Chapter 80 I don't want your life, I just want your money (kindness
Early morning, dark alley.
The stench of garbage rose up, black shadows overlapped, and the white-haired young man grabbed the black-haired young man by the throat.
My vision went dark and a terrifying squeezing sound came from my throat.
He felt that his life was on the verge of stagnation. At this time, Mitsuyo Kakuta was not afraid.
He stretched out his hand and held the white-haired young man's face. Tears and unswallowed saliva flowed to his jaw. He opened his mouth and made a few lip movements.
“…”?
Tiao Ye Cai Ju raised his eyebrows. He wanted to hear what this person wanted to say.
Then he loosened his grip on his fingers, and he saw the young man open his mouth and smile:
"——Special Power Sky Garden."
Suddenly, countless ropes fell from the sky, trapping the two people in a web like spider silk. These nets are made of very thin iron chains, and because they are made of metal, they are difficult to cut with cold weapons. Tiaoye Caiju looked at the young man's smiling face in surprise.
The young man was not looking at him, but at his back. As if he had seen a terrifying scene, his eyes revealed extreme despair, as if he was fighting for his life. His lips opened and closed, and his voice was barely audible:
"Sky Courtyard, Closed."
An invisible wall of air suddenly fell down, and in the space of less than one square meter, even the sound of the wind disappeared completely.
At the moment when the air wall fell, a large amount of powder rose up, but by mistake, a white light flashed, and a silver-white light aimed at the back of Tiaoye Caiju cut the air wall. The air wall shook for a moment, and after resisting an attack, it collapsed and shattered like a fragile bubble.
There was a sweet smell in the air, and the white powder was mixed with a large amount of flour and icing sugar. Powder fell from the sky, blocking the view. The hairs on Tiaoye Caiju's back stood up, his hands loosened, and he turned around suddenly. According to his five senses, three young men holding short knives and ready to attack appeared silently behind him.
Mitsuyo Kakuta took the opportunity to retract the net, crawled into the depths of the alley, fell to the ground, and coughed heart-wrenchingly.
A handkerchief was handed to him. Mitsuyo Kakuta raised his head and saw a young man with dark blue hair, wearing black gloves and a complicated hunting robe, and possessing an extremely beautiful appearance that was not like that of a human. The young man had a katana on his waist and smiled at him gently.
“…Monster…?” He blurted out with his mind confused.
"ah?"
Mikazuki Munechika scratched his head in confusion, but there was no time to explain. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the battle ahead.
During the short break here, thick smoke suddenly floated out from the center of the white powder. Sanzhen Tandao had a cold expression on his face, and rushed to the center of the smoke in a flash. White light flashed in the thick smoke, and a streak of blood splashed on the wall. At the same moment when the blood was splattered, a "drip drip" sound was heard from the center.
In addition to smoke bombs, there are also bombs!
Yiqi Yizhen, who had been on guard in the dark, learned some common sense about modern weapons. His expression brightened and he shouted:
"withdraw!"
Without hesitation, San Zhen Dao withdrew from the smoke range. Mikazuki Munechika grabbed Kakuta Mitsuyo's sleeve and jumped back a few steps.
At the moment of synchronized retreat, explosions occurred, the air waves raised garbage dust, broken glass flew, and the lethality was astonishing. The huge sound of the close-range explosion caused tinnitus and headache in Mitsuyo Kakuta. In a trance, he saw a flash of white light from the corner of his eye. Later he realized that it was a sword being drawn out of its sheath, and the back of the blade swept away all the flying debris. The garbage was set on fire, and in a moment the alley was filled with flames.
When I wasn't paying attention, a dark shadow flashed by the wall.
The loud explosion woke up the entire residential area, and the apartment building became increasingly restless. The firelight exposed everything in the alley. Knowing that staying any longer would be too conspicuous, Go-Ren, who noticed the enemy escaping, looked at each other for a moment, cleared the way with his short sword, followed by Ichigo Ichibo, and quickly left the scene by grabbing Kakuta Mitsuyo's collar.
Shortly after the group left the scene, the mafia in charge of the area arrived at the scene, found nothing, and treated it as a routine conflict and left in a hurry.
**
The group didn't stop until they had walked a few kilometers.
Mitsuyo Kakuta felt as if he was on a roller coaster. The handsome big brother who was carrying him was like a cat. It was too difficult to hold him by the collar, so he just carried him on his shoulders. He could only feel the wind blowing past his ears. After the adrenaline faded, he felt cold through his sweat-soaked pajamas. His feet, which were bleeding from running, were aching excruciatingly, not to mention his throat being strangled. He didn't even know how he could speak. Just swallowing was incredibly painful.
