I don't want to be an elf!

It's simply because she's very confident in her acting skills.

Bandage 3, as an early clone of Kurumi Tokisaki, is far less sophisticated in both temperament and cunning than the original Kurumi Tokisaki. It can be said that he is completely like a child who has not grown up.

No one would be wary of such a child.

Furthermore, during the previous battle between Tokisaki Kurumi and Bandaged Kurumi, they had already staged a scene where "Bandaged Kurumi would rather sacrifice herself than involve others," which greatly increased their chances of successfully joining the Armed Detective Agency.

Because there is only one necessary condition for joining the Armed Detective Agency: having the determination to sacrifice oneself to save others.

In this respect, Bandage 3 has already passed the test.

Moreover, Tokisaki Kurumi and her other clones devised a plan of "playing hard to get," preventing Bandaged Kurumi from voluntarily requesting to join the Armed Detective Agency, and instead having the Armed Detective Agency keep her there. This way, her reason for staying with the Armed Detective Agency would be plausible and would not arouse suspicion.

Now, the only two uncertainties are Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo.

However, based on their subsequent plans and their understanding of the two individuals, as long as Bandage Three's acting skills are up to par and he maintains his persona without giving himself away, joining the Armed Detective Agency should be feasible.

"Did anything good happen to you?"

Noticing the smile on Tokisaki Kurumi's lips, Izumi Kyoka couldn't help but ask.

"My plan is already halfway to success; all I have to do now is wait," Kurumi Tokisaki replied casually.

"Oh." Izumi Kyoka nodded, without asking what the plan was.

Although she was taken in as a 'younger sister', Izumi Kyoka was still very aware of her status.

She was grateful that Kurumi Tokisaki told her the truth about her parents' death, but that didn't mean she would forget Kurumi Tokisaki's true identity.

The captain of a guerrilla squad led by the Port Mafia, a powerful figure who defeated Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and a mysterious figure who made Mori Ougai hesitant to act against him.

In short, a ruthless person.

Izumi Kyoka felt she had no right to ask anything of the other party.

She would listen to what Kurumi Tokisaki was willing to tell her, but she wouldn't dig into what Kurumi Tokisaki was hiding.

In the Port Mafia's assassin training, the assassin only needed to silently accept the mission and not ask questions that shouldn't be asked; this creed had been engraved in her subconscious.

"We can leave the Armed Detective Agency alone for now; the only thing we need to worry about now is the Special Abilities Agency."

To perfectly complete side quest one, you need to join one of the three organizations: the Port Mafia, the Armed Detective Agency, and the Special Abilities Agency.

For other spirits, it would be almost impossible to perfectly complete the first side quest, but for Tokisaki Kurumi, who has the ability to create clones, it is not entirely hopeless.

Now, the original Tokisaki Kurumi has joined the Port Mafia, while her clone, Bandage Three, is infiltrating the Armed Detective Agency. If the plan goes smoothly, she will soon become a full member as well.

The only one left is the elusive Special Ability Agency.

Joining the Special Ability Agency through official means is undoubtedly extremely difficult, so Kurumi Tokisaki had to find another way.

Find Ango Sakaguchi, the head of the Yokohama branch of the Special Ability Agency.

This is not something Kurumi Tokisaki needs to worry about, because Mori Ougai has already promised her that he will lure Ango Sakaguchi out as soon as possible so that they can meet.

Now all she has to do is wait.

Just as Tokisaki Kurumi was idly killing time, Mori Ou Diplomacy's cell phone suddenly rang.

This is a work phone used internally by the Port Mafia; no outsider would call her. The only possible reason is that Mori Ougai needs to ask her for a favor.

"Could it be that they lured Sakaguchi Ango out so quickly?"

Kurumi Tokisaki guessed as much as she could and answered the phone.

"It's me, Kurumi Tokisaki. What brings you here?"

"I need an explanation."

On the other end of the phone came Mori Ōgai's deep, unhurried male voice.

However, in his usually indifferent tone, Tokisaki Kurumi detected a hint of questioning in his voice this time.

This startled Tokisaki Kurumi, who quickly tried to recall where she had gone wrong, prompting Mori Ougai to personally inquire about her actions.

But on the surface, she remained calm and asked as usual, "What explanation?"

"Come to headquarters."

After saying that, Mori Ōgai hung up the phone.

The abrupt phone call and the inexplicable attitude left Kurumi Tokisaki somewhat bewildered.

Could it be that her determination to slack off and her plan not to kidnap Atsushi Nakajima has been discovered?

That shouldn't be the case. No one in the Port Mafia can read minds. How could Mori Ōgai possibly know that she was plotting to betray them?

She hasn't been to the port mafia headquarters in the last few days, so theoretically she shouldn't have offended anyone.

However, there was no point in racking her brains here any longer. Since Mori Ougai told her to go to headquarters, she had no choice but to go.

Although she wasn't afraid of Mori Ōgai, and Mori Ōgai had no right to order her around, he was at least her nominal superior, so she had to give him that much face.

Maintaining friendly relations with the Port Mafia is still very important.

Kurumi Tokisaki put down her teacup and prepared to head to the Port Mafia headquarters.

With a thought, the black dress she usually wore was magically replaced by a red and black spiritual dress.

