Another World Bookstore in Yokohama

"Hey, Mr. Dazai."

While waiting for the time to come, Atsushi Nakajima stayed in the hospital. He had just finished reading a book, when he raised his head, he looked at Osamu Dazai's pensive 'research' on the book in his hand.

Hearing Atsushi Nakajima's voice, Osamu Dazai raised his head and tilted his head slightly, "What's wrong?"

The boy shook his head, "It's nothing, just, what are you looking at?"

"This?" Osamu Dazai raised the book in his hand.

"Ah."

"It's Akutagawa's book."

"Oh—is that Mr. Akutagawa?" Atsushi Nakajima took the book, ""Sakura" is still named in this way."

"No no," Osamu Dazai showed a smirk, "it's not Mr. Akutagawa."

"Ah?" Atsushi Nakajima was a little confused, and he went back to the cover to look at the author's name.

It's 【Akutagawa Ryunosuke】huh?

The man sighed and was about to explain, but he was preempted by the girl behind Atsushi Nakajima.

"Mr. Dazai's meaning should be [not the Akutagawa Ryunosuke you think], [but it is indeed Akutagawa Ryunosuke]."

"It's easy to get around." Nakajima Atsushi was still a little confused.

"That is to say, this book was written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa of the port mafia." Izumi Kyoka said bluntly.

It seemed that there was something "Duang", and the boy who was just a little dazed before was stunned.

Osamu Dazai smiled secretly.

Uh, uh, you can't just let him be frightened~

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At four o'clock in the afternoon, Paul brought several people to a warehouse in Yokohama Port.

"So, is this here?"

Kunikida Doppo looked around at the somewhat noisy surroundings, and asked with a frown.

People come and go here, if one is not careful, I'm afraid...

"Well, of course, it can't be wrong." Paul looked confident.

After speaking, the man with short brown hair walked into the warehouse and opened the warehouse door with a key.

"Where did the key come from?" Atsushi Nakajima asked.

They all came here directly. It stands to reason that this person has no time to borrow this thing where they can't see it.And even though Mr. Dazai said there was no need to doubt it, he still couldn't help it.

Paul shrugged.

"Please, you don't think I'm just going to play for these four hours. I'm very concerned about finding that guy, even if you rest, I don't want to stop."

Four hours was the time between when he left the hospital and when he returned to the hospital and met Kunikida Doppo.

"Feel sorry."

"Chi la—" the shutter door was opened.

Several people walked in cautiously.

"Verlaine~ are you there~~ come out quickly—" Paul shouted.

Osamu Dazai showed a stiff smile. He originally planned to observe quietly for a while.

But it's okay.

"Stop shouting." A mute male voice came from not far away.

Then a handsome man jumped out from the darkness, his long red hair was loosely tied behind him.

Accompanied by the man's movements, it rose in the air and then slowly fell down.

"Ah, Verlaine!" Paul shouted in surprise, and then ran over cheerfully.

Then Kunikida Doppo who was standing behind and the others watched helplessly as the man beside him ran straight to a place one body away from Verlaine, and fell to the ground suddenly because of the sudden brake.

Members of the Armed Detective Agency:  …

"It's really bad, hiss," Paul stood up, "It's really too much to use supernatural powers in this kind of place——"

"If it weren't for your look of overwhelming me, do you think I would use it?"

"Oh, have you been found?!"

"Ha ha."

After the usual trickery, Verlaine looked at Dazai Zhi and the others, and greeted them with a smile: "Long time no see, Dazai-kun, do you like this gift I gave you?"

"Like it? It's not a matter of liking it or not, is it?" Kunikida Doppo said.

Verlaine ignored the man's question and just looked straight at Osamu Dazai.

And because of his quietness, Kunikida Doppo followed suit.

"Compared to this, I want to ask you more, is it fun?" Osamu Dazai smiled lightly.

Verlaine snorted and didn't answer directly: "Don't answer questions with questions, is that what your Chinese teacher always calls you?"【jo】

Osamu Dazai: ...

"Okay," Osamu Dazai frowned, "Then do you think I like it?"

Want him to change?Think beautifully!

"...I think you like it very much. After all, I remember that you like desserts very much." The man was speechless for a moment.

