I don't want to be an elf!

From behind the car's cover, Dazai Osamu poked half his head out and replied with an embarrassed smile, "Sorry, sorry, give me two more minutes, I'm almost done talking with her."

"Dazai-san...do you think I'm an idiot?"

Upon hearing this, Tokisaki Kurumi's eyes turned completely cold: "I have to believe that you have no genuine intention of reaching a consensus with me, and are merely stalling for time until reinforcements arrive."

"Oh no, have we been exposed?"

Dazai Osamu smiled slightly and did not continue the act: "There is nothing that can be done once you have been seen through, but we have already spent enough time. Thank you for your generosity, Miss Nightmare."

Are all the members of the Armed Detective Agency this cunning?

"The enemy's belittling is the best praise; please insult me ​​even more harshly!"

"I thought the Armed Detective Agency was a trustworthy organization, but it seems my stereotypes have made me suffer a lot."

Kurumi Tokisaki sighed and said with great regret, "Judging by the time, your reinforcements will be arriving soon. Fighting now is futile. In that case, we'll leave the child with you for the time being."

"Then we'll accept it without being polite?"

"You won't be able to take care of him for too long, after all, that child's personality is quite troublesome."

Kurumi Tokisaki's body gradually merged into the shadows.

Although she was tricked by Dazai Osamu's little scheme, she remained calm and elegant, without showing any anger.

Before disappearing, she left behind her last words.

"The next time we meet, I will take both Atsushi Nakajima and her with me."

Chapter 43 Infiltrating the Detective Agency

Kurumi Tokisaki's figure disappeared.

However, neither of the two people present knew whether she had really left.

Perhaps she's just lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike?

Unable to confirm the specifics, they dared not lower their guard in the slightest, wary of a possible sneak attack.

A few minutes later, a small car sped up from a distance and stopped on the side of the road.

Two men got out of the car. One was wearing a uniform vest and looked very serious, while the other was dressed casually and looked very young.

Upon seeing them appear, Dazai Osamu and Nakajima Atsushi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They were also members of the Armed Detective Agency: Kunikida Doppo and Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

Kunikida Doppo, the undisputed next president of the Armed Detective Agency, possesses the special ability "Doppo the Singer," which allows him to materialize what he writes by consuming the paper in his notebook. This applies to anything he has seen and understands the structure and function of, but he cannot materialize anything larger than the notebook.

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is a professional in the detective agency responsible for intelligence gathering, infiltration, tracking, and surveillance. His special ability is "Snowflakes," which allows him to manipulate light within a certain space to create visual distortions, achieving effects such as invisibility and projection.

Both are undeniably combat-oriented detectives, but one leans towards protracted warfare while the other prefers assassination.

However, with their addition, there's no need to be wary of Kurumi Tokisaki even if she's still hiding somewhere.

The Armed Detective Agency has gathered almost half of its fighting force. If they still can't defeat Tokisaki Kurumi, then the Armed Detective Agency might as well give up and go to sleep.

"Only the two of us were available at the detective agency today, so we rushed over as soon as we received the distress signal." Kunikida Doppo looked at the chaotic battleground, his brows furrowing even deeper. "What happened? Why are you fighting so fiercely with the enemy?"

“You overestimate us, Kunikida-kun.” Dazai Osamu’s lips twitched. “This wasn’t our fault.”

"who is it?"

“Nightmare, the new port mafia superhuman I told you about before. Her abilities are unknown, but what is certain is that she is extremely powerful,” Dazai Osamu said with some relief. “If it weren’t for my good acting skills and my trickery in fooling Nightmare, neither of you would be seeing us today.”

“The Nightmare was chasing this girl at the time,” Atsushi Nakajima said, pointing to the three bandages. “Her condition isn’t good right now, and we should get her back to the detective agency as soon as possible.”

Kunikida Doppo and Tanizaki Junichiro, who had just arrived, looked in the direction he was pointing and saw Bandage Three lying behind the car.

Bandage Three is not in good condition at the moment. Although it has an elf physique, it is only an clone. If it loses too much blood, it will disappear.

However, she didn't resent her original self. If she was going to put on an act, she had to make it believable so that the detectives would believe her.

Upon discovering the injured person, Kunikida Doppo immediately went to Bandage Three's side, squatted down, and examined the injuries.

There were bullet graze marks on his arms and cheeks, minor injuries.

The bullet pierced through the right calf, but did not damage the bone. The patient suffered significant blood loss and requires immediate hemostasis and further treatment.

As for the bandages wrapped around the other parts of the girl's body...

Kunikida Doppo unwrapped a section of it, expecting to discover serious injuries, but beneath the bandages lay the girl's fair and flawless skin.

Although he didn't understand why bandages were wrapped around areas that weren't injured, Kunikida Doppo didn't try to understand it and simply started to unwrap the bandages.

"What are you doing?!"

Bandage Three was feeling dizzy from excessive blood loss, but when he sensed someone removing his bandages, he immediately opened his eyes and bared his teeth like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"Is there a problem with moving the bandages to where they are needed more?" Kunikida Doppo asked seriously. "I just checked, and there is no reason to wrap bandages under your existing ones."

"How could your mortal eyes possibly perceive my injuries?" Bandaged Three sneered.

Bandage 3's defining characteristic is bandages; you could say bandages are her life, she is bandages, and bandages are her.

If you remove her bandages, how is she different from other ordinary clones?

We'd rather die than demolish it!

