disqualified hero

Dazai became a frequent visitor to Nakamuraya.

Of course Hawks couldn't take him to Kabukicho again, he was so tired of that place, it seemed that if he went in, he would have to work all night, his toes were numb, and he couldn't do anything.He is a hero who cares a lot about efficiency, and it is impossible for him to do things that waste time and are not beneficial.

So Osamu Dazai, he went by himself.

"How did you get in?" He couldn't help but wonder when he met Osamu Dazai occasionally. The identity check in Kabukicho was very strict, and besides Dazai, he had never seen anyone who could enter and exit at will.

Dazai shrugged his shoulders and said with his usual slightly frivolous smile, "As long as you really want to go, you can actually go anywhere, right?"

[How can it be? !Are you joking? ]

Fortunately, Hawks is not the kind of person who follows the rules and talks about it for a long time when he sees minors drinking alcohol. He is too enlightened in this regard and only cares about the final result.

"So, what have you achieved." He randomly pulled out a computer chair and sat next to Osamu Dazai. The rollers at the bottom of the chair dragged a long winding line on the tile floor, "I have been there so many times, is there any other progress?"

Instead of talking about himself, Dazai asked him, "How is your investigation?"

After they came out of the tea house, they vaguely explored a new direction. Goliath went to trace the source of Zhiqiaozi's abduction, Osamu Dazai was responsible for breaking through the Nakamura tea house, and Hawks carefully searched for the deeply buried, intertwined population network.

"I found part of it." Hawkes took a pen from the table and twirled it between his fingers. He couldn't sit still, and it was too difficult for him to sit honestly. "Speed ​​Star, Riverside Rose And the Spears of Justice, they do have a lot of abnormal money behind them."

Dazai raised his hand: "Wait, who is Rose on the Bank?"

Hawks: "The dead dancing girls are being tracked down, so we can no longer use dancing girls as pronouns."

"Go on."

"The expense account has not been carefully covered. Even the prime ministers of all Japan cannot cover up the traces of people's lives in this era." He said to himself, "I have investigated their tax payments as heroes, and the Spear of Justice is the highest. Yes, but it’s less than one-tenth of my amount, he and Speed ​​Star are male heroes with no characteristics, and can’t get any endorsements, so the money in this area can be directly passed.”

"Riverside Rose took over the endorsement and filmed TV dramas." Hawkes commented, "She looks pretty good, but as far as heroes are concerned, she spends too much time in