I don't want to be an elf!

Just as Mori Ogai and Nakahara Chuya were talking, the inconspicuous shadow in the corner of the wall seemed to have a ripple.

"Ogai Mori... not only guessed that I was stalling for time, but also guessed the reason why I was stalling."

Tokisaki Kurumi, who has not yet left, is hiding in the shadows, thinking with a headache.

"Composition, combination, come quickly."

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The author's words: Today's three-three sharing

Chapter 67 A Closer Look at Bandage Three

After temporarily resolving the matter on Mori Ogai's side, Tokisaki Kurumi sank into the shadow space.

In the scarlet space, the avatars that were summoned before gathered together in twos and threes, killing time.

Excluding the avatars who go out for a walk every day, the avatars sent out to collect time, and Bandage Three who sneaked into the Armed Detective Agency, there are roughly 300 people left in the shadow space.

Some are playing cards in full swing, some are watching animations of this world on their mobile phones, and some are even tinkering with the trumpet saxophone and piano they just bought, trying to recruit other avatars to form a band.

When the main body came in, the clone No. [-] who was in charge of managing the clone flew over.

"You and Mori Ogai don't seem to have much chat, you came back so soon." Clone No. [-] asked about the situation, "Did anything happen?"

"Stop talking, Mori Ogai already knows that I have been delaying time, and even guessed the reason for delaying time." Tokisaki Kurumi said while rubbing his swollen temples, "He also brought Nakahara Chuuya with him , when I saw him, I still regretted why I went there in person."

"Nakahara Chuuya is here? That is indeed quite dangerous. It seems that Mori Ogai is ready to break up with you today." Clone No. [-] asked with a slight doubt: "But you interact with me directly Is it okay to just change it? No one can see it anyway."

"Isn't it because I was too nervous at the time, I couldn't think of it." Tokisaki Kurumi coughed in embarrassment, "I want to make a fuss with Mori Ogai, and I have to be wary of Chuya Nakahara, and the guy from the system is at an inappropriate moment. It’s time to jump out, so I don’t have time to think about other things.”

"System?" Clone No. [-] was stunned, "What's wrong with it?"

"It sent a random mission to let me defeat Nakahara Chuya." Tokisaki Kurumi grinned, "The difficulty of this mission is even more difficult than the main mission, and I don't know what it thinks."

"As long as you don't engage in a direct confrontation with the Central Plains, and attack him when he is unprepared, it should be easy to defeat him?" Clone No. [-] said, "Although his ability is quite tricky, as long as he is dirty When the sadness in the heart is not opened, first use the seven bullets to stop his time, and then beat him to a half-mutilation, won't it be enough?"

"If I defeat the Central Plains Chuya with a sneak attack, I will completely tear myself apart from the port mafia." Tokisaki Kurumi shook his head and said, "The strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, if the port mafia becomes our enemy, from now on action will be much more difficult.”

"It's true, at least before the group comes, we must maintain a friendly relationship with them." Clone No. [-] nodded deeply, "If you can't sneak attack, then you can only invite Zhongyuan Zhongya to discuss... ..It’s just that if we face him head-on, we really don’t have much chance of winning.”

To defeat Zhongya in the Central Plains, it is easy to say, but difficult to say.

As long as he can be crippled by three strikes, five strikes and two strikes before he enters a combat state and activates his abilities, he can be defeated easily.

However, Tokisaki Kurumi couldn't hide in the dark and attack. After all, on the surface, she still needs to maintain a friendly relationship with the port mafia.

But if Nakahara Chuya is invited to compete openly and openly, when he activates the ability, then Tokisaki Kurumi has no chance of winning.

[Dirty Sorrow] can give Zhong Yuanzhong the right to control the gravity of anything that touches his body, even if his own reaction is not as fast as the speed of the bullet, but as long as his ability is turned on, every bullet They will stop the moment they touch his clothes or body.

Any physical attack is meaningless to him.

"Forget it, let's complete this mission as it happens, anyway, it won't affect the final settlement evaluation."

Temporarily putting aside the random task of defeating Nakahara Chuya, Tokisaki Kurumi continued: "Mori Ogai gave me an ultimatum to capture Atsushi Nakajima before the day after tomorrow, so we will go to the Armed Detective Agency tomorrow. one trip."

"Are you really ready to arrest me?"

"It has been dragged to the limit, and I have to catch it."

"Okay, then I will order twenty clones in a while, and I will go with you tomorrow."

"Ah."

After handing over this matter to Clone No. [-], Tokisaki Kurumi was ready to go back.

