Chapter 346 Bungo Stray Dogs and Gambling

As soon as she finished recording, Jinghua chose to send the recording to Dazai Osamu. Then she put away her mobile phone, took out her usual short knife from her thigh under her skirt, and then slipped into the corridor.

The first person she saw was the black-haired boy standing with his back to her, so she chose him as her target without hesitation. In a blink of an eye, the tip of the sharp knife in her hand was against the boy's lower back. At the same time, the supernatural being [Yaksha Shirayuki] that slowly manifested in the air also blocked the knife in front of the girl who looked about seven or eight years old opposite the boy.

"What are you going to do to Mr. Ranpo?" Izumi Kyoka's voice was cold. She always took matters into her own hands when it came to things that could endanger the detective agency.

This is the Mafia's territory. If the other party fights with her here, the Mafia will definitely not let them go, and she doesn't really need to care about this... Mr. Dazai said that when dealing with foreign countries, it is not the first time that the detective agency and the Mafia have stood on the same front.

But when Jinghua found that the brown-haired girl opposite her did not look panicked at all, but looked at her calmly and indifferently, she could not help but quickly glance at the boy's face reflected in the glass, and then confirmed that the boy was not nervous because of the weapon at his back.

She frowned and poked the boy's clothes with the tip of the knife again: "Answer me."

The wind from the window blew her shawl, and Jinghua suddenly realized that the windows in this corridor were fully open and were still open.

"I don't know." The girl with brown hair called Shirley said crisply, without any perfunctory expression. She was very calm, "After all, it's not our job to get rid of Mr. Ranbu."

Jinghua became alert: "What is your mission?"

She saw Shirley smile for no apparent reason, and instead of answering her question right away, she looked at the young man she was holding - the 'BOSS successor' that Shirley had mentioned before.

"You really know how to make your mission more difficult, Detective." Shirley sounded like she was complaining, "Isn't it time to retreat now?"

The boy, who had been silent all this time, had his hands in his pockets. After hearing what Shirley said, he gave her a rude look and said, "Excuse me, who is the one who made the mission more difficult?"

The pupils of the girl holding the dagger changed. Her fighting instinct reminded her. Finally, after hearing these words, she realized something: they were waiting for her to show up on purpose. Was this a trap set for her?

After realizing this, Jinghua immediately retreated without any hesitation, but as she took a step back, a bullet flew in from the window without warning. She was not in a position to react quickly to the bullet, so she subconsciously let [Yasha Shirayuki] block the attack from the sniper in the dark.

But this means that Shirley is no longer controlled by [Yaksha Shirayuki], and the boy is out of her attack range.

The boy with his back to her turned around, and Jinghua finally saw his face clearly.

Her instinct told her that this was a person who should have no connection with the underworld - but the reality was that the moment the boy turned around, Jinghua felt a sudden sense of sleepiness.

"I'm sorry, Kyoka." The boy, Kudo Shinichi, touched his face with a guilty conscience. On his raised wrist was a watch (improved version) that fired anesthetic needles when Kyoka's attention was diverted. "It's not convenient for you to participate in the next matter, so I can only ask you to take a rest."

[Yaksha Shirayuki] is a life form with special abilities controlled by Izumi Kyoka. When Kyoka fell into a deep sleep due to the anesthetic injection, [Yaksha Shirayuki] naturally dissipated in the corridor and could no longer cause any harm to them.

Kudo Shinichi had interacted with Izumi Kyouka, whom he knew, many times and they had a pretty good relationship. So when Kyouka was unconscious, he kindly stepped forward and caught the girl, preventing her from falling directly to the ground.

"You didn't say anything when you volunteered to come here." Huihara Ai rolled her eyes and then raised her hand to tap the headset she wore concealed beside her ear. "Scotland, our mission here is over."

There was no reply from the other side, but it was Kudo Shinichi who couldn't help but rub his arm after putting down the Izumi Kyoka.

His eyes were dull. “By the way, why did Brother Yue suddenly want to role-play… and play the role of the Black Organization?!”

Haibara Ai, who was also very sensitive to the organization's code name, nodded in agreement in her heart, but she didn't say anything else. She just said lightly: "Don't you want to see Gin being unconvinced but having to be respectful and obedient to that Yue brother?"

The two children who had a big grudge against Gin thought about the scene for a while, and simultaneously showed expectant looks.

Kudo Shinichi, who had to play the role of the organization's successor for no apparent reason, nodded solemnly, but there was a hint of joy in his tone: "You convinced me."

They had originally received the script from Brother Yue and were to "perform" at a fixed time and place. Naturally, they didn't know who would hear the conversation in the dark at the beginning. Scotland, who was always ready to provide sniper assistance in the dark - Morobu Jingguang was one of their backups.

Now that everything that needed to be said has been said and the hints that needed to be given have been given, their mission is accomplished and it is natural for them to retire.

