Ms. Quan, who is male

Seeing that the man in front of him was seriously injured and on the verge of death, Yosano Akiko directly activated her supernatural power.

Although the injury on the other party's body was healed, his consciousness had not yet recovered. Considering that there might be some major case hidden behind this injury, the people from the Armed Detective Agency took Mizuno Chotaro and the "granddaughter" he had picked up back.

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When they arrived at the detective agency, Osamu Dazai was lying on the sofa in the reception area, pretending to be dead. Hearing the movement from the door, he stuck his head out and looked outside.

With a sudden glance, he saw the face of the injured man being carried by Kunikida Doppo...

Dazai Osamu got up from the sofa with a bang, took three steps and two steps at a time, and quickly walked closer.

"Oh my God!" He exclaimed when he saw the large blood stains on the other party's body. Then like a drama actor, he waved his arms exaggeratedly and said sadly: "Who on earth can be so cruel to such a beautiful person?"

A beautiful lady would do such a cruel thing!"

Yosano Akiko twitched the corner of her mouth, pushed his face to the side, and said disgustedly: "Don't block the way!"

"Uh-huh!"

Kunikida Doppo placed the person on his back on the bed in the infirmary.

Yosano Akiko glanced at the blood-soaked yukata on the other person's body, and unceremoniously kicked the men who followed her out of the infirmary. Then she called Naomi Tanizaki to change the injured into clean clothes.

Kunikida Doppo and others, who were rushed to the outer office to wait, began to ask Mizuno Chotaro when and where he picked up the injured.

Mizuno Chotaro sighed and said, "I found the spring in the alley near our house around eight o'clock this morning."

Kunikida Doppo wrote down the time and place.

Mizuno Chotaro gave a wry smile and continued: "This child always works in some nighttime entertainment venues in order to support the family. I am worried about her safety and have told her several times, but this child just won't listen..."

Junichiro Tanizaki and Kunikida looked at each other, feeling that the old man really thought that the injured person he picked up was his granddaughter Mizuno Izumi.

but……

"Night entertainment place?" Junichiro Tanizaki caught the keyword, which they had never learned before, "Then do you know where Miss Mizuno works part-time?"

Mizuno Chotaro pondered hard and made a recollection: "She said she was introduced by a senior sister who opened a bar owned by her brother, and she worked as a waiter there. As for the location... I heard it seemed to be near Factory Avenue, but I don't know where it is specifically.

knew."

Kunikida Doppo wrote it down again - it might be helpful in solving Mizuno Izumi's case.

Before they could ask further questions, suddenly, the door of the infirmary was opened from the inside, and Yosano Akiko and Tanizaki Naomi walked out with strange expressions.

Junichiro Tanizaki, who heard the noise, looked back and said in surprise: "So fast?"

Noticing that the expressions on their faces were wrong, Kunikida Doppo asked: "What's wrong?"

Tanizaki Naomi did not answer, but glanced at Mizuno Chotaro who looked nervous.

The latter asked eagerly: "What's wrong? Has my granddaughter woke up?"

Tanizaki Naomi was about to say something, but was stopped by Yosano Akiko.

She said to Mizuno Chotaro: "She hasn't woken up yet, but the clothes on her body are all soaked with blood. The spare clothes we got don't fit her size, so I was wondering if you could make a trip..."

Mizuno Chotaro immediately understood: "I'll go back and get clothes for Izumi!"

After saying that, he stood up holding on to the table and walked towards the door.

Yosano Akiko stopped Tanizaki Junichiro and asked him to drive with the old man.

"Okay." Junichiro Tanizaki agreed, ran up and held Chotaro Mizuno's back, and said, "I'll go with you."

After the two left the detective agency, Kunikida Doppo pushed up his glasses and looked at Yosano Akiko: "What on earth is going on?"

Yosano Akiko gestured to the infirmary behind her with her thumb, and said with difficulty: "What granddaughter? She is obviously a boy."

"..."

"???"

"Boys?!!"

Kunikida Doppo and Dazai Osamu opened their eyes wide in surprise.

Edogawa Ranpo, who was dozing off in his office chair, was frightened by their loud shouts and suddenly woke up.

Yosano Akiko crossed her arms on her chest and said doubtfully: "Kunikida, didn't you carry the person on your back all the way? Why didn't you notice this problem?"

"..." Kunikida Doppo was speechless for a moment.

Osamu Dazai covered his mouth and snickered: "It's probably the first time you've been so close to a girl, so you're embarrassed to focus on certain places, right?"

"...Ahem!" Kunikida Doppo cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "Isn't this the crux of the problem?"

"Oh, by the way." Yosano Akiko seemed to have remembered something, and turned to Tanizaki Naomi and said, "Ask your brother to buy him a box of underwear on the way back. He is about 1.5 meters tall and very thin."

"Okay." Tanizaki Naomi took out her mobile phone and quickly sent an email to her brother.

"But... Dr. Yosano, if he is a boy, wouldn't taking this opportunity to speak out just make Mr. Mizuno give up?" After sending the email, Naomi Tanizaki asked puzzledly, "Why should you send him away instead?

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Kunikida Doppo could understand Yosano Akiko's approach. He rubbed his temples and said with a headache: "He can regard a female high school uniform as his granddaughter, and call us who remind him the 'big bad guy who cursed his granddaughter.'"

Do you think he would believe us when we told him that the man in the infirmary was a boy?"

