The account of friends has changed

In the morning, the mist that has not dissipated is churning across the city.

The monsters disappeared one after another, returning Yokohama to ordinary humans after dawn.

As soon as Kunikida pushed open the door of the detective agency, a strong smell of alcohol came over his face.

Veins appeared on his forehead, and he walked in familiarly and opened a cabinet.

A group of fat cats in the shape of a beckoning cat rolled out of the cabinet holding a wine cup.

Mr. Cat was sleeping soundly, yelling "good wine" from time to time. There were several empty wine bottles and a lot of food scraps in the cabinet.

"Why is this fat cat stealing food again?"

"Also drank all the wine from the president's new collection!"

Kunikida angrily picked up the group of drunk cats, gathered his energy and threw it out of the window viciously.

Teacher Cat woke up instantly, and nimbly jumped onto the desk in the air.

"Who wants to murder Madara-sama?"

Before he could blow his hair, Osamu Dazai walked over and put one hand on Mr. Kitty's head. After finding that the hand felt good, he rubbed two more.

"What are you worried about this time?"

Asked by Osamu Dazai, Mr. Cat's anger immediately subsided.

Showing a sullen expression, but shrank into a ball and stopped talking.

Flipping through the newspaper, he casually punctured his distress: "The account of friends is only one name away, and the fat cat must be thinking about how to continue to 'condescend' to stay by Natsume's side."

This little awkwardness is not as interesting as the news in the newspaper that says "Sleeping Kogoro solves another strange case".

The cat teacher's mind was poked by Luanbu, and he kept clamoring to teach Luanbu a lesson.

Getting used to his appearance, everyone didn't take it seriously.

Suddenly Osamu Dazai rolled his eyes, squatted down and looked at the same level as Mr. Cat, showing a sly smile.

"Fat cat, you are embarrassed to ask Natsume how to stay by his side, you can entrust it to us."

Teacher Cat recalled the dark history left by Osamu Dazai in his heart: "Reject, don't even think about it!"

Dusk, when the devil meets.

Pieces of burning clouds dyed the sky red.

Pedestrians on the street chatted in twos and threes on the way home, passing by some monsters who came out to meet and laugh from time to time.

The monster that was bumped into by accident stuck out its tongue mischievously at the passers-by, then turned around and continued drinking with its companions.

Every evening, the city is gradually handed over from ordinary people to monsters and supernatural beings.

Youkai and humans in the Yokohama area have lived in harmony for a long time.

——Thanks to the adult who appeared six years ago.

Natsume came to Yokohama at the age of 14. At the age of 16, he proposed the "balance concept" between monsters and humans. It took six years to change the chaos of monsters by himself.

Natsume has changed from an easy-to-handle child to a deviant lord of demons.

This made Yin Yang Liao, who had always wanted to control Yokohama, a no-owner's land, very dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say anything, he could only keep it in his heart.

At this time, the legend of Yokohama's demon world - Natsume who was forced to accept the title of "Lord of Demons" was squatting in a remote alley.

The young man in a beige slim trench coat smiled at the black puppy huddled in the shadow of the alley.

He patiently asked the monster in front of him: "What do you want me for?"

In the morning, when Natsume was preparing his graduation thesis, this young monster suddenly broke into the library, looked at him nervously, and ran out again.

Afraid of trouble, Natsume quickly followed.

After the restoration of order in Yokohama, he hadn't seen such a rampant monster for a long time.

It should be the first time for the puppies to come to the human world. The two of them made a lot of jokes during the chase, but fortunately, no troubles were caused.

After a long time of chasing, Natsume finally chased it into this alley.

One person and one demon have been deadlocked for a long time.

"Ouch..."

The puppy calmed down, observed slowly and found that the adult in front of him was indeed as rumored, and then came out of the shadows.

The puppy's hair occasionally has demon power flowing, it has a red swirl-shaped demon pattern on its forehead, and a pair of small demon horns on top of its head.