Just when she was about to leave, as if she suddenly remembered something, she turned around and asked, "Speaking of which, how is Bandage Three doing recently?"

"Ah...about her..."

After hearing Tokisaki Kurumi's question, Clone No. [-] showed a subtle expression.

As the avatar who manages the avatar, she is not only responsible for the alternation of the release personnel and the left-behind personnel, but also responsible for sending people to monitor Bandage Three.

To say it is surveillance is actually a bit too much, and it is more prepared to say it is protection.

After all, no one knew that the armed detective society wouldn't reveal Bandage Three's identity and attack her.

Therefore, there are five clones around Bandage Three at any time. Once the Armed Detective Agency wants to take action against her, the clones will take her away.

In the past few days, the avatars responsible for protecting the bandage three have reported some interesting things to the avatar number one.

"Bandage three, she... seems to have a problem with her mental state."

"Huh?" Tokisaki Kurumi's head was full of questions, "What do you mean?"

"It's literally." Clone No. [-] shrugged, "According to the five clones protecting her, Bandage Three seems to be insane."

"Insane? Crazy?"

"We don't deliberately act like Kurumi Tokisaki when we talk. After all, there are no outsiders, so there's no point in playing it, right?" Clone No. [-] said, "But the guy with Bandage Three still maintains his character when talking to other clones. Acting state."

"This is called dedication, okay, you all should learn from it."

"Well...if that's all, that's fine." Clone No. [-] said with a complex expression, "But that guy is still acting even when he is alone, as if he really thinks of himself as a person. There are three real bandages, and the clones' scalps are numb."

"Still acting when you're alone?" Tokisaki Kurumi blinked, "Isn't this too professional?"

"We preliminarily speculate that the pressure in the Armed Detective Agency is too great, and Dazai Osamu has been gathering information secretly for the past few days, which caused her to be tense all the time, and then... Then she became insane. Clone No. [-] drew a cross on his chest, "I went to see her yesterday to see how she was doing, but as soon as I showed up, she drove me away while shouting "Nightmare lackey". "

"For gaining the trust of the Armed Detective Agency, this should be a good thing... right?"

Tokisaki Kuang put his hands together and prayed.

"Hope it's okay."

Chapter 68 There is only one truth!

The next day, Armed Detective Agency.

In the dim conference room, an old-fashioned projector was placed in the center of the square table, projecting something on the white screen.

If you get closer, you can see what is projected on the white screen, which is the information about the nightmare that Ango Sakaguchi got from Blindfold Three yesterday.

There are several photos of Nightmare taken from different angles, the principle of sneaking into the shadows, the effect of the time-eating city, and detailed ability introductions from the first bullet to the tenth bullet.

At this moment, most members of the Armed Detective Agency are gathered here, sitting on both sides of the table, silently looking at the information displayed on the information.

"This is the latest information sent by the supernatural agent."

On the main seat was a middle-aged man with messy white hair like wolf fur, wearing a dark green traditional kimono, a black feather coat on his shoulders, and a face as firm as steel.

Being able to sit in the main seat, this person is naturally the president of the Armed Detective Agency, Yukichi Fukuzawa.

His eyes swept across the faces of each member, and a calm and heavy voice came out of his mouth: "What do you think?"

"President, is this information really reliable?" Kunikida Doppo couldn't help asking, "A total of ten time-related abilities, in addition to the domain that forces people to sleep and the ability to manipulate shadows Yes, how can such supernatural beings exist?"

"Judging whether this information is reliable or not is the task entrusted to us by the Supernatural Secret Service." Fukuzawa Yukichi said, "This information was obtained by Mr. Sakaguchi of the Supernatural Secret Service at noon yesterday. The girl from 'Tokisaki Hosan' gave it to him, as for the identity of this girl, Director Sakaguchi only knows that she is related to the Port Mafia and Nightmare, and nothing else."

"Sorry, President, I still need some investigations before I can come to a conclusion." Kunikida Doppo said a little ashamedly.

"Where are the others?" Fukuzawa Yukichi looked at the remaining members.

Osamu Dazai, Atsushi Nakajima, and Junichiro Tanizaki shook their heads.

Seeing that his detectives were almost wiped out, Fukuzawa Yukichi was not disappointed, but nodded lightly to express his understanding.

After all, a detective is a detective, not a fortuneteller.

With so few clues, it is impossible for any normal detective to draw reliable conclusions.

Fukuzawa Yukichi looked at the man in the corner: "Ranbu, what about you?"

