When the head crosses Yokohama

--do not regret.

38.

"...Why do you need me to contain Akutagawa? Kuroro, what are you going to do?"

The Dun boy swallowed, and his Adam's apple moved up and down vaguely.

"Oh, it seems that I haven't had time to tell Dun Jun about this matter, I was negligent." Kuroro flicked his black hair, and gently gathered the scattered parts behind his ears, with a leisurely smile on his face, " It was decided temporarily, and you may be a little bit repelled by Dun Jun, but in order to get the book, such an action is also necessary."

The young man tensed up.

"We temporarily planned an incident in Yokohama, in order to hold back the port mafia and the armed detective agency guarding the city, so I would like to trouble you, Atsushi." With a sincere tone, Kurolo seemed to be really just Please help me, "Dun Jun, you probably don't want to confront everyone in the detective agency, right? So I can only ask Dun Jun to stop the port mafia."

"I……"

"I know a little bit about the port mafia. That Akutagawa Ryunosuke is quite a troublesome figure. But if it's Atsushi-kun, I believe you can completely contain him."

Kuroro's attitude cannot be refused.

"...When will the operation begin?"

Unable to resist Kuroro at all, the boy Dun gritted his teeth and asked this question that he was very concerned about.

"today."

Kuroro replied like this.

After Atsushi Nakajima left Kuroro's side tremblingly, he immediately dialed the number of the detective agency the next second he turned around.Probably because of being stimulated by Kuroro, when he held the microphone, his hands trembled unconsciously.

In order not to leave traces, the young man deliberately chose an old-fashioned mobile phone. The number he gave Kunikida-senpai was the special number for this old-fashioned mobile phone.

"Dun Jun?"

After the rustling sound, Senior Kunikida's suspicious voice came from the opposite side.

"It's me, Kunikida-senpai." Atsushi's heart was beating violently, and he decided to make a long story short, "Kurolo and the others planned a vicious incident in Yokohama. I just confirmed that the time is today!"

"Dun Jun,"

The voice transmitted from the old-fashioned microphone, I don’t know if it’s because of the sound quality or other reasons, it sounds a bit slow to the boy in Dun,

"The evil...has happened."

He only heard Senior Kunikida speak slowly in the microphone.

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On the morning of the 16th, in the central shopping mall, Century Plaza, Red House Building...and many other public places, sudden and sudden deaths of ordinary people occurred at the same time.

"The method of death for the deceased is the same. It is a nervous spasm caused by a heart paralysis, and then the blood pressure suddenly rises, and the blood vessel explodes on the spot. The method of death looks quite bloody."

Kunikida Doppo looked at the information that had just been passed on, and explained the science to the members of the detective agency who gathered quickly.

"Sudden deaths that happened at different places at the same time? Is it a different ability?"

"Very likely." Kunikida knocked on the table with a serious tone, "The victim's death was very simple and rude, without torture or warning in advance, walking on the road normally, and suddenly exploded to death in the next second, and It happened at the same time, and I can't think of any other more reasonable explanation other than supernatural powers."

"You just said that the victim died of a heart attack before the blood vessels exploded?" Doctor Yosano asked.

"That's right. In other words, this kind of horrifying death is most likely to create panic among the crowd."

Pushing his glasses, Kunikida frowned, "Atsushi-kun also sent a message just now, he said that Dostoevsky and Kuroro planned to engage in an evil incident in Yokohama, which is basically confirmed. This time the black hands behind the scenes are Kuroro and Dostoevsky."

"But what is their purpose?" Someone asked such a question.

"If it is to create panic, what happens after the panic is created?"

——An ordinary citizen suddenly died suddenly in a public place. This is indeed a case that has a very bad impact on society, but it is obviously not a terrorist attack that has been carefully planned and arranged. As long as the detective agency and the military and police jointly suppress it, this The case will soon be suppressed as well.

This question made Kunikida fall into deep thought. He thought for a while, agreed with this statement, and gave more evidence, "Just now Atsushi-kun also said that this plan seems to be decided by them temporarily."

"uncertain……"

At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door, and everyone looked over together, and found that Dazai had walked to the door at some point.

"Dazai, how did you get out of the hospital?"

Kunikida frowned, looked at him with some disapproval and asked this question.

"I was discharged from the hospital because the injury is almost healed..." In order to prove what he said, Dazai turned his arm twice, but in the next second, his expression became painful because of this large movement involving the wound, "No...no big problem, I've got super multi-layered bandages on."

"It's because it's time to come out of the hospital." Sitting aside, Luanbu suddenly said this.

"Yeah, after all, Kuroro and the Devil jointly challenged our detective agency this time. If I don't show up, wouldn't it be a waste of their kindness?"

Dazai said this euphemistically, but everyone has already guessed it from the expressions on everyone's faces.

