Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"If possible, after the organization is wiped out, if you want to survive with a certain degree of freedom and ask me for help, I hope to hire you for a job like 'performance teacher'."

“…Although it’s not something to be happy about, if doing so can increase my chances of survival…then I have no reason to refuse.” Vermouth replied with a slight smile.

"Since we may become colleagues in the future, can you help me solve my doubts now?" Vermouth changed the subject and returned to Taichi's transfer method and the strange cat.

"No." Taiyi shrugged and replied, "Because it involves extremely confidential secrets about me, so unless I am 100% sure that you are already 'one of my own', I will never tell you the answers to these two topics."

“…Do the ‘own people’ you mentioned know the reason?” Vermouth raised an eyebrow and asked.

"They are not as curious as you and ask questions about everything." Taiyi replied with his hands spread out.

"...Sly guy." Vermouth curled her lips, then sat down opposite Taiyi without any hesitation.

"Let me make it clear first. I don't want to see that cat again, and I don't want to hear that cat's cry, so please use your secret method to control the cat a little bit."

Tai smiled and said nothing.

"Forget it. Now that I've verified that your ability is genuine, there's no need to stay here any longer. Just send me back." Vermouth rolled her eyes, then stretched out a hand to Taiyi and urged him.

"Goodbye, I won't see you off." Taiyi waved at Vermouth.

"Ah?" Vermouth was about to say something, but it was gone in the blink of an eye.

The place she was in had changed from Taichi's room back to her apartment in Nagano Prefecture.

Well, she was transferred back to her apartment.

"Can people be teleported even without physical contact... Could that thing really be the scientific research result produced by various countries when they were conducting super power research in recent years?" Vermouth murmured suspiciously.

……

"The target is in that bar." Taiyi pointed to a dimly lit bar not far ahead and introduced it to Mordred beside him, "Aix has already found out that the bar is owned by that organization. It basically does not receive outsiders, but only entertains internal members of the organization."

"Mordred, your job is to go in and chop whatever you want."

"Of course, if you see Gin, you don't have to pay attention to the others, just focus on Gin."

"It's better to cut the gin into eight pieces."

"It's a bit difficult to separate the eight petals, but it shouldn't be a problem to separate his body." Mordred was fully armored and his helmet was tightly covered.

"But first, the prerequisite is that Gin is indeed in it."

"That's hard to guarantee." Taiyi shrugged and replied, "After all, there are no cameras inside. Aix can only speculate whether Gin is still inside through the cameras on the surrounding streets."

So far, the camera surveillance records only recorded Gin's entry, but did not see him come out.

"Meow?" The ragdoll cat stood on Taiyi's shoulder and rubbed his cheek with its head.

"What does she want to say?" Mordred looked at Taiyi and asked.

"…This isn't a monster." Taichi reminded, "The monster is still with Akane, protecting their safety."

"I don't know whose ragdoll cat this is, but it has been pestering me since the beginning." Taiyi shook his head helplessly, "Anyway, Mordred, you go to work, I will take this ragdoll cat to find its owner."

"Well, if all else fails, we can only send it to the surrounding Benfan and let those tax thieves find someone."

Chapter 102: Some people want to mix drinks, but some people don’t know how to drink

"Ah! Found it! It's Mimi!" The young woman with burgundy hair tied into a bun at the back of her head pointed at the ragdoll cat standing on Taiyi's shoulder and exclaimed, then trotted to Taiyi.

"I'm very sorry! Sir, the ragdoll cat on your shoulder belongs to my master." The young woman came to the side of the emperor and bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle. "I have evidence to prove that there is a mark of burn on the back of her neck!"

Taiyi looked at the young woman in front of him who seemed strangely familiar. While grabbing the ragdoll cat by the back of her neck for verification, he was also trying to recall where this strange feeling of familiarity came from.

Ah...I remembered it.

It's Sakura!

This soft little girl's voice!

Then, this young woman is the one who was framed by Edogawa Conan and became the 'maid of death' Sakurako!

Many people are innocent.

I just want to be a maid and earn some living expenses for myself.

As a result, he met Conan Edogawa three times, and his employer died three times.

The blame clearly belongs to Conan Edogawa, who always appears at the scene, but Sakurako Yonehara herself even suspects that she is the unlucky person.

Pointing to the burnt area on the ragdoll cat's neck and showing it to Taichi, Sakurako Yonehara looked at him expectantly, hoping that Taichi would return the kitten to her after confirming it.

