When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

"Listen up: Although 'Cang' is going to sign a half-year cooperation contract with you now, in the final analysis, this is just a 'trial' that lasts for half a year—for both of you."

Dongxiang Sarina took Minan Rinka to the meeting room upstairs, while emphasizing: "'Cang' will not come to you every time you need to solve a serial murder case, and you need your assistance. Not sure. When the case is urgent, there are cases where you suddenly need to work in the early morning.”

"At the same time, nothing that is seen in the well must be leaked. Everything can happen in the serial killer's well, and that's because the well represents the subconscious of human beings. If these things are leaked, perhaps the courts will not be able to find out." It will be affected by these contents, and there will be deviations in the sentencing of prisoners..."

The two stood in the elevator, while Togo Sarina was talking, while calmly looking at Minan Rinka behind him through the bright metal wall of the elevator.

She had read Minan Rinka's information and knew that this girl was thrown into the well because of her "spiritual ability".However, the practice in the well has shown that although Minan Rinka was able to survive in the well, her spiritual ability was weakened by Wang Xiangnv, and her role in the well may not be as good as that of ordinary people.

However, for real ordinary people, doing this kind of work in wells can be described as suicidal. "Detective" can easily die in the well due to various factors.Although the "famous detective" who died in the well can be directly pulled out of consciousness and returned to the body by Wang Xiangnu, the near-death experience is still real.

Countless near-death experiences are enough to destroy the will of an ordinary person.

Thinking of this, Togo Sarina glanced at Minan Rinka's expression.

Minan Rinka stood behind her without saying a word, seemed to be listening to her all the time, and seemed to be in a daze.Although the girl's face was beautiful, her current expression was a little dull.

[System prompt: Dongxiang Sarina's palpitation value +100]

While Togo Sarina was talking, Minan Rin devoted herself to calling up the system interface and finding out the palpitation value she had obtained in the well.

When she was in the well, the palpitation points obtained by Minan Rinka were divided into two categories.One of them is the palpitation value of the members of the "well end", and the other is the palpitation value of the people in the well.

The characters in the well are originally images generated by the serial murderer's subconscious mind, not real people.However, after leaving the well, Minan Rinka discovered that the palpitation value generated by the aborigines in the well was still in the system.

Minan Rin took the trouble to calculate the value and found that the value was also right.

Togo Sarina noticed that Minan Rinka's expression was dull because she was staring at the panel of the palpitation value exchange system that only she could see...

After discovering that Togo Sarina's palpitation value appeared, Minan Rinka came back to her senses, and heard the other party clear her throat.

"Are you really taking this job seriously?" Togo Sarina turned her head and looked at Minan Rinka suspiciously, "Did you listen to what I just said?"

Minan Rinhua nodded: "I listened."

Dongxiang Sarina took a deep breath: "Use today's well as an example. If the prosecutor in charge of prosecuting the 'hole' contacts you privately, hoping that you can provide him with some information related to the 'hole', then you What would you say?"

In order to simulate the situation, Togo Sarina still held her right hand by her ear, made a phone call, and stared at Minan Rinka: "Just treat me as a prosecutor who came to ask for news, answer my question ..."

Minan Rinka immediately understood: This is a simulated interview.

This scene seems familiar.So Minan Linhua also made a phone call gesture: "Little Yanzi, wearing a floral dress, comes here every spring. I asked Yanzi why he came? Yanzi said..."

Dongxiang Sarina was stunned: How did you sing this?

After a pause, Dongxiang Sarina suddenly remembered that this seemed to be a meme on the Internet.

She recalled what happened next, and tentatively said, "Take care of yourself?"

Minan Linhua's expression changed: "You still have time to care about what Yanzi said, it seems that the prosecutor's work is quite idle..."

Minan Rinka's words were far beyond Togo Sarina's expectations.She just kept the gesture of making a phone call, and stood there stunned.

[System prompt: Dongxiang Sarina's palpitation value +500]

***

After signing an external consultant contract with Togo Sarina for the next six months, Minan Rinka returned to the ground.

As soon as she got out of the elevator, she saw a slender man in a sand-colored windbreaker with short fluffy black hair standing in front of the temporarily closed Wang Xiangnv projection facility.

Hearing the sound of Minan Rinka walking out of the elevator, Dazai Osamu looked back and showed a bright smile: "Ah, Rinka, I am the one who came to deliver the evidence today."

