Mischievous Lolita in the Doll

"Hmm~" Mil called out towards the alley where the murder scene was located, "Captain Elsa! I've found a fish shop owner here who is very suspicious!"

……

Mir and Xia Ye successfully enjoyed the fish soup cooked by the fish shop owner himself.

The fish shop owner looked at the two of them with a mournful expression.

I never expected that this girl in red, who is so beautiful, would have such a dark heart.

"We're over there painstakingly discussing the case, and you're here comfortably drinking fish soup?!" Elsa led Carlo and the other over.

"Would you like another bowl? It's almost noon." Mir tapped the bowl and handed it to the fishmonger, indicating that he wanted another bowl.

Fish shop owner: ...

Elsa glanced at her watch: "Alright, it's time to eat."

She turned to the busy police officers and shouted, "Everyone! Take a break and have something to eat!"

Then the police officers gradually gathered at the fish shop owner to buy fish soup.

Fish shop owner: ...

Now, let's congratulate the fish shop owner on successfully becoming a full-time chef!

Should we find a poisonous fish that would kill an adult with just one bite and use it to kill these bastards?

This was the first time the fish shop owner had ever wanted to kill someone.

However, he gave up on the idea, since his family didn't sell this kind of fish.

Just as everyone was happily drinking fish soup in the fish shop, Elsa suddenly felt a violent vibration in her pocket.

"Mmm~" Elsa blushed and groaned, then took out a communication crystal from her pocket.

"Hello? Yes, okay, I understand."

“Someone has reported a case at the police station, which may be related to this case. The rest of you stay here, and you few come with me.” Elsa pointed to the four of them, Mir. She didn’t want them to stay here, in case they damaged the crime scene.

"Huh?" Mil said somewhat discontentedly, "I'm not full yet!"

"Come on! You eat so much!" The other two boys grabbed him and tried to drag him away, but they failed.

Mir rolled his eyes, shook off their hands, and walked forward on his own.

He really wasn't full. His doll form received energy from the food, but his loli form only felt a little bit of energy. If this continues, he might go hungry again when he turns into a loli.

"Your police station is so big, don't you even have a car?" Mil didn't want to burn off the energy he had just eaten while walking.

The other four looked at him with disdain: "You want to take a car for such a short distance? And you're supposed to be the strongest person here!"

Chapter Twenty: My Wife Gave Birth

Mir ignored their undisguised contempt and hailed a taxi.

"Then, I'll wait for you at the police station."

Of course, the others wouldn't let him ride alone. The three of them squeezed into the already small car, and Elsa even grabbed the stunned Xia Ye, making the group seem very crowded.

However, none of this had anything to do with Mil, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Go to Police Station 03."

The driver glanced at Elsa, who was huddled with the other three, with a strange look, but chose not to say anything.

"Tsk, as the captain of the security team, he actually hitched a ride back to the police station." Mil imitated Elsa's disdainful expression just now.

Elsa blushed slightly and instead of answering Mil, she pretended to look at the scenery outside the window.

As Elsa said, Locke Street is not far from the police station; it's less than a five-minute drive away.

Upon arriving at the police station, Mir began to use his skill: bargaining.

"Give us some face, look, there are a few policemen among us." Mir tried to bargain with the driver, but his voice was too loud and attracted the attention of some onlookers.

Elsa felt she couldn't bear the embarrassment, so she took out a hundred mira bill and handed it to the driver: "Keep the change."

Seeing that someone had offered money, Mir stopped haggling.

The five men entered the police station and had just reached the lobby when they heard an angry female voice:

"I'll say it again! I'm not joking!"

"What's wrong?" Elsa led a few people into the office.

In the office, a blue-haired cat-eared girl was arguing with two policemen who were trying hard to suppress their laughter.

“Captain, this little girl said she was chased by the Shadow Man yesterday,” a chubby policeman replied to Elsa.

"The Shadow Guy?" Elsa thought for a moment. "Is it the Shadow Guy from the famous detective XX in the real world?"

Elsa, who frequently reads novels and comics, still has some recollection of these.

Carlo, the otaku, chimed in at just the right moment: "Conan? That anime that teaches people hundreds of ways to commit murder?"

“Yes, yes.” The blue-haired girl looked at Elsa seriously.

"Pfft-"

"You've gone too far! I've put up with you for too long!" Bertie glared at the thin policeman who had laughed out loud.

