Chapter 65
Ever since he announced the new tactics, Dazai Osamu's whereabouts have become elusive, and he often takes Oda Saku out with him.
He meant that he needed to find "qualified political allies" first.
He brought Oda Sakunosuke along because he knew a lot of high-ranking people—to be precise, he knew a lot of dirt on them.
This can be considered another byproduct of his years as an assassination expert, since few people who can afford to hire him at a high price are ordinary people.
Although Oda Sakunosuke still adhered to his professional obligation to keep his employer's secrets and would not reveal any information to Dazai Osamu, Dazai Osamu did not need to say a word at all.
Usually, all Dazai Osamu needs to do is place him in front of the target and add a little clever rhetoric. The target, Oda Sakunosuke, will mistakenly believe that Dazai Osamu has everything under control, and will be shocked and sweating profusely.
Who are you? How do you know this? What do you want to do?
Of course, there are also some impolite individuals who immediately think of silencing them.
In this situation, it was a perfect opportunity for Oda Sakunosuke to demonstrate his exceptional combat prowess; Dazai Osamu didn't even need to quicken his pace much, humming a song as he easily followed behind, managing to successfully escape the winding mansion.
It's unclear whether he was genuinely in a good mood or deliberately feigning it to infuriate his enemies, leaving them frustrated and helpless.
Oh dear, finding allies is indeed a troublesome matter. Fortunately, he has the capable Oda Sakunosuke by his side.
Oda Sakunosuke could only reply with "…………".
Sometimes I feel like Dazai is deliberately playing tricks on the other person... I'm sure it's not just my imagination.
In any case, the search for collaborators is progressing at a very slow pace.
Dazai Osamu was far more meticulous about this than picking out a fresh head of cabbage at the market.
During this time, Ye Yihe first received a letter that surprised him.
It's still from an anonymous source, but their identity is pretty easy to guess.
My friend caught an incredibly beautiful goldfish! Come and see!!
The content was very vague, lacking a clear subject and self-introduction, but at the end of the letter was a short, honey-red streak, as if someone had rubbed it there with their finger, giving off a faint honey bean scent.
Simply put, it tastes like the red bean filling in red bean mochi, making it a very strong descriptive term.
That's all.
Ye Yihe flipped through the riddle paper twice to make sure he hadn't missed any clues.
Ranpo is usually very talkative and lively, and his personality is quite unique among all famous detectives. It was only this behavior of urging him to come over that gave Ye Yihe a sense that the other party was indeed a detective.
It's also possible that he's been instilled with such preconceived notions by movies and TV shows that he always thinks powerful characters are cryptic.
However, this does reveal that Ranpo encountered a serious situation that he couldn't talk about... Since it was just an anonymous letter, it means the matter shouldn't be too urgent?
Ye Yihe put away the paper and planned to go to the Armed Detective Agency to see what was going on.
He looked around and found that Dazai and Oda had already left, and Ivan had gone to supervise Pushkin's training. Only Chuuya was curled up on the sofa, playing games and dozing off. The game character he was controlling had been jumping around in place several times for no reason.
“Chuuye, I have to go to the detective agency,” Ye Yihe asked him. “Do you want to come with me?”
If Chun also doesn't want to go, he shouldn't have any problem going alone.
"oh!"
Chuuya's reaction instantly became much more positive than expected. "Alright! What are we going to do? Just wipe out that Twilight Detective Agency? Threaten them with force?"
He practically threw the controller aside as soon as the game was saved, stretched on the sofa, and then slowly came over to stand next to Ye Yihe.
"Let's go see the beautiful goldfish."
Ye Yihe shook the paper in his hand and made a joke with Zhong Ye.
Chuuya Nakahara raised his eyebrows. “…Fine,” he muttered to himself, “Let me see just how beautiful that goldfish is.”
Now it was Ye Yihe's turn to be speechless for a moment: ...This kid, Chuuya, really believes whatever he says!
Wait a minute, could it be that Ranpo actually caught a beautiful goldfish and that's why he called him over to see it...?
Considering that Ranpo could play with glass marbles from a soda bottle for an entire afternoon, it's hard to say that someone wouldn't specifically call him over to show off their beautiful goldfish.
In the end, Ye Yihe, with the attitude of "Oh well, even if it's a goldfish, I'll go and see," took a taxi with Chuuya to the Armed Detective Agency.
Although Zhong also expressed his desire to take him there on his motorcycle, Ye Yihe ruthlessly rejected it.
Chuuya isn't even an adult yet, he doesn't even have a motorcycle driver's license, how can he just go on the road like that.
Even if this kid can use his superpowers to fly a motorcycle into the sky, it won't work.
After hearing this, Chuuya said "Oh" and obediently sat in the back seat of the car.
Not to mention a motorcycle driver's license, he was born from the Leibo Street explosion and didn't even have legal identification documents; he was a complete illegal immigrant.
When they arrived at the Armed Detective Agency's building, Ye Yihe specifically asked Chuuya to first choose a quiet back street and use his [Gravity] ability to walk onto the exterior wall of the building and scout through the windows to see if they were in any danger.