Minan Rinka unexpectedly shifted her gaze to the metal box in Dazai Osamu's arms.Seeing this, he explained: "This is the laptop and some materials for making bombs that Mr. Kunikida and Atsushi-kun and I found in the abandoned public security building in Yokohama this afternoon. It was left by the prisoner, so it should be on it. There are some thought particles."

The members of the "cang" gathered together.In front of everyone, Osamu Dazai opened the metal box in his arms, and took out the production materials and the laptop one by one.

The moment the box was opened, the juvenile spirit who was placed aside reacted instantly.

"This is a very powerful killing intent." Someone sighed in a low voice, "It was captured by the infantile spirit in an instant..."

"The 'Apostle of Cang' who sent the letter has actually killed eleven people." Dazai Osamu's eyes flickered slightly, "Just yesterday, we found the victims of the continuous disappearance in Yokohama in an abandoned hospital .”

"But when we found them, the exhaust outlet in the hospital suddenly started emitting gas, killing all four people who were still trapped in the confined space. The only one we could save was a man named Nobuko Sasaki young women."

"This afternoon, after finding the kidnapper who was missing in a row, the kidnapper himself confessed that he was instigated by others to kidnap tourists who came to Yokohama and sell their organs for money."

"The place chosen by the people who traded organs with him is the Yokohama Public Security District Building. After we chased it, we found these things."

Baigui Funataro quickly scanned the emails stored in the laptop.

In the email, the person signed "Apostle of Cang" confessed that he had planted a bomb in Yokohama. If the armed detective agency did not deactivate the bomb before sunset tomorrow, tens of hundreds of people would die as a result.

Apparently, the "Apostle of Cang" had already had killing intent when placing the computer and bomb making materials.

"The killing intent has been collected. Start to run Wangxiangnu, and prepare to enter the well." Baigui Funataro thought for a while, "Minan Rinka, you are on standby on the third floor, and Naruko..."

"That." Bai Kifuntaro's voice was interrupted slowly by Osamu Dazai.

Facing everyone's eyes, the black-haired young man showed a smile on his face: "This time, can I go into the well and have a look?"

***

The situation of Minan Rinka entering the well undoubtedly shows one thing—that is, allowing people with supernatural abilities to work in the well can become one of the next research and development directions of "Cang".

Knowing that Osamu Dazai wanted to enter the well, Bai Kifune Taro hesitated for a while.

Even if "Kura" had cooperated with the Armed Detective Agency in the past, it was limited to inviting Edogawa Ranpo to come to Tokyo to assist in reasoning.Letting people from the armed detective agency enter the well has never happened before.

"Actually, the Armed Detective Agency also cooperates with some experts when investigating cases." Osamu Dazai sighed and explained, "A computer expert who cooperates with us is named Taguchi Rokuzo, and his father is a A policeman who died in the line of duty during the time of 'King Cangqi'."

"The incident of 'Apostle of Cang' is inextricably linked to the incident of 'King of Cang Banner' that happened in the past. It stands to reason that we can ask Taguchi boy to help us find out where the materials for making bombs come from. Yes. But this matter is related to his father's death after all, I think it's better for him to get as little involved in this case as possible."

"So I plan to find the culprit before him." He said, raising his index finger to his lips at Baiki Funtarou, "This matter is my own arbitrary decision, please don't tell Kunikida."

"Where's Mr. Ranpo?" Dongxiang Sarina asked.

"Ah, he just finished his business trip in Kyushu, and originally wanted to enjoy the local hot springs, but he didn't expect that another urgent investigation assistance came one step ahead of 'Kura'." Osamu Dazai said, "But since Mr. Ranpo has already It is decided to pass, and the case over there should not develop to the extent of troublesome 'cang'."

Bai Guifuuntaro did not answer, but asked, "What is your reason for asking yourself to enter the well?"

"This..." Dazai Osamu thought for a while, "After all, it was my private request to use Wang Xiangnv this time, and I didn't go through the formal commissioning process, so I decided to reduce the workload of 'Kura' and take on the role of the original 'Detective'. ’ work oh.”

***

Osamu Dazai finally got his wish and sat in the control cabin on the third floor.Minan Rinka was sitting in the control cabin next to him.Naruto Akito was on standby in the side room. If Dazai Osamu and Minan Rinka could not solve the problem in the well, he would enter the well again.

Osamu Dazai sat in the operating cabin, looking around curiously.He looked around, and glanced at Minan Linhua's direction, only to find that she was watching him quietly there.

Osamu Dazai asked subconsciously: "... Rinka, what do you look at? Do you think I am particularly handsome today? Are you planning to give up Chuya and choose to die in love with me?"

Minan Rinka was silent for a moment: "Did you just say not to tell Kunikida and the others about this?"

