Everyone in Yokohama thinks I'm a villain

After hearing this news, Kunikida Doppo's heart became a little heavier.

According to the internal information of the Supernatural Secret Service Division, the "human skin painter" first appeared seven or eight years ago.

During that time, several murders occurred suddenly in the Kanto area, and all the victims had one thing in common—the skin on their bodies was peeled off by the criminals with extremely cruel methods.

After the doctor's examination, the victim even had vital signs during the skinning process.

The police characterized the incident as a serial murder of extremely bad nature, and immediately opened a case for investigation.But what I didn't expect was that the policemen also began to disappear one after another during the process of investigating the case, and the tragic state of the corpse was exactly the same as that of the previous victims.

Later, he even sneaked into the museum and displayed his masterpieces to the world.

This is undoubtedly a provocation to the government.The judiciary bureau issued a death order, determined to catch this daring prisoner.

However, due to the fact that the other party's supernatural power is too tricky, the police have been tracking him down for many years, but they have not been able to track him down.

It wasn't until he entered Yokohama that the Supernatural Secret Service Division finally arrested him.

Just from the fact that the other party has been evading the police for several years, you know how troublesome it is to track down this human skin painter. Kunikida looked at the information in front of him, and just wanted to rush to the Supernatural Secret Service Division to ask them why they didn't just sentence Akigase Kuno was sentenced to death.

But this is the end of the matter, no matter how much you think about it, it won't help.

Hearing that another new victim appeared, Kunikida Doppo contacted the police on behalf of the Armed Detective Agency and learned that the police had isolated the scene.

He wanted Edogawa Ranpo to go to the scene to investigate, but the latter said that he didn't need it, so he just sent Atsushi Nakajima to collect information on the scene.

Inside the Armed Detective Agency.

After browsing Akigase Kuno's information again, Kunikida Doppo rubbed his temples anxiously, and couldn't help but ask, "How did the Supernatural Secret Service Division catch Akigase Kuno back then?"

Such a criminal whose anti-investigation ability is so frightening that he can even rely on guns to disguise him, where should he start to investigate?

Hearing this, Edogawa put down the newspaper in his hand in a random manner, and lazily replied: "The person who was in charge of this matter at the beginning was the assistant director of the Supernatural Secret Service Division. Although he is not as good as me, the world's number one detective, but this A case of this level is not difficult for him."

Osamu Dazai, who was leaning against the window, turned his head and smiled, spread his hands and said, "It's a pity that the assistant to the director is no longer in the special affairs department, otherwise if he was sent to deal with this matter, the matter would have been quiet by now." It ended silently, and it will not be our turn to intervene."

Kunikida Doppo was surprised: "Assistant Director?"

He had never heard of such a character in the supernatural agent core.

And it seems that Osamu Dazai and Ranpo Edogawa seem to be very familiar with each other, and their evaluations are surprisingly high.

"The thing I want to talk about now should be 'former assistant to the director of the Supernatural Secret Service'. That person's name is Kazuma Kazukawa, and he is called 'Astrologer'," Osamu Dazai said, restraining his smile a little , "He is the most dangerous person with supernatural powers in the world."

"'Astrologer'...the most dangerous superhuman?" Kunikida frowned.

Hearing the word astrologer, Doppo Kunikida suddenly remembered the person Atsushi Nakajima had met before.

The other party seems to be an astrologer, and Edogawa Ranpo also thinks highly of him...

Kunikida Doppo felt that he had vaguely grasped something, but before he had time to ask, the door of the Armed Detective Agency was suddenly pushed open.

Atsushi Nakajima returned with evidence provided by the police and photos taken at the scene.

According to the driver's license left at the scene, the victim's name this time was Hanazawa Aihua, 24 years old, studying at a university in Yokohama.

Because the body was too damaged, the police could not directly determine the identity of the deceased, and it was finally confirmed after DNA was extracted and compared.

Walking through the bloody murder scene, Atsushi Nakajima turned pale and dispirited, and he still feels a strong desire to vomit.

He handed Edogawa Ranpo the cell phone with the photo on it and ran straight to the bathroom.

Standing behind Edogawa Ranpo, Osamu Dazai glanced at the photo and commented after a long time: "This is really... an astonishing tragedy."

Even he, who used to be a cadre of the port mafia, rarely saw such a horrific murder scene.

Kunikida walked over alone, and said nervously, "Mr. Ranpo, how are you doing?"

"There is no mystery that a detective can't solve." Ranpo Edogawa put down his phone after looking at the first few photos, and picked up the half-rimmed glasses that were set aside.

He put on his glasses, his blue eyes moved over the evidences in front of him one by one, and finally asked: "Is there a map of Radium Boulevard?"

"I'll get it,"

Kunikida Doppo hastily flipped through a map, put it on the table and said, "Is the prisoner hiding in Radium Boulevard?"

Radium Bowl Street is a huge pit formed by unknown reasons many years ago, and gradually evolved into a slum in Yokohama over the years.

The roads in the neighborhoods there are intricate, and the flow of unidentified people is extremely frequent.

If the prisoner was hiding on Radium Bowl Street, the difficulty of searching would obviously be more than ten times higher.

Edogawa Ranpo picked up a pen and drew a circle at two positions near the edge.

