The air in the sewer was so thick and thick that it was extremely difficult for the person trapped in it to even take a few steps.
The pungent breath wanders around our bodies, always looking for gaps in us, ready to take advantage of it.
"Cough cough cough..." Tanizaki finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke out into a violent cough.
"Indeed, the smell here is too pungent." I also frowned and fanned my mouth and nose with my hand.
As a result, a breeze blew by, making the smell even stronger.
Kunikida raised his pistol and warned in a low voice: "Don't take it lightly."
"knew."
I was a little sad, because Dazai's injury was a little serious, so I had to leave him at the detective agency, so this operation only involved Kunikida, who had just recovered, Tanizaki and me.
"Tanizaki, are your earplugs there?" I felt a little uneasy in my heart.
"Yes, and it's the one with better effect." Tanizaki was startled for a moment, took out three pairs of earplugs from his pocket, picked out two and handed them to Kunikida and me respectively.
I motioned for them to put on earplugs. Kunikida and Tanizaki were a little confused when they saw this, but they still obeyed my words and put on their earplugs.
Pat pat pat——
The sewage was splashed by the shoes of the three of us, making a lot of noise.
But for us who were wearing earplugs at the time, the sound was simply insignificant.
At this time, I noticed a light blue light coming from the corner of the sewer.
Judging from the appearance alone, this light is probably illuminated by a large light source. Otherwise, it would not have been able to infect such a large area.
Kunikida at the front waved for us to stop.
In fact, we would do it even if he didn't say it. Because the singing in front had gradually begun to rise, and after being filtered by the earplugs, it turned into an unbearable buzzing sound.
The three of us each held our own pistols, loaded them, and squatted in three corners not far from each other.
The singing was melodious, accompanied by waves of vibrations, and never stopped.
I opened the cover of my pocket watch and glanced at it with a frown. All I could hear in my mind was the sound of a boulder being hoisted precariously.
"Mr. Kunikida, Tanizaki, the time is almost up." I told the two of them the news with difficulty.
"That's it," Kunikida looked a little displeased, "I'll go there first, Siye Tanizaki, you guys will act accordingly."
"Understood." After understanding what he meant, Tanizaki and I nodded in agreement at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, Kunikida charged up at the speed of leaving the string!
Then! Then--
Then, it slid back at the same speed...
Tanizaki and I squatted in place with our mouths open, waiting for him to give us a reasonable explanation. But the former is obviously more surprised than us.
No, it's more like being frightened than surprised.
Kunikida was seen with his hands on his sides and his eyes widened: "Fish, fish..."
"What?" I didn't hear clearly, so I squatted forward, dragged him to the place where I had been before, and asked quietly.
"That woman has a fish tail."
"You mean..." There was a "buzz" in my mind, and it went blank, but I couldn't help but confirm it again.
"The missing girl is a mermaid...she has discovered us." Kunikida had calmed down a bit at this time, and said with a gloomy face.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a coquettish and almost eerie blue light rushed towards him. While there was a sharp pain in my chest, I could clearly feel that the vibration coming from the earplugs was getting stronger and stronger.
The world looked crumbling, and a few sparse rays of sunlight flowed down through the gaps. I opened my eyes with difficulty in the face of the flying dust.
I could only see an aqua blue phantom.
I could see her half-closed eyes making secret glances, and her honey-pink lips were eager to speak. The snow-white chest was naked and rising and falling regularly with every breath.
brush--
A slight lift of the fish's tail created quite a wave. But it was far less spectacular than just now.
"Boom, boomboo..." Mariko spit out a few crystal clear water balls from her mouth and floated in the air.
The sounds she made were regular and probably a language unprecedented in human beings.
I searched for traces of my companions with my peripheral vision, and finally saw the slightly stunning faces of two people in a corner, and I felt a little more at ease.
But one thing is puzzling: Where is Fuze? Didn't Dazai say that he was tied up by Wu Huada and tied up in the basement?
I asked Kunikida with doubtful eyes, but the latter just shook his head in confusion and mouthed the answer: "I don't know either."
Wow——
The ground shook again, and the three of us turned around nervously at the same time, gritting our teeth and watching this charming girl swimming closer and closer to us.
"Were you and Mr. Dazai also injured because of her?" In this case, Tanizaki's voice also seemed shaky.
"Yes." Kunikida picked up the pistol and loaded it.
"I didn't expect that the mermaid, which symbolizes purity, has to hibernate in such a dirty world at this moment. It's really sad." I felt this and sighed.
"If you don't take action, your bones will be dormant here!" Kunikida yelled loudly and kicked me away from the place.
My lower back hurt and I fell down like a dog. When I finally sat up, I was about to say something. But after seeing clearly that the place I had just been in was now a mess, I suddenly felt nothing but gratitude.
"Boom boom!" Mariko's fish tail swayed painfully, and the blood mixed with the surrounding sewage to form a disgusting color.
"Sure enough, this is the color of science~" Kajii held several lemon bombs and laughed wildly.
At this time, I was downwind and could clearly smell the pungent medicine and foot odor on his body.
"Mafia's formal style really needs to be changed... Look, she is already angry." I stood up and gave Kajii a serious look.
The fish's tail tumbled, and a low growl unique to canines brewed in her throat. Several drops of liquid splashed onto us. It was unclear whether it was blood or sewage.
But no matter which one it is, it is the bad consequences of people. Of course, spraying it on the body will inevitably make you feel a little nauseous.
In a daze, she began to sing. Kajii, who had no earplugs, was the first to be defeated. He made a "wuwu" sound in his mouth, covered his head in pain, and knelt down on one knee.
"Uh..." After struggling for a while, he lowered his hand.
His eyes were covered by lab goggles and I couldn't see his eyes. But it’s not difficult to tell based on his state: he was controlled by the mermaid just like Atsushi that day!
The remaining two people and I quickly moved away from Mariko and Kajii to avoid being injured because the distance was too short and we had no time to escape.
Kajii gritted his teeth, shook his body like a zombie, and approached us step by step.
"Strange, why didn't Mariko instruct him to use lemon bombs?" Tanizaki was slightly doubtful.
"Probably Mariko is afraid that the distance will be too short and she will hurt herself and destroy the basement." Kunikida concluded.
Having said this, the three of us raised our eyes and looked at the basement at this time. I guess one more blow and it will collapse.
