I don't want to be an elf!

More than a hundred clones played several rounds of rock-paper-scissors, and clone number 66 ultimately won the championship of this rock-paper-scissors competition.

"Hmph." Clone 66 grinned crookedly, "Africans, let me show you the luck of the European Emperor."

Number 66 rubbed his hands together, took the loaded flintlock pistol from the main body, and took a deep breath.

Under the gaze of countless clones, she pointed the gun at her main body: "Get ready, I'm about to shoot."

"Stop talking nonsense."

"boom!"

The final Eighth Bullet was fired into Kurumi Tokisaki's body, and a new clone appeared before everyone, gradually opening its eyes.

What came into view was the main body's delighted gaze, and the clones' expressions of either pity or schadenfreude.

The new clone immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly looked at its spirit armor.

Unlike other Kurumi Tokisaki, her spirit dress is not a long black and red dress, but a short red leather dress that perfectly outlines her waistline.

She wore a cross around her neck with an unclear meaning, and although her arms were not injured, they were wrapped in bandages. She touched her left eye, which was shrouded in darkness, and found that even her golden left eye was wrapped in bandages.

"No-------!"

The desperate clone looked up to the sky and roared.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Kurumi Council's First Operation Plan

"Hey! Okay! I got it!"

Although it took over a hundred draws to finally get the clone she wanted, Kurumi's mood improved considerably afterward: "One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Clones, I finally got it. My luck is still pretty good, isn't it?"

"It was clearly my luck!" Doppelganger 66 protested.

“You are my clone, and your luck is my luck,” Kurumi Tokisaki said. “Alright, although we’ve run out of time to collect last night, we can just replenish it tonight. Most importantly, the first step in infiltrating the Armed Detective Agency has been completed.”

She was actually a little uneasy before summoning her clone.

Although she knew of the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings in their clones, she didn't know what the chances were of summoning them.

If the Four Heavenly Kings cannot be summoned, the plan to join the Armed Detective Agency and the Special Abilities Agency will be difficult to implement.

If she really can't summon it, then she can only send an ordinary clone to carry out the plan, but this will greatly reduce the success rate of the plan.

After all, the people from the Armed Detective Agency and the Special Abilities Agency are not blind; they can easily tell the difference between an ordinary clone and the original.

Moreover, Kurumi Tokisaki doesn't have an unlimited number of attempts. Once her plan to send clones to infiltrate other organizations is discovered, she will no longer have the opportunity to perfectly complete side missions.

That is why summoning the Four Heavenly Kings in their clones is so important.

Kurumi Tokisaki patted Bandage 3 on the shoulder and said solemnly, "Bandage 3, I'm entrusting this important task to you. Don't let me down."

With a look of utter despair, the bandaged man raised his lifeless eyes but remained silent.

She was devastated.

So many clones appeared in the form of ordinary clones, so how did she become one of the Four Heavenly Kings?

That's so unlucky.

Bandaged Three was shrouded in a gray shadow, and it seemed as if a transparent soul was flying out of his body from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing that the newly joined clone was not in a good state, the other clones surrounded her and began to comfort her.

Sharing the same understanding, they did not think that Bandage Three's resilience was too weak; on the contrary, they could fully understand why Bandage Three was depressed.

After all, it's not uncommon for someone who isn't a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) to have to act like a severe chuunibyou. Just thinking about having to deliver those incredibly embarrassing lines without batting an eye, striking poses that they think are cool but are actually meaningless, and even having such ridiculous outfits, is bound to make them depressed.

"Actually, Bandage 3 isn't that hard to accept, at least it's not Loli 3."

"We've all had chuunibyou before, but we all turned into Tokisaki Kurumi. What's chuunibyou to us?"

"Look on the bright side, now that you're in bandage three, you're still an important supporting character, and you'll have a lot of screen time in the future."

Everyone offered their own words of comfort to Bandage Three.

With everyone's help, Bandage Three, whose soul had left his body, finally accepted reality.

Although they are still listless, at least they can communicate now.

"If I don't go to hell, who will?" Bandaged sighed.

Now that she's already become a bandage, this is her inescapable fate.

She went all out to complete the side quest.

"It's just chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), so I'll act it out!"

She closed her eyes resolutely, like a warrior going to her death.

With emotions brewing within him, at this moment, it was as if the chuunibyou predecessors such as Takanashi Rikka, Gokou Ruri, Haze Segawa Kobato, and many others had possessed him, and Bandage San's entire demeanor completely changed in a moment.

