People are in Yokohama, the vest is fully open

It has been more than a week since the incident in the underground hospital.

After all the weirdness disappeared, the weird hospital also disappeared.If it hadn't been for the discovery of a bottomless pothole under the address of the vanishing hospital, everyone in the Armed Detective Agency might not be sure whether the noisy night a week ago was a collective fantasy of theirs.

Even the White Crow Book Club, Hoshino Yuu, and the two Gojo Satoru also quietly disappeared with the strange disappearance.

——Just like the silence when they came, the disappearance of Hoshino Yu and White Crow Book Club was also so silent, like the breeze wrinkled the lake water, only slightly swayed some ripples, and then disappeared again.

On the night when the underground hospital disappeared, Osamu Dazai did not stay on the scene to take charge of the handover with the Supernatural Secret Service Division as before, but handed over this task to the busy Atsushi Nakajima and the confused Miyazawa Kenji. I followed Edogawa Ranpo back to the Armed Detective Agency.

——To be precise, go to the White Crow Book Club located downstairs in the Armed Detective Agency.

The retro elevator in the style of the last century slowly carried Edogawa Ranpo and Osamu Dazai continuously upwards. After a while, the elevator made a crisp sound of 'ding dong' and reached the third floor.

However, the moment the elevator door slowly opened, Osamu Dazai's heart fell to the bottom.

——The first thing you see is a gray old corridor. I don’t know how long the accumulated floating ash covers the broken tiles, so that the original color of the mottled tiles can hardly be seen.

This place was originally exquisite and elegant - after Hoshino Yu moved into the downstairs and opened the White Crow Book Club on the third floor.

But now, Osamu Dazai couldn't see the original appearance of this place at all, the dusty third floor seemed to be so dilapidated and old from beginning to end.

Even if you don't need to go deeper into Osamu Dazai, you know that at the end of the corridor on the third floor, there will no longer be an elegantly decorated mysterious book club.

However, he still reluctantly stepped out of the elevator and walked along the dirty and broken tiles towards the depths of the corridor.

"..." Edogawa Ranpo glanced at Osamu Dazai's back, he hesitated for a moment, but chose to stay in the elevator instead of following.

The brass-colored elevator doors closed slowly, and Ranpo Edogawa leaned sleepily against the wall inside the elevator. He looked at Osamu Dazai's brown trench coat from the increasingly narrow gap between the two elevator doors that gradually closed. The belt gradually moved away until the light brown figure disappeared from his perspective.

—The elevator doors, closed.

Ranpo Edogawa stretched out his hand and pressed the elevator button on the '4' floor, the stopped elevator started to operate again, he yawned, and tears welled up from the corners of his eyes, at this time, it really is better not to bother Dazai …

Um, Akiko should remember that he will spend the night at the detective agency tonight, right?I hope she remembers to leave the door of the infirmary open....

In Edogawa's sleepy mind, irrelevant and messy thoughts popped up in a short while, and he walked into the detective agency in a daze like this, without asking Dazai Osamu what happened to the junk pile that night How long did you stay on the third floor, and what did you think about.

After all, Osamu Dazai is Osamu Dazai, although when he came to work the next day, he came half an hour later than usual, even though he was not humming "Song of Die Love" all day long, holding a book called "Seamless" Booklets from morning to night.

However, Osamu Dazai never showed any uncomfortable and depressed emotions, he just had more quiet time.

Sometimes, after finishing a lot of troublesome work, when Atsushi Nakajima was able to take a break from his affairs, he would be surprised if the detective agency was too quiet today.

Then, when he saw Osamu Dazai who covered his face with newspapers on the sofa, it suddenly dawned on him that Mr. Dazai, who used to be noisy and joking, seemed to like taking a nap recently for some reason.

Atsushi Nakajima didn't know if Osamu Dazai was really asleep, but he could often see Osamu Dazai lying motionless on the sofa like this without any waves.

Even the country

Kida Doppo was shocked when he found out that the cost of replacing broken pens had decreased recently.He also hesitantly went to Edogawa Ranpo's side and asked him what happened to Dazai Osamu's abnormality, but in the end, Edogawa Ranpo with a lollipop said "don't worry about him" I was persuaded in the past and didn't delve into it further.

On the contrary, Atsushi Nakajima was inexplicably concerned. He once saw the warm sunshine shining into the spacious office area of ​​the Armed Detective Agency on a rainy afternoon.

At that time, members of the Armed Detective Agency went to the whirlpool coffee shop downstairs for lunch in twos and threes, or took a lunch break in the rest area. Only Atsushi Nakajima hurried back because he found that he had forgotten his wallet. .

——It wasn't until this time that Atsushi Nakajima discovered that he was not the only one in the detective agency, but also Mr. Dazai.

Mr. Dazai may have just woken up at that time... Oh, it may also be that he was late, and he didn't rush to work until the afternoon of everyone's tea break—what day was it? In that case, Atsushi Nakajima couldn't remember clearly.

He only remembered, at that time, Dazai Osamu's inexplicably lonely back, and the empty, quiet but noisy loneliness on his face.

Mr. Dazai......

Atsushi Nakajima never knew Osamu Dazai, but he has always had a special feeling for Osamu Dazai.Maybe it's because he was the one who pulled him out of the quagmire, maybe it's because Mr. Dazai was by his side when he lost the "father" he hated and loved, maybe it's because no matter what happens, it's difficult to deal with As long as he looks back and sees Mr. Dazai and Mr. Ranpo, he will feel at ease......

In short, no matter what the reason is, Osamu Dazai has always been a very special existence in Atsushi Nakajima's heart-if this kind of feeling has to be generalized, it may be longing: longing to become a reliable and mature existence like Mr. Dazai , looking forward to one day, he can also become a member that other people in the detective agency can rely on.