Chuuya readily complied, “No,”—he walked around to the other end of the building, strolling leisurely, “Everything is normal. There was a young girl watering the flowers on the windowsill, and she even greeted me.”
It all seemed like a very ordinary detective agency routine, except for the fact that the girl was surprisingly calm about a head suddenly popping out of the fourth-floor window.
Perhaps she's just used to it, after all, she works for an armed detective agency that needs to solve all sorts of supernatural or non-supernatural incidents.
"Okay, then I'm relieved."
Maybe they really came to see the goldfish. Ye Yihe happily strode inside.
Sitting at his desk, with half his face obscured by documents, Edogawa Ranpo rested his chin on one hand and repeatedly tapped something on the table with the index finger of his other hand, looking utterly bored.
The sound of a hard, round object rolling on a solid wood table is probably from a small object like a marble or a ballpoint pen.
"Y-oh, you guys finally got here!"
Seeing Ye Yihe and Chuuya approaching, Ranpo suddenly stood up and called out to them cheerfully, showing no signs of distress or anxiety—carefree cats are never troubled.
"Who is he?" Ranpo stared at Chuuya for a few seconds, then turned to ask Ye Yihe.
“Nakahara Chuuya, you can just call him Chuuya,” Ye Yihe explained. “I sent you this letter because I was worried something had happened to you, so I asked Chuuya to come and help.”
Standing next to Ye Yihe, Nakahara Chuuya wore a short jacket, his hands in his pockets, and his expression was more wary than Ye Yihe's.
Hearing Ye Yihe introduce himself, he withdrew his gaze from the detective agency and greeted Ranpo, "Hello, I also came to see the beautiful goldfish."
"One more person to watch... well, one more person is fine, after all, it was Fei Jia who brought them!"
Ranpo had no objections and eagerly pulled Ye Yihe towards another room, "Come here, shh, come quietly, I haven't told the president about this yet..."
Ye Yihe, who obediently followed behind him, said: "..."
I didn't tell the president, but I specially sent him a letter asking him to come over... This doesn't seem like a proper visit to see the beautiful goldfish at all.
Because the entire fourth floor was booked by the Armed Detective Agency, in addition to the offices and reception area, there were also storage rooms, warehouses, and clinics.
Ranpo led them to the examination room, the place where Yosano Akiko, the detective agency's doctor, usually spent her time.
“This is it,” Ranpo said cautiously, surveying the empty corridor before quietly turning the doorknob. “Let me make this clear, I didn’t bring him back on purpose, but he was badly injured, and Akiko happened to be there with him…”
As a member of the detective agency, Akiko Yosano's special ability is "Please Don't Die," which can instantly restore a near-death injured person to a completely unharmed state.
If the injured person is not on the verge of death, then help them to the verge of death first, and then use your superpower to restore them in one go—therefore, using a machete to dissect human bodies is also a new hobby that Akiko has recently discovered.
Unfortunately, the president is too strong, and Ranpo is well protected, so she doesn't have much of a chance to use her skills. She can only look for the wounded from the outside when she goes on missions.
Ye Yihe realized in his heart: this "beautiful goldfish" was most likely the one that Ranpo was responsible for speaking up, Akiko was responsible for rescuing people, and finally brought back to the detective agency.
"Let's make it clear, I only picked him up after confirming that he wasn't dangerous."
Ranpo quietly pushed open the door, continuing to mutter to himself, "Besides, his amnesia has been going on for years, and it has nothing to do with Akiko's treatment..."
“I know,” Ye Yihe couldn’t help but laugh. “Did you save someone I know? Why are you being so mysterious?”
"Cough, you should, um, you should know him."
The door was finally pushed open completely, revealing a black-haired young man sitting on the hospital bed reading a book.
He was also a typical Caucasian, with extremely white skin under the sunlight, and long, dark hair that cascaded down like a soft brocade, the ends curling into elegant arcs.
With his quiet, downcast, melancholic eyes, the keywords "oil painting" and "aristocrat" unsurprisingly came to mind for Ye Yihe.
When he looked up from his book and gazed toward the doorway, it was easy to distinguish him from Ivan.
Ivan's silver-gray eyes always held a fervor and devotion deep within, like a silent tide brewing beneath a calm lake; while his... dark gold eyes, like honey or amber, appeared more indifferent and lifeless, as if their origins were obscured by thick fog, and their destination was nowhere to be seen.
His name is Lantang.
Ranpo finally whispered to Ye Yihe to give the full introduction, "I know he's a fugitive from that port Mafia organization, after all, I gave you the information... But still, he only passed out after helping me chase away the bad guys, you know, he's grateful for kindness, that's what the president taught him..."
"…………"
Ye Yihe thought to himself, "The president probably didn't teach you to pick up the Transcendent and French spy again."
If I was worried before that it might be a coincidence of names or similar pronunciations, now that I see this typical Caucasian appearance, coupled with similar supernatural abilities, Ranpo's amnesia earlier... there's a 90% chance that he's a relative or friend of Verlaine.
This is a bit tricky. Should we urgently notify the family to come and pick them up?
Compared to Ye Yihe's silent contemplation, Chuuya's reaction was rather subtle—simply put, it was an expression of great shock after being tricked.
You call this a pretty goldfish??
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