I'm surrounded by three day boyfriends
Chapter 42 A Witch's Assistant
Ginji wanted to give Hoshino Lu a hand, so he was busy in the kitchen alone, and even Komaeda offered to help but was rejected.
Since you don't want to help in the kitchen, you can help in the living room.
Komaeda decided to treat Bai Ran as a guest.
He took out a few clean glasses and planned to pour Bailan a drink.If there are many people, it is better to open a large bottle of drink.Since Bailan bought a large bottle of soda on purpose, Komaeda naturally reached out to the soda bottle.
"Let's have a drink together." Komaeda smiled modestly and picked up the large bottle of soda in Bai Lan's hand, ready to unscrew the cap.
result.
"Boom—"
For some unknown reason, he had just touched the bottle cap, before twisting it, the soda in the bottle suddenly spewed out as if ordered, and the bottle cap bounced upwards under the violent impact.
"Ding!"
"Boom!"
"Bah!"
The bottle cap hit the hanging rope of the chandelier above the coffee table, and then bounced to a painting hanging on the wall, smashing the framed glass lens, and the photo frame shook twice before falling to the ground.
The accident came a bit suddenly, no one spoke, only the shaking sound from the chandelier in the room.
Suddenly a thought came into my mind.
Hoshino hurriedly pulled Komaeda: "Brother!"
As soon as the words fell, the chandelier suddenly fell down as if it was not under a heavy load, and hit the coffee table. It shattered into countless pieces with a "crash", and the fragments splashed everywhere.
There was a sofa behind him, and he couldn't back in a straight line. Hoshino pulled Komaeda and fell back to the sofa in a hurry. The next second, a large shadow was cast in front of him. It was Komaeda who held him in his arms, blocking the debris from splashing on him possible.
"I'm sorry Xiao Shun." Komaeda's soft smile was full of apology, "It really is that I am too unhappy..."
He stretched out his hand to grab the face of the person who was about to make an "unfortunate" statement, and pulled it from side to side, so that people could not finish the sentence.
Hoshino looked a little annoyed, "Don't be so annoying, there is no sugar for you now."
Let go, push the person away, get up and grab the person to check the whole body, and saw a scratch on the back waist, with traces of bleeding.Hoshino turned to look for the medicine box.
"Be careful of debris, don't sit around."
"Master Hoshino!" Ginji came out of the kitchen in a panic.
"I'm fine." Hoshino walked past him, and reminded him by the way: "Please help me to see if Bai Lan is injured."
"……it is good."
Komaeda was only scratched by a piece of debris, and the wound was a little deep. After drying the blood, disinfecting and applying medicine, the scab would form soon.
Bai Lan had more wounds, because she didn't expect the situation and didn't have time to react.When the chandelier fell, he just raised his hand to cover his face, so a lot of shards were stuck on his arm.
In particular, most of these fragments were concentrated and splashed towards him, so his pants were also cut, and there was a broken skin scar on his face because it was not completely covered.
"How could this happen suddenly?" Ginji couldn't understand.
Hoshino didn't care too much and said, "It's probably aging."
He moved the dining room chairs over, let Komaeda sit on his back, and then helped to disinfect and apply medicine to the wound.Yinci was in charge of treating Bailan's wound.
While busy, Bai Lan suddenly asked, "Xiao Shun, is there something on the lampshade?"
Helping Komaeda rub the medicine, Hoshino thought it was the corpse of some flying insect that fell on the lampshade, glanced at it casually, and was about to say it was okay, when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He walked over and took a closer look and saw a small black square on the top of the lampshade.
Just because you haven't used it doesn't mean you haven't seen it. There are even students in Hope's Peak Academy who have the ability to develop explosives by themselves. Naturally, some people know how to make this kind of small monitor.
Hoshino has even seen a chip-like monitor even smaller than the one in front of him.
"There are also here." Komaeda took another small black square from the back of the photo frame that fell on the ground.
If one has two, it means that there may be others.
Hoshino held the monitor hard, seemed very angry, but looked calm.
"Brother, it's already a mess here anyway, so let's check it carefully when we clean it up. Maybe there's more."
"Let me help too," Bai Lan said.
Ginji had already helped him remove all the fragments on his arm, and also disinfected the wound. The wound is very thin, so it doesn't matter if you don't apply other medicines.
After putting away the medicine box, the four of them wore protective gloves and began to clean up the debris everywhere.
When Komaeda was cleaning the sofa, he took out two monitors from the crack of the sofa.
When moving the coffee table and cleaning the floor, I found another one from the base of the coffee table.
After that, I continued to tidy up the entire living room, and found nothing else.
But Hoshino was worried.There are 5 pieces in the living room alone, and maybe there are other places too!
He suspected that Dazai had hidden it, and it wasn't aimed at Dazai. Although the first reaction was that it was Dazai, it might be considered biased, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it could only be Dazai.
There is no need for Bailan to doubt, Yinci also came when he came, and there was no chance to hide things, otherwise, he could have hidden them just now, and there is no need to ask him to see them.
The other is Munakata Reishi, let alone whether he, a person with official status, would do this kind of despicable behavior, he is the second to enter the door, hiding one or two coins in the sofa may avoid Dazai's eyes, But other places are different.
If he hid it, then even if Dazai didn't hid it together, he would be an accomplice who knew and did not report.
If it is ruled out, Dazai in the most advanced room is the most likely to commit the crime alone and hide so many monitors.
Thinking of Dazai's trespassing in his bedroom before, he felt that he might not only be hiding in the living room.
"I'll look for it again." Hoshino turned and walked towards the bedroom.
Komaeda blinked, turned around and handed the broom that was sweeping up debris to Ginji, "Please, I'll go and have a look."
With that said, he followed Hoshino into the bedroom.
The bedroom looked the same as before going out, Hoshino didn't believe the surface and started to rummage.
Komaeda also silently helped to search, and finally found one behind the bedside shelf.Hoshino found one in the desk drawer. The monitor was pasted so secretly that he couldn't see it. If Hoshino hadn't made up his mind to search carefully, he would have been unable to find the location of the dead corner of his field of vision. a listener.
