If I don't quit, I will be forced to usurp the throne.

I thought so, and asked directly.

But for some reason, Mr. Nakaya's face became even uglier, which made me wonder if Vengley's people provoked him at the hot spring last time... Ah, is it Yamamoto?Will it be Yamamoto?But I don't remember my brother mentioning Yamamoto's appearance!Obviously, he was warned by Sawada Tsunayoshi to freeze it?

I put the matter on hold temporarily with confusion and misgivings.

Anyway... I like people who I don't even want to speak out, so I'll be considerate and not ask questions.

Of course, after knowing what I didn't say, I wanted to kill me at this time, but now, ignorance is bliss.

There are still many sequelae after the combination thing is over.Just finding out where the portfolio funds are going is a problem.Some people from the detective agency came to provoke them, because some people mistakenly thought that the detective agency monopolized the group's funds.

When I found out about this incident, I happened to have time to visit the detective agency.

"The direction of the group's funds has not yet been identified...but the direction of the members of the group is almost clear." I bit my spoon and said, "Because of various international issues and political reasons that are difficult to get involved, our official There is no right to directly arrest the members of the group. Now the members of the group are roughly divided into three types: one is accepted by the government, the other is running away and intends to start a business and re-employment, and the other is looking for the missing boss. "

I also kindly offered advice to the grape gentleman to use grapes to make a fortune, but I don’t know if the other party will listen to it.

However... not all members of the group are missing.

One that I didn't find was Nathaniel Hawthorne, the pastor of the same combination as my part-time job.

"Ah, yes. I also met Lucy, and I'm working in the cafe downstairs." Atsushi Nakajima said with a reassuring expression, "It's great that there is no follow-up trouble."

Lucy... oh, that red-haired girl named Lucy Montgomery?It's the girl who once abused Dun Dun and later heard that she rescued Dun Dun and let him go on the white whale... Hmm... I feel like something is wrong!

What about the little mirror flower...

I turned my head and saw Quan Jinghua standing there with a serious face... nibbling the biscuit in her hand.

Hmm, Jinghua didn't seem worried, sure enough, this is the confidence of the so-called Zhenggong!

"You ate my cake!" Edogawa glared dissatisfiedly.

"Didn't I bring the whole thing! What's wrong with me cutting a piece and eating it myself! Mr. Ranpo, let me tell you that if you behave like this again, I won't bring you dessert next time!" After I finished my anger, I looked around, "Said Get up... where is Mr. Yukichi?"

"The president is not here now." Edogawa Ranpo stuffed a biscuit into his mouth, "What do you want to ask?"

"Hmm..." I looked at Mr. Ranpo with some hesitation.

I want to ask Fukuzawa Yukichi if I ask him for help when I am young, will he help or something...

"Yes, the president's words."

"……Hey?"

"You want to ask if you knew in advance that you would go berserk due to your supernatural powers when you were a child, and you came to the president to avoid going berserk, would the president agree to let you join the detective agency?"

"...Although it is true...but how do you know! How did you reason? You are reading minds!"

"It's Chisaki-san, you are too stupid." "How is it possible? I am definitely considered the smartest among ordinary people! If I am stupid, then what is Kunikida!" The blond young man with the file said dissatisfied.

"Hey——!" The blond young man with glasses turned his head, "It's not my business at all, is it?! Why did I get involved too! Are you a policeman so free?!"

"I have business to do!" I muttered, and continued to look around for someone, "Where's Mr. Dazai?"

Kunikida Doppo said unhappily: "Who knows! It might be floating in some river... If you go to find someone for Liujo, remember to tell me when you find it, that guy has been absent from work for two days—"

Kunikida gritted his teeth again as he spoke.

I sighed, lost in thought.

"Miss Chisaki, are you going to find Mr. Dazai? Do you want me to help?" Atsushi Nakajima asked dutifully after hearing the conversation here, and I waved my hand: "It's okay, I'll just go find it myself."

After all... the question I want to ask is not suitable for others to hear.

But I didn't find Mr. Dazai by the river, because... When I arrived at the coffee shop on the first floor of the building where the detective agency is located, I saw the person I was looking for.

"Mr. Dazai, you are here..." I walked over, sat down directly opposite the other party, and said in a somewhat surprised tone, "It's so rare that I didn't find you in the river."

To my surprise, today Mr. Dazai was uncharacteristically, he did not move away with other excuses that sounded fake, but looked at me with a smile, his tone was quite calm, and there was a feeling of absent-mindedness: "Yeah. "

"..." This state is a bit weird... After I raised my hand and told Lucy, a red-haired girl working in a coffee shop, the drink and dessert I wanted, I continued to look at the black-haired girl in front of me with weird eyes. youth.

