Yokohama Cuisine Event Book

"The detective agency is the five evils of heaven and man?"

At the same time, Suehiro's eyes widened in astonishment in the meeting room of the Hound Unit.

He frowned, staring thoughtfully at the paper in front of him, then raised his head, and said firmly: "This is impossible."

"Right now, it's not a situation that can be dismissed simply by denying it, Mr. Tie Chang."

Tsubano shook his head.

"Members of the detective agency kidnapped government officials and brutally murdered them in a way that did not please me, and Edogawa Ranpo and Oda Sakunosuke attempted to kill the head of the supernatural secret service department——"

He rested his chin on one hand and said, "These two things are already conclusive evidence."

The scene where the criminal started the chainsaw and took off his headgear clearly fell into the eyes of the rescue force rushing to the crime scene, and the survivor Dounan Deputy Justice also provided detailed testimony.

On the other side, the surveillance cameras at the scene of the crime also photographed the whole process of Edogawa and Oda's attempted murder.

"The detective agency has no incentive to do so."

Sue Hiroshi said.

"No, there are very good reasons."

Okura Yeko said with a sullen face, "According to the clues provided by the Tesou headquarters, the logic of the incident is complete."

The hostage murdered today was holding a secret meeting against the detective agency before being kidnapped.

The only victim who was not a senior official at the ministerial level was the secretary of Deputy Chief Dounan who escaped from death. As an entourage for sorting out documents, he was taken away and killed.

"They have collected the past criminal records of the members of the detective agency."

Okura Yeko said, "I think everyone knows one of them."

——That was Yosano Akiko who was secretly called the "Angel of Death".

At the end of the war, the one who died because of her happened to be the elder brother of their teammate Tachihara Michizo.

"The evidence held by the opposition alliance is more than that. In short, it is to the extent that the detective agency will be ruined if it is announced."

But maybe it was leaked, and it is more likely that the detective agency has been paying attention to these trends, so they went to eliminate dissidents in this way.

As for the serial murder case that plagued the special search headquarters for nearly a month, the serial murder case with the message of signs of the five declines of heaven and man—since the last prisoner was confirmed to be a member of the detective agency, the previous murderer has also been revealed.

The same is the detective agency.

And the motivation is also consistent with today's tragedy.

——Those four people have more or less publicly expressed their opposition to the detective agency.

"Really, I was fooled quite thoroughly."

Yezi sneered and said unhappily.

There was a reason for her displeasure.

When she received the anonymous letter a few hours ago, she felt a little sympathy because she found out that someone was targeting the detective agency.

However, the actions of those people are most likely not out of the despicable heart of fighting for power and profit that she despises, but out of righteous indignation against the high-sounding criminals.

Before, they were puzzled—whether it was reporting Dazai or spreading anonymous letters, why did they act hastily within today?

With a clear view of the maliciousness of the detective agency, isn't he afraid of the other party's counterattack at all?

Looking at it now, the reason is also very obvious-that is because today, the special search headquarters handed over the murder case of the official to the detective agency.

It would be absurd to leave the murder case to the murderer himself to solve.

However, there is no evidence in the first four cases, so those people can only crack down on the members of the detective agency one by one.

And this kind of thing, in turn, also led to the determination of the detective agency to do it immediately.

"But Edogawa Ranpo—"

"Don't forget about the anonymous letter."

Jono rested his fingers on his chin and reminded, "I've heard rumors like that—in the secret service department, the supernatural person who can find out the details of other people's supernatural abilities is none other than Chief Farmer himself."

"In order to prevent the authorities from having the opportunity to confirm Hai Laoze's ability, the detective agency really took great pains."

he said with a smile.

Suehiro pursed his lips in resistance.

He wanted to refute, but couldn't do it.

In fact, there are many subtle dissonances in the case before us.