After knowing that Dazai hid the monitor, he would be worried if he couldn't find it, and he would still be worried if he found it, because he always felt that he didn't find everything.Even if you think you have searched carefully.
At this time, it is necessary to seek professional help to be at ease.
Hoshino resisted calling the police and called Kunikida.I told the matter again, hoping that they can come over and help to confirm if there is anything missing.
Although he knew that Kunikida and Dazai were not the same kind of people and shouldn't be angry, but thinking that they were colleagues, Hoshino's tone of voice was a little stiff.
After talking about the matter, he adjusted his mood and apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Kunikida, my tone is not very good, huh... anyway, I hope someone of you can come over now and help to confirm it. I don't hope that one day later Suddenly found a monitor."
"No problem." Kunikida replied, holding the phone so hard that it was almost crushed, but it was not because of Hoshino's tone of anger, but because of Dazai's anger.He knew that Hoshino had given the detective agency face by not calling the police.
"I'm sorry that our people have caused you discomfort. Please tell me the address, and I'll come right over."
After hanging up the phone, Hoshino let out a long breath.But still feel very suffocated.
He really had never hated someone so much, and in this regard, he admired Dazai for being so annoying.
"Xiao Shun." Komaeda rubbed Hoshino's head comfortingly, "It's okay, if you still don't feel relieved after looking for it, let's go back, anyway, there seems to be nothing special to go here, how about going back to the monster apartment ? Anyway, there is a lot of time, and the transportation is very convenient. If you want to go to other places, you can go there next time. "
"Ah, but I'm not asking Xiao Shun to travel with me. With people like me, all kinds of accidents will always happen, just like just now, so next time Xiao Shun can go with other people, such as Qiu Yin Miss, and..."
"Brother—" a tired voice interrupted Komaeda's words.
"Ah, I'm sorry, my talking too much will make Xiao Shun feel worse." Komaeda apologized.
Hoshino didn't deny it: "Yes, so if you talk about such nonsense now, I will really be angry with you."
In the living room, Yinci and Bailan had already packed up, packed the garbage that should be packed, and put the furniture that should be put back in its place.They also checked the kitchen and found nothing that shouldn't be there.
The sky outside looked very late, with only the last rays of the setting sun left, it looked very dim.
Fortunately, only the chandelier is broken in the living room, other lights can still be used, and the living room is still bright after being turned on.
Seeing Hoshino and Komaeda coming out of the bedroom, Bai Lan smiled and offered to leave.
"I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen again. As a result, Xiao Shun is not in the mood to eat now. Let's change the hot pot. I hope Xiao Shun can recover his mood and have a good rest today. So, I will go first. "
"Okay..." Hoshino responded and sent him out.Although he didn't intend to drive Bai Lan away, it was really meaningless to keep her at this time.
"Has the wound been treated?" He couldn't help but confirm it.
Bai Lan waved her hand casually: "It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Yinci helped take care of it, this small wound will heal soon."
"That's good. Be careful not to soak the wound in water." After instructing, Hoshino opened his mouth and wanted to say something else. He wanted to ask a few words about what the green king said before Bishuiliu, but he felt that it was not a good thing to say now Time, so he shut his mouth again.
After a pause, he changed his words: "Then you go back and pay attention, it's getting late."
"Yeah!" Bai Lan nodded happily, and stopped Hoshino when he was about to go back to his room.
"Small instant."
"?"
"Actually... I remember you. When I saw you by the river."
"!?"
"I lied to you by pretending to remember it, but I actually remember it." With a smirk, Bai Lan explained: "Actually, I even told Xiao Shun about such an important thing, how could I not remember Xiao Shun, but Xiao Shun doesn't seem to want to I remembered the way I remembered it, so I originally planned to pretend that I didn’t remember it. But at that time Xiao Shun looked very embarrassed, he didn’t know how to save people, so he was in trouble. So I jumped down.”
"...Why?" Hoshino couldn't help asking: "Since I remember, then I am so difficult to get along with, why did you still say you want to be friends with me?"
"Because Xiao Shun is not really difficult to get along with." Bai Lan replied as a matter of course: "Although he looks like a businessman and says that he will charge, but Xiao Shun is just to make me feel at ease. Free help will make people worry and uneasy. Paid On the contrary, it will make me feel more at ease, that's why Xiaoshun said that there is a charge. Because Xiaoshun doesn't have the feeling of being blind to money or blackmailing at all. The attitude of being difficult to get along with is also to warn me, let me know that there are some things that I can't just tell others Speak."
"Xiao Shun is all out of good intentions, so, how could I feel that Xiao Shun is difficult to get along with? I feel very lucky to know Xiao Shun in this world and be able to become friends. And Xiao Shun also let me see a lot of interesting things. s things."
"Monsters, heaven, hell, I think this world is much more interesting than my original world. So maybe it's good to stay in this world forever."
With an innocent and sweet smile as soft as candy, Bai Lan waved her hand and said goodbye: "Then ~ Xiao Shun, please hurry up and be happy, now Xiao Shun is my only friend in this world, if Xiao Shun is always unhappy, I will also I'll feel sad. See you tomorrow~"
"See you tomorrow..." Hoshino waved his hand unconsciously.
Although his mood did not recover, he had to say that after listening to Bai Lan's words, he felt much more at ease.The Green King said that Bai Lan deliberately contacted him and didn't need to think about it.
Thinking about it carefully, in fact, Bai Lan is a very good person, and there is nothing wrong with being friends.
Compared to Dazai, Bai Lan is simply adorable.
Thinking of how Bai Lan pretended to be a pig and a calf before, Hoshino couldn't help but feel better.
Well, since Bai Lan likes novelty things, after returning to the monster's apartment, maybe he can be invited as a guest. Among other things, Miss Liulizi's dishes will definitely surprise him.
Kunikida said he would be there soon, and he did. In less than half an hour, he drove the car and brought three other people with him.
This time is already after get off work according to the usual working hours of the Armed Detective Agency, but they would have worked overtime if they had important work, not to mention that this time the incident was caused by their colleagues.
One who came with Kunikida was Ranpo, one was Nakajima Atsushi, and the other was Nakajima Atsushi's partner Izumi Kyoka.
