Special investigation report from Yokohama

"You can think about it slowly." Candlestick Che put away the teacup on the table with a smile, "However, it's time for you to go now."

What are you going to do?Of course it was to see Mori Ogai.A few days ago, when Karasuma came back from the port Mafia, she also brought back an invitation letter from the head of the port Mafia—inviting her to visit the Mafia building in the port.

"This should be a gesture of favor to you," Karasuma gave his guess, "Perhaps Chief Mori thinks that your relationship with the port Mafia is too rigid. Now that your influence on the world is getting deeper and deeper , which doesn't bode well for him."

She understood the truth, but Hongyao still had to express her deep admiration for Mori Ogai's behavior of starting to work overtime as soon as he woke up.

Mori Ogai can work overtime as soon as he wakes up, but red medicine can't do it—it's not that her physical condition doesn't allow it, it's just that this injury is a serious injury she hasn't encountered in recent years, even if the prisoner who has already escorted the Government of Time vowed to Said that as long as she unlocked the supernatural power, there would be no sequelae, the swords still strongly urged her to take a good rest for a few days.

In the beginning, the swordsman brought his sword to remonstrate, but Hong Yao dared not refuse.

In addition, in the past few days, Mori Ogai has also been busy dealing with the internal and external troubles faced by the organization after his assassination, and the originally agreed meeting has been delayed until today.

On the top floor of the port Mafia, the boss's exclusive reception room.

Mori Ogai looked at Hong Yao who was sitting on the sofa, with a touch of emotion that was not well hidden in his eyes.

"This is the first time we meet as a leader, isn't it, Mr. Hongyao?"

"Of course." Hongyao nodded slightly, waiting for Mori Ogai's next words.

Seeing this, Mori Ogai was even more emotional.

Before today, Port Mafia's meeting with Red Medicine was conducted through cadres.Not every leader of the organization is qualified to meet Mori Ogai, Hongyao has no foundation in Yokohama, and Mori Ogai has no reason to meet her-of course this argument makes sense, but they all know in their hearts that they will be with her The reduction of Hong Yao's contacts to the cadre level is actually a silent suppression of her.

But Red Medicine doesn't care -- including today.Obviously she has the upper hand, even if he refuses Mori Ogai's request to meet, he can't say anything.But when Mori Ogai tentatively set the meeting place at the Mafia Building in the port, she still agreed without hesitation.

…he was already prepared to book a fancy hotel, or venture into her shrine himself.

This affectionate young girl wasn't the most perfect organization leader he had ever seen, but she was undoubtedly the most powerful one.

"In the past, swords and soldiers were always facing each other. This is the first time I have met you like this, right?" Ozaki Hongye poured wine for the two leaders with a smile, "Please take care of that child, Xiaojinghua. I borrow the leader's flower to respect you." Two drinks."

"Since she is my student, of course I will take care of her." Hong Yao calmed down a little, raised her red wine glass to touch the two of them lightly, and praised politely, "Good wine."

... Whether it's good or not, she hasn't drunk much. Anyway, the wine that the leader of Mafia at the port treats guests can't be bad.

Ozaki Koyo pointed out the door, and smiled softly: "It's Chuya-kun's treasure."

"Then thank you, Mr. Zhongye, for giving up your love."

After Hong Yao finished speaking, all three people in the room laughed.After the atmosphere eased, Koyo Ozaki didn't intend to speak again. Mori Ogai took over the conversation naturally and said, "Since Mr. Hongyao decided to go to the appointment, he must already know what I'm going to say. A week ago, the night you arrested Pushkin , an unexpected visitor came to my office."

"It seems that Dazai-kun has already told Chief Mori the cause and effect." Hong Yao replied without surprise.

As the leaders of the port Mafia, their communication should be smooth.

"In fact, that Dazai-kun only said a very small part." Mori Ogai shrugged regretfully, and opened the envelope at hand, "So I conducted some more investigations, and finally found out that on that night, the person who appeared in Yokohama There are... one, two, three... four, four Dazai Lords."

