When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

Minan Rinka cleaned up the blood so much that she wanted to curse.

The bloodstains here are obviously not caused by someone being injured, because the bloodstains on the ground look like they were punched out by a puncher, with a fixed distance between them, and even the shape of the bloodstains is so round...

Xiaohua thinks that this person is sick, and he has nothing to do here, and the bloodletting is coming?

She just took a few steps to clean up, took a few steps to clean up, and went all the way.

Clearly, Minan Linhua suddenly heard a soft rustling sound coming from the front, sometimes mixed with the sound of liquid dripping on the ground.

She hesitated for a moment, held her breath, stepped lightly with spiritual power, and walked forward silently.

In the shadows, the shape of the thing in front gradually appeared—it was a tall man in a tattered black cloak with short silver-blue hair.

***

Here, Nathaniel Hawthorne bled with confidence.

After all, this move helped him kill Fukuzawa Yukichi, the president of the Armed Detective Agency last night.Look, isn't Fukuzawa Yukichi lying in the intensive care unit now?

Fukuzawa Yukichi and Mori Ogai were the only assassination targets temporarily arranged for him by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and he had just blown up Mori Ogai's car.

After finishing them, no one set Nathaniel Hawthorne's next goal for him for the time being.After leaving the scene of the car bombing, Nathaniel Hawthorne thought that Mori Ogai's subordinates also had many supernatural powers, so he might as well kill them together.So he planned to set a trap near the Hong Kong and Black Building, and whoever was caught would be executed.

I don't know who the bloodstains will attract this time.It would be great if he could be a powerful supernatural power user.Nathaniel Hawthorne was bleeding while thinking this way.

"what are you doing?"

"Bloodletting to trap and kill people with supernatural abilities..." Nathaniel Hawthorne replied subconsciously.

"Oh, does it work?"

"It works. These two days..." Nathaniel Hawthorne suddenly felt wrong in the middle of speaking: Who the hell is he talking to! ?

He turned his head abruptly, only to find a girl in a high school Western-style uniform and a pleated skirt standing behind him, with her hands behind her back, staring at him silently...

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +999]

Nathaniel Hawthorne was literally palpitating: how did this girl get around behind him?Not only did he not notice, but he actually said a few words back and forth with the other party?

Nathaniel Hawthorne didn't know, because of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's hands and feet, his current thinking is extremely slow, and he has become a fool with some mental problems and only thinking about execution Batch, sometimes there are even various inexplicable voices in my head (Fyodor Dostoevsky said that it was the call of God he believed in).

In addition, Xiao Hua's use of spiritual power to cover up his own traces is also a unique skill, which caused him to not realize that Hua was approaching behind him at all...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Armed Detective Agency" only said "武", Minan Rinka didn't hear all of it, and didn't know what he was going to say, but subconsciously focused on "trapping and killing supernatural powers" who" is on.

"You're so boring." Minan Rinhua asked, "Why do you want to trap and kill people with supernatural abilities? If you can't answer, I'll arrest you."

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +578]

The pastor looked at Minan Linhua, and wondered if she followed the blood from the other side of the alley?So he glanced behind Minan Rinhua.

This glance caused Nathaniel Hawthorne's blood pressure to rise suddenly - he saw that the pedigree he had worked hard along the way was gone, and even the floor tiles had been pried off where there was a pool of blood!

It's true that no grass grows anywhere! ?

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +999]

But after thinking about it, the pastor calmed down again—since the pool of blood he left behind could be removed without a sound, even the floor tiles that might seep into tiny blood droplets, then this girl must be a person with supernatural powers That's right.

It seems that the bloodstains he left behind are not useless, but the effect is faster than he imagined.No, the superhumans who need to be liquidated have already arrived.

"You can actually destroy my plan." Nathaniel Hawthorne said coldly, "Then you must also be prepared to pay for your sins..."

"Your plan?" Minan Linhua was startled, she turned and pointed at the alley floor where she had hollowed out the floor tiles, "It's not me, you care about this kind of cat and mouse where Tom seduces Jerry with cheese crumbs Is the method called planning?"

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +939]

Minan Rinka didn't know that Nathaniel Hawthorne's spirit had been influenced by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and now this method of Tom seducing Jerry with cheese crumbs had been regarded by him as An excellent method of seduction.She babbled and babbled, still refusing to stop: "It's amazing, the human cheese is still delicious, how disgusting you put it here..."

This was the first time Nathaniel Hawthorne was told that his abilities were disgusting.

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +300]

It's useless to say more, since the other party is a person with supernatural powers, just kill him.The priest made a decision in an instant, the blood boiled in the cut wound on the wrist, turned into a sharp blood arrow, and went straight to Minan Linhua's face!