Atsushi Nakajima was introduced by Dazai to the detective agency, and it can be said that Dazai has been in charge of guiding the work since then, so after hearing that Dazai made a mistake and was arrested, his first reaction was to follow him to help clean up the mess and help Dazai who has been taking care of him. Mr. Apologize.Quan Jinghua came along as his partner.
Luanbu came here purely out of curiosity, Dazai hid a monitor, and was discovered by accident, which can make Dazai, who can be said to never miss (even if he misses, is planned), suffer twice in a row. Curious, so when Kunikida said he was coming, he took a seat in the car.
Also because there is a random step, so things are handled faster.Because he can tell where the monitor is hidden and where it isn't just by looking at it.
He said with certainty that all monitors had been found.This answer reassured others, but Ranpo himself was not happy.
He came here to see who made Dazai suffer, but no matter how he looked at it, he could only draw one conclusion, that is——it was purely accidental.
Surprised how boring this conclusion is!
It doesn't even make sense to reason. A detective hates accidents the most!
After watching the scene, Ranbu returned to the car with an unhappy expression on his face.Kunikida and Atsushi Nakajima were left to apologize to Hoshino in the room.
On the way back, Kunikida called Dazai again, but he still didn't get through.
Ranbo sitting in the co-pilot said casually: "Give up, Dazai won't answer the phone now."
"Does Ranpo-san know where he went?" Kunikida asked.
"It's too simple." Ranbu put his hands behind his head and leaned back on the back of the chair with an extremely bored expression. "The thing under Shun Hoshino's pillow, he said is a diary."
"Are you lying?" Kunikida was a little surprised.
When Mr. Ranpo said there was something under the pillow, Hoshino took it out and said it was a diary. Naturally, they would not say anything else, let alone make such an excessive request to check the diary.
Because they came here only for Dazai's business, but if it wasn't for the diary, why would Hoshino lie about such a trivial matter?
"It is indeed a diary now, but it was not before." Ranbu closed his eyes and began to doze off.Apparently he didn't intend to continue talking, Kunikida couldn't help but didn't ask any more questions.
Dazai really doesn't know how to answer the phone now, he is sitting opposite to the section chief of the Supernatural Secret Service Division, Farming, and when he notices the phone vibrating again, he even turns off the phone directly.
The head of the farming section is a middle-aged man with a square face and solemn brows, but he is very kind to others.It is the kind of honesty that can sit in a meeting or talk about it at a banquet.
Speaking of which, Dazai was able to join the Armed Detective Agency, which also had the help of the farming section chief.
After all, he used to be a member of the port mafia. It would be no problem if he wanted to disappear after Dazai defected, but it would be difficult to find a bright job.
At that time, the head of the farming section said that he could help clean up the files and introduce Dazai to join the Armed Detective Agency. The price was that Dazai needed to assist him in his work for two years.
So, counting, Dazai and the farming section chief are old friends.
The reason for asking someone to meet, Dazai said that he had a question about the [Book].After meeting the chief of the farming section, he didn't intend to say anything.So I just asked directly.
"You said [the book] was sealed earlier. May I ask if the seal is infallible?"
"What's the matter? I mentioned this suddenly." The head of the farming section took a sip of the wine glass and smiled confidently.
"You can rest assured about this. What I tore off was only one page. The rest are sealed and will not be taken away by others, and I will not take them out."
"Is it not possible, or can't it be done?" Dazai smiled, but the question was not tactful.
The head of the farming section paused for a while while holding the wine glass, and finally put the wine glass back on the table.
"No, so you can rest assured that what happened before will not happen again. Because even I can't take out the [book] again."
"Then let me ask more carefully." Dazai said, "Is that [book]... really sealed? Mr. Taneda, in fact, I have always had a question. After Fyodor and the others got the pages of the book, why did they put The pages are used in the layout, not to get the whole [book]? The reason can probably be guessed that because they don’t know where the [book] exists, they can’t write the correct ins and outs to use the pages to get the [book]. But they should have It can be done."
Dazai stared at the head of the farming section, not forgetting any expression on his face.
"In Five Falls, Sigma's ability is to exchange the information he wants to know most through contact. He used his ability to take away the page from you, so why did he take away the page instead of the position of [book] ? Obviously as long as they get the information, they have the opportunity and the ability to get the [book]."
"I'm afraid that what Sigma first wanted to know was the location of [Book], but it failed. Because you don't know where [Book] is now. You haven't sealed [Book], so [Book] is not in a sealed place. The location. The location of the [book] is unknown, so Sigma has no way to obtain this information, so he can only take the next best thing and take that page from you, and because of insufficient information, there is no way to pass through a mere page Write words on it so they can get [the book]."
"Mr. Taneda, you don't know where the [book] is, why are you so sure that there is no problem with the location of the [book]? Is there any special reason?"
In the iris-colored eyes, there was a cold light of calm scrutiny.
The head of the farming section was not in a hurry to answer.As if he didn't expect to be questioned like this, he smiled, picked up the wine glass again, took a sip, tasted it with his mouth in his mouth, finally gave up concealing it, and looked up at Dazai.
"You're still as smart as ever, Dazai."
"Indeed, even I don't know where the [book] is now. But I can confirm that the [book] will not be obtained by anyone in this world."
Section Chief Tantian replied firmly: "After the [book] is sealed, the possibility of being unsealed cannot be ruled out, the possibility of an enemy possessing that ability cannot be ruled out, and the possibility of me being manipulated by a psychic power cannot be ruled out. , and it is impossible to rule out the possibility that one day I will take it out and use it in a daze."
"Dazai, human beings sometimes can't even trust themselves. As long as I still have goals I want to achieve and things I want to protect, I can't deny the possibility that I will use [books] as the last resort. Therefore, 【Book】must go to a place that even I can’t get back.”
"Since you have this kind of determination, why don't you choose to destroy it?" Dazai asked.
"It's useless. The [book] is special. Although the paper can be torn off, it cannot be destroyed if it is not used. Therefore, even if the torn pages of the book have been carried and studied by me for many years, there is no sign of damage at all. "The farming section chief replied.
"Then where did you send the [book]?"
