disqualified hero

The mixture of various emotions made the face extremely distorted. No matter who looked at it, they would sigh from the bottom of their hearts—what an ugly face!

[Is this my face? ] Shuli thought vaguely.

[Is this the expression I had when I died? ]

The knife was pulled out, and a large stream of blood spurted out from the knife edge and splashed on the ground. Goliath's face was pale, but his hands were steady, and he didn't even tremble. This was his first time killing people, and he did a good job , like a pro, without unnecessary extra moves.

[Finally, I will give you a very useful piece of advice, Mr. Goliath, you must remember my words. You must know how many people, whether they are messengers of justice or enemies of evil, have failed because of their own words. ] Dazai's words echoed in his mind.

[When you hold the weapon, don't say anything, you only need to do three things, draw the knife, pull it out, stab the target's chest, and put the blade back into the sheath after the person's breathing stops, besides Whether your ideals or ambitions, don’t talk too much. After people die, there will be time to talk about it. Didn’t Achilles have the habit of leaving behind the crimes of the dead?You can write them on letter paper in advance and leave a snow-white envelope at the scene of the crime. ]

[Mr. Deputy Director's charges are ready?No?The investigation is not over yet, well, well, I guessed it all. ] Like a magician, he took out a letter from the pocket of the black windbreaker.

[I've prepared everything for you, quite considerate, right?As for the content, don’t worry, it’s all researched. Really, I’ve written all the things you don’t know. If you’re worried about whether it’s true or not, you can spend time looking it up after the person’s death. Anyway, for Goliath Jun said, the human trafficking business alone is enough to send him to Abi Hell, right? ]

"What are you doing! What are you doing!" Hojo went crazy, the development in front of him really exceeded his comprehension, according to his thinking, Goliath should ask Juli what happened, even if he If he had any doubts, he would definitely not act swiftly and neatly. He could take the lead in taking advantage of his cross-examination and strike someone fatally.

It's good now, he acted too fast, Shuli is dead!The repair master will definitely blame him, and will definitely dismember him.

Thinking of the pain of being punished, the pain of the broken arm seemed nothing. He was so frightened that he was about to tremble. The crystal pillar burst out of the ground and rushed towards the cracked ceiling, while Goliath flapped his wings like a falcon. circling at low altitude.

"Tsk, can you actually fly? The type I hate the most." He muttered to himself, and then shouted to the police, "Hey, aren't you a hero? How can a hero kill people at will? That guy just now was an official from the police station, right? , kill him, do you think you can escape, hero?"

Goliath's lips moved, but unfortunately his voice was too soft, his words melted into the air, and Hojo couldn't hear anything clearly.

"I'm asking you, bastard!" he growled petulantly, "What the hell is going on with you?!"

[No, compared with the heyday, the speed, explosive power, and use of personality are too much worse. ] Hojo silently calculated his combat power. His education is not high, and his brain is not good, but it is not completely blind to the situation. Dashan severely injured him, and the blood from the broken arm has not even stopped. It is not impossible to die, let alone fight with heroes.

[Sure enough, it is better to feint for a while, and then take the opportunity to escape. ]

If you can escape it.

Hojo aimed at the nearest safe exit, and Goliath hovered in the sky, obviously afraid of his abilities.

[Before he understands my ability and attack range, scare him first. ]

He almost condensed the strength of his whole body, creating a crystal wall, the wall was covered with spikes, the longest one almost touched Goliath's wings.

The hero in the sky did not dare to approach the height for a long time, as if he was afraid of his ability, Hojo was secretly happy, thinking that he had frightened the opponent, if he does not run away now, when will he wait?

His back was undefended, and his only left hand was pretending to be facing Goliath, as if he would attack him at any time. He used his two legs to the extreme, and rushed forward desperately.

5 meters, 4 meters, 3 meters...

Almost, almost to the fire exit!

"I'm not a hero." A voice weaker than a ghost rang in his ears. Hojo's body was stiff and his hair stood on end. He didn't respond quickly enough to the crisis and fright, and he couldn't even make a counterattack.

"I'm just a criminal." What fell with the voice was the knife in Goliath's right hand. The cutting position of the blade was ingenious, and it precisely cut off the meridian of Hojo's hind foot. The distance between him and Hojo was very close, so close that only Hojo With the ability to activate, the crystal pillar will definitely stab Goliath to the point of chilling.