The blood arrow arrived in an instant, with a terrifying momentum, vowing to penetrate Minan Rinhua's eyeballs into her brain, and then penetrate her skull!However, at this moment, the girl nimbly raised her hand, holding a piece of brick that had been removed from the wall beside her.

Minan Rinhua grabbed the brick and slapped it, and the bloody arrow hit the ground with a "snap" like a mosquito...

The blood arrow twisted and rose again, and wanted to change its attack method again.It was too late to say it, and it was too late, Minan Lin quickly slammed down the brick, and sent the blood that made up the blood arrow together with the brick into the sea.

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +340]

The pastor clenched his teeth, and his bloody wrist felt a slight numb pain.

The ability of this supernatural person is quite bizarre, it can make the blood released by him disappear instantly.If all the blood he drained just now was there, it would have formed a dense rain of blood arrows that she couldn't get rid of one by one.

However, there should be a limit to bloodletting. If he continued to release a large amount of blood, let alone defeating the enemy, Nathaniel Hawthorne would probably die here because of excessive blood loss, and die together with her.

If he dies, the matter of saving his partner becomes empty talk.

The last bit of blood condensed in the air, becoming the blood words that allowed him to gain a foothold in the air.Nathaniel Hawthorne gave up the fight and jumped into the air on the toes of his boots.

He was about to jump into the air to escape, but suddenly he felt his ankle tighten. When he looked down, he found a white hand on his leg.

Minan Rinka looked at him cheerfully, and dragged him down while saying, "Why are you running? Come, let's talk about life"...

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +...]

***

Although she couldn't get in touch with the Port Mafia or the Armed Detective Agency, she still had the phone number of the teenage hacker Taguchi Rokuzo.

After tying Nathaniel Hawthorne to the ground, Minan Rinka called Taguchi Rokuzo.

Strictly speaking, Taguchi Rokuzo was an intelligence dealer who had a cooperative relationship with the Armed Detective Agency, and was not a member of the official establishment, so after the phone rang a few times, he was connected.

It's just that after connecting, Minan Rinka heard the announcement of the palpitation value exchange system before hearing Taguchi Rokuzo's voice.

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +345]

"Well, Miss Rinka, what do you want from me?" Taguchi Rokuzo felt very humble.

During this period of time, Minan Rinka called him from time to time, either to ask how the question was written, or to ask when the school will hold the parent-teacher meeting for the exam. Bring her the report card to Kangkang...

However, after Hakata uprooted the Hua Jiuhui, Minan Rinka actually paid him according to his price, and brought him a lot of snacks along the way.Snacks were still sent to his school, which caused Taguchi Rokuzo to complain to his classmates every time, but was blocked by the envious sentence "Your sister is so kind to you"...

Taguchi Rokuzo was so aggrieved that he didn't know what to say.How much this hurts the feelings of classmates!

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +129]

"There's just someone who needs you to investigate. I'll send you a photo." Minan Rinhua said as she put down her phone, pulled out the camera, and aimed at Nathaniel Huo, whose face was pressed to the ground by her. Sang took a photo with a "click".

The flashing light flashed, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value appeared again: [System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +99]

After receiving the photo from Minan Rinka, Taguchi Rokuzo was shocked.In the photo, I saw a light blue haired man with his hands tied behind his back and his face facing the ground.And on the back of the man's head was clearly pressing a hand—it was the hand that pressed his side face to the ground.

Isn't that the hand of Minan Rinka?

Inmate Taguchi Liuzang muttered: What is this sister doing again?

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +233]

Taguchi Rokuzo said helplessly: "Miss Rinka, if you don't turn him upside down, my program won't be able to capture his facial features, and I won't be able to run the cross search work."

"Okay." Minan Linhua turned the pastor over, and the flashlight flashed again, "click" to take a photo and send it over.

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's palpitation value +...]

"This one is OK!" Taguchi Rokuzo entered the photo into the program and quickly searched for portraits in the database.Soon, a corresponding document popped up.

"Sister Rinka, this is a member of the Guild!" Minan Rinka heard Taguchi Rokuzo's astonished voice on the phone, "He is Nathaniel Hawthorne, a member of the Guild with supernatural abilities. Once fought against Ryunosuke Akutagawa of the port mafia. In that battle, the luxury cruise ship Zelda that Guild used as a mobile base was destroyed, and his partner Margaret Mitchell was seriously injured. Not awake."

"After Nathaniel Hawthorne himself had healed from the wounds caused by the battle, he asked Francis Fitzgerald, chief of the Guild, to heal his partner Margaret. Francis refused his request. Then Nathaniel Hawthorne left the Guild in a fit of anger, and his whereabouts are unknown now." Taguchi Rokuzo said, "That's all I can investigate."