"There is a witch." The head of the farming section recalled: "I was very embarrassed at the time, and I couldn't think of an absolutely safe way to deal with it. Then, I saw that place, and there were beautiful trees on both sides of the courtyard. Cherry blossom trees, but the house has a Western-style courtyard."
"It seems that I have never seen it before, and it seems that it has always existed in that place. It exists in the place where a certain witch lives in any time and any space."
In fact, it has been a while, but looking back now, Section Chief Farming can still clearly recall what happened at that time.
"She said that her assistant from another world is the best at handling this kind of stuff, so I gave [the book] to her."
"Mr. Taneda, who even doubts himself, would believe in a witch of unknown origin?" Dazai subconsciously thought there was something wrong.
The head of the farming section smiled: "Do you know the hand of the ape? Dazai."
"Of course." Dazai replied: "The ape hand, it is said that the person who gets it can grant three wishes, but it is rumored that everyone who gets the ape hand will end badly, because greed will pay the price."
"Yes, it is the hand of the ape. But even if they know that they will pay a price, the person who gets the hand of the ape will still make a wish. Because human beings are sometimes very conceited. When they think that they are special people, they will always think that they are special. It will definitely not end in a tragic end like the previous people."
After giving the example, the farming section chief said: "But this kind of ape's hand is just a piece of debris piled up in the corner with that witch."
Dazai couldn't help being surprised: "Does that kind of thing really exist?"
He thought it was just a strange story handed down.
"It exists. It's not just the ape's hand. In that witch's warehouse, maybe every item has the effect of changing fate or changing the world." said the head of the field.
"What's the name of that witch?" Dazai asked.
If such a person exists, there should be rumors as well.
"I don't know the full name, but people around her call her Miss Yuko, she is a beautiful and tall beauty."
The head of the farming section smiled, and said: "But I never saw her again, and I never saw the house again. What happened that day was like a dream I had, but the [book] was indeed gone. "
Dazai fell into deep thought, and finally asked a question: "Mr. Taneda, that witch said that her assistant from another world would handle the [book], right? Then do you think it is possible that her assistant will come with the [book]?" to this world?"
The head of the farming section did not answer right away. He looked at Dazai and asked, "Why do you ask such a question? Is there anything you care about?"
"..."
"It's nothing." Dazai said, "I just thought there might be such a possibility. But in fact, [Book] should have been disposed of."
"Yeah." The head of the farming section nodded without denying it: "It's been almost two years, and logically it may have been dealt with. If you have a chance to see her again, you can ask her."
"Then I don't have anything else to ask." Dazai stood up, "I'm sorry to call you to talk so much. By the way, I've been very poor recently, and I've run out of money, so I'm asking you to treat me today~ See you next time~"
The farming section chief couldn't help but sneered: "You are really as rude as ever."
Without further reply, Dazai walked out of the tavern.
The moon rising in the sky is not round enough, but the light is so bright that it makes street lights unnecessary.Under this silvery moonlight, the expression on Dazai's face looked very cold.
He already had the answer in his heart.
There are witches who exist in any time and any space, so it is not impossible to have guests from another world.
Shun Hoshino is the assistant of the witch called Miss Yuko, and he took over from Miss Yuko the [book] that Section Chief Tanada asked Miss Yuko to handle.Then, for some unknown reason, he came to this world with [Book].
So far, Shun Hoshino has indeed been making good use of [Books] in order to get rid of [Books].Keeping a diary is indeed a way. Attaching the time to record the things that have happened has not changed things, and there will be no other effects. Simply consuming the [book] a little bit has been done well so far.
But can he be trusted to the end?
He has never used the [Book] for selfish reasons, probably because he has not encountered any problems that can only be solved by using the [Book].
Moreover, when there are more than enough pages, the user will think that there are still many opportunities to take advantage of in the future, so there will be no sense of urgency, and a little bit of continuous consumption will feel that it does not matter.
But what happens when there are not enough pages left?What about when it is about to be used up?
How to do?
Do you want to save some space for emergencies?
It's all wasted now, what will I do when I need it in the future?
Anyway, there is only a little bit left, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t rush to finish writing, right?
It's not that you will definitely use it, it's just to give yourself a chance, shouldn't it be wrong?
Because, I just think that there may be times when it may be useful, so there is no need to waste it all like this, right?
Humans are animals that find reasons for their actions, and the above psychological activities are very common.How can he believe that Shun Hoshino will not have these thoughts?
The closer to the last moment, the more human beings will notice the preciousness of opportunities.Does he want to believe that Hoshino Shun will let go of this opportunity?
His eyes darkened, and Dazai had a very clear answer in his heart.
No, he didn't believe it.
Unbelievable, Hoshino is now flipping through the photos and screenshots in his phone and keeping a diary.
What time did I go out, what time did I take a taxi and how much did I get off the bus, what time did I take a photo of a fallen leaf, what time did I buy a soda drink, what time did I toss a coin, whether it was heads or tails , What time did I return to the door of the small villa, what time did I wash an apple or something.
I wrote half a page eloquently about scattered things.Then the remaining space for writing the last two lines is blank.
Now that he's done everything he needs to do, he can go to bed after writing his diary.Which means he has nothing to write about.
The last two lines left will have to wait until tomorrow.
Hoshino threw himself on the table, wailing hoarsely.
"what……………………"
It's so sad, it's just a little bit, just a little bit!
This is like playing a tower climbing game and climbing to the top level, you can pass the level immediately. As a result, the level at the top level will not be opened until the next day, and you will not be able to conquer it until the next day. It's really uncomfortable.
"Is there really nothing to write?"
Hoshino took the diary and looked left and right, and looked back, almost staring at the flowers, but finally let himself give up.
Don't write if you don't have to write, it's not good if you accidentally write something wrong in a hurry.After being careful for so long, it would be too sad to make a mistake at the last moment.
After putting away the diary, Hoshino turned off the lights and went to sleep. Before falling asleep, he suddenly had an idea.
Mr. Long said that the favorability may increase through certain circumstances, so...does it mean that it will also decrease for some reason?
If it drops to 0 or a negative number, will the effect of looking at each other be automatically canceled?Will there be any residual damage if it is lifted in this way?
