I don't want to be an elf!

"To be honest, I wanted to do this as soon as I became Kurumi Tokisaki," she said with a sigh. "Zafkiel's ability is both convenient and cheat-like."

“To be honest, that’s true.” The summoned clone couldn’t help but agree. “Playing Kurumi Tokisaki for the first time is like winning the lottery. In this world, as long as you are serious, completing the main quest is not difficult at all.”

"Main quest... There's still a long way to go before we can complete the main quest."

Kurumi Tokisaki turned her head to look at the equipment in the center of the factory and the unconscious person, and said to her clone.

"For now, let's finish the task at hand first."

Chapter Ten: I Am Mortally Corrupted by Gambling and Drugs

Although the factory wasn't large, the two of them weren't very efficient at searching.

To save time, Kurumi Tokisaki summoned three more clones to assist in the investigation.

Although the Eighth Bullet takes a lot of time, and Kurumi Tokisaki can't sustain many uses on her own, she currently has more than twenty power banks.

The people who collapsed in the factory kept giving her time, so summoning a few more clones wasn't a big deal, and she didn't care.

Moreover, the clones are not one-time use; after they are used up, they can be stored in the shadow and released again when needed.

"Let's begin investigating this factory."

Kurumi Tokisaki clapped her hands and ordered her clones to start working.

The five Kurumi Tokisakis quickly dispersed, searching the factory for clues and trying to find useful information.

Everyone in the factory was asleep, and she had turned off the surveillance equipment, so there was no need for them to investigate carefully.

“Although this is the territory of a rival organization of the Port Mafia, it doesn’t look like the base of a Special Ability Agency or an Armed Detective Agency.” Tokisaki Kurumi walked to the unconscious armed man, squatted down and searched for things that could prove his identity. “Sneaking around in this remote place, doing who knows what, and carrying weapons, it seems that he should be a criminal organization like the Port Mafia.”

The Special Abilities Agency is an official government organization; if they wanted to do something, they wouldn't need to operate in such a degrading place.

The Armed Detective Agency has a small but elite workforce, and they usually work in pairs for cases. Gathering large groups of people is not the agency's style.

Logically speaking, this place can only be a stronghold of criminal gangs.

Although the Port Mafia is known as the kingpin who controls the dark side of Yokohama, it is ultimately just a local tyrant in Yokohama. Besides it, there are other well-known criminal gangs in other parts of Japan.

It's perfectly normal for criminal gangs to have friction when they fight for territory. If it were a criminal gang with superpowered individuals, it would be common for them to fight each other and even kill people.

"Perhaps it's organized crime from another city trying to infiltrate Yokohama, but what are they doing here?"

Kurumi Tokisaki walked to the pile of wooden crates around her, knocked on the crate next to her, and the crate echoed heavily.

It seemed to be filled with something.

Although we don't know what's inside, since this place is full of wooden crates, the contents of these crates must be the reason why these people are gathered here.

Tokisaki Kurumi carefully used her flintlock pistol to smash the nails stuck in the wooden box and opened the lid.

The wooden box contained bags of colorful, round candies.

"This is?"

Kurumi Tokisaki opened the bag and took out a candy.

For safety reasons, I didn't taste it directly, but instead held it to my nose and smelled it slightly.

“A group of armed men are guarding this place; they couldn’t possibly be protecting Skittles, could they?” Tokisaki Kurumi looked suspiciously at the colorful candy in her hand. “Never mind, I can’t figure anything out anyway. I’ll go ask the clones if they’ve found any useful clues.”

Kurumi Tokisaki whistled, and her clones scattered throughout the factory gathered around.

"Is there any information worth sharing?"

“Judging from the equipment they’re using, this is a drug manufacturing plant,” Doppelganger Number One replied.

"How did you know?"

"Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've at least seen pigs run, right? I've seen this kind of equipment a lot in movies and TV shows," said Clone Number One. "Those candies in the wooden box, they must be drugs. They can't be colorful rainbow candies, can they?"

“If it’s drugs, then these letters I found make sense,” said Doppelganger 2. “These letters record the location and time of the next delivery, but I couldn’t find any previous delivery records; they probably burned them as a precaution.”

"So it really is drugs." Tokisaki Kurumi didn't show much surprise. "It seems these guys are indeed members of some kind of criminal organization."

"Should we take them out?" Clone Number One asked, itching to do so. "This is a good opportunity to complete the main quest. Although I'm a bit reluctant to kill, I'd be happy to do it if it's a bad guy."

"Hey, I don't want to do it myself. I'll just pull them into the shadows and devour them. Out of sight, out of mind," said Clone Number Two with a disdain. "If there's blood everywhere, my shoes will get stuck to it."

"Foolish, why do something so pointless?" Clone Number Three pushed up its non-existent glasses. "The wisest choice is to squeeze every last drop of time out of these guys. Our main body has already spent a lot of time summoning us; isn't now the best time to replenish it?"

"Same as above," said Clone Number Four.

