I Became the Savior on the Fourth Day of Disaster - Chapter 52: Chapter 52 (Including Additional Chapter 3 with Thanks to Ningning's Long Review) ^...

Chapter 52: Chapter 52 (Including Additional Chapter 3 with Thanks to Ningning’s Long Review) ^…

Though despairing, the members of the Armed Detective Agency didn’t surrender easily.

However, as the Port Mafia’s [Barkless Mad Dog] possessing the powerful offensive Special Ability [Rashomon], Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s combat prowess went without saying.

In terms of pure combat ability, the Armed Detective Agency basically had no one who could match Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

As for Nakajima Atsushi, the only Esper capable of confronting [Rashomon] head-on, he had just completed his White Tiger transformation when Edogawa Ranpo’s voice forcibly halted his advance.

Edogawa Ranpo: The situation isn’t right… Atsushi-kun, you mustn’t attack!

He had seen this Port Mafia member before. After experiencing his teacher’s mysterious disappearance, the other rarely showed such an expression anymore, so now…

Akutagawa Ryunosuke glanced at Edogawa Ranpo, then at the White Tiger frozen in place.

Tch.

A bunch of people who only rely on cheap tricks. If not for Dazai-san’s presence, he would definitely slaughter every last one of them.

As Akutagawa Ryunosuke ceased his attacks, the Armed Detective Agency finally clearly saw what had been blocked by the extended black fabric from his coat hem.

Two Special Ability cannons that looked extremely powerful at first glance.

And behind the cannons stood Dazai Osamu, wrapped in his red scarf.

Realizing that the Armed Detective Agency members genuinely seemed to follow Edogawa Ranpo’s instructions completely – stopping when told not to fight – Dazai finally lowered his hand.

I thought I could test its practical combat effectiveness today, Dazai Osamu said with a cold expression. How boring.

Dazai Osamu said casually: Is that so? Then we’ll talk when you’ve become stronger.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: !!!

He would definitely work hard to become stronger, so Dazai-san could test such things on him in the future!

Edogawa Ranpo’s mind automatically processed and deduced a series of information, his expression instantly becoming particularly strange.

Was this Port Mafia’s Master Schemer always like this before?

And besides, the other was a master schemer, not some firearms manufacturing expert, right?

*

Well, anyway, the Port Mafia cannot offer you protection! Leader Dazai Osamu outright rejected the Armed Detective Agency’s request.

While continuing to review documents, he added: Figure it out yourselves. Besides, it’s not that bad outside – it’s just full of Yunxi-kun, isn’t it?

Armed Detective Agency: …

How is that not bad enough?!

Port Mafia Executive Nakahara Chuuya, standing nearby, adjusted his hat and chimed in: The outside being full of Yunxi is actually very safe. You don’t need to be afraid.

Armed Detective Agency: .

How exactly are they supposed to not be afraid of that?!

The Armed Detective Agency wanted to say more, but the Port Mafia didn’t give them the opportunity.

They were driven out by Port Mafia members.

Fortunately, the outside was relatively safe at that moment. Seeing they hadn’t been discovered, the group hurriedly went into hiding again.

Edogawa Ranpo put on his glasses and began thinking seriously once more.

Edogawa Ranpo found the current situation excessively strange. The Port Mafia bore them no ill will, yet they seemed very eager for the Human Military – who hated them – to capture them.

What benefit did the Port Mafia gain from this?

Damn it! Not enough information, can’t deduce it!

Just as Edogawa Ranpo was deep in thought, he heard Katai Tayama’s voice again.

Katai Tayama stared at his phone, stammering, The… the Armed Detective Agency is claiming sovereignty on the moon?

Since when was the Armed Detective Agency this capable?

The other members of the Armed Detective Agency quickly gathered around.

Akiko Yosano frowned, Keep going, read further. I want to see exactly how this ‘Armed Detective Agency’ is claiming sovereignty!

Katai Tayama scrolled down, and the full news report finally unfolded before everyone’s eyes.

According to the news report, the Armed Detective Agency went to the Port Mafia, stole a new type of weapon developed by the Port Mafia’s new leader, aimed it at the moon, and fired twelve shots, leaving a giant middle finger pointing toward Earth on the lunar surface.

