Things in the future
Mori's office is located on a busy street in Yokohama. The red brick walls and the first floor is a beautifully decorated cafe.
This firm was founded by a person with special abilities, Mori Ougai. Their daily work is to solve other people's commissions, such as delivering documents and finding kittens.
But most of the firm's members are people with special abilities, so things are not as simple as they seem.
He was walking around the street, squinting his eyes and looking around. On the chair next to him was a pile of things he had just bought.
"call."
After sitting down, the young man with short black hair slumped in the chair, his body shrunken and almost covered by all kinds of things.
Although the two would not fight on the street, they started arguing soon after they met. Ranpo was not interested in the content of their quarrel, so he pushed Nakajima Atsushi to deal with the matter.
Nakajima Atsushi didn't want to go too far away, because he knew there must be more than just Akutagawa around, but Ranpo insisted and said something like "This is an order."
If Mr. Ranpo said so, then he must have a reason. Nakajima Atsushi looked serious, thinking that it would be better to make a quick decision.
Not long after he left, someone came looking for Luanbu.
The black hat was pressed down, and the visitor coughed twice. Luanbu waved his plastered hand in the air and said lazily, "Mr. Hat - if there are so many things, can you take them?"
This natural order made Zhongyuan Zhongye feel helpless, but he did not refuse and reached out his hand to the top of the pile of things.
Soon after, bags of all sizes were covered in red light and were easily lifted up.
This is Chuuya Nakahara's special ability, which can control gravity.
Luanbu straightened his back and jumped up from his paralyzed position: "Let's go."
"What's wrong with your hand?" Nakahara Chuuya looked at the arm of the person in front of him and asked, "Doesn't the port have a healing ability?"
"Hehe." Ranbu hung his arms around his neck. "Mr. Hat, you talk too much. Those people just asked you to take me away, but they didn't tell you why."
Because it is not convenient to take action directly, the agency is entrusted to take over this task. Although the Port Mafia and Mori's Agency are hostile, except for special circumstances, neither party will take the initiative to provoke conflict.
Nakahara Chuuya touched his nose, feeling a little guilty: "Ah, then let's go?"
If the person in front of him refused forcefully, Nakahara Chuuya would have no choice. Because Mr. Mori said that violence should not be used. However, Mori Ogai also said that as long as you stand in front of Ranpo, he will follow you.
Ranpo is one of the leaders of the Port Mafia, but compared to the other leaders, Nakahara Chuuya is less willing to "fight" with him.
Although his strength is not high, Ranpo has an absolutely overwhelming brain. It is a smart brain that can see through the truth at a glance, so Nakahara Chuuya has suffered several losses.
To use the words of Dazai Osamu's gang, Ranpo is probably their trump card.
There was a sign on the door of the office's café saying "temporarily closed", so there were only a few people sitting inside the spotlessly clean shop.
The person who pushed the door open was biting a lollipop, puffing his cheeks childishly. Seeing someone in the cafe, the young man with short black hair bit the candy in big mouthfuls unhappily, making a crunching sound.
Seeing the two people walk in, the man sitting at the table by the window turned around. He had short white hair and was wearing a dark red military uniform.
"Ah, Ranpo-kun." The man sitting at the table narrowed his eyes and held his chin with one hand, "It's really not easy to see you."
"Huh?" Luanbu finished his candy in two or three bites, and then angrily said, "This is not a reason for you to cancel the appointment. Where is my cake?"
"Ah." Tiaoye Caiju narrowed her eyes and smiled, "It was my mistake. How about I bring it to you next time?"
"Please enjoy your meal."
Two cups of coffee were brought up, and the black-haired man in a white coat supported the table with one hand, then sat casually at another table.
Although he was dressed like a doctor, the scalpel in his pocket was not for saving lives. That sharp scalpel could easily cut a neck, but it could also easily take a person's life.
The smiling man in front of him is the president of Mori Office, Mori Ogai. Although he looks like an ordinary uncle with unshaven beard, he was once a famous assassin in the underground area.
The reason why I can sit here today is probably because of some deal that Mori Owl and the Hound guys made. Ah, or should I say, a commission.
Luanbu was stirring his coffee cup with a spoon, and the person across the table kindly pushed a plate of sugar cubes over. However, even though there was too much sugar cubes, he still didn't like the taste of the coffee.
"If you show enough sincerity and go to the port mafia to find me, I can agree to it." Ranbu deliberately made the quilt jingle. "If entrusting the firm just to delay time, then there is no need to do so."
Tiaoye Caiju swung his coffee cup. He was not panicked when his thoughts were seen through. It was better to say that he had known that Ranbu could guess their thoughts.
