"How could that be, Sister Atago?" Javelin moved to Z23's side and gently pulled her arm. "We really have no choice but to ask for your help..."
Ai Da Gou, who was walking in the front of the team, sniffed lightly, "Well... it's okay to help, but the smell is really a bit..."
"We don't know what happened. This is what we found at the crime scene."
"The crime scene?" Atago glanced at the tray in her hand. "...Did someone from your royal family break the rules and cook dishes privately again?"
Z23 glanced at the unhappy Javelin, "Ahem... Atago sister, Ayanami said this should be used to make desserts. Javelin's family... the cakes they make are delicious, right...?"
Atago thought about it for a moment, "Well, that's true, but it's not necessarily true. A while ago, your Miss Koei...she seemed to have made the pressure relief valve of the pressure cooker into the cake base?"
Z23 was still trying to defend his friend, "Uh... this... maybe it was an oversight? It should be just one case?"
"And the maids from Edinburgh... said they wanted to experience the luck of biting a coin, so they buried the broken gold nuggets in the apple pie. Later, Miss Reputation--"
"Ah, Atago-sister." Z23 pondered for a long time, "Javelin, javelin won't make such mistakes. She was going to teach us how to make desserts today."
Atago looked back at the little ones and chuckled. After teasing them a few times, she stopped talking about it.
Javelin hesitated for a moment, looking a little embarrassed. He tugged at Z23's sleeve, leaned closer and whispered, "I, I really wouldn't do that. It's just desserts... Nimi-chan, you can trust me."
Z23 nodded with an extremely serious expression, which gave Javelin great comfort.
Ayanami didn't feel anything about it, after all, there were at least eight hundred examples of Royal Navy ship girls eating people's food and sending them to the hospital.
She had encountered quite a few of these during her years as a police officer.
One person who was not afraid of death even went to the affiliated hospital seven or eight times in a month.
At that time, every time Ayanami received a report and rushed to the scene, she would see the ship girl who was not good at cooking sitting outside and crying.
After waiting for half an hour, the person woke up and said that nothing happened and it was the other ship girls in the family who made a fuss.
Ayanami doesn't quite understand, maybe this is also a kind of... fetish?
Today's incident was actually not a big deal. Manju might have eaten something by mistake. We could have found it, asked about it, and then thrown it away and that would have been the end of it.
But unexpectedly, the bird that was supposed to be unconscious suddenly disappeared.
In order to prevent the next victim from falling into the trap, as a former police officer, she should at least resolve the matter thoroughly.
"Ayanami-chan, how is it?"
Javelin, having recovered his spirit, came over again to inquire about the situation.
Ayanami knew that the other party wanted to experience what it was like to be a detective, so she simply shared her ideas with him.
"...it could be an accidental ingestion, and he's gone when he wakes up, so the danger level would be lower."
"If it's man-made... Taiho is the most likely suspect, followed by the First and Fifth Carriers, then the Royal Family, and Donghuang... I think it's unlikely, so I'll go last."
"Hmm? As for the First and Fifth Carrier Battles..." Atago thought about it and was quite happy, "Akagi and Kaga are being forced to get along with each other by Amagi-san. Shokaku is probably watching the show, right? She won't miss such a thing."
Ayanami calculated the time, "...In this way, that can be ruled out for the time being."
Javelin listened and nodded, not quite understanding, "So...are we going to look for Sister Dafeng now?"
"...No, let's get rid of the pollutants first. If they are in Dafeng's hands, we can arrest them."
"Arrest?! Wow... So this is how they handle cases. It's a little different than I imagined, but still cool!"
Ayanami doesn't think it's cool. On the contrary, she has no attachment to her previous job.
As the military police that handles matters related to ship girls, they basically don't receive any major cases. At most, they just deal with fights, and the procedures are not complicated.
She has no experience with criminal investigation cases like "homicides", so naturally she has no experience to talk about, let alone being called "cool".
All we can say is that Javelin is still wearing the filter of girls' comics, and still has some naivety and fantasy about reality.
This is why they are happy to play role-playing games with each other.
But to be honest, among these four people, she might be the one who doesn't fit in.
Ayanami listened to the vague syllables coming from the Javelin and Z23's whispers. Just as she was about to let her thoughts wander, a warm body approached her.
She tilted her head and looked over, meeting the eyes of the destroyer with twin ponytails.
Rafi: "...Hiccup."
Ayanami: “.........”
Lafite: "Shh... don't tell the commander that Lafite didn't secretly drink that bottle of wine with a high alcohol content."
Ayanami: "...Then finish it quickly and go back to take a shower."
"Hmm, the smell is getting stronger." Atago stopped at the intersection, "You should be able to just follow it. I won't follow you. I'm going to have a stuffy nose soon."
Javelin nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, thank you, Sister Atago. I'll make you some cake tonight as a thank you gift. Bye~"
"No, this smell is really... I may not be able to eat dessert these days. Bye."
Javelin waved goodbye to the big dog, turned around and followed the scent, heading towards the source of the scent in an easy-to-follow way that required no reasoning.
The closer you get, the stronger the smell becomes.
It’s hard to describe them specifically, and they’re not disgusting enough, but they always give people a very heavy feeling.
Lafite sniffed a few times and sobered up. He blinked and looked around, "...sour, spicy, bitter, wood?"
Z23 also felt strange, "Why are you in a place like this? Didn't you say you ran away secretly to the back mountain?"
Javelin took out his mask and put it on, then took Z23's magnifying glass and excitedly went into the green belt. He found the suspect without much effort.
"Ah, Sister Dafeng is here! But...it seems like she was also killed."
