I'm on the scramble

The sea is dozens of kilometers away from Yokohama, the weather is clear and the sky is blue.

The high-speed catamaran that set out urgently has been galloping on the blue sea since it left the port, splitting countless cool white waves along the way, and the suspended bubbles are constantly hidden in the sound of the turbine rotation and gradually dissipate.

The girl with the sword bag on her back was standing alone on the edge of the railing on the deck, facing up to the well-lit direction, took out a folding mirror, and deftly arranged her appearance in front of the mirror.

The sea breeze blew up the hair on the top of her head, so the girl looked at the mirror and carefully pressed down the messy hair with her hands, brushed it aside and fixed it with a cat-shaped headband.Maintaining a delicate and lovely appearance all the time seems to be part of her habit.

The performance of caring about his own external image, reflected in the eyes of others, gave him the feeling of an ordinary female middle school student. Compared with the figure who raised a knife and fought in groups in the morning, he looked like a different person, which seemed very deceptive.

But compared to her ease of use, the silver-haired young man who hugged the small luggage bag behind him was as pale as paper after boarding the boat, and here he came to her step by step in the face of the noisy sea wind.

"Miss Li...is it really okay to choose me as an assistant?" During the time when he was packed and taken away for an emergency voyage, Dun really didn't understand how he became the lucky one.

"Huh? You can rest assured—"

Ah Li did not look away, and said in a relaxed tone, then took out a tube of lip balm from the pocket of her short skirt, smeared her lower lip in front of the mirror, licked it back and forth, and her lips gradually melted like petals matte.

The soft light fell on her shoulders in the afternoon, making her petite body even more endearing.

"It's a tradition in the detective agency for veterans to lead newcomers. I have brought those few before you came to the firm. By the way, I can inspect your situation."

"...Then, have Mr. Dazai and the others been taken too?" Atsushi hugged the bag, imagining the scene curiously in his mind.

"Of course, investigators generally act alone, and there are also cases where a team of two conducts investigations. It's just... Dazai always sneaks away and commits suicide. Kunikida is not compatible with my work. This point at least refers to where to fight, but Tanizaki can’t do it, not only will he get seasick, but when I took him to solve the case last time, he was frightened and fainted halfway, and finally asked me to help carry him back.”

Hearing that Tanizaki, a colleague who is somewhat similar to him in personality, has experienced such tragic deeds, Atsushi's figure suddenly became more shaky. Faced with things covered with deep fear.

With a snap, the girl closed the lid of the folding mirror, turned around and glanced at Dun.

This useless expression immediately made her laugh.

"Come on, take this."

As Ah Li said, she lowered her head and took out something from her skirt pocket and handed it to his palm.

Dun spread his palms and found two fruit candies wrapped in laser candy wrappers. The candy wrappers tightened at both ends looked transparent and colorful under the light, which was very beautiful.

"Although I don't understand what there is to be afraid of, but if you are really afraid, eating a piece of candy will relieve you a lot."

Looking up, the corners of the girl's lips were blooming into a sweet smile.

Her sweet laughter was blown to the young man's ears by the sea breeze, as if he could smell the sweetness of the fruit candy wafting in the wind.

Dun was startled, then hugged the luggage bag tightly, and buried his face in embarrassment, like a shy ostrich: "Miss Li is really very different from what I imagined at first."

Ah Li tilted his head curiously: "Where is the biggest difference?"

Dun said without thinking: "Height."

In the next second, someone who turned his face at the speed of light squeezed the railing and threatened: "Three seconds, I will give you a chance to reorganize the language."

Dun stared at the crooked iron railing, sweating coldly, feeling as if he had seen the fate of not speaking well, and his desire to survive immediately overflowed the screen: "No!! I mean Miss Li is cuter than I imagined It's too much—"

Only then did Ah Li let it go, Heheng let him go, and threatened in that fierce tone: "Be careful, if the job is not good, I will take pictures of your black history and post it on the business just like Tanizaki last time." Public execution on the clipboard in the prison."

Dun, humble.

He finally experienced first-hand the inhumane situation Tanizaki encountered back then.

"Is Ms. Li an angel or a demon..."

The team of black-tailed gulls flying in the sky circled around in the sky above the two of them, and suddenly let out a miserable cry, which shocked Dun, who also felt the pain in his heart, jumped.

The black-tailed gull's call is very special, similar to the sad meow of a cat. This medium-sized seagull is generally called "sea cat" in Japan.With so many screaming at the same time, the curses that appeared like a flood in an instant seemed to seep in panic under the bright sun...

"Hey, when did the sky turn dark?!" Dun, who looked up at the black-tailed gull, was subconsciously taken aback.

At this time, Ah Li's attention was diverted by a police officer who walked out of the captain's room and came to her side to report respectfully.

"Miss Fukuzawa, we will soon arrive at the place you requested for this trip..."

Following Officer Kimura's report, the sky unknowingly became dull and oppressive.

In front of the ship, a large mist that eroded like lead was brewing, far away from the sea surface, it was constantly brewing and churning, and the dark and strange feeling it revealed made people daunted.

However, Ah Li stared at the direction of the wind, but calmly gave instructions: "Keep going."

Officer Kimura, who was in charge of communication, quickly took out the communication device connected to the captain's room and repeated his words.

At her request, the high-speed catamaran cautiously sailed into the mist. They seemed to be swallowed by strange beasts transformed into gray mist. The gray scene filled the entire field of vision, too big to See everything around you.

Fog, the surroundings are nothing but fog.

In the sailing environment with extremely low visibility, you can only feel the rushing movement of the waves. Occasionally, the silhouettes of a few sea cats hover in the low sky, and they continue to utter ominous and invisible mournful cries, causing unreasonable permeation of the surrounding area. A little bit weird.