"The prisoner is probably hiding in these two places."

Osamu Dazai pointed to a building in the opposite direction: "What about here?"

Edogawa Ranpo shook his head: "He won't be there today."

"Understood." Osamu Dazai put away the newspaper and said with a smile, "Then Kunikida-kun and I will arrest this prisoner."

Time was running out, so Osamu Dazai went out alone with Kunikida, and went to Raihachi Street.

This is indeed the largest slum in Yokohama, with a row of low and dilapidated buildings lined up in the crater, which looks disorganized.

The cables on the surrounding utility poles are even a little aged, broken and hanging on the ground, and the exposed lines are rusty.

A few unknown flying birds stopped on the indicator light and uttered hoarse chirping from time to time.

Dazai Osamu and Kunikida Doppo followed the address drawn by Edogawa Ranpo one by one, and found that there was no trace of Akigase Kuno at the top.

The two then descended to the second circle.

Kunikida Doppo asked as he walked, "Why did Mr. Ranpo appoint these two positions?"

Dazai Osamu walked lightly on the potholed road, and turned his head to answer: "Akigase Kuno's hobby is painting on human skin, and killing people is also to obtain human skin. However, the peeled human skin cannot be used directly. to be processed again.

"This kind of processing requires props and a very long time, and it cannot be carried out at the scene of the crime, so the prisoner must carry out follow-up operations in his hiding place."

Arriving at the scheduled location, Osamu Dazai paused: "Then the prisoner will face a problem—how to deal with the sewage produced during this process?"

He took two steps forward, and pointed the sewer outlet on the ground to Kunikida Doppo: "Although this is a slum, if you dispose of those things directly through the sewer pipes, it will definitely be noticed by the surrounding residents, so he can choose a place to live." Only the bottom of the sewer."

Osamu Dazai raised the map in his hand and said with a smile, "Considering Akigase Kuno's behavior habits and way of thinking, these two places are the most likely hiding places for him to choose."

Kunikida Doppo frowned: "Profiling?"

It's amazing to be able to deduce so many things from the only information.

Osamu Dazai stood still in front of a low building: "It seems to be here."

The two of them pushed open the door and walked in. As soon as they entered the corridor, they smelled a strange, somewhat foul smell mixed with medicinal liquid.

There was only one resident on the first floor, and the door of the main room was closed.

Because the building is old, this room does not use electronic locks, but the simplest padlocks.

Dazai Osamu and Kunikida Doppo looked at each other, the latter walked to the door, used the supernatural ability [Dokop Yinke] to make a winch, and then violently removed the iron lock.

The moment the door opened, a disgusting stench accompanied by the smell of formalin hit the face.

The scene in front of him was like a purgatory on earth.

A series of "works of art" are crowdedly arranged in this small and shabby room, and the bright paint on them seems to show how crazy the murderer is.

Kunikida Doppo almost missed the pen hooked in his hand, with a gloomy expression, gritted his teeth and went into the house to check whether the murderer was hiding in the house.

He came out after a week, and searched all the corners but couldn't find any trace of Akigase Kuno.

On the other side, Osamu Dazai also shook his head at him.

Kunikida Doppo couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

But there was nothing he could do about it, so he had no choice but to go out with Osamu Dazai, intending to inform other people about it first.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the room, a man in a dark blue construction site suit approached them.

This person has a featureless face, withered yellow hair and dark eyes.

Akigase Kuno!

Kunikida Doppo was stunned for a moment, and then reacted instantly.

The body reacted before the brain, and he scribbled out the words "iron wire gun" in his notebook, and shot at Akigase Kuno without even thinking about it after the supernatural ability took effect.

And what about Akigase Kuno?

He never expected that someone could investigate his hiding place so quickly, and he was caught off guard for a while.

But fortunately, Kunikida Doppo's shot seemed to be menacing, but it missed in the end!

As a result, Akigase Kuno got a chance to breathe, and rushed to the motorcycle parked aside. After inserting the key, he immediately started the car and planned to leave.

Kunikida Doppo naturally couldn't let him succeed.The young man drew his gun again and aimed at the tire of the motorcycle.

But after the shot was fired, the two sharp metal flakes managed to catch up just before the tip of the iron spear hit the tire, blocking the blow.

——This is Akigase Kuno's ability, metal manipulation.

The thin metal sheet naturally couldn't block the iron spear that was fired at high speed, but it also slightly blocked the attack of the iron wire gun, slowing down the time for the tip to penetrate the tire.

The little time bought by this allowed Akigase Kuno to escape.

The motorcycle under him happened to start completely, and he rode away immediately.

It is impossible to catch up with the opponent with two legs, Kunikida Doppo can only watch Akigase Kuno leave.

Then, he immediately took out his mobile phone and called the police chief, hoping that the other party would send someone over to track Akigase Kuno.

As a result, I got news that it was handover time, and there was no one stationed nearby.

He frowned, intending to ask the police to seal off the nearby blocks as soon as possible.

Dazai Osamu stopped him first, "No need."

The brown-haired, kite-eyed young man stood on the street of the slum, the corners of his sand-colored windbreaker flipping in the wind.

He stared at the direction Akigase Kuno left, and said meaningfully: "Someone has already done something."