Hong Yao glanced at the four photos lined up on the table.

"Indeed."

She didn't mean to explain any more, so Mori Ogai also understood that this was something he couldn't know.Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful - he would have made a good relationship with this lady if he knew about it, and he dared to bet that His Excellency Fukuzawa would not be ignorant of these things.

"I just want to confirm one thing with Mr. Hongyao."

"They will return to their own world." Hong Yao replied firmly.

"That way I can rest assured." Mori Ogai showed a reassuring smile.

After meeting the leader Osamu Dazai, this smile should have some sincerity.Hong Yao was pondering in her mind, but she didn't say anything: "I'm just doing my job well. If Chief Sen is only doing it for this matter, then you can rest assured."

Illusion?This lady seems a little... Angry?

Is it because he mentioned Mr. Dazai?

Ogai Mori suddenly remembered something - Dazai Osamu came to inquire about Fukuji Sakurachi out of nowhere, and after that, Fukuji Sakurachi started targeting Hongyao.With such a speed, even if he noticed something early, it would be too urgent.

At that time, he guessed that Mr. Dazai paid some unusual attention to the lady in front of him, and then observed the leader of Mr. Dazai who was staying in the port Mafia and who had obtained the memory of Mr. Dazai. His previous guess had undoubtedly become a reality.

If they really... This is undoubtedly a good thing for Yokohama.Mori Ogai thought.

"Although this has nothing to do with me, for the sake of the topic I'm going to talk about next, I still want to remind Mr. Hongyao." He considered his words carefully, carefully observing the changes in Hongyao's face, "Dazai...is not someone who can be easily under control."

Hong Yao regained her composure, and quickly regained her composure: "I regret that Chief Sen can only make people loyal through control."

"Dazai is a very important friend of mine, and I have [-]% trust in him." She said without hesitation, "Mr. Mori, please speak directly and don't provoke our relationship."

Mori Owai smiled: "Really? Mr. Hongyao is really magnanimous."

Hong Yao didn't answer, but displeasure was already showing on his face.

... Dazai-kun, I did my best.Mori Ogai thought, and changed the subject politely: "Just yesterday, I found this in a drawer in the office. The people on it must be familiar to Hong Yao."

He pulled the last photograph from the envelope.

Not only is she no stranger, it is herself.

This should be a candid photo. In the photo, she is in a fighting posture. Her feathers have been torn in several places, and she is covered in blood. She is in a state of embarrassment.The other side of the battle did not appear in the picture, but the name immediately reflected in Hong Yao's mind.

Andre Gide.

This was four years ago, she had a fight with André Gide in front of the art museum.It was also in this battle that she officially met Oda Sakunosuke, and knew his supernatural power, and then deduced Mori Ogai's entire plan step by step.

But—even if Ogai Mori kept this photo for investigating her out of caution, after the self-correction of the world fusion, it should have disappeared.Even if it doesn't disappear, the person above will be replaced by someone else... In short, the traces of her four years ago should be completely erased.In any case, it shouldn't have appeared on Mori Ogai's desk, as evidence that he had identified her as having been to Yokohama.

"Is that all?" Hong Yao asked calmly.

"Oh..." Ozaki Koyo covered her lips and smiled, "I woke up from a dream and found out that my concubine had confronted Hongyaodian a long time ago. It's really frightening."

But judging by the talent she has shown now, in all fairness, Ou Gaiden did not deserve to lose that time.

Not only have evidence, but also more memory.Why does this look so similar... Hongyao pinched the photo and looked at Mori Ogai, Mori Ogai did not hide the inquiry in his eyes.She understands his vigilance, anyone who finds that memory has been tampered with will be so vigilant.

Doubt is not terrible, the most terrible thing is the unknown action.In order to prevent any unexpected situation at this juncture, Hong Yao pondered for a while, but still implicitly revealed part of the truth to Mori Ogai.