The human being in front of him had gentle and strong spiritual power, which made Jade Dog feel very comfortable. After stretching out his paws to test it a few times, he rushed to Natsume's feet to show off his cuteness.

Decades ago, Jade Dog also lost his name to Natsume Reiko because he let down his guard against Natsume Reiko's spiritual power.

Remember to eat but not to fight.

Jade Dog sucked enough Natsume, and finally dared to say in a small milky voice: "Master, I heard that you are returning the name on the friend's account. I came here to hope to get my name back. I am sorry."

Not long after Jade Dog lost his name, he fell into a coma for 30 years because of reincarnation.

When it woke up, it heard its partners talking about an adult in Yokohama returning the friend's account, so it couldn't wait to run over to get its name back.

As a result, Natsume was scared at the first sight.

In a sense, it is also a very simple monster.

"So the last one was you."

There is still one name left in the friend's account, and the owner has not been found for a long time. It has been more than a year since the last name was returned.

Finally being able to change all the names, Natsume's eyes were filled with joy, he scratched Jade Dog's chin twice, and took out an account book.

Jade Dog felt the breath of his name in the account book, and immediately sat upright, with a trace of tension in his eyes.

——Sure enough, just like the rumors, he is a very talkative adult.

Natsume gently tore off a piece of paper in the account book with his fingers, folded it in half and held it slightly between his lips.

The breeze brought by spiritual power brushed his hair.

Under the setting sun, Yuquan looked at Natsume, and suddenly recalled the scene when he accidentally saw a god descending in a certain reincarnation.

Natsume closed his eyes slightly, with a bit of starlight spiritual power flowing around him, clasped his hands together.

"The person who protects me, show his name."

The paper gradually disappeared with the wind.

"Name Return"

The breeze cleared, a few strands of hair were slightly messy and stuck to Natsume's fair forehead, and two drops of cold sweat fell down the clear jaw line.

The originally skinny young man looks even thinner, but unexpectedly adds a bit of sickly beauty.

Jade Dog felt a ray of demon power that belonged to him return to his body, and the shackles controlled by people disappeared.

It immediately bowed to Natsume twice in gratitude.

"Thank you sir!"

Jade Dog thought for a few seconds, then carefully rubbed Natsume's trouser legs twice: "Are you alright, sir?"

Natsume has long been used to the weakness of spiritual power consumption after returning the name, shook his head and did not answer Jade Dog's words, but let it go: "You go back."

Jade Dog made sure Natsume would be fine, and left Yokohama step by step.

Natsume flipped through the account of friends in his hand.

There is no monster name on it, and it has completely changed back to an ordinary account book.

Thinking back to my high school days, almost every time I paid off my name, I had to rely on the teacher to protect me because of excessive consumption.

Also because of chasing monsters and returning names, I met all kinds of people in Yokohama.

All kinds of things caused by the account of friends flashed in my mind.

The fate inherited from her grandmother completely disappeared, making Natsume feel a little disappointed.

It's just that I don't know what is the use of the stack of blank paper left in this account book...

"Natsume!"

Suddenly, a large group of unknown objects rushed into Natsume's arms from a high place, interrupting his thoughts.

Accustomed to Mr. Kitty's attacks, Natsume caught him naturally.

"Teacher, where did you go to drink again?"

Smelling the strong smell of sake on the three-color kitty dumpling, Natsume was quite helpless.

"Boom—"

Suddenly from the left came the sound of falling objects from high altitude and colliding with something.

"Answer, Fat Cat drank all day in Butei."

The voice came from above Natsume's head.

The black-haired young man with a bandage around his neck hung awkwardly on the awning on the third floor. He waved to Natsume, not caring about his current image.

"Dazai?"

"When I was chasing this fat cat, I chased it to the rooftop. I thought the scenery here was pretty good, biu—so I jumped off."

Osamu Dazai sighed embarrassingly: "But it seems to have failed again."

Osamu Dazai waved at Natsume with a familiar tone: "Please help me out."

