cat blues

After Christmas, Osamu Dazai went out to avoid the limelight for a few more days. After all, he came out that night, and now Akiko Yosano is not the only one who wants to hit him.

Moreover, this pot of food not only brought down the person he wanted to thank, but also brought down his friends and his favorite writer and teacher by the way, which is very embarrassing, even Dazai Osamu, he doesn't really want it during this time Appearing in front of people, at least until he adjusted his mentality, he refused to meet people.

But even though Osamu Dazai disappeared, Sakunosuke Oda would still bring back some news about him from time to time. For example, Osamu Dazai was making unknown dishes recently. Fortunately, the victim was not Oda.

Osamu Dazai hid outside for almost a week, and finally returned to the Fukuzawa mansion on December 12st like a big girl.

When he came back, Big Cat Yuji was organizing people to make rice cakes in the backyard.

This rice cake making activity is purely for fun. After all, if you really want to make a lot of rice cakes, let Nakahara Nakaya gravity control the rice cake hammer to easily make a lot of rice cakes without much effort.Almost every year, after everyone has had enough playing the game of making rice cakes, they will let Chuya go up to make rice cakes for an afternoon, and everyone can harvest enough rice cakes to eat for the whole Chinese New Year.

But in the words of Osamu Dazai, this is the soul of making rice cakes.And in the words of Chuya Zhongyuan, don't eat if you have something.

It is impossible not to eat it, and it is impossible in this life. Yukichi Maomao can make delicious rice cakes, whether it is soup rice cakes or baked rice cakes. Even Edogawa Ranpo, who hates rice cakes the most, will be good How could Dazai Osamu be able to quit eating the rice cakes made by Yukichi the big cat?

So every year, the two of them would quarrel once, and after the quarrel, they still had to eat and drink.

When Dazai Osamu sneaked into the backyard, Nakahara Nakaya, who was sitting on the porch, immediately caught his eye. He immediately poked the big cat Yukichi who was whistling beside him. Seeing that he was going home, but he just acted like Osamu Dazai who was a thief.

Yukichi the cat blew vigorously the cat whistle presented by Earl D in his hand, indicating that this round is over, making Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa who were having fun playing rice cakes just now stopped strangely down.

Yukichi the big cat stepped forward quickly, grabbed Osamu Dazai's arm, dragged him to the sink in the courtyard to let him wash his hands, and then motioned him to take Atsushi Nakajima's place and cooperate with Ryunosuke Akutagawa to fight. For rice cakes, he is in charge of hammering, and Akutagawa is responsible for watering the rice cakes.

"Hey, I hate manual labor." Osamu Dazai complained like this, but he still honestly raised the rice cake hammer in his hand, and cooperated with Akutagawa Ryunosuke to beat the rice cakes back and forth.

"Mr. Dazai, come on!" Akutagawa Yin said with a soft smile.

"Dazai, hurry up and tap more, Ranpo-sama still wants to eat." Edogawa Ranpo, who was sitting on the other side enjoying the simple and delicious dessert Fukuzawa Yukichi made by himself, said loudly proudly.

"Ranbu, I can only eat another piece." Fukuzawa Yukichi said with a frown. The glutinous rice cake itself really has no taste, but after baking, the shell is crispy and the inside is soft. With some sugar, it is easy to eat but tastes good Incredible.

Edogawa Ranpo naturally enjoyed it as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, although the rice cake tastes good, as a glutinous rice product, the rice cake is very filling and can easily fill the stomach. In addition, Edogawa Ranpo is not a person who likes to move. I definitely won't be able to eat dinner.

Edogawa froze, and even though he hummed a little bit unhappy, he nodded honestly. After all, although the rice cakes are good, there will be New Year's Eve soba noodles made by Yukichi Maomao at night.

No one asked about Dazai Osamu's whereabouts, as if he was going home honestly these days, this kind of behavior made him feel strangely at ease.

It was precisely because of this that Osamu Dazai gradually calmed down. He honestly beat the rice in the bucket with a hammer. It’s not just a kind of glutinous rice. Based on years of experimentation, Yuji Maomao has formulated a very powerful glutinous rice recipe. The ratio of round glutinous rice, long glutinous rice and rice is just right. This is the rice cake that is made out of hammering. It is very delicious. real reason.

As if to punish Osamu Dazai for "running away from home", Yukichi the big cat didn't blow the whistle to signal stop until Osamu Dazai cried and said that his hands were so sore that he couldn't lift it up.

"Hey, Mr. Yukichi, don't you love me?" As soon as Osamu Dazai put down the wooden hammer in his hand, he quickly ran over and hugged the big cat.