"I believe Chief Sen can also see that I myself do not have the ability to influence and change reality and thinking on such a large scale. Such a seamless ability is not something that humans can possess." She put down the photo, raised her hand and pointed upwards, "This is the will of the world."

Mori Ogai nodded slightly as if accepting the explanation.This explanation is indeed more reasonable.Mimic was involved in a lot back then, and Mori Ogai himself was a real trader, not to mention the red medicine, even the mysterious organization behind her might not be able to erase all of this without him noticing.

"Then, why did the world let it resurface?" Mori Ogai watched Hongyao's complexion change slightly, and put on his easy-going smile again, "I think Hongyao-kun can give us a satisfactory explanation."

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Chief Sen. I can only give a partial explanation."

Mori Ogai spread out a hand to her: "I would like to hear more about it."

"People's memories of history can be modified, and evidence can be annihilated, but history itself cannot be modified." Hong Yao picked up the photo of herself, and folded the photo inside, "even the corrections made by the will of the world , just folded up this part of history.”

She unfolded and folded that photo: "It's fragile at this point, especially—the world is going through another important moment at that time, and this fold can be easily broken. So for its own stability, it will repel Outsiders, this is one of the reasons why everyone forgets me. After that, time continues to stretch, history continues to accumulate, and it will become more and more difficult to unfold this history."

Hong Yao superimposed the other four photos on top of the folded photo, and pressed the red wine glass on top of it.

"I understand." Mori Ogai withdrew his smile, "Mafia at the port will investigate this point."

Hong Yao took a deep look at him.

"Then, I'm here to thank Chief Mori for his help." She closed her eyes slightly, and bowed her head to Mori Ogai.

That doesn't sound like a thank you note.

"What do you think, Your Majesty Ogai?" After Koyaku left, Koyo Ozaki took a long time to speak.

Mori Ogai didn't speak, stood up from the sofa and walked to the window.Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is the blue sky, and the city of Yokohama stretches out like a checkerboard under the dome.Everything looked so peaceful and peaceful, just like every day before.

This is his Yokohama, the place he swore to protect.

"Let's leave this matter to Mr. Hongye." He said, turned and walked to the office.Koyo Ozaki stretched out a finger and picked up the half-folded photo on the table.

The wine glass shattered, and the red wine flowed down the table and onto the carpet drop by drop.A few photos fluttered all over the floor, Ozaki Momiji lowered his eyes, concentrating all his thoughts on the amorous feelings of those red eyes.

"Yes, chief."

"Ah." Hong Yao exclaimed angrily.

"Let me do it." Ksitigarbow Xingping bent down and picked up the documents scattered all over the floor one by one.Kunihiro Horikawa, who was sorting out the bookcase, saw it and hurried up to help.

"These few have been sprinkled with tea." The young man smiled, "I'll print another copy."

"Thank you, Horikawa."

"It's okay, it's okay." Horikawa left with the documents, and Jizo straightened out the remaining documents, gently placed them on the side of the table, and picked up the rag beside him to continue cleaning.

"Do you have something on your mind?" Suzumaru Koji helped her pour another cup of tea.

"...There's something wrong with Mori Ogai." Hong Yao answered the valet in a low voice, "It seems to be related to Dazai."

"Dazai Dian is extremely intelligent, you can remind him, he will surely make a decision."

"I know. But..."

But Dazai also has something to hide from her - this is quite normal, she is just afraid that if she says it, it will disturb Dazai's plan.

"Mori Ogai wanted to drive a wedge between me and Dazai," she said, "but it's too obvious. I won't be fooled by such an obvious drive to drive a wedge between you and me. He's not a person who works in vain."

So why is he still doing it?