A sharp comment from a netizen below read: [As expected, if a grown man decides to kill, he can take down a polar bear. If a group of adults in the Armed Detective Agency decide to kill, they’ll take down the moon first, then Earth!]

After staring for a long time without seeing the key point, Akiko Yosano simply opened the news image herself.

Middle.

Nakajima Atsushi was the first to gasp sharply, So the Port Mafia was pointing that kind of weapon at us back then?!

Miyazawa Kenji showed a natural smile, Haha, that Akutagawa-kun even told the boss to try it on himself.

Nakajima Atsushi grew even more terrified.

Thank goodness he didn’t have to fight them—how could he possibly win otherwise?!

This is a Chinese character, so why do people still think it was us?!

At this, Kunikida suddenly pointed at the image, pushed up his glasses, and said sternly:

It’s obvious! This was done by Yunxi after stealing the Port Mafia’s weapon! This ‘中’ represents the ‘中’ for China, not the ‘中’ for the Armed Detective Agency in Japan giving Earth the middle finger!Edogawa Ranpo retorted, It could also be the ‘middle’ from China’s He○, meaning Yunxi-kun wanted to express that the moon is very ‘middle’.

Kunikida was going crazy, That’s not the point either!

The point is! Now the whole world thinks they’re deliberately provoking! Even if they say sorry to all of humanity, people will just think they’re mocking with a ‘so easy’!

Even though it was tough, the Armed Detective Agency members still managed to hide out for several days.

But they truly felt there was no future left on Earth, especially since their enemies had started stealing cannons to shoot at the moon.

After a brief discussion, they decided to use a novel Edogawa Ranpo had bought from Edgar Allan Poe, placing most of the detective agency members inside it while leaving only two outside. They would take the others to the [Sky Casino], which was highly likely to be Yunxi’s base, to gather key evidence that could clear their names.

The ones chosen for this high-difficulty mission were Edogawa Ranpo and Nakajima Atsushi, whose overall demeanor was less conspicuous and who happened to be a brainy type and a combat type, respectively.

Edogawa Ranpo finalized the plan, and the two set off quickly.

Meanwhile, Sigma, the manager of the [Sky Casino], had just returned to the [Sky Casino] with Gogol and Yunxi.

A long time had passed since the mission ended, but Sigma’s hands were still trembling.

Sigma looked at Yunxi, trying to get confirmation that everything that had just happened was just his hallucination:

Yunxi gave an affirmative reply: Not ‘seems like’—it definitely is. Sigma, take out your telescope and look up. There’s a huge ‘middle finger’ on the moon.

Yunxi continued, I wonder who invented such a powerful weapon. I originally just wanted to test it by firing at the sky, but accidentally hit the moon instead. So I had to roll with it. Still, the effect of the Armed Detective Agency flipping off the entire world isn’t bad as a scandal…

Sigma slowly closed his eyes.

And never opened them again.

Yunxi kept talking for a while before realizing something was wrong: Sigma? Sigma, what’s wrong? Why did you suddenly faint?

There don’t seem to be any external injuries. Why would this happen? Korya, come take a look quickly…

Gogol said with difficulty, Haha, Sigma-kun is probably just overjoyed at successfully framing the Armed Detective Agency. He’ll be fine after some rest.

While saying this, Gogol secretly used his ability to teleport his hand over to Yunxi’s side and deleted the message [Kamui] had just sent.

[Kamui]’s message roughly contained instructions to [make the Armed Detective Agency enter the Sky Casino and guide them to discover the anomalies]… But the content didn’t matter—Gogol would delete it regardless.

World wars? Creating a hero? Such matters were better left without the participation of the Clown, Sigma, or little Yunxi for now!

The message was deleted, but Fukuchi Ochi had already written this part of the story on the pages of the Book.

Thus, Edogawa Ranpo and Nakajima Atsushi traversed countless obstacles and endured many hardships along the way, but ultimately arrived smoothly at the [Sky Casino].

However, the members of the Armed Detective Agency still hadn’t realized that [Kamui] was behind Yunxi. They simply believed all of this was Yunxi’s doing, aimed at tormenting them.

Since Sigma remained in a withdrawn state, the Armed Detective Agency members easily infiltrated the interior of the [Sky Casino] and found concrete evidence proving Yunxi was behind everything.

This should suffice now, right?!

Yokohama.