As long as he has a personality, Goliath can't hide at all.

It's a pity he can't use his personality.

[It's like, he knows the cooling time of my personality. ]

Vague thoughts flashed in Hojo's mind, the ruptured hamstring tendon could not support the weight of the upper body of an adult man, Hojo fell to the ground, his kneecap must be blue.

"Give me a good time, hero!" At the last moment, he sprouted the heroic spirit unique to the underworld in the old era. The nature of a warrior is to die on the battlefield. The destination of the underworld will definitely not be a prison or a warm bed. The pursuit that every underworld person should have, he has lost his value, it is impossible to help the young master, it is better to die in the hands of a hero.

"No." Goliath said, "I'm not qualified to kill you."

"I don't know your crimes, I'm not familiar with your past, and I don't know what kind of harm you have caused to society." He said, "The police will find out about those, and they will try you and take legal means, considering that you assisted Juri Eigoro killed Dashan Qianyu, and you will be sentenced to more than six months in prison, and if other crimes are found later, the time of imprisonment will be longer."

"You will get a fair and just trial, and the court does not need me to do it for you." Goliath said, "Please rest assured that the damage I have done to you is not irreversible. It just makes you temporarily incapacitated. When the police arrive , you will receive proper treatment, don’t even think about running away, Mr Hawkes will not let you go.”

He didn't look back, but the sound of flapping wings had already informed Goliath of his arrival: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Hawkes." When he said this, Goliath's expression was almost serene.

"Do you know what you're doing?" Hawks' voice was no longer lazy. He didn't condemn Goliath severely, but asked in a very cold, colder voice than ice, " Do you know who you are now?"

"I know," said Goliath, "a heinous enemy, a heinous murderer, a maniac who deserves no forgiveness but condemnation."

"However." He turned around, and the sharp blade between Wakizashi and Oto was across his eyes.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Hawkes, I can't be caught yet." He said, "My ideal has not been realized, criminals who are out of the law are still at large, and there are many things waiting for me to do. The weak need protection, fairness and justice. Justice has not yet been maintained, and the villains protected by power are still killing others."

"Can you tell the difference between good and evil?" Hawkes said. "Do you think you can judge others in place of the law and impose the death penalty? Who do you think you are, a god? Or a combination of popular consciousness? Do you think you are doing the right thing? about?"

"No, of course I cannot take the place of the law," said Goliath, "but I can tell the difference between good and evil, and I can do what I can to protect those who are not protected as I see fit."

"I want to be a hero," he said. "I want to be a hero like Achilles."

"So today, I will definitely run away."

……

Tokyo, the next day, 5:00am, the underground garage of the Tokyo Police Station.

Rin Kobayakawa walked into the Public Security Bureau in a suit and leather shoes.Tokyo No. [-] Public Security Bureau, originally the strongest and safest place in the whole city, was surrounded by police cars borrowed from other places today. There were not only police cars, but also cars from the Hero Office, towering and majestic. The building is bathed in the first ray of sunlight in the morning, but the police badge representing fairness and justice seems to be covered with a layer of dust.

"Chief."

"Chief."

"Director Kobayakawa."

The police officers who had already arrived at the scene saw him, as if they had seen a savior, and greeted Rin Kobayakawa one after another, and the latter nodded his chin in response.

Thanks to the envelope left by Goliath at the scene, well-informed heroes and high-level government officials in Tokyo have already known the crimes of Eigoro Juri.

The ambitious deputy director has close contacts with the rest of the high-level officials. It turned out to be a difficult task to find a police officer who had nothing to do with him in the metropolitan police station to investigate the case. As the chief of the bureau, everyone knows that Kobayakawa Rin and Juri Hidegoro are incompatible, and the latter always wants to pull the former from the throne of the chief.

Rin Kobayakawa is a little younger than Jyuri. He is 47 years old now, but his figure doesn't look like 47 at all. I'm afraid even a 27-year-old young man can't match him.His powerful body is wrapped in a suit. He has a neatly shaved crew cut, a square beard trimmed on his chin, and rimless glasses on his tall nose. The word "elite" is tailor-made for him. Made to order.

"Who's in the underground garage?"

The deputy said with a mouthful: "Mr. Hawkes, Mr. Dazai, and our people."