"It's so dark...it's almost afternoon before we come out." Dun hugged his arm anxiously, a sticky unpleasant feeling clinging to his exposed skin.

Ah Li didn't reply, but stepped on the edge of the railing with his wrist resting on his knees, and leaned forward to focus on looking into the depths of the gray mist.

The wind and waves kept blowing her hair away, and in the gray landscape, only those golden pupils that were still shining were like a beacon of guidance in the voyage, jumping past countless unsightly air currents intently.

About ten minutes later, the petite girl with excellent eyesight finally caught a glimpse of the outline of a hazy island in the distance, immediately snatched the communication device of the police officer beside her, looked at the direction there, and pointed to the intercom: "South by Southwest 30°12′, speed up, and you can see the island.”

The entrustment they received on this trip came from the distress signal sent by the police who stayed on the unidentified island.

It is said that a group of students from a well-known private university came in a team and planned to conduct a week-long extracurricular practice on the island. The teacher who led the team was related to the grandparents of the deceased owner of the island. The students went to settle in the only private mansion built on the island.

However, on the first night of coming to this isolated island——

That teacher died.

Afterwards, the students fell into endless panic, and immediately wanted to call the police to return, but found that the crew on the boat that was supposed to carry them to the island had disappeared.There is no mobile phone signal on the island. Fortunately, a student with common sense of distress at sea contacted the maritime rescue department through the radio in the ship and called the police.

After that is the beginning of the nightmare.

This is a private island located in the Pacific Ocean outside Tokyo Bay, which can be reached in about two hours by ferry from the city.

The police did come, but almost at the moment they landed on the island, a strange thick fog began to rise on the surrounding beaches, until the area with the island as the center and a radius of several kilometers was completely shrouded in fog.In the dense fog, the navigation and magnetic fields were useless, and even the satellites could not see what was going on inside. The police officers and the students were forced to stay overnight again.

The outside world began to notice that this case may not be an ordinary criminal case.

- The island, may be controlled by some 'something'.

Since it was a difficult case that the military and police could not handle, the armed detective agency was entrusted to take over the task, and the president decided to send someone to solve the incident——

It's his adopted daughter, Fukuzawa Reli.

After a long journey, their urgently mobilized ship, which departed from Yokohama Port, finally docked.

The landing point of this isolated island, like a door to hell that cannot be entered, is waiting to devour them with its mouth wide open.

Looking around, the whole island is about 3 miles long, almost surrounded by impenetrable bushes, and the coast is covered with wet sandy soil. It seems that there has been heavy rain the day before, and there are a few strangely shaped boulders scattered among them. .

If it weren't for the murders that happened on the island and the treacherous and changeable dense fog, this place would probably be a beautiful uninhabited tourist island, very suitable for college students who are not deep in the world and have money and leisure to come and explore Bar.

Under the gloomy dark clouds, the criminals who had been waiting on the shore for a long time were overjoyed when they saw the support team approaching, and waved their arms on the beach to signal.

However, when seeing that the first person who walked down the gangway step by step was actually a strange girl, the police station who stayed on the shore disregarded the presence of subordinates around him, and his expression quickly turned from cloudy to cloudy, with an expression of disbelief.

"Before I was completely trapped to death, didn't the superiors say that they would notify the staff of the 'Detective Agency' to solve it?! Why did they only call a little girl over—"

Hearing the man's shout, Officer Kimura, who was walking behind the girl, suddenly changed his expression. He hurried forward a few steps and rushed to the other side. He lowered his voice and reminded, "Shibasaki Police Department! This is the one from the rumored "Armed Detective Agency". People, pay attention to your words, her acting style is more..."

It's a pity that his reminder that he was afraid of annoying the people behind him didn't get much effect.

Guys who judge by appearances abound no matter what the time of day.The man surnamed Shibazaki obviously belonged to the conservative faction in the police force. He had no contact with Ali before, so the prejudice deeply ingrained in his brain, coupled with the disappointment, caused him to quarrel with his colleagues on the spot.

"Don't talk about it, it's a waste of time... I don't believe what such a little girl can do!"

"Shibasaki Police Department!"

At a glance, he saw that the person opposite was not friendly, and Dun, who was used to looking at people's faces, tugged at the sleeve of the girl in front of him with some anxiety, "Miss Li... Did we not come to the wrong place?"

The people on the island obviously don't welcome them!

But Ah Li just waved his hand lightly, walked straight to the policemen in Shibazaki, and kicked the huge boulder embedded in the ground beside him without saying a word.

'Boom—'

The gravel splashed like a shower in an instant, and the rumbling sound filled the ears of the group of people on the shore shockingly.

In the depths of the billowing smoke and dust, a girl's voice came out unhappily.

"The chirp is so loud."

The beautiful, sweet but fierce girl waved her hand, and the dust she raised flew away rapidly in the direction of her palm, revealing her petite figure carrying a sword bag, and the woman who destroyed public property on the spot if she disagreed with her. Ferocious gesture.

They had never seen such a bold and violent girl, and everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded.

"It seems that I can finally shut up and listen to people."

She took out a prepared business card, flicked her wrist and shot it at the surprised Shibazaki's chest, the sharp wind pierced the air, and he hurriedly caught it.

"Let me introduce formally. I am Reki Fuzawa, the investigator of the "Armed Detective Agency" who specializes in solving supernatural events—"

The business card was white and neat, Shibazaki turned it over and found a list of personal information printed in ink on it.

The exclusive investigator of Reki Fukuzawa Armed Detective Agency, and...

The girl read out the most important text above word by word.

"A psychic detective."