Special investigation report from Yokohama

The discussion ended in vain, and Yin called the police, but the police didn't say anything for a while.It was Osamu Dazai who raised a possibility, which made Hong Yao quite concerned.

"If grandma is threatened, her first reaction must be to seek help from Miss Hongyao, right? After all, she has watched Miss Hongyao's "killing demons and demons" with her own eyes."

"You mean, she thinks this threat is more powerful than me?" Hong Yao knew the meaning of the string, she thought for a while seriously, "I remember that there is such a person in the port mafia, who came to chase with Akutagawa Ryunosuke back then. Kill me..." Whether you can win if you fight seriously is another matter, anyway, she was "seriously injured" in her hands at the time.

"No, Sister Hongye is a cadre in charge of assassination and intelligence, and she usually won't leave Yokohama." Dazai Osamu didn't expect Hongyao to go there, and his expression became subtle, "There are many sword masters, can't we count it like this?"

Too.Hong Yao didn't hide anything, and said frankly: "You also know that I am not from this world, and I don't know the power here." She could think of Fukuzawa Yukichi and Ozaki Koye, but both of them were in Yokohama. Not coming to Hokkaido.

"Miss is really honest."

These words, judging by Hong Yao, are somewhat yin and yang.She gave Osamu Dazai a strange look, not knowing where she had provoked him again: "You—"

Before she finished speaking, she remembered: This seemed to be the first time the two of them had openly discussed the topic of "another world".It's not intentional not to say it, the main reason is that he guessed it too early, and by the time Hong Yao realized it, the two had already gotten along into a very natural relationship.She would not open her mouth to ask about his past, nor would he be curious about her past.

In this case, it would be strange to specifically explain it.However, Hongyao believes in having different ways of getting along with different people. For Osamu Dazai, he has to repeat and seriously express what he thinks in his heart.

"Sorry," she changed quickly, "I was negligent, and I didn't tell you before."

This time it was Osamu Dazai's turn to be speechless, but Hong Yao didn't make him speechless for a long time, and quickly brought the topic back: "So do you have any suspects in your heart?"

Osamu Dazai answered irrelevantly: "What did Grandma go to the back mountain, Miss Hongyao must have the answer in her heart."

He asked, "Even so, do you want to pursue it?"

Hong Yao was silent for a while.

She naturally guessed the reason why Grandma left, it was nothing more than something threatening the shrine.And she chose to leave alone without explaining to her, without even a word of reminder. Obviously, the desire to survive had the absolute upper hand, making her use the remaining people in the shrine as a shield.

But he didn't expect that the murderer was only targeting her from beginning to end.

Hong Yao didn't know how to explain to Osamu Dazai, she actually didn't think there was anything wrong with Grandma's behavior.She has seen people's selfishness many times. When defending history in the past, certain ancient behaviors were more ignorant than grandma. She even saw living sacrifices—using girls about her age.

Of course, as the guardian of history, she did not lend a helping hand, and even stopped the retrograde army who tried to interrupt the sacrifice—before that, she had also become good friends with the girl who was sacrificed.

Even if this kind of thing is repeated many times, it will not be numb, and only after encountering similar things can one get a little ridiculous comfort-similar to self-comfort such as "being backlashed can alleviate a little sin".This kind of meaningless guilt seems to her to be quite inhumane, so Hong Yao didn't intend to explain: "She is my employee."

However, Osamu Dazai understood: "Miss, do you think this is retribution?"

Hong Yao turned to look at him in surprise.

Osamu Dazai looked a little careless, as if he had already guessed the answer, so he didn't expect her answer.Hong Yao shook her head, and met his slightly surprised gaze: "I don't believe in retribution stories, and if I want to retaliate, it won't be Grandma who retaliates against me."

She is simply commonplace, so she doesn't have so much emotion.Wanting to find out the cause of Granny's death is also for my own comfort - so to speak is also a very self-interested behavior.

So she replied with an almost universal sentence pattern: "If you want to do it, you can do it."

Dazai smiled slightly.

This is indeed her answer without thinking, which is particularly dazzling because of its simple and straightforward logic.Instinct does not lie, he speculates what he would want to do if this were the case: then he remembers that there is no need to speculate, he has already made his choice - even before Maiden step.

That was the completely opposite choice to her, and if she was told, she would be very angry... Maybe she might just break up the relationship.The more gentle she is who can tolerate almost everything, the more she can't tolerate even a grain of sand.Thinking of this, he suddenly asked half-truthfully, "What if I said I had already guessed it? Grandma's death omen is as dazzling as the sun to me."

