cat blues

When Ryunosuke Akutagawa came back, it was already quite dark.After the winter vacation is over, he will be preparing to take the college exam, so he spends most of this vacation in the study room reviewing, and the two days between Christmas and yesterday are relatively relaxed.

Today's New Year's Day, Akutagawa Ryunosuke went to a party organized by his classmates. Everyone knew that they were about to separate, so they organized a party before the final exam.After a day of fun at the New Year's Day party, everyone finally bought instant food and snacks and went to the squad leader's home for dinner. The squad leader even brought out non-alcoholic amazake.

After drinking Amazake, although there was no alcohol, everyone cried and laughed as if they were drunk. Many people even fell asleep on the sofa and the floor. In the end, Ryunosuke Akutagawa was the most sober Wake up people one by one, then send everyone out, and finally say goodbye to the squad leader.

Not only him, Akutagawa Silver and Nakajima Atsushi also went to similar class reunions. He was going to take the college exam, and the two of them were going to take the high school exam.

Because Akutagawa Ryunosuke skipped a grade during junior high school, he is only two years older than his sister, but he is already about to graduate from high school.There is no doubt that his university will go to the University of Tokyo, and he has no hesitation about this, but he has some doubts about what high school his sister will go to.

It's not that Likai University High School is not good, after all, I, Mr. Nakahara and Mr. Dazai both graduated from Rikai University High School. Don't worry, it's his younger sister after all, even if he is self-studying at home, he is confident that Xiaoyin will be admitted to the University of Tokyo, but Atsushi Nakajima, the child's overall grades are still very good, but his partial subjects are a bit serious.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was deeply worried about Atsushi Nakajima's somewhat mediocre math grades.

Pushing open the door and entering the house, Ryunosuke Akutagawa walked into the living room, "I'm back."

He looked up, and saw that there was a somewhat strange man in the room.

"Welcome back, brother." Akutagawa Gin took the lead to stand up from the sofa, "Brother, this is Mr. Rimbaud."

After Akutagawa Ryunosuke heard Rimbaud's name, he remembered this man who had appeared once a few years ago and had a close relationship with Nakahara in various senses.

"Good evening Mr. Rimbaud." Ryunosuke Akutagawa bowed slightly naturally.

"Good evening..." Rimbaud, who was holding the black teacup in his hand, has become completely gentle and harmless now. Sitting on the edge of the kotatsu, he even felt a little chubby, with most of his body curled up in the Inside the kotatsu, he slowly stretched out his hand to reach for the teapot, but he couldn't reach it. He didn't bother to move out of the kotatsu, and said in a soft tone: "Chuya, please give me another cup of tea."

"Okay, okay." Zhong Yuanzhong, who was sitting on the side, also looked at the man in front of him helplessly, and stood up from the sofa obediently to pour tea for him.

"Mr. Rimbaud, is this...?" Ryunosuke Akutagawa asked his sister curiously.

"Ah, I will be working in Yokohama from now on. But before that, I have to go back to France to deal with the work handover." Rimbaud yawned, "Well, I'll be back soon."

He took a sip of tea and lay half prone on the table, his long hair covered his eyes, making it impossible to see his real expression at this time.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was not aware of the love-hate entanglement between the adults, he just nodded and said seriously: "Mr. Rimbaud, you will definitely like the city of Yokohama."

The man who had been living in Yokohama for almost ten years was stunned, then raised his head and smiled at him gently, "Thank you for your good words."

"Speaking of which, Ryunosuke, when you came back, why did you have a heavy expression on your face? I remember that you went out to attend the reunion of your classmates today?" Oda Sakunosuke looked at Yukichi Maomao walking over and handing it to the just returned with some curiosity. Ryunosuke Akutagawa put a hot towel on his hands, and signaled the boy to wipe his face quickly.

"Thank you..." Ryunosuke Akutagawa nodded gratefully to Yukichi Nomo, and then said, "I am indeed with my classmates today. Everyone was a little nervous because of the college entrance examination, and it turned out to be a little noisy sharp."

"Ryunosuke, have you decided on the school you want to take the exam?" Because there were two Akutagawa present, Nakaya called out their names directly.

"Yes, I plan to go to Tokyo University." Ryunosuke Akutagawa said with some confidence.

"Look, Mr. Yukichi, I'm right! Also, your expression is flashing." Edogawa Ranpo on the side said to the big black cat that was almost flashing PIKAPIKA light waves, " Don't worry, with Akutagawa's results, as long as there is no accident on the day of the exam, you will be fine. Well, it doesn't matter if you get sick or injured, it's Yosano."

