Special investigation report from Yokohama

The two meet on a quiet beach, which is neither the site of the port mafia nor the government, next to the cemetery, so quiet that there is not even a ghost at night.No one but the wet beach, the ebb and flow of the tide, and the moon silently shining on them will know the secret conversation here.

When Oda Sakunosuke came, Koyaku was already waiting on the beach.When he saw the red medicine, he frowned. The girl had obviously just experienced a fierce battle, and the blood on her clothes was still wet. There was a wound on her chest that was soaked in blood, and the length almost ran across her entire chest.

"There was another fight with Gide." Hong Yao said lightly.

Oda Sakunosuke's eyes fell on her chest - he could still see that it was a knife wound.

"The mafia you took away last time came to block me this afternoon." Hong Yao didn't hide it, "there is a woman with a supernatural power behind her."

Even the cadres were dispatched. Did the leader want to kill her directly?Oda Sakunosuke's expression became serious: "...Sorry."

He should have warned her earlier.

Hong Yao shook her head: "Their purpose is to seriously injure me. You didn't tell them my healing ability, did you? Otherwise, they wouldn't let me leave so easily. I should thank you for that."

But Oda Sakunosuke could feel that the other party had no intention of venting his anger towards him.Unlike Akutagawa Ryunosuke, this is a rather peaceful little girl, not mature enough for a child of her age.

So he asked directly: "Are you from the Supernatural Secret Service?"

Hong Yao shook her head: "No."

Before Oda Sakunosuke could breathe a sigh of relief, she said again: "But in the next two days, you'd better convince everyone that I am."

"That's why I called you here. Mimic was introduced to Yokohama by the high-level port mafia. The purpose is to force the special agent department to come to the negotiating table. In order to gain the upper hand, Mimic must be solved by the port mafia. I intervened, so they Send those two people to warn me." Hong Yao took a deep breath, and exhaled her anger towards those conspirators who disregarded human lives, "Gide's supernatural ability is not a secret, and when they were attracted, the high-level officials of the port mafia must have known about him. Ability. Your mission—mimic or not—is always going to come up against him."

Hong Yao paused, afraid that he might not understand, and reminded: "This should be the news that Mafia in every port knows." Even if he couldn't say clearly that he had introduced Mimic, the higher-ups should use "secret information" in order to reduce the battle damage. " and so on told everyone.

"That's it." Oda Sakunosuke said, "No wonder you chose me, a junior member, to find... Does it mean that I was selected by the organization to deal with Gide's cannon fodder?"

Koyaku turned his head to look at Oda Sakunosuke, even in the face of such a life-and-death event, his tone was still too calm: "That may disappoint the leader, I won't kill people."

Hong Yao opened her mouth and found that the sea breeze had made her throat a little dry: "So I ask you..."

Before she finished speaking, Oda Sakunosuke had already thought of it.

"A person who is so important that he will protect him even if he kills him."He is a retired killer who is alone. Although there are not many such people, there are still a few.Although he was angry, but because everyone was safe, he actually felt relieved from the bottom of his heart.

It was like sugar-coating the turbulent misery of the first half of his life, or sheathing a murderous sword, in short, it was something that made him feel peaceful and comfortable when he thought about it.He thought, if he hadn't read that book, or hadn't made up his mind, he would never have experienced such ease.

"Yes. I have adopted five children, and I have a close friend."

"Are they safe now?"

"The children are in the safe house, and my friends are also in the port mafia. They have higher positions than me, so there is no need to worry..." Oda Sakunosuke subconsciously replied, halfway through the sentence, his expression suddenly changed, "No, the safe house is also in the port mafia Those prepared and escorted are all members of the organization..."

Hong Yao remembered Gide's strange emphasis when he was parting: "Gide said... no matter what method he uses, he will let you step on the battlefield..."

Oda Sakunosuke's complexion changed, and he turned around to leave.Hong Yao pinned him down quickly: "Don't go! There are surveillance around you, Gide has seen you this afternoon and confirmed your ability--Okay, it looks like you don't know, it should be someone from the Port Mafia leaked directly.

Oda Sakunosuke let out a deep breath, and the red medicine pressed his hand firmly, and he could feel the bulging veins on the back of his hand with his fingertips.

"You know where Gide is?" he asked.

Hong Yao squinted her eyes, neither admitted nor denied: "What do you want to do?"

"As you said, they are my 'important people who would rather kill than protect'." Oda Sakunosuke replied, "The leader has calculated everything, and the only way I can find is to kill Gide in advance. In that case, I will become a victim of the organization, and the leader will protect the five children and use them to show favor to his subordinates."