There was undisguised surprise on Hong Yao's face - she really didn't suspect him at all.He obviously wanted to kill him at the beginning, but now he can trust him so thoroughly?

Osamu Dazai suddenly had the long-lost urge to tell the whole story.He doesn't really get everything, there are too many uncertainties in this matter - from the great war more than ten years ago to the destroyed Mimic incident, to the unfinished game between Mr. Sen and the Supernatural Secret Service... involved There are too many and too many aspects of her, coupled with her mysterious background that he has not seen the whole picture so far, even Dazai Osamu can hardly predict who will get what he wants in this early game.

Mr. Sen probably didn't know she was here, and the slug wouldn't say much.But in case—the incident of Oda Sakunosuke repeats itself, will he delay one step further?

But as soon as he met her eyes, the courage he mustered receded like a tide.She might get angry if you keep her completely in the dark, but if you tell her... if you tell her, she will do everything in her power to stop it from happening.What is said about "on the side of death" - even for a person like him, she can try to save a person like him with almost foolish courage. I am afraid that she is the only one in this world who is not qualified to say this.

So he picked up the topic at the beginning with a smile: "If you want clues, why not go down the mountain to have a look, miss? Maybe you will find unexpected helpers."

Hong Yao looked at him suspiciously.

This tone, this expression, according to the little she knew about Dazai Osamu, the person waiting for her down the mountain was most likely not a helper, but a fright.

Osamu Dazai seemed to see her thoughts, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Shocking is also an essential part of life."

Hongyao: ... This sentence sounds like the omnipotent "everything is coming".

"Okay." She muttered, "For your words, I'll go down."

Osamu Dazai naturally got up to see her off, and the two walked under the torii gate one after the other, when he suddenly said, "Miss Hongyao."

Hong Yao looked back at him.

He restrained his usual flamboyant smile, his face half covered by the bandage was full of seriousness: "What kind of person is the person who said this to you?"

Tsurumaru?Hong Yao is not willing to mention the old sword in front of others. It has no special meaning, but it will feel a little uncomfortable, like spreading the most secret place of herself to dry, and every time she can see the scar that will never heal.

But Osamu Dazai asked very seriously, so she would naturally take this question seriously.The girl thought for a moment, then said, "It's a person very similar to you."

This answer did not satisfy Osamu Dazai, he guessed that it was because of this that Hongyao paid attention to him in the first place, and what he cared about was the similarities.Of course Koyaku knew it too, so she thought about it carefully, trying to briefly summarize Tsurumaru Kuninaga's personal characteristics as best she could.

"I like to be mischievous, frivolous, and cynical, but I live seriously every day; I feel lonely because I don't fit in with the people around me, but I also care about every partner; I have experienced a long and boundless darkness..." Hong Yao misses Smiling gently, his unfocused eyes are extremely gentle, "So I will try my best to dispel the haze for everyone, saying 'your future, I will shine white and bright'-this is an old and disrespectful guy."

When Osamu Dazai opened his mouth, something stuck in his throat.He had to close his mouth, paused for two seconds before opening it again, and exaggeratedly said "Ah", dissatisfied and depressed as if he had been hit: "I am an old man in Miss Hongyao's heart— —”

Hong Yao seemed to be laughing, but the voice was too soft, covered by Osamu Dazai's long interjection, so he couldn't hear clearly.She didn't speak, raised her hand and waved back, and stepped on the stone steps down the mountain.

The mountain of the shrine is near the sea, and after walking down the mountain, Hong Yao saw a black, somewhat familiar figure approaching aggressively from the pier.

Hong Yao: "...Mr. Zhongye?"

Zhong Yuan Zhong also paused, and looked at Hong Yao with a bad expression: "Ah, it's you."

...No need to ask, this is the "helper" Dazai mentioned.What a shock. Didn't he go back to Yokohama?The cadres are so idle running around outside every day?

There were several question marks in my heart, and Hong Yao picked the most urgent one to ask: "This direction... Is Zhongye-jun going up the mountain?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also looked at her indistinctly: "Well, I'm going to find you."

He kept asking, "Where were you last night?"

"Shrine." Hong Yao replied.Combined with his attitude, Hong Yao vaguely guessed what happened: "Did anyone of your subordinates die from a knife wound?"

"……also?"

"An employee of the shrine was found dead in the back mountain three days ago, and he called the police, but he still has no clue." Hong Yao didn't hide anything from him, and asked straightforwardly, "Can I go and see?"

If she killed it, she would not deny it.Although he has only met her twice, Zhong Yuan Zhong also has such inexplicable trust in her.He thought for a while, then turned around and walked towards the pier: "Follow."