In Yokohama, only Natsume would not scold and help him clean up the mess.

A few years ago, under the recommendation of his uncle Natsume Soseki, Natsume reached a long-term cooperation with the Armed Detective Agency on the account of friends.

We have experienced a few major events together, and after coming and going, the two sides became familiar with each other, and the relationship is very good.

However, he and Osamu Dazai had known each other earlier, and they had known each other for so many years, so they could barely be regarded as half a bamboo horse.

Natsume got used to Osamu Dazai's complaint that "jumping off a building to death looks ugly, so don't choose this way of suicide...", she gently wrapped Dazai Osamu with invisible spiritual power, and gently brought him to the ground.

Osamu Dazai moved his body after landing, and pointed to Mr. Cat: "Fat cat is drinking to relieve his worries in Butei again."

Hearing Osamu Dazai's words, Mr. Cat struggled drunkenly and said, "You are the fat cat, and you are the one trying to relieve your worries! Obviously, you are eating some of your food as a protection fee!"

Natsume struggled to restrain Teacher Cat's struggle: "Yes, yes, the teacher is right."

Osamu Dazai took out the IOUs that Kunikida had sorted out and said to Natsume, "Fatty Cat owes it for eating and drinking this time."

"10 yen, teacher, what kind of wine did you drink from the president this time?!"

As a prospective graduate who was not considered wealthy, Natsume's brown cat eyes widened instantly, and she was so frightened that she almost threw her teacher out.

When Natsume arrived at Butei, except for Ranpo who was still working overtime after receiving an interesting commission, everyone else had already left work.

Luanbu was busy with his own affairs, and waved to Natsume without raising his head: "Just put the wine money on Kunikida's table."

I'm used to Natsume coming over every time to clean up the mess for Mr. Kitty.

Natsume put teacher cat's meal money on the table in tears, and for the 28th time considered whether to sever the teacher-student relationship.

After exiting the armed gate, before he had time to go downstairs, he saw Osamu Dazai leaning against the wall.

Osamu Dazai called Natsume: "Congratulations, will it be much easier after paying off the friend account?"

Natsume froze for a moment, then thought of the scene in the afternoon: "Did you find out?"

Osamu Dazai moved his gaze from the floor to Natsume's face: "I found it. When I chased the fat cat, I saw the flow of spiritual power when you returned the name. It's hard not to notice it."

With a playful smile: "I said before, you are very special in my eyes."

Because of what happened in childhood, Natsume was not good at speaking, he blinked his eyes and recalled it instantly.

——This sentence was said by Osamu Dazai after he confessed to Natsume.

After that, he defected from the port mafia and disappeared for two full years.

Spiritual power is not a power that can be easily perceived like supernatural power or spell power, but Osamu Dazai can feel Natsume's spiritual power very clearly.

I can only feel the spiritual power of Natsume alone.

"Feel sorry……"

Osamu Dazai knew what Natsume was going to say: "I forgive you."

"Since the friend account is useless, can you lend it to me? It will be returned to you in about three days."

Now the relationship between Natsume and Osamu Dazai has maintained a good friendship stage, and no one has ever mentioned the confession that Osamu Dazai had a brain twitch.

Natsume held Mr. Cat in one hand, and took out the account book in his pocket with the other: "What do you want this for?"

The account of friends has become indistinguishable from an ordinary account book.

"Oh yes, I haven't told you why yet."

Osamu Dazai took the account book and kept it carefully.

"The president was saved by your grandmother when he was a child, and now he wants to look at things and think about others. It's normal for a middle-aged man's white moonlight."

Natsume stared at Osamu Dazai.

The brown eyes, slightly resembling cat's eyes, are clear and bright, and they are a pair of eyes that can be unconsciously seductive.

Osamu Dazai knew that what he said was ridiculous, but he really liked to tease Natsume.

Looking at his expression, he lowered his head and laughed a few times before speaking: "Well, there is actually a more important reason, the account of friends..."