Night Rabbit Inquisitor

Who is this?

Shen Yao stood up vigilantly, looked around, and retreated to the corner.After a long time, his eyes returned to this strange young man.

His attire is incompatible with the environment here, on the contrary, it has the ancient charm of Mr. Seimei's Heian period.

Shen Yao carefully touched the side of the power supply and pressed the light switch a few times, but the light seemed to be broken, and she didn't give her the slightest reaction.

It was dark inside and out.

Fortunately, thanks to the good night vision of the Night Rabbit Clan, she can still see clearly in the dark.

It's just... everything seems to be not quite right.

For example, it's really quiet here.

Even if everyone is resting in the middle of the night, it is impossible for the surroundings to be completely silent without the slightest sound.

That's right.

At this moment, she felt that there was no sound of living things around her at all—except for the young man in front of her.

Quite weird.

When facing supernatural phenomena, even a night rabbit with a very high force value will be afraid.

A chill ran from the soles of the feet along the spine to the forehead, and the dull hair on the top of Shenyao's head also stood up suddenly.

This, this, the main corner or something, isn't this a plot that often appears in horror movies?

When she was a child, whenever these horror movies were shown on TV, she would hug her younger sister and tremble, and pitifully said to Xinghai Fangzhu: "Daddy, we are afraid."

Xinghai Fangzhu would cover his eyes and answer them seriously: "Father is also afraid."

……Harmful.

The strongest man in the universe is afraid of ghosts, let alone her.

Shen Yao took a deep breath while clenching the umbrella leaning against the wall. After getting the weapon, she finally felt a little safe.

She tiptoed towards the young man in front of her.

—He was badly hurt.

The smell of blood was strong and pungent, permeating the air in the bedroom.

However, Shenyao's nose twitched, and she quickly came to a conclusion.

This is not the breath of human blood.

As for what kind of creature the young man in front of her was, she didn't quite understand.

Shen Yao leaned down, just about to take a closer look at his injuries, when the latter suddenly opened his eyes, which startled her.

Pure golden animal pupils.

Like a vigilant beast, he quickly retreated to the end of the room, his eyes fixed on her direction—and there was a big pool of blood on the tatami mat he was lying on just now.

The seriously injured young man looked at her vigilantly with hostile eyes, but Shen Yao was actually attracted by his fluffy and fluffy tail on his shoulders from the beginning to the end.

It must feel good to the touch, Shenyao thought.

"Who are you?" The other party asked.

His tone was like the first impression he made on others, indifferent, sharp, unattainable, and unattainable.

However, Shenyao relaxed a little from the nervousness of being immersed in the horror movie just now, and replied with an innocent face: "I really want to ask you this question...Why did you suddenly appear in other girls' rooms?"

In fact, she was already vaguely uncertain whether this place really belonged to her former room, or was it another space?

Well, if you're not sure, you're not sure, even if you're not right, you have to be strong, this is the family motto of the Tutu family.

After listening to her words, the young man on the opposite side just glanced at her coldly and didn't answer her.

Well, this really looks like a high-cold personality.

He turned around quickly, opened the door of the room, and strode out, with the furry tail on his shoulder dangling back and forth.

"Is your injury all right?" Shen Yao asked while following.

No way, this is the only living creature around. Although she doesn't look very easy to get along with, she really doesn't dare to stay alone in this gloomy room.

He didn't answer his own words, but just strode along the promenade.

"What era did you come here from? The Heian period? Or the Sengoku period?"

Shenyao has little knowledge of the history of the earth, and she can't recognize where the other party is from just by her clothes.

It's a pity that this silver-haired young man has a terrifyingly cold personality, and he didn't intend to answer her question at all, as if he planned to ignore her existence the whole time.

Seeing that he ignored her, Shen Yao sighed silently in her heart.

But soon, the young man's movements stopped.

"what happened to you?"

Shenyao took a look and found a strange staircase in front of him. The passage spread and twisted downwards. During the period, it was shrouded in red and black thick mist. It was impossible to see the end of the staircase. It was like an abyss. place.

With such a structure, it is short of writing a sentence "I am a dangerous and terrible trap, come and let me go" at the top of the stairs.