"Kyoka, I have to go to headquarters." Tokisaki Kurumi stood up. "Mr. Mori needs to see me. I don't know how long it will take him to be back."

"Is it dangerous?" Izumi Kyoka overheard Tokisaki Kurumi and Mori Ougai's conversation and said seriously, "I can go with them."

"Don't worry, although I don't know exactly what happened yet, I'm sure it's not anything dangerous."

Kurumi Tokisaki patted her head.

"You don't need to wait for me to come back for dinner, you can eat by yourself."

Chapter Forty-Eight: I Have Wine, Do You Have a Story?

Ten minutes later, at the Port Mafia headquarters, on the top floor of the Boss building.

Kurumi Tokisaki emerged from the shadow cast by the sun and the wall in the corner, and walked up to Mori Ougai with a smile.

Sen Ou sat expressionlessly in her chair outside, seemingly unfazed by her entrance.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who was of the same rank as her, had to go through layers of permission and investigation to see her. Even other executives had to report to her first if they wanted to see her.

In the entire organization, only this guy doesn't care about the rules at all.

Mori Ōgai sighed inwardly.

At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder how long his head would remain on his neck if the Port Mafia and Kurumi Tokisaki fell out someday. Given Kurumi's elusive abilities, how long could his head stay on his neck?

There are only two ways to prevent Tokisaki Kurumi from becoming an enemy of the organization: first, kill her to eliminate future troubles; second, treat her well.

Mori Ōgai had tried the former method before; when he sent Akutagawa Ryunosuke to fight her, Mori Ōgai harbored a slight expectation that Akutagawa Ryunosuke would kill her.

The result was disappointing.

Perhaps only by gathering all the superhumans in the organization, including the most powerful combat team leader, Chuuya Nakahara, could they possibly kill Kurumi Tokisaki.

However, the cost is too high.

Moreover, even if Tokisaki Kurumi is at a disadvantage and unable to defeat all the Port Mafia's ability users, she will definitely be able to escape.

Therefore, Mori Ōgai has no longer considered killing Tokisaki Kurumi as an option.

Inviting a god is easy, but sending him away is hard. Since he personally agreed to let Tokisaki Kurumi join the organization, and there's no way to kill him, the only thing to do is to treat this little ancestor like a god.

Thinking of this, Mori Ōgai's cold expression softened slightly, no longer appearing so oppressive.

“As you have been summoned, Mr. Mori, I have arrived.” Tokisaki Kurumi bowed slightly and said politely.

"You should know why I called you here today, right?"

"Excuse me for being frank, but I have absolutely no clue."

"Okay... I know you're playing dumb, and maybe you think you can handle this, but I still need a reasonable explanation."

"Explanation? What explanation?" Tokisaki Kurumi was even more puzzled.

Mori Ougai didn't say anything more, but instead took out a report and placed it on the table.

The report is dated today and includes a photograph.

"This was delivered by the intelligence team twenty minutes ago," Mori Ougai said, pointing to the report on the table and gesturing for her to look at it.

Kurumi Tokisaki readily picked up the report and quickly glanced at it.

After seeing the text in the report and the people in the photos, she finally understood.

The report describes, from a third-person perspective, the scenes of her battle with Bandage Three, her confrontation with the Armed Detective Agency, and the scene where the Armed Detective Agency members rescued Bandage Three.

It seems the Port Mafia members learned about this by accessing surveillance footage from the Metropolitan Police Department.

The photo was taken by a drone outside the Armed Detective Agency, showing Bandage Three and the members of the Armed Detective Agency sitting together and discussing something.

"So that's what it was. I didn't expect you to find out so quickly," Kurumi Tokisaki said, somewhat surprised.

"No matter what happens in this city, it can't be hidden from our eyes."

Mori Ougai said calmly, without a trace of pride in his tone, as if it were the natural course of things: "So, are you going to tell me what really happened?"

Although surprised by how quickly the Port Mafia learned of the matter, Tokisaki Kurumi was not alarmed.

Because sooner or later the Port Mafia would find out about this, since Bandage Three is in the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia often deals with them, it would be hard for them not to notice this extra living person.

She had already prepared an excuse to deal with this situation.

"Since they know, there's nothing we can do about it," Kurumi Tokisaki said helplessly. "It's a very embarrassing thing to talk about, and I didn't want to tell anyone."

Upon hearing what Tokisaki Kurumi said, Mori Ougai's eyes narrowed slightly.

Combining the meaning revealed in her words with Mori Ōgai's current mastery of her abilities, an ominous prediction appeared in his mind.

"Could it be..." Mori Ougai glanced at Tokisaki Kurumi's shadow, seemingly unintentionally.

"Congratulations, you guessed right, but unfortunately there's no reward."

“When I saw this girl rescued by the Armed Detective Agency, I had a premonition.” Mori Ougai sighed deeply. “I never imagined that she really was your alter ego.”

When Mori Ōgai saw the girl in the picture, he vaguely felt that she looked familiar.

However, the girl's clothes and appearance were very different from Tokisaki Kurumi's, and she had even wrapped her most iconic golden clock left eye with a bandage, which prevented him from recognizing the girl as Tokisaki Kurumi's clone at first glance.