I'm an undercover agent at the High School of Magic

Although Hirohito Kojou listened to the content of the commission, considering that he was a minor and unlike Tsurumi who was the person involved, he couldn't be avoided, so Gojo Satoru sent him out to find other members of the detective agency.

Hemei casually picked up a piece of information on the table.

Gan Zhimei, female, 16 years old, disappeared 12 years ago, and her current whereabouts are unknown.

Hemei looked at this paragraph, raised her hand and asked, "Then are we going to find this person now?"

Gojo Satoru took this document from her hand, flung it out casually, and handed her another copy.

"This one is obsolete, I don't know what got in here...Look at this."

There is not much difference between the information provided in this document and the obsolete one, except for the column of current status.

Hemei stared at the words "confirmed death" for a long time, then said to Gojo Satoru speechlessly.

"This person is dead, how can you still doubt me..."

If you doubt it, you should also talk about the basic law. How can people come back from the dead?

But this is only limited to human beings. If it is a curse spirit, it is really possible to reappear in a few decades... But it is definitely not true from the perspective of human thinking.

"It's because there was something wrong with the process from disappearance to confirmation of death." Before Gojo Satoru could speak, Dazai Osamu picked up the invalid document and said.

"Indeed, the last record about her was a bizarre vicious/accident. The modus operandi in the first half of the accident was very similar to Gan Zhimei's previous modus operandi, arrogant and methodical, just like that arrogant woman."

"What's strange is that the second half seemed to be completely out of control. There was a lot of blood on the scene, but not only did most of the ordinary people controlled by her survive, but they also escaped her control... Her spells and cranes Mei is very similar, and can manipulate others through hints... Hemei, you should know what this means."

Hemei was silent for a while, and then reluctantly opened her mouth.

"...If she didn't release it voluntarily, there would probably be an accident, serious injury, or even death."

"Yes, and the auxiliary supervisor found a lot of her blood and hair traces at the experiment site. Judging from the blood stains, she probably died on the spot... But because this is a very cunning woman, it cannot be ruled out that it is her Acting, pretending to be dead, to confuse us, so as to escape the sight of the magic world."

"Therefore, the whole accident ended with the suspicion of Gan Zhimei, and Gan Zhimei's whereabouts were unknown."

"Then how did you confirm her death in the end? Did you find out that she was really acting in feigned death?" Hemei asked curiously.

"No, it was only three months later that her body was thrown out in public."

"!!!"

"The corpse is very strange. It has been dead for a long time, but it looks as rosy as before, with plump and elastic limbs. There is a faint smile on the corner of the mouth, and it looks like it is asleep..." Wujo Satoru specially said in this paragraph The words were full of emotion, Hemei couldn't help feeling chills down her spine as she listened, and hurriedly called for a stop.

"Wait, are you on the set of a horror movie? Stop for a moment, let me slowly..."

Gojo Satoru picked up the water glass from the table and drank it all in one gulp, seeing that Hemei was scaring him, so he opened his mouth in a rather wicked way.

"Okay, let's stop making trouble. In fact, the corpse was repaired with a reversal technique, so that it looks like a living person... But the strange thing is that the magic technique that Gan Zhimei herself should have disappeared. , if it weren't for the traces of frequent use of spells on her body, her corpse would look no different from ordinary."

Good guy, there is really an atmosphere of reasoning and suspense now, but...

"Isn't it more convenient to just print out the paper materials and give them to us directly, Mr. Wutiao." Hemei felt a little strange, why did he have to dictate such a complicated situation.

"Stupid Tsuru-chan, of course it's because there is something wrong with this 'experiment'." Edogawa Ranpo was the first to put down the information, and unceremoniously gave Tsurumi, who is not a smart person, a brain-dead, "Mr. Blindfold, let me Our search for the relationship between Tsuru-chan and that plum is probably related to this 'experiment'... It doesn't matter, just pick up what you think can be said."

"As expected of the treasure of the detective agency, Mr. Ranpo, I didn't expect you to guess it so quickly." Gojo Satoru covered his mouth with his index finger pretending to be mysterious, and hissed softly.

"The people present are all smart people, so it's hard for me to tell you even if it's just an innocuous corner...I can only tell you that the experiment has something to do with kinship."

Gojo Satoru picked up the page with the photo and compared it next to the crane plum, "The closer the blood relationship, the more successful the experiment~"

"This sounds like a really bad 'experiment'." Edogawa Ranpo frowned, which reminded him of some bad things.

Dazai: "Yes, yes, in order to prove this point, there must be a considerable number of comparative experiments."

Hemei: "..."

Gojo Satoru didn't seem to want to answer this question, he directly ignored Dazai Osamu's words, and turned to look at Ranpo.

"Mr. Ranpo, can you tell me about Daozhihe? Although I don't know why you think Hemei is the childhood sweetheart who disappeared more than ten years ago, I think the origin of Daozhihe is very important to find out the relationship between them. , must be very important."

Edogawa Ranpo seemed very dissatisfied with Gojo Satoru's words.

He muttered in a low voice that Crane Sauce was just Crane Sauce, and no explanation was needed at all.Then he tore open the snack packaging bag and ate half of the bag as if angry, before continuing.

