How to raise Dazai gently

Oda Sakunosuke and Kunikida Doppo were still vigilant, and they were slowly relieved until the white flocs stopped attacking them after a few seconds.

"Is everything resolved?" Oda Sakunosuke asked.

"What I threw out just now was a flash bomb. Considering the characteristics of these things that are afraid of light, the light that is so strong should kill them all."

"Maybe there are fish that slipped through the net." Oda Sakunosuke added lightly, and reloaded the pistol that had been emptied of bullets in his hand.

Kunikida Doppo used supernatural powers to materialize the flashlight, re-lighting this dark space.

The white light pierced the silence—the white flocs that had entangled them just now fell to the ground, stopped moving, and did not have the same color as a living thing just now, some wreckage fell into the ground and In the channel connecting the trunk and branch of the underground waterway outside, it disappeared soon. It may have melted into the groundwater and flowed away with the current.

Oda Sakunosuke squatted down, put on his gloves and picked up a handful of white flocs, and soon these wreckages were turned into powder under the slight force of his fingers. Both were devoured.

Very strange creatures, not like things made by supernatural powers, would they be naturally produced?

"The mermaid disease is probably caused by these things. I have to collect some and bring them back to Dr. Yosano for examination." Kunikida Doppo used his supernatural power to materialize several test tubes and collected the remains of these white flocs.

As an armed detective agency, the two of them naturally couldn't leave this large piece of white floc corpses alone. They swept these corpses into one piece as much as possible and destroyed them with high temperature.

As for the body of the homeless man, Doppo Kunikida originally planned to take him out of the underground waterway and bury him in a better tomb. After all, he suffered such cruel treatment during his lifetime, at least he hoped that he could live well after death a little.

However, after all, the two of them consumed a lot of physical strength in the battle just now, and they couldn't get the corpse out of the narrow passage for a while, but just put the corpse here, who knows if the white floc will Recover with the nutrition of the corpse?

Kunikida Doppo didn't dare to bet on the safety of the deceased and the safety of the entire city of Yokohama on the one hand, he finally sighed heavily and planned to cremate the body.

"Actually, wouldn't it be good to call Miyazawa?" Oda Sakunosuke suggested, "His strength is strong enough, and we do need manpower now—there may be more than one lair of these things."

Kunikida Doppo also thought of this, a chill rose from his back, and his eyes couldn't help looking at the back of the dug out space, the passage hidden in the darkness that connected the small waterway.

After all, the outbreaks of mermaid disease are everywhere, and I’m afraid it’s impossible to rely on this one place alone. Thinking of the fact that there are these dangerous white flocs wriggling a few meters away from where the citizens are stepping, and they don’t even know it. After drinking these things, Kunikida Doppo's lips and tongue were a little numb.

"...You're right, it's not something the two of us can handle."

Kunikida Doppo is not domineering, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, but found that there was no signal as expected, so he could only ask Oda Sakunosuke to wait here, and he went to a place with a signal to inform Miyazawa Kenji and Tanizaki Junichiro.

Although Oda Sakunosuke looked dumbfounded, once he acted, in terms of combat power and lethality alone, he should be ranked first among the armed detective agencies excluding the president Fukuzawa Yukichi.

After all, Oda Sakunosuke is a former gold medal killer. Although Miyazawa Kenji's ability is undoubtedly the first in terms of power, he often does not kill the enemy. Chances are it's quite experienced.

——Just like this moment.

He stood in this arc-shaped space that was dug out on purpose. Except for the flashlight that Kunikida Doppo left for him, there was no other lighting here. This canal is even ringing non-stop, and the sound of the water flowing overwhelms other movements.

rustling...

rustling...

Some of the remaining white flocs regrouped in the water flow. They were completely integrated with the water, but they went upstream, crawling up the edge of the ditch. If Oda Sakunosuke had eyes behind him, he would Look at these white flocs approaching him silently like transparent slimes.

These unknown adhesives are as transparent as water when they touch the water source. The transparent body and the darkness are perfectly integrated, and their bodies are thinned and spread out. The irregular shape is like a wide open With a huge bloody mouth, it rushed towards the targeted prey!

Oda Sakunosuke didn't turn his head back, the flashlight stuck out from under his armpit to shine on his back, and at the same time, his love gun turned its muzzle, and the magazine that had been kept full of bullets was ready for use at this time.