"Hosk..." Rin Kobayakawa twitched the corner of his mouth. He seemed to be smiling but not a smile. Everyone knew that after this incident, Hosk's hero ranking was in jeopardy, and he might lose several places in a row. His prestige must also be discredited.

But Dazai, the name sounds too familiar.

"Dazai, is it Dazai Osamu? Mingmei's classmate?" Kobayakawa Minmei is Kobayakawa Rin's niece. He seems to have heard this name from the other party more than once. Thinking of the files he hastily read in the car, he finally remembered this time. The trigger and fuse of the incident—the case of the murder of the hero was committed by imitating the contents of Dazai's book.

"It is said that Mr. Dazai's reasoning ability is very good." The deputy only said that he had verified it and determined the correct part, "Hawks invited him to cooperate with the investigation of the case, and he found out the criminal Dashan."

"It's a pity that it's still a step too late." Rin Kobayakawa said, "No matter how smart he is, he's only a 15-year-old kid, and he's still a classmate of Mingmei. Let him go back after finishing the notes in a while."

"Yes."

……

There were a lot of people in the underground parking lot, and because the backbone was not there, it was a little chaotic, the ceiling was shaky, and a few pinches of dust fell from time to time, and occasionally a broken stone slab fell directly, and a little carelessness would hurt people.

The police who maintained the scene had no choice but to transfer people from other police stations to temporarily support the protective cover and hold up the precarious B1 floor.

Dazai found Hawks in the corner, and he arrived very late.He has slept in Hawkes' office since the investigation began. The office is a small two-story building. The first floor is where the heroes work, and the second floor is the guest room.

Originally, he had a pleasant conversation with Hawks, but after Hawks' face changed drastically and he left the office with a few heroes on duty, Dazai hummed a little song in a good mood, and entered the temporary office. I've settled down.

Editor Xiaozhuang's residence is next door, and his self-positioning is quite clear. Apart from looking at Mr. Dazai, he is doing editing work. The next day after starting work, he arranged the small room as a snack office, contacting the author, and proofreading the copy.

"Teacher Dazai?" Hearing the sound of the key being inserted into the hole and spinning, Xiaozhuang twisted the ancient ball lock on the door, opened the door, and happened to meet Dazai Osamu, "It's really early today." He gritted his teeth.

No way, Dazai’s escape skills are too clever. It’s not a good thing for an underage author to linger in Kabukicho. It would be a big scandal if he was found to be using a fake identity or identity card. What’s worse, he didn’t want Dazai to go too deep into it. Case, from the pensive expression of Hawkes sitting on the office chair, he has read some information.

[It’s very troublesome, this case. ]

[Let Mr. Dazai calm down and not interfere too much. ]

[The enemy should be left to the hero to take care of. ]

but!but!

Thinking of Xiao Zhuang is going crazy.

[Why can you go out even if I locked the door, Dazai-sensei? ! ]

[Is it a window?This is the second floor, and there are no trees to climb. Isn't Mr. Dazai a delicate and frail writer?Unless it is a person with a strengthened personality, ordinary people will not be injured if they jump from the second floor, right?Not to mention Mr. Dazai still has no personality. ]

[If you go through the door, could Mr. Dazai pick the lock?No matter how you explain it, it doesn't make sense! ]

In order to keep Dazai in check, Xiaozhuang made great efforts, but unfortunately he has not found a practical method until now.

"Ah, Mr. Xiaozhuang." Dazai shook his unique seaweed arm when he was holding garlic, "Are you still working? The editor's work is really hard, but for the author, it is an editor like you, Mr. Xiaozhuang. I feel at ease." He said, "It just so happens that I have the inspiration for a new book, let's talk about the new book in a while."

"New book? Really!" Xiao Zhuangsu's attention was taken away at once, "Where did you get the inspiration, could it be Kabukicho? What kind of subject matter?"

"I'll think about it." Dazai put his fingertips on his chin, and raised his head slightly.

"At the moment I have two ideas." He held out two fingers, "One is a love story between men and women, and the other is a story about heroes."

"A love story between a man and a woman." Xiao Zhuang said, "In the name of love?"

Dazai said: "Yes, but in "In the Name of Love" it was Ai-chan who died, and in the new story it will be the hero who died, and the lovely heroine will survive."