The big cat stretched out its claws and gently rubbed the young man's head. Atsushi Nakajima, who was on the side, was about to go to get a wooden hammer, but Fukuzawa Yukichi had already stood up on his own initiative, signaling him to come by himself.

The game of making rice cakes lasted until after four o'clock in the afternoon, and after that it was the powerful match of cats and Chuya.The big cat quickly took out a whole bucket of new rice and poured it in, and then quickly sprinkled water on the wooden mortar for hammering rice cakes, while Zhongya almost brutally directed the wooden hammer to hit the bucket of rice cakes. The rice is beaten into rice cakes.

Yukichi Tomako wrapped the large ball of rice cakes with a clean damp cloth and put them in the freezer of the refrigerator before rushing to make soba noodles for Chinese New Year.

Buckwheat noodles are considered a must-have food for Chinese New Year, and this New Year’s meal, no one asked for special etiquette, so when Yuji Maomao cooked the noodles, most of the people nestled by the kotatsu , only a few reliable adults sat at the table.

This year, I made tempura prawn soba noodles. When Yukichi Toneko put a few bowls of noodles on the side of the kotatsu, Ranpo Edogawa, who was already in the kotatsu and was a little drowsy, immediately regained his energy. Because of the bad posture of the nap in the afternoon, two corners of the hair on the head are turned up, just like cat ears, which looks very cute.

The big cat Yukichi happily leaned over to rub against him, and then returned to the dining table. While eating the cat meal he made himself, he watched the red and white song meeting with Fukuzawa Yukichi and the others. After watching and watching, this group of people was not worried. Because of the different supporters of the Red and White Song Club, the guys started to make a fuss, which lasted most of the night, even after the Red and White Song Club ended, they didn't stop after the winner was decided.

As a result, everyone played a little too much that night, so that Hatsune who was scheduled to go the next day, until Fukuzawa Yukichi took Yukichi Big Cat to go out, few people could get up. Fukuzawa Yukichi simply waved his hand and told them all to continue to sleep. Being lazy during the Chinese New Year is not called being lazy, but a combination of work and rest.

When one person and one cat came back from the shrine with the guard, they saw a somewhat familiar figure at the door.

A long-haired man in a camel-colored overcoat, a thick woolen hat on his head, and a thick scarf around his neck stood at the door of Fukuzawa House, as if he was debating whether to ring the doorbell.

Hearing someone approaching, the man turned his head, revealing a somewhat familiar face.

"Ranbo-kun..." Fukuzawa Yukichi called out the other party's name with certainty and accuracy.

The man named Rimbaud smiled and nodded to him, "Your Majesty, Mr. Cat, I haven't seen you for a long time. Please forgive me for coming to bother you this time."

"No, this is not a nuisance." Fukuzawa Yukichi took the initiative to open the door and invite him in, "Please come in..."

"Then I won't be polite." Rimbaud walked in with Fukuzawa Yukichi. He couldn't see the real shape of the big cat, but it didn't prevent him from judging the fact that the man next to Fukuzawa Yukichi was actually a cat. "Speaking of which, Mr. Cat is really amazing, he seems to have grown taller?"

Big Cat Yuji didn't remember how tall he was when he met this gentleman last time, but hearing what he said, it probably means that he wasn't as tall as he is now, right?Big cat Yuji stretched out his claws and touched his head helplessly. Being too tall is also a trouble for the cat. You have to bow your head when entering the door, and it is easy to be surrounded by people when you go out.

Rimbaud saw the big cat's thoughts from its humanoid face, and couldn't help but said with a smile: "Let me tell you, Mr. Cat, your troubles are for many people who want to grow tall but can't. But it's a luxury."

Big Cat Yuji suddenly remembered that he had been working hard to drink milk, but his height was stuck in Zhongyuan Zhongye, who was 170 and did not move.

"Phew, you guys are back... Wow!" Walking into the living room, Nakahara Nakaya, who was lying drowsily lying on the kotatsu table just now, was still being chanted, and when he looked up, he saw how many people came in. One, "Brother Rimbaud!"

"Hi, long time no see, Mr. Zhongye." Rimbaud bowed slightly, "And everyone from the Armed Detective Agency."

"Ah, Happy New Year, Rambo-kun." Osamu Dazai lazily raised his hand in greeting.

Edogawa Ranbu poked his head out from under the kotatsu, stretched out his hands and groped for a while, and finally found his hat from the side. He put on the hat slowly, and his eyes that had been squinting just didn't even close this time. He couldn't even open his eyes, "Ha, it's Mr. Rimbaud, have you finally settled the foreign affairs?"

As he said, he patted the place on the other side where there was no one else, "I remember Mr. Rimbaud, you seem to be very afraid of the cold, so don't stand there, come and sit here."