Osamu Dazai had an ominous premonition in his heart: "That's right..."

A kind smile appeared on Minan Rinhua's face: "Then I'll grab one of your braids now..."

[System prompt: Osamu Dazai's palpitation value +99]

Minan Rinka didn't think Dazai Osamu's real purpose of asking to enter the well would be what he said.Otherwise, after the case is resolved, it is obviously a great thing, why is he afraid that Kunikida Doppo and the others will know what he has done?

But no matter what Osamu Dazai is thinking, as long as she enters the world of killing intent, she will know it.

***

When he opened his eyes again, the room in the "cang" in front of him had turned into a piece of clear sea water.

The sun shone through the water, reflecting everything above it a shimmering light blue.Behind him is the seabed that gradually changes from dark blue to rich black.

Minan Linhua's lips moved slightly, and suddenly air gushed out of her mouth.She subconsciously opened her hands, wanting to float towards the surface of the sea.However, as soon as she stretched her body, she realized that there was a metal shackle on her ankle, and the end of the connected chain went deep into the dark seabed.

With the spiritual power exchanged by the system, Minan Rinka can easily cut off the metal shackles.But she still believes that in the well formed by the killing intent, using spiritual power to solve the problem simply and rudely will lead the reasoning to a dead end.

In the well, everything may have its symbolic meaning, and even the death of a famous detective may be a clue.Therefore, she intends to reduce her dependence on spiritual power as much as possible, and deal with various crises like ordinary people.

Just looking at her ankle, Minan Rinka swam towards the sea.

The clothes on her body absorbed a large amount of sea water, making her movements slow.As she floated up, she pulled the cloak off her shoulders, and her movements became much lighter.

The length of the chain on the feet is not too short, Minan Rinka managed to float her head out of the sea.She spit out the seawater in her mouth, brushed away the wet hair sticking to her temples, and looked around.

After getting out of the water, the voice that could be heard in the ears finally became clear.Minan Rinhua heard screams, cries, and abuse.On the sea surface around her, there are dozens of men and women struggling up and down on the water surface.

Minan Rinka saw it just now when she floated up from the bottom of the sea—countless metal chains like the shackles on her feet went deep into the bottom of the sea, and the other ends were handcuffed to the feet of struggling people on the sea surface.

The tide swayed gently, and there was no sign of land or ships around.Looking far away, you can only see the unchanged sea water, like the image copied and pasted in a video game.

Minan Rinka paddled and floated on the surface of the sea, and pulled the metal chains attached to the anklets.

There seemed to be something heavy attached to it. She pulled it a few times, but she still couldn't pull it away.

Minan Rinhua was struggling with the chain on her ankle when she suddenly heard a familiar voice from beside her.She turned her head to follow the sound, and saw Osamu Dazai, just like her just now, suddenly surfaced, and was breathing heavily at the moment.

The two should have been thrown into the well at the same time.Why did Osamu Dazai come up so much later than her?

Minan Rinka looked at Osamu Dazai in surprise.And Osamu Dazai raised his hand to stroke his bangs that became heavy after being soaked in water, exposing his smooth forehead, and turned to look at her.

After meeting Dazai Osamu's eyes, Minan Rinka realized something - Dazai Osamu had lost his memory just like Naruto Akito.At this moment, there was no sense of familiarity in the way he looked at her, and there was only surprise in it.

Perhaps the root cause of Minan Rinka's absence of amnesia is not in spiritual power, but in the palpitation point exchange system.Otherwise, Osamu Dazai, who also has supernatural abilities, would not lose his memory like ordinary people without supernatural abilities.

When entering the well, Minan Rinka's body remained safely outside the well, and only her consciousness entered the well.The palpitation value exchange system still exists in the well, which shows that the system exists in her consciousness.

As if realizing that Minan Rinka was the only calm person around, Dazai Osamu spoke to her: "This beautiful lady, where is this place?"

Come on, what about the beautiful lady, this guy has lost his memory and his mouth looks like honey...

Minan Rinka thought for a while and confirmed, "You don't know?"

"To tell you the truth, I even forgot my own name." Osamu Dazai shook his head, "I don't even know why I appeared in this place."

Minan Rinka took a deep breath.

"It really hurts my heart that you have forgotten the past!" She splashed water and approached Osamu Dazai, and held his hand very affectionately, as if she saw her own relatives, "Your name Called Daniu, he is my little brother!"

Osamu Dazai was stunned: What big bull?What brother?

[System prompt: Osamu Dazai's palpitation value +150]