After several shots, these white flocs that finally gathered together and wanted to regain the nest and food were broken up again by Oda Sakunosuke.

This time he learned his lesson and adjusted his direction. Even if these white flocs were knocked down by him, they would not fall into the water again.

"Will it become more active when exposed to water?" Oda Sakunosuke used a flashlight to drive these white flocs together, and then used the flash bomb left by Kunikida Doppo to remove their activity.

That's right, the flash bomb just now should have pulled them all out, but these white flocs have regained their activity. Oda Sakunosuke has realized that these things may be worse than they expected Difficult to solve.

Although such a small episode happened, fortunately, Oda Sakunosuke did not encounter any troubles, and successfully joined other members of the Armed Detective Agency.

The body of the unknown homeless man was carefully put into a bag, and the strongest Miyazawa Kenji carried it out, while Junichiro Tanizaki, Doppo Kunikida, and Sakunosuke Oda carefully cleaned up the space , See if there are any clues.

The high-power lighting used on the construction site brought by Kenji Miyazawa illuminated the space as if it were daytime, and the places that the flashlight could not see were now clearly illuminated.

The white flocs have all been cleaned up and put into a very strong bag—after Oda Sakunosuke reminded them of the suspicious activity of these things, Kunikida Doppo immediately materialized the bag—thus, appearing in the armed The scene in front of the eyes of the four members of the detective agency made their voices dry as if they had been taken away.

"This, this is..." Tanizaki Junichiro seemed to have forgotten how to speak normally, his voice stuttered, his eyes were firmly attracted by the scene in front of him.

"...It must be the altar." Along with the sigh, came the voice of Oda Sakunosuke.

"These unknown things didn't come naturally here, someone put them here, and then..." Kunikida Doppo couldn't continue, his throat was rolling, as if he wanted to pour out the anger and sadness from his chest Spit it out, as if wanting to swallow the sadness and puzzlement.

What appeared in front of their eyes was a space deliberately shaped like an altar.

Just now the altar was filled with those white flocs, and in addition to the emergency, Oda Sakunosuke and Kunikida Doppo didn't realize that this was actually an altar.

Now after cleaning up the white floc remains on the wall, the original appearance of the altar clearly appeared in front of their eyes.

Whether it's the uncomfortably evil and unknown patterns, or the altar, which is not too obvious, but is specially made into a square shape like a coffin, it clearly shows that this is undoubtedly done by humans out something.

The homeless man who had been dead for a long time was probably tied up and placed on this coffin-like altar. In fear, those white flocs penetrated into his body, feeling the pain and fear of his internal organs and flesh and blood being digested, and then Die in utter despair.

"This is no longer just a problem of the epidemic." Kunikida Doppo looked serious, "We must contact the president and the others."

The man-made altar, the unknown existence being sacrificed by living bodies, the city of Yokohama under martial law, and many infected patients, this is no longer a simple terrorist attack.

"If these unknown objects are not just here..."

Kunikida Doppo didn't finish his sentence, but the other members of the detective agency understood what he meant.

To deal with possible terrorists, and to face the 'evil god' who does not know who summoned it, and does not know what ability it is, are two different things.

Although this "evil god" has two very obvious weaknesses of being afraid of light and fire, it is simply unrealistic to run through all the underground waterways in Yokohama City with just a few of them.

"Let's go back to the detective agency first, report the information here to the president, and see if we can find the antibody and antidote to mermaid disease."

Kunikida Doppo suggested, and the other three agreed, so they withdrew from the dark underground sewer—of course, bringing out the poor homeless man and the remains of the white floc.

When they came out of the humid, hot and dark underground waterway, even the expressionless Oda Sakunosuke couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling how warm the sun fell on him.

After returning to the detective agency, Yosano Akiko learned that they had a good harvest, and that the source of the mermaid disease might be those white flocs. Regardless of her tired body, she stood up abruptly and grabbed Kunikida Doppo's arm, and said in a hoarse voice: "Send those things to my operating room, and I will dissect them immediately!"

Kunikida Doppo looked at Yosano Akiko who had bloodshot eyes and heavy dark circles, and didn't try to persuade her to go to rest, but nodded, and said calmly: "I have asked Tanizaki and Kenji to put things in , I’ll leave it to you, but if you need our help, please do so!”