"My wife gave birth," the thin policeman said calmly.

"You're clearly laughing at me, and you haven't stopped!"

“Miss Bertie, we’ve been rigorously trained not to laugh, no matter how funny it is.” The thin policeman turned to look at the fat policeman: “Unless I can’t help it.”

Bertie is now starting to wonder if she was wasting her time coming to call the police.

"You two go do your work, I'll take care of this." Elsa, who had been watching for a while, sent the two male police officers away.

"Then, can you tell me what happened?" Elsa asked seriously.

This cat-eared girl looks familiar? Mil leaned over the table and got close to Bertie's face to examine her closely.

Bertie recognized her first: "Ah! You're the dean's son who fought with our class monitor this morning! How did you become a girl?"

Holy crap?! Xia Ye and the other two, who were AFK nearby, were utterly shocked. Are all naturally clueless people this good at seeing things?

Oh, so it's the cat-eared girl who was mediating the fight this morning. Mil's impression of Bertie ends here.

Did they just mention the Shadowy Guy?

"So can you tell me what happened first?" Captain Elsa tapped her fingers impatiently after being ignored.

Mir was also pulled aside by Xia Ye.

"Yesterday I saw something strange kill someone! Right on Locke Street."

!!!

"Could you explain what happened in detail?" There's finally progress in this case!

Apart from Mir, the others became serious.

"Yesterday, when I was buying cat biscuits, I saw a woman walking blankly into a small alley. I didn't notice anything wrong at the time, but when I was about to walk into that alley to take a shortcut home, I saw that guy called Shadowy King squatting next to the woman's corpse with a bloodstained knife..." Bertie swallowed hard, still shaken.

"Later, he chased me for several blocks, all the way from Locke Street to the academy. In the end, a little girl who looked like a human, about ten years old, rescued me. That little girl was so cute, her eyes were like a little rabbit's. I wish I could see her again..." Bertie said, her face showing a lovestruck expression.

Oh my god! It's that silly girl from yesterday!

Mir finally realized that the catgirl in front of him was the one he had seen yesterday, and that he still had her candy with him.

"And then?" The others stared blankly at the catgirl.

"What then?" Bertie didn't understand what these people were talking about.

“Details!” Elsa tapped the table, reminding Bertie, “Like who that girl is, what are the characteristics of the shadowy figure, and so on.”

"How would I know who that girl is? I came to report this to the police because I wanted you to help me find out who she is!" Bertie slammed her hand on the table excitedly.

So they didn't call the police because they were being chased? Lolicon is terrifying!

Carlo looked at Bertie with admiration.

Elsa sighed, took a comic book from her drawer, flipped to a page, and asked Bertie:

"Does that shadowy figure look like this?"

Bertie examined it carefully: "Yes! That's it, exactly the same!"

It really is that Shadow Guy?!

Elsa felt like she had been tricked.

"Is there such a race as the Shadow Lord?" Xia Ye asked curiously.

“I’ve never heard of it,” Mill said, shrugging.

“It’s possible he used magic to become like that, or it could be psychic abilities.” Sack bit his nails. “But what was his motive for killing? A magical ritual? Or simply psychological manipulation?”

"I wonder if we can apply to cancel this internship if we catch the murderer." Mil only cared about whether he could continue to slack off.

“This was a private operation, so it doesn’t count as a practical training session,” Carlo said, pouring cold water on the idea.

The three of them suddenly felt somewhat disheartened.

"Let's investigate who the deceased came into contact with next," Xia Ye unusually suggested. "If it was a magical ritual, wouldn't that be very dangerous?"

The three men, who had already lost all fighting spirit, looked at her in surprise.

“If it’s a dangerous magical ritual, wouldn’t many innocent people be sacrificed?” that was her reply.

The girl wasn't a saint; otherwise, she wouldn't have committed the massacre of the village. But even so, she didn't harm the village's children. Perhaps it was somewhat hypocritical, but she wanted to stop the ritual.

They didn't actually need to get involved in this matter, but since this was the first time Xia Ye had made a request since coming to this world, Mir wouldn't refuse her.

"Hmm." Mil agreed to her unreasonable request and said seriously:

"Let's go back and get married after we find the murderer."

“…Go to hell.” Xia Ye seemed not to understand the joke, and her face turned slightly red.

Chapter Twenty-One: But I'll Beat You Half to Death