brothers fight back

"Mr. Dazai, here is the information you want."

In the black building at the port, Osamu Dazai dressed meticulously. Hearing the voice of his subordinate, he raised his head and accepted the document handed over by the other party with a blank expression.

Most of the content recorded in it is about the movements of Akutagawa and Gin during this period, and there are sporadic parts about the conditions of the children who grew up with them after they were adopted.

Osamu Dazai quickly browsed through the entire document, and the expression on his face did not change at all.

"In the future, there is no need to sort out such information for me."

The growth direction of Akutagawa and Yin will become more and more in line with the standards of the Armed Detective Agency, and over time... these two people may become more powerful characters than staying by their side.

Looking at the back of his subordinate who turned to leave after answering, Osamu Dazai propped his chin with both hands, and a very shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Phone da yo, phone da yo—"

Osamu Dazai glanced at the unfamiliar phone number, and answered it suspiciously.

"Mr. Dazai, it's lunch time. 』

Osamu Dazai's expression changed upon hearing this, and he immediately stood up and opened the curtains to look around, "Say, where did you install the monitor?"

"Eat lunch on time, how about chicken curry for dinner?"The gentleman you exchanged items with is instructing me to make chicken curry. 』

"That's because you exchanged my things with others without authorization, and...you still need someone to teach you how to cook?"

"I'm more confident when someone around me can try and make suggestions in a timely manner. 』

"Cheat..." Osamu Dazai changed the subject: "Go to that slug!"

"Mr. Dazai, please don't call Nakahara-san so rude, he is a good man. 』

"Ha——" Dazai Osamu laughed, "Good guy?"

"Then I'm better than him..."

"Beep...beep beep..."

Holding the phone, Osamu Dazai looked at the interface where Jiuji hung up the communication, and immediately called back.

"Mr. Dazai, please don't be coquettish, and go to lunch obediently. 』

"Beep...beep beep..."

Osamu Dazai, who was unilaterally hung up again: "..."

Ah—is this what it feels like to be hung up by the person who wants to communicate without caring?

Hisashi cut off the phone call from Osamu Dazai, then looked up at Sakunosuke Oda who was waiting for him to continue preparing the dishes with a puzzled face, and sighed helplessly: "The little gentleman who adopted me and Takashi is a bit clingy."

"Oh." Oda Sakunosuke tried his best to make himself forget about Kuji's attitude when he was talking to the other party just now, and the smile on his face was still gentle, with a gesture of "believing" in Kirikiri Kuji.

Oda Sakunosuke: "Since Kuji said so, the other party must be a very clingy 'Little Mister'."

"Mr. Oda, please try again, is the taste right this time?" Hisashi took out a small portion of soup and handed it to Sakunosuke Oda.

"Hmm." Oda Sakunosuke looked at the honey that Kuji put in the last seasoning, picked up a spoon and tried again, "The non-spicy version is also delicious."

"Are you emphasizing non-spicy?" Hisashi smiled, "It seems that Mr. Oda prefers the spicy version."

After turning off the fire, Hisashi packed the spicy chicken curry that he cooked earlier, "If you don't mind, please accept this, Mr. Oda."

"Ah..." Oda Sakunosuke took out a small tin can of candy from his pocket, "I can only use this to exchange with you today."

"There is no need to exchange." Hisashi smiled and shook his head, "You have already helped me a lot."

Oda Sakunosuke, who was puzzled by Kuji's words, hesitated for a moment and took the food prepared by the other party, "...Thank you."

Saying goodbye to Oda Sakunosuke, Hisashi closed the door and started preparing lunch for himself.After a simple lunch, Hisashi brewed a cup of black tea and sat on the sofa to rest.When his eyes fell on the clock on the wall, Hisuji thought for a moment, put down the cup in his hand, and summoned a medium crystal ball to explore the situation of Akutagawa and Gin——

The crystal ball, which was originally almost transparent inside, immediately became gray mist the moment Jiuji held it.Waiting for the gray mist to gradually dissipate, a small but warmly furnished living room appeared in the crystal ball.

"When Jiuji was leaving, the man who was often helped by him saw it. According to him, it was because he saw Jiuji voluntarily leaving behind the boy, so he didn't make a sound."

After a period of clue investigation, Yin found out the most effective news.Holding the key in her hand, she turned and opened the door of the "temporary residence", and walked into the living room with Akutagawa back and forth.

"Sure enough, Kuji has reached a deal with the other party..."