Upon hearing this, the three of them quickened their pace and arrived at the scene, only to find that Javelin’s so-called “murder” was not an exaggeration.
I saw the aircraft carrier, who was always flamboyant in red, lying face down on the grass with his right hand above his head pressing something. The smell came from there.
Javelin was very active and wanted to go over with the magnifying glass in his hand, but was stopped by Ayanami who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
"Eh? What's wrong? Aren't you going to see Sister Dafeng?"
"...The situation is much more serious than I thought." Ayanami pointed at Taiho's right hand, "...Look, the grass has changed color..."
The javelin, which was originally just playing around, turned pale after seeing the small circle of withered yellow grass.
"I, we won't really... How about Sister Dafeng?"
"...still breathing. Find the commander first."
"Ah, ah, okay!"
Today's weather is so sunny and windy... huh?
The agile and free bluefin tuna stopped singing, and in broad daylight, she stood in a bikini, chest puffed out, and tiptoed, trying to look towards a patch of yellow not far away.
"Hiss... is that a... chick? What is it doing? Is there any secret?"
The troublemaker, who was keen on having fun, got in the mood and quietly approached. Just as he was about to collect evidence in order to blackmail and profit, he was startled by the red-haired chatterbox who suddenly jumped out.
“Big mackerel!”
"Wow?! Where did you come from?!"
Santiago put one hand on his waist and was extremely proud. "Hehe... I escaped through the window. San Juan was so worried that he wouldn't let me go out. What could possibly happen to me at home?"
"...She might not be worried about you." Big Bluefish couldn't help but retort, then remembered that he was watching just now, and turned around to look, "Ah! Little Chicken, don't run, stop right there!"
The victim who should have died: "Chiu!"
Without waiting for the bluefin tuna to start chasing, Santiago, unable to bear the loneliness, pounced on it with a strange cry like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins.
“Eh ha!”
“Chiu?!”
The submariner was overjoyed, "Did you catch it?!"
The chatterbox was overjoyed, "Did you catch it?!"
Santiago was stunned. He and the shocked bluefin tuna looked at the younger version of themselves and asked in unison, "Why are you here?!"
"Hey, I jumped out of the window, what are you doing?"
The bluefin tuna came to his senses and turned to look at the barbarian caught by Santiago. "Tell me, what were you doing hiding under the tree just now?!"
“Chirp! Chirp chirp!!”
"What is it saying?" Little Santiago squatted down, "Is it hungry so it's looking for bugs to eat?"
“Chichichichi…”
The bluefish stood with his hands on his hips and waited for a long time, but didn't understand a single syllable. He simply gave up questioning and went straight to the place where Manju had been and started digging.
Unexpectedly, the more she dug, the more miserable her cries became, like a virgin being bullied by a young bully, and she kept chirping without stopping.
The bluefin tuna became even more excited, convinced that there was a treasure buried underneath.
But after digging for a few times, I found that it seemed to be just a piece of pitch-black and extremely hard stone.
"This, this can't be a black diamond, right?" The bluefin tuna poked it with his hand, half believing and half doubting.
Manju struggled in fear. Santiago couldn't bear it and silently let go of it. Then Manju quickly stood up and ran towards the stone with his chicken claws.
“Chiu——!”
The submariner felt that this thing was no simple matter, so he quickly hugged it in his arms and prepared to run away. However, he used a little too much force, and with a "click", a crack appeared on the surface of the stone.
Mackerel: "Hey, I didn't mean to--"
"Pyr—
Big bluefish: "What's going on..."
Santiago: "Drink, how... uh."
Little Santiago: "(~-~)...."
Manchu: "Xp"
"warn"
"warn"
"An unknown pollutant has leaked in the port area. All police officers are requested to prepare to deal with it as quickly as possible."
"An unknown pollutant has leaked in the port area. All police officers are requested to prepare to deal with it as quickly as possible."
Hipper, who was browsing the records of recent cases, spat out a mouthful of water. Without even wiping it off, he pushed the door open and shouted, "What happened?!"
Officer A: “What happened?!”
Officer B: “What happened?!”
Officer C: “What happened?!”
Hipper was furious, "I can't transform! Someone come and explain the situation briefly!"
Cologne poked his head out from behind the monitor. "Captain, we received a report that a strange gas of unknown origin suddenly appeared in the port area commanded by Su, causing a large-scale coma!"
"Sleeping gas? All police officers, go to the warehouse and equip yourself with gas masks! Leave immediately!"
After Hipper gave the order, he thought for a moment, "... Could it be Dr. Yubari's new research? Although it did not affect people outside the port area, this kind of thing... cannot be privatized."
"..Pay it!"
Police officers: “Understood!”
The gendarmerie, which usually had nothing to do, finally took action. They all rushed out, got on the police cars, sounded the sirens, and rushed towards the port area.
The citizens had never seen such a scene before, so they made way to keep the road clear, while speculating on what was happening in the distance.
Because everyone voluntarily gave way, the gendarmerie arrived at the port gate in just one-third of the usual time.
After they got off the car, they looked around and saw a few barbarians lying on the ground and sleeping. The scene was eerily quiet.
"This...Captain?"
Hipper put on his gas mask without saying a word, looking like a big-headed green alien.
"Teams one and two are responsible for rescuing people. Move all the unconscious victims outside. Turn on the radio and tell people in the room to close the doors and windows, turn on the gas filter, and never go out!"
"Team three and team four, split up. Team three follow me to the right, team four to the left. We need to find out the cause of the accident. Everyone, keep the radio open!"
Police officers: “Yes!”
【Pyrpy】
