Ikebukuro Station, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Tobu Tojo Line, in front of the central exit ticket office——

With a "snap", Banjing Momozu closed the atlas that he had memorized all the way, looked up at the Ikebukuro subway station, and suddenly heaved a sigh.

"...there are too many people."

It was six o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, which was the peak time for get off work and school. The subway station was full of people everywhere, and the busy commercial city residents were all crowded in the wave of going home.

Banjing Momosui also left the vast underground space of Ikebukuro Station with the crowd.

Through the conversation between the Black Organization and the "Mirror Man" and the instructions of the anonymous letter, Hani Momozui came to Ikebukuro, where demons danced wildly, to investigate Yagiri Pharmaceutical Company.She had bought information about this company from an information dealer before. In addition to introducing the company's apparent situation in detail, the information also included some secrets about the world that ordinary people don't know about.

According to "Information House Mao", an information dealer in Yokohama Chinatown, Yagiri Pharmaceutical Company had a small internal financial problem, but most of the employees and researchers were unaware of it.The company seems to be conducting an unknown secret experiment, and the details are unknown. If Banjing Taoshui finds out, he is willing to buy it at a high price.

"We also need to pay more attention to those people who solicit customers on the street, sell strange things, and bosozoku... Ah, by the way-" Before leaving, the intelligence office also deliberately added, "Recently, there have been three incidents involving young girls in Ikebukuro. Customers should be careful about the disappearance case."

Deciding to look forward as well as money, Banjing Momosui embarked on the subway leading to Ikebukuro with great ambitions, but this journey can be said to be full of disasters.

Sitting opposite her was a five-year-old boy in a cow onesie, and sitting beside her was a baby wearing a top hat. The cow boy wanted to snatch the sweets from the top hat baby, but when he failed to snatch it, he became annoyed. A landmine popped out of his hair and nearly blew up the subway.

The reason why the subway can reach the destination smoothly is because the brown-haired boy who was traveling with them transformed into a beautiful girl... Ah no, after bursting his clothes, he caught the landmine with his bare hands and threw it into the sky outside the window, thus avoiding the worst traffic accident in Japanese transportation history disaster.

Then, Banjing Taoshui, who ate melons all the time, was invited.

"ciaosu~" The little baby wearing a big black top hat greeted in nondescript Italian, and dexterously jumped onto the table in front of Banjing Momomizu, "You look very calm, and your mental quality is very strong."

Silently looking at the melon on the table that was stepped on by a baby, Banjing Momozui stretched out his finger, wanting to poke his head, "It's the first time I've seen such a serious dwarfism... oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't Poke your sore spot."

For a moment, Banjing Taoshui felt murderous, and she retracted the finger that was about to poke it with an innocent face.

The murderous intent disappeared in an instant, and the little baby continued to say to her calmly: "My name is Li Baoen. I used to be a killer, but now I am this good-for-nothing tutor." Join our mafia family?"

"I'm sorry, ugly refusal." After saying these words with no expression on his face, Banjing Momosui vowed that he felt the murderous aura from the little baby again.

She was humming on purpose!

Do you know how delicious the melons served on the subway are!The chilled melon, the fresh color, the sweet juice, the crunchy texture... a bite in the hot weather will definitely move you to tears!

Do you think it is easy for the farmer uncle to grow it?You don’t know how hard it is to farm the land!Do you think it's easy for her to eat a bite of melon?How could she have eaten half of that plate of melon?!

Those who knocked over melons, bear the wrath from her! EX curry stick! !

Fortunately, these people got off the train early and arrived in Ikebukuro without any risk. Banjing Momosui, who also memorized the map by the way, walked out of the narrow underground passage of the subway station and came to the ground through the escalator. After seeing the sun, she looked up at this A city I've never been to before.

Crowded and bustling, on both sides of the 60th floor avenue, there are large department stores, electrical appliances stores, fashion stores, movie theaters, restaurants, entertainment centers lined up, dizzying; the LED display screen next to SunshineCity Studios circulates the promotional film of the new movie released by the big star Natori on Monday; The eye-catching billboard of "Denshaki Library" is hung on the street lamp; the TV wall in front of a large electrical appliance store is broadcasting the news of NHK TV station: "A detainee in the Shonan Detention Center in Kanagawa was shot dead, and the police are currently investigating; The truth about the murder of the University Affiliated Middle School is revealed, and critics call on the general public to pay attention to the truth behind the girl’s rape; social novelist Izumi’s new book "Confession" has aroused widespread discussion among the masses, and who has been harmed by domestic violence and government-only GDP-"

It is a lively city, but compared to Yokohama, it is also a city full of strangeness.

For a foreigner who wants to investigate a local group, the least noticeable way is to blend in with the locals, and the fastest way to blend in with the locals is to join the local schools of thought.

After all, the best protective color is black.

This kind of thing has been done by Banjing Momozu often in the past three years when he was investigating the "Mirror Man", so it can be said that he is more than capable.Before coming here, she had learned about the distribution of forces in Ikebukuro in the intelligence office. At present, the underground forces in this city are divided by two monochromatic gangs. These two gangs are "Blue Square" and "Yellow Turban Thieves".