Tanizaki Naomi suddenly choked up: "That seems to be the truth..."

Yosano Akiko spread her hands: "No matter how much we talk, it's not as good as the person involved denying it. So after the child wakes up, let him tell Mr. Mizuno himself."

"makes sense."

However, everyone in the detective agency who had such thoughts did not expect the dramatic development that followed.

Before Quan woke up, he had a strange dream.

Everything in the dream was what he had experienced before.

When he was five years old, he sat on the threshold with his bowl and chopsticks in his arms, took a bite of rice, looked at the sky outside, and asked the person who brought him the meal what it was like outside.

The other party ignored him.

Quan was not discouraged. For more than ten days in a row, he would ask this question every day when the other party came to deliver food.

Probably because he was impatient with the question, the other party finally agreed to answer and said, "Why do you ask so many questions? There is a war raging outside. A kid as big as you will go to the battlefield if you can use a knife. Now you don't do anything.

You have food to eat, but you are still not satisfied?"

Quan laughed after hearing this: "I heard that you people outside are not happy, but I am happy when I am locked up here."

The Uchiha who delivered the meal got angry and scolded him: "He is heartless and ignorant of good and evil!"

The next day, Uchiha Izuna appeared in front of Izumi.

The scene changed here and suddenly jumped to a scene when Quan was fifteen years old.

He wrote a letter to Uchiha Senna, and at the end he inadvertently mentioned that he had grown a lot recently. He also joked with the other party, would he become the tallest courtesan in Yukaku? Even if he could only grow to 1.7 meters in the future,

When performing the oiran dance, you step on three 魭下駄s that are 20 to 30 centimeters tall. Doesn't it look like a "giant" that is almost two meters tall?

In that era, people were generally short in height. Although wearing such a high three-piece robe during the oiran ceremony meant that the oiran was "superior", but if the oiran himself was tall, the visual effect of wearing it would reach two meters.

, it’s very amazing when you think about it.

Uchiha Izuna quickly replied to him with a letter and attached a pair of pills, instructing the tribesmen guarding Izumi to watch him swallow it with their own eyes.

The man even carefully checked Izumi's mouth to confirm that he had actually taken the pills, and then handed the letter to Izumi according to Uchiha Izuna's instructions.

There is only one simple sentence in the letter: Now you don't have to worry about becoming a "giant" in the flower street.

The implication is, just stay there for me.

After that, Quan never grew taller than one centimeter. Likewise, she gave up on leaving Flower Street early.

Interestingly, a year later, the news of Uchiha Izuna's death reached Izumi's ears. Attached to it was a secret letter written by the other party, asking Izumi to find an opportunity to leave the flower street and assist Uchiha Madara.

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If it weren't for the worry that there were Uchiha clan members guarding him around him, it is no exaggeration to say that Izumi could have laughed all day long.

Izumi once told Uchiha Madara that his Sharingan was opened after learning about Uchiha Izuna's death. This is indeed true. But Izumi's feeling of relief because of the other person's death is also true.

After that, Izumi dreamed of the shocking battle between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.

Finally, he dreamed of Tobirama Senju, and the long knife that suddenly came from behind him and stabbed him through...

"Click"

The picture in my mind was like glass being hit by a hard object, cracking like spider webs. Then there was another heavy blow, the overwhelmed glass shattered inch by inch, and colorful memory fragments fell all over the floor.

Dreaming about this, he suddenly woke up.

After waking up, he found himself lying on a soft bed, facing the snow-white ceiling, and his mind went blank.

At this time, a strange female voice suddenly came to his ears: "You're awake."

Quan looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was a girl with long hair.

As soon as he saw someone, he subconsciously raised the corner of his mouth: "Hello, may I ask..."

His voice was dry and hoarse. After hearing this, Naomi Tanizaki asked him to stop talking. She poured him a glass of water and asked, "Do you want me to help you get up?"

Quan shook his head, lifted the quilt, and stood up slowly.

Naomi Tanizaki handed him the water glass, and seeing that he was holding it firmly, she said, "You drink first, and I'll tell them you're awake." After that, she turned around and walked out.

them……?

Quan looked at her leaving back in confusion, and then moved his eyes to the water glass in his hand.

He was indeed very thirsty at the moment, but he did not rush to drink water. Instead, he subconsciously put the cup under his nose and took a gentle sniff.

Water is no problem.

After coming to this conclusion, he began to drink water with confidence.

Most of the bright sunlight was blocked by the medical folding screen, leaving only a few beams of light that penetrated through the gaps in the folding part of the screen and fell on the bed, reflecting one or two spots of light.

Quan held the cup with one hand and stretched out the other hand, as if he wanted to hold up the beam of light.

At this moment, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside.

Before Quan could react, the screen in front of him was shaken violently by someone, and the light spot in his hand naturally moved accordingly.

He looked at the old man who appeared in front of him, surprised and a little confused.

"you……"

"Izumi! You finally woke up!" Mizuno Nagataro's eyes suddenly turned red. He rushed forward and hugged his "granddaughter", his voice choked with sobs, "Grandpa is really worried about you!"

spring……?

Upon hearing this title, he put a hand on the old man's back with a blank expression and said blankly: "This name...are you calling me?"

Coming up from behind, everyone in the detective agency who happened to hear this sentence looked at each other.

Why do you have a... bad premonition?