In complete silence we arrived at the mafia headquarters.
Their building is very high. Just looking at it makes me feel uncomfortable all over.
Stepping into the building, I felt even more that my hands and feet were no longer my own.
How I got to the prison gate, I have no idea.
"Go in!" The mafia immediately pushed Tanizaki and I into prison.
I'm fine, I just broke my skin a little. Looking back at Tanizaki, not only was the gunshot wound just not dealt with well, but also he was running all the way. His face had already turned a little pale, and a thin layer of sweat had accumulated on his forehead.
His expression was cold, and he slowly moved to the side of the iron door.
Away from my side.
And I also huddled in a corner far away from him. My mind was in a mess, and I didn't know whether to find a way to escape from here, or not to struggle and die.
Da da da--
It was the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground, approaching us step by step.
Tanizaki's pupils shrank suddenly, his hands on the ground clenched into fists, and his whole body became tense.
Seeing this, I also became nervous.
The man finally walked to the door of the cell, his pride difficult to hide under his dark sunglasses.
He was covered with stab wounds, and it was not difficult to tell from the shape of the knife edges that they were caused by daggers.
"I didn't expect Junichiro Tanizaki's fine snow to be ineffective. How ironic." The corners of the man's mouth cracked even more, and his sarcastic words could not hide his joy.
Fine snow fails?
I looked at Tanizaki and found that he lowered his head, his eyes surging, his teeth clenched, and he did not make any rebuttal with words.
etc! My brain twitched, and I suddenly remembered the snowflakes just in midsummer.
Could it be that Tanizaki's Soyuki didn't work, but appeared in my world for some reason?
Not understanding, I shook my head.
Wow——
The man in sunglasses sat on the chair in front of us and made a crisp sound from his waist.
I saw the reflection on his waist, and hope ignited in my heart.
I glanced at Tanizaki out of the corner of my eye and saw that he had also noticed the bunch of keys.
"Ahem." I coughed a few times to attract Tanizaki's attention.
Tanizaki noticed me and looked at me questioningly.
I nodded the key on the man's waist with sunglasses and pointed at my mouth.
He should understand what I mean, right?
After making a few moves, I stared at Tanizaki expectantly.
Tanizaki stared at me for a long time, then nodded, as if he understood what I meant.
Then, I walked to Tanizaki's side seemingly quietly, but actually I made a lot of noise.
"Tanizaki, have the things been handed over to the detective agency?" I lowered my voice and said cautiously.
"Don't worry, I've already handed it over to the president." Tanizaki nodded, also using a ridiculous voice.
After all, we all know in our hearts that the lingering sound of the conversation is enough to reach the ears of the man in sunglasses.
On the other hand, the man in sunglasses unconsciously clenched the hand holding the newspaper. His eyes peered through the top edge of the newspaper, studying us.
After a while, he stood up nonchalantly, cleared his throat, and strode away.
"Mr. Tanizaki, can your powers still work?" I turned to Tanizaki and asked.
"It should be okay." Tanizaki stared at me for a while, as if he wanted to ask me something, with a strange light shining in his eyes. But then, he confirmed my question.
After a while, the man in sunglasses came over with another man in a suit.
The man in the suit didn't say much when he came here. He opened the cell door directly, grabbed my arm and pulled me out.
This was not the case for the man in sunglasses. His eyes were fixed on Tanizaki, looking pitiful as if he was afraid that he would run away.
However, a few seconds later, his face was suddenly filled with surprise.
At this moment, fine snow fell around us, and Tanizaki disappeared in response to this scene.
I wanted to break away from the man in the suit, but when he saw Tanizaki disappear, he strengthened his hand even more.
I was sore from being caught and didn't have enough strength to fight it.
"Ah!" However, just when I was anxious, a stab wound appeared on the wrist of the man in the suit out of thin air.
Judging from the traumatic surface of the wound, it was probably caused by a dagger.
"What are you waiting for? Run!" Tanizaki's anxious voice sounded behind me.
I was pulled violently by him, and my body leaned back involuntarily. Immediately, he sat down on the ground.
Fortunately, I hid behind Xixue's screen, and the two mafiosi couldn't see me for the time being.
I stood up in a hurry, and before I had time to dust myself off, I hurriedly caught up with Tanizaki.
Not long after I turned a corner, I heard loud curses from two mafia gangsters behind me.
But it doesn't matter if they scold louder, after all, I have already seen the light coming from the door.
"Let's escape quickly, or else..." Tanizaki said while running in front of me.
However, before I finished speaking, a swift black rattan suddenly blocked the light, and suddenly penetrated Tanizaki in front of me into the wall on the side.
"Mr. Tanizaki!" My heart suddenly fell into a bottomless pit again, and I stopped and dared not go any further.
In fact, there is nowhere to go.
The black rattan slowly retracted, and Tanizaki's body slipped down: full of scars and dripping with blood.
"I have never seen you in the detective agency."
A tall black figure walked out from the corner, his voice was cold and the tone did not fluctuate.
Just when he was fully displayed in my field of vision, I clearly heard a moan coming from deep within me.
It was none other than Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who would do anything for his orders.
I don't know how I recognized him. Maybe it was because of the unique white wings on his temples, maybe because of his windbreaker that could turn into a black beast, maybe because of his arrogant and world-weary eyes.
"You can't even say a word after meeting a strong man," Akutagawa Ryunosuke whispered, "There is no way the detective agency will have cowards like you."
"Rashomon!" Akutagawa Ryunosuke roared.
After hearing his roar, I felt cold all over. I wanted to run, but the fear welling up in my heart stopped me in place.
Huge black spikes hurtled towards me, and I closed my eyes.
However, the sting of imagination never came. On the contrary, I only heard a crisp sound from my chest.
I opened my eyes in surprise, lowered my head and was surprised to find that the fabric on my chest had long been torn, and an old bronze pocket watch was half exposed.
I thought that after such a heavy blow, the pocket watch would fall into pieces.
But to my surprise, my pocket watch didn't even have any scratches at all, it still looked the same as before.
On the other hand, Ryunosuke Akutagawa was stunned when he saw this scene. But then, he immediately adjusted his condition and prepared to start a new round of attacks.
This time, his black beasts were even more aggressive. Several of them attacked together, opening and closing their bloody mouths.
I came to my senses now and ran towards Ryunosuke Akutagawa with all my strength.
I ran towards him not because I could beat him. But since it’s one of death anyway, why not give it a try?
I rushed to Tanizaki and put one of his hands on my shoulder. He was a little taller than me, causing my whole body to lean to one side.
My body suddenly carried a lot more weight, and I ran slower and slower.
After all, the black beast was getting closer and closer to me at lightning speed.
I don't want to die.
This thought spread rapidly in my mind like a virus, and eventually became entangled and became a disease.
At this time, a light blue light shield appeared out of thin air and blocked the black beast, preventing it from approaching.
Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned and pointed his finger at me. At the same time, more black beasts came over, but without exception, they were all blocked by this light shield.
I was extremely shocked. Behind me, Tanizaki was still weak and unconscious. So who is it that is willing to lend a helping hand to help me?
