I rely on the vest to become the lord of ghosts

Celti looked at the boy who came out of the toilet cubicle. He was wearing a clean white shirt, his face was pale but a bit indifferent, and he was not very approachable at such a young age.

His eyes swept over the gap man for a while, and then naturally fell on the rest of them.

Being looked at by strangers, Celti felt a little nervous for no reason.

The boy pressed his fingers on his lower lip, as if he was thinking about why they appeared here, and then he said to the man with the gap, "...Why did you bring these people here? By the way, what happened to you and Xuenan, did you have a falling out?" ?”

"Your next sentence... are you going to invite me to join the group?" The man with the gap pressed the apple on Huazi's head, and the latter took it speechlessly, and threw it into the space behind him.

The apple disappeared in the darkness without hearing the sound of falling to the ground.

"Will you leave him?" Hanako sneered, "Since you won't, don't say such misleading words."

"Forget it—let's get down to business." Hanako took a breath, narrowed her red pomegranate eyes, and quickly fixed her gaze on Sonohara Anri.

So that's how it is... The gap man's vest is not deep in the traditional fields of spirit and monsters, and his talent is not in this area, so he can only faintly feel the problems in Sonohara Anri, but if you use Hanako's vest to observe, then The direction of the unnatural force became clearer.

Sonohara Anri should have been affected by Hachishaku's overly flamboyant, even brutal demonic power, and the sin song residing in her body felt faintly incompatible with her.

If Jiuyuan himself were here, he should be able to see more clearly than Hanako.

You can even see the specific direction of the veins of power in the opponent's body.

"...You know, I won't do unpaid work." Hanako stated the facts in a calm tone, and he said to the man with the gap: "Who will pay the price? You? Or this girl?"

Anri Sonohara understood that the man with the gap meant that the boy in front of her could solve the problem that her sin song was falling into an unstable situation.

The girl is still holding her arm tightly, and half of her arm is almost unconscious. Not only that, the voice of the sin song in her body is like a miserable person in despair, full of unclear and fragmented cries, The mental and physical torture made her footsteps a little vain.

"I will pay the price myself..." The girl's voice was almost weightless, "Well, what do I need to pay?"

"Hmm..." Hanako looked at the girl who was struggling to endure the pain, "Then let's start with the basic procedures first, ah, by the way, are you an adult?"

Everyone present heard his question, and even Shizuo Heiwajima, who was guarding the door to prevent various emergencies, turned his head sideways.

Because of age, this issue is too sensitive.

On the borderline that is close to the fringe world, but not so completely black, whether it is an adult or not is a very important "a small thing".

The work of adults and minors can be different, just because the laws for both parties are different, so the behind-the-scenes will choose the most efficient way to arrange the work in the "grey area".

Shizuo's first reaction was, isn't this guy trying to use minors to do bad things?

But he changed his mind -

This guy is a monster.

The moral laws and unspoken rules of human beings don't apply, right?

Could it be some sacrificial activities for monsters or something?I heard that there are also age-related regulations...

It was also the first time for Anri Sonohara to deal with a monster with a painting style like Hanako, so she hesitated for a while.

As a monster with a deep understanding of human minds, the Gap Man nodded and comforted him: "...Hanako-kun is an honest businessman, and I think I can guarantee that."

"Who wants you to guarantee..." the boy said angrily, but he still softened his tone to Sonohara Anri, and said: "Anyway, the opportunity has been handed over to you, choose to trust me or just leave like this , it doesn’t make any difference to me, but if you think about it, there may be only one chance, and if you miss it, it’s gone.”

Shizuo: "..."

Isn't this a promotional line commonly used by merchants?

Do monsters say that too?

"I understand." The girl didn't want to waste any more time, everyone was still with her, so she chose to nod.

Hanako gave her a meaningful look: "... Is it your own decision... Forget it, I only look at the result. Well, since you want to make a deal with me, I will report it to you first. real name."

"Sonohara, Sonohara Anri."

"The name is quite cute... But, this is not a transaction between you alone, so I will treat it as a two-person transaction. What about the name of the knife?"

"...Sin song."

The man with the gap had already left the center at this time, walked to the far washbasin and sat down leaning against it.Selti, who was next to him, saw that he had no intention of actively explaining, so he asked: [... Excuse me, can you explain the current situation?It feels like I've been a little lost since halfway through. 】

[The child in front of me is...?Also a monster? 】

"His name is Hanako, but we usually call him... Hanako-kun."

"Hanako-kun and I are barely colleagues... It would be too troublesome to explain in detail, so I won't go into details."

Celty: "..." No, I still hope you can explain in detail, did you just mention the key points in one stroke?

The man with the gap slowly explained: "...Hanako-kun and I serve the same master. He is now... well, he is helping with business. He is selling some things, and doing some consulting and intelligence-related work... probably , something like a master house."

Celty: "..."

This is really easy to explain.

【All in all, everything can be solved. 】

"Well, maybe...? It's better to ask him what he can't solve... Ah, but he will definitely get angry if you ask him, so don't ask him."