"I used to live in the country with my parents. When He Jiang was eight years old, because of his father's job transfer, their family moved to the country together. I also met her that year...it should be from her mother's side. Relatives, related to Gan Zhimei, although trying to cover up, her mother's accent is very similar to the dialect of Gan Zhimei's hometown."

Wutiaowu heard the words, and immediately called poor Yidizhi to inform him that he was going to work overtime.But Luanbu developed a small temper, tossed the snack bag, and said coquettishly to Hemei.

"Crane sauce, I'm so thirsty...can you help me go to the opposite store to buy a bottle of pop soda, and ice cream, I want strawberry flavor."

Hemei was here listening to the detective's on-site reasoning, and she was in high spirits. When she heard Luanbu's request, she was stunned for a moment, thinking that since she was looking for relatives, it should be almost done by now, so she went out to run errands contentedly.

Anyway, I'm often envoyed by Wutiao Wuzhi, running errands and rubbing big cats, which is pretty good.

But as soon as Hemei went out, Luanbu's face darkened.

"Don't call yet, I have some additional information here."

"Crane Sauce... is not actually her parents' biological child."

……

Daozhihe was a very happy child when he was young.

She has a strict mother, a kind father, and a poor family, but she doesn't have the troubles of most children. She often goes up the mountain to catch birds and fish, and beats naughty boys who come over and scream.

She has never doubted her kinship with her parents, because many people boast that she is very similar to her mother, but in fact...

Luanbu pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly.

"He Jiang escaped from the village with his mother. The village where they lived was very backward. His mother was promised to a fool in the village by the family. She hid in the well to escape marriage, but in the well she received The baby who was thrown down the well is Crane Sauce."

"The child who was thrown down the well was considered unknown by the villagers, so they just put Crane Sauce back secretly, but she still couldn't survive, so his mother fled the village with Crane Sauce, who was still a baby."

"He Jiang's mother is very stupid. She escaped from the village and was abducted by human traffickers. But she was very lucky. She happened to meet He Jiang's father, who was a criminal police officer at the time, and was chasing down the trafficker. Soon, the two were rescued by He Jiang's father. It came out... Later, they got together. In order to prevent He Jiang from being discriminated against, they announced to the outside world that they would marry their son. Because He Jiang's mother and He Jiang are related, they look a bit alike, so no one doubts this .”

Edogawa Ranpo looked at the photos of Ganzhimei and Crane Plum in the file that were very similar, and sighed.

"I mean, if you send people to investigate that village... you can be bolder."

"The relationship between these two people may be a little closer than we thought."

……

After giving Ichida a new mission again, Gojo Satoru looked at Edogawa Ranpo curiously and asked.

"Even if it's a childhood sweetheart's playmate, you shouldn't know such details...Did you see it with your supernatural power, big detective."

Ranbu curled his lips in displeasure, but still answered him, "No, I heard it from hiding in the closet when her mother was talking to my parents."

Gojo Satoru was silent, lowered his head and approached Ranbu, but Ranbu turned his head away.

"Actually, you don't need to push Hemei away. If it's what you think, she's already an adult and can bear it..."

"Whether you are an adult or a child, you will be sad to hear that you are not the child of your parents." Luanbu said with red eyes, "Even if she doesn't know anything now."

"But you can only hide it for a while. If your guess is right, we can't get around it and tell her the truth." Gojo Satoru mercilessly pointed out the unavoidable cruelty, but in the end he was thrown into chaos. Bu pushed it out angrily.

"Master Ranpo doesn't need you to teach me, get out, get out quickly!" He put Wujo Wu's body on his head and wanted to let the big villain leave, but he was deliberately messed up by the 1.9-meter-long vicious master, and he remained motionless for a long time.

In the end, Ranbu could only yell at him angrily.

"Why are you like this...Aren't you the teacher of Crane Sauce? Then you go and tell her. Anyway, you are the one who wants to investigate further."

"It's not a good habit to blindly avoid it, great detective." Gojo Satoru lightly tapped Edogawa Ranpo's forehead, ignored his protest, and looked at his watch feeling a little strange.

"Does it take so much time to buy snacks?"

"Forget it, it's better to continue, anyway, Hemei Jiang is of no use here."

After Gojo Satoru finished talking to himself, he looked at Osamu Dazai who had been fishing.

"This...Mr. Dazai." Gojo Satoru showed a provocative smile, and reminded him meaningfully.

"Didn't you keep saying that Hemeijiang looks like your dead friend? I think your friend's information may also be very helpful for our investigation."

"Oh, that's probably my mistake." Dazai Osamu didn't bother to look for the perfunctory connection, but after he received Ranpo's condemning gaze, he followed up with an explanation.

"What I know is really not helpful for this commission... When I met my friend, she was already 19 years old. Mr. Ranpo also knew what I used to do. We usually go back and forth, but never Mention your past."

"Then what did you do before? To be honest, I'm curious, until now the group of trash under me haven't found out your origin, Mr. Dazai."

Dazai didn't take Wujo Satoru's words to heart, he knocked on the table one after another, and said lazily.

"That's really hard work for your subordinates, you have to keep doing useless work."

……

On the other side, in the convenience store——

Hemei was shocked to the extreme when she watched the live TV broadcast in the convenience store.

Although it just passed by in a flash, the person in the camera... No matter how you look at it, it is the adult self.

What's going on here, is it haunted?