After finishing speaking, Taguchi Rokuzo asked curiously, "How did he fall into your hands..."

"Okay, I'll call you later." Minan Rinka didn't mention homework and exams this time to earn Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitations, but hung up quickly before he finished speaking phone.

Taguchi Rokuzo: "..."

This time Minan Rinka not only did not persecute him, but also hung up the phone so quickly, which even made him feel uncomfortable.

The rhetoric about writing questions and exams is a waste of preparation.

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +300]

On the other side, after hearing that Nathaniel Hawthorne was a member of the Guild, Minan Rinka's mind instantly became active.

What is Guild?She is the one who invested in the organization of the new company!Her little flower is now an important shareholder of Guild, the kind that even Francis Fitzgerald has to report to her on the company's business status on a regular basis!

And what does it mean that Nathaniel Hawthorne is a member of the Guild?It means that Nathaniel Hawthorne should also be her Xiaohua's wage earner!

Is it okay for wage earners not to work well in the company and come out to mess with Tom, Cheese and Jerry?

Minan Rinka felt that this would definitely not work!Looking at the black cloak that Nathaniel Hawthorne had obviously worn for a long time during his wanderings, so that the hem was frayed to the point of fraying, and the old and new wounds on his hands criss-crossed for bloodletting, Minan Rinhua felt extremely heartbroken, and felt that every time this guy wandered outside for a minute, her little flower would lose 1 million...

After thinking about it, Minan Rinka instantly put on a kind smile on her face.She let go of the hand that was holding Nathaniel Hawthorne, pulled him up vigorously, and patted the dust off his body.

"Why didn't you say you were from the Guild earlier? Didn't your family hit your own family, ha ha..." Minan Rinka said with a smirk, "Look, it's only three o'clock in the afternoon, and your company hasn't finished get off work yet. Right? Let's go and I'll take you back to work at the company..."

Why is your family beating your own family?Who is her family now?

Nathaniel Hawthorne, who had lost a lot of blood, waved Minan Rinhua's hand away with all his strength.

"I can't go back..." he said intermittently, "I want...to save Margaret..."

"Save, why not?" Minan Rinhua nodded.

Nathaniel Hawthorne froze. The concept of "Save Margaret" cleared his mind a little.

The pastor forgot the Zelda that sank into the sea wailing in the flames of the explosion, the lemon bombs flying around, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke and his "Rashomon".Now hanging in his mind, the only thread connecting himself and the world is his dying partner.

"Can you save her? Who are you...?" He turned his head and looked at Minan Rinhua carefully, his eyes full of bewilderment.

"Me?" Minan Rinka couldn't hold back the smirk on her face, "Hehe, I'm the major shareholder of your Guild, do you think my speech counts..."

Minan Rinka thinks that people with supernatural powers are very useful. Compared with them, a little medical expenses are a necessary investment.Moreover, didn't the Armed Detective Agency owe her a favor in solving the case of the Apostle of Cang?Then she asked the detective agency to return the favor and let Akiko Yosano come to treat Margaret Mitchell.In this way, even the medical expenses are saved, and Yosano Akiko doesn’t need to bring the machete, just activate the ability on the dying Margaret Mitchell and it’s over...

Thinking of this, Minan Rinka nodded with satisfaction.

"If you don't believe me, take a look." Seeing that Nathaniel Hawthorne was still dubious, Minan Linhua clicked out the emails with Francis Fitzgerald on the phone and showed him.

Looking at Francis Fitzgerald's email address and email content, a crack finally appeared on Nathaniel Hawthorne's dull expression.

After all, Minan Rinka became a shareholder of Guild after the Moby Whale hit Yokohama, and he left before that, and this is the first time he heard about it.

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's heart rate is +999]

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's heart rate is +999]

[System prompt: Nathaniel Hawthorne's heart rate is +999]

"You...are you really a shareholder of Guild?" Nathaniel Hawthorne confirmed, "Can you really save Margaret?"

"Yes, the premise is that you go back to work for me..." Minan Rinhua nodded.

"Go back... to work?" Nathaniel Hawthorne tried his best to mobilize his dull brain, and shook his head after a while, "I can't go yet, I have an agreement with Fyodor..."

"Fyodor?" Minan Linhua was taken aback, "You mean the Russian Fyodor Dostoevsky?"

Since the white mist incident that enveloped Yokohama last time, Minan Rinka has not found any trace of this product.Right now, isn't it that there is no place to find, and it takes no effort to get it?

Minan Linhua was amused: "What's the matter! I'm your major shareholder, come and tell me where Fyodor is, and I'll tell you..."