When Yosano Akiko heard her name being called, she immediately raised her head and smiled to look at Ryunosuke Akutagawa standing behind the sofa, making hair growl on his back.

"No, I also believe that there will be absolutely no problems with my exam." Akutagawa Ryunosuke said quickly and very seriously, "I will definitely pay attention to my body, and I will definitely not get sick or injured on such an important situation as the eve of the exam."

"Then Ryunosuke, you just had a serious face..." Oda Sakunosuke asked curiously.

"Ah, I'm thinking about where is the best place to go to Gin and Atsushi's high school." Akutagawa Ryunosuke showed genuine concern on his face, "For Gin, I don't worry about where to go because of my good grades, but Aton It is a bit biased, which really makes me a little worried."

Atsushi Nakajima didn't expect the topic to be brought up on his own head, he twitched the corner of his mouth, "My grades are still very good, right?"

"Your math needs tutoring." Akutagawa Ryunosuke said seriously.

"I obviously got the fifth place in the whole grade in the final exam." Atsushi Nakajima couldn't help but refute.

"That's because Mr. Kunikida has always been tutoring you." Akutagawa Ryunosuke was looking for Kunikida Doppo to tutor in mathematics when he first skipped a grade. Later, after he caught up with the progress, he gradually no longer needed him. Help with tutoring, but Atsushi Nakajima still needs to find the other party to tutor math from time to time.

Atsushi Nakajima's momentum suddenly weakened.

Rimbaud looked at this young man, who was only two years older than Atsushi Nakajima, with such a look of hatred, and said that this very cheerful young man was a little funny.

"Actually, A-Dun's grades are quite good, but how should I put it? A-Dun's literary attainments are very good, and we also, well, in short, we all feel that with A-Dun's ability, he can definitely become a super-excellent writer, so everyone I really don’t want to see him fail the university exam because of partial subjects.” Nakahara also explained to Rimbaud in a low voice, but we will talk about their time travel to another world later, Rimbaud accepts it today Enough news.

"Well, to put it simply, you all have some hopes for success, right? But won't this put too much pressure on him?" Rimbaud is obviously also a single dog—his love affair began more than ten years ago because of the Central Plains. I broke up with him because of the same thing - I never raised a child after that, but at this time he said like a very experienced old father.

"Actually, we usually pay attention to this point, but probably today Mr. Akutagawa's classmates vented some pressure through the relationship with the first month, which caused Mr. Akutagawa to have some anxiety?" Osamu Dazai also approached quietly and said .

Before he could finish speaking, Yukichi the cat had already stood between the two of them. Yukichi the cat stretched out his meat pad to block Akutagawa's mouth, and waited until Akutagawa Ryunosuke realized what he had said before Stretched out the cat's paw and gently pressed his head.

After appeasing the agitated Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Yukichi the cat turned around and looked at the aggrieved Atsushi Nakajima. He also gently rubbed his head with the cat's paw, and then hugged the white-haired boy into the He patted his back in his arms.

Soon, Atsushi Nakajima didn't feel wronged anymore.

"Mr. Yuji is so powerful." Rimbaud, who watched the big cat easily resolve the dispute, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Of course, it's Mr. Yukichi after all." Edogawa threw a piece of orange into his mouth in disorder. With such a magical big cat, there is no need to worry about those messy things.

"But high school, it is indeed necessary to choose a little." Osamu Dazai suddenly raised his voice.

"Dazai? Are you worried about Aden's further education?" Oda Sakunosuke asked curiously.

"No!" Osamu Dazai decisively raised his hand and made a cross, "I mean, our family seems to be from Lihai University Affiliated High School, and we went all the way through high school, even Kunikida is the same, so, is it true at home? How many people who are not like this should be produced?"

"It seems to be the case." Oda Sakunosuke nodded, then turned his head decisively and asked, "Xiaoyin, is there any high school you fancy?"

"Huh?" Akutagawa Yin was stunned. As a top student, she really didn't think much about changing schools, so she was suddenly asked such a question. After she was stunned, she quickly shook her head.

"Well, for Xiaoyin, you can go to any school, so why don't you consider a better school uniform? After all, Xiaoyin is an upright and youthful girl, and a better school uniform will make you more beautiful—" Osamu Dazai said Tsukuru said cutely.

"What do you want to do to Xiaoyin?!" Nakahara Nakaya admitted this, but Dazai Osamu's frivolous attitude made him want to slap the table.

