Shi Wu is good at planning. What he wants to do most now is to appear in front of the vampire and stab him.
——However, he doesn't even have a weapon now. Even if he stands in front of the enemy at this moment, he can't cause any harm to the enemy.
Edogawa Ranpo said to him: "If you are worried about weapons, ordinary bladed guns can't cause harm to him."
"Because he is a vampire, his self-healing ability is very scary."
"But relatively speaking, he must have weaknesses." Shi Wu understands this point. This is the rule of the world. No one is invincible.
"Yeah." Ranpo Edogawa spoke calmly: "Eight years ago, Fukuchi Sakurachi prevented the outbreak of Nordic vampires."
"At that time, the weapon he used was--"
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Dazai Osamu's investigation was carried out secretly and did not attract anyone's attention. No one knows how much data and intelligence he took the opportunity to steal during this time. No one knows that he has a person in the Special Powers Department who will help him for free as long as it does not involve the bottom line.
No... That person has done things that involve the bottom line. Only that time.
Just like most people only see Ranpo Edogawa sitting in the detective agency with snacks in his arms, they will ignore the fact that this detective is actually the busiest person in the detective agency. Edogawa Ranpo is the only real detective in the detective agency.
Similarly, because of Dazai Osamu's usual performance and attitude, people ignore how much blood and events he had on his hands during the period of the port mafia. Just a glance at the records is enough to make people feel cold.
That is not a history that can be easily erased by whitewashing it for two years. No matter what the reason is, turning those histories into "blanks that no longer exist" for Dazai Osamu can show how terrible that person was behind the scenes, and it also shows that the other party's power in the supernatural special agent department cannot be underestimated.
The supernatural special agent department manages all matters related to supernatural powers, and also protects the city of Yokohama in secret. They are not the same organization as the police. Although they are also government agencies, they are different after all.
——Even without being reminded, the fact that Dazai Osamu expressed his intention to investigate "Sakura Fukuchi" was enough to alert someone in the Special Power Division.
Fukuzawa Yukichi and Fukuchi Sakura were childhood friends, and they had known each other for decades, so it was difficult for Fukuzawa Yukichi to doubt each other. When he was a teenager, after coming into contact with Fukuchi Sakura through the relationship with the president, he once said that Fukuchi Sakura was the person he trusted most in the world.
If at that time, Ranpo said that Fukuchi Sakura was an enemy and could not be trusted, then Fukuzawa Yukichi would never believe it no matter what.
But it happened——he has known Ranpo for thirteen years now. In the past thirteen years, Fukuzawa Yukichi has witnessed with his own eyes time and again that the child he raised has made his light shine brighter and brighter.
Fukuzawa Yukichi trusts Edogawa Ranpo because he witnessed with his own eyes how dazzling and beautiful this diamond covered with a layer of dust is after carefully clearing the dust.
People change. They were once killers of the government. He left the government in the eyes of Fukuchi Sakura's foolish and disappointed eyes. He also found the signpost of his life one step earlier than the other.
The world they see is already different.
What's more, he met Ranpo from another world during this time.
That child, thinking about everything that happened to that child...
After Edogawa Ranpo told him the truth, Fukuzawa Yukichi was silent for a long time, so long that the detective became uneasy, and then the president of the detective agency let out a long breath.
Fukuzawa Yukichi's tone was the same as before, without any hesitation, and he said firmly: "Then, I order you-"
"Solve this matter as quickly as possible! Find the exact evidence to arrest the source, Fukuchi Sakurachi!"
Edogawa Ranpo's eyes sparkled at this moment, and a confident and proud smile overflowed on his lips again: "I've been waiting for you to say this!"
At this moment, the detective agency was in the dark, and Fukuchi Sakurachi was in the light.
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Most of the time, Ranpo Edogawa only uses his ability to deduce cases, and rarely uses his ability to take the initiative to do anything. But unlike Tokiwa, just because he doesn't do that doesn't mean he won't.
It's the same as finding your way around. Normally, Ranpo Edogawa just doesn't want to take the initiative to find your way around.
