I don't want to be an elf!

Faced with destruction, Yokohama's three major supernatural organizations put aside their past grievances and united.

They are Yokohama's last line of defense.

Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo's deduction was correct, but unfortunately, it came too late, catching Tokisaki Kurumi off guard with her surprise attack.

Fortunately, Kurumi Tokisaki did not stand against any particular organization, but rather against Yokohama.

This made cooperation possible between the Special Abilities Agency, the Port Mafia, and the Armed Detective Agency.

With the three organizations pooling their resources, they do indeed have a chance to turn the tide.

“Now, I need to know Ms. Tokisaki’s location,” Mori Ougai said. “A single clone is not that powerful, but more than five hundred clones are not a force we can underestimate. Moreover, they are scattered throughout Yokohama, making it virtually impossible to eliminate them.”

"Do you want to destroy the main body directly? Forgive my bluntness, but the main body's abilities are even stronger than the previous clones combined." Ango Sakaguchi shook his head and said, "I sent you the twelve abilities of Nightmare before. It's almost impossible to destroy that kind of monster."

"That's why I brought Chuuya-kun along."

"not enough."

"Huh? What gives you the right to say that?" Chuuya Nakahara raised an eyebrow. "In all of Yokohama, no, in all of Japan, can you find an esper stronger than me?"

"Excuse my bluntness, but even if you activate [Filth], you still cannot defeat Nightmare."

"I don't need to defeat her, I just need to thwart her plans, right?"

"Hmm... If our goal is not to defeat Nightmare, but to thwart her plan, then we do have a good chance of winning."

The filthy form is the essence that Chuuya Nakahara reveals after unleashing his full power.

Having been endowed with emotions and intelligence, he is qualified to be called a human being, but human power is ultimately limited. If he wants to break through the limits, he can only transform into a monster again.

This is the state of filth.

Cast aside reason, let instinct and wildness take control of your body, and become a walking destroyer.

Both strength and physical attributes will be greatly enhanced, and even the attack method will be fundamentally changed, evolving from controlling gravity to a black hole that devours everything. Entering the turbid Central Plains, it would definitely be qualified to be called a strategic weapon.

However, his weakness is also obvious: if he abandons reason and corrupts himself, he will become a monster that cannot distinguish between friend and foe, turning everything he sees into nothingness under the black hole.

Even Chuuya Nakahara wouldn't be able to activate it easily.

The only time this power can be unleashed is when the Port Mafia and the Armed Detective Agency join forces.

Because there is only one way to liberate Chuuya Nakahara from the filth—Osamu Dazai's "No Longer Human".

Only by using the effect of nullifying superpowers through No Longer Human can Chuuya Nakahara get rid of the negative effects of his corrupted form.

With Dazai Osamu by his side, Nakahara Chuuya was able to unleash his full power without any psychological burden.

Before Osamu Dazai defected to the Port Mafia, this fearsome duo was known as the "Double Black".

Now, the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia have put aside their differences and joined forces, with the Double Black returning to the scene. This is their greatest weapon in stopping Nightmare.

"But the problem is, we only know Nightmare's purpose; the full picture of her plan remains unknown."

Ango Sakaguchi stroked his chin, deep in thought, and said, "Her ultimate goal is to drain the time of everyone in Yokohama and use the Twelfth Bullet to go back to the past. But if that's the case, why did she have to wait for the group to arrive before starting her plan? If she wanted to collect time, she could have done it anytime."

“According to the information given by the betrayed clone Tokisaki Shozo, the maximum size of the barrier Nightmare uses to absorb time, the ‘City of Time,’ is only about the size of a standard football field. It’s obviously impossible for it to expand to the entirety of Yokohama,” Dazai Osamu speculated. “Perhaps the reason she lured the group to Yokohama is because one of the group members’ special abilities can help her complete her plan?”

"A support-type superhuman?"

"It's possible, otherwise Nightmare would have had no reason to kill the group."

"However, according to the intelligence we have gathered, none of the eleven ability users in the group have the ability to enhance the abilities of others."

“Perhaps the information you’ve gathered isn’t accurate enough?” Dazai Osamu said. “Pull up the information on all the members of the group; I want to review it again.”

Ango Sakaguchi nodded and moved the files on the control panel, whereupon individual profiles appeared on the large screen.

All the information on the eleven superpowered individuals in the group is here.

Kurumi Tokisaki's ultimate goal is to seize the time of all the citizens of Yokohama, and she cannot do this by herself alone.

This has been confirmed before with the Eyepatch 3.

Therefore, there must be a reason why Kurumi Tokisaki is so eager to bring the group to Yokohama, and the most reasonable speculation is that this reason is very likely related to her plan to steal the time of Yokohama citizens.

Otherwise, having no grudge against the group, she would have no reason to target them.

Because her plans were related to the group, she began to hunt down the group.

Her real goal wasn't to destroy the group, but to use the abilities of one of the group's superhumans to help her accomplish her grand plan.

Then the problem is coming.

Which superhuman has she set her sights on?

Dazai Osamu's eyes were deep and unfathomable. Even though he had tried his best, he still couldn't see through Nightmare's plan.

"Sakaguchi, give this information to Mr. Ranpo and let him try to deduce it." In the end, Dazai Osamu got nothing and had to give up on the meaningless deduction.

