A live broadcast of a Yokohama strange talk

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Ango Sakaguchi and Sakunosuke Oda met this man by accident—the two met in a bookstore, and they talked about novels by chance, and then the topic of creation.Perhaps guided by some kind of fate, they quickly became friends.Later, it developed into a bar chat meeting that I would come to once a week when I was free.

After getting acquainted, they would occasionally chat about some work topics.

Oda Sakunosuke is not good at drinking, but in order to exercise his drinking capacity, he will order a glass every time he comes to BarLupin.

The warm yellow light filled the whole bar with a warm and quiet atmosphere. Oda Sakunosuke relaxed and watched the bartender mixing drinks, thinking of what Ango Sakaguchi mentioned just now.

[Devil Live Room] should be the name of a ghost story. There are many ghost stories in Yokohama, and the average person in the urban legend has heard of one or two.What Ango Sakaguchi said should be those that suddenly appeared recently.

"Are there a lot of ghost stories in Yokohama?"

Ango Sakaguchi propped his forehead with his fingers, and sighed a little sullenly: "I just solved one today, and I may find two strange stories tomorrow. They don't seem to be supernatural powers, and it is difficult to describe them if you want to describe them carefully. I have seen them before. It is a strange story, its appearance is very strange, according to what is known so far, people with weak mental endurance will lose consciousness when they see it, walk into its territory and be captured by it.”

"I met one a few days ago." Oda Sakunosuke said, "My boss and I were trapped by the chain stairs that night. It is said that there is a strange story about [the stairway of breaking up friendship]."

"……what?"

Ango Sakaguchi showed a surprised expression.

He couldn't understand what Oda Sakunosuke said, and his thoughts were jumping in "break up the relationship", "Oda Saku and his boss", "the black-hand-partner issued a declaration of breaking up the relationship", and inexplicably thought of many pictures.

The boss of the port gang-hand-party yelled at the bottom staff Oda Sakunosuke: I want to break up with you!

How to put it, it's a bit of a girlish sense of disobedience.

"[Breakdown Stairway] I have heard of it, but——you and your boss, are you familiar with it?"

Oda Sakunosuke shrugged.

"As you can see, the lower-level cadres and my superiors are just ordinary working friends."

Ango Sakaguchi: "Then why did you break up friendship? This is the staircase to break up friendship. You have to make friends first, right?"

Ango Sakaguchi asked a good question, and Sakunosuke Oda suspected it too.

The prerequisite for breaking off friendship is that the two people have a relationship. They are not even friends. Why are they locked in by the [Stairway for Breaking Up Friendship]?

"My boss, the man named Osamu Dazai, seems to be very familiar with me."

The task assigned to him by the superior is just right, I don't know if it is a coincidence, most of his tasks are odd jobs, and there are not many times to fight the enemy head-on.

There are few special arrangements for work on weekends. Thanks to this, Oda Sakunosuke always has time to accompany the adopted children-this is probably an "employee benefit" for workers with children?

He extracted those details, and at this moment, a new wine was presented to him. Oda Sakunosuke looked down, and saw his own reflection in the calm glass of wine.

Speaking of which, Osamu Dazai looked at him with complicated eyes.It seems that he is looking at something very far away through him, and it seems that he is just looking at the person "Oda Sakunosuke".There is no other emotion in that kind of complexity, like looking at an old friend whom I haven't seen for a long time, with some nostalgia, and some loneliness and sentimentality that are revealed unconsciously from time to time.

"That kind of gaze is looking at someone you know... No, it's the gaze of an acquaintance."

When exactly was he considered a "friend" by that man?

Today's drink is ice hockey whiskey. The whiskey ice ball chiseled by the bartender is round and clear. The white ice in the center of the ice ball is like a heart, and it collides with the glass coldly in the golden yellow liquor.

"It's really hard for subordinates like us to guess what the boss is thinking."

Ango Sakaguchi comforted him: "If you want to open up, it's better than being squeezed by your boss. Drinking wine, life is drinking!"

The two clinked glasses and smiled at each other.

"Speaking of which, I recently met a teenager."

Oda Sakunosuke recalled the Uesugi Raku whom he met a few days ago. The young man seemed to be very busy these two days. After sending a message to ask "what are you doing?" Tasakunosuke was a little embarrassed to ask him out to continue the last chat.

Oda Sakunosuke is also more and more curious about what kind of story Uesugi Raku is writing. Today, when chatting with Sakaguchi Ango, he happened to briefly say a few words about Uesugi Raku to the other party.

"Have you already had an appointment with an editor? Direct publication and sale of the first two volumes? Not bad!" Ango Sakaguchi was shocked that Oda Sakunosuke could pick up a novel creator by just picking up a boy, "Tell me when the time comes, and let me Read his story."