By the way, by the way, the stairs in the hotel were not like this at all yesterday, and there are no stairs at all in this location.

In other words, this is a roof that suddenly popped out of nothing.

After guessing this point, Shenyao's dumb hair was frightened and drooped immediately.

What made her even more frightened was that this aloof young man was going to continue down without hesitation.

This courage makes people feel ashamed.

Alas!

Shenyao panicked.

In desperation, she stretched out her hand and grabbed the other party's sleeve.

It may be because of his injury and weakness, or because he was defenseless against such a seemingly harmless little girl. The silver-haired young man was almost dragged down by her and fell to the ground, and he took several steps back. Hold your weight.

Shen Yao withdrew her hand, and asked tentatively, "Um... sir, the stairs in front are too scary, right? Can we find another place to go out?"

I always feel that once I walk up this weird ladder, the consequences will be very dire.

Although the aloof young man was almost dragged to the ground by her, but thanks to her tugging, the young man finally turned around and gave her a look.

He put his sharp eyes on her and stayed there for a while.

This made Shenyao feel a little sorry, she quietly hid her hands behind her back, shrank her head and remained silent.

"who are you?"

Shenyao heard him ask again.

"I... I'm just a little girl passing by with relatively strong strength..."

She stammered the answer.

The young man was silent for a while.

"Follow."

"……Eh?"

Hearing this, Shen Yao raised his head, staring blankly at the fluffy tail in a daze.

This is... the meaning of agreeing with her to go on the same journey?

However, having said that...

Why does he have to be obsessed with taking this step? !Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

—

In the early morning, when the first ray of dawn jumped out of the clouds, the whole hotel exploded.

"It's bad! My lord, she's gone!!" California Qingguang was the first to exclaim: "She's not in the room!"

"What? How could the lord disappear? The hot spring hotel is only that big. Have you looked around?"

"Qing Guang, I've checked the kitchen, but there's no one there."

"There's no one in the bathroom either."

“There is no one at the bottom of the hot spring pool!”

"Report to the boss! There is no one in Mr. Nakaya's quilt!"

Kagura suddenly popped up to add that sentence, which made everyone choke, and the swords suddenly coughed together.

"Miss Kagura!!" California Kiyomitsu blushed, "What are you talking about?"

"Huh?" Kagura scratched her head innocently: "Aren't we looking for where the old lady might be? I think there's nothing wrong with the place I'm looking for."

Swordsmen: "..."

Ah, it's because the lord is not here now, so he drifted away?

If the lord heard about it, the kid would definitely get a spanking.

"How can there be nothing wrong??"

Nakahara Chuya, who had changed his clothes, pushed open the door, strode out, blushed, stared at Kagura almost furiously and roared: "How could I do such a thing——"

"……um hum."

"What do you mean by your perfunctory um?"

The fried hair belongs to the fried hair, but, it is really what Qing Guang said, even if everyone turned the whole hotel upside down, they still couldn't find any trace of Shenyao.

"It didn't snow last night. Mr. Nakaya said that he went out with the lord halfway, but he didn't see the footprints left by the lord's second trip outside the door."

California Qingguang frowned and made an analysis.

"That is to say, the lord didn't leave the hotel at all?" Yamato Morita asked, "Then why did she disappear? Did she hide to scare us?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Tsurumaru almost subconsciously, who scratched his head and showed a not-so-intelligent smile: "Huh? What's the matter? What's the matter?"

... Well, it really wasn't him this time.

"Let's go to the hot spring street outside and ask. If the Lord has just gone out to look for food, someone nearby will always see it."

That's the only way to do it.

Although the protagonist is now gone, basically no one thinks that she might be hijacked by someone/or in danger.

After all... In this world, those who dare to hijack the lord will most likely end up with grave grass taller than themselves.

So, they didn't show much panic.

Edogawa Ranpo, who was awakened by the movement of the hotel, suddenly opened his eyes, and stood at the window with a solemn expression, looking into the distance.

"Mr. Ranpo, what's wrong with you?"

Atsushi Nakajima pushed open the door and saw that he was awake. He was a little surprised, and then he said: "Well, everyone outside is saying that Miss Shenyao is missing, and they are wondering if she ran out without saying hello... "

"She didn't run out."

