Chapter 32 This Monster
The Armed Detective Agency was empty today. Tanizaki Junichiro took his sister Naomi out shopping, Yosano stayed in his medical room doing nothing, Kunikida went to visit the child of his sacrificed companion whom he had sponsored, and only Miyazawa Kenji kept shouting that he was hungry.
"I'm so hungry. Why hasn't the new guy come back yet? Isn't it his turn to bring food today?" He lay on the sofa, covering his stomach with his hands. He seemed to see his soul floating out.
Edogawa Ranpo stared at the snacks on the plate very carefully. He was wearing a brown detective suit and glasses. He sat in a messy posture, squatting on a chair with his feet. He said without raising his head, "Maybe he was kidnapped by someone."
"Ah?!" Miyazawa Kenji turned around in astonishment, his eyes wide open: "Is the newcomer so unlucky? Then I will also lose my lunch, right?"
Edogawa Ranpo sat back in his chair in frustration, leaning his upper body back and waving his hands, saying, "Even if we bring it back, it will only be dry bread. At most, we can bring a portion of his favorite rice over tea. It's all Dazai's fault. It must be him. Tell the newcomers that everyone in our detective agency is a bread expert and doesn't like to eat anything except bread... Didn't I just accidentally eat a portion of his canned crab meat?"
"It's fine if we have bread," Miyazawa Kenji said with a bitter face, "But do we really not need to rescue the newcomer? After all, he passed our entrance examination."
Edogawa Ranpo looked at the ceiling, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes behind his glasses: "It should be too late to go now."
"A newcomer is a child who is eager for recognition from others. In the first few days of joining the company, he will not let himself leave a bad impression on us." He pondered: "... They chose to do it in the daytime. Whether they did not expect this or have other plans, they will not let this matter drag on for a long time. After all, Yokohama is our Yokohama. When doing it away from home, the most important thing he needs to pay attention to is-"
"Hurry." Isabel was talking to someone in the cafe. She was in a leisurely posture, with a set of chess pieces in front of her. She gently picked up one of the pieces and said, "Don't start a war unless it is necessary."
"Don't start a war if you don't have a chance of winning."
"The odds of winning are slim, so don't start a war."
“Once a war begins, do not start it in a position that is disadvantageous to you but advantageous to the enemy.”
“And if I have to open it, and there is no favorable location, I must seize the right time and people,” she smiled slightly, “After all, I’m already in such a miserable situation, so of course I have to seize everything I can.”
The person opposite clapped his hands, and he said, "Ms. Isabel, you have a good opinion. Before I met you, I didn't think you were such a person."
Isabel seemed not to hear such compliments. She shook her head and said, "These are just the wisdom left by our ancestors. I am just a woman who has had the honor of reading books, and I have no occasion or opportunity to experiment. Today I am just boasting. Anyone can do it. Don't fail miserably in the end, that would be a laughing stock."
What's more, she glanced at the income of her light liquid, +31, it seems that you never took me seriously in the previous contacts, and only gave me the value we first met today.
"How could that be?" The man said in a humble tone, "You will definitely get what you want."
"I hope so." Isabel said with a smile, without a trace of arrogance in her tone.
19:23, Yokohama City Pier. It was already dark, and the work at the dock had just begun. Dozens of waterside workers were moving boxes of items off the ship, while men in black suits were standing guard vigilantly with guns. Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but what they didn't know was that someone was secretly watching them behind a telescope.
"Boss, this is it." A smaller man, also holding a monocular telescope in his hand, came closer and said.
The boss sneered: "Is it the mafia of this port that destroyed so much of our goods last year?"
"Yes," the little man said, "the guys from this archipelago not only hijacked our ship, but also seized our overseas routes. The contact person also cut off the business with us, and the direct loss was tens of millions."
"Bah!" The boss spat out thick phlegm heavily. He said with disdain, "It's just a small gang in a remote country. The old man reached such an agreement with them later. I don't know if he used his cerebellum too much when playing with women, so he did such a demented thing." He grinned, revealing his teeth damaged by smoking, and laughed, "In this world, only those who have guns are the bosses. Gangsters have to be ruthless. If you are not ruthless, who will be afraid of you? If they are not afraid of you, how can they hand over the money? If we don't hand over the money, how can we have the happy life now!"