However, Kunikida Doppo failed to understand her meaning and frowned, asking, "What are you talking about? Injuries that are invisible to the naked eye?"

"On the day the world was first created, I fought the evil Flame Demon until the sky darkened and the Great Dao was destroyed."

Bandage Three roused himself and said vividly, "To this day, I am still trapped by that purplish-black flame that is like a bone-deep affliction. Only this sacred cloth passed down by the ancient sage can suppress the burning of my soul."

"An evil fire demon?" Atsushi Nakajima looked bewildered.

“An ancient sage?” Jun'ichirō Tanizaki blinked.

"Bandages can suppress the pain of the soul?" Kunikida Doppo looked surprised.

"Chuunibyou?" Dazai Osamu pondered.

As Dazai Osamu revealed the truth, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō showed an expression of sudden realization, while Kunikida Doppo and Nakajima Atsushi remained completely bewildered.

"What is 'chuunibyou'? Is it serious?" Kunikida Doppo asked doubtfully. "Should I have Dr. Yosano treat me?"

“No, I don’t think Dr. Yosano can cure this disease.” Dazai Osamu coughed twice. “Chuunibyou is a bit hard to explain. In short, don’t think too much about what chuunibyou patients say. Just accept it and smile.”

"But I need her bandages to stop the bleeding."

"It's just bandages, use mine." Dazai Osamu patted his chest, took a few wet bandages from his own hand, and handed them to Kunikida Doppo.

"You didn't jump into the river again, did you? This bandage is useless." Kunikida Doppo's lips twitched.

"As expected of Kunikida-kun! My good partner! He deduced what happened so easily!"

"Work diligently while carrying out this assignment!"

Kunikida Doppo glared at Dazai Osamu, took out the notebook he always carried on his chest, and wrote the word "bandage" on a blank page.

The superpower [Lone Singer] is activated.

The torn notebook paper instantly transformed into a brand new bandage after a change in light.

After receiving the bandage, Kunikida Doppo immediately began first aid measures to stop the bleeding.

Generally speaking, injuries of this severity require a trip to the hospital, but he felt that if they didn't do something, the girl might bleed to death by the time they got to the hospital.

"I did some minor treatment, but a bandage alone isn't enough to completely stop the bleeding." Kunikida Doppo carefully picked up the girl. "Tanisaki, call Dr. Yosano and have her stand by in the infirmary. Dazai, go get the car. Rookie, come and help carry her."

"Yes!"

"We'll fight now."

"I didn't bring my driver's license..."

After assigning tasks, the Armed Detective Agency members carried the bandaged man into the car.

As soon as the car started, they left the scene.

Kurumi Tokisaki appeared where they had disappeared, watching them leave.

"Very good, the first step of the plan to infiltrate the Armed Detective Agency has been successfully implemented."

Having fooled a shrewd person like Dazai Osamu, Tokisaki Kurumi felt a surge of joy and anticipation.

"Bandage Three, whether you can gain the trust of the Armed Detective Agency depends on you now."

Chapter Forty-Four: The Benevolence of a Healer

Ignoring traffic rules along the way, and with a series of maneuvers by Yokohama veteran driver Osamu Dazai, the group quickly returned to the detective agency.

Even Kunikida Doppo, who always followed the rules, didn't say anything, because there was an injured person in the car who urgently needed medical treatment, and not a second could be wasted.

The car screeched to a halt in front of the Armed Detective Agency building. The detectives got out and carried the heavily injured and unconscious Bandaged Three up to the third floor.

The Armed Detective Agency's base is located in an ordinary commercial building in Yokohama's business district. The first floor is a warehouse, the second floor is a coffee shop, and the third floor is the detective agency.

Although it is a supernatural organization with the same name as the Port Mafia, the Armed Detective Agency is clearly not as impressive as its old rival in terms of scale and number of people. The commissions earned from its detective services are simply not enough to support them renting an entire building in Yokohama, a metropolis where land is extremely valuable, let alone five skyscrapers like the Port Mafia.

"Dr. Yosano, the wounded have arrived!"

The group suddenly pushed open the door to the infirmary next to the detective agency and carefully placed Bandage Three on the hospital bed.

"Already unconscious? How boring."

Inside the infirmary, a woman dressed in a white shirt and black skirt, wearing an ornate gold butterfly headdress, and looking very mature, stood up from her chair.

Looking at Bandage Three with his eyes closed, a hint of disappointment flashed in the woman's eyes as she placed the gleaming serrated machete on the table.

"You rushed me to prepare treatment for the wounded, and I even prepared all the necessary equipment, but it turns out they don't need any treatment?"

Upon hearing this, the others all showed stiff expressions to varying degrees, some smiling awkwardly, others turning pale as if recalling some terrifying memory.

Yosano Akiko, the exclusive doctor for the Armed Detective Agency.

The superpower "Please Don't Die" can instantly restore the body of a person on the verge of death to a perfect state. Whether the internal organs are shattered, the brain is damaged, or limbs are missing, as long as the last breath is still there, the body can be perfectly restored.

However, the limitations are also quite obvious: "Please Do Not Die" can only be activated on people who are on the verge of death.

In other words, if the injured person is still fully conscious, they must first be tortured until they are in a state of confusion and only one step away from death before the "Please Do Not Die" technique can be used.

Armed Detective Agency members are often on the front lines, and it's common for them to suffer broken ribs, be shot, or get injured in hand-to-hand combat.