Yokohama 8pm Theater

On the top floor of the Pillar Tower, in the office of the King of Gold.

Bellini sat tremblingly on the small chair, his eyes wandered randomly, stopping on the ground for a while, and falling on the wall clock for a while, but he didn't dare to look at the three people in front of him.

"So - the person whose memory you have stolen can only get back these memories by touching the puppet generated by the 'stolen memory' with his own hands?" Miyata Kazue who was beside Michiko couldn't help asking.

"Of course not!" Bellini quickly waved his hand to explain, "Touching the doll is the best situation, and you can recall all the lost memories at once. If the doll is seriously injured, it will disappear, so although the original owner can't Immediately recalling all the memories, but also slowly recalling over time, absolutely no major problems."

Since being brought back to the Pillar Tower, Bellini has been very cooperative, and it can be said that he knows everything and says everything.

But even so, Miyata Kazue still didn't quite believe what Bellini said.

"Kg, you can't believe what he said, why don't you let me test it?" Miyata Kazue asked Michiko, she even reached out and took off the glasses on her face, as if she wanted to use the "six paths of reincarnation eyes" to put Bellini's The details look clean.

"Calm down, Kazue." Michiko raised her hand to appease her female deputy, "Since he wants to join "Arashi-in", he won't make such a stupid mistake.Am I right, Mr. Bellini? "

Seeing that he had escaped, Bellini quickly agreed, even changing his address in a doggy way: "Kg, what you said is so right!"

However, Michiko changed the subject: "But—"

"Just now you seemed to say that seven years ago, under the threat of the Guochang Road branch, a two-year memory was used to generate a doll of Mori Chiko, and a scene of being executed after betraying Hong Kong gangsters was designed. It's so strange, seven years have passed and I haven't recalled this part of the memory, it's been random for a long time."

Cold sweat began to seep on Bellini's brow.

"This... this is because a large part of your memory is with me. But don't worry! Now they are no longer under my influence, so you will remember all your memories in a short time!"

After explaining, Bellini glanced at the Oda couple beside him, and did not forget to add, "Of course Mr. Oda is the same."

Michiko didn't reply right away.She folded her hands on her knees, staring at Bellini quietly, her slightly raised right index finger tapped the back of the other hand rhythmically.

She didn't really care whether Bellini's defense was true or false.

If it is true, there is no rush to retrieve the memory; if it is false, there are still opportunities to expose it.

In contrast, she was more curious about why Bellini, who had been avoiding the "Out of Time Court" for so many years, suddenly thought about it and wanted to surrender to the "Out of Time Court"?

"I don't have to pursue the matter of stealing memories, and it's not impossible for you to join the "Feishiyuan", but before that, you have to answer me a question. "

"Just ask, and I'll tell you the truth!"

Michiko locked eyes on Bellini: "When I rescued you, the expression on your face was not shock or fear, but joy and relief. You seem to know that I will come, and you don't worry at all that I will hold you accountable." What happened, why is that?"

Bellini only hesitated for a second and sold Osamu Dazai. The speed and decisiveness of the attitude surprised even Michiko.

"Are you not afraid that I will throw you into the interrogation room in a fit of anger?"

"Rather than being discovered by you in the future, it is better for me to take the initiative to expose it now, so as to show my sincerity!"

Knowing how to judge the situation is a bit smart.

Michiko twitched her lips, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that what you said only revealed one piece of information - Osamu Dazai went to great lengths to send you to me, who is valued even by gangsters in Hong Kong, in a reasonable way. Looking at it this way, how can I Do you think you seem to be in the same group as him?"

Bellini was sweating profusely and didn't dare to say a word.

Michiko didn't make things difficult for him, and just ended the question lightly.

She handed over to Kazue and Oda the arrangements for Bellini to join the "Untimely Institute", and then asked them to take him down.

The office door was closed, and the room was so quiet that only the second hand of the wall clock on the wall could be heard.

Michiko crossed her hands to her lips, her eyes drooping in thought.

From the rescue of Yuko in Central Plains, to Bellini's voluntary refuge in "Fei Shiin", there are traces of Dazai Osamu's operation behind it.

——Why did Osamu Dazai do this?

The answer was ready to come out, but she felt an indescribable feeling, as if her chest was pressed by a stone, and she was so heavy that she couldn't breathe.

……

A week after the kidnapping incident.

Yuko has almost recuperated at home, and it is almost time to go back to school.

During this period, Michiko put some work on hold and took a lot of time to spend with her daughter.In addition, Michiko also arranged a special psychologist for Yuko to prevent this bad experience from leaving a shadow in her daughter's heart.

