Cthulhu Grocery Store

The turmoil in Yokohama is not over yet, on the contrary, the turmoil in the underground world has just begun.

In order to prevent large-scale chaos, Hong Kong gangsters dispatched the strongest force in advance to carry out large-scale suppression in the Central Plains. In just one week, the absolute dominance of the port mafia in the underground was reconfirmed, and the areas where protection fees were collected, commercial Activities, etc., have their hands full.

In this regard, the Supernatural Secret Service Division is the same, but the complexity of politics is far beyond that of the Mafia. Ango Sakaguchi has been working overtime for a week, and it is not surprising that he died suddenly with dark circles under his eyes.

As the last party of the three-quarter conception, the Armed Detective Agency is not as exaggerated as the big powers of both sides, but it is not idle, pushing all the commissions, focusing on investigating the root and scope of the merger of Yokohama and Akihabara, even Dazai who likes to paddle They were all directed around, and there was no time to commit suicide by jumping into the water.

At this moment, in the Armed Detective Agency, government personnel stood quietly at the door, handing over a bunch of information that investigators needed.

"This is the information of all the extra buildings." Kunikida put a lot of information on the table, "Do you want to see all these, Mr. Ranpo?"

The members of the detective agency looked desperately at the endless information, and their hearts were full of despair.

"Let me take a look," Edogawa Ranpo stood up from his seat, picked up the documents with both hands and glanced at each of them, picked out some documents and put them aside, "Look at these first."

Osamu Dazai stood behind Ranpo and watched him work, and suddenly said, "Do you have a clue?"

"Forget it, there are only three guesses at the moment." Luanbu raised three fingers, "First, someone wrote it on [book], the possibility is 5%, because the government has basically ruled out this possibility; second, [book] I have a consciousness, but I don’t have access to the body of [Book], so I can’t judge, third, [Book] is actually someone’s supernatural ability...the probability is 10%.”

"Is it only ten percent..." Osamu Dazai touched his chin.

"Well, so what we are doing now is to rule out this [-]% possibility, and this is the only thing our detective agency can do."

"Wait, wait!" Kunikida interrupted their conversation and said in disbelief, "[Book] is someone's supernatural power, what's going on?"

"That's why I said the probability is only [-] percent."

Kunikida pushed his glasses, reluctantly accepted Ranpo's speculation, and began to think about the 100% possibility: "But the information we have investigated, [Book] first appeared in the Taisho period, and it has passed by now. Almost [-] years."

"So, the list of nursing homes and nearby long-lived elderly is the first item we want to exclude." Edogawa Ranpo said while taking out another pile of data from the pile of data, "Then the surrounding area of ​​Akihabara schools, orphanages and hospitals.”

"Wait, why do schools and orphanages?"

"Because supernatural powers can be passed on to blood relatives, right, Mr. Ranpo." Dazai Osamu was thoughtful

"Well, the government has a way to pass on supernatural powers to blood relatives. It's better to say that this possibility is relatively high."

Osamu Dazai rubbed his chin, and guessed along this line of thought: "[Book] was originally the property of a person with supernatural ability, but unfortunately lost it. After the ability of [Book] was discovered, the person with supernatural ability did not say anything to protect himself. It is indeed a valuable guess to reveal the connection between myself and [Book], and now the new owner of [Book] has changed, and wants to get back my supernatural ability..."

As the president, Yukichi Fukuzawa made the final judgment: "Let's follow Ranpo's guess and investigate these directions in groups."

"Yes!"

"Yes."

At this time, several people sent by the government standing at the door had already carried all the materials submitted. The person dressed as a secretary smiled and complimented the detective agency. They were very busy, and no one paid any attention to them, so they left bored.

After the few people left, Edogawa Ranpo glanced at the door intentionally or unintentionally, and curled his lips: "There are so many rats lately."

Osamu Dazai passed by, pretending not to hear Mr. Ranpo's complaint, and pulled out some high school information from the pile of documents: "Then Kunikida and I will be responsible for investigating the high schools within Akihabara."

Kunikida didn't have any objection, since investigations are investigations anyway, he was about to take the information from Osamu Dazai, but the man mischievously raised his hand and deliberately refused to give it.

Kunikida clenched his fists: "...do you have to make a fuss when you are so busy?"

Osamu Dazai waved his hands again and again: "Why, this is a misunderstanding, Kunikida-kun, I just think that we need more detailed investigation than paper materials."

"So, let's go on a field trip!"

……

"How to investigate, Dazai." Kunikida stood at the school gate and watched the students coming and going.

Now is school time, a large number of students came out of the school gate with youthful smiles on their faces, making Kunikida miss the past.

"I don't know~" Osamu Dazai tilted his head cutely.

"what!?"

"Why does Kunikida think that I will know~" Osamu Dazai spread his hands, "There is no clue at all, and all we can do is to adopt stupid methods and eliminate suspicious persons one by one."

"Then we now...?"

"Just look at your intuition." Osamu Dazai said in a nonchalant manner.

"Intuition?" Kunikida frowned deeply. For a person like him who is serious about everything, such unreliable things as intuition cannot be used as a reference for investigation.