But he found that the group of little boys were faster, and their shadows could not be seen at all when they were running. Compared with the others, the two young men could even be considered to be running slowly. The other boys even had time to scout the environment ahead inch by inch to prevent any accidents.
By the time they stopped, they had left that area and were now closer to central Yokohama. The surrounding area is a relatively formal new residential area. At two or three o'clock in the morning, the explosions in the distance did not disturb their sleep, and the place was still peaceful.
As soon as her feet touched the ground, Mitsuyo Kakuta's legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees. A little girl appeared beside him in a flash, just in time to help him up. Noticing that he was shivering from hypothermia, the little girl patted his back to comfort him.
"Brother Yiqi, is that a bomb? It feels much scarier than artillery."
The little girl muttered, and the blue-haired young man who had been silent all this time showed a helpless look on his face:
"That's why the master asked us to avoid conflicts as much as possible. Modern weapons are not as powerful as before. We can split a single bullet, but a large-scale attack is too deadly."
"So!" The little girl raised her head and frowned in confusion: "Why did you save him?"
They all saw clearly that the dagger had appeared behind the enemy. As a weapon, no one would be able to discover their whereabouts as long as they wanted to hide. They were prepared for a fatal blow, but by coincidence he used his special ability to block the fatal blow.
If he had been killed at that time, there wouldn't have been such a big fuss!
"……I……"
Kakuta Mitsuyo opened her mouth, sweat dripping down her back, and uttered in a hoarse voice:
"I thought you were going to kill me... so I was preparing for a dust explosion..."
He knew that the young man had sharp five senses, but the fact that three people appeared behind him and he had no reaction meant that they were in the same group! He was already in despair at the time and just wanted to make one last effort to at least take one away.
He is not a pushover, he just doesn't like cruel pain. It was because of this compassion that he helped others, but it turned out to be a trap to prolong his suffering! He already knew clearly that he was a cruel and ruthless killer, and anyone who held back would be a fool!
The only ability he developed was Aerial Courtyard·Closed, which could create a very small enclosed space, but it could only withstand one attack and the duration was very short. He only remembered the method of dust explosion. Time was too urgent, so he released all the powder he could. It was almost a fire, but the wall broke in the next second. Why would he commit suicide when he had a chance to run away?
No, why did he start explaining? Who are you?
My throat hurt so much that it became very difficult to speak. Mitsuyo Kakuta tried her best to squeeze out the sound:
"you……"
"The master has ordered me to take you over for a talk."
The dark blue-haired young man who had been holding him laughed and turned his head. The moonlight was bright at this time and he looked into the young man's eyes that were falling into the crescent moon.
"But you seem to need some rest? Do you want to go back with us and rest first?"
...Isn’t it really like a sheep walking into a tiger’s mouth?
There was a look of hesitation on his face, but since this guy was a bit good-looking, there shouldn't be any problem, right? However, just when he was about to agree, a little black-haired boy appeared in front of him without anyone noticing.
"The person chasing you is a cadre of a medium-sized criminal organization named Tiao Ye Cai Ju, who is good at tracking, interrogation, and torture. Preliminary investigation results show that more than two criminal organizations have discovered your special ability, and they want to take you back to transport drugs. Tiao Ye Cai Ju hates drug trafficking, and he will kill you regardless of whether you have special abilities or not, to prevent you from participating in drug trafficking."
"…My special ability, because of my special ability?"
Mitsuyo Kakuta's eyes widened. He thought of many possibilities. He never thought that such a weak ability could be targeted by others, and it might not even have anything to do with the 500 billion. A hoarse voice mixed with sobbing, tears could not stop flowing down:
"My special ability is so weak... so weak. I want to be a superhero... just because of my special ability? Haha?"
...Super weak superpowers?
The five blades present chose to remain silent.
That was the fatal blow of the short sword. Even a katana would be seriously injured by it. And you blocked it easily. A super weak supernatural power? Are you kidding me?
Speaking of this special ability, in fact, in the original destiny, for unknown reasons, Jyouno Caiju did not kill Kakuta Mitsuyo, but played a cat-and-mouse game with him for several months. Mitsuyo Kakuta is being hunted by multiple criminal organizations, and Saikiku Jyouno threatens that if he is caught, he will be tortured and killed without any cost.
Of course, even if he was not captured, he would be killed if caught by Tiao Ye Cai Ju.
