Vladimir, the return of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and Naomi Tanizaki with the tiger-like Atsushi Nakajima caused a major stir at the Armed Detective Agency.
Naomi Tanizaki crashing into the flowerbed at the intersection in front of the detective agency wasn't a big deal. After all, she had slowed down as she approached the agency. Although her car was damaged and part of the flowerbed collapsed, in Yokohama, damage of this magnitude is usually too much to bother repairing.
It's more cost-effective to wait until it's completely blown up again before repairing it (just kidding).
Junichiro Tanizaki was mistaken by passersby who came to help for a thief who stole a tiger from the zoo. Seeing Tanizaki holding a white tiger cub of unknown origin and stammering with his eyes wandering (he was so anxious that he didn't know what to say, so he stuttered), the Yokohama residents, who are particularly sensitive to criminals, almost called the police.
It's worth mentioning that Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was able to get out of trouble by having Atsushi Nakajima meow like a cat, and then Naomi Tanizaki lied and said that it was his brother who dyed the cat's fur color, and was too shy to say it, which barely allowed them to get away with it.
Atsushi Nakajima's meow was a stroke of genius. After asking the kind passerby for help, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki gratefully said that he would go back and prepare the highest quality cat food for Atsushi as a token of his gratitude.
—If it weren't for Junichiro Tanizaki's sincere expression, he would have been slapped by the tiger's claws long ago.
After finally returning to the Armed Detective Agency and recounting the process of being suspected of stealing from the zoo, along with his failed attempt to win over the Nakajima Tiger from Izumi Kyoka and his acceptance of reality, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō finally had time to explain what had actually happened.
After much effort, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō finally explained what had happened: "That's roughly the situation... But Kyouka, could you please let go of Atsushi? He doesn't look well..."
Kyoka Izumi, who was hugging Nakajima Torata, looked up and silently stared at Junichiro Tanizaki.
Holding Izumi Kyoka tightly, Nakajima Atsushi looked at Tanizaki Jun'ichirō with pleading eyes.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: "Um, the reason you criticized me was just because I felt uncomfortable with Atsushi-kun..."
Izumi Kyōka: Stare—
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: "I..."
Izumi Kyoka continued: Stare—
Tanizaki Junichiro: "..."
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: "Atsushi-kun, please pray for yourself."
Atsushi Nakajima's white seemed to become even more pronounced for a moment.
Because Dazai Osamu had disappeared, Nakajima Atsushi's special ability was temporarily unavailable. So when Nakajima Atsushi realized what was happening, he (now she) was already surrounded by everyone in the entire detective agency except for Dazai Osamu.
Yonosaka Akiko looked at Atsushi with great interest, but her eyes seemed to suggest that she wanted to dissect Nakajima Torato to observe his internal structure.
Edo-jo Ranpo excitedly approached, and under Izumi Kyoka's gaze, he stroked Nakajima Tiger's fur a couple of times, exclaiming with satisfaction, "It's softer than I imagined!"
Ah, it seems this detective has inadvertently revealed something.
Edogawa Ranpo wasn't finished with his reflections. He enthusiastically pulled out a camera and, under the pretext of being "commissioned by Dazai Osamu," began snapping photos of Nakajima Torato.
So it seems that some former Mafia member has also been exposed.
Kunikida Doppo and Miyazawa Kenji's reactions were the most normal; they simply came over to watch and made a few comments.
President Fukuzawa Yukichi... He had somehow produced a cat bed and blankets, and while everyone was still enjoying the spectacle, he quickly prepared milk at a temperature roughly the same as body temperature. Considering that Atsushi was originally human, he also prepared a few pieces of boiled meat (and naturally, no salt was added).
This ability to act left all the members in awe.
In short, this lively atmosphere lasted for quite a while before it ended.
Once the few people who were just there for the fun had dispersed, Yonosaka Akiko took a few steps forward and examined Nakajima Torata in Izumi Kyoka's arms more closely.
Atsushi's body visibly stiffened upon sensing Akiko's gaze.
"Is this the legendary 'Lolita' of child love? If Dunli is physically a tiger, is his intelligence at the level of a tiger or a human? And..."
Dun's expression gradually changed from serious and earnest, slowly turning into blankness, and finally into a state of being completely lost in thought.
He hadn't considered any of these things at all!
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