"I've already thought of the name of the book!" He raised his hand, "Just call it "Long Branch Mangosteen"!"

"This..." Xiao Zhuang asked, "Is there any meaning?" He instinctively felt that there was something in Dazai's words.

"Oh, really, Mr. Xiaozhuang has no research on flower language at all." Dazai said, "Mangosteen flower is a kind of inconspicuous word, but its flower language seems to be very remarkable. I remember it seems to be 'free, bold, and pure love. ’, compared to roses, the language of flowers is much more complicated.” He said, “It is very suitable for a love story with no end in which one party dies.”

[I can't see where it matches at all! ] Xiaozhuang couldn't help complaining.

"Mr. Dazai really likes cult romance." Xiao Zhuang sighed from the editor's point of view, "Novelists of the ancient genre really like to write unsatisfactory love stories. Either the hero dies or the heroine dies of illness. Otherwise, the two will die for love together, but until now, romance novels are rare, let alone love literature."

Dazai made a grimace: "Isn't the latest fashion going to another world, becoming a hero like Orumite, and then being loved by many women?"

"It's true that there is such a trend." Xiao Zhuang said, "Then, Mr. Dazai, what kind of hero novels are you writing?"

"How should I describe it?" Dazai said, "Sure enough, he is a lonely hero who fights against the whole world by himself."

"A lone hero?"

"No, it doesn't count." The corners of Dazai's mouth turned up, and his eyes were not so much smiling as they were hiding some deeper and elusive emotion. Xiao Zhuang almost saw the blackness in his pupils. swirl.

"Sure enough, a heroic enemy, right?"

"Huh?" Xiao Zhuang was stunned.

"I'll go to bed first, Mr. Zhuang." It's a pity that Dazai had no intention of explaining at all, and shook his soft arm and directly opened the door to shut himself in the room, "Good night, you go to bed early too."

[Hey, hey, don't just talk half-heartedly, Dazai-sensei! ]

……

At 04:30, Dazai's door was pushed open with a bang, and the ground staff girl almost picked him up from the bed with his disheveled hair, threw him directly into the four-wheel drive vehicle and rushed him to the police station.

When he got out of the car, he seemed to be in a daze. The chic black coat was wrinkled and wrapped around Dazai's body like a chrysalis. His hair was messy and fluffy like a ball of dandelion. A drunken man is still not good at walking, and he has to lean left and right when he takes two steps forward. Fortunately, he didn't lie on the ground and fell into a sound sleep.

"I only slept for three hours." He complained to Hawkes. "Anyway, wake me up after dawn. A writer's natural enemy is not getting enough sleep. If my brain cells are all dead, There is no way to write moving works."

Hawks just ignores Dazai, or he really doesn’t want to make a deal with him. To be honest, the current Hawks is definitely not good. His clothes are torn and torn, and the cloth that was cut by the sharp knife is solidified There were bloodstains, and the hair that had been styled with gel was covered in dust.

If there is anything in his body that has changed the most, it must be Hawkes' eyes. His eyes now are different from any time before, as sharp as a sword drawn out of its scabbard.

"Did you write it?" He said, "The letter of indictment left by Goliath, you wrote it for him, right?" He didn't even give Dazai a chance to argue, "The only ones who know the true face of Juri Hidegoro are the three of us. His henchmen, considering Juli's ability, as long as they are branded by him, they will not dare to take the risk and leave such words, not to mention that you guy has no intention of hiding what you did, right? No change."

He asked the question that had been circling in his heart for a long time: "What do you want to do, Dazai?"

Dazai smiled at Mimi: "I don't know what you're talking about, Mr. Hawks." He said, "What's wrong? I've been sleeping since last night. I was hurriedly warmed up by the ground girl. I don’t know anything, even if you want to question me, you should explain the current situation first, right?”

Hawks took two deep breaths and managed to calm himself down: "Dashan Qianxing is the prisoner who killed the three heroes, but he is just a pawn of Juli Hidegoro. Juli collects the children of the enemy from all over the world and raises them up. , serving himself as a dead man, he killed Dashan who betrayed him." He paused, "Then Goliath killed Juli."

"It's really a complicated relationship, as expected, the adult world is troublesome." To Hawks, Dazai's tone was very oily, "But I'm just an ordinary writer, even if you ask me, I can't give you anything Answer, do you mean that Mr. Hawkes wants to hear my opinion on this matter? That is really too high of me."

