novelonline Chapter 427 Evil tail
Chapter 427 Evil tail
Chapter 427 Evil tail
2010, end of January.
Outside the Minghai Detective Agency, Shotaro Sae leaned against a pillar, holding his chin with his left hand, and muttered to himself: "The stagnant city wind is telling me that an unprecedented murderous aura is coming from behind me."
At this time, a woman dressed as an explorer came with the wind, looked at Zuo Xiangtaro leaning against the pillar, and said: "City Boy~ Please go home and talk to yourself!"
As she said that, she whipped Shotaro's feet with a whip, making a snapping sound.
"Wow~!" Shotaro Zuo, who was trying to look cool, was also frightened and jumped up. He looked at the woman dressed as an explorer and asked, "Hey, what do you want to do?"
"Don't block the way! I have something to talk to someone upstairs about~!" Hong Xiangzi pushed away Zuo Xiangtaro who was blocking the way and walked towards the wooden door with the big words "Nami Detective Agency" written on it.
"Ah~ Is it our guest?" Shotaro Zuo raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Are you, a detective?" Hong Xiangzi stopped pushing the door and asked.
"Haha~" Shotaro Sae smiled lightly and was about to say some cool lines when Hong Xiangzi suddenly swung the whip in his hand towards Shotaro Sae, tied up Shotaro Sae with the whip, and then dragged Shotaro Sae, who was tied up with the whip, towards the Minghai Detective Agency on the second floor.
"That's perfect~ Please accept my request!"
"Wow!" Shotaro Sae screamed and was dragged by Todoroki all the way to the Minghai Detective Agency on the second floor.
And Shotaro Sae's scream also attracted the attention of everyone in the Minghai Detective Agency.
The door of the office was pushed open, and Shotaro Zuo was thrown in, spinning and moving like a top.
Seeing this, Akiko Narumi also subconsciously stood up to take it, but was knocked down by Shotaro Sae and fell to the ground.
And Shotaro Sa also fell in front of Akiko Narumi and let out a cry of pain.
When Shokichi Minghai, who was sitting in the boss chair reading a newspaper, heard the noise, he put down the Fuuto Daily, glanced at Shotaro Zuo who was sitting on the ground, and couldn't help shaking his head.
This kid is still as noisy as ever.
"What are you doing?" Shotaro Zuo, who was sitting on the ground, raised his head and looked at Hong Xiangzi, who was dressed as an adventurer, and asked angrily.
"Who are you?!" asked Ming Hai Yashu while rubbing her sore butt.
"My name is Hong Xiangzi." Hong Xiangzi looked at the fallen Shotaro, smiled and straightened the cowboy hat on his head, and introduced himself. (She is the same actor as the warrior of love Meili in the Juken Sentai)
As he spoke, Hong Xiangzi walked to the side of the coffee table, stepped on it, and said, "As you can see, I am an employee of the museum."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Xiangzi swung the whip in his hand again, and it hit Shotaro Zuo's feet with a snap.
Shotaro Zuo was so scared that he shrank his feet and quickly picked up the hat that fell on the ground.
"Museum?" Hong Xiangzi's words also made Zuo Xiangtaro and Ming Hai Akiko subconsciously look at Sudo Kirihiko.
Sudo Kirihiko was also stunned. He looked at Hong Xiangzi carefully, then shook his head, indicating that she was not a member of the organization.
"I want to do something for the benefactor whom I have always admired~!" After putting away the whip, Hong Xiangzi seemed like a different person. He held the handle of the whip with both hands, placed it on his chest, and said with a silly look on his face.
When Shotaro saw the change in Todoroki's expression, he was also stunned. The hat in his hand fell to the ground. After blinking, he asked, "What?"
"He's a well-known figure in this city~" Upon hearing this, Hong Xiangzi quickly ran to Shotaro Sae, knelt down, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and introduced him with admiration, "The director of the Fuuto Museum~"
"Sonosaki, Ryubei?!" Shotaro Sae asked subconsciously.
Just by saying the name, Shotaro Sa felt an inexplicable fear in his heart, as if the name held some kind of great terror.
"He's the head of the museum, and also... my father..." Philip stood up suddenly after hearing that.
He had already met Sonosaki Wakana in the Earth Library, and learned about her life story from Narumi Shokichi.
The root of all evil that made this city cry was actually his father. This news had a great shock on him.
"It seems that the curator lost a very important item at the excavation site!" Todoroki recalled the news she accidentally heard from Sonosaki Ryubei, and said, "It seems to be called 'Evil tail'."
"Evil tail?" Shotaro Zuo frowned.
