Yokohama Cuisine Event Book

On the secluded river bank without any tall buildings, there was a loud bang, and a boy in a short black coat fell from the sky.

With his hands in his pockets, he was firmly wearing a black top hat in the whistling wind.The ground crumbled inch by inch under his feet, and even the river surged uncomfortably.

Facing Gide's muzzle, the boy was in high spirits, and said in a very happy voice:

"What, a big man pointed a gun at a weak little girl, it's so ugly that I want to cry, foreign mercenary. How about playing with me instead?"

Gan Cha looked at the cracks in the ground under her feet, and then at the red and black back that stood in front of her.

She was so weak that she silently stuffed the gun into her cuff.

In front of her that she couldn't see, Gide's face changed back to that indifferent expression.

"...A supernatural being." Gide asked, "Who are you?"

The young man didn't answer, but stared at those gray eyes—the eyes that had lost all emotion and were more indifferent than the god of death, and there was a bit of sharp fighting intent in his expression correspondingly.

He sneered: "There is no need for warm greetings, let's all save each other's time."

"If you don't know what to do, here's a suggestion from my side - just pick a gunfight you like. You shoot me, and I give you the bullet back, and put a hole in your head as well. Done Then I can go to dinner. What do you think?"

"There is no need to be impatient." Gide said unhurriedly, "I will give you the gift you want—but I'm afraid you may not like it."

"Hahaha!" The young man laughed heartily, "You are really a generous uncle. Why don't you give me your life?"

Flames burst from the gray phantom's slender barrel.The fired [-]mm bullet collided with the light around the boy and stagnated in the air.

The young man jumped up nimbly, turned around slightly, and kicked back the incoming bullet:

"That's what I really like—!"

The bullet bounced back and flew towards Gide at ten times the speed, but he dodged it with a slight tilt of his head.

The ochre-haired boy fell back to the ground and clicked his tongue unhappily upon seeing this.

"You are...the one in the rumors, the Gravity Envoy of the Harbor Mafia."

Gide stared at the boy with a faint smile on his face.He pulled out another gun from his waist and pointed it at the boy with both hands: "It's really a super ability. Yokohama——it really is a place full of surprises."

"Hmph, that kind of thing has nothing to do with you?"

The boy glanced at Gan Cha who was standing obliquely behind him.The girl hugged the bouquet she had picked up at some point, and quietly lowered her head in a trance.

He recalled the conversation with the leader not long ago.

"...to protect the girl who was attacked by Mimic?"

The ocher-haired boy raised his voice in surprise.

Looking at the leader who dismissed his challenge, he confirmed, "I'm not good at protection. If I kill all the enemies, it's a form of protection, right?"

Mori Ogai chuckled lightly.

"Yes, Chuya-kun." He said, "I will not prevent you from fighting the enemy, because the enemy is indeed a tricky guy. It is impossible to make them retreat with words alone."

"But you have to understand that the focus of your mission this time is to protect that important member of the supernatural organization. I don't want to hear the report that you made her lose because of your focus on fighting."

"Of course."

Zhong nodded without thinking - he would not allow such a thing himself.Then with a puzzled expression, he hesitated and asked: "But I don't understand, leader. Is there anything special about that organization? Could it be our cooperative organization?"

——Need to dispatch quasi-cadre-level supernatural powers to rescue a mere member?

"That's it."

Sen showed a little ambiguous smile, and replied: "After today, maybe it will be."

——In this case, he is not welcome!

Zhong also rushed towards Gide.

But things are not as simple as he imagined.

The man who used the gun obviously didn't have any aggressive abilities, but he was able to dodge every attack with precision.Being unable to touch the opponent meant that he could not manipulate the gravity of the opponent, and the bullets hitting the gravel could always bypass his sight and hit his back from a tricky angle.

Even though those attacks were stopped by the gravity factor surrounding them, the situation unexpectedly reached a stalemate for a while.

Standing not far away, Gan Cha, who was half-heartedly watching the duel between the two, lowered his eyelashes.

If at that time, when she pointed the gun at his heart, she pulled out a second gun to disable her wrist... Such a thing must have been easy for him, right?

No matter what the reason was, he was finally merciful.

She sighed for a long time, the depression in her heart was still unresolved.But now is not the time to be sentimental, there are more important things to think about.