Why did the detective agency kill Dounan's secretary, but let Dounan himself go; why did the murderer reveal his face at the murder scene;

Whether the scene witnessed by the search force might be some kind of illusion; the murderer of the last murder cannot be directly equated with the first four criminals;

And, since the detective agency is one of the five evils, what organization did Gogol and Dostoyevsky arrested before belong to?

The famous detective Edogawa Ranpo, why did he commit such a crude murder...

These questions should have immediately surfaced in the keen minds of the three members of the Bloodhound Troop. However, whenever their thoughts wanted to cross the line of belief and come to the side of doubt, there was always an invisible force suddenly appearing, forcefully The flow of thinking was cut off.

The more I explore and think about this matter, the thicker and thicker the transparent barrier that no one can see lies between the two sides.

Suehiro felt as if he was in quicksand.

The heart that has always been firm and indomitable has never produced huge confusion and doubts.

Those complicated emotions, mixed with all the surrounding sounds, gathered into an inescapable vortex, circling around involuntarily, bringing him and the secret feelings in his heart into the abyss of extinction.

Under such an almost dizzying illusion, the brown-haired youth lowered his eyelashes and said in a deep voice:

"I don't believe she would do something like this."

Even if her family and organization are in crisis, but for the safety of Yokohama, the girl who refuses even his help, he doesn't believe that she will tolerate such a cruel thing.

He also didn't believe that her soft soul, like the spring breeze, could live in an evil criminal organization.

"I heard that right, Suehiro."

Okura Yeko paused, then narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Because of your personal relationship, you want to cover up the criminal?"

"Do you want to look at the scene photos provided by the rescue force again? The faces of the members of the detective agency, you should be more familiar than us, right?"

She asked sharply, "Look a few more times at the hostage who was sawn open in the middle, will you be more sober?"

Suehiro gritted his teeth.

The tragic scene of massacre reappeared before their eyes, and in the previous incident, their colleagues were also killed, and the funeral just ended this morning.

But he still said stubbornly and firmly, "She won't."

"I do not believe."

"At this time, it is no longer a question of whether you can believe it, Tie Chang."

A familiar voice came from the door, Fukuji Sakurachi strode into the conference room.

"team leader!"

The three turned their heads and looked in his direction together.

"Here comes the task."

Fudi said seriously, "As a result of the high-level meeting of the Ministry of the Interior, we are required to dispatch immediately."

"Are the members of the detective agency hunted down?"

Yezi immediately asked.

They also received the latest news-shortly after the incident, Oda Sakunosuke broke through the blockade and escaped, and Edogawa Ranpo also fell from the building and disappeared.

The five members of the detective agency at the murder scene, as well as Atsushi Nakajima, who was supposed to be there, were trapped in the blockade formed by the search force, but their location could not be determined at all.

Which side is it that the higher-ups want them to hunt down?

"No, according to the requirements in the document, the first person to be arrested is their girl detective."

"—"

Suehiro stood up uncontrollably.

Why is she—clearly, she didn't directly participate in what happened today!

Fudi's expression was gloomy: "Because she is the holder of [River of Life]."

In the distant Meursault, someone smiled.

"Since I took someone away from Agency No. [-]..."

That is Koguri Chongtaro, who possesses the ability [Perfect Crime] and can erase all criminal records.

During the two years when Dazai was cleansed, Ango Sakaguchi had been entrusted to use his ability to eliminate the evidence of Dazai's past crimes.

After being taken away by the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, Koguri Chongtaro was forced to cancel the powers that had been imposed on the criminal evidence, and Dazai was also arrested for this.

Fyodor said softly, "...then of course they have to pay one back."

"That's politics, Iron Gut."

Fudi said with a very tired expression, "How many unnecessary disputes, battles and pains are all due to the selfishness of those who play power."

"It's not the truth of the case, and I don't plan to arrest the suspect immediately..."

"It's like a flock of vultures, grabbing the person who is most valuable to them at the moment the detective agency falls."

