"I'm gonna start now!"
"I'm gonna start now!"
Two plates of freshly fried eggs were placed in front of Kenji and me.
The rising steam and aroma are constantly tempting our taste buds.
This is my home. Last night Xianzhi couldn't find the key to his house for some reason, so he had to stay here temporarily.
But just this morning, before I got up. I heard a messy noise coming from the kitchen, which pulled me out of my sleep.
I didn't have time to put on my clothes, so I just wore pajamas, opened my hazy sleepy eyes, and rushed to the kitchen.
As soon as I opened the door, a plump hen stepped on my face and fled the kitchen.
Cackling——
It uttered a hasty sarcasm.
"Ah, good morning Si Ye! You got up so early." Xianji greeted.
He held a large basket of eggs in his arms, with several messy chicken feathers on his head, and a smile like the sun on his face.
"You, what are you..." I calmed down and stretched out my trembling index finger.
"Make breakfast! By the way, look for the key that Xiaoduo swallowed." Xianji's smile never disappeared.
"Who is Xiaoduo?"
"That hen just now!" Kenji pointed behind me.
I turned around and saw Xiaoduo strolling leisurely in my living room, and by the way, she also gave me a bunch of nature's gift - chicken droppings.
What to eat this morning?
I heard that chicken drumsticks are quite delicious.
"Si Ye, your slippers are on backwards!"
Kenji's mouth formed an O-shape. When he put down the basket, he bent down and pointed at my feet. Unfortunately, he stepped on chicken excrement, and his whole body fell towards me uncontrollably.
"Whoaaah!"
After a thunderous sound, two teenagers were seen twisting together in a strange posture.
At this time, I suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something shiny next to my left ear.
"It's my key! I didn't expect it to be on my body, Si Ye!" Xianzhi laughed heartily again, and his sunny expression made people unable to get angry for a while.
I closed my eyes hard and took a deep breath.
"Kenji..."
"Uh-huh, what's wrong?"
"What are you having for breakfast this morning?"
"Let's fry some eggs... But it's only around four o'clock, so it's a bit early to eat. Why don't we get some sleep?"
"But you made me feel sleepy at all!"
"Ahhhhh, I'm so sorry!"
…
After breakfast, Kenji and I took Xiaoduo and the souvenirs we got from nowhere back to his house.
Afterwards, after taking a quick shower to get rid of the smell of feces, we walked towards the detective agency.
Because we got up early, we still had about ten minutes left when we arrived at the detective agency.
"There's one minute left. Mr. Kunikida should be here soon." I glanced at my pocket watch and looked for words casually.
"Yes, Mr. Kunikida is always on time." Kenji smiled.
7:01.
Kunikida did not appear in our field of vision on time.
A bad premonition suddenly appeared in my mind: something might have happened to Kunikida.
"It seems that Mr. Kunikida is late sometimes." Kenji raised his head and said carelessly.
"No, absolutely not." I defended in a low voice.
According to Kunikida's character, even if he risked his life, he would never be late. I said in my heart.
"That's it...then nothing will happen to you, right?" Kenji's face wrinkled together.
I said nothing.
Because at this moment, I heard a rustling sound outside the door.
I raised my hand to signal Kenji to be quiet.
I stood on tiptoes, holding the pistol, and quietly approached the door. Leaning sideways against the wall, I quickly opened the door and hit the person at the door with my pistol on the forehead.
"Si Ye..." Kunikida gasped weakly, his face pale.
"Mr. Kunikida!" Kenji and I shouted almost at the same time.
The two of us helped Kunikida sit on the sofa.
"My legs..." Kunikida's left leg shook slightly.
I glanced down and felt a chill in my heart. I leaned over, fiddled with my fingers, and finally lifted off the sticky pants on Kunikida's legs. Everywhere he looked, there was shock.
Everything below Kunikida's ankles was missing, his flesh and blood were blurred, and his faintly visible bones were lifeless.
My eyes were a little moist, and my lips opened and closed several times without making a sound.
"Si Ye, hurry up, use your superpower... you should, you shouldn't have used it yet, right?" Kunikida was obviously in unbearable pain, and he was breathing heavily every time he spoke.
"Ah, yes, yes!" His words reminded me.
I hurriedly took off the pocket watch from my neck. Because Kunikida's wound was too big, I could only grit my teeth and stick it to the center.
At the same time, I heard Kunikida growl.
I know he must be in pain.
Time passed by minute by minute. Due to various factors that happened, my superpower was not very stable at the moment. Moreover, this was really the first time I encountered such a big trauma.
Fortunately, Kunikida's flesh and blood grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the end, except for the leather shoes, which I couldn't do anything about, everything was intact as before.
I stood up timidly and looked at him quietly.
"Si Ye, those branches are crazy," Kunikida calmed down for a while, holding his forehead with his hand, his voice was as muffled as a cloudy day, "Many people have been absorbed."
"What about the others, where are Mr. Dazai and the others?" My fingertips became even colder, and sweat broke out on my forehead.
"They took refuge in a nearby building temporarily," Kunikida shook his head, "I was injured on the way back to inform you."
"When did you go?"
"I wanted to inform you two last night, but I couldn't get through to you two no matter what."
Hearing this, Kenji and I exchanged a look.
At that time, we were in a hurry to find the keys and had no time to worry about the messages on our mobile phones.
But in my impression, there was nothing strange at that time?
I expressed my doubts like this.
"Only in the area close to the 'heart' do they become rampant." Kunikida shook his head.
"So we still have to destroy the 'heart'." I concluded.
"What happened to the Mafia?" Kenji asked.
"We probably don't know this news yet."
"That's right, then we should work hard to let them know." I wiped the blood on my pocket watch and looked up at Kunikida's expression.
"Tsk," Kunikida chuckled feebly, "Siye, you... are saying the same thing as Dazai."
"Although this can temporarily provide certain benefits to the detective agency, it is still a dirty trick and does not conform to the upright formal style of the detective agency. Siye, I know that you have been spending a lot of time with Dazai recently, but don't imitate him... …”
"Ahhh...I know." I covered my ears to avoid Kunikida's nagging attack.
But what is gratifying is that Kunikida's mental state seems to be much better now.
"Ah hahaha, but in my opinion, the most important thing right now is not to find everyone?" Kenji scratched the back of his head and took over the conversation skillfully.
I turned around, not sure whether Kunikida would agree to go back now that he had just escaped from such a dangerous place.
Isn't this a wise decision?
I saw Kunikida lowering his head and thinking deeply.