……
...I can't figure it out, I'm so sleepy, forget it, I'll ask Mr. Long tomorrow.
Since you don't want to help in the kitchen, you can help in the living room.
Komaeda decided to treat Bai Ran as a guest.
He took out a few clean glasses and planned to pour Bailan a drink.If there are many people, it is better to open a large bottle of drink.Since Bailan bought a large bottle of soda on purpose, Komaeda naturally reached out to the soda bottle.
"Let's have a drink together." Komaeda smiled modestly and picked up the large bottle of soda in Bai Lan's hand, ready to unscrew the cap.
result.
"Boom—"
For some unknown reason, he had just touched the bottle cap, before twisting it, the soda in the bottle suddenly spewed out as if ordered, and the bottle cap bounced upwards under the violent impact.
"Ding!"
"Boom!"
"Bah!"
The bottle cap hit the hanging rope of the chandelier above the coffee table, and then bounced to a painting hanging on the wall, smashing the framed glass lens, and the photo frame shook twice before falling to the ground.
The accident came a bit suddenly, no one spoke, only the shaking sound from the chandelier in the room.
Suddenly a thought came into my mind.
Hoshino hurriedly pulled Komaeda: "Brother!"
As soon as the words fell, the chandelier suddenly fell down as if it was not under a heavy load, and hit the coffee table. It shattered into countless pieces with a "crash", and the fragments splashed everywhere.
There was a sofa behind him, and he couldn't back in a straight line. Hoshino pulled Komaeda and fell back to the sofa in a hurry. The next second, a large shadow was cast in front of him. It was Komaeda who held him in his arms, blocking the debris from splashing on him possible.
"I'm sorry Xiao Shun." Komaeda's soft smile was full of apology, "It really is that I am too unhappy..."
He stretched out his hand to grab the face of the person who was about to make an "unfortunate" statement, and pulled it from side to side, so that people could not finish the sentence.
Hoshino looked a little annoyed, "Don't be so annoying, there is no sugar for you now."
Let go, push the person away, get up and grab the person to check the whole body, and saw a scratch on the back waist, with traces of bleeding.Hoshino turned to look for the medicine box.
"Be careful of debris, don't sit around."
"Master Hoshino!" Ginji came out of the kitchen in a panic.
"I'm fine." Hoshino walked past him, and reminded him by the way: "Please help me to see if Bai Lan is injured."
"……it is good."
Komaeda was only scratched by a piece of debris, and the wound was a little deep. After drying the blood, disinfecting and applying medicine, the scab would form soon.
Bai Lan had more wounds, because she didn't expect the situation and didn't have time to react.When the chandelier fell, he just raised his hand to cover his face, so a lot of shards were stuck on his arm.
In particular, most of these fragments were concentrated and splashed towards him, so his pants were also cut, and there was a broken skin scar on his face because it was not completely covered.
"How could this happen suddenly?" Ginji couldn't understand.
Hoshino didn't care too much and said, "It's probably aging."
He moved the dining room chairs over, let Komaeda sit on his back, and then helped to disinfect and apply medicine to the wound.Yinci was in charge of treating Bailan's wound.
While busy, Bai Lan suddenly asked, "Xiao Shun, is there something on the lampshade?"
Helping Komaeda rub the medicine, Hoshino thought it was the corpse of some flying insect that fell on the lampshade, glanced at it casually, and was about to say it was okay, when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He walked over and took a closer look and saw a small black square on the top of the lampshade.
Just because you haven't used it doesn't mean you haven't seen it. There are even students in Hope's Peak Academy who have the ability to develop explosives by themselves. Naturally, some people know how to make this kind of small monitor.
Hoshino has even seen a chip-like monitor even smaller than the one in front of him.
"There are also here." Komaeda took another small black square from the back of the photo frame that fell on the ground.
If one has two, it means that there may be others.
Hoshino held the monitor hard, seemed very angry, but looked calm.
"Brother, it's already a mess here anyway, so let's check it carefully when we clean it up. Maybe there's more."
"Let me help too," Bai Lan said.
Ginji had already helped him remove all the fragments on his arm, and also disinfected the wound. The wound is very thin, so it doesn't matter if you don't apply other medicines.
After putting away the medicine box, the four of them wore protective gloves and began to clean up the debris everywhere.
When Komaeda was cleaning the sofa, he took out two monitors from the crack of the sofa.
When moving the coffee table and cleaning the floor, I found another one from the base of the coffee table.
After that, I continued to tidy up the entire living room, and found nothing else.
But Hoshino was worried.There are 5 pieces in the living room alone, and maybe there are other places too!
He suspected that Dazai had hidden it, and it wasn't aimed at Dazai. Although the first reaction was that it was Dazai, it might be considered biased, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it could only be Dazai.
There is no need for Bailan to doubt, Yinci also came when he came, and there was no chance to hide things, otherwise, he could have hidden them just now, and there is no need to ask him to see them.
The other is Munakata Reishi, let alone whether he, a person with official status, would do this kind of despicable behavior, he is the second to enter the door, hiding one or two coins in the sofa may avoid Dazai's eyes, But other places are different.
If he hid it, then even if Dazai didn't hid it together, he would be an accomplice who knew and did not report.
If it is ruled out, Dazai in the most advanced room is the most likely to commit the crime alone and hide so many monitors.
Thinking of Dazai's trespassing in his bedroom before, he felt that he might not only be hiding in the living room.
"I'll look for it again." Hoshino turned and walked towards the bedroom.
Komaeda blinked, turned around and handed the broom that was sweeping up debris to Ginji, "Please, I'll go and have a look."
With that said, he followed Hoshino into the bedroom.
The bedroom looked the same as before going out, Hoshino didn't believe the surface and started to rummage.
Komaeda also silently helped to search, and finally found one behind the bedside shelf.Hoshino found one in the desk drawer. The monitor was pasted so secretly that he couldn't see it. If Hoshino hadn't made up his mind to search carefully, he would have been unable to find the location of the dead corner of his field of vision. a listener.
After knowing that Dazai hid the monitor, he would be worried if he couldn't find it, and he would still be worried if he found it, because he always felt that he didn't find everything.Even if you think you have searched carefully.