However, there are more than just two people who need to perform at the banquet tonight.

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What was happening in the banquet hall and in the corridor outside was not actually happening at the same time. When Furuya Rei just walked past the others to the center of the crime, he was stopped by a voice before he could even start investigating.

"No need to trouble you, Your Excellency." The one walking in was Sen Ouwai, and the people on both sides made way for him. "The internal affairs of the Port Mafia will be resolved by themselves."

When he said this, there was still a faint smile on Mori Ogai's face. For some reason, he was unexpectedly polite to Furuya Rei, who was dressed as a waiter.

"But I don't know how this gentleman got this suit?" Mori Ou changed the subject, his wine-red eyes slightly curved, and he swept away the previous politeness in his words, showing a faint, superior posture, "The waiters arranged for this banquet should all be people from the Port Mafia, but I didn't see you on the personnel list... Could you please answer this question, Mr. Detective?"

After the last note fell, Furukaya Rei just blinked an eye, and Ozaki Koyo's knife was pulled out of the umbrella and placed in front of his neck.

Mori Ogai and the blond young man looked at each other. Not only did he not see any panic in his eyes, but he also received a "smile" from the other party who narrowed his eyes and imitated his previous expression. Even though there was a knife in front of him that could kill him at any time, he still looked calm and composed.

Mori Ouwai couldn't help but think again: Is there any other trump card? Is there any supernatural power that can help him escape from this situation smoothly?

When someone screamed that someone had died, Mori Ogai received a contact from Dazai Osamu - he didn't know how the kid got his current contact information, but Mori Ogai was not surprised at all - Dazai Osamu told him some information.

The organization they were investigating that suddenly appeared in Yokohama was indeed named after wine. There are currently three known members, and they can basically be matched with the three pairs of footprints at the scene of the second case.

[Sherry] is a little girl, [Gin] is a tall man who is relatively fierce and cruel, and the gender of [Bourbon] corresponding to the bottle of whiskey left at the scene is unknown, but it is certain that there is a certain degree of evil in his character.

Mori Ogai knew that Dazai Osamu was using the Port Mafia to confront the mysterious organization first, but he didn't really care. After all, the benefits that could be obtained after solving this mysterious organization were temporarily greater than the dangers, and that was enough.

He also noticed the blond man who was talking to the detective agency's man-tiger at the beginning, and deduced from the list that the other party's purpose was not pure. He just took the opportunity to confirm this.

Originally, he was still wondering whether this person was [Gin] or [Bourbon], or another unknown character to them, but now it seems that the other party is most likely the evil-tempered [Bourbon].

"Well," said Furiya Ling with a smile, "Even if I tell him, Chief Mori may not believe it, right? Besides, hasn't Chief Mori already figured out my identity?"

Afterwards, Furutani Rei looked around and his eyes naturally passed over Nakajima Atsushi. No one knew that he was regretting that he had just worked a day in vain. It was only thought that he was observing how many of the people were the men arranged in advance by Mori Ogai - or should we say, how many "guests" there were who were not members of the Port Mafia besides Nakajima Atsushi.

He finally looked at the body lying on the ground. The death was exactly the same as the victims in the previous two cases. The pool of blood had gradually spread to his feet.

Furuya Rei suppressed the urge to retreat in disdain, and his smile remained flawless: "But since Chief Mori doesn't want me to get involved in this case, of course I have no choice but to obey... I'm afraid I can't stay here for long, my boss is still waiting for me to return."

It is indeed an organization, and there is a BOSS.

Sen Ouwai narrowed his eyes and called out the other party's code name with a cold expression: "You are joking, Mr. Bourbon. The Port Mafia is not a place where anyone can come and go as they please."

Furiya Ling was not surprised by his words. He had also dealt with Mr. Mori in his own world and was quite familiar with Mori Ougai's style of doing things.

So he also knew that the other party would not let him go directly at this time.

Mori Ou was still waiting for this Bourbon's next move when he saw him making a calm gesture and naturally took out a letter from his pocket.

"This is something my boss asked me to pass on to Chief Mori." Furuya Rei handed the letter to Ozaki Kouyo in front of him. The latter took it, opened it with one hand, and simply confirmed that there were no traps before handing it to Mori Ugai.

The blond-haired, dark-skinned young man spoke in a gentle and soft tone, with a smile on his lips, and said slowly: "The boss said that after reading this, Chief Mori will definitely come up with an 'optimal solution' that is beneficial to the Port Mafia and you, Chief Mori. Don't you agree?"

Ozaki Kouyo, who was closest to him, frowned. She didn't think that Mori Ogai would really let this young man, who was obviously their breakthrough against the mysterious organization, leave just because of the content of a letter.

However, the next second, she heard the leader behind her speak in a cold voice after a brief silence, and then said to her: "Hongye-kun, let him go."