Robin IV

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

The sound of bullets slicing through the air echoed throughout the night sky.

At least, to Fang Li and Aria, the sound was exceptionally jarring.

Amidst the numerous whooshing sounds, a single bullet mingled with the gunfire, grazing past submachine gun bullets as if its trajectory had been pre-calculated, and hurtling unimpeded towards Aria.

"————!"

Fang Li spotted the bullet almost immediately.

However, just as Fang Li was about to take action, Aria's ponytails trembled slightly, and without any hesitation, she flipped over, dodging the incoming bullets with a super low backflip.

"Clang—!"

The bullet landed on the deck, bounced off amidst sparks, and disappeared into the night sky.

"Beautiful!" Fang Li couldn't help but exclaim.

Aria shouldn't have noticed that bullet just now.

However, this descendant of Holmes sensed the danger based solely on his intuition and, without a second thought, immediately took cover.

Perhaps Aria's words just now weren't just casual remarks.

Her intuition was really accurate.

"Even though they didn't inherit the family's unique reasoning abilities, aren't they still descendants of a famous detective?"

That's why Aria's intuition was so accurate.

Unaware of Fang Li Li's thoughts, Aria raised her dual pistols and shouted at Fang Li, "Look over there!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Li immediately followed the direction Aria's gun was pointing and looked at the top of the tanker's hold ahead.

There, a dark figure turned around, walked in, and disappeared from Fang Li's sight.

"Fang Li!" Aria was not surprised but delighted to see this.

Fang Li also slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Then it is very likely that it is the Armed Detective Killer himself!"

In other words, the serial killer who had remained undetected for so long has finally begun to emerge.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Fang Li and Aria stood up at the same time, and with their agile movements, they dodged the machine gun fire and rushed into the cabin.

On the sea, the large oil tanker Matia Haida is speeding along, gradually heading towards the deep sea.

Around the tanker, speedboats equipped with submachine guns closely followed, completely surrounding the tanker.

That scene was practically a replay of the bus hijacking incident.

However, this time it wasn't a bus that was hijacked, but an oil tanker, and the vehicles surrounding it carrying submachine guns weren't convertibles, but speedboats.

Upon closer inspection, on the top deck of the oil tanker, a young girl was sitting on the railing facing the sea, swinging her little feet and humming a pleasant tune.

The waves became the accompaniment.

The moon became the background.

The girl seemed to be singing her joyful feelings to the sea, and her melodious song echoed on the deck, making the surrounding atmosphere somewhat dreamlike.

"Bang—!"

Not long after, the door leading to the cabin was kicked open.

Inside the cabin, Fang Li and Aria rushed in at the same time.

Seeing the girl sitting on the railing with her back to the gate, swinging her little feet as if she hadn't noticed anything, Fang Li and Aria reacted completely differently.

"You...you are..." Aria was extremely surprised.

"..." Fang Li's eyes widened slightly, then he fell silent.

At that moment, the girl with her back to Fang Li and Aria finally stopped moving.

"There's a smell of gunpowder."

"There is a long-standing feud."

"There's sweet champagne."

"I have someone of the opposite sex whom I like."

"It's truly a beautiful night."

With that, the girl stood up on the railing and turned to face Fang Li and Aria.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Olmes, my partner."

As if to add to the festivities, a cool sea breeze swept by, causing the girl's bright blonde hair, as radiant as the sun, to flutter and the hem of her pleated, princess-like uniform skirt to sway gently.

That face, which looked exceptionally beautiful in the moonlight, was something Fang Li knew all too well.

Looking at the girl, Aria murmured to herself.

"Fine- Riko..."

It was Riko.

Riko, who had disappeared after saying goodbye to Fang Li that evening, is now here.

In response, Riko simply smiled as always, but her eyes flashed with a berserker-like fighting spirit as she uttered these words.

"I am Mine Riko, but in this situation, you should call me by my full name. I will give you special permission to call me Ormes."

"Full name?" Aria was slightly taken aback.

"That's right, my full name." Riko lifted her skirt and, as if bowing, stood on tiptoe and spoke slowly.

"Mine- Riko - Robin IV, that's my full name."

"Robin?" Aria's eyes widened.

Because this surname forced Aria to react in this way.

—Robin.

To be precise, it should be Arsène Lupin.

He was a phantom thief active more than a hundred years ago, known for his intelligence, meticulousness, debauchery, and immense wealth. He often stole the property of illegal rich people to help the poor, hence he was called a chivalrous thief and a famous figure in France.

It's not surprising that Aria reacted to the name.

Because, more than a hundred years ago, the famous England detective Sherlock Holmes had a duel with the famous France thief Arsène Lupin, and the two fought to a draw.

This is a famous incident that has been mentioned in the textbooks of the Armed Detective High School.

Now, Riko calls herself Robin and refers to herself as Robin IV. The meaning of this is no longer worth explaining.

"You..." Aria glared at Riko and exclaimed, "You're Arsène Lupin's great-granddaughter?!"

"Hahahaha!" Riko burst into laughter.

That wasn't his usual cute laughter.

Although the laughter was exceptionally pleasant due to the tone of the voice, it was not the kind of laughter a student should have; it was the kind of laughter only a soldier could produce.

"Finally realized? Sherlock Holmes ' great-granddaughter!"

"That's right! I am Arsène Lupin's great-granddaughter!"

"More than a hundred years ago, our great-grandfather and his son fought to a draw!"

"More than a hundred years later, we finally met again!"

"So, Holmes IV, you shall die right here!"

"Today, I will definitely defeat you!"