At this time, it is necessary to seek professional help to be at ease.
Hoshino resisted calling the police and called Kunikida.I told the matter again, hoping that they can come over and help to confirm if there is anything missing.
Although he knew that Kunikida and Dazai were not the same kind of people and shouldn't be angry, but thinking that they were colleagues, Hoshino's tone of voice was a little stiff.
After talking about the matter, he adjusted his mood and apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Kunikida, my tone is not very good, huh... anyway, I hope someone of you can come over now and help to confirm it. I don't hope that one day later Suddenly found a monitor."
"No problem." Kunikida replied, holding the phone so hard that it was almost crushed, but it was not because of Hoshino's tone of anger, but because of Dazai's anger.He knew that Hoshino had given the detective agency face by not calling the police.
"I'm sorry that our people have caused you discomfort. Please tell me the address, and I'll come right over."
After hanging up the phone, Hoshino let out a long breath.But still feel very suffocated.
He really had never hated someone so much, and in this regard, he admired Dazai for being so annoying.
"Xiao Shun." Komaeda rubbed Hoshino's head comfortingly, "It's okay, if you still don't feel relieved after looking for it, let's go back, anyway, there seems to be nothing special to go here, how about going back to the monster apartment ? Anyway, there is a lot of time, and the transportation is very convenient. If you want to go to other places, you can go there next time. "
"Ah, but I'm not asking Xiao Shun to travel with me. With people like me, all kinds of accidents will always happen, just like just now, so next time Xiao Shun can go with other people, such as Qiu Yin Miss, and..."
"Brother—" a tired voice interrupted Komaeda's words.
"Ah, I'm sorry, my talking too much will make Xiao Shun feel worse." Komaeda apologized.
Hoshino didn't deny it: "Yes, so if you talk about such nonsense now, I will really be angry with you."
In the living room, Yinci and Bailan had already packed up, packed the garbage that should be packed, and put the furniture that should be put back in its place.They also checked the kitchen and found nothing that shouldn't be there.
The sky outside looked very late, with only the last rays of the setting sun left, it looked very dim.
Fortunately, only the chandelier is broken in the living room, other lights can still be used, and the living room is still bright after being turned on.
Seeing Hoshino and Komaeda coming out of the bedroom, Bai Lan smiled and offered to leave.
"I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen again. As a result, Xiao Shun is not in the mood to eat now. Let's change the hot pot. I hope Xiao Shun can recover his mood and have a good rest today. So, I will go first. "
"Okay..." Hoshino responded and sent him out.Although he didn't intend to drive Bai Lan away, it was really meaningless to keep her at this time.
"Has the wound been treated?" He couldn't help but confirm it.
Bai Lan waved her hand casually: "It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Yinci helped take care of it, this small wound will heal soon."
"That's good. Be careful not to soak the wound in water." After instructing, Hoshino opened his mouth and wanted to say something else. He wanted to ask a few words about what the green king said before Bishuiliu, but he felt that it was not a good thing to say now Time, so he shut his mouth again.
After a pause, he changed his words: "Then you go back and pay attention, it's getting late."
"Yeah!" Bai Lan nodded happily, and stopped Hoshino when he was about to go back to his room.
"Small instant."
"?"
"Actually... I remember you. When I saw you by the river."
"!?"
"I lied to you by pretending to remember it, but I actually remember it." With a smirk, Bai Lan explained: "Actually, I even told Xiao Shun about such an important thing, how could I not remember Xiao Shun, but Xiao Shun doesn't seem to want to I remembered the way I remembered it, so I originally planned to pretend that I didn’t remember it. But at that time Xiao Shun looked very embarrassed, he didn’t know how to save people, so he was in trouble. So I jumped down.”
"...Why?" Hoshino couldn't help asking: "Since I remember, then I am so difficult to get along with, why did you still say you want to be friends with me?"
"Because Xiao Shun is not really difficult to get along with." Bai Lan replied as a matter of course: "Although he looks like a businessman and says that he will charge, but Xiao Shun is just to make me feel at ease. Free help will make people worry and uneasy. Paid On the contrary, it will make me feel more at ease, that's why Xiaoshun said that there is a charge. Because Xiaoshun doesn't have the feeling of being blind to money or blackmailing at all. The attitude of being difficult to get along with is also to warn me, let me know that there are some things that I can't just tell others Speak."
"Xiao Shun is all out of good intentions, so, how could I feel that Xiao Shun is difficult to get along with? I feel very lucky to know Xiao Shun in this world and be able to become friends. And Xiao Shun also let me see a lot of interesting things. s things."
"Monsters, heaven, hell, I think this world is much more interesting than my original world. So maybe it's good to stay in this world forever."
With an innocent and sweet smile as soft as candy, Bai Lan waved her hand and said goodbye: "Then ~ Xiao Shun, please hurry up and be happy, now Xiao Shun is my only friend in this world, if Xiao Shun is always unhappy, I will also I'll feel sad. See you tomorrow~"
"See you tomorrow..." Hoshino waved his hand unconsciously.
Although his mood did not recover, he had to say that after listening to Bai Lan's words, he felt much more at ease.The Green King said that Bai Lan deliberately contacted him and didn't need to think about it.
Thinking about it carefully, in fact, Bai Lan is a very good person, and there is nothing wrong with being friends.
Compared to Dazai, Bai Lan is simply adorable.
Thinking of how Bai Lan pretended to be a pig and a calf before, Hoshino couldn't help but feel better.
Well, since Bai Lan likes novelty things, after returning to the monster's apartment, maybe he can be invited as a guest. Among other things, Miss Liulizi's dishes will definitely surprise him.
Kunikida said he would be there soon, and he did. In less than half an hour, he drove the car and brought three other people with him.
This time is already after get off work according to the usual working hours of the Armed Detective Agency, but they would have worked overtime if they had important work, not to mention that this time the incident was caused by their colleagues.
One who came with Kunikida was Ranpo, one was Nakajima Atsushi, and the other was Nakajima Atsushi's partner Izumi Kyoka.
