Special investigation report from Yokohama

"Miss Hongyao?" Akutagawa Yin noticed the change in her mood and asked worriedly.

Hong Yao leaned over viciously, ruffled her hair, folded her arms and said with a smile, "What? It's impossible to live in a hotel forever, right?"

Akutagawa Yin smoothed out his messy hair with his hands, diverted his attention, and smiled embarrassedly: "Because I have been living here with Miss Hongyao..."

So I subconsciously believe that such days will continue forever.

This kind of statement is too greedy, let alone facing Hong Yao, a lady who never mentioned her past or any future.Accompanied by this thought, Akutagawa Gin's heart faintly felt a little empty anxiety. She vaguely realized that the life in front of her was as fragile as a mirror, but she had no clue about the stone that broke the water.

Maybe it's just her worrying about gains and losses, Akutagawa Gin thought to the smiling eyes of Shang Hongyao.In order to dispel this negative thought, she asked curiously, "Is Miss Hongyao's home in Tokyo?"

Unexpectedly, the girl shook her head at her.Just like when the two got along in the past, she would not take the initiative to bring up things about herself, but as long as Akutagawa Yin asked, she would say: "Going to Tokyo is something else, um... it's a business trip? Maybe I have to stay halfway." About a month."

As always, the candid attitude made Akutagawa Yin completely abandon the hidden worry that he didn't even have a shape. Then, another more practical worry arose: "Is it okay to take me with you on a business trip?"

Hong Yao was reminded, and she became deep in thought. She nodded slowly in Akutagawa Yin's apprehensive eyes: "It seems so...how about Xiao Yin, you stay in the hotel? Is that okay?"

What? !Even though he already had a premonition, Gin Akutagawa couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this.She wanted to refute, but she couldn't find any reason for the other party to ignore business and take her.

If she had known earlier, she wouldn't have said it!

"Impossible" could not be said. Hong Yao never hesitated to respond to her normal demands, but such words were a bit unreasonable.Akutagawa Yin opened his mouth and tried to cheer up: "Then, how long will Miss Hongyao be going?"

"If it is less, it will take half a month, if it is more, it may take several months..." Hong Yao looked embarrassed.Seeing Akutagawa Gin's quietly slumped face, she finally couldn't help laughing out loud, bent down again, and ruthlessly messed up her freshly arranged hair.

"Okay, just kidding, of course you have to follow me." She said, "I'm going to the station to buy tickets now, and you are in charge of organizing things. We will check out tomorrow."

Seeing the girl's expression of half bewildered and half joyful, mixed with a bit of embarrassment of being teased, Hong Yao couldn't help but burst out laughing.She waved her hand and walked out the door: "There should always be some unexpected surprises in life, otherwise wouldn't it be too boring?"

"...Miss Hongyao!"

This is the first time Akutagawa Silver has left Yokohama.It's like she never thought about leaving before, nor did she think about leaving after leaving. Hong Yao brought her back to this city just a few months later.

In another capacity, another perspective.

She stood on the side of the road, watching nervously the confrontation on the street.The blades staggered, making a harsh long sound of metal friction.The black and white haori split at the touch, and the too young assailant landed silently behind Fukuzawa Yukichi, and gave a light praise without hesitation: "Beautiful!"

Fukuzawa Yukichi was unmoved.He pulled the little detective behind him, and stared at the girl who suddenly got into trouble with a cold expression.

The girl is very young, judging by Fukuzawa Yukichi's age, she can still be called a child at the age of seventeen or eighteen.Except for the gleaming Taidao that she was still holding in her hand, she did look like an ordinary girl of her age.

But that savage and swift blow just now was by no means Fukuzawa Yukichi's illusion.

There was no such a young and outstanding swordsman in his memory, and the other party looked at him without any hatred or anger, and even full of undisguised appreciation.Under such eyes, the murderous aura that erupted when the girl drew the knife was simply like his illusion.

Fukuzawa Yukichi frowned and asked, "What's your name? Why did you attack us?"

He saw the girl tilt her head very quickly, and her expression was actually a bit playful.She blinked at the two of them, and the tip of her tongue swept over her upper lip: "It doesn't matter."

Before she finished speaking, she lowered her body and rushed up again.

The tachi is a bit long for her figure, but it feels like an arm in her hand.The blade fluttered among the wide hooded feathers, piercing out from various unexpected angles under the cover of the feathers.Fukuzawa Yujicha felt the sharpness of the blade—it was not a decorative knife, its blade was stained with countless blood.

Such murderous aura made him dare not take it lightly, but fortunately, the other party's move was open and aboveboard, and it was only aimed at him alone.

"Random steps, get out of the way!" He shouted and took the initiative to meet him.The sword collided with the sword again, and this time no one retreated. The girl quickly changed her move and moved sideways to the dead corner on the left side of Fukuzawa Yukichi.How could Fukuzawa Yukichi be caught so easily? As soon as he moved his body, the knife was firmly on his side.The girl hurriedly took a step back, her arm brushed against Fukuzawa Yukichi's blade dangerously.

After forcing the opponent back a step, Fukuzawa Yukichi no longer intends to pursue him.But if he didn't make a move, it doesn't mean the girl won't attack, just in a split second, the other party swung the sword again and went straight to his face.

The two rattled and went through a few moves, the girl seemed not to delay any longer, she lowered her body suddenly and jumped up.Just in time, Fukuzawa Yukichi also wanted to end this inexplicable fight. He met the girl's blade with a horizontal sword, but saw the opponent rolling in the air and getting behind him, and the sword in his hand had returned to his waist in the blink of an eye.