She first sent a message to Ranpo, telling him that he was safe for the time being, and that the president and Akiko didn't need to come over—the president who could fight Gide must not appear in front of him, and she didn't want people from Hong Kong to see him Crystal.After doing all this, she began to think about the most important question——

——Why did the mafia target her and send people to rescue her?

And amidst the intermittent gunfire, there was suddenly the roar of an engine that was getting closer and closer.

Not far away, a truck sped by.

In a flash, Chuya kicked the ground and retreated in front of the girl.The truck stopped behind Gide, and three silent soldiers stepped out of the door.

Gide looked at Chuya who was standing in front of the girl in a protective posture, and after a brief moment of stupefaction, he shook his head in disappointment.

The bullet-riddled land is like a moat, lying between the opposing sides.

There was the sound of a bullet being loaded.The soldiers with dead faces raised their machine guns and aimed at the two people opposite them.

Looking at this scene, the corners of Chuya's mouth twitched inappropriately: "...Hey, what's going on..."

Of course not because of the black muzzle.Zhong Ye was just very puzzled - why do these people look like they are dying?

The same goes for the slippery man, and so do his subordinates, all of them seem to be attending a funeral, which makes people very uncomfortable!

"Forget it." Zhong also took a long breath, raised his chin, and hooked his fingers towards the opposite side, "It doesn't matter how many people come, I will knock you all down—"

In the corner of the eye, there is a touch of water-colored skirt floating gently.

The girl came out from behind and stood beside him.

"You?" Zhong also paused.

He wanted to stop him, but the girl just smiled at him, and then spoke to the expressionless commander.

"Mr. Gide." Gan Cha said, "The current situation is not the battlefield you are looking for, is it?"

"What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that there is no reason for us to confront each other now. I am not the person you are looking for, and I have only met that person once. Even if you want to remind him, you can't find him."

What is this brat talking about——Chuya thought.And no matter what, no one would believe such frivolous words, right?

And it is.

"Can the Port Mafia send a Gravity Messenger to protect you, and is it possible that they can't find a member of the lowest rank?" Gide asked.

"You're joking, I don't have such weight. Isn't my information coming from them?"

Zhong also frowned deeply, and looked at the girl unexpectedly and suspiciously.

"Even so," said Gide, "are you such a person who gives up so easily?"

"No."

Gancha denied without hesitation: "I will try my best to find him. Consider this the shot I failed to shoot at you—so, are you still wasting time with me?"

Under Chuya's surprised gaze, the man with silver-gray hair raised the corners of his lips and nodded slightly.The soldiers behind received the commander's signal and lowered their guns one after another.

... Chief, didn't you say that these people will not retreat just because of a few words.

"thank you very much."

Gancha smiled.She took two steps forward and placed the bouquet in the middle of both sides: "Please accept this."

Mimic's truck leaves.

Chuya raised his eyebrows and looked at the girl beside him: "Hey, what you just said was——"

Then, his words choked in his throat.

The girl who was talking to the enemy just now was covering her face blankly at this moment, with tears streaming down her wide-open eyes.

"……what's wrong with you?"

"I don't know - I don't want to cry...?"

But it's better to say that crying out is a lot easier.For some reason, the emotions caused by Gide's past surged out at this time. Although there was still a mafia standing beside her, some instinct told her that at this time, she could already feel at ease.

Seeing that Chuya's attitude changed from the previous vigilance to a little overwhelmed, her heart moved, and she said in a pitiful voice: "I'll just wait. Can you help me pick up the bag over there? I just Don’t dare to go over—”

Zhong also breathed a sigh of relief.This little girl is quite easy, but he doesn't want to face the woman's tears at all.

A small lady's handbag is lying on the grass by the river with its zipper open, and the pale green satin reflects the faint light.The things in the bag are very simple, only a wallet, ID, keys, handkerchief and a small mirror, which are completely the configuration of an ordinary girl. The only unusual thing is probably the gun.

All in all, basically a non-threatening kid.

When she came back, the girl had wiped away her tears, thanked him with red eyes holding a small handbag.Zhong also sighed, but still tried his best to put on a stern look, and said, "I have something to ask you. You'd better tell everything honestly, or—"

"Ok."

Before he could say "otherwise", the girl had already agreed and nodded to him obediently.

Zhong Ye: "..."