"Don't underestimate your intuition~" Dazai Osamu said mysteriously, "For example, now I suddenly feel that the two teenagers going home together are very suspicious~"

As he said that, Osamu Dazai suddenly rushed across the road and stopped in front of the two students.

"Hi~ we meet again."

God Dai Wugu and April [-] walked out of the school gate chatting and laughing. Coincidentally, the two happened to meet when they were leaving the teaching building. Other friends who went back together on weekdays happened to be away because of club activities or other reasons. So it was rare for the two of them to go home together.

However, the two were stopped by suspicious men just as they left the school.

"Wait a minute, are the two students free? Can I trouble you to do a small interview?" The black-haired man in a sand-colored windbreaker suddenly stopped them and asked with a smile on his face.

Kindai Wuko met Dazai Osamu's eyes, blinked, and recognized him: "Ah, you belonged to yesterday..."

Osamu Dazai smiled: "We meet again."

April [-]: "Is it someone you know?"

Shendai Wugu struggled and said: "It doesn't count, this gentleman seems to be a friend of one of my guests? I met on the road yesterday."

Osamu Dazai smiled gently: "Meet you again, my name is Osamu Dazai, can I ask the two classmates for a little help?"

Kunikida finally followed and saw that Osamu Dazai was already asking, but he didn't bother, and looked at the two boys as well.

Shendai Wugu thought for a while, and doing a street interview would not delay anything, so he nodded: "Okay."

"Thank you very much. In fact, we are doing street interviews. Excuse me, do you have any important discoveries or personal news recently? Anything is fine."

Important discovery?

The two thought about it carefully, and on April [-]st, they remembered the monsters and ghosts they discovered this morning, but Shendai Wugu had no clue.

"Sorry, I don't."

"Really? For example, suddenly discovered that the map has changed, and the towns that used to live have undergone tremendous changes..." Before Osamu Dazai finished speaking, he saw April [-]st's expression start to fluctuate, "This Classmate, have you thought of anything?"

"No, how could it be hahaha." April [-] tried desperately to explain, but even Shendai Wugu could tell at a glance that he was lying.

To say why...

"On April [-]st, the action is so strange." Shendai Wugu kindly reminded.

"Uh, hehe, is that so?" April [-] tried hard to restrain her wildly flailing hands, and met the increasingly suspicious gazes of the two strangers in front of her, her face full of bitterness and helplessness.

He is really bad at lying!help!Miss Yuko!

Ichihara Yuko took a sip of sake in her own store, and the spicy aftertaste made her cheeks instantly turn a lovely blush: "Oh~ this brand of wine is great, let's buy more on April [-]st next time~ "

The black mokona also drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and asked as he drank, "Speaking of which, why did you deliberately tell me about the changes in Akihabara on April [-]? With his character, he can't hide secrets." Yes."

Ichihara Yuko stretched out a finger and shook it: "You don't understand, Mokona, it is precisely because April [-]st can't hide the secret, and it can be given to another more important existence just in case. Cover up."

"Oh~ you sold April [-]st!" Mokona tapped her cute little hand.

"This is for world peace, April [-]st will definitely understand us~ Alright, let's have another drink!"

"Cheers~!"

Just as Ms. Yuko expected, April [-]st, who clearly knows something, is more suspicious than Kindai Kiriko, who really doesn't know anything.

Although Osamu Dazai felt that something was wrong, he didn't pay much attention to Kiriko Kindai due to his mental calculations.

As far as conclusions go, dodged a bullet.

......

inside the government

Si Nan finished the meeting and walked up and down in his office irritably.

"Tsk, where's the secretary, bring me a cup of coffee!"

After waiting for a long time without any response, Sinan frowned, sat back on the table and pressed the phone button: "Ask the secretary to bring me a cup of coffee."

After waiting for a long time, the office door finally opened from the outside, and a young man wearing glasses tremblingly came in with a tray: "Sir, the coffee is here."

Si Nan picked up the coffee and took a sip, frowned, and immediately poured the coffee on the secretary: "What is this? It's been cold for a long time! Why did you come here so late?!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The secretary bowed suddenly, without any rebuttal for himself.

"Hmph!" Sinan's bad mood eased a lot, especially when he saw the secretary's distressed look, the depression in his heart dissipated a lot.

Just at this time, the alarm outside suddenly sounded. Sinan was startled, and picked up the phone: "What happened?"

"Sir, the items in the central storage room are missing!"

Si Nan was stunned for a moment, realizing that there was something stored in the innermost part, his face turned pale.

"[Book]... lost?"

Sinan was dizzy for a while. No one knew the meaning of that book better than him. This is a secret treasure among the secret treasures held by many organizations. So far, it has been secretly stored in the Supernatural Secret Service Division, and there has never been a lost record.

If this is true, his good days will be over.

Si Nan left the office in a hurry. Behind him, the secretary still maintained a bowing posture, without moving for a long time, and the corners of his lowered mouth curved into a mocking arc.

Sinan, who looked at people with his nostrils, didn't notice at all that his secretary had already changed.