“Should we hand it over to Ranpo? Perhaps he can see something,” Fukuzawa Yukichi suggested.

“It’s worth a try, but I don’t think the chances are high.” Dazai Osamu sighed. “Even Ranpo-san can’t cook without rice if he doesn’t have enough information. This is still not enough information about the ability users in the group.”

"Then what should we do?" Nakahara Chuuya asked impatiently.

“Let’s go find the group’s president, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald.”

"Are you planning to go directly to him and ask him for information about combined ability users?"

"That's right, it's the fastest way."

"Don't joke around. Although the group is currently overwhelmed by the nightmare, don't forget that their purpose in coming to Yokohama is actually for your company's Atsushi Nakajima. How could Fitzgerald possibly cooperate with you willingly?"

“We don’t need his voluntary cooperation.” Dazai Osamu smiled. “We just need to beat him until he opens his mouth.”

“Eh…” Chuuya Nakahara looked at Osamu Dazai with great interest, “I thought you had turned over a new leaf.”

"Of course I've turned over a new leaf and become a model citizen of Yokohama, but you haven't, have you?"

Are you going to use me as a laborer?

"Even if you can't beat Nightmare, don't tell me you can't even beat Fitzgerald."

"What an annoying joke, as always."

Nakahara Chuuya snorted coldly in displeasure, but his expression was proud and confident.

"If you've forgotten just how strong I am, let me help you remember."

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Author's Note: Today's dose of San San

Chapter 88 The Fall of the White Whale

Above the beluga whale.

Louisa, the group's strategist, is locked in her room, intently revising the next steps of the plan.

Even she hadn't expected that the superhuman named Tokisaki Kurumi would be so powerful and so insane.

After James's assassination attempt failed, Kurumi Tokisaki launched a full-scale manhunt for the group, completely disregarding the dignity expected of superhumans and the chaos she had caused in Yokohama.

The panic she caused was greater than that caused by all the members of the group combined!

Doesn't the Port Mafia care about its members?

When the Japanese government found out about this, even the Port Mafia couldn't escape blame!

Louisa had no idea whether Tokisaki Kurumi's actions were motivated by anger at the assassination attempt or because she had long harbored ill intentions towards the group.

She didn't know why the Port Mafia would allow its members to cause such a ruckus in her city, and why the Japanese government showed no signs of taking any action, as if they were completely ignoring what was happening in Yokohama.

Now her only concern is to quickly gather the remaining forces and rearrange the capture plan.

This is her mission as the group's strategist; if she fails to do her job, she will disappoint the chairman's expectations.

This was something she could not accept in any way.

Now, James, who is in charge of the Port Mafia, Edgar, Nathaniel, and Margaret, have all lost contact. It is confirmed that one of them is dead and the other three are missing.

Since the group's battle plan has been exposed, in order to prevent the remaining members from being defeated one by one, Louisa has arranged for the three ability users in charge of the Armed Detective Agency to move to another place, a place where Tokisaki Kurumi will definitely not be able to find them, until further orders.

Having lost a third of their manpower, the current group can no longer act recklessly.

If Louisa wants to complete her mission in Yokohama, she must make perfect use of the abilities of the remaining seven people without making any mistakes.

"We must keep Tokisaki Kurumi occupied in order to continue the capture plan, but the strength she has shown has far exceeded our expectations. There are only two people in the group who are capable of doing this."

Quantity is utterly insignificant in the face of absolute power.

Although the sheer number of clones Tokisaki Kurumi has is despair-inducing, it is not insurmountable.

If ordinary superhumans can't fight back, then we'll use extraordinary superhumans.

Within the group, two individuals with superpowers can be considered extraordinary.

One was the guild leader, Fitzgerald, and the other was a temporary guild member, Lovecraft.

Fitzgerald's superpower is called "Fitzgerald the Magnificent," and its effect is very simple and straightforward: it allows him to strengthen himself by consuming his own wealth. The more wealth he consumes, the greater the strengthening effect.

Undoubtedly a pay-to-win player.

Given all the assets Fitzgerald currently possesses, eliminating all the clones might be difficult, but keeping them occupied is no problem at all.

Lovecraft's ability is called "The Great Old Ones". As a temporary member of the group, Louisa didn't know much about his abilities, and even Fitzgerald was quite wary of him.

Anyone who gets even a glimpse of his true power is enough to send shivers down their spine.

After all, he was a second line of defense against Chuuya Nakahara.

If Edward fails to seal Chuuya Nakahara within the mystery novel, then Lovecraft will have to take on the responsibility of confronting Chuuya Nakahara.

This demonstrates its power.

Louisa's mind raced, and with the help of her time-based ability, Little Woman, she had plenty of time to refine her new strategic plan.

“The chairman’s personal safety cannot be threatened in any way. The task of restraining Kurumi Tokisaki and her clone should be given to Mr. Lovecraft. After that, the chairman should forcefully break into the Armed Detective Agency and take Atsushi Nakajima away.” Louisa thought to herself, “Although doing so will cause huge diplomatic problems, there is no other way to save face now.”

"Click...click...click..."

However, just as she was thinking about revising the plan, she heard the ticking of the second hand.