"Wait, before we discuss how to deal with these people, can we finish the mission Mori-Ou Diplomacy gave us?" Tokisaki Kurumi raised her hand, interrupting her clones' conversation. "We only know that this is a drug manufacturing plant, but we don't know which organization they belong to. Does anyone have any clues?"

"A clue..."

Suddenly, as if he had just thought of something, Clone Number Three said in a strange tone, "Speaking of which, what were we doing just now?"

"What are we doing? Gathering intelligence, of course," said Clone Number Two as a matter of course.

"Yes, that's right..." The third clone's expression was very unnatural. "But why don't we use the Tenth Bullet?"

Upon hearing this, the original body and the other clones present fell silent.

Yes, why not just use the tenth bullet?

Although everyone in the factory had fainted, it did not affect the effectiveness of the Tenth Bullet. As long as the Tenth Bullet was fired at anyone, all of their memories could be obtained.

Incidentally, you can also learn their identities and other information about the factory.

Kurumi Tokisaki coughed awkwardly twice and silently summoned an angel.

The Zephyr reappeared behind her, and a black energy emanated from the position of the Roman numeral ten, which was absorbed into the flintlock pistol and formed the bullet of the ten.

She aimed at a man on the ground who looked like a factory supervisor and pulled the trigger.

The bullet, constructed from spiritual energy, pierced his body.

What followed was the emergence of countless unfamiliar memories.

However, she was not affected by these memories and browsed through all the memories of the laptop's owner as if watching a movie.

The Tenth Bullet's function is to read memories, but it cannot be precise enough to read a specific part of the memory. Instead, it reads all the memories of the person being shot or the owner of the item being shot.

In other words, useless memories will make up the majority.

Soon after, Kurumi Tokisaki recovered from her slightly dazed state and gently shook her head.

"We've found all the intelligence Mori Ōgai needed."

Chapter Eleven: I Have a Better Solution

Just like what Doppelganger No. 3 said, obtaining information through the Tenth Bullet is the most convenient and effortless method.

After digesting the memories in her mind, Tokisaki Kurumi had already grasped all the information about the factory.

The drug manufacturing formula, the meeting place for raw materials, the client information...

In addition, the names of these people's organizations are also included.

"The Omi Alliance, do you remember this organization?"

Faced with Kurumi Tokisaki's question, the four clones pondered for a moment before shaking their heads.

Although for some reason the summoned clones have subtle differences in personality, they all share the same memories.

If the original entity has no recollection of an organization, then its clones naturally cannot either.

In Tokisaki Kurumi's memory, there doesn't seem to be a criminal organization called the Omi Alliance in the world of Bungo Stray Dogs. Even if there is, it's just a minor organization that doesn't affect the main storyline.

That's for the best. If it really involved some powerful organization, it would definitely be more troublesome.

Now that the identities and purposes of the factory personnel have been clarified, the investigation task given to her by Mori Ōgai can be considered successfully completed.

Next, all I need to do is report on my work, and that will completely conclude today's tasks.

But before that, there's one last thing to take care of.

"We haven't decided what to do with these gang members yet, have we?" Doppelganger Number One asked. "Should we leave them to the Port Mafia to deal with?"

"Why not just kill them? They're all bad guys anyway, and killing bad guys fits our persona, right?" said Clone Number Two. "Throw them into the shadows and let them devour us. That way, the main quest will progress to some extent."

“I already said, drain their time first before devouring them,” said Clone Number Three. “If you’re going to use them, use them to the limit. Since these people are going to die anyway, we might as well give them time before they die so we can use it for something more meaningful.”

"Same as above," said Clone Number Four.

"Do not."

Just then, Kurumi Tokisaki, who was listening to her clones discussing how to deal with the gang members, suddenly spoke up, revealing a chilling smile.

"I have a better solution."

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Outside the factory.

Higuchi Ichiyo had already put the surveillance camera drone back into the trunk and was leaning against the door waiting for Tokisaki Kurumi's return.

Naturally, it was Mori Ougai who made her put away her equipment.

Considering Kurumi Tokisaki's elusive nature, since the camera drone has lost its target and can no longer carry out its mission, it's better to put it away.

If Kurumi Tokisaki were to return and discover that the Port Mafia was spying on her, it would be a huge loss for her.

The purpose of having Higuchi Ichiyo accompany them was to find out about Tokisaki Kurumi's abilities, but only if she was unaware of it. If they were to risk losing trust and getting no information at all, it would be better not to monitor her in the first place.

Higuchi Ichiyo looked at the factory in the distance, which was dimly lit, and spoke to Mori Ougai through a Bluetooth headset: "Boss, it's been almost twenty minutes, and there's still no problem. Are you sure everything is okay?"

"Isn't this good news?" Mori Ougai's voice came. "The fact that nothing has happened means that our Miss Tokisaki hasn't been discovered by anyone in the factory. We just need to continue to wait patiently."

"But..." Higuchi Ichiyo hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

"go on."

"But what if Ms. Tokisaki didn't enter the factory and instead ran away?"

"Why do you have such thoughts?"

"Although I know she has superpowers, she's still such a young girl. What if she can't handle the pressure and leaves on her own during the mission..."

"Haha, hahahaha."