But even so, he has no clue?Before receiving the order from the leader to rush back, he had been suppressing the rebellion in other places. He has also heard about Mimic's attack on the mafia industry, and the leader forbade him to participate in the war even though the cadre meeting had decided to fight it with all his might.

Zhong also clicked his tongue irritably, and said, "Which organization are you from?"

"I'm a member of the Armed Detective Agency."

"Armed Detective Agency...?" An organization I've never heard of, why does the leader value them?

Chuya shook his head, the so-called lowest-ranking member didn't need to care, he jumped directly to the most important question: "It sounds like you know some secret about Mimic?"

He stared at the girl with scrutiny, not letting go of any of her expressions.

coming.

Gan Cha's heart shuddered.

To break the stalemate just now, both sides must give up fighting.She didn't know why the mafia wanted to save her, so she wasn't sure about asking him to take her away.So she chose to explain the situation to Gide.

But this will inevitably expose the fact that he knows certain information to the Mafia, and it is only natural that he will be interrogated.The question now is, how much should she know in order to win the other party's trust and ensure her own safety in the future?

...Fortunately, the savior in front of him seemed, um, not very used to these things.

"I think that's the only thing." The girl smiled wryly. "The thing I knew by accident-the fact that the intelligence personnel of the Mafia had private contacts with Mimic. My information, I think it is also that person. Leaked it—responsive really fast, man."

"What?!" Zhong was also shocked.He stepped forward and asked sharply, "Who is it?"

"Yes... I don't know the name." The girl seemed to be frightened, but overall she was calm, and replied in a low voice, "A man wearing glasses, wearing a suit, very scholarly..."

She saw it from Gide's memory, mafia intelligence agent Ango Sakaguchi.Moreover, this person was tied up by Mimic last night in an abandoned building where a large number of bombs were installed.Even if he could get away with it and leaked the password to the arsenal, it would be impossible for him to return to the Mafia.

"It turned out to be that four-eyed guy?! Tsk, he really is an insidious guy..."

Zhong also showed a disgusted expression, and asked again: "Why do you know?"

"That's a long story..." the girl said in a bit of embarrassment.

"I ran into a low-level member of Hong Kong gangsters at the dining place, noticed something unusual, and then investigated it...I didn't expect this to be the result."

She sighed, and looked back at him with a little pride: "Don't look at me like this, I'm also a detective."

Then everything makes sense—why a mere little girl was attacked by well-armed foreign mercenaries, and why the leader sent him to rescue.At the same time, he also felt a little guilty conscience——

The leader obviously knew about the attack in advance.He didn't warn in advance, but took the time to let him save people... This is quite intriguing.Although intimidation and coercion are the usual methods of the Mafia, do the favors of this organization have such value?

However, it doesn't seem too difficult to understand that even a little girl can do this.

He cleared his throat uncomfortably, and said, "It's all right now. I'll take you back. Where is your home?"

Gancha felt that she had been hit.

...That's it, is that all right?Don't you want to ask about the low-level staff?Did she send the conversation to him?

She believed her so easily, and at the same time she breathed a sigh of relief, her conscience also ached a little.

Gan Cha tentatively asked, "Well...can I ask a question?"

"Well, what?"

"At that time... when the reinforcements came, why did you retreat to protect me?" Gan Cha said, "Mimic is the enemy of the mafia, right? Generally speaking, I thought you would want to get rid of the leader first."

"Ah, I have no reason why I have to deal with him here." Zhong also hooked the corners of his lips, "Besides, if I concentrate on dealing with him, do you want to use your toy-like gun to deal with the people behind? ?”

"...I understand." Gan Cha looked deeply at the young man in front of him, with a soft smile on his face, "Then, please send me back now."

Half an hour later, Chuya was sitting in the living room of Fukuzawa House with a dazed expression on his face.

On the TV is a sub-supplied cartoon, and in front of him are hojicha and extremely beautiful Xinghe yokan.Sitting across a coffee table was a pouting young man, who was said to be the elder brother of the family, named Edogawa Ranpo; the girl he rescued and sent back home, after serving tea, rushed into the kitchen .And the "President"—probably the leader of the superhuman organization that the leader mentioned, it is said that it will take a while before he can go home.

He sent the girl here from the beginning to the end—by the way, since this was a secret mission, Chuya originally planned to use Fei, but the girl refused with her face flushed while clutching her skirt, so she had to use the hat with a hoodie inside to block him from going too far. Conspicuous ochre-colored hair, and then took a taxi back.