"Yes, there is indeed such a trace." Taiyi nodded, then grabbed the ragdoll cat Fate by the scruff of the neck and returned Miko to Yonehara Sakurako.

"Thank you very much for taking care of Miko!" Yonehara Sakurako bowed deeply again. "I don't know why this child suddenly ran away. I didn't react in time and lost track of her. If it weren't for you, I might never have been able to find Miko."

"Not only will our family be missing a member like Miko, but I may also lose my current job and my life will be in dire straits. So, thank you very much!" Sakurako Yonehara held Miko in her arms with skillful hands and kept thanking Taichi.

"Yingzi! Have you found Mizi?"

Just as Taichi was comforting the frightened Sakurako Yonehara, a female traffic police officer with twin ponytails trotted over while calling Sakurako Yonehara's name.

"Miaozi-chan, thanks to this gentleman, Mimi is found!" Sakurako Yonehara raised the Mimi in her hand and showed it to her friend.

"Thank you very much for your assistance, citizen!" Miike Naeko stopped and looked at Miko in Yonehara Sakurako's arms with joy. She breathed a sigh of relief, then saluted Taichi to express her gratitude. "I am Miike Naeko from the Traffic Division of the Haido Town Police Station!"

Miike Naeko looks quite young to begin with, and with those twin ponytails, at first glance you'd think she was a high school student from somewhere... well, her figure is similar too.

However, at this point in time, hasn't she been transferred from Haido Town to the Metropolitan Police Department?

After exchanging names and leaving contact information, Taiyi left on the pretext of having something to do.

There's no way, Sakurako Yonehara is too enthusiastic.

He felt that if they continued chatting, a thank-you dinner would allow Sakurako Yonehara to upgrade herself to a monthly subscription.

Besides, it has been so long that Mordred is already tired of waiting.

I kept urging Taichi to hurry up in my head.

The noise she made while working was quite loud, so it might not be long before the police came to clean the floor and close the road.

"Here, here are the photos I took. Send them to that woman named Vermouth." Mordred handed the phone to Taiyi somewhat unhappily.

"You really hate Vermouth." Taiyi asked while browsing the work schedule that Mordred had taken on his phone.

"Well, it feels a bit like facing a mother who has deteriorated countless times."

Taichi looked at Mordred in confusion.

He couldn't see any similarities between Vermouth and Morgan... oh, they were both women.

"I'm talking about the kind of conspiracy and calculation," Mordred explained.

"People like them will never learn to treat others with sincerity."

This statement sounded as if she could treat others with sincerity.

After returning to the hot spring hotel, Mordred immediately changed into her bathrobe.

"It's all blood and sweat, it's so dirty, I'm going to take a hot spring bath, don't come to me if you have anything to do."

[B: Are you guys that fast? How long have I been back and you've already sent down the gin and vodka?]

[K: Oh, it wasn't just the two of them. All those who intended to resist were dealt with. Anyway, that bar was the base of your organization, and none of the people inside were innocent... Of course, there might be a few undercover agents from other forces lurking inside, but we don't recognize them. Even if there are, we can only say goodbye.]

[B; Ha! You're right! Good going!]

[B: Mr. K, would you like to have a drink with me tonight? I will make it myself]

[K: I don’t like drinking, so I won’t go.]

"Fuck!" Vermouth was so angry that she almost dropped the phone in her hand.

Doesn't this guy really think that I'm just inviting him over for a drink?

Or was it that my words were too subtle and he didn't understand?

Although everyone had reached a consensus verbally, without any evidence in hand, Vermouth really didn't dare to have too much trust in Taichi.

If counted on a percentage basis, Vermouth's trust in Taichi is less than eight points right now.

What's up with her?

She just wanted to increase the trust value by a few more points!

The only thing she had that made her feel presentable when facing Taiyi was her appearance and figure, which had not changed in decades.

But she didn't expect Taiyi to not even give her this chance.

However, thinking back to the guard named Taki who was guarding Taichi at that time, Vermouth narrowed her eyes slightly.

Although she was slightly better in appearance, the opponent's body was so ugly that even Vermouth could only admit that she was at a disadvantage.

Could it be that Mr. K was completely drained by that woman who looked quite talented, and in order to avoid embarrassment, he pretended to be ignorant?