This is also why Hongyao is puzzled.There is no nonsense in today's conversation, only this seems redundant.She didn't believe that Ogai Mori was really worried that she would be bitten by Osamu Dazai, but if it wasn't for provoking discord, it couldn't explain his talkativeness about the relationship between the two.

Or think about it the other way around, what would happen if she believed his provocation?

For example, now, she is convinced that Dazai Osamu is plotting against her, and wants to kill her and even...destroy her Honmaru?

"hiss--"

"Be careful!" Suzhuwan Hengci quickly took the document away from her hand.

"It's okay." Hong Yao twirled her fingertips, a burst of golden light rushed through, and the wound drawn by the side of the paper recovered as before, "I'm lost."

She will not accept it.

Just like every normal person behaves when they are betrayed.She will be angry, sad, and feel the pain of being betrayed, and in the pain, she will reflect on whether she has done something wrong.

But different.

Once upon a time, she also wondered whether Umaru Hikiri and the others really had... even for a moment, resented, hated, and betrayed her as a god judge?

She was in the same pain at that time, but the two pains were completely different.She and the Fusangshen had the same ambition, and if someone betrayed this ambition, she would feel the despair and helplessness of the collapse of her ideal.

But whether it is Dazai who is a cadre of Mafia at the port, Dazai who has defected and exiled, or Dazai who has become a member of the detective agency, they have never walked on the same journey with her.But what Dazai's betrayal—even if it was just a hypothesis—brought her was more private but no less sad and bitter.

Because even though the way is different, she still wants to walk side by side with Dazai forever; because she has a secret and earnest expectation for Dazai; because she——

More details flashed before Hong Yao's eyes, and those iris-colored eyes stared at her over and over again.She opened her mouth and wanted to say something immediately, but she was at a loss and couldn't say a word. She just noticed that some emotion that had been silent for a long time finally opened her mouth, and she couldn't wait to immerse her whole body in it.

"Master?" Ji Zang Xingping also noticed her abnormality.

Hong Yao heard it, but ignored it.Jizo's soft call reminded her of something—for example, a long time ago, no, not long ago, a somewhat inexplicable parent meeting.

She turned her head slowly, slowly, looked at the Buddha knife with downcast eyebrows and said: "Shuzhuwan-kun."

"Do you have any orders?"

No instructions, but: "I—"

Hong Yao's cheeks suddenly became hot.

"I—to Dazai," she gave Suzumaru a "knowing" look, "did you—"

Shuzhuwan obviously understood, she could clearly see the fleeting dazzle on his face.

"In short," she calmly used her spiritual power to heal the tip of her tongue that she accidentally bitten, and slowed down her speech, "How many people in this pill don't know?"

Shuzhu Wan Heng lightly held the cage of Buddha beads, and lowered his eyelids silently.

"……Amitabha."

The monks do not lie.

...OK, she got it.

But she-she-she said what!

Recalling that conversation now...and the subsequent conversations with Hasebe Tonkakiri and others, the result of mixed shame of various reasons is that Koyaku chose a countermeasure that she would never choose without thinking. Way.

She stood up in a "bass" and ran out - no matter how long she calmed down, she couldn't stay in this castle tower anymore!

"Lord—" before Dizang finished speaking, Hong Yao stopped awkwardly.

"I..." She randomly made an excuse for herself, "I'm going to ask those old grandpas to ask me about it!"

"Master, I met my brother, and I brought some along the way—eh? Master!" Horikawa Kunihiro didn't stop the god-inspector who rushed out of the door, and together with Yamabuku Kunihiro, who was carrying snacks, watched her stepping on the ground full of sunshine run away.

Yamafushi Kunihiro was still a little puzzled: "Master Suzumaru, Master Jizo, this is—"

Ksitigarbha Xingping heard the words, silently put down the book, and put his hands on his chest.The footsteps of the thud have gone away, and in the rare silence of the afternoon, Shuzhuwan Heng raised the corners of his lips, and passed a light gray Buddhist bead: "The heart of the benevolent is moved."