To be honest, I originally had the urge to ask the teacher for a crime, but seeing the other party's current state, I was actually a little scared.

"Huh? What's the matter?" The other party returned to his usual tone and expression, "Xiao Qian, you don't look right."

"...This is my line! Mr. Dazai just now, you are obviously wrong!"

"Hey—is there—"

"Forget it, I won't bother with you about what happened yesterday... Hey, Mr. Dazai..." I looked at him, hesitated for a while, and asked, "If Mr. Mori found out that I was the undercover agent, what do you think?" What will happen next?"

"That's the case..." Dazai Osamu did not avoid this question, but began to think seriously. His dark brown eyes looked at me, and after a few seconds, he lowered his eyes and smiled, "Probably... Let me interrogate you. After all, I am the one who knows Xiaoqian best."

"Ah, sure enough..." I showed a bit of a toothache expression, and after thinking about it carefully, I felt that something was wrong, "Wait! That's not right! If this is the case, Hong Kong and Hei can't control me unless they act decisively and take control of me. I can't be obedient and just get caught, if I just run away, I'll be... ah."

"Because Odasaku and Xingsuke couldn't leave at the same time, Xiaoqian, you trapped yourself in Hong Kong." The black-haired young man smiled, picked up the coffee cup on the table, and said in a relaxed tone He said, "And Odasaku will never leave you alone... You are also very clear about this, Xiaoqian, right? I am also a little curious about what you will do, Xiaoqian."

"Hmm..." I tilted my head and thought for a while, then replied with a serious face, "I will probably... kidnap you."

The smile on the face of the black-haired young man stagnated: "... what?"

I kindly repeated it again: "Kidnapping you."

After a moment of silence, Osamu Dazai asked uncertainly again: "What?"

I said it seriously for the third time, without any intention of being bored: "Kidnapping you."

The expression of the black-haired young man became subtle: "Xiao Qian, are you serious?"

"Of course!" Thinking of this possibility, I excitedly discussed with the other party, "Look, you have said that Oda Saku will come to save me, and you are not a person who has any sense of belonging to Hong Kong and black. , I will definitely reach a consensus with me on the point of letting me escape from Hong Kong gangsters. In theory, you are also a cadre of Hong Kong gangsters, so it is feasible for me to kidnap you to escape Hong Kong gangsters."

Osamu Dazai listened carefully to what I said: "Then what are you going to do? Do you make a deal with Mr. Mori?"

"Hmm! Mr. Mori calculated Odasaku and Mr. Ango at that time for the license to open the business. Although it is a bit difficult, I can get it. If I use this, I can make a deal with Mr. Mori..." I thought along this line of thought Go on, "If this is the case... It should be feasible to hand in the evidence and the person... As for MIMIC... Although it is more difficult, I will ask the master and agree to him. It shouldn't be a big problem..."

Osamu Dazai interrupted me loudly and reminded: "Hey? What about me? Am I still being kidnapped?"

"Mr. Dazai, of course you are my hostage." I said in a natural tone, "In order to prevent you from making trouble, I will let me go after I leave Hong Kong and Hei... ah."

Wait... Speaking of which, what Mr. Mori did at the time and felt that Mr. Dazai could not control Mr. Dazai wanted to use this matter to expel him... So, it means, if I return it, the other party will not be okay?

I imagined that if Mr. Sen didn't want this, I was forced to take people back to the police.

Boss: 【What did you bring back? 】

Me: [Hong Kong and black specialties. 】

Boss: [What the hell? 】

Me: [Hong Kong black specialties, Hong Kong black cadres. 】

Boss: [...Take it back! ! ! 】

Me: [Why!Didn't I make a meritorious service!Do you think this special product is so easy to get? ! 】

Boss: [It's because it's not easy to take, so I let you take it back, you little bastard! ! ! 】

After completing the simulation of the dialogue scene in my mind, I couldn't help looking at the black-haired young man sitting opposite me with tangled and sympathetic eyes.

"Huh? Why this look?" Dazai Osamu asked with great interest, "Xiaoqian, what step did you think of?"

"...you don't want to know."

"Is that so..." Osamu Dazai sighed softly, resting his chin on one hand, looked at me, and suddenly changed the topic, "So... Xiaoqian, did you just come in, did you want to ask me about last night? "

"Ah, yes." I didn't intend to say it at first, but now that the other party brought it up, I naturally don't mind continuing this topic, I pounded the table and frowned, "Mr. Dazai, did you lie to that young me? Don't If you want to deny it, the other party has already told me that you lied to her that you are my underground lover!"