Fukuchi Ochi had already obtained the [Great Order] and began wondering when the Armed Detective Agency would return.

But as Fukuchi Ochi waited and waited, he didn’t see the Agency members themselves. Instead, he witnessed the Armed Detective Agency once again publicly releasing evidence on social media using Taniyama Kadata’s special ability [Futon].

Fukuchi Ochi: ?

Fukuchi Ochi couldn’t understand why the Armed Detective Agency remained fixated on clearing their name instead of directly pursuing the mastermind.

Never mind, it’s fine. Soon enough, the Armed Detective Agency will realize this is pointless. The world will still be full of malice toward them.

Fukuchi Ochi chuckled and took another sip of sake: After all, this is also part of the story I wrote on the pages of the Book.

The situation was indeed as he described, though not exactly as Fukuchi Ochi had imagined.

The evidence presented by the Armed Detective Agency was far too compelling. Unless the entire world suddenly turned into fools, it was hard not to suspect Yunxi.

Gradually, even the Human Military began to grow restless, with many submitting requests for approval to investigate Yunxi.

Fukuchi Ochi couldn’t be bothered with such trivial matters. Assuming Yunxi wouldn’t allow others to investigate him anyway, Fukuchi Ochi casually approved all the requests.

The Human Military quickly began preparations.

Before their first departure, the soldiers assigned to investigate Yunxi suddenly began suffering from severe diarrhea.

After an investigation, they discovered that a kitchen staff member from the [Nameless Organization]’s territory—who had some connection to Yunxi—had accidentally prepared two types of mutually incompatible foods for them simultaneously.

When repeatedly interrogated, the kitchen staff member admitted to the mistake while bursting into tears on the spot:

Yes, I have received favors from Master Yunxi. Master Yunxi provided me with an environment and means to study when I couldn’t afford schooling and was forced to join a mafia organization. But does everything I do have to be linked to Master Yunxi? Can’t I just make a mistake by accident? I’ve already apologized! It wasn’t intentional! What more do you want from me? If you want, just kill me! I know I deserve to die! Go ahead and kill me! Surely that will satisfy you!!!

The investigators and the soldiers with diarrhea: …

Alright, alright… an accident, was it? Replace this person first! They decided to endure it for the time being!

On their second departure, this group of soldiers encountered a flock of pigeons that had been drugged with laxatives by a juvenile delinquent.

Even after being caught, the delinquent remained nonchalant: Huh? How was I supposed to know what you were up to? I just saw that my grandmother turned into a vampire—not only did her illness get cured, but she also lost her chrysanthemum, so I don’t have to worry about her eating random stuff anymore. I was in a good mood and thought I’d let the pigeons have some diarrhea to celebrate. Is that not allowed?

The soldiers, now reeking and completely stripped of their stealth capabilities: …

Fine, fine… celebrating by turning pigeons into walking bombs, is that it? Lock him up for a couple of days!

On their third departure, halfway through the journey, soldiers from Russia and those from the Nameless Organization suddenly started crying together, saying they missed home and wanted to return immediately.

Originally, the Russian soldiers returning would have been troublesome due to the long distance and the ocean in between.

But the Nameless Organization members claimed they had plenty of ships. Before leaving, they even went to Yunxi’s Imperial Ancestral Temple to ask if Yunxi would allow them to be friends with the Russians. Since Yunxi’s statue remained silent, they took it as tacit approval.

Overjoyed, the Russian soldiers happily packed their belongings, slung their arms around the Nameless Organization members, and ran off together.

While packing, the Russian soldiers also took all the Human Military’s spare underpants, leaving only a note at the scene.

The note read: [Urgent national need, temporarily borrowing. Will return once production capacity catches up. Grateful to our Human Military brothers.]

The abandoned soldiers, now without any spare underpants: .

They were too numb to even complain about how absurd the situation was. All they wondered was why those escapees hadn’t taken them along.

Stuck here, they couldn’t investigate Yunxi at all, were constantly being messed with, and were starting to reach their limit.

Thus, morale within the Human Military grew increasingly unstable. The planned investigation of Yunxi was repeatedly delayed, lower-ranking soldiers began slacking off, and mid-level officers turned a blind eye.

By the time Fukuchi Ochi realized something was wrong, the Human Military had already reached a state where they were nearly impossible to command without the [Great Order], completely fragmented internally.