Yosano Akiko was in a hurry to go to the operating room for research. After hearing these words, she froze for a while, then smiled at Kunikida Doppo, and her tense spirit eased: "I see, I certainly will."

With so many important clues, the members of the Armed Detective Agency will naturally not miss the opportunity. Kunikida Doppo, Oda Sakunosuke and others set off again to explore other areas of the underground waterway after a short rest. Ji Ze took over the job of taking care of Edogawa Ranpo with Yosano Akiko and asked the doctor to analyze and dissect the collected samples.

It was also the first time for Yosano Akiko to meet this kind of creature. It was neither a plant nor an animal. Under the microscope, neither the nucleus nor the cell wall was observed, but it possessed amazing activity.

According to the information provided by Oda Sakunosuke and Kunikida Doppo, Yosano Akiko discovered that these creatures are indeed extremely sensitive to water sources. After putting some limbs into the water, these originally white flocs will also become transparent. If they are put into boiling water, they will not lose their activity, but they will lose their activity when they are irradiated by light and burned by flames.

Yosano Akiko had an idea of ​​why the citizens in Yokohama were infected differently: these white flocs dissolved in the water, but they did not melt, but became transparent, and these flocs became transparent along with the groundwater. It poured into the clean water pool, and was not purified by those purification agents and machines, and finally turned into pure water, which was drunk by the citizens.

Some people don't like to drink the water from the tap, so they get away with it.

It is also very simple to curb the spread of mermaid disease, just don't drink the groundwater produced in Yokohama, but considering the tens of millions of people in Yokohama City, all the water sources for survival must be transported in, this is not a problem simple things.

Yosano Akiko could almost imagine what kind of uproar it would cause if this news spread.

Yokohama City is obviously close to the sea and has abundant underground water veins, but it is like holding a treasure chest without a keyhole, sitting on an isolated island, dying of thirst.

This is no longer a problem that the detective agency can solve alone, and Yosano Akiko agrees with Kunikida Doppo and others.

Whether it is the unknown creatures in the underground waterway or the mermaid disease that needs to be solved urgently, they all need collaborators and helpers.

On the Mermaid Island on the other side, Osamu Dazai threatened Conan, who was staring wide-eyed as if he was too scared to move, clapped his hands and straightened his waist, ready to talk to Araki Kongyo about leaving.

Without guilt, he revealed to Conan who the real culprit was in the mermaid curse murder case. Let Conan use this to deduce the motive and method of committing the crime, which can be said to have ruined the fun of this little detective in reasoning and solving the case.

But Osamu Dazai didn't care. Now that the clues to the mermaid disease have been found, there is no need to stay on this island.

Conan was stiff all over, until Osamu Dazai's figure disappeared from the field of vision, he was suddenly relieved as if he was released from a fixed position, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

He reflected on his carelessness, even if Osamu Dazai was not a member of the Black Organization, he was also a Mafia, and he shouldn't have approached him so hastily.

But I have to say that Conan was amazed by the reasoning of Osamu Dazai in the murder incident that night. Apart from his father Yusaku Kudo, it was the first time he had seen such a quick and perfect reasoning, which made him admire At the same time, the inner unwillingness to admit defeat and the sense of competition also rose, and the appearance of Dazai Osamu and Araki Kongshi is really very confusing, compared with the faces of gin and vodka, which are enough to make children cry at night With their looks and looks, these two are enough to be stars, and maybe they will reach their pinnacle when they debut, and become popular all over the country.

Conan, who didn't want to admit that he was in control of his face, sighed, and then got up and prepared to find evidence to prove the murderer.

Osamu Dazai walked on the beach, and the delicate white sand made a slight sound when it rubbed against it. Although it was no longer raining, the wind and waves were still very strong. In addition, the incident occurred, and the passing boats were banned by the police. I'm afraid it won't be possible to leave until the case is resolved.

"Where will Kosora be..." Dazai Osamu was talking to himself, he let the sea breeze with damp water vapor blow his hair, even the bandaged skin seemed to be able to feel it. To this coolness.

"Are you calling me?"