"Hey—but that little Xiaoqian said it himself."

"..." I choked up suddenly, and said dryly, "I'm sorry, when I was young, I was more prone to drifting away, and dared to think about anything."

——So what are you doing, young me!Is it so fun to cheat yourself! ! !

"Huh?" The dark-haired young man dragged his tail, with a smile on his face, and his tea-brown eyes stared at me, as if he was looking at something.The panic I had at the beginning reappeared, I couldn't help but move back, and said vigilantly, "What, what are you doing?"

The black-haired young man lowered his head, looking thoughtful: "That is to say, Xiaoqian, you don't believe that I will like you now?"

"..." I was numb all over.

In this awkward silence, the clerk Lucy came forward, put the coffee I ordered on the table with trembling hands, then turned away quickly without saying a word.

I was also affected by the other party. I took the coffee cup tremblingly, and my hands shook a little, and the coffee almost spilled out.I simply put down the coffee again, full of vigilance: "I, I, I have someone I like, and I won't change it!"

The black-haired young man blinked and said in a rather innocent tone: "Well, what then?"

Me: "..." I calmed down instantly, and I wanted to hit someone a little bit—so you are kidding me again, right? !Why don't I have a long memory!

"If you play me next time, I will beat you up, Mr. Dazai." I calmed down, took a sip from my coffee cup, calmed down, and was filled with righteous indignation after recovering, "This kind of joke is not at all Funny! Ah, and, even if I said that when I was young, you must be misleading! Don’t try to bully me and lie to me because I don’t read enough!”

"That means Xiaoqian won't believe it—"

"...Really? Do you want to continue this meaningless topic?"

"Well...it's really meaningless." The black-haired young man breathed a sigh of relief, looked at me with a smile, and said naturally, "The latest incident of hunting supernatural beings is Xiaoqian Are you investigating?"

"Hmm... yes." The topic turned too quickly, and I nodded in a daze, "Yeah, I always feel that the other party has some purpose...but I can't tell, there is always a sense of disobedience, like It’s like an ancient samurai trying a sword, always feeling like they’re trying to elicit something...Mr. Dazai, who do you think is behind this?”

"Yes……"

"Ahh - wait! Don't say it! I can't rely on you! I have to grow up to find out the truth!" I immediately raised my hand and made a stop gesture, and said seriously.

"……puff--"

"...Mr. Dazai, even if you want to laugh, can you not be so obvious?" I always feel so angry.

……

The hunting of supernatural beings mentioned by Mr. Dazai is a recent vicious incident.

The attackers all started in small alleys, and those who were killed were all supernatural beings. There have been several deaths.

But... I always feel that their purpose is not limited to this...

The major forces in Yokohama are nothing more than the port mafia as the underworld, the police and the Supernatural Secret Service as the white way, and an armed detective agency in the gray area.

So, in this way... the other party's ultimate goal...is Mr. Yukichi?

I just thought of this possibility, and when I ran to find someone, I finally found something was wrong.

Fukuzawa Yukichi was fighting with a man wearing a cloak and a white mask who couldn't see clearly. I judged by my intuition that the unknown person was the person who hunted the most recent supernatural beings.

"Die...die...all supernatural beings die!" The cloaked man with a white mask made such a declaration, his voice sounded a little mechanical, as if he was saying malicious things to verify my conjecture Words, "Sleep forever in this mud and never wake up!"

I was watching in the dark, intending to take down the hunter at the end, but was distracted by another sneak attack.

"Mr. Yukichi! Be careful!"

I appeared and pushed the person away. The bullet cut my arm. The wound was not deep, but there was blood.

Fukuzawa Yukichi was also stunned for a moment before he realized it, and quickly looked in the direction of the bullet: "Is it an ambush from No Man's Alley... Liujo, are you okay?"

I covered my arms, and let out a groan, a sudden feeling of exhaustion and uncontrollable weakness swept over my body, I couldn't help but staggered and fell to my knees, even if Fukuzawa Yukichi came up to help me, I couldn't stand still , Consciousness began to gradually blur.

"Hey, Liujo! Take heart!"

"It's... poison..." I firmly grasped the arm of the person who was supporting me, gritted my teeth and tried to regain consciousness, "Maybe it's...a supernatural power...if the target is you...don't... Out... keep it secret..."

I conveyed the information intermittently, but in the end I couldn't reach it and completely lost consciousness.