Then he seemed to remember something: "Oh, yes. And jewelry."

Verlaine rolled his eyes.

"Didn't you notice?"

"Of course, I noticed." Osamu Dazai touched his collarbone and the gemstone on his shirt, "I said why this sapphire of mine turned red."

"It turned out to be your fault."

"Doesn't it look good?"

"nice."

Verlaine, who didn't expect the other party to give such an answer suddenly:  …

But it's nothing. His eyes are slightly opened, and the corners of his mouth are still slightly curved: "I really didn't expect it to match your taste." It seems to be really pretty.

"But I don't like that dessert very much." Osamu Dazai said.

Behind him, Kunikida Doppo and Nakajima Atsushi looked at each other.

What dessert? ?

Of course, they don't need to think too much.

"It's such a pity," Verlaine sighed, "Then maybe you'll like it if there are a few more?" He said, taking out a handful of guns from the small bag beside him.

"Boom, boom, boom."

He fired three shots in a row.

Osamu Dazai stared at it, but he didn't dodge like before, and directly responded to these bullets.

"puff--"

A mouthful of blood spurted out.

"Dazai!"

"Mister Dazai!

Kunikida Doppo and Nakajima Atsushi shouted together.And Quan Jinghua looked at the blood stains not far away and a bullet that fell, and lost her mind.

——It was the bullet that he couldn't dodge before.

"Why don't you hide?" Verlaine tilted his head and asked.

"It's useless to hide, cough cough, it's better not to hide." Osamu Dazai laughed hoarsely, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth and body stained with blood.

Fortunately, Verlaine didn't deliberately shoot at the heart, otherwise he might really have finished the game.Is the long-cherished wish come true?Hehe, he still doesn't want to fulfill his wish here.

"I've always had a question, what exactly is your supernatural power?"

"Oh, don't you know this?" Verlaine patted the dirt on the stone behind him and sat down.

"Yeah, didn't I tell you all about it before?" Paul poked his head out.

"That's also half-truth and half-false." Osamu Dazai said, still moving his hands, tearing off some bandages from clean places and binding them on places with serious blood stains, "He swapped his supernatural power with yours, and about Your ability is just a few words in general, it may be true or not."

"Also, what is the function of that [parallel], I don't quite understand, ahem."

Verlaine listened quietly, and when the man coughed up blood again, he said, "Actually, this is not a particularly serious matter. It's okay to tell you." Anyway, he won't come here again.

"Actually, it's a very common supernatural ability. If you just look at its concept - change the phase, make it parallel or intersect. Refer to the concept of mathematics, you should be able to understand."

"However, if you study it carefully, you can extend it in many directions. After all, from the beginning, things that can be changed are not limited to items."

Dazai opened his eyes slightly.

"Don't worry about what will happen if I tell you this. I am now free from the constraints of the French government. Of course, you can go to your government here to ask for awards."

"What do you think of the Armed Detective Agency!" Kunikida Doppo shouted.

Verlaine shrugged with a grin.

There was a faint quiet atmosphere in the air.

Paul, who was behind him, tricked himself to look around.

"Hey, Mr. Dazai over there, are you counting?"

For a moment, many eyes were focused on the man in the middle of the warehouse.

Osamu Dazai smiled, "Yes, I'm counting, 3, 2, 1,"

"Boom—" Just as Osamu Dazai was counting to '1', the door of the warehouse was rolled up and thrown outside.

Amidst all the noise and confusion, a person came at the door.

"Ah, long time no see~" Dazai Osamu greeted in a demonic way, but found

——It was not Chuya Nakahara who came up ahead, but Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

Seriously, he was suffocated for a moment.

"T-Mr. Dazai?"

Having been called to him in such a sweet voice (?) by the teacher he respected so much before, Ryunosuke Akutagawa expressed that he was a little flustered.

"Ah, it's Akutagawa-kun, I'm sorry, I admitted the wrong person just now." Osamu Dazai tried his best to smooth things over, "Speaking of which, why are you here?" And it happened to coincide with his counting voice.

The boy hesitated for a moment and said, "The leader sent me down to look for Mr. Zhongyuan, and after I met Mr. Zhongyuan, I heard you call him on his cell phone."