Celty: Isn't that what you said!Who would ask!

Different from their cheerful atmosphere, after Anri Sonohara decided to make a deal with Hanako, she just wanted to know when all this would end.

Hanako first opened the door of the compartment, revealing the originally dark room behind——

What was supposed to be a narrow compartment turned into a room with warm orange lights.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a room, more like a collector's collection room. The walls are covered with all kinds of weird things, some of which will make people feel unfortunate and uncomfortable just by looking at them. objects.

There are also glorious and holy items that don't seem to be in this room.

There are also several storage boxes on the long table, which are filled with things that cannot be seen in smaller boxes.

"Welcome to my shop, Anri Sonohara-san."

He opened the booklet that automatically records customer information next to him, and glanced at Anri Shimozonohara's information.

Then, he picked up the bench and pushed it to a high shelf, and while rummaging through what he wanted, he said, "Sonohara Anri-san... do you know why your body suddenly becomes chaotic and your strength is out of control? "

"Could it be because... that monster called Hachishaku?"

"That's right. That guy's power is too rough, you are unfortunately affected. But why did he suddenly come to you... Ah, I understand, is it because of the demon sword?"

Hanako didn't really care whether the other party would answer him or not, he was immersed in the fun of asking and answering himself.

He flipped through the boxes in his hand one after another, but he still couldn't find what he wanted.

Sonohara Anri had no choice but to say what she knew.

And she discovers that Hanako calls Hachishaku the male "he"...

Considering that now is not the time to ask this question, she chose to continue talking about the topic just now.

"That monster did come because of the sin song...but, for some reason, she suddenly gave up." She recalled the situation at the time, "She said I was weird, and asked me that there were two existences in one body, and asked me Who is in charge?"

Hanako stopped searching for things, he turned his head to look at Anri Sonohara, quietly waiting for her next words.

Anri Sonohara recalled the expression on Hachishaku's focused look at her, and she said, "—she seems to be very interested in this matter."

"By the way, she thought it was very interesting, and asked me if I could separate from Guilty Song..."

"……separate?"

"He thinks it's a pity."

"It's a pity?" Hanako's cold expression became warmer, he chewed the word the girl said, and tapped the metal rod of the shelf with his fingers.

Immediately afterwards, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression cooled instantly, but this gaffe was only for less than a second, and he even put on a cheerful smile——

"—Is that what he said?"

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong..."

Anri Sonohara, who is good at reading words and expressions, saw Hanako's warm but cold smile, and thought that she had said something that offended the other party.

"No, thank you very much for telling me something interesting about me."

Hanako said, "It's exactly worth the price of your transaction."

He pretended to search for a long time, and found a sealed box from the bottom.

Then he opened it and handed it to Sonohara Anri, "This is something like a tranquilizer for monsters. Since the demon sword resides in your body, it will be the same if you eat it."

Then he took out another bag of biscuits, opened it and handed it to Sonohara Anri, "Eat a biscuit after taking the medicine. This has an effect on people. It can make your mental state more comfortable. The demon sword is forcibly sedated. You There will be experiences in your body, and I don't want you to lose consciousness in my shop."

After Sonohara Anri took the medicine Hanako handed him, she really felt much better.

Immediately afterwards, the strength in her body was forcibly suppressed, and she also felt that she had lost her spirit and drowsy, so she quickly ate that cookie, the luscious sweets and the special effects inside, which made her feel regained self.

"thanks……"

"You don't have to thank me, you paid the price, you deserve it."

Anri Sonohara went to the side to rest, and Celty and Shizuo, who had been paying attention, were relieved.

The Gap Man didn't ignore the change in Hanako's expression just now, he was puzzled by Hachiku's behavior, and when he saw Hanako's attitude, he believed that something happened.

Some, events that he was completely kept in the dark about.

"...What happened?...Is it related to Jiuyuan-kun?"

Hanako looked at him: "Why do you ask that?"

"If it wasn't for what happened between them, Hachishaku wouldn't have gone to Ikebukuro alone to find some demon swords..." The man with the gap frowned, "He said... this is to make Jiuyuan forgive him and let him calm down A gift... I don’t remember much, but it seems to be like that. So they had a fight, right?”

"...There was no quarrel." Hanako said, "It was just one-sided. He did something that Jiuyuan-kun could not forgive."

"Unforgivable...?"

"He seems to be hiding something from Jiuyuan-kun..." Hanako sighed, looked into the beautiful eyes of the man with the gap, and sighed helplessly like an elder to a junior: "Forget it, what are you talking about... Anyway, Bachi You must have told Yukio the news about appearing in Ikebukuro immediately, he is not stupid, he must have guessed something."

"Well, I told A Xue." The man with the gap nodded frankly.

"...You should pretend. But, for the sake of being so honest... Let me give you a piece of advice. Stay away from Bachi for now."

He looked dark:

"—that guy seems to have some bold ideas."