Ango Sakaguchi’s usual workload is incredible. I don’t know what he is doing specifically. I only know that his work is related to the management of supernatural powers. I am also a supernatural power user like him—— In short, Ango Sakaguchi's job is almost like that of a government-government civil servant.

That professional type of manager.

The environment here is very private, there are not many customers, and the bartender will not talk to the guests too much.When two people are talking, they will lower their voices when they encounter something they don't want others to hear. At other times, they can chat with confidence.Most of the guests who come here are quiet, and sometimes you can meet some writers exchanging stories and thoughts.

This is also a bar that the two of them found by chance. They both took a fancy to the environment and the feeling it brought, so they decided to make Lupine their resident bar.

"Actually, I want to ask you one more thing today."

"Go ahead."

Oda Sakunosuke said: "Uesugi Raku is not from Yokohama, nor does he live in this city. I pay attention to his situation and want to protect him. The timing of his meeting with me is too unfortunate. To be honest, I am worried that he will be killed. implicated."

Sakaguchi Ango nodded in understanding.

"When will you change your job? Didn't you say you wanted to write a novel before? Just do it if you want, and don't be imprisoned by the secular world."

"I'm thinking about it too, but it's not the time yet." Oda Sakunosuke said with a smile, "When the time is right, I will definitely fulfill my wish."

"Okay, continue with what you just said. What's wrong with that boy?"

"He currently lives in Yahara, Kumamoto, and I checked some driving records, but he also did not use any kind of transportation to enter the city. He is still a minor, and it is impossible for him to have a self-driving car."

"The ones brought here by other people?" Sakaguchi Ango mentioned.

"That's what I want you to help with." Oda Sakunosuke was very serious, he restrained his relaxed expression, "How did he get here, who brought him here, I want to master this network of relationships."

Sakaguchi Ango listened and looked at him silently.

"...Let me tell you, aren't you taking too much control? It's really strange that he suddenly appeared in Yokohama, but not only did he find out about him, but he also investigated his network. Do you want to adopt him?"

"This is just a concern for the teenagers I know, don't call me a stalker." Oda Sakunosuke refuted his friend honestly, "My investigation results are close to zero, so I need to ask you for help."

It is indeed very strange that a person who does not exist in this city does not even have a clear way of coming.Oda Sakunosuke once asked where Uesugi Raku was, and the other party sent the location and took a picture of the mountains and rivers, which was the remote Kumamoto Yahara.

Before Uesugi Raku was so busy, the two met temporarily, but the boy was able to arrive in Yokohama in a very short time.

It's rare to see Sakunosuke Oda so strong, and Ango Sakaguchi became a little interested.

"Okay. What does it look like, do you have a picture?"

Oda Sakunosuke doesn't have any photos of Uesugi Raku, but he's in no rush.

"Wait a mininute."

He clicked on the conversation with Uesugi Raku, and after exchanging contact information, there were quite a few contact messages between them. The short and short messages were basically asking about the current situation, and even meaningless words of "Have you had a good rest?" piled up on the screen of the smartphone .

Oda Sakunosuke typing: Are you there?Post a selfie.

Uesugi Le replied almost in seconds: ...

Oda Sakunosuke:?

Ango Sakaguchi noticed the puzzled expression on Oda Sakunosuke, so he leaned over to take a look.

Coincidentally, Uesugi Raku sent a reply.

It was a portrait, and Uesugi Le asked him: "Is this okay? I really don't have time now, so I'm going to catch up on the manuscript first."

You can feel the suffocation of working overtime through the conversation, and Ango Sakaguchi couldn't help but squeeze the wine glass tightly, "It seems that he really has a crush on you, and he will reply in seconds when he is busy."

The portrait looks like a character set from a novel or animation, and it is dressed in a student uniform, which looks very close to the person.

"Sky blue hair, a side braid on the left side, and red pupils. She looks almost the same as me, and the artist is very good."

Oda Sakunosuke sighed.

The portrait is of a handsome teenager in a normal uniform of a student's white shirt, red tie and black trousers in a standing pose.He stared straight ahead, the smile on his lips was not obvious, and he looked a little melancholy.

Sakaguchi Ango suddenly frowned.

"Is the real person the same as the person in the picture?"

"Yes, very restored."

After Oda Sakunosuke affirmed, Sakaguchi Ango's expression became more dignified.

"I seem to have seen him, but I still can't remember when, in what form, and where, but I have an impression of him. Oda, please send me his photo, let me Further investigation and confirmation will be carried out."

Ango Sakaguchi was indeed very busy, but this discovery also aroused his interest thoroughly.

Ango Sakaguchi, a social animal, decided to spend time investigating a boy named "Uesugi Raku".

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The author has something to say:

So busy, social animals are really busy.

I'm already full of work this weekend, and I have to go to the studio to shoot girls on Saturday afternoon qwq