He thought about it again, and seemed a little embarrassed to cause trouble for others, but he still said it: "It's just that I don't want them to become a mafia, can I trouble you to help?"

"But you don't like killing people, do you?" Hong Yao asked. "Isn't it better to just leave? I have a way to steal the children out. If your friend doesn't know about it, your leader won't criticize him."

"If you defect, you will be hunted down. If you help us defect, you will also be hunted down."

For some reason, Hong Yao hastily retorted: "That's not a problem! Although I'm not a member of the Supernatural Secret Service, the organization I belong to is stronger than the Supernatural Secret Service. You...you can join us, I Come as a surety, the children will be protected, as safe as hiding in another world. Let alone the port of Mafia, the government will not be able to arrest you."

Oda Sakunosuke looked down at the girl, her eyes were wide open, the calmness that surpassed her age was diluted by the eager expression, revealing the lovely anxiety that really belonged to a child.

"Why are you helping me like this?" he asked.And still so sincerely, worried about the members of a hostile organization.

This is just too soft-hearted.He remembered what the other party had said about him, and couldn't help thinking: This is the saint, right?

Then he saw the lonely and dazed expression on the other side's face when he showed some...something on his mind that he didn't realize.

"I once had a . . . a subordinate," she said in a dreamy, ethereal tone. "He didn't like killing people, and he didn't like the battlefield. Very much.

I tried my best to prevent him from killing people, but... war is not based on personal will.He still died, fighting to die for me, but I failed to see him off for the last time. "

Oda Sakunosuke regretted uncovering her scars.He thought for a while, then raised his hand awkwardly to pat the top of her head.

She looked over in surprise, and then Oda Sakunosuke remembered that this was a way of comforting Saku, and it might be a bit offensive to use it on her.He was about to apologize, when she turned her eyes away in a normal way, and said in a very soft tone: "There is no war here anymore, so I think it's good that Mr. Oda doesn't kill people. A person who is so resolutely protected by you His determination should not be buried with the ghosts of the battlefield."

Oda Sakunosuke thought, he seemed to understand the tacit understanding between the girl and Gide.

"Then you will go to him." He said in a firm tone, "For you and him, this is a battlefield."

"I don't kill people because I want to be a writer. To write a book is to write people. People who kill people are not qualified to hold a pen, so I don't kill people anymore.

"But Sakule—the girl I adopted—will grow up to be your age one day. If I could decide, I would let her sit in a high school classroom with her schoolbag on her back, and the biggest worry every day is homework A love letter with a boy. Leaving now, I can let Sakule live a life like this ten years later, but when I think back to today, I will definitely think of a girl who is the same age as Sakule. Let me go to the battlefield because of my selfishness." Oda Sakunosuke spoke slowly.These words, he was not only speaking to Hong Yao, but also slowly sorting out his complicated thoughts.

"Sorry," he said, "I can't help but think about it."

Hong Yao's throat seemed to be choked by something, she looked at the sea, the waves rose and fell like pieces of silver, the slightly fishy wind was a bit cold, but it just blew away the stickiness of blood and sweat attached to the skin.

The moonlight is very good, and the clear sky of summer nights is like this every night.Standing on the coastline and looking out, she suddenly felt refreshed.

"In that case, let's go find Gide together." Koyaku looked back at Oda Sakunosuke, with a firm and high-spirited ending.

Oda Sakunosuke also looked at her, and the fighting spirit in her eyes could even ignite him.He had to admit that just like Dazai was at home in the dark world, some people were born for the battlefield.Needless to say, she stood there like a banner of victory, presumably the greatest misfortune of the enemies she had encountered on the battlefield was that they met her.

"Then, I'll go back and prepare first," he said.

"No, not now." Koyaku raised the phone and shook it, and Sakunosuke Oda saw a message with the time and address written on it.

"Aya—a friend of mine, he found out the meeting time between the head of the Supernatural Secret Service Division and the head of Mafia at the port. Tomorrow afternoon, they will be negotiating on a sea cruise ship. Before that, you and your family and friends It is safe. But it also means that before this, it is very difficult for the two of us to escape the surveillance of Mafia in the port and take the children out of the safe house."

"So do you want to wait until the afternoon?"

"No, just to be prudent, they won't allow the children to live longer. It's too dangerous to get stuck in time. I found a helper." She showed a mysterious smile, "A man who knows the port of Mafia very well and can definitely A helper who outwits the eyes of Mafia at the port."

The author has something to say:

Say it again, Odasaku, Archangel (choking up