Taiyi, who had no idea that his behavior was being questioned at the moment, was lying comfortably on the floor, enjoying the air conditioning and the vigorous massage from Rachel.

The bones in his body crackled, but for Taiyi, this force was just right.

The Ragdoll Cat always stares at Taiyi's back, eager to try.

She still holds a grudge.

If she could defeat Taiyi, she would have kicked him herself.

"Come to think of it, why are you coming to my place instead of going back to your room?" Taiyi asked Yukinoshita Haruno who was sitting nearby and whispering with Akane Shinjo.

"Ah, this..." Yukinoshita Haruno scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly, "When everyone went to the hot springs earlier, I forgot to call Koharu, and it was a bit difficult to face her."

Chapter 103 Shadow Moment

"Hiss--Huh--" Yue Yu Youjiali kept taking deep breaths.

Next to her, Kirijo Mitsuru was observing the situation on the other side of the wall through a small makeup mirror using light refraction with a serious expression on her face.

Several shadows of strange shapes with labels of "don't mess with" on them were wandering around like patrol soldiers.

“Senior Mizuru…those guys are abnormally strong!” Yue Yukari said in a low voice with a somewhat hurried tone, “My Isis can’t break through those guys’ defenses at all!”

"How is it going over there, Senior?"

Kirijo Mitsuru shook her head.

"It's the same on my end, but the situation is a little better than yours. Queen Artemisia's attack is effective and can break the shadow's defense, but the damage is not great."

"Because Yukari had been working as a model before and had not been on a Shadow Patrol mission, she was not very clear about the changes in the shadows' combat." Aegis said calmly, "In fact, those shadows have been secretly strengthened by something in recent times."

"In the beginning, the level of strengthening was not high, and we were able to complete the raid. But a few days ago, I don't know what happened. The speed at which the shadows became stronger suddenly doubled. We were caught off guard and even lost several members of our combat force."

"Until we reached this level... the shadows had intensified to the point where we couldn't make it through with just a few of us."

"Why is this happening..." Aegis' words made Yue Yuyoujiali feel panic, but then her eyes lit up.

"We can't do it with just a few of us...how about adding a few more combatants?"

Yue Yukari's words instantly aroused Kirijo Mitsuru's vigilance.

"Yukari, you are not referring to the newcomers of this generation, are you?"

Yue Yuyou Jiali nodded heavily.

"Although I really want to say that this should have been done a long time ago, they seem to be stuck in a quagmire and can hardly save themselves." Kirijo Mitsuru replied after hesitating for a moment, "And the force of the quagmire is quite heavy. Even the size of the Kirijo Group can't help much."

"Where is Naoto-chan? Hasn't she already set out?" Yue Yukari looked at Kirijo Mitsuru in confusion and asked.

"Although Naoto is also trying hard, the opponent is a troublesome character after all, I am afraid it will take more time." Kirijo Mitsuru shook her head and replied, "But the situation here won't last until then."

"So, whether it's us or the newcomers, we have to rely on our own strength to deal with our own problems."

"Although Mizuru-san's words sound passionate, unfortunately, in our current situation, if there are no outside forces to come to our rescue, the chances of successfully conquering this level are infinitely close to zero." Aegis reminded.

"By the way, what about Narukami-kun? Can't they send someone to support us?" Yue Yu Yukari continued to name the names of companions who had the hope of becoming reinforcements.

"There are also urgent matters at Narukami's place." Kirijo Mitsuru replied, "I heard that his goddess girlfriend had some problems, and now he has gone to investigate with the members of the 'self-proclaimed special investigation team'. Well, Naoto was involved in other cases at the time, so he was left behind."

"The goddess girlfriend... Oh, that girl who can control the weather in Yasinaba Town." Yue Yukari recalled, then patted her head and nodded, "Wait! Something's wrong with the goddess? Could it be that Izanami, who they fought against before, has appeared again?"

"It's not clear yet, because we have lost contact with Narukami-kun and his group since then." Kirijo Mitsuru sighed, "All the troubles have gathered at the same time. It's a nasty premonition of troubled times."

"We no longer have time to chat!" Aegis raised his arm and turned around, aiming at the other end of the dark alley. "We have been successfully tracked by the shadows, and the number is probably between three and five."

"There's no time to waste our energy on guys whose defenses we can't even break!" Kirijo Mitsuru patted Aegis' shoulder and ran away.