Dazai was worried that the rest of the detective agency would not be able to handle it.

"Is this a trap?" Kunikida frowned, "Does this mean that this sudden death incident is a trap targeting the detective agency just like the Five Decays of Heaven and Man?"

"Not necessarily, at least this case should not only target the armed detective agency," Dazai shook his head, "The current information is not enough to judge their purpose, but this case is not as simple as it seems on the surface—even if The modus operandi is rough and the method is bad, but the meaning behind it is far less than the case itself."

Because he is the same kind of person as Dostoevsky, Dazai can feel the malice revealed in it even more.

"I also have a rather nasty feeling." Ranpo agreed.

"That's right?" Dazai blinked at Edogawa Ranpo.

"Oh no!!!"

At this moment, Tanizaki Junichiro, the internal staff of the detective agency, yelled, breaking the somewhat quiet atmosphere of the detective agency.

"Just now four more cases of sudden death happened at the same time, 10 minutes ago! This time they are not ordinary citizens, but members of the port mafia!"

According to the information that was sent just now, the casino under the name of the port mafia, and the mafia port in Yokohama far away from the casino——at the gate of the casino where people come and go and on the coast far away, four strong and strong The bodyguards in black suits died suddenly at the same time, just like the ordinary citizens in the crowd center in the morning, they died tragically.

"Or a heart attack with a burst blood vessel?"

"Yes."

Pursing his lips, Dazai looked unhappy.

"Look, it's not just for detective agencies."

"But it's ordinary citizens first, and then the port gangsters. Kuroro and the others are trying to arouse public outrage." Dazai narrowed his eyes, and there was a thoughtful and somewhat cold look in his eyes, "What do you think the next riot will be?" Whose person will be killed?"

"Military police."

Ranpo gave the answer.

——Krollo and the others are not creating panic, they are simply provoking.

This is more in the style of Kuroro than in the usual way of Dostoevsky.

Dazai's words gave Kunikida a completely different way of thinking, and he followed Ranpo's words and asked, "If Kuroro and Dostoevsky just want to provoke Yokohama's security measures, what will they do next? What will the action be?"

"—To tell the world that the Yokohama City Government cannot arrest them, or will it be used as a threat to impose conditions?"

"No," Kunikida's deduction was suddenly interrupted, and he looked at Osamu Dazai, who had been his partner for two years.Only then did I realize that the man's eyes had become very cold, "If Kuroro is leading this incident, they will definitely call the detective agency first...or the port mafia."

Like a prophecy, just as Dazai finished speaking, the public phone of the detective agency rang.

In the atmosphere of unanimous silence, this "beep beep" sound was particularly abrupt.

"Provocative?"

"It doesn't have to be a provocation," Dazai answered the phone lightly while walking over, "Anyway, as long as the call is connected, you will know the content—"

Putting the microphone between his ears and shoulders, Dazai made a booing gesture to everyone in the detective agency, and then said briskly into the microphone, "Moses Moses, this is the Armed Detective Agency—"

Sure enough, the caller was not Kuroro, but the boy from Dun.

It was expected, but it was also unexpected... Kuroro is really a very bad person.

"Atsu-kun? Ah... no, no!" Although his tone was as erratic as before, Dazai's expression had already accumulated quite a lot of dissatisfaction. Of course, the young man on the microphone did not notice this huge dissatisfaction at all. Contrasting.

Dazai on the microphone side changed to a more relaxed answering posture, and asked seemingly casually into the microphone, "Dun-kun, does Kuroro want you to convey something to me?"

"……Yes."

——Sure enough, Dazai-san still noticed it.

The Dun boy here hesitated and did not speak. Kuroro was upstairs. Although he might not be looking at him at the moment, the Dun boy still had the illusion that he was being watched.

"Kulolo, he said he wanted to see you alone."

When he said this request himself, the boy suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if he had really betrayed the detective agency.

Under such circumstances, Kuroro invited Mr. Dazai alone, and let him convey Kuroro's wishes, which is tantamount to being an accomplice to Kuroro, leading Mr. Dazai into a very dangerous situation.

But what Kurolo had promised him would not harm the people of the detective agency.

But a person like Kuroro... how can he trust him completely! ! !

"Forget it, Mr. Dazai, this is really too dangerous, you still..." The boy Dun was interrupted by the smiling and relaxed tone of the microphone before he finished speaking, and the boy froze in place.

"Dun Jun, please tell Kuroro that I agreed to his invitation~"

"We can meet soon~"

The latter sentence was obviously not addressed to Dun Boy, but to Kurolo.

"But Dazai-san...!"

"Dun Jun, you remember that I taught you to do the right thing, right—since you do what you think is right, then don't regret it... Do you understand?"

…………

"Okay, I understand Mr. Dazai."