Rimbaud looked curiously at the kotatsu over there, and then at the people around him. After Fukuzawa Yukichi nodded to let him go, he curiously opened a corner of the kotatsu and tried to sit in it. "It's so warm..."

"Cough, that." Zhong Yuan Zhong also quickly stood up, "I'm going to make some tea."

Before he finished speaking, he was pushed and sat back by the big cat Yuji. It is fine for him to make tea, so you should sit down and talk about the old days, and if the cat remembers correctly, this person named Rimbaud It seems to be the direct cause of the birth of Zhongye.

In other words, Mr. Rimbaud is actually Zhongye's midwife, right?What seems wrong?

With a string of question marks on his head, Yukichi the big cat brought freshly brewed black tea and put it on the table, and took out the red bean yokan that was made yesterday from the refrigerator, cut it open and gave it to them.

"Thank you..." Rimbaud thanked him with a smile. Holding a warm teacup, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional, "As for the yokan, I haven't seen it much in France in recent years."

"After all, there are a lot of desserts in France." Edogawa Ranpo stretched his waist and said, "But it seems that I shouldn't talk about this kind of thing."

After he finished this sentence, which was somewhat inconsistent, he turned his head and said to Yuji the big cat: "Mr. Yuji, I want to eat puffs!"

Yukichi the big cat nodded to him, and promised Edogawa Ranpo yesterday, and will definitely make delicious puffs for him today.

Thinking of this, the big cat speeded up the movement of tidying up.

On the other side, seeing Lan Bo sitting in front of him with a completely different calm appearance from the previous time, Nakahara Nakaya's beating heartbeat finally returned to normal, he sat down again, and said somewhat cautiously: "Well, Lan Bo Happy New Year, Mr. Po?"

"Happy New Year." Rimbaud didn't care about his tone, and said in a gentle tone.

"A dwarf is a dwarf, and he can use interrogative sentences when greeting people." Osamu Dazai couldn't help making a mocking voice.

"Shut up, bastard!" Zhong Yuanzhong couldn't help but yelled.

"Okay——" Osamu Dazai dragged his voice out, sat up straight, took out the laptop that was placed aside and put it on the table of the kotatsu, and then began to focus on the computer and began to tap, " Don't worry about me, I'm just writing a report for a detective agency."

"Don't believe him, what he's writing is actually a novel manuscript that will be sent to Iwanami Shoten later." Edogawa said quickly, successfully making Nakahara Chuya look over curiously, feeling a little helpless. It can be said, "You... didn't move a single word before, did you?"

"Slug, go away." Osamu Dazai put on a disgusted expression, and muttered, "Go..."

"You guy, do you want to fight?" Zhong Yuanzhong clenched his fists in displeasure, "And you still had a bunch of unfinished reports years ago!"

"Lululu—" Osamu Dazai pretended not to hear it, humming an inexplicable song.

"You still have such a good relationship." Rimbaud couldn't help laughing.

"Who has a good relationship with him!"

"Who has a good relationship with him!"

Nakahara Chuya and Dazai Osamu retorted in unison, and then the two met their eyes again.

"Don't talk like me!" X2

"Don't pay attention to these two childish ghosts." Edogawa Ranpo felt a little curious and poured himself a cup of black tea, then frowned in distaste, put the teacup aside and didn't want to touch it anymore.He reached out and tapped the table, "Chuya, it's rude to act like this in front of guests."

"Sorry..." Chuya Nakahara quickly stopped the quarrel with Osamu Dazai, and turned to look at Rimbaud, "Well, Mr. Rimbaud, are you here to Japan for a New Year's tour?"

Rimbaud was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows amusedly, "Why do you ask such a question?"

"How to say, intuition?" Nakahara also sat back on his side, stretching out his hand to scratch his hair uncomfortably.

Rimbaud smiled when he heard the other party's answer, and nodded after adding some tea for himself, "Yes, this is a New Year's trip."

"France, I mean, are you okay with the situation over there?" Zhong Yuanzhong also remembered that the identity of the other party is not simple. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for him to go back after disappearing for so many years?

"It's been dealt with. My teacher and colleagues are still alive. Although it is true that I have suffered a little bit, but they have protected me, so it is not a problem." Rimbaud shook his head and said seriously: "Chung Ye Jun..."

"Yes!" Zhong Yuan raised his head subconsciously.

"Don't be so nervous, I came here this time just to apologize to you." Rimbaud's expression softened, and he even took on an attitude as if he was looking at his son, "Before, I I'm so sorry for the bad attitude."

"Apologize or something, I think it's too serious, isn't it necessary?" Zhong Yuanzhong also seemed to be relieved, and then realized what the man just said, and quickly waved his hand, "I mean, you You didn't do anything wrong, so why are you apologizing to me?"