In the past few months, in order to survive, Mitsuyo Kakuta developed countless uses of her special abilities and managed to survive the siege of multiple criminal organizations. He didn't even kill many people, and his supernatural powers super-evolved in desperate situations, and in the end he was even able to fight with Tiao Ye Cai Ju. But at the same moment when the criminal organization gave up the pursuit, Tiao Ye Caiju suddenly disappeared. A few days later, the 500 billion incident broke out completely. He once again encountered a new round of pursuit that was even more brutal than before, and was even rumored to be a "powerful psychic."
He stubbornly insisted on the belief that he could not bring more pain, and painfully embraced his very weak supernatural power. In the face of countless unexpected disasters, he tried his best, but still could not avoid the inevitable death, because his enemy was himself.
He was trying hard to become stronger, but was killed by his own stronger self.
Even death is endless despair.
…
Yagen Toushirou's information came from Tandao's hard work over the past few days.
They had come out to look for Mitsuyo Kakuta a few days ago, but it happened that Mitsuyo Kakuta had moved to a new house and left empty-handed.
However, by chance, they discovered that someone was tracking down Mitsuyo Kakuta. They found the base of the criminal organization and left a short knife to eavesdrop. The leader of the criminal organization was unwilling to meet with Tiao Ye Cai Ju, so all mission communication was done over the phone. By the time they learned Mitsuyo Kakuta's address over the phone, it was too late.
Shinano Fujishiro was the pioneer, but when he arrived, Kakuta Mitsuyo had already been hunted down. Because he was not dead yet, Shinano Fujishiro waited patiently for a while for the main force to arrive. The speed of the katana was very slow, and Mikazuki Munechika and Ichiki Ichiran were carried by Yaken Toushirou and Ran Toushirou, and I won't go into details about how embarrassing it was.
What he meant by saying this was to tell Mitsuyo Kakuta that he was in danger and that if he walked alone he would be killed sooner or later, but Mitsuyo Kakuta focused on the reason why he was being hunted. Yagen Toushirou was silent for a moment, waiting considerately for Kakuda Mitsuyo to finish crying, and then continued:
"Going back with us can guarantee your safety temporarily. Hmm..."
Thinking of what the Shinsengumi had said, Yagen Toushirou's expression became a little subtle. He was silent for a moment before continuing:
"We don't want your life, we just want your money."
How could someone describe robbery in such a refreshing and refined way?
The tears that Mitsuyo Kakuta was about to burst into tears suddenly stopped. He raised his head with a blank expression as if to say, 'I have never seen such a shameless person.'
"Yeah, I got a message from the general. You performed well, so there is still a job opportunity!"
Shinano Toushirou had just been typing away on his phone and had just received a new text message, he added in a relaxed and happy tone.
"It's a proper job, with a monthly salary at the upper end of the industry. The job content is to save lives and provide housing. There is no insurance, but the medical care is the best in the world. It just requires an interview, but you have great potential, I'm optimistic about you!"
…
Where did this go for him? Do we have to assign jobs to victims after robbery now?
If all this is true, then where is the morality? What’s the bottom line? Where is the transaction location? Where is the place of employment?
At four o'clock in the morning that night, after calculating and realizing that she was doomed to die anyway, Mitsuyo Kakuta decided to go with her handsome brothers, so she was obediently taken back to the shrine.
The shrine was recently renovated by the exiled swordsman, so it's at least habitable now. Yagen Toushirou was worried that Mitsuyo Kakuta would escape, but in the blink of an eye he discovered that Mitsuyo Kakuta was using her special ability to take out a mattress and quilt.
He also took out a doll with green hair and took a deep breath.
"I am more accustomed to Western style. I can't sleep without this. Isn't it cute? This is the number one princess in the world!"
There was a circle of pinch marks on his neck, he explained excitedly.
Yagen Toushirou nodded speechlessly. After guarding outside the door all night, he found that the man actually started snoring in his sleep.
……6.
You are too careless.
Still can’t fall asleep? I see your sleeping quality is very good. You fall asleep as soon as you lie down without any waiting.
**
The fire burning in the distance lit up the entire sky red.
The blade slashed across his chest, his clothes were torn, and blood dyed his lower body red.
The splattered glass fragments embedded in his limbs and back, and even a spark of light was stuck on his forehead. Tiao Ye Caiju leaned against the inside of the dim alley, took a deep breath, and used his hands to pull out the fragments embedded in his flesh.