"It's surprising that such a perfect curator is so troubled! This must be an important thing related to the fate of the museum!" Hong Xiangzi clenched his fists, then grabbed Shotaro's collar and said, "Please come with me to find that Evil Tail!"
"No, that's a bit, impossible..." Ming Hai Yashu came over and was about to refuse, but before she could finish her words, Hong Xiangzi pinched her mouth.
"I understand. I accept this commission." Shotaro Zuo shook off Hong Xiangzi's hand and agreed.
"How refreshing~" Hong Xiangzi patted Shotaro Zuo's shoulder with joy, and then sat on the sofa.
"Eh?!" Narumi Akiko was startled, and pulled Shotaro Sae to the inner room of the office. She lowered her voice and said, "Is everything okay? That's the Sonosaki family!"
"Ah, this is what is called fate." Shotaro Zuo turned around and put the hat on his head to show off.
"Perhaps." Philip nodded absentmindedly.
"Why not just let Odo-san accompany you?" Ming Hai Yashu said worriedly.
That's the museum's boss! He's a very dangerous person!
"No." Ming Hai Shouji put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at Ming Hai Akiko, and said in a deep voice: "I will not provide any help to Shotarou in this matter."
He knew clearly that Shotaro had probably already been affected by the fear mixture.
But Shotaro himself doesn't know it yet.
Only by allowing Shotaro to overcome his fear himself can he not be affected by it.
"Huh? Why?" asked Akiko Narumi.
"We're just looking for something. It's not Ou Yasang's turn to take action. Besides, we may not necessarily meet Sonosaki Ryubei." Shotaro Sae said nonchalantly.
As he said that, Shotaro Sa suddenly turned his head and looked at Sudo Kirihiko, lowered his voice and asked: "Kirihiko, you have stayed at the Sonosaki family for a while before, right? Do you know what this is?"
"I don't know, I haven't heard of it." Sudo Kirihiko spread his hands and said.
"You're such a useless guy." Shotaro Zuo complained in a low voice.
"Please! I'm just an outsider after all. How could Sonosaki Ryubei tell me such confidential information?" Sudo Kirihiko retorted.
……
Sonosaki's house.
Sonosaki Ryubei fed Mick the food he had prepared specially for him, and said with a smile, "The day when Wakana becomes the Earth's priestess is coming soon. Now, all that's missing is the 'Evil tail'. After you finish eating, please go and look for it with full energy, Mick."
"Meow~" Mick meowed, as if responding to Sonosaki Ryubei.
"Hahaha." Sonosaki Ryubei laughed and reached out to touch Mick's hair.
On the other side, the excavation site of Starfall Valley.
Hong Xiangzi, along with Shotaro Sa, Kirihiko Sudo, and Akiko Narumi, followed a crack and entered the underground ruins.
There were no cracks here originally, but an earthquake occurred a few days ago.
The earthquake created a fissure in the ground that led directly underground, which was discovered by Hong Xiangzi. So she took Zuo Xiangtaro and others to sneak into the ruins from here.
"I'll go first." Hong Xiangzi grabbed the rope, passed by Shotaro Zuo, and descended directly into the ruins.
"Wow~ That's amazing, he's really quick and agile." Shotaro Zuo exclaimed as he looked at Hong Xiangzi who had quickly descended into the ruins.
What a fiery woman.
"Oh~~"
At this moment, a panicked scream suddenly came from above Shotaro Sa's head. The fully armed Ming Hai Akiko slid down from above, bumped into Shotaro Sa, and finally fell into the underground ruins together.
"Ah~! It hurts! Oh, really!" Shotaro Sae, who was used as a meat cushion, also gasped and quickly lifted up Akiko Narumi who was pressing on him, climbed up from the ground, and said angrily: "I told you to wait up there! Kirihiko and I are enough here!"
"What? Have you forgotten my super intuition, Director?!" protested Akiko Narumi.
"Only fools would remember that kind of thing!"
While the two were arguing, Sudo Kirihiko, who was at the rear, also descended along the rope.
"Snapped!"
Hong Xiangzi threw down the whip in his hand, making a hollow sound.
"Wow!" Shotaro Sae and Akiko Narumi were shocked.
Hong Xiangzi looked at Zuo Xiangtaro and Ming Hai Yashuzi with a frown and said: "This is a sacred excavation site!"
"Yes..." The two looked at each other and answered honestly.
"Let's go." Hong Xiangzi glanced at Sudo Kirihiko who had just landed and waved his hand.
After saying that, Hong Xiangzi took the lead and walked in front, leading Zuo Xiangtaro and others to the scene.