Just talk about it?

So Nathaniel Hawthorne, who learned that his partner could be rescued, said unsuspectingly...

***

When sending Nathaniel Hawthorne back to the Guild, Minan Rinka received the attention of many Guild members.And when he saw his former subordinates, Francis Fitzgerald was shocked.

He knew that the reason for Nathaniel Hawthorne's departure was his partner's physical problems.After he refused to offer medical treatment to Margaret Mitchell, Nathaniel Hawthorne resolutely left.

Frances Fitzgerald was indeed determined not to volunteer for Margaret Mitchell's treatment.He'd heard about how Minan Rinka got along with her minions, the Armed Detective Agency, and members of the Harbor Mafia, but that didn't apply to the Guild.

According to the genealogy, Margaret is actually the daughter of a noble family.It's just that her family has completely declined in recent generations, and now there is only a false name of nobleman, and her life is worse than that of ordinary people.In recent years, Margaret has been sending her dividends from the Guild home to maintain the vitality of the family.She herself joined the Guild in order to revive the family and regain its former glory.

Margaret's background gave her a natural pride, she had to fight for everything on her own, and did not accept charity from others.So if the organization treats her, she will definitely take the responsibility of repaying it.What's more, in the task that caused her to be injured, her performance was not considered good. Under such circumstances, taking the initiative to treat her thoroughly would only increase her burden.

Same with Nathaniel.It was his personal choice to leave the Guild, and Francis Fitzgerald did not interfere.

He believes that the Guild is different from other organizations in Yokohama, and the human touch in the organization is not so strong.But the people here clearly knew and accepted this atmosphere from the moment they entered the organization. After all, most of the people who can enter are more or less ambitious.

What holds an organization like the Armed Detective Agency together is human affection; what holds the Guild together is ambition to get what you want.

After Minan Linhua left, Nathaniel Hawthorne stood aside silently and straightly, while Francis Fitzgerald was silent for a long time, and finally asked: "During the time you left the Guild, what have you been doing?" What have you done?"

The expression on Nathaniel Hawthorne's face was as motionless as a sculpture.After a long time, he spoke, as if lost in thought: "I met the devil, Fyodor..."

Francis Fitzgerald's pupils shrank: "The devil?"

"Under his arrangement, I have already attacked Yukichi Fukuzawa, the president of the Armed Detective Agency, and I have also attacked the leader of the port mafia, Ogai Mori..." Nathaniel Hawthorne murmured , "He told me that as long as I do this, Margaret can be saved..."

Francis Fitzgerald's head ached.

"Does Minan Rinka know about this?" he asked.

Nathaniel Hawthorne shook his head.

***

On the other end, Minan Rinka followed the priest's instructions, turned the compass and came to an abandoned coal mine.

According to Nathaniel Hawthorne's intermittent narration, Minan Linhua learned that Fyodor Dostoevsky's lair was located in the secret room in the middle of the coal mine.So after leaving the Guild headquarters, she contacted Taguchi Rokuzo again and got the structure diagram of the abandoned coal mine.

According to the pastor's information, the secret room was built in the very center of the coal mine.And the transportation passages in this coal mine are complicated, with a total length of several hundred kilometers, and there are even alarm agencies in the middle, and more than a dozen teams of guards patrol in shifts, which can be said to have laid a net for intruders.

Minan Rinka entered the coordinates of the secret room into the compass.In an instant, a white light flashed, and her figure appeared in the space in the center of the mine.

For alarms, organs, guards, etc., just skip it.Thinking in this way, Minan Rinka saw a hut transformed from a container beside the mine cavity, and walked towards it.

***

"That guy Hawthorne was brought back to the Guild!" Alexander Pushkin, who was in charge of surveillance, hurried through the door, "What should we do? The stronghold won't be exposed by him, right?"

At this moment, the two members of the Rat of the Dead House are not in the stronghold, but in a high-level hotel in Yokohama City that is conducive to monitoring armed detective agencies and port mafia.

Ivan Goncharov held his teacup, smiled and said, "Don't worry. Hawthorne is just one of our loyal pawns. As long as the leader of the Guild sticks to his stupid principles and doesn't rescue Margaery Mitchell, Hawthorne will not betray."

"Moreover, there are hundreds of guards in our stronghold, and various alarm devices and extremely lethal mechanisms are scattered throughout the hundreds of kilometers of mine tunnels. No one can break through the guards and mechanisms without triggering any alarms and mechanisms , break into our stronghold. And once a device is triggered, we will know immediately."

Ivan Goncharov closed his eyes and took a sip of tea: "Neither the alarm nor the guards have reported any abnormalities. No one can enter the stronghold without our knowledge."