It's not that easy to leave!Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't intend to let her go like this until he figured out the other party's purpose.He turned around and changed the back of the knife to teach her a lesson, but he saw a cold light flash on the other's left sleeve.

not good!

He hurriedly swung the knife to slash, with a "dang", the knife hit something before hitting the girl.

The girl half-kneeled on the ground, with her left hand behind her back, she swung the dagger and firmly supported Fukuzawa Yukichi's blade.Instead of attacking again, she turned her head and smiled at Fukuzawa Yukichi: "Good sword skills, samurai."

Fukuzawa Yukichi was unmoved and looked at her coldly.All her moves are killer moves. Although she seems to have no malice towards her, she can't take it lightly.

"It's okay, President." Edogawa Ranpo ignored Fukuzawa Yukichi's expression of disapproval, and walked in front of the two, "She won't do anything again."

Fukuzawa Yukichi glanced down at the girl, who seemed to have no reaction to the murderous eyes of the middle-aged samurai, and looked at him calmly.Those pure black eyes were shining brightly, showing a kind of diamond-like hard look that can only be revealed after burning and washing.

Such a bright look would only appear on an upright warrior, not a sneaky assassin.Fukuzawa Yukichi raised the blade slightly to let the girl escape, and the other party took the short knife back into his arms.

"What is that?" Edogawa Ranpo asked.Fukuzawa and the girl looked at the boy in the detective suit, his emerald green eyes were fixed on this inexplicable assailant.

"It's a curse spirit. A curse formed by human fear." She replied, "It's okay to be an evil spirit."

Edogawa frowned in disorder, as if thinking about something.The girl was very interested, and this was the second person who saw her purpose at a glance: "You detectives, are your eyes so poisonous?"

"Ranpo-sama is not some 'you detective'!" Edogawa Ranpo retorted loudly, "He is the world's number one detective! How can those ordinary guys compare to me!"

... This guy, kid?The girl smiled and agreed: "Yes, it is the world's No.1 detective—Xiao Yin, let's go."

Another young girl ran from the street and followed her silently.Fukuzawa Yukichi did not stop him, but raised his voice and asked, "I don't know what your name is?"

"It's not important." The girl raised her voice slightly.She raised one hand and waved it back, the pattern embroidered with gold thread on the white feather weaving flashed like a flame.

The self-confidence that was taken for granted was simply dazzling, and Fukuzawa's serious expression seemed to melt for a moment when he remembered something.He looked down at Luan Bu walking beside him, the detective puffed his cheeks, still dissatisfied with the other party's perfunctory tone.

"Random steps." Fuzawa called out.

"She attacked the president!" Edogawa Ranpo replied quickly, "Don't like her, my lord detective!"

"But she helped us, didn't she?"

"Humph!"

Hong Yao, who had already left, naturally didn't know the communication between the two. She walked on the streets of Yokohama with Akutagawa Gin.It was a prophecy when I left. The observation task assigned by the government was not smooth. When I left, the cherry blossoms had not yet fallen, and it would be midsummer when I came back.

She looked back at Akutagawa Yin, with a smile in her words: "It's been a long time since I came back, does it feel like a lifetime away?"

The black-haired girl pursed her lips and shook her head with a dazed expression: "My brother and I would never come here before."

This is the business district in the city center. Although there are wide and unobstructed avenues under your feet, the asphalt road where cars and horses come and go does not welcome scarred bare feet, and the orphans in the slums have no time to spy on them when they are struggling to survive. Another world here.

In the past, she might have envied those little girls who were accompanied by their parents and elders and ran across the street in beautiful new clothes, but the experience of traveling all over Japan's major cities in the past three months has made the business districts in front of her mediocre. .

It is neither as prosperous and magnificent as Tokyo, nor as quaint as Kyoto. Even because I have seen it since I was a child, it lacks the novelty and style of Snow Country.When Akutagawa Gin was growing up, the only kindness the city gave her was to teach her the cruel iron rule of survival of the fittest.

"It just feels a little strange." She avoided the reckless child lightly, and the hem of her bathrobe was slightly raised, just like any girl of the same age on the street who went shopping on weekends.

This is unbelievable, even though he has been with Hongyao and seen the more incredible side of this world countless times, Akutagawa Yin is often secretly surprised like this.As always, she followed Hong Yao half a step behind her, closely following in the footsteps of this girl who was not a few years older than her.

She brought it all to her - how amazing it is.Even the night before they met, the best life she was looking forward to was to live and then wander with her brother.

And now—and now, she quietly pressed the dagger hidden in her bosom.It was a short knife with a dark pink scabbard, extremely exquisite.Akutagawa Gin followed Hongyao and learned a lot about how to appreciate knives. This short knife with the inscription "吉光" is a gorgeous chaotic blade. Although it is not famous in history, it is definitely a rare treasure. .

What Akutagawa Gin cherished even more was the look on the face of the owner of the dagger when he handed it to her, the expression of putting all time on the dagger, which made her hand that took the dagger feel as heavy as if it had fallen from lead.

"I can't let this child down, so I can't give it to you, Little Silver."

"But you can use its power. If you can, treat this child as a friend. He will protect you, and please take good care of him."

Although it's just a knife.Akutagawa Silver thought.

Although it's just a knife, there will be a day when she can take care of or protect something.

Just like what Miss Hongyao had done to her.