"Oh, don't be so irritable, I'm just giving reasonable advice as an elder." Dazai Osamu was not afraid of him at all, and said happily.

"School uniform...it can indeed be used as a reference item." Ryunosuke Akutagawa nodded. Most of his sister's private clothes are usually prepared by Yukichi Tomomi and Yosano Akiko. No matter what style of clothes it is, there is no The style and quality of the clothes are absolutely superior. The boys' school uniforms of Lihai University Affiliated High School are relatively well-behaved, but the girls' school uniforms are much more mediocre, and they even look a bit like they are deliberately covering up their figures.In various senses, the design of Lihai University is to protect the safety of the students. After all, Yokohama was not safe in the past. Many girls may be attacked if they dress a little cooler. Naturally, it is impossible to design school uniforms. It looks so good.

However, the situation has improved in the past two years, so the students began to have the leisure to protest the unsightly uniforms.

"Brother!" Akutagawa Yin didn't expect that his brother would actually respond to Osamu Dazai's obviously teasing words, and shouted a little annoyed.

"Gin next to me is the most beautiful girl in the world." Akutagawa Ryunosuke said without changing his expression.

Yosano Akiko, who was flipping through fashion magazines, rolled her eyes and murmured "dead girl control" at the corner of her mouth, and said nothing more.

Yukichi Tomo also nodded - Akutagawa Yin is a girl, and Yosano Akiko is a woman, so there is nothing wrong with saying that - and then began to scan Akutagawa Yin, very good, prepare a new kimono for Xiaoyin after the New Year , I want a schoolgirl uniform with a strong style, a cherry blossom pattern.

Akutagawa Gin was also a little helpless, Yukichi big cat's attitude was that she wanted to make new clothes for herself, she stepped forward and gently held the big cat's pad, "Mr. Yukichi, don't be led astray by them It’s off topic, and I already have enough clothes, please don’t prepare new clothes for me, especially kimonos.”

The girl is a little helpless. There is a mother cat (Yuji cat: I am the male) who is too powerful in housekeeping. What can she do? Can't she just watch her big cat stuff her closet to the top?

Hearing the girl's categorical refusal, Yukichi the cat felt a little sad.

"Mr. Yukichi, I really have enough clothes, and I usually wear school uniforms at school." Akutagawa Gin said helplessly.

"What about Aton, do you have any requirements for high school?" Oda Sakunosuke asked again.

Just as a group of people continued to discuss with great interest which high schools are better in Yokohama, Nakahara suddenly made a boo gesture to them. Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw that Rimbaud was lying on the bed. Asleep on the table.

Yuji Maomao hurried to the side and took out a blanket, and Chuya simply wrapped the blanket with supernatural powers and carefully covered Rimbaud's body.

"Let me just say, his life in France must not be very easy." Edogawa Ranpo muttered, "His identity is not simple, but because of his amnesia, he lived in Japan so much. For many years, it is unlikely that the upper echelons of France will take him too seriously."

"What's worse, the Verlaine he brought back has become an ordinary person." Osamu Dazai added.

"I also have a hunch that it might not be too good for him to go back, but isn't brother Rimbaud a transcendent? There aren't many transcendents in France that can be wholesaled. Is it really okay to leave it like this?" Zhong Yuanzhong also thought a little It does not follow the French government's approach.

"Chuya, you should use your brain sometimes, and I will be very troubled if you keep doing this." Osamu Dazai made a strange expression and mocked Chuya Nakahara, and then said seriously, "Because It is a transcendent, so I dare not continue to reuse it, especially after bringing back an ordinary person Verlaine, the upper echelon of the government will not believe any talk of heaven and hell, they will only think that Rimbaud must have done something to Verlaine Hands and feet?"

"Missing, amnesia, and living abroad for a long time, the French government will be willing to believe that Mr. Rimbaud is a ghost." Osamu Dazai shrugged. , mainly because their high-level government did not trust his relationship."

"Brother Rimbaud must be very sad, right?" Nakahara Zhong also imagined that he left the Armed Detective Agency due to an accident, encountered amnesia even more bloody, and then stayed outside for many years, until he finally remembered what he was. Who was it, but happened to let go of a prisoner that the detective agency wanted to arrest, and then when I finally found the detective agency, everyone in the agency not only did not welcome me, but also began to complain about my behavior of letting the person go, and questioned myself Why didn't he go home for so long, then he must be so sad that he wanted to cry, right?