When they got to the door, the green-eyed elder brother rushed out, and after looking at the girl for a while, he began to ask him to stay for dinner one by one.What was said specifically, just thinking about it gave him a headache.He didn't quite remember exactly why he agreed to it—was it because the girl thanked her too sincerely?Or was it because he wanted to see for himself what their guardian, the president of the organization called the "Armed Detective Agency" was like?

In short, he just sat here in a daze, watching cartoons with this kid-like youth.He is a quasi-cadre of the mafia, how could he have such an interest?What kind of hospitality is this?

...How to put it, it's actually not too ugly.He hadn't seen anything like this before.

...The yokan is also good, did you buy it from a high-end restaurant?

Ranpo looked at Nakaya gradually fascinated, snorted, got up and went into the kitchen.

"why!"

With his hips akimbo, he looked at the girl who was chopping vegetables quickly: "Why did you bring that guy back? You also want to invite him to dinner?"

Although the famous detective saw her intention and cooperated to keep her, he didn't understand the reason at all!

He asked angrily: "Can't you see that it is Hong Kong gangsters who leaked your information?"

Gancha blinked.For some reason, she actually thought of such a picture-the domestic cat was angry at the stray cat she picked up.It must be that the president's love for cats has infected her.

It doesn't matter, she can hold on.

"Ah, is that so?" She replied nonchalantly, "Then, did he do it?"

Luanbu choked for a moment, and then replied aggrieved and reluctantly: "No, it's not him..."

Gan Cha glanced in the direction of the living room, then leaned closer to him, and comforted him in a low voice: "That's why I have to let Luanbu see what I say. There are some things I don't know how to ask, and I'm not sure if I can To see the full truth—"

"Ah, so that's the case? You think so?"

The young man's face suddenly lit up.He glanced at the girl and confirmed, "It's not because of anything else?"

"What else could it be?"

Gan Cha asked back.

"Hmph, Gan Cha is really an idiot."

Luanbu happily announced: "Then let's see the famous detective!"

"Yes, it's up to you."

Gan Cha laughed.

Ranpo took the chestnut Mont Blanc as a bribe, and happily left the kitchen.

Not long after, the ochre-haired boy slipped in a bit embarrassed.

"Hey, what did you tell your brother just now? What's going on?" He asked angrily.

Before, he looked angry, and he didn't know who he was talking to.After he came out of the kitchen, he put on glasses, and called him Mr. Cool Hat with a smile on his face—he Zhong Yuanzhong is indeed very cool, of course there is no doubt about it, but it also feels very hot to be called that.

The attitude was too enthusiastic, and he finally found an excuse to get rid of the other party.Hasn't this changed too much?Are his glasses some kind of personality switching device?What did she do?

"Actually nothing?"

The girl was preparing the sauce when she heard the words and stopped her movements: "Ranbu is a real detective. Although I didn't say anything, he knew most of it. So I was a little bit angry before."

Zhong also was at a loss: "Huh?"

...Almost forgot, she had to speak clearly.

Gan Cha said: "He guessed that the person who leaked my information was a member of Hong Kong gangsters. But I just told him that that person also betrayed Hong Kong gangsters - so it's completely fine now?"

She smiled at him apologetically: "The way of expressing kindness in random steps is more childish... Does it bother you a bit?"

...Ah, when it comes to this matter, Chuka is a little at a loss as to how to deal with it.

"I'll kill that traitor." So he had no choice but to answer fiercely, and then reluctantly turned his face away: "Your brother... Forget it, it's okay."

He changed the subject, "But is it really okay for you to be like this? It's obvious that something like that happened just now—"

"Well, there's no problem, it's better to say that it's very healing."

"Huh? You really are..."

Naka also shook his head incomprehensibly.

"That's it! Mr. Cool Hat, don't disturb her, let's play that!"

Luanbu, who appeared suddenly, happily pulled Zhongya out with a depressed face.

Gan Cha watched the two leave, and happily continued with the work at hand.

When she took down the steamed basket, she turned around and saw another person standing at the door of the kitchen.

The silver-haired man had a serious expression on his face. He was carefully checking whether she was okay with his eyes from top to bottom. After confirming, his expression slowed down a little.

...Ah, my kitchen is so busy today.

The girl thought so, but she couldn't help showing a bright smile on the relieved man.