In the past, the two monochromatic gangs fought against each other, but as the number of "blue squares" increased, the yellow side gradually lost the wind.

——It seems very powerful, but the two gangs usually only recruit people to fight and fight, and have not yet involved in the field of black income, and have never even appeared in the real dead, so these people are actually just people who have not yet left the campus Little bastard!

It is not that Ikebukuro does not have that kind of association that is really involved in the underworld, but it is small and relatively low-key, and it is difficult to break into it, so the monochrome gang with loose management and access to "non-daily" is the best choice.

Banjing · Former Mafia · Having seen the world · Taoshui After some careful consideration, he decided to join the Duse Gang.It doesn't matter which side she joins, she just needs the identity of a solo gang.

While thinking and walking up the 60th floor avenue, Banjing Taoshui was suddenly stopped by someone——

"Hey, little girl!"

Banjing Momozui turned his head and saw a black man in a Japanese-style chef's attire. This black man was well-built, more than two meters tall by visual inspection, and had muscles as thick as a professional wrestler.

— Strong, professionally trained, and seems to have... seen blood.

Banjing Momozui, who quickly looked at this person and came to the conclusion of his observation, became a bit vigilant.

"Lucia Sushi, Lucia Sushi~" The black man who called Banjing Momozui gave her a leaflet and said in broken Japanese: "Hello, do you want to eat sushi? Come on, I'll give you a discount, the sushi is good ~" Then he turned his head and shouted to the shop behind him: "President, a customer~"

So it turned out that she was called to attract customers...

Banjing Momosui breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand, "Thank you, I'm not hungry." She said this in English.As soon as the words fell, she saw the black man's shocked appearance, looking a little pitiful, like a black Newfoundland dog abandoned by its owner.

"That... next time I pass by, I'll definitely come!" Faced with the disappointed look in the other party's eyes, Banjing Momozui said bravely.

Although it was a bit perfunctory, the other party happily gave her a bunch of leaflets and asked her to bring friends to the store to taste.

Leaving the front of Lucia's sushi restaurant, Momomi Hani continued walking along the sidewalk. With her chin resting on her right hand, she lowered her head and thought about how to join the Solo Gang in the least noticeable way, when she suddenly heard the shouts of passers-by.

"Flash away!!!"

A shadow suddenly fell over her head, she looked up and saw a huge vending machine was about to hit her head.

Well, the city has a unique way of welcoming newcomers... damn it! !

Banjing Momozuki jumped to the side and quickly dodged the vending machine. With a loud bang, she passed by a handsome young man with a slender figure. He had blond hair, sunglasses, and was wearing a bartender uniform. His features were very obvious. Looked furious.Mao, the informant, told Banjing Momozu his name, and she remembered that he was called "Shizuo Heiwajima".

"Wow, no wonder the intelligence agency said he is 'the strongest in Ikebukuro'!" She glanced at the shattered vending machine with concern, and then turned her head to thank the kind passerby who reminded her to dodge: "Thank you just now Reminder... eh?" Seeing the honest-looking white-haired boy with strange bangs in front of her, she was taken aback, "You are... Nakajima-kun? Why are you here?"

On the way to the rental agency with Dazai before, Hanjing Momozu met him once.

"Ms. Banjing, hello." Atsushi Nakajima greeted him very politely: "Recently, a girl disappeared in Ikebukuro. The detective agency received a commission, and the president sent me to do a preliminary investigation."

"Business trip... Where's your companion?" Banjing Momozui looked around, "The detective agency won't just send you alone, right?"

"Hmm..." Atsushi Nakajima scratched his face and said with a shy smile, "Mr. Dazai said that it is enough for the detective agency to send me alone for this mission."

"Hey, he exploits child labor!" Banjing Momozui patted Atsushi Nakajima on the shoulder reassuringly, and defended him: "Dazai is pushing all the work to others and then disappearing by himself, right?"

"Well... Mr. Dazai is also very busy." Atsushi Nakajima kindly explained for his colleague. "Mr. Kunikida has forced me to work overtime these days, so I don't have time to find someone to die for love."

"So the standard to measure whether Dazai is busy or not is whether he has time to die for love?" Banjing Momozui looked desperate.

The human tiger boy thought for a while, and said with a dry smile: "Ha...haha...it seems to be true."

"—Ah Choo!"

Dazai, who finally escaped from Kunikida's surveillance, returned home and suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and muttered, "It must be Kunikida-kun who is scolding me behind my back again."

Suddenly thought of something, he took out his cell phone from his pocket and sent an email to Tanaka Hanabi.

"to Tanaka Hanaburo: Tanaka-kun, please locate the IP address of the screen name "Rashomon fans" to Ikebukuro, please. ——by Dazai Osamu"

"Dun Jun should have arrived in Ikebukuro, next..." He lay down on the tatami lazily, dangling his legs, and opened a box of canned crab meat and a bottle of wine casually.

"'New Double Black' and 'God Servant' must be a good combination."

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