"Why don't I need to apologize to you? My attitude was so bad before." Rimbaud looked at this young child, this child is a miracle, an incredible miracle, he should have been unconscious, forever I only know the energy group that is endlessly destroyed, but under such a bad situation, this child was born, with the identity of a human being, the posture of a human being, and the consciousness of a human being.

Rimbaud has always believed that the definition of human beings does not depend on the way of birth or other narrower things. As long as a life considers or rather recognizes itself as a human being, and restrains itself in a human way, and lives a human life, Then he is human and nothing else.

He remembered that what he saw after he broke into the laboratory was said to be used to write the countless codes that could not be seen at a glance for the personality of "Chuya Nakahara", but now Chuya Nakahara, he can categorically say, His personality is no longer determined by mere codes.

Rimbaud curled his fingers slightly, and the smile on his face deepened, "Chuya, although this sentence is a bit strange for me, it is really great that you were born in this world."

"What, what strange words are you saying all of a sudden!" Zhong Yuanzhong was also a little at a loss.

After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something, blushed, stood up quickly and said, "I, I'll get you a hat."

"What a lovely child." Rimbaud smiled and turned his head to look at Fukuzawa Yukichi who had been standing aside.

"Ah..." Fukuzawa Yukichi nodded.

"Mr. Rimbaud, will you go back to France to live in the future? Even if you go back, you will be subject to many restrictions?" Edogawa Ranbu asked curiously, but the words he asked hit the nail on the head, as if he had seen Rimbaud during this time The actual situation in France is average.

"Yes, after all, no matter how you say it, that is my hometown after all." Rimbaud nodded, "I actually want to come here this time..."

"Stop, let's just stop here." Edogawa Ranpo said that he didn't want to hear it, and neither did the members of his detective agency, "Chu is also our partner, and Ranpo-sama only knows this. .”

"Really?" Rimbaud pursed his lips. He remembered the information he had collected when he was in France. Nakahara Chu also lived quite well in Japan. He had a family who was willing to accept him, protect him and even train him. This child Even in the process of education, he developed a hobby of writing poems and songs.

"That's good." Fukuzawa Yukichi also said, agreeing with Edogawa Ranpo's statement.

"That's really great." Rimbaud let go of the fingers that were clenched too tightly just now. The fear of cold physique left over from the memory loss before has become much better after the memory came back.

Zhong Yuanzhong also ran back quickly, holding in his hand the hat that Rimbaud had given him for safekeeping earlier, "Come on, return the hat to you."

Rimbaud took the hat with a smile. He could tell that the woolen hat was well kept by the other party. He reached out and stroked the brim of the hat with a gentle expression, and leaned over while waving his hands. With a look of solution, he raised his hand and put the hat on his head, "Well, it really looks quite appropriate."

"Hey? I'm not a child anymore!" Zhong Yuanzhong also blushed for a moment, "What are you doing, isn't this your thing?"

"No, I have already given it to you." Rimbaud looked at the young man's lively appearance, raised his hand and patted him on the head, "This is a very precious hat, please cherish it."

"I see." In fact, Zhong Yuanzhong was also a little bit reluctant to part with the black hat, he hesitated, and then sat down beside Rimbaud under the strength of the other party, "Well, Rimbaud..."

"I'm not calling you brother this time?" Rimbaud raised his eyebrows amusedly, and explained before the other party blushed, "After I returned to France, I dealt with the leftover matters that had arisen due to identity issues before, although it was a bit troublesome, But the teacher and colleagues are willing to believe me, well, but what really saved me from trouble was the "Verlaine" I brought back..."

When he mentioned this, he shook his head helplessly, "In short, although it has been many years late, it is a blessing that life and work can get back on track."

Edogawa ranpo glanced at him, but said nothing.

"Mr. Rimbaud, you will never return, Mr. Mori is probably going to cry miserably?" Osamu Dazai, who was typing on the keyboard on the table, said suddenly.

"Mr. Mori?" When Rimbaud mentioned Mori Ogai, there was no superfluous expression on his face. He just responded indifferently and didn't say anything, which shows the status of Mr. Mori on Rimbaud's side.

Zhong Yuanzhong also asked curiously, "What's wrong with Verlaine?"

"It's nothing. He's in prison now. I visited him before. It's unbelievable. He looks more energetic now than before." When Rimbaud mentioned this matter, his face was a bit complicated, "He also gave me an excuse. He wanted to say sorry to you."

"It's really unnecessary to say sorry to me?" Zhong Yuanzhong didn't mind at all, after all, Verlaine didn't cause any trouble to his life at all, and was solved by Mr. Ghost Lantern with a mace.