After Akutagawa and Gin rejected the adoption arrangement proposed by the visitor, the other party did not continue to insist, but prepared a suitable residence for the siblings, leaving a sentence "This is the closest place to Kuji" regardless of whether the siblings live in the end or not. Just turn around and leave.

But judging from the screens Kuji explored, the two lived in the two-bedroom suite, and Akutagawa also separated his place in his own room.

"Hmm..." Jiuji raised his hand to cover the crystal ball, ending the exploration.

After slowly calming down the turbulent emotions in his heart, the familiar gentle smile appeared on Jiuji's face again.He took out his cell phone that had been ringing non-stop since just now, patiently browsed through the miscellaneous information edited by Dazai Osamu, and finally his eyes fell on the photo of today's lunch he took.

Looking at the photo with the color matching as impactful as vomit, Jiuji's face was expressionless.

The school bell rang, and the last class of the day was over. Natsume began to pack up his school things. At this time, there were already classmates waiting beside him, and they agreed to leave together.

When Natsume turned his head to look at this classmate, his eyes naturally fell on the boy in the second-to-last position in the innermost row of the classroom. Finally, he recovered from his companion's call, got up and left with him.

Natsume's eyes lit up when he saw Kuji standing gracefully at the school gate, and then said goodbye to his companions shyly with a smile, and trotted all the way to Jiuji.

"Why are you free to pick me up today?" Natsume looked at Jiuji in surprise.

"Suddenly there is time, let's go." Jiuji reached for Natsume's schoolbag.

"Ok!"

Hisashi walked ahead silently, while Natsume followed quietly.

"Kusi, the seat I refused the teacher arranged earlier has already been taken today."

"Ok?"

"It's a boy named "Edogawa Conan". "

"..."Edogawa". "

"It's the same surname as Mr. Ranpo. When I first heard it, I was also taken aback. But Conan-san doesn't seem to have any blood relationship with Mr. Ranpo."

"I know."

Natsume tilted his head suspiciously.

What Jiuji said was "I know" instead of "I know". He...has known about this for a long time?

The doubt lasted for less than a moment, and Natsume nodded immediately.

--Um!Hisashi must have known something a long time ago, so he let himself refuse the teacher's seat arrangement.

Natsume suddenly laughed while thinking about it, and Hisashi, who was walking in front of him and still maintaining his disguise, couldn't help but look down at the little boy beside him.

"what happened?"

"I suddenly thought of something happy! Kuji, what shall we have for dinner?"

"Chicken curry."

"Great!"

Port Building—

"Dazai-kun left work on time again today?"

As the evening approached, Mori Ogai issued an urgent mission and only Chuya was summoned. Facing the boy's answer on the phone, Mori Ogai's expression became very subtle, "Is the food at home so delicious?"

Chuya carefully observed Mori Ogai's expression, not knowing what kind of answer Dazai made on the other end of the phone, the expression on the leader's face suddenly became a little surprised, but it was only a moment, and soon he returned to his usual appearance.

"..." Mori Ogai hung up the communication with Dazai Osamu, and when he looked at Chuya again, his expression was a little helpless, "This task can only be done by Chuya-kun alone."

Chuya has seen enough of how capricious Osamu Dazai is.He believed that making the leader make such a temporary decision was definitely not out of "connivance" to Osamu Dazai, but just a task of this level...

"Yes." Zhong also accepted the task respectfully, turned and left.

It's just that for a task of this level, it's enough for him to handle it alone.

Watching him off, Ogai Mori recalled what Osamu Dazai said——

"To deal with this kind of organization, you have to let both blacks play together, which will only make double blacks lose value. 』

"Well——" Mori Ou looked at the Miaoman woman standing behind him, "Alice. This is the first time I've heard Mr. Dazai mention 'double black'."

"Are things starting to develop in the direction Rintaro wants?"

"...I don't know." Mori Ogai supported his forehead with one hand, and the hair on his forehead slid down smoothly along with the direction of the tilt.

"Since he adopted two children, I can't understand him more and more."

"But Rintaro looks very happy."

"I do not have it."

"Huh? Is Rintaro so dishonest even to me?"

The seemingly gentle question actually implies a "trap".Mori Ogai smiled and looked at Alice who was not in the form of a young girl but was even more difficult to deal with. He tried harder than ever to coax her, and finally diverted her attention.

Bringing one "child" is already quite difficult, but Dazai still needs to bring two...

"Hey……"

Mori Ogai sighed.

As soon as Natsume and Hisashi opened the door of their "house", they almost thought that the house had been burglarized.