Although such a situation is absolutely impossible to happen, they have the super reliable president Mr. Fukuzawa Yukichi, Yukichi Maomao who catches all the housework, and Edogawa Ranpo who can see through the truth at a glance, and although I don’t know why Osamu Dazai, who is always at odds with himself, but whose brain can keep up with Mr. Ranpo's speed, Doppo Kunikida who insists on his idealism, Dr. Yosano who always makes people feel hairy when he talks about treatment, and a little too natural Oda Sakunosuke.

With these reliable companions, the things he imagined could not be true, but what happened to Rimbaud was indeed real.

Zhong Yuanzhong couldn't help but sighed, "It's really dirty politics, and I don't know how Verlaine will sneak over here."

Yes, in order to allow Rimbaud to stay in Japan to help him with experiments, and to stabilize his mood, Ghost Lantern simply decided to bring Verlaine with him. As for the method of bringing him over, Rimbaud didn't want to ask, and he didn't dare to ask .

"It must be a very interesting method, after all, it is Lord Ghost Lantern!" Osamu Dazai said with a smile.

"But why is it Verlaine? Is he so important to Rimbaud?" Zhong Yuanzhong also didn't quite understand. Generally, the person who shouldn't be taken away with him must be a girl or something?

"Chuya, you are really a fool." Edogawa Ranpo and Dazai Osamu said in unison, and then ran away quickly.

"Hey, what do you two mean?" Zhong Yuan immediately caught up, but even so, he didn't forget to be careful not to let himself lift too many corners of the kotatsu.

The living room soon became empty, only the big cat Yuji lit a night lamp and put it on the table, and tucked Rimbaud in the quilt before leaving.

"Really, I suddenly understand why Zhong Ye can grow into such a cute child." Rimbaud opened his eyes, looked at the night light in front of him, and couldn't help laughing.

After the New Year's holiday, Rimbaud returned to France. He had a lot of things to show. Although he will be stationed in Yokohama, Japan, this does not mean that he cannot fly back. As a consul of the consulate, if he Feeling homesick, he can buy a ticket to fly back anytime, so at this moment, he is still in a good mood.

After returning to France, he first visited his teacher, Mr. Baudelaire, and his good friend Mallarme. When they heard that Rimbaud was going to be a diplomatic consul in the consulate, they were very surprised. Like exile, Baudelaire, the leader of the large French opposition party, the Paris Commune, almost wanted to flip the table on the spot, but was finally dissuaded by Rimbaud.

Afterwards, Rimbaud went to a special superhuman prison again. Although Verlaine was just an ordinary person no matter how he checked, there were always people who were worried about him, and felt that it was better to imprison him in a superhuman prison than to release him with ordinary people. Much safer together.

Verlaine did not have any dissatisfaction with this, and accepted this fact as if it were an appointment.

When Rimbaud saw Verlaine in prison, he didn't directly mention that he was going to Yokohama to be a consul, but said, "I went to see that child."

"Although that child is an artificial life like you, he is free." A very gentle smile suddenly appeared on Rimbaud's face, "He is a more gentle and free child than you imagined."

As he said that, in the room where it was supposed to be forbidden to bring any electronic items into the room, a golden subspace cube suddenly flashed, and a mobile phone fell out. in front of Verlaine.

"Ah, that's really good." Looking at these photos, Verlaine showed a sincere and natural smile on his face.

After Verlaine had seen enough photos, Rimbaud took back his phone and said to him with an unprecedented relaxed attitude: "By the way, I have been transferred. I am now going to the consulate in Yokohama, Japan, as a resident consul."

When Verlaine heard the news, he withdrew his smile almost instantly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can the French government waste Transcendents so much?"

"Well, the specific situation, I think you will know about it later, so don't be too surprised." Rimbaud suddenly regretted that Verlaine was knocked down at that time, and what happened is completely unknown. I know, otherwise, I should be able to see the surprised expression on the other party's face now, right?

Occasionally, Rimbaud, who is also very funny, thinks this way, but more importantly, he recalls what Zhongya Zhongya told him earlier, about their detective agency's trip to heaven and hell. At that time, Zhongyuan Zhongya also It appears as an individual soul, not a personality code.

So the man in front of me should be the same, right?Has a soul unique to the human being "Verlaine".

"Me? Know later?" Verlaine looked at Rimbaud in disbelief, feeling as if he was meeting this person for the first time.

"Yeah..." Rimbaud didn't want to say anything more. He stood up with a smile and waved to the man behind him, "Goodbye..."