Atsushi Nakajima was introduced by Dazai to the detective agency, and it can be said that Dazai has been in charge of guiding the work since then, so after hearing that Dazai made a mistake and was arrested, his first reaction was to follow him to help clean up the mess and help Dazai who has been taking care of him. Mr. Apologize.Quan Jinghua came along as his partner.
Luanbu came here purely out of curiosity, Dazai hid a monitor, and was discovered by accident, which can make Dazai, who can be said to never miss (even if he misses, is planned), suffer twice in a row. Curious, so when Kunikida said he was coming, he took a seat in the car.
Also because there is a random step, so things are handled faster.Because he can tell where the monitor is hidden and where it isn't just by looking at it.
He said with certainty that all monitors had been found.This answer reassured others, but Ranpo himself was not happy.
He came here to see who made Dazai suffer, but no matter how he looked at it, he could only draw one conclusion, that is——it was purely accidental.
Surprised how boring this conclusion is!
It doesn't even make sense to reason. A detective hates accidents the most!
After watching the scene, Ranbu returned to the car with an unhappy expression on his face.Kunikida and Atsushi Nakajima were left to apologize to Hoshino in the room.
On the way back, Kunikida called Dazai again, but he still didn't get through.
Ranbo sitting in the co-pilot said casually: "Give up, Dazai won't answer the phone now."
"Does Ranpo-san know where he went?" Kunikida asked.
"It's too simple." Ranbu put his hands behind his head and leaned back on the back of the chair with an extremely bored expression. "The thing under Shun Hoshino's pillow, he said is a diary."
"Are you lying?" Kunikida was a little surprised.
When Mr. Ranpo said there was something under the pillow, Hoshino took it out and said it was a diary. Naturally, they would not say anything else, let alone make such an excessive request to check the diary.
Because they came here only for Dazai's business, but if it wasn't for the diary, why would Hoshino lie about such a trivial matter?
"It is indeed a diary now, but it was not before." Ranbu closed his eyes and began to doze off.Apparently he didn't intend to continue talking, Kunikida couldn't help but didn't ask any more questions.
Dazai really doesn't know how to answer the phone now, he is sitting opposite to the section chief of the Supernatural Secret Service Division, Farming, and when he notices the phone vibrating again, he even turns off the phone directly.
The head of the farming section is a middle-aged man with a square face and solemn brows, but he is very kind to others.It is the kind of honesty that can sit in a meeting or talk about it at a banquet.
Speaking of which, Dazai was able to join the Armed Detective Agency, which also had the help of the farming section chief.
After all, he used to be a member of the port mafia. It would be no problem if he wanted to disappear after Dazai defected, but it would be difficult to find a bright job.
At that time, the head of the farming section said that he could help clean up the files and introduce Dazai to join the Armed Detective Agency. The price was that Dazai needed to assist him in his work for two years.
So, counting, Dazai and the farming section chief are old friends.
The reason for asking someone to meet, Dazai said that he had a question about the [Book].After meeting the chief of the farming section, he didn't intend to say anything.So I just asked directly.
"You said [the book] was sealed earlier. May I ask if the seal is infallible?"
"What's the matter? I mentioned this suddenly." The head of the farming section took a sip of the wine glass and smiled confidently.
"You can rest assured about this. What I tore off was only one page. The rest are sealed and will not be taken away by others, and I will not take them out."
"Is it not possible, or can't it be done?" Dazai smiled, but the question was not tactful.
The head of the farming section paused for a while while holding the wine glass, and finally put the wine glass back on the table.
"No, so you can rest assured that what happened before will not happen again. Because even I can't take out the [book] again."
"Then let me ask more carefully." Dazai said, "Is that [book]... really sealed? Mr. Taneda, in fact, I have always had a question. After Fyodor and the others got the pages of the book, why did they put The pages are used in the layout, not to get the whole [book]? The reason can probably be guessed that because they don’t know where the [book] exists, they can’t write the correct ins and outs to use the pages to get the [book]. But they should have It can be done."
Dazai stared at the head of the farming section, not forgetting any expression on his face.
"In Five Falls, Sigma's ability is to exchange the information he wants to know most through contact. He used his ability to take away the page from you, so why did he take away the page instead of the position of [book] ? Obviously as long as they get the information, they have the opportunity and the ability to get the [book]."
"I'm afraid that what Sigma first wanted to know was the location of [Book], but it failed. Because you don't know where [Book] is now. You haven't sealed [Book], so [Book] is not in a sealed place. The location. The location of the [book] is unknown, so Sigma has no way to obtain this information, so he can only take the next best thing and take that page from you, and because of insufficient information, there is no way to pass through a mere page Write words on it so they can get [the book]."
"Mr. Taneda, you don't know where the [book] is, why are you so sure that there is no problem with the location of the [book]? Is there any special reason?"
In the iris-colored eyes, there was a cold light of calm scrutiny.
The head of the farming section was not in a hurry to answer.As if he didn't expect to be questioned like this, he smiled, picked up the wine glass again, took a sip, tasted it with his mouth in his mouth, finally gave up concealing it, and looked up at Dazai.
"You're still as smart as ever, Dazai."
"Indeed, even I don't know where the [book] is now. But I can confirm that the [book] will not be obtained by anyone in this world."
Section Chief Tantian replied firmly: "After the [book] is sealed, the possibility of being unsealed cannot be ruled out, the possibility of an enemy possessing that ability cannot be ruled out, and the possibility of me being manipulated by a psychic power cannot be ruled out. , and it is impossible to rule out the possibility that one day I will take it out and use it in a daze."
"Dazai, human beings sometimes can't even trust themselves. As long as I still have goals I want to achieve and things I want to protect, I can't deny the possibility that I will use [books] as the last resort. Therefore, 【Book】must go to a place that even I can’t get back.”
"Since you have this kind of determination, why don't you choose to destroy it?" Dazai asked.
"It's useless. The [book] is special. Although the paper can be torn off, it cannot be destroyed if it is not used. Therefore, even if the torn pages of the book have been carried and studied by me for many years, there is no sign of damage at all. "The farming section chief replied.
"Then where did you send the [book]?"
"There is a witch." The head of the farming section recalled: "I was very embarrassed at the time, and I couldn't think of an absolutely safe way to deal with it. Then, I saw that place, and there were beautiful trees on both sides of the courtyard. Cherry blossom trees, but the house has a Western-style courtyard."