As long as Ranpo Edogawa wants, he can turn his ability into a terrifying mind-control technique.
He can deduce anyone's next move, their future choices. Often at the beginning of the story, he already knows the ending.
What's more, the detective agency also has a former member of the Port Mafia named Dazai Osamu.
Their plan - it wasn't even a plan. The two of them just looked at each other, and they seemed to know what the other would do next.
——Capture the captain of the government agency Hound Organization? This is not an April Fool's joke. Fukuchi Sakurachi's achievements are enough to erase any mistakes he made.
Future events that have not yet happened cannot convict him at all, let alone capture him.
Moreover, having climbed to Fukuchi Sakurachi's level, the other party will not show up unless something big happens.
Edogawa Ranpo was unwilling to use his relationship with his president to lure out the other party.
So they chose to use the same trick at the same time.
"Tanizaki and the others are fine, but Atsushi's acting skills don't seem to be that good." Edogawa Ranpo looked up, his emerald green eyes reflecting the young man standing in front of him, "Why, are you going to take this opportunity to train Atsushi again?"
"Well-it's a good opportunity, isn't it?" Dazai Osamu said with a smile.
Edogawa Ranpo snorted casually, "It's not just Atsushi."
Dazai smiled and said nothing.
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Everything went as planned.
No one noticed that the detective of the Detective Agency had figured out the truth earlier and played against the man behind the scenes according to the script.
Every move of the Detective Agency seemed to be expected by the enemy - the members of the Detective Agency were like puppets controlled by strings, passively enduring blows again and again.
Whether it was Kunikida being arrested on suspicion of murder or the Detective Agency suddenly becoming an enemy in front of the public - the Detective Agency was put in the spotlight.
The times are progressing. I don't know when it started, but people's lives have long been inseparable from high technology. Even if there is nothing to do, people will habitually take out their mobile phones and check them. They can learn about major news events in the fastest and most convenient way.
Similarly, it is easier to manipulate public opinion at this time.
The detective agency, which was originally a protector, was hated by everyone. Because of the relationship with the enemy, it was misunderstood by the masses as a terrible terrorist organization and the enemy of society.
As a member of the detective agency wanted by the government police, Nakajima Atsushi naturally knew that the detective agency was wronged, but the blows again and again made this timid boy even more at a loss. Especially when Mr. Dazai and Mr. Ranpo were not around, he didn't understand what he should do.
Fortunately, he is not alone. Izumi Kyoka was still by his side, making him realize what he should do most at this moment.
——And at this time, the incident has reached the most critical moment!
[Countdown to the distance...]
Edogawa Ranpo's acting skills are superb. He knows that the person in front of him is the enemy of the detective agency, but he can still put on a smile and say things that are no longer true.
The detective from the detective agency sat on the chair and took a serious look. "I can convince you in hundreds of ways. I can infer your answers and reactions. I can even induce you to say things that are beneficial to us on a psychological level. But I won't do that." "
Because the president said that he believes in you." Edogawa Ranpo squinted his eyes and looked at the only beneficiary behind this incident. His tone was calm and firm, and it didn't sound like a lie at all.
Edogawa Ranpo said in a low voice: "So, I will never doubt you."
Fukuchi Sakura looked at Edogawa Ranpo deeply and sighed: "Fukuzawa really has a good subordinate."
Hearing such words, as if he had received some kind of compliment, Edogawa Ranpo's mouth curled up - but the reason he smiled at this moment was that he knew that the prey had been hooked.
"It's here." Shi Wu felt the sea breeze blowing over his body, and the ship was swaying with the waves, not stable at all. He said to another person beside him: "Tanizaki, thank you for your hard work."
The orange-haired boy shook his head a little nervously, and then looked around the room in front of him with some doubts: "But, there is nothing here, Mr. Ranpo."
The room is gorgeous enough, but all the furniture can be scanned at a glance, and there is no place to hide people.