After Dazai Osamu uttered these words to himself, Araki Koyo naturally walked out from the end of the corner on the other side of the beach, his kimono embroidered with camellias and white hibiscus was under the gray blue sky , like a flower field in full bloom, it wants to render the gloomy sky full of vitality.

There are still some secrets about Araki Kongyo that he does not know, and Osamu Dazai is very clear about this.

For example, why Araki Kongyo, who is supposed to be a "book man", disappeared during this period of time, who he went to meet, and what he did, but Osamu Dazai didn't care, he knew that Araki Kongyo would not hurt himself , which is not only the conclusion he observed, but also an instinctive intuition.

Since Araki Kongyo doesn't want to talk about it now, he won't ask either.

So Dazai Osamu smiled, stepped forward to meet him, and said loudly: "Yes, Xiao Kongshi, there is nothing interesting on this island, let's go to other places~"

Naturally, Araki Kongyo agreed. He tilted his head to look at Dazai Osamu, and asked, "Isn't there a murder case this time? Aji isn't going to do reasoning?"

Osamu Dazai shrugged and replied: "No, it was a special case last time, reasoning is enough to do it once, I don't want to change careers to become a detective. Besides, someone has already solved it, so I don't need to bother gone."

After saying this, he glanced back at the mansion behind him, then lowered his eyes, and said calmly: "What's more, I don't think there is anything wrong with taking revenge for my relatives."

Osamu Dazai was able to become the leader of the port mafia in this world, and he built this organization into a behemoth that even the state organs can avoid, of course, not only by means and force.

His calm, wise, ruthless attitude towards others and himself is the key.

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But in just one night, there was another dead person. The dead person was none other than the shrine maiden Kimie Shimabukuro of the Mermaid Shrine.

Osamu Dazai has judged that Junhui Shimabukuro is the murderer, but the murderer died unexpectedly. Could it be that the mermaid is really causing trouble?

After knowing this, Osamu Dazai just laughed.

Sure enough, not long after, Mori Kogoro suddenly called all the relevant parties over, saying that he had deduced the truth of the case. Osamu Dazai thought about it, and finally he was curious about the motive of the murderer, so he passed it .

In the sleeping Mori Kogoro, or Conan's reasoning behind him, the context of the truth gradually became clear, and the murderer was no longer silent.

"The murderer is you, Grandma Changshou."

The real culprit pointed out by Mori Kogoro is the 130-year-old longevity woman.

Accused as the murderer in the uproar of the crowd, the short longevity woman was silent for a while, but stood up under the astonished gaze cast on her. The legs hidden under the red skirt turned out to be the young man's legs. It was covered with traces of being tied with a special belt, and then the voice that came out from under the old face turned out to be the soft and sweet voice of a young woman.

"How do you know? I am very confident in this makeup."

She tore off the old man's face covering her face, and the exposed face was that of Shimabukuro Kimie, a shrine maiden who belonged to the Mermaid Shrine.

The truth is also very simple - Junhui Shimabukuro killed for revenge, for her mother who died in the warehouse three years ago.

The so-called mermaid skeleton without lower limbs was only because her mother's legs were folded and tied, which caused the calf and thigh bones to be smashed together when the beam fell, so it seemed that there were no lower limbs.

It would have been fine if it had been just an accident, but it wasn't, it was a murder.

The people who murdered her mother were the three dead women—they believed in the legend about mermaids on Mermaid Island, so they locked the door on purpose after seeing the longevity woman entering the warehouse, and set fire to it. fire.

They want to know whether this longevity woman really has the power of immortality, but what they don't know is that the longevity woman who is rumored to have eaten mermaid meat is actually played by Shimabukuro's mother.

In order to continue this dugong festival, make this small island capable of attracting tourists, and enable the residents on the island to live a good life, Shimabukuro's mother has been playing the role of "longevity woman" after her mother faked her death. .

After seeing the longevity woman who was burnt to death come back to life, the three women believed that the longevity woman had indeed eaten the mermaid meat, and they respected the longevity woman even more, especially the daughter of the door assistant Benzang. , when she accidentally learned from her father that there is a 'Water of the Sage' in the world that can rejuvenate people and keep them young forever, she was of course even more excited.