He was hesitant to tell Osamu Dazai because the other party was no longer a member of the Port Mafia, but he still said it for the sake of future communication.

Then he got connected, but he didn't hear Mr. Dazai's usual greeting, instead it was a confrontation between several people, so he immediately analyzed it.

The noise in the call is not loud but very chaotic. It is roughly estimated that it is outdoors and not in the urban area. At that time (nearly five o'clock), only the loading and unloading in the port area will have a lot of people moving around.

"Then I briefly analyzed this, and proposed to Mr. Zhongyuan to go to the port together. After arriving, I searched separately. I heard some noises at the door of this warehouse, so."

"Is it coming in a while?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke responded subconsciously: "Should," right?

"No." Verlaine stood up and said, interrupting Ryunosuke Akutagawa, "That man won't come over."

The so-called gaining wisdom through a fall, he suffered a loss because of the combination of these two people before, how could he do nothing this time.He has used [Parallel] to set Zhongya Zhongya and this warehouse into two parallel lines that will never overlap.

"Who are you?" The boy made a defensive gesture.

Osamu Dazai raised his eyes, and looked gloomyly at the red-haired man opposite.

The plan just made is invalidated again, and a new method must be improvised.

“…”

"Hmph~" Verlaine laughed.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant.

"Is it an enemy?" Akutagawa Ryunosuke asked suddenly.

***

Port Mafia, in the boss office on the top floor.

"Yokohama has been full of ups and downs recently," Mori Ogai sighed, looking at Ryunosuke Akutagawa across the street: "Whether it's the trouble caused by the five declines of heaven and man, or the French supernatural being who took the opportunity to disturb the water, or the military and police An inexplicable warning from the side. Alas, it is really worrying."

"But these are actually secondary. The most important thing is, Chuya-kun, he is gone."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned and thought for a while: "Boss, although I don't know the specific situation, but relying on the information I know, Mr. Nakaya should be looking for some Mr. Verlaine, er, Mr. France." Why? To be called by this name.

"I also know this." Mori Ogai still looked sad, "But today the port mafia also has a job, and Zhong also has to deal with his own private affairs, but there are still a lot of important things here. I am alone energy of,"

"And now Akutagawa-kun is going out—" the man sighed again.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: ...

The boy half-kneeled and lowered his head, "I will obey the orders of the leader."

Ozaki Momiji who just came in and stood at the door: ...

Is it really okay to cheat children like this?

"Mr. Sen."

Before Mori Ogai and Akutagawa Ryunosuke hit it off, the woman came over.

"What's wrong, Miss Hongye?" The corners of Mori Ogai's mouth were a little stiff.

"Today is Akutagawa-kun's first day, even if you are the leader, you can't be so eager, right?"

"Ah, that's natural, I don't want to give more work to Akutagawa-kun," Mori Ogai said, "I just want Akutagawa to help find Chuya-kun, he didn't know where he went, and left behind a lot of work .”

Well, I quickly explained the cause and effect.

"Then it seems that I misunderstood." Ozaki Koye pursed his lips lightly, "The servant is here to ask the leader to punish him."

She bowed.

"It's really scary, Miss Hongye, don't do this." Mori Ogai stood up quickly.

Although what he said just now was very good, he still had the idea of ​​wanting Akutagawa Ryunosuke to work more.Ozaki Koyo was actually right, and because of his slightly ambiguous statement, he was really ashamed to ask this lady who cared about her subordinates to apologize for him.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke stepped forward to help Ozaki Momiji up.

"Then I'll go to Mr. Zhongyuan, I'm sorry to leave first."

After speaking, the boy bowed slightly, and after seeing Mori Ogai nodding his head, he turned and left the chief's office.

Koyo Ozaki and Ogai Mori looked at each other, and hid their faces with fans in a funny way.

"Still a child."

"No, it's not so much a child, but rather a strict and responsible character."

"Hey, Mr. Mori, I heard a word in one place."

"What? About Akutagawa-kun?"

"Well, that's it." Ozaki Koyo nodded, and then said the sentence with some hesitation: "'Extreme idealists often have tragic endings.'"

Mori Ogai's fingers froze.

The author has something to say: I wrote it so long without knowing it.

Miss Hongye’s words can be punned.