"It seems that I have never seen it before, and it seems that it has always existed in that place. It exists in the place where a certain witch lives in any time and any space."
In fact, it has been a while, but looking back now, Section Chief Farming can still clearly recall what happened at that time.
"She said that her assistant from another world is the best at handling this kind of stuff, so I gave [the book] to her."
"Mr. Taneda, who even doubts himself, would believe in a witch of unknown origin?" Dazai subconsciously thought there was something wrong.
The head of the farming section smiled: "Do you know the hand of the ape? Dazai."
"Of course." Dazai replied: "The ape hand, it is said that the person who gets it can grant three wishes, but it is rumored that everyone who gets the ape hand will end badly, because greed will pay the price."
"Yes, it is the hand of the ape. But even if they know that they will pay a price, the person who gets the hand of the ape will still make a wish. Because human beings are sometimes very conceited. When they think that they are special people, they will always think that they are special. It will definitely not end in a tragic end like the previous people."
After giving the example, the farming section chief said: "But this kind of ape's hand is just a piece of debris piled up in the corner with that witch."
Dazai couldn't help being surprised: "Does that kind of thing really exist?"
He thought it was just a strange story handed down.
"It exists. It's not just the ape's hand. In that witch's warehouse, maybe every item has the effect of changing fate or changing the world." said the head of the field.
"What's the name of that witch?" Dazai asked.
If such a person exists, there should be rumors as well.
"I don't know the full name, but people around her call her Miss Yuko, she is a beautiful and tall beauty."
The head of the farming section smiled, and said: "But I never saw her again, and I never saw the house again. What happened that day was like a dream I had, but the [book] was indeed gone. "
Dazai fell into deep thought, and finally asked a question: "Mr. Taneda, that witch said that her assistant from another world would handle the [book], right? Then do you think it is possible that her assistant will come with the [book]?" to this world?"
The head of the farming section did not answer right away. He looked at Dazai and asked, "Why do you ask such a question? Is there anything you care about?"
"..."
"It's nothing." Dazai said, "I just thought there might be such a possibility. But in fact, [Book] should have been disposed of."
"Yeah." The head of the farming section nodded without denying it: "It's been almost two years, and logically it may have been dealt with. If you have a chance to see her again, you can ask her."
"Then I don't have anything else to ask." Dazai stood up, "I'm sorry to call you to talk so much. By the way, I've been very poor recently, and I've run out of money, so I'm asking you to treat me today~ See you next time~"
The farming section chief couldn't help but sneered: "You are really as rude as ever."
Without further reply, Dazai walked out of the tavern.
The moon rising in the sky is not round enough, but the light is so bright that it makes street lights unnecessary.Under this silvery moonlight, the expression on Dazai's face looked very cold.
He already had the answer in his heart.
There are witches who exist in any time and any space, so it is not impossible to have guests from another world.
Shun Hoshino is the assistant of the witch called Miss Yuko, and he took over from Miss Yuko the [book] that Section Chief Tanada asked Miss Yuko to handle.Then, for some unknown reason, he came to this world with [Book].
So far, Shun Hoshino has indeed been making good use of [Books] in order to get rid of [Books].Keeping a diary is indeed a way. Attaching the time to record the things that have happened has not changed things, and there will be no other effects. Simply consuming the [book] a little bit has been done well so far.
But can he be trusted to the end?
He has never used the [Book] for selfish reasons, probably because he has not encountered any problems that can only be solved by using the [Book].
Moreover, when there are more than enough pages, the user will think that there are still many opportunities to take advantage of in the future, so there will be no sense of urgency, and a little bit of continuous consumption will feel that it does not matter.
But what happens when there are not enough pages left?What about when it is about to be used up?
How to do?
Do you want to save some space for emergencies?
It's all wasted now, what will I do when I need it in the future?
Anyway, there is only a little bit left, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t rush to finish writing, right?
It's not that you will definitely use it, it's just to give yourself a chance, shouldn't it be wrong?
Because, I just think that there may be times when it may be useful, so there is no need to waste it all like this, right?
Humans are animals that find reasons for their actions, and the above psychological activities are very common.How can he believe that Shun Hoshino will not have these thoughts?
The closer to the last moment, the more human beings will notice the preciousness of opportunities.Does he want to believe that Hoshino Shun will let go of this opportunity?
His eyes darkened, and Dazai had a very clear answer in his heart.
No, he didn't believe it.
Unbelievable, Hoshino is now flipping through the photos and screenshots in his phone and keeping a diary.
What time did I go out, what time did I take a taxi and how much did I get off the bus, what time did I take a photo of a fallen leaf, what time did I buy a soda drink, what time did I toss a coin, whether it was heads or tails , What time did I return to the door of the small villa, what time did I wash an apple or something.
I wrote half a page eloquently about scattered things.Then the remaining space for writing the last two lines is blank.
Now that he's done everything he needs to do, he can go to bed after writing his diary.Which means he has nothing to write about.
The last two lines left will have to wait until tomorrow.
Hoshino threw himself on the table, wailing hoarsely.
"what……………………"
It's so sad, it's just a little bit, just a little bit!
This is like playing a tower climbing game and climbing to the top level, you can pass the level immediately. As a result, the level at the top level will not be opened until the next day, and you will not be able to conquer it until the next day. It's really uncomfortable.
"Is there really nothing to write?"
Hoshino took the diary and looked left and right, and looked back, almost staring at the flowers, but finally let himself give up.
Don't write if you don't have to write, it's not good if you accidentally write something wrong in a hurry.After being careful for so long, it would be too sad to make a mistake at the last moment.
After putting away the diary, Hoshino turned off the lights and went to sleep. Before falling asleep, he suddenly had an idea.
Mr. Long said that the favorability may increase through certain circumstances, so...does it mean that it will also decrease for some reason?
If it drops to 0 or a negative number, will the effect of looking at each other be automatically canceled?Will there be any residual damage if it is lifted in this way?
……
...I can't figure it out, I'm so sleepy, forget it, I'll ask Mr. Long tomorrow.
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