However, the people of the Armed Detective Agency all trust Edogawa Ranpo's judgment unconditionally. Even if he can't see anything in front of him, Tanizaki Junichiro still looks at the young man who is shorter than him with trusting eyes. Tanizaki Junichiro
, the ability "Fine Snow". In short, it can create illusions. It is the most suitable ability to do these hidden things.
It is also because of this that Tanizaki Junichiro appeared here with him. Junichiro Tanizaki is the backup of this plan. If anything unexpected happens, Junichiro Tanizaki's ability is most suitable to lead them to escape.
At this moment, Shi Wu was very calm, so calm that he couldn't believe it.
"I was wrong." Shi Wu suddenly said.
Junichiro Tanizaki was a little confused for a moment, and he responded blankly: "Huh? What?"
"I thought he would be a hopeless evil ghost." Shi Wu whispered to himself.
Shi Wu really understood it this way. He only had a negative impression of ghosts in his mind. Even if he didn't remember, he didn't have any good feelings towards this non-human.
This is also the reason why the system could not be trusted by him at first.
He thought that the vampire would be Fukuchi Sakurachi's helper - according to his reasoning, no matter what Fukuchi Sakurachi wanted to do, the vampire's ability occupied a very important position.
Moreover, the vampire was originally a strong man and had countless followers (subordinates).
But at this moment, after coming to this room, Shi Wu realized that he had taken it for granted. The vampire did not take the initiative to become a helper.
But even so, Shi Wu did not intend to retreat. It was not related to the mission - it was Shi Wu's own decision.
He had no weapons in his hands, but he knew that Fukuchi Sakurachi must have them here, and they were on his body or nearby.
Tanizaki Junichiro kept an eye on the people coming and going while controlling his supernatural powers to cover their figures. He didn't quite understand what Tokiwa said at this moment, but he understood what he should do at this time.
He only needed to cover up their whereabouts.
"Here." Tokiwa walked to a position naturally as if he could see it, lifted one corner, and directly exposed the things inside.
Tanizaki Junichiro was surprised: "Coffin, coffin?!"
Tokiwa put his hand on the coffin and stated: "Eight years ago, Fukuchi Sakurachi solved Bram Stoker, who was called one of the disasters, and cut off his head."
"Mr. Ranpo, what do you mean..." Tanizaki Junichiro looked at the coffin in front of him with some disbelief.
"Open it, Tanizaki." Tokiwa said.
Junichiro Tanizaki suppressed his emotions and nodded, but just when he put his hand on the coffin and was about to open it -
"Be careful!" Shi Wu rushed towards Junichiro Tanizaki!
"Mr. Ranpo--!" Junichiro Tanizaki's eyes widened, and the bright red and warm blood splashed on his face!
Just now, if Shi Wu hadn't pushed him, Junichiro Tanizaki would probably have been beheaded at this moment.
But on the contrary, Shi Wu's shoulder was stabbed by a knife.
What shocked Junichiro Tanizaki the most was that there were still only two of them in the room, and the knife appeared suddenly! And - there was no handle!
It was like a broken blade, appearing at the shoulder of Shi Wu!
Shi Wu seemed to feel no pain. He looked at the direction where the blade appeared, pursed his lips, and said the name: "- Fukuchi Sakurachi."
[99% of pain perception has been blocked. ]
It was not 100% blocked because Shi Wu needed to know where he was injured and where he should avoid in the future.
Fukuchi Sakurachi's ability is to enhance the performance of the weapon in his hand by a hundred times - it seems not dangerous, but in fact it can enhance the weapon to a very terrifying level.
In particular, Fukuchi Sakura has a divine sword called "Yu Yuzen" in his hand. This sword was forged by an ancient psychic and has the ability to omit space, teleporting the blade to another location from the user.
Originally, it could only teleport a few centimeters, but with the enhancement of Fukuchi Sakura's psychic power, it can be teleported tens of meters, killing people at a distance without being seen. *
This is also the case. Even though the distance is so far and there are obstacles such as walls in the middle, Fukuchi Sakura can still accurately chop at them.