He basically lost his ability to fight, but the most serious problem was his hearing. Because he was too close to the explosion, red blood flowed from his ears and he could no longer hear anything.
Something was vibrating, he lowered his head, and below the latest call were countless missed calls that he had ignored because he hadn't heard them. Turning sideways and leaning against the wall, he wiped the blood off his face and answered the phone.
He couldn't hear what the other person was saying, so he just kept talking to himself.
"It's a trap. I'm under attack. Come get me."
The phone slipped from his sticky palm. Tiaoye Caiju sat on the ground and looked up at the sky.
So quiet.
From childhood to adulthood, he had never encountered such a quiet night.
He was born with five sensitive senses, with hearing being the strongest, smell being the second, and vision being the weakest. When he was very young, the slightest noise would make it difficult for him to fall asleep. And those sounds that are just 'a bit loud' to normal people are like thunder to him.
Sometimes, the auditory world is much more real than the visual world. If he looks with his eyes, he can only see the outer shell, but with his hearing, he can hear everything in everyone's blood, he can hear the whole world.
He was used to controlling his life with his hearing, but he did not expect that losing his hearing did not make him feel uneasy, but instead brought him a special kind of peace.
I can't see the stars, but the sky is red.
The ground was shaking, the wind blew over the body, the smell of blood dissipated, and the stench hit me in the face.
In his drowsy consciousness, Tiaoye Caiju turned his head and saw the man who brought him to join the organization.
The man looked at him, asking something.
What are you asking?
He watched the man's lips.
Open, close, open, close...
"…Is he a person with supernatural powers?"
Tiaoye Caiju couldn't help laughing, and he tried to ask back:
"He is, why, are you disappointed?"
The man's face turned ugly and he stood up. Tiao Ye Cai Ju, who was sitting, saw the needle holes on his arm.
So disgusting, when did it start?
The stench destroyed the peace, which was not the peace he wanted.
In boredom, the young man with a sad face who was holding him tightly flashed before his eyes. In fact, he didn't want to kill him. He's obviously a very timid guy, but he's quite brave in extraordinary situations. I feel like if you push him a little, he'll become very interesting.
Unfortunately, he ran away.
Facing the light, he read the man's lip movements. The man was hypocritically comforting him. This man, who used to be smart, didn't even notice that there was something wrong with his hearing.
The murderous intent slowly grew, and the sticky right hand reached behind his back, but stopped the moment his fingertips touched the dagger.
Half of the reason was that the timing was not right, and the other half was that his hearing suddenly returned.
No, it was not recovery. His hearing was in a state of intermittent recovery. In the brief interval of complete recovery, Tiaoye Caiju turned his head and looked into the depths of the alley.
——There is a stranger's heartbeat there.
His eyes slid down, and on the screen of the mobile phone that had fallen to the ground, the numbers representing the time were switching back and forth.
——Time is in chaos.
**
Despite the fear, Mitsuyo Kakuta still maintained high-quality sleep.
When I woke up, it was already noon the next day, and there was no place on my body that didn't hurt. His throat was completely shut down and he gasped in pain as his foot touched the ground.
The bandage that was hastily applied last night after a quick rinse was completely soaked with blood and had even hardened into a lump.
The black-haired boy knocked on the door and walked in, carrying a tray with some still hot food on it. In addition to the food, there was also a bowl of black medicine and some bandages.
I wanted to say thank you, but my throat was too weak to speak. The black-haired boy glanced at him and placed the food in front of him.
"The decoction will speed up the recovery and protect your throat. You can wrap the bandage yourself."
"...Your master..." Her throat ached as if it was dead, and Mitsuyo Kakuta twisted her face and gestured.
"No hurry, eat first."
The black-haired boy had a dull expression, and although he used honorifics very well, no one who heard him could say that he was kind. Mitsuyo Kakuta lowered her head and ate. The food tasted very good. After the meal, the boy handed him a mobile phone and asked him to send an email to the owner.
…Is that it?
It feels like a huge makeshift team.
He uttered a greeting nervously, but the adult said nothing and handed him a complete document.
The text was arranged compactly. Mitsuyo Kakuta pressed the page-turning button and slowly widened her eyes.
**
"I've thought about it, but that's a big problem." Edogawa Ranpo's voice was a little blurred by the electric current. "I obviously didn't mention it. How cunning, Mu-kun."