"I never thought that there would be such a large space under the Sonozaki family's mansion." Shotaro Sae couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the huge empty space in front of him.
Sudo Kirihiko looked at the underground ruins and felt that they looked somewhat familiar.
"Could this be..." the Well of the Earth?
Sudo Kirihiko's heart suddenly rose in tension. This was the location of the Well of the Earth, which meant that they would most likely meet Sonosaki Ryubei here.
Although he had never seen Sonosaki Ryuhei take action, the feeling of oppression that Sonosaki Ryuhei gave him was real.
"Huh..." Sudo Kirihiko breathed a sigh of relief and did not tell Shotaro Sa about the Well of the Earth.
Now, their top priority is to find the Evil tail, there is no need to create unnecessary complications.
The longer it drags on, the greater the chance that they will run into Sonosaki Ryubei.
"But what exactly is Evil tail?" asked Akiko Narumi curiously.
"Evil tail literally means 'devil's tail'. It's a phrase that has been used in fable titles or project names for a long time, but what does it mean?" Hong Xiangzi walked in front with a flashlight, looking expectant.
"If it wasn't about Sonosaki, Philip would have found it immediately." Shotaro sighed and said.
"Ms. Hong Xiangzi, do you have an approximate target range?" asked Sudo Kirihiko.
"No." Hong Xiangzi shook his head.
"Eh? It's such a big place, when will I find the way there?" Shotaro Zuo said with a headache.
"It's time to..." Ming Hai Ya Shuzi smiled crookedly, took out a pair of slippers tied to the detector from her bag, and said in a Doraemon-like tone: "Detection slippers!"
“…” Hong Xiangzi glanced at Ming Hai Ya Shuzi and said helplessly: “I say, can you be more serious?”
"There is never a time when I am not serious." Ming Hai Yashuzi took the detection slippers in her hand and began to detect everywhere.
"Ah~! Over there~!" Ming Hai Yaju looked at the detection slippers that were turning and exclaimed, and immediately ran in the direction the detection slippers were pointing.
"Where are you going?" Seeing this, Hong Xiangzi hurriedly chased after him.
"Hey! Akiko!" Shotaro Zuo looked like he had a headache.
"Well, we don't have a clear range right now anyway." Sudo Kirihiko patted Shotaro Sae's shoulder and said with a smile.
"That's what you say, but using slippers or something like that is too unreliable," Shotaro Sae complained.
The two followed behind Narumi Akiko and Todoroki Hibiki and soon arrived at an excavation site where a collapse had occurred.
"Is this the site of the previous excavation?" Hong Xiangzi looked at the excavation site full of signs of collapse and asked in surprise: "Did it collapse because of an earthquake or something?"
"It smells!" Ming Hai Yashuzi suddenly said.
"Ah?" Shotaro Zuo looked at Akiko Narumi with a puzzled look on his face.
Ming Hai Ya Shuzi twitched his nose, held up the slipper detector, and said, "If there is something buried here, let these slippers discover it!"
After she finished speaking, the detector on Akiko Narumi's body started beeping, and the pair of green slippers in her hands began to collide with each other.
"Oh! It's here!" Narumi Akiko turned around, looked at Shotaro Sae and Kirihiko Sudo, and said, "Hurry up and dig here! Shotaro, Kirihiko-kun!"
"How could there be such a stupid thing!" Shotaro Zuo was too lazy to pay attention to Akiko Narumi's antics.
"Dig quickly!" Hong Xiangzi immediately came in front of Zuo Xiangtaro, pointed the flashlight in his hand at Zuo Xiangtaro, and said.
"Eh~?!"
"Go ahead and dig." Sudo Kirihiko said with a smile.
"Oh! Really." Shotaro Sae sighed, and went to the place designated by Akiko Narumi with Sudo Kirihiko, and started digging.
Soon, Shotaro Zuo discovered something.
"Ah? Hey, it seems like there's something!" Shotaro Sae wiped off the dirt on the box and took out a wooden box with the words 'Evil tail' clearly written on it.
"Evil Tail, that's it!" Hong Xiangzi said excitedly.
"No way!" Shotaro Zuo was stunned.
I actually found it. This is unscientific!
"Look! I'm awesome, right?! Look!" said Akiko Narumi with a smile.
Shotaro tilted his head, totally unable to refute.
"Now that we've found it, let's leave quickly. This place gives me a bad feeling." Sudo Kirihiko urged.
Before Sudo Kirihiko finished his words, the saber-toothed tiger hybrid that Mick transformed into suddenly jumped out and stood in front of the few people.
(End of this chapter)