Bandage Three suddenly opened her eyes and struck the pose and gestures of the chuunibyou girls when they first appeared.

The eyes, which had been lifeless, were now filled with hope, peace, and love.

The gloomy atmosphere vanished instantly, and it was as if the person was radiating light.

"Clang clang clang clang!" Bandaged Three said energetically, "Magical Girl Kurumi-chan, ☆Shining Debut☆!"

There was no resistance, no embarrassment, and no failure.

It's natural!

What superb acting skills!

It's like killing yourself!

The clones couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, applauding in surprise at how high their acting skills were.

"You did a good job, you did a good job!"

"Just like the real Bandage Three, no, you are the real Bandage Three!"

"Anyway, let's get the Oscar first when we get back."

Seeing that Bandage 3 was starting to get into the swing of things, the real Tokisaki Kurumi breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought that the Bandage 3 she had gone to so much trouble to summon would be stuck in the Shadow Space forever, and if that really happened, the perfect completion of side quest one would be ruined.

Fortunately, the outcome was good; my inner strength is indeed remarkable.

"We have found someone to join the Armed Detective Agency, but how to get them in is another question."

While everyone else was still happy about the appearance of the Four Heavenly Kings, Kurumi Tokisaki said, "Don't forget, Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo are in the Armed Detective Agency. Gaining their trust won't be easy."

Upon hearing this, the noisy clones gradually quieted down.

They looked at each other, and for a moment no one spoke.

If the main body can think of this problem, then the other clones can naturally think of it as well.

However, they were so immersed in the joy of not becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings that they almost forgot about the more difficult problem.

How to join the Armed Detective Agency.

Leaving aside the others in the Armed Detective Agency, Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo, who are considered the pinnacle of intelligence, are indeed obstacles for them.

"Currently, they don't know much about our situation, so we must take this opportunity to get in touch with them as soon as possible."

"Yes, if this drags on any longer, it will be very disadvantageous for us."

"But how do we reach out to them? And how do we get them to accept the bandage treatment?"

"Moreover, they will eventually find out that Tokisaki Kurumi has the ability to create clones, and it is not impossible that they will deduce that Bandage Kurumi is a clone."

"So, we not only need to come up with a plan that will get the Armed Detective Agency to accept Bandage Three, but also a plan that will prevent them from becoming hostile towards Bandage Three even after the Armed Detective Agency discovers his true identity?"

"This is way too difficult..."

The clones began discussing the battle plan.

Joining the Armed Detective Agency is clearly not an easy task.

Moreover, this is a long-term mission, and after joining, they must ensure that Bandage Three's identity is not exposed.

Even if we're exposed, we need to make sure the Armed Detective Agency doesn't do anything to Bandage Three.

“The Armed Detective Agency is a superpowered organization with a strong sense of justice, and we can take advantage of that.”

As everyone was discussing, Kurumi Tokisaki spoke up, attracting the attention of the other clones.

"Perhaps, we can do it this way..."

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Daily Life of the Armed Detective Agency

three days later.

Noon, Yokohama Inner Harbor.

As a port city close to the sea, Yokohama has incorporated the sea into its urban area and constructed several main rivers inland.

At that moment, someone splashed water in the calm river, moving closer to land.

Upon closer inspection, it was a young man dog-paddling in the river with one hand, while his other hand was gripping a drowning man. This forced the young man to exert every ounce of his strength to swim towards land as quickly as possible.

Persistence pays off, and soon after, thanks to the young man's efforts, they climbed ashore safely.

"Hahaha..."

The swimmer was a young man in his early twenties, who was panting heavily. Although it wasn't a long distance from the middle of the river to the shore, carrying a drowning person was a considerable challenge for him, who was already quite thin.

The young man was soaked to the bone, with water dripping from his hair and clothes, looking utterly disheveled.

He wiped his face, and as if he had used up his last bit of strength, he lay helplessly on the lawn on the shore.

Having regained some strength, the young man looked at the man beside him with his eyes closed, dragged his tired body over, and began to press on the drowning man's chest.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The man suddenly opened his eyes, and the physiological reaction of choking on water made him cough up a large amount of water, as if he were going to cough up his lungs.

After his breathing calmed down, the man wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and sat blankly on the lawn.

The man looked at the familiar Yokohama street scene and said with some regret, "So he didn't succeed in committing suicide this time either."