This year, Nakai did not join the Armed Detective Agency. Neither Edogawa Ranpo nor Yosano Akiko have strong combat power. Yosano Akiko cannot go out on field missions often, and it is worrying to see Edogawa Ranpo walking around alone. Normally the president accompanies Edogawa Ranpo, but due to problems with Fukuchi Sakurachi, the time disaster, the instability of the Port Mafia, and other reasons, the president has become very busy.
The time has come for them to absorb people with special abilities.
But most of the people with special abilities have strange personalities. Not to mention that they can only search one by one through the "recommendation system", it is also uncertain whether the people with special abilities they find can implement the detective agency's philosophy. Most of the people with special abilities in Yokohama are in the otherworld organization, and most of those who have not joined the organization are unwilling to get involved in the mess between people with special abilities.
The original plan was to temporarily hire some people with special abilities and then take it slow. But this is only a last resort. Those hired people with special abilities cannot be considered formal "team members". From Edogawa Ranpo's point of view, it would be redundant if he could trust one out of ten people. It's not possible at all.
Members of the Armed Detective Agency don’t have to be powerful. As long as they have similar backgrounds, are kind and fair, and know how to work in a team, they’re fine. The main thing is one’s personal conduct, which must be acceptable.
In fact, Edogawa Ranpo had thought about it. He investigated Kakuta Mitsuyo's actions and was able to infer his basic personality. In terms of character, Mitsuyo Kakuta has already passed 50% of the test, and she only needs to confirm after the meeting with the president that she has passed the assessment before she can start work. The only obstacle was his identity.
The 500 billion issue is easy to deal with, but he is involved in the game between drug trafficking criminal organizations. His sudden appearance in the Armed Detective Agency is inappropriate, right?
Qian Jianmu didn't care too much.
"Yakuken and the others followed up and investigated. Mitsuyo Kakuta was very careful and used a pseudonym when she went out. Those organizations only knew his appearance, not his real name, and had no idea about the details of his ability. They only knew that he could store things. The focus was on changing his appearance, and his original appearance..."
He paused.
"He originally dressed very stylishly. He should be fine if he dyed his hair and put on a uniform. I will take care of his appearance. He has a hoarse voice and can't speak now. He can be sent to the detective agency in about a week."
"Ah! You're injured, aren't you?" Edogawa Ranpo suddenly perked up: "Let's do it today, tonight! Send it here after dyeing your hair. It just so happens that the president is here today. As for the injury, it's a small problem!"
………
It's a small problem for Yosano, but it's a huge problem for the patient, right?
Thinking of Yosano Akiko's treatment method, Chiganmaku couldn't help but feel from the bottom of his heart that this child was really unlucky.
This is too unlucky...
So at noon that day, after communicating with Chimamaku, Mitsuyo Kakuta, who was a little excited, was sent to a black market barber shop.
Having been told that he was going to have to change his appearance, he was in a good mood. At this moment, he was wearing a T-shirt with a huge girl anime sticker printed on it, sitting in the barber shop chair and choosing a color.
That afternoon, he took off the princess's T-shirt with tears in his eyes and changed into a light-colored shirt and beige windbreaker.
So at night, Yosano Akiko and the president, who stayed in the Armed Detective Agency with Edogawa Ranpo, watched a car drive towards the door. The strong wind blew through the hem of the beige windbreaker, and the pink hair danced wildly in the air. The young man, who looked clear and silly, had his long pink hair tied into a ponytail at the back of his neck. At first glance, he actually had a clean and handsome look. The only part of his neck that was not bandaged was a circle of purple marks from being pinched, giving a sense of torture.
Then, as he stepped onto the ground, the young man's expression suddenly distorted, and his handsome filter shattered to pieces. He walked in front of several people with a distorted face. Under the subtle gazes of the group, he was too nervous and bent over and hit his head on the table. With a bang, he wanted to scream in pain but his throat couldn't. He took a few steps back and his leg injury had not healed, so he tripped over his left leg and fell to the ground. He was silent for a moment, covering his face helplessly.
Edogawa Ranpo slowly took back his hands that had been covering his eyes due to a series of horrific accidents. He sighed subtly:
“Wow.”
The appearance is acceptable, I guess his mother wouldn’t even recognize him if she came, but this guy looks so stupid.
"Excuse me, Yosano Akiko, it's hard to be unable to talk."
Yosano Akiko, who had been watching, smiled gently and put on white gloves.
"Come on, you unlucky fellow."
Only the president sat there in silence. He had already thought of a way to test him, but as he watched the young man walk into the medical room with a clear face, not knowing what he would face in the future, he slowly closed his eyes.
...My conscience hurts a little.
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