Hawkes paused every word: "Why do you want to help Goliath?"

Dazai's eyes widened, and he shrugged like an exaggerated French actor on a theater stage: "I think you should ask yourself first, Hawks-kun." He said, "In terms of personality alone, he can match Hawkes Mr. Si should have very few heroes. According to you, Mr. Goliath rushed all the way and killed Shuli, which should have cost a lot of energy. Under this premise, Mr. Hawks did not arrest him. Instead, let him escape."

"What do you think?"

Hawks' feathers bristled with a bang.

[What do I think? ]

[For what reason did I let go of Goliath? ]

Hawkes fell into a deep, deep silence.

"Well, for the sake of Mr. Hawkes' hard work, I'd better give a short answer." Seeing the young hero being forced to ask questions, Dazai turned around and gave an answer, "In most cases , I have only one purpose in my actions, and that is to obtain a perfect experience of dying in love, no matter how bad it is, it is also very good to be able to carry out successful suicide activities.”

[This guy, what are you talking about? ]

"Did Xiaota not explain before you asked me to come to me? According to modern people, I am a typical low-level people who have lost all hope in life and only want to commit suicide to escape the ugly social status quo. If you let me participate The matter has nothing to do with death, and it doesn't allow me to closely observe the delicate connection between life and death, so I probably won't interfere."

"Although there was death in this incident, I didn't see it. For me, it was a waste of time and doing white work. Under this premise, I have to allow me to have some fun for myself, so that the calm is like stagnant water. A little bit of extraordinary fun sputters out of everyday life."

"Didn't someone called Goethe say it? 'Life lies in contradictions and movements. Once the contradictions are eliminated and the movement stops, life is over." Thanks to Mr. Hawkes' invitation, I have explored the contradiction Topics such as what is good and what is evil, what is an enemy and what is a hero, and how delicate and precarious the boundaries are.”

Dazai never bows, and rarely expresses thanks. For him, the highest courtesy is a slight nod of the head, so the thanks at this time are extraordinarily sincere.

"In summary, thank you very much for your invitation, Mr. Hawkes."

Hawks: "..."

[I released a monster. ]

……

After March, Kyushu, Lianshan Town.

The number of lotus in Lianshan Town this year has decreased a lot compared to previous years. After all, the planting of plants is closely related to the weather and moisture. Excessive rain and not too strong sunshine are not conducive to the growth of flowers.

Fuji first went to the pond in the center of the village to look around. The number of tourists was about the same as in previous years, neither too many nor too few, but enough for the villagers to maintain a normal life anyway.

That's enough!He calculated his daily expenses, and there were too few places worthy of the old man's money. Even if he only took one-tenth of the amount he deserved, he would be able to make ends meet. A villager, he remembers that Noda's daughter is going to university this year, and in Tokyo, the consumption is much higher than in rural areas like them...

"Excuse me, Mr. Fuji." A cautious voice came from behind, Fuji turned his head, and thought for a long time before matching the face and name in his memory, "It's you, Mr. Gucang." He said, "It's rare that you Come to our village, but the flowers are not blooming very well this year, so I can only live to see." He squinted his eyes, and came out in a hurry without taking special glasses, waiting for someone to live to his age, how many There will be some eye diseases more or less, some are presbyopia, some are cataracts, anyway, it is difficult for him to be able to see the face of the barn clearly, let alone the young girl a few meters behind the other party.

The woman's face cast a hazy haze over his eyes.

"You brought friends?"

"No, no." Shota Granakura said, "It's mine, my distant niece."

"She really wants to come to Lianshan Town."

"Really?" Fuji said cheerfully, "Then let her have fun here."

"Yes, yes, thank you."

[It's January now, and it's still three months away from April. ]

[I said to myself, it would be too late to die after seeing the cherry blossoms. ]

[When it’s summer, let’s go to Kyushu to see the lotus. ]

Facing the continuous lotus pond and ten miles of green fertile fields, Xinye Changzhi opened his mouth and shouted silently: "——"

[I am Shino Nagae]

[Mr. Dashan, have you seen it? ]

#Event: Long Branch Mangosteen, over. #

[Body: Osamu Dazai]

[Synchronization rate: 90%]