- He was exposed.
Tokiwa was aware of this, but he was still relieved.
Because he knew that this meant that Ranpo would not be in danger, especially since the other party also carried a book with him - a novel written by Edgar Allan Poe, a member of the group. The novel, blessed by Edgar Allan Poe's special ability, can open up a new space. As long as the novel is not destroyed, Ranpo will be the safest in it.
The next second, the wooden barrier of the wall between the rooms was suddenly hit by something, and with a rumbling sound, a big hole opened.
"Atsushi!" After the dust was blown away, Tanizaki Junichiro called out this name.
In addition to Nakajima Atsushi, there was another student of Dazai Osamu - Akutagawa Ryunosuke of the Port Mafia!
"Mr. Ranpo? Mr. Tanizaki?! Why are you here?!" Nakajima Atsushi, who was covered in wounds, looked shocked.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke propped himself up and remained silent.
Fukuchi Sakurachi ignored the two new blacks of Langxi, and his eyes fell on Shi Wu, who was standing beside the coffin with a large amount of blood on his clothes. He said with a sigh: "The strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west is really well used. It's worthy of you, kid."
"Unfortunately, your strategy of playing the enemy against you seems to have failed?" Fukuchi Sakurachi said condescendingly.
From his tone, it seems that he already knew that what Edogawa Ranpo said at the time was a lie.
The people in the detective agency are still criminals who need to be arrested. Therefore, it is a very simple matter for Fukuchi Sakurachi to say that he is fighting the enemy and ask others not to get close. There is no need to worry about exposing his true identity as a shady person.
However, Shi Wu was not panicked at all. Instead, he smiled at this time: "No."
"I didn't fail." Shi Wu bent his eyes and looked at Fukuchi Sakurachi standing on the high ground without any obstacles.
Shi Wu did not deny the fact that he was Edogawa Ranpo - they did not deliberately hide the fact that there were two Edogawa Ranpo. It was just that the external name and even the explanation to ordinary members were all because of someone's supernatural power, which caused their Mr. Ranpo to split slightly.
Especially they didn't know that Shi Wu was blind.
And this supernatural power is time-limited, with a deadline of only one month. So the detective agency did not show much panic.
Now a month has passed, and before Fukuchi Sakurachi started to deal with the detective agency, Shiwu completely disappeared from the surface. It seems that the supernatural power has finally lost its effect.
Moreover, there are many kinds of supernatural powers in the world. Shiwu and Ranpo are wearing the same clothes. When their eyes cannot be seen and Shiwu deliberately imitates Ranpo, no one can distinguish them.
Fukuchi Sakurachi probably mistook him for Ranpo.
It should be very painful for the blade to pierce the shoulder, but with the system, the pain Shiwu felt was like a slight scratch, and this degree of pain could be easily ignored by Shiwu.
"Do you want me to deduce it? Your plan." During this time, Shiwu maliciously supplemented the information of Fukuchi Sakurachi so that he would not be as clueless as he was at the beginning.
To be honest, Shi Wu really didn't understand Fukuchi Sakura's thoughts. After analyzing and reasoning all of Fukuchi Sakura's actions, omitting the messy process, there was only one conclusion.
A somewhat ridiculous answer.
The ultimate goal of all Fukuchi Sakura's actions... turned out to be the so-called "conquering the world"!
When he reasoned to this extent at that time, Shi Wu fell into a very confused state. He really didn't understand that this world was so beautiful and happy, but someone wanted to break this peace.
"The most important part of your plan is Bram Stoker's highly contagious superpower, right?"
"You want to use his superpower to destroy the order of the world first and bring about a global crisis. In order to resist this crisis, you will definitely stand at the forefront in the name of a hero--"
Superpowers are really a cheating thing. There is actually a weapon that can turn humans into emotionless weapons.
In order to resist the highly contagious vampire army, this weapon must be unsealed.
Fukuchi Sakurachi's goal is this weapon, and then turn all humans into soldiers under his control.
"Well, I don't think you want to listen to these boring things." Tokiwa laughed.