Fukuchi Ochi: …

Fukuchi Ochi felt the situation was growing increasingly bizarre.

However, since the overall direction of events still aligned with his original expectations, he decided to endure it a little longer.

Whether they’ve tracked me down or want me to use the [Great Order] to mobilize the Human Military and help them investigate the truth, the Armed Detective Agency members should be arriving soon, right? Fukuchi Ochi murmured to himself.

Holding onto this expectation, Fukuchi Ochi waited and waited, until he finally welcomed the arrival of the Armed Detective Agency members, who came seeking him because they had been waiting in vain for the Human Military to clear their names.

Fukuzawa Yukichi, carrying a live-stream camera, watched as the other Armed Detective Agency members around him were taken down one by one by Hound’s vice-captain, Ookura Teruko. He himself was being overpowered by Fukuchi Ochi. Suppressing his anger and pain, he questioned Fukuchi Ochi:

Genichiro, why are you doing this with Yunxi-kun?

Fukuchi Ochi’s peripheral glance quickly swept over the camera on Fukuzawa Yukichi. He didn’t expose it, only saying, Haha, don’t you understand?

Fukuzawa Yukichi was puzzled: What should I understand…?

Fukuchi Ochi swung his blade again: You can guess. If you guess correctly, maybe this old man will spare the lives of the other Armed Detective Agency members.

Blades clashed.

Bang!

…

Meanwhile, Sigma also saw the Armed Detective Agency’s live stream.

He was so anxious he felt like an ant on a hot pan.

Gogol awkwardly said: Haha, perhaps it’s because of that ability item.

Sigma was so desperate he felt nauseous. He took several deep breaths: Is there still time for us to go to Yokohama’s airport to stop it?

Gogol: Not sure, but Clown thinks if Yunxi-kun is willing to participate, we could give it a try!

Yunxi happened to enter from outside and, hearing his name, asked curiously: What’s going on?

Sigma immediately fell silent, while Gogol quickly teleported the tablet in front of him—which was playing the Armed Detective Agency’s live stream—to Yunxi.

Yunxi’s eyes sharpened!

Who said I did this?

Yunxi was furious, Yunxi stomped his feet, Yunxi cursed vehemently, Wasn’t all this done by the Armed Detective Agency? Even if discovered, it should be [Kamui]’s doing! What does it have to do with me?!

Gogol: If things followed the ability item’s development, that would indeed be the case…

But! Once a logical gap appears in the story and the ability item fails, all these things will become little Yunxi’s doing!

Yunxi calmed down.

He thought it made sense.

Yunxi clicked his tongue, then immediately started packing his things.

Gogol: Question! What does little Yunxi plan to do?

Of course, set off to stop them from speaking ill of the Savior! Yunxi turned, looking puzzled at Gogol, Is there any other possibility?

Before Gogol could speak, Sigma eagerly stood up: I’ll go with you!

Fukuchi Ochi and Fukuzawa Yukichi had already fought their way to Yokohama’s airport.

The reason they ended up here was simple: the airport had fewer people and buildings, making it convenient for them to fight freely.

Fukuchi Ochi felt it was about time. He wanted to quickly finish the prearranged plot and then hand over control of both the [Great Order] and the Human Military to Fukuzawa Yukichi.

Fukuchi Ochi had no problem performing his betrayal of his childhood friend in front of the camera, but the moment he admitted that he had been framing the Armed Detective Agency, the situation became uncontrollable again.

It seemed as if the entire world had erupted in fury in an instant. The intelligence delivered by the Human Military, controlled by Fukuchi Ochi using the [Great Order], indicated that every Esper in this world with even a modicum of ability was setting out for Yokohama, ready to publicly execute Fukuchi Ochi, this demonic entity.

Fukuchi Ochi: …

Fukuchi Ochi could only continue guiding Fukuzawa Yukichi to snatch the [Great Order] from his hands while simultaneously feeling a trace of despair similar to Fukuzawa Yukichi’s.

When the suspect was Yunxi, these people remained silent, but now that the culprit had become him, they all came rushing out, didn’t they?!

Wasn’t he the hero of the Far East? What did he lack compared to Yunxi?!

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Everyone, check out the character cards! It’s Yunxi and Guo Zi in Russian style! [Sparkling eyes]