"Of course, we can also refuse to execute." After all, hounds have a very high degree of freedom and autonomy.

He shook his head, looked up at the crowd with different expressions, "However, this task will be handed over to other combat troops under his command."

"And even ignoring those people's demands is the right strategy from the point of view of going after the suspect."

What he said was indeed true.

There are three people in the brain power faction of the detective agency.Dazai Osamu has been brought to justice, and Edogawa Ranpo's life and death are unknown, only her location is certain.

With her ability, if she gets in touch with other people, she will become the commander of the fugitive suspect.

And the girl has a high reputation in the gourmet world, if she asks, there is a high possibility that there will be someone who is willing to provide them with a stronghold.

Only by controlling her while she was in Yuanyue and hadn't received any news could it ease the difficulty of arresting other members of the detective agency in the future.

"I heard that during the firefight with the rescue force, members of the detective agency said they were framed."

Fudi said solemnly, "And I myself don't want to believe that the organization under the leadership of Fukuzawa would do such a thing."

"team leader?!"

Okura Yeko looked at him unexpectedly.

"However, the current evidence points to their crimes, and I am also clear about this."

Fudi said solemnly, "However, there is another way."

"Since they claim their innocence, let them prove their innocence."

"--memory."

"My memory cannot be faked."

He said, "Our hounds have always been able to arrest and interrogate criminals efficiently, and have never needed the assistance of other organizations."

"However, this time I would like to ask the special agent Corey, who can read memories, to confirm whether they committed a crime."

Fukuchi's words were resounding, "For this reason, we must first arrest the members of the detective agency."

He paused, and looked at Suehiro who was silently thinking.

"Iron gut."

The captain of the hound said in a discussing tone, "You don't have to participate in the arrest of the girl detective."

"Do not."

Suguang took a deep breath, raised his head, and said firmly, "Let me go."

With such abilities, if she falls into the hands of other government departments, no matter what the truth of the matter is, she will definitely take the opportunity to be sent to the No. [-] agency immediately and be closely supervised.

One can imagine what will happen then.

However, if he takes her away first—at least here, by his side, he can still protect her.

"No."

Okura Yeko frowned, and objected aloud, "The way you look, you are telling others clearly that something happened."

What's more, the girl is still a detective who is very familiar with him.

——Although Suehiro insisted on refusing to believe it, and the captain seemed to have doubts, it was hard for her to agree that they were innocent.

If the detective agency is really a criminal, Hailao Ze Gancha, as the veteran and one of the core, can never be innocent, then everything she has shown to the outside world is worth pondering.

She didn't say what she was thinking, but put her hands on her chest and said, "She hasn't seen me."

The pink-haired girl's tone was beyond doubt: "Let me bring her back."

"His Royal Highness Fukuzawa."

The voice on the other end of the call was somewhat joking. The leader of the port mafia seemed to be in a pretty good mood at the moment.

"Let me remind you, the little girl has a big temper, okay?"

Mori Ogai joked, "Maybe I won't be able to coax you well in the future."

"Isn't that just what you want?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi asked back without emotion.

Mori Ogai smiled and agreed: "It is true."

"Then, it's settled. We will do our best to protect the members of the detective agency."

He nodded slightly, "I wish you prosperous martial arts."

The call ended, and Fukuzawa put the phone back in place, and calmly waited for the coming armed forces with his usual upright posture.

If he fled together, it would only increase the suspicion of the detective agency and put the members who were already in danger at greater risk.

The twilight that filled the quiet room gradually faded, and the gloomy gray blue slowly spread.

At the moment when dusk was about to pass, Fukuzawa thought of the lavender campanula in the garden, which was still in full bloom in the early winter of November.

The wind and rain are approaching, and he has no choice but to hand over the flowers that he has cared for for ten years to others.

In the quiet tea room, there was a sigh that was so soft that it was almost inaudible, but extremely heavy.