Hearing this, the little guy was very impressed and said, "Boss, you are wise."
The boss burst into laughter immediately. After laughing, he instantly became vicious and said to his men: "Go, take our money back!"
"Bang!" In the dark night, someone fired the first shot. A man in a black suit fell to the ground with a groan, and his companions around him immediately became alert. But no one expected that they would be attacked in their own port, and this batch of goods was not the contraband from the previous week, so not many people came. Bullets rained down on them. The leader in the lead was particularly excited. He held a gun and fired from beginning to end.
"Hello," someone hid behind a cover and made a difficult phone call: "This is East Coast Port, Pier 7 of East Coast Port. We are under attack. The enemy has a large number of guns. They..."
He couldn't continue speaking. He lowered his head and saw a bullet hole in his chest. A man walked up from behind him, his face splattered with blood and a cruel smile. Hearing the anxious question coming from the other end of the phone, he sneered and crushed it without hesitation.
Then he left gracefully.
The man opposite him clenched his fingers, and his cold face became even colder. The people following him could all feel his uncontrollable rage. Someone asked tremblingly, "Mr. Akutagawa, is there an accident at the dock?"
Akutagawa Ryunosuke was a young man with a little gray in the ends of his hair. He snorted coldly and didn't answer him at all. He turned into a black shadow and disappeared.
The people who stayed behind looked at each other in bewilderment. Someone asked, "Should we report this to the boss?"
Higuchi Ichiyo on the side said quickly: "I can do this. The cadres have the responsibility to rescue when the organization is damaged. Not to mention, today is Akutagawa-senpai's patrol day."
She pressed the button on her phone.
In an unknown shop, a white finger lifted a chess piece and bumped it into another chess piece. Then, Isabel said with a smile: "War is nothing more than reducing the power of others and strengthening your own strength."
"Pah." The sound of chess pieces colliding was particularly pleasant. She whispered, "Listen. The first step, the arrogant one, is to arouse his anger."
The black shadow ran towards the sea as swiftly as a beast. On the other side, in the dark street, Kojima Nanako stood in front of a group of people with a bloody sword in her hand. The leader was a beautiful yet fierce woman, she was wearing a gorgeous kimono, her long hair was pinned behind her head, she used a cypress fan to cover the dangerous smile on her face, looked at Kojima Nanako who was walking over, and said, "I thought it was someone who destroyed several bases of the port mafia like me, but it turned out to be just a little girl."
"But," she said with a sudden cold face, "Little girl, do you know? If you do something, you must bear the consequences! Especially killing!"
A large Yaksha-like creature suddenly leaped up behind her. It was emitting golden light all over its body, and was in the posture of a woman, wearing an equally gorgeous kimono.
Nanako Kojima seemed to be immersed in darkness, but her expression was calm. She held the knife in her right hand horizontally, looked up at the other inexplicable thing made up entirely of killing, and ran forward at full speed. Countless sparks splashed out in the clash of the two knives. As soon as the two fought, more fierce collisions followed.
Yasha exerted force, and Nanako Kojima rolled backwards to the ground. Her other long sword slid on the ground, sparking a series of sparks. She looked at the monster and muttered to herself: "The lady said that if you want to attack the enemy, you must save him."
After saying that, she looked at Ozaki Kouye who was standing aside. Ozaki Kouye smiled and gracefully drew out a very long knife. "Do you think that I am Yasha's weakness?"
Nanako Kojima remained silent. She closed her eyes, and then—
Superpowers activated!
This time she was liberated more thoroughly than the last time. Not only her limbs and body were changing, but even the most important part of her as a human being, her head, was gradually turning into a metallic color. Ozaki Kouyo stared at the scene in a daze, and the same comment suddenly popped up in her mind.
"This monster!"
The monster turned into a strange ball composed of swords, from which the sound of swords rubbing and whistling kept being heard. The bullets from behind hit it, but could not leave any trace. Its swift speed simply broke people's cognition. It arrived in front of Ozaki Momiji in just a few seconds. The golden Yaksha blocked it dangerously. Silver-like liquid spread from the monster's body to Yaksha's sword. The weapon suddenly became disobedient, and Yaksha could not hold it steadily.
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