Because the recuperation period happened to be during the school trip, Michiko agreed to take Yuko to a farther place before returning to school to make up for her regret of not being able to participate in the school trip.

"Where does Yuko want to go?"

"I want to go to the beach! Mom, you told me that when I was a child, I went to a beach that glowed at night. The waves crashed like the sea was shedding blue tears... I want to see 'Blue Tears', can I? "

"sure."

Now is May, which happens to be the best time to watch "Blue Tears".Michiko lived in Namori Town when she was a child, and the beach was not far away. She thought that she hadn't been back to Namori Town for many years, so she could stop by to have a look this time.

After finalizing the specific location, it is time to arrange the hotel and the itinerary.

So, when Kanae came to give Michiko hypnotherapy as a routine, what she saw was her own KG doing things that had nothing to do with work in a serious manner.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing Kanae walking in, Michiko put away the things on the table.She got up and walked towards the rest area, saying, "I promised Yuko to take her to the beach, so I'm making travel plans."

"That's great!" Kanae said sincerely, "I heard that Yuko missed the school trip, so she must be very happy."

Michiko smiled slightly, agreeing with Kanae's words.

Afterwards, she lay down on the bench, closed her eyes, and emptied her mind. Under Kanae's hypnosis, her consciousness slowly sank into the depths of the sea of ​​memory.

At first there was a long silence and darkness.

Before she knew it, she seemed to hear noisy voices, as lively as if a temple fair was being held.There are dim lights flashing in the field of vision, which cannot be seen clearly, but it can be recognized that they are neon lights of several colors.

With the slightly hot wind blowing on her face, she reached out and stroked the hanging hair behind her ears.

In an instant, all senses became clear.

The noisy voices came from the men and women in bathrobes who passed behind her, and the gorgeous lights were all kinds of colored lights decorated on the festival booths.

The girl with long chestnut hair was holding a fox mask in her hand, and she was squatting in front of a certain booth, carefully choosing the mask.

This kind of ceremony was originally arranged for two people to come together, but unfortunately due to force majeure, she was the only one left.Although she said it was okay at the time, she was still a little bit disappointed in her heart, so she ran to participate in the festival without even changing into the carefully prepared cherry-colored yukata.

However, the feeling of loss was quickly diluted by the lively atmosphere of the ceremony.Now that you’re here, you have to have fun—with this in mind, she played all the way from fishing for goldfish, water polo fishing, shooting, rings, etc., and all the trophies she harvested were given to the booth to close her eyes because she couldn’t hold them little child.

Finally, she stopped at a booth selling masks.

"It's not good to go back empty-handed, why don't you buy two masks."

With such a thought in my mind, I moved over there.

Automatically skip those ghosts, and those with strange human faces, and the range of choices is only animals such as foxes and civet cats.

His eyes were first attracted by the white fox among them, and then he wanted to choose the black fox that looked like a pair with it, but he hesitated because the black fox was not as good-looking as the white fox.

"The other is to choose the black fox? Or the better-looking civet cat?"

Just when she was in a dilemma, a familiar voice suddenly came from her ears.

"...thousand son~"

The melodious voice of a young man is close at hand, like a whisper between lovers.

She turned her head to look, only to see a terrifying ghostly face, so close that it was almost close to her face.

His heart beat violently, and his body subconsciously wanted to escape, but because he squatted for a long time, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell backwards.

"……Oops!"

These two words flashed in her mind. She tried hard to reverse the unfavorable situation, but her hands and feet were a little numb, so she could only try to make her injuries less serious, and the posture of falling should not be too ugly.

However, the expected impact and pain did not happen.

When he was about to touch the ground, a hand seemed to be wrapped around his waist.Immediately afterwards, the body was pulled to the opposite direction from the ground, and finally fell into a warm embrace.

The tip of her nose touched the bandage exposed by the boy's open neckline, and the faint smell of medicine mixed with the fresh smell of soap broke into her nasal cavity.

At this time, the familiar voice with hidden jokes came from the top of his head again.

"...Qianzi really can't help being scared. Every time the reaction is different, it's unexpectedly cute."

Raising his head, he met a pair of kite-colored eyes with a smile, gentle and charming, and all the fine streams of light were reflected in his eyes.

Seeing someone who would not have appeared here, the surprise overwhelmed all other emotions, and the anger caused by being deliberately teased was thrown away.

She stretched out her arms, tightly wrapped around the boy's neck, and buried her face in the boy's arms again.

"—Azhi! Why are you here?!"