There is no doubt that the expensive 'Water of the Sage' must be made of mermaid bones. Since Tajima Takuro can sell the 'Water of the Sage' to make huge profits, why can't they?Besides, immortality and eternal youth are the ultimate dreams that every human being desires. In addition, they firmly believe in the existence of mermaids. As long as they use the whereabouts of mermaid bones as bait, they will naturally fall into Junhui Shimabukuro's life easily. When, they were killed one by one by Shimabukuro Junhui.

The case came to an end, and the blocked islands were finally able to reopen to ships.

Dazai Osamu and Araki Kongshi chartered a boat, and went straight to the town of Hino, which is also close to the sea and also related to mermaids.

When Tajima Takuro came to this mermaid island, he would definitely pass through that small town for supplies.

This town with mermaids and shark fins is undoubtedly a rural area. Whether it is the outdated facilities or the outdated decorations, it is enough to show the backwardness and conservatism of this town.

The name of this place, Sunless Town, is just as its name suggests, it is a small town without sunlight.

In addition, it is surrounded by high mountains, so it is not suitable for planting crops. However, there is a huge rock called Yuyin Rock on the sea. Because the rock blocks the sun, the entire bay forms a natural fishing ground. It is close, so all kinds of fish thrive here, and there are countless abalones and sea parameters, so the fishing and seafood industry here is very developed.

Although there are legends about mermaids in this small town, most of the residents do not believe in the existence of mermaids. Like some scientists, they all think that this is just an ancient legend, and those who thought they saw mermaids just saw the surface of the sea. It's just a dugong with seaweed on its head and nursing young.

The few children who stayed in this small town were very curious about Dazai Osamu and Araki Kongshi, who obviously came from other places. The younger ones would hide in a far away place and look at them, while the older ones, the courageous The older children simply came forward to strike up a conversation.

"Are you two foreigners? Where are you from? Are you traveling here? Do you need a local guide? It's free!"

It was obviously a female high school student who had just finished school. After pushing me and pushing you in the distance, a courageous one finally summoned up the courage to come over and talk to her, but her eyes were obviously on Araki Kongyo, with a look of expectations.

Araki Sora ignored the female high school student, just staring intently at the Yuyin Rock, which still stood tall even in the center of the town, as if the bare rock mountain was as beautiful as a treasure mountain, worthy of his full attention.

The female high school student originally came for Araki Kongshi, but she is still a girl after all. After she was obviously ignored and hit a nail, she was a little at a loss, but the partners behind her were still gesturing to her to cheer her up , so the female high school student had no choice but to hold back her shame, and turned to talk to another person.

Dazai Osamu looked at Araki Kongyo who stared at Yuyinyan in a daze for some reason, then put on a business smile, and kept Araki Kongyo behind him calmly, and secretly pricked up his ears at the female high school student The other girls who listened to their conversation said: "Yes, we came here from Yokohama for tourism. We are very interested in mermaids. I heard that there are mermaids here, so I am very curious-are there really mermaids here?"

The handsome handsome guy started the conversation, and the next conversation was easy. Although the female high school students were a little disappointed that the handsome boy who made their hearts beat faster could not talk to him, but at least he was not ignored by the two handsome guys at the same time. , It’s not bad: “As for mermaids, people of the older generation say that there are, but we haven’t seen it—after all, if there are really mermaids, they shouldn’t take the initiative to appear in front of us?”

Seeing that his companion had struck up a conversation with the handsome guy, several other female high school students couldn't hold back and came over to join the conversation.

Under the guidance of Osamu Dazai, they talked about many legends about mermaids in the town, such as the old woman who insisted on holding a harpoon at the port and wanted to catch a mermaid. Her former lover was a mermaid It was dragged away and eaten, and it seemed that so-and-so's mother seemed to be cursed by the mermaid, and then disappeared. No body has been found so far, or people in this town are used to painting sea urchin shells white, Hanging at the door, it is said that this is to imitate the sun that mermaids are afraid of, so as to scare mermaids away and prevent them from attacking the shore.

— After all, in the legend of this small town, merfolk are cannibals.

In this town where mermaid-related things are everywhere, who did Takuro Tajima get the water of the sage?

Could the raw material of the sage's water be the skeletons of those mermaids?After all, rejuvenation and curing terminal illnesses, things that cannot be done with the existing technology of human beings, I am afraid that only these legendary creatures can do it.