Of course, there is nothing less grateful, grateful that Mr. Dazai did not execute him directly when he was wanted by the Supernatural Secret Service, grateful for his guidance and silent companionship, grateful...for his willingness to work with Become a companion yourself.

In this way, Atsushi Nakajima has always felt a little bit sorry after meeting Osamu Dazai who showed a lonely expression that afternoon.

When Mr. Dazai looked out of the window, he looked at the sky and wondered what it was?

Yes...... Want to recall the contents of "Seamless"?Is that book... so important to Dazai-san?

Holding the idea of ​​"I want to do something to help Mr. Dazai", Atsushi Nakajima asked Edogawa Ranpo, the only Mr. Detective in the Armed Detective Agency.

"What Dazai doesn't want to say," Edogawa Ranpo said while eating some dim sum, "Atsushi pretending not to notice anything is the best way to help him."

"Hey?"

At that time, Atsushi Nakajima asked hesitantly: "But...just let Dazai-san continue like this...will you digest it?"

"No!" Edogawa Ranpo's face wrinkled into a ball, showing a rare look of distress: "I don't know when it will be, but..."

Ranpo Edogawa stuffed a whole delicious stick with a few mouthfuls of 'Kaka': "It won't be too long, someone should come to solve these problems."

"Huh? Someone came back to solve the problem?" Atsushi Nakajima asked confusedly: "What problem... Mr. Dazai's depression problem?"

"Hmm...probably." Edogawa Ranpo said inarticulately after taking a sip of wave soda. '

At that time, Nakajima Atsushi was only concerned with doubts, and did not hear Edogawa Ranpo muttering to himself: "... Anyway, I still owe Dazai a copy of Oda Sakunosuke What about his books... well, now there are two books...."

The detective sighed sadly, and he gulped himself another mouthful of bozi soda.

In the end, Ranpo Edogawa seemed to be enlightening Atsushi Nakajima, and

As if to comfort himself, he breathed a sigh of relief in satisfaction, hiccupped and said, "Anyway, just don't worry, it's fine as usual."

In this way, under the guidance of the first head of the Armed Detective Agency, Atsushi Nakajima let go of his worries, and finally put himself into the daily work of the Armed Detective Agency with ease.

Although it sounds strange that someone would help Dazai-san solve problems, but......

——Since Mr. Ranpo said that there is no problem, then it must be no problem!

Thinking of this, the little tiger put aside the worries in his heart.

As for who is the mysterious person who will help Mr. Dazai, and when will he come back?

Atsushi Nakajima didn't know, but he believed in Mr. Ranpo's judgment as always. Since Mr. Ranpo said it was soon, it must be soon!

.......

.......

Atsushi Nakajima was right. In fact, Mother Hoshino of [Magic Conch] is indeed on her way here.

Hoshino Yu's current state is very bad. Although it can't be called the worst 'Waterloo' in his career, it can indeed be ranked in the top ten of the difficult situations he faces.

[Supreme Son of God in the Rebellious Period—Gojo Satoru] Although this card was extremely bad during its use, fortunately, the creator just had a vicious taste. Although the frequency of triggering special rules is a little higher, every time There are options for easing, so that Hoshino Yuu will not directly play GG.

In addition, the DEBUFF entry is originally an essential part of this alchemy card. According to the force value of "Wujo Wu" against the sky, following the principle of equivalent exchange, it is not at all that the debuff of this card is bad can not understand.

After all, judging from the result of detonating the 'Curse Embryo' nest at the end, this card is still very useful.

And although the creator of the card was a bit vicious, he was unexpectedly responsible—Gojo Satoru was willing to spend a large amount of points as a trigger projection as a safety mechanism to ensure that the card 'Gojo Satoru' could be used smoothly. Do not cause too irreparable losses to users.

Of course, it was Gojo Satoru's last blow that directly bombarded his mission shell and the book club template that finally made Hoshino Yuu dispel the idea of ​​complaining—"Gojo Satoru"'s "Chi" is not perfect after all, after the first use of this kind of In the case of the ultimate move, the body of the 'Curse Embryo' nest still has an obscure aura surging, which has not been eradicated.

Although Hoshino Yuu was aware of this at the time, he didn't want to chase after him because his energy was exhausted. Instead, he planned to retreat temporarily and wait until he had accumulated enough energy before making any plans.

But thinking about it now, Gojo Satoru, as a security mechanism, is likely to be the last line of defense for the card 'Gojo Satoru'. Once he disappears, the debuff of 'Gojo Satoru' is likely to be compensated by another breakthrough in force value Expand out of control.

At that time, Hoshino Yuu may not be able to help eliminate the more hidden and powerful weirdness, and I am afraid it will be difficult to avoid the backstab of "Gojo Satoru" again.

Therefore, Wujo Wuna's blow to destroy the weird lair and the 'Wujo Wu' card together, although it is really abrupt, is indeed the optimal solution under balance.

At that time, Hoshino Yu was a little conservative after all.

For the sake of him saying that he wanted to invite me back for dessert... Hoshino Yuu silently deleted the draft letter of complaint to the Alchemy Department and Gojo Satoru that had been edited a long time ago from the system mailbox.

Although the experience of the character card 'Wujo Satoru' is really a little scary, but judging from the results, it's barely...it can get to [-] points.

Hoshino Yu comforted himself like this, he finally managed to adjust his mood and no longer entangled with the previous things.

Although the weird core of the underground hospital has been completely removed, judging from the map of the foggy Yokohama's weird concentration, this troublesome source of pollution still has the last bit of filth that has not been removed.

——This also means that Hoshino Yuu has to continue working with almost no energy reserves.