Since normal detectives can't draw conclusions, the pressure naturally comes to abnormal detectives.

And in the Armed Detective Agency, there happened to be such an abnormal detective.

Edogawa ran wild.

Ability [Super Reasoning], able to deduce the truth of the matter through subtle clues, a case that requires several days of investigation by ordinary detectives to find out the truth, this man only needs to go to the scene to take a look and he can tell the truth.

Although he claims to be the best detective of this century, Edogawa Ranpo does have the strength to compete for this title. He is only 26 years old and has already helped the police solve countless unsolved cases. In the detective agency, he claims that he is the second, No one dares to be number one.

Not even Osamu Dazai.

In the corner, Edogawa Ranpo, who seemed to be asleep, heard the president call his name, and reluctantly took off the detective hat covering his face, and then sighed heavily.

"Is this information reliable? Of course it is reliable. After all, the information was personally given by Nightmare's avatar. How could it be unreliable?"

"Clone?" Everyone's expression changed, either suspicious or surprised.

"That's right, that guy named 'Tokisaki Kamizo' has a clone that is definitely a nightmare." Edogawa Ranpo pointed at a line in the information, "That's what is recorded in the data, it was made with the Eight Bullets. Doppelgänger.”

Under Edogawa Ranpo's explanation, a glimmer of understanding appeared in everyone's eyes.

But then, more problems followed.

"But is there a possibility that Nightmare's clone could betray the main body?" Kunikida Doppo asked doubtfully, frowning.

"Isn't there a perfect example in our club?" Edogawa Ranpo smiled inexplicably.

Everyone showed puzzled eyes.

Only Osamu Dazai's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he murmured to himself: "It's her..."

"Bingo!" Edogawa Ranpo said in agreement, "The girl you rescued a few days ago has more bandages than Dazai, isn't she the clone of Nightmare?"

"She is the clone of Nightmare?!"

Atsushi Nakajima, who had been silent all this time and did not dare to speak at the meeting, widened his eyes and asked in disbelief: "There must be something wrong, right? She is nothing like Nightmare..."

But as he spoke, his voice slowly lowered as if he had thought of something.

"Yes, if you only look at the character and temperament, that child is really not like Nightmare." Osamu Dazai thought about it, "But the information said that the clone was summoned from a different timeline, maybe that child came from a long time ago, when Nightmare is not the timeline of Nightmare yet.”

Atsushi Nakajima stared at the photo on the projector.

Comparing Tokisaki's appearance in his mind, the faces of the two overlapped without any hindrance.

I have to admit that aside from personality, temperament, and dressing style, the two have exactly the same face.

"She is really the clone of Nightmare..." Atsushi Nakajima still couldn't believe it, "but why did she come to our detective agency?"

"Hey, newcomer, don't get me wrong." Edogawa Luanbu pointed out, "It's not that she wants to come to our club, you guys tricked her into coming here, didn't you?"

A few days ago, although Edogawa Ranpo did not participate in the confrontation with Nightmare and the rescue of Bandage Three because he was busy with other cases, he later learned what happened at that time.

Osamu Dazai, Atsushi Nakajima, Doppo Kunikida, and Junichiro Tanizaki rescued Bandage-san from the nightmare, and let Tokizaki, who was dying, receive treatment from Akiko Yosano.

After recovering, Bandage Three wanted to leave the Armed Detective Agency, but was stopped by everyone.

Because her identity was a mystery and she was hunted down by Nightmare, it was impossible for them to let such an unstable factor wander around Yokohama.

Therefore, Osamu Dazai tried his best to get Bandage Three to stay in the Armed Detective Agency voluntarily through coercion and inducement.

These days, detectives are also trying their best to trick her and secretly investigate her identity.

But that guy's mouth is very strict, and when he talks about her, he obviously shows unwillingness.

He didn't even want to tell them his name.

So many days passed without the detectives making any progress.

"I didn't expect to find out her identity by coincidence."

Dazai smiled helplessly.

"Mr. Ranpo is right. We do have a perfect proof of a clone betraying the original body in our club."

Chapter 69 Random Reasoning

With Edogawa Ranpo pointing out, everything makes sense.

Both Osamu Dazai, who was only a little away from the truth, and Atsushi Nakajima, who had no clue from the beginning, all understood the true identity of Bandage Three at this moment.

And, the fundamental reason why she would be hunted down by the nightmare.

Bandage Three, as the clone created by Nightmare with the Eight Bullets, somehow betrayed the main body.