Seeing Dazai Osamu who continued to add chaos to the clean environment of his home, Kirikiri Hisashi, who had "recovered" his own appearance, raised his hand at him, stopped his movements, and immediately released countless familiars, quickly Tidy up the messy home.

"Mr. Dazai, don't look for it. Even if you search every corner of the house and pry open every board, you won't find a single cigarette."

Osamu Dazai hugged his head in despair, "Who did you give all the cigarettes I hid?"

Before Kuji could answer, Osamu Dazai immediately thought of "that gentleman" he mentioned last time, "It's that guy who traded honey for my exorbitantly expensive wine again?"

"Mr. Dazai, please don't keep thinking about cigarettes after the withdrawal reaction occurs."

"I'm going out."

Hisashi stepped aside, and the door was immediately sealed by magic.

"world……"

"Mr. Dazai is going to use the ability in this place?"

Osamu Dazai closed his hands and covered his mouth, looked away, and said in a low voice: "If you can't control me all the time, don't control me from now on."

"Dinner is getting cold, Guizhi go wash your hands."

"Yes."

Natsume obediently took the schoolbag from Hisashi and left.

Hisashi stood at the entrance with a straight posture, "Mr. Dazai..."

Hearing the rare emotional and helpless tone of the "children" below, Osamu Dazai put down his hands and put on the cold expression when the two met for the first time.

"You really love to act like a baby." Jiuji sighed helplessly.

Osamu Dazai, who was about to say terrible words to make Jiuji understand his situation: "?"

"Here you are." Hisuji took out the candy that Oda Sakunosuke insisted on stuffing himself before leaving from his pocket, just poured out one and handed it to Osamu Dazai, when he looked up, he saw the expression on the other side who was about to cry.

"Mr. Dazai, candy is sweet."

"...you like this kind of candy too?"

Hearing this, a deep smile appeared on Jiuji's face, "Even for me, it's hard to refuse sugar that makes me happy."

"However, no matter how much you like it, you shouldn't consume too much sugar before meals." Jiuji put away the sugar bowl, turned and walked to the kitchen, "I haven't made the dish 'curry chicken' for a long time, today is thanks to that With the help of a kind gentleman, I got the taste right. "

Osamu Dazai stood behind Hisuji, "You 'domesticated' Akutagawa, and now you plan to 'domesticate' me?"

"It's too much..." Facing Dazai's topic that didn't match his words at all, Jiuji smiled, and naturally took it: "Obviously Mr. Dazai is 'domesticating' me."

"..."

Chaldea.

Roman, who had been chatting with Moriarty all afternoon, began to keep silent when the other party’s topic came to this point. Knowing that today’s topic might end here, Roman got up and was about to leave, but heard William’s words that seemed to be talking to himself——

"It is precisely because I know his value that I want to polish him, hoping that one day his brilliance will be seen by everyone." Having said this, William half-closed his eyes, "It's a pity..."

"Failed."

"It's not that he can't shine because of lack of polish, but—"

"Abandoned the light."

Hearing this, the figure of hiding in the lounge and eating cake with him instantly appeared in Roman's mind.

"what……"

It turned out to be the case.

It turned out that the feeling of disobedience in Jiuji all the time came from here.

"Kusi Kirikiri..." El-Melloi II couldn't help frowning when Mary asked him to recall his former classmates, "You want to know the characteristics of that guy?"

Mary nodded seriously, "I just found out that he is also one of Chaldea's staff."

"What? That guy is also in Chaldea?" Hearing this, El-Melloi II's expression changed.

"Don't you know?" Seeing El-Melloi II nodding, Mary helped her forehead, "It seems that I am not the only one who has the problem."

El-Melloi II: "The situation?"

"Obviously he is an important person. Logically speaking, there should be many important 'traces' about him in Chaldea. But everything around him seems to have been erased. After he 'leaves', there are only a few sporadic People still remember him."

"There are almost no traces of his life in Chaldea. Not only that, but since just now, my memory has been frequently making mistakes along with the investigation."

"Is it like being erased from memory?" El-Melloi II understood Mary's words.

"Yes!" Mary nodded, "That's why I want to investigate what kind of person Kyukiri Kuji is, what kind of characteristics and abilities he has... What's going on with the current situation?"

El-Melloi II covered his chin with a delicate expression, "He—"

"Although his whole body exudes a gentle atmosphere bathed in the warm sun, and he often wears a warm smile on his face that makes people want to let go of his guard, he is actually a "devil" to the letter. "