(a)

"It's a long story......

Marisa sat at the dining table at Alice's house, holding a teacup in one hand and a snack in the other.

"Well, this cookie is good!" she said with black tea as she poured the salty butter cookie into her stomach and licked her fingers twice, "You made it yourself?"

This guy will shine immediately when she gives some sunshine, and as soon as she entered the house, she forgot what her last name was.

Alice glared at her fiercely, then took away the plate of cookies in front of her, and then took the teapot away, and then sat down opposite her, and said imposingly:

"Either to make a long story short, or where to go, my house is not a teahouse!"

"Oh, why don't you eat your two pieces of bread, look at your virtue!"

Marisa crossed her legs, squinting and frowning, like an old man who "asks for money and doesn't give a single one", not to mention how skilled this Laipi's posture is.

Even though Alice pressed hard, Marisa was completely unmoved. She didn't speak at first, but slowly finished the cup of tea in her hand, and when Alice's face was almost black, and she was about to jump up to catch up, she said slowly:

"There's something I don't know if you've heard of. The Red Devil Pavilion guys, plus Reimu, went to the present world before winter and brought back a new vampire......, what's the name?

With that, she unbuttoned her coat, took out a crumpled newspaper clipping from her inner pocket, and spread it out on the table. Alice took a cursory glance and saw that it was an issue of Wenwen a long time ago. On the front page of the news", I saw that it was written in bold letters:

"Bunbun Shimbun Winter Special: Catherine Pagos, an ancient vampire with the power of 'depletion' descends on Gensokyo!"

"This is the guy. ”

Marisa pressed her index finger to the photograph in the newspaper, which featured a girl as beautiful as a doll. Just hear her say:

"This guy seems to have the power to remove energy, I took a closer look at this report, and then I found a problem......"

"This abnormal weather can be easily created with the use of her power. Think about it, the ability to eliminate energy ......" Marisa leaned closer, looked Alice in the eye, and said, "If you remove the heat that is enough to melt the ice and snow, won't spring never come?"

"What about the motive?" Alice held her chin in her hand, her blue eyes shining with wisdom, "why would she let the winter continue, and what would she gain by doing so?"

"Motive or something, it's never too late to ask after defeating!"

Marisa patted her upper arm, stroked the biceps that existed in her fantasy, and said quite confidently:

"The important thing is that my intuition as a detective tells me that this person is the main culprit of this mutation!

"Yes, yes, your instincts are accurate...... Alice replied casually.

As the saying goes, a woman's intuition is the most accurate.

However, Marisa is not a woman.

The reason for this is that Marisa and Alice are 100% not the same creature. So if Marisa is a woman, Alice can't be a woman, and Alice is 100% a woman, so Marisa can't be a woman.

So Marisa's instincts weren't right.

However, this is unlikely to change the inherent view that "my detective Marisa's name reasoning is invincible in the world", which goes deep into Marisa's cerebral cortex, so Alice does not say it.

"So, come and team up with me, Alice!" Marisa stood up, slapped the table, and exclaimed in a fighting spirit.

"Let's kill the Red Devil Pavilion together, rob all the treasures, and then take the owner of the Pavilion and her sister away!"

"Are you here to deal with the mutation or to rob it?" Alice laughed.

"Of course it's a ...... grab," Marisa paused for a moment, and immediately changed her words:

"Solve the mutation, and make a fortune by the way!"

"I think it's the other way around. ”

"Oh, don't worry about this kind of detail!" Marisa waved her hand and said, "Are you going to go or not, you're not going to find someone else!"

"Do you have 'someone else' to look for?" Alice asked sharply.

"Yes...... There are Reimu ......"

Marisa looked away, her voice getting smaller and smaller, and her heart literally empty.

She ...... She kicked me out...... I can't find Patchouli in the Red Devil Pavilion, so I ......."

Marisa muttered, and then looked at Alice with her big watery eyes, and pleaded like a stray puppy:

"You're going to come with me, okay, Alice?"

"Ah......" Alice sighed and said:

"Yes. ”

"Yay!"

Marisa jumped for joy again, for the second time this morning.

Alice agrees to Marisa's request, not because of how good their relationship is, or because she genuinely sympathizes with the lonely detective Marisa. The real reason is that if she refuses, Marisa will definitely cry and shout and hug her big legs until she changes her mind, and she will also wipe her nose with her skirt.

She really didn't want to go through a second time like this.

"I can go with you, but not unconditionally. "I've used my spare time in the winter to make a few new dolls, and you'll have to be their tester." ”

"Okay, no problem!" Marisa patted her chest and said, "Wrap it up on me!"

"Shanghai, Penglai!"

Alice turned back and called out to her own bedroom:

"Come out, there's work to do!"

(b)

"Have you seen Sir Chakoros?"

Catherine Pagos pushed open the door to the master bedroom of the Red Devil Pavilion, and the first thing she said was this.

In the spacious, elegant boudoir, the owner, Remilia Scarlet, sat on a high chair by the window, basking in the warm winter sun, while her servant Sixteen Nights Sakiya stood in front of her with his head bowed, and the two did not know what they were talking about. Seeing Catherine enter, Remilia commanded:

"Then, just do what I just said, go and go back quickly!"

"Yes, Miss!" Sakiya clenched her right fist and pressed it on her left chest, bending down and saluting, "everything is as you instructed." ”

With that, Sakuya walked out of the bedroom, and when she passed by Catherine, she didn't forget to nod at her.

"Have you seen my cat, Sir Charkoros?" said Catherine, after Sakiya had left, and asked, "long-haired, white, with red and blue eyes, and a somewhat arrogant ......"

"Oh, the cat!" said Remilia, "and there is an impression..... Anyway, there's just this cat in the Red Devil Pavilion......"

"Yes, it's the cat, nowhere to be found. Do you have any clues?"

Although her expression was inconspicuous, Catherine's voice sounded quite anxious.

"There are no clues, and the last time I saw him was a few days ago. Remilia smiled and said, "Well, don't worry. Your cat is a vampire cat after all, and no one will dare to take it away if you lose it. I guess it's not interesting for him to be at home, go out for a walk twice, and come back when he gets tired of walking outside. ”

"Why don't we sit down and talk about that?" Remilia stared into Catherine's eyes and smiled as she showed her sharp fangs, "I'm interested in you, sister!"

"Nope. ”

Catherine didn't say a word, turned around and left, and came to the door in three or two steps, not to mention not giving face, even the exhaust, not letting Remilia eat. Remilia was still confused, and there was no one on her side.

"Since there is no one in the museum, I will look in the garden," Catherine said as she went out, "See you later." ”

As she closed the bedroom door, Catherine heard Remilia's aggrieved voice saying something like "Really, they bullied me".

But she didn't care.

"Sir Shakoros, Sir Shakoros, where are you?"

She continued to shout her cat's name and walked away.