Edogawa Ranpo kept his eyes open from the beginning to the end. He interrupted Atsushi Nakajima's words, turned his head, and said with a serious expression.

"……Eh?"

—

"Excuse me, have you ever seen a girl with orange-pink hair? She is about this tall, 14 years old..."

"Dressing up? Wearing a yukata with a cherry blossom pattern on a white background, holding an umbrella."

"Huh? Didn't you see it? Ah... sorry to bother you."

Conversations like this were repeated many times.

However, after a scattered search and inquiry, nothing was found.

... It's not like nothing, at least they saw Katsura Kotaro standing in the snow with fluttering hair after successfully escaping from prison at the entrance of a certain store.

The latter stood beside Elizabeth and sneezed, and extended an invitation to them impassionedly: "Well, I just said that I will definitely be able to come back. Do you want to join me, gentlemen, to complete the great cause of eradicating barbarians...Ah chirp!"

Everyone: "...Thank you, no need."

When gathering again, Nakahara Chuya suggested: "Aren't the police in Edo also here to comfort the trip? Will they have a solution?"

Kagura: "...Why did Mr. Nakaya say that, Lu?"

Why can't you think about it?

"Ah, I think after all, they are the backbone of Edo who can shoot people with bazookas casually, so they should be more useful than those mascots in Yokohama, right?"

Kagura: "..."

No, Mr. Nakaya, please be more sober. This group of backbone forces let Mr. Gui escape from under his nose just now. In fact, the role of the Shinsengumi in Edo is no different from that of a mascot.

The corner of Kagura's mouth twitched, and just when he was about to continue complaining that he might as well seek help from Master House instead of looking for Shinsengumi, he saw an annoying guy from a distance.

Hey, lingering stinky brat!

She quickly shrank behind the reliable Mr. Nakaya, not wanting to collide with Okita Sougo over there.

Kondo Xun saw them, and greeted them proactively: "Little girl from Wanshiwu, and your brother, you got up so early?"

"...Mr. Kondo, you also got up very early." Kagura replied with an awkward smile.

"Ah, to be honest, we are here to catch Gui and go back." Kondo Hoon sighed, "He's too cunning to let him escape by accident!"

Kagura continued to smile awkwardly: "Hahaha, that was really hard work, Aru."

But I thought in my heart, it really is because you are too stupid to let people of Mr. Gui's level escape.

"...The guy over there, seems to have seen it somewhere?"

Okita Sougo frowned and said suddenly.

I saw that the direction he was pointing at was... where Gui Xiaotaro was standing.

Of course, Katsura Kotaro has shrunk behind Elizabeth.

Hijikata Shishiro also walked forward thoughtfully: "Indeed, it looks familiar, what is this?"

Kagura: ...This is the most wanted criminal, Katsura Kotaro's right-hand accomplice and assistant. Are you really sleepwalking in the selection group?

At the same time, Katsura Kotaro greeted them happily with his throat squeezed: "Good morning! I'm a monster!"

Kagura: ...Mr. Gui hid behind Elizabeth and started pretending.

Hijikata Toshiro frowned and thought deeply: "Monster? What is that?"

"I see, Mr. Kondo, Mr. Hijikata." Okita Sougo suddenly realized: "This must be the mascot of the local hot spring scenic spot."

"Oh oh oh, that's how it is. I said it looks familiar no matter how you look at it. It turns out to be a mascot."

Nakahara Chuya: "...??"

He managed to get away with it?Did the three cops really think this thing was a mascot?

Kagura put on dead fish eyes: "They really are real idiots."

Kondo was very excited: "It's a rare opportunity, let's take a photo with the mascot together? It's not easy for people to dress up like this and go out for business in cold weather."

"Team leader, you just want to take a picture with it, right?" Hijikata Toshiro scratched his head: "Really, there's nothing I can do about you."

Kondo Isao patted Elizabeth on the shoulder: "Then please, you monster!"

Gui Xiaotaro nodded again and again, ahahaha laughed and said, "It's easy to say."

Kagura raised his head and looked at Nakahara Chuya who was stunned: "Do you still want to ask them to help find the old lady?"

"...No need."