Nakajima Atsushi's self-healing ability is very strong. This period of time is enough for him to regenerate his broken limbs. Akutagawa Ryunosuke also stood up again.
"If you really guessed my plan, the last thing you should do is to let me stand here." Shi Wu said so.
And the next moment, the coffin that was originally closed had been opened without knowing when - it was Tanizaki Junichiro's "Fine Snow"!
"It is even more wrong to put the weapon that can kill vampires and vampires in the same coffin!"
After he finished speaking, the wound on his shoulder suddenly tore open. Shi Wu knew that even if he had no system, even if the pain was 100% reflected in his body, he would never give up at this moment -
this body was different from his own, it had not been trained much, and there was no coop in his hand.
Logically, he could not avoid Fukuchi Sakurachi's second attack.
But he dodged with a movement that was at the limit of human endurance.
Shi Wu took a deep breath, with a very unique rhythm - no one knew that his lungs were burning at this moment, even if the system blocked almost all the pain, but this high temperature that was like burning the body was still hard to ignore. Shi
Wu didn't remember who he was, he didn't remember his name, his identity, and who his former partner was.
However, he remembered his mission firmly, and remembered the way of breathing that seemed like instinct!
In his hand was not the samurai sword he was familiar with, it was the Holy Cross Sword with a strong Western color!
But Shi Wu was not unfamiliar with his behavior at the moment. At the moment when Fukuchi Sakurachi chopped towards him again but was blocked by Nakajima Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryunosuke, he used the Holy Cross Sword in his hand to chop down the legendary vampire duke lying in the coffin -
at the moment the sword fell, he even smelled the smell of something burning in the fire for a moment!
Fukuchi Sakurachi's original plan failed! At the same time, there was one more thing Shi Wu had to do! Shi Wu
used the Holy Cross Sword to resist Fukuchi Sakurachi's attack with difficulty! His current body could not fight Fukuchi Sakurachi no matter what. Even if he used a breathing method that did not belong to this world, he could only block it for one or two seconds -
but these one or two seconds were enough!
"Atsushi! Tanizaki! Akutagawa! Look here!" In the battle just now, Toki had already taken away the novel belonging to Edgar Allan Poe that Atsushi Nakajima was guarding.
Edgar Allan Poe's novels can only be triggered by reading the text in them. And Toki could not enter the world of the book no matter what. When
the three heard their names, they almost instinctively looked in his direction, and therefore, their sights fell on the novel that he opened in front of them - the three of them were shocked and were all drawn into the world of the novel!
Then, Toki threw the book in his hand to a blind spot that no one had noticed. A petite figure in a kimono jumped out and took the book, and left the place without hesitation.
Who said that there can only be one back-up plan? His relationship with Kagamika has always been very good.
"It seems that your partners have all left." Fukuchi Sakurachi is not a stupid villain who will go hysterical when he realizes failure. He can even be exceptionally calm at this moment: "So, how are you going to escape from me next?"
"-Why should I escape?" Shi Wu raised the corners of his lips. At this moment, Shi Wu no longer concealed his blindness. His lifeless but clear and beautiful green eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
The difference between him and Edogawa Ranpo was easily exposed at this moment.
Even if he couldn't see it, he could guess that Fukuchi Sakurachi's face must have changed at this moment.
The body that has never been trained uses breathing methods by force. The moment it stops breathing, the body will be unable to move due to overload. Shi Wu was not panicked at all.
"You are very strong." Shi Wu looked up in the direction of Fukuchi Sakurachi and said calmly: "But someone told me that so-called strong is not just a word for the body." "
Because saving the weak is the duty of those who are born strong."
"The moment you want to use ghosts, you are no longer human."
And my duty is to kill ghosts and protect the weak!
So now, I have fulfilled my duty, and I didn't let anyone die in front of me.
The only pity is that I ruined Ranbu's plan, and it's probably too late to say sorry.
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[Mission accomplished. ]
The author has something to say: Shi Wu: I didn't let anyone die in front of me.