"There is one thing. We really need Ranpo-kun." Jouno Caiju sighed deliberately and acted embarrassed. "But Mr. Fukuzawa, I'm afraid he won't let us go."
He stopped stirring and slightly opened his eyes: "It's just your excuse."
"Haha, Ranbu, do you still remember what happened sixteen years ago? No, it should be a little further away - twenty-six years ago."
The question that was asked knowingly did not get an answer, and the two of them secretly confirmed each other's thoughts.
Twenty-six years ago, to be exact, it was the year he was born. 005 should have been blamed for this. But that guy seemed to be afraid that if they stayed together for too long, he would reveal his flaws, so he deliberately stayed by Fukuzawa Yukichi's side.
He took advantage of the cat slave's favor to avoid being exposed.
"More than 20 years ago, something unusual suddenly occurred near Nabari Town in Mie Prefecture."
"At first everyone thought it was a normal phenomenon of a solar eclipse, but just three hours after the sun disappeared, nearly 10,000 people in the nearby area died suddenly and mysteriously." Tiaoye Caiju said slowly. This was not a question, but a doubt.
The disaster occurred after a brief period of darkness covering the sun. All the people shrouded in the darkness died peacefully.
This was not a natural disaster. According to the judgment of the National Supernatural Organization, this was probably a tragedy caused by the loss of control of some supernatural power.
The survivor of this tragedy, and most likely the instigator, is none other than the seemingly ordinary Luanbu in front of him.
Tiaoye Caiju had checked the data and found that accessing the data required certain permissions. That was why he found it unbelievable after learning about it.
If tens of thousands of people died because of just one person, then his ability is very dangerous. Moreover, Ranpo was probably just born not long ago, so they need to judge whether Ranpo, the leader of the Port Mafia, is a "superpower".
Tiao Ye Cai Ju's thoughts were very clear, but he couldn't tell these people clearly. His special ability [Super Reasoning] only enabled him to see through the truth of things.
The culprit of all this was probably still feeling lucky that he had escaped, but he had no idea that the difficulties he was about to face had already begun to count down.
The person in front of him is a member of the strongest special forces "Hunter Hounds", and the leader of the Hunter Hounds, Fukuchi Sakurachi, is an old friend of the leader of the port mafia, Fukuzawa Yukichi.
The two had no open contact, but they had a good relationship in private.
At this time, in the chief's office at the highest point of the port building, the two people sitting face to face gradually became serious from the relaxed atmosphere at the beginning.
"No, I beg your pardon." Fukuzawa Yukichi put down his teacup, his expression serious, "Genichiro, you knew Ranpo's origins from the beginning, are you only now thinking of investigating what happened back then?"
The man in the red military uniform had his eyes half-closed. His hair was gray and there were several obvious scars on his face.
"I know." Fukuchi Sakura nodded foolishly, stroking the cup with one hand, "Although you value Ranpo, you can't be careless about this matter."
"I saw it. I saw a future where the world was destroyed. Just like more than 20 years ago, darkness engulfed everything."
Fukuzawa Yukichi did not doubt his friend's words, he just couldn't imagine that such a future would be closely related to Ranbu.
"Meow."
As the two of them were at a standoff, the cat lying on the sofa stretched out its head. The topic was interrupted and the atmosphere became more relaxed.
"Your cat?" Fukuchi Sakura looked a little surprised.
Fukuzawa Yukichi exhaled and shook his head: "It's a cat that was raised randomly."
The cup of tea was filled up again. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, neither of them continued the previous topic.
Seeing this, 005 breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but sigh that there are still powerful people in this world. Being able to see through the future is simply cheating.
The accident more than 20 years ago was caused by him. And the future that Fukuchi Sakura mentioned was probably because of his host.
If the mission "failed", he wouldn't mind going back to the beginning, just like now. But that would mean the end of the world for the people in this world.
But if you start over, no one will remember.
005 shook his head and licked his paws, then belatedly realized that something was wrong.
It seems his host has been away for too long...
The black and white cat stood up, paced around the sofa, and finally stood in front of the window. Fukuzawa Yukichi frowned as he observed 005's unexpected behavior.
He remembered Ranpo's request, in which he was told not to let 005 out of sight, and if 005 left, to hand over the contents of the second drawer to Dazai Osamu.
"Meow meow." 005 acted cute and finally persuaded the unsuspecting guard to open the door.
He successfully slipped out, but he didn't notice the meaningful look behind him.
Fukuzawa Yukichi followed Ranbu's instructions and did not stop 005 from leaving. As soon as 005 left, the unlocked drawer was opened.
It was a black-covered book, and when I opened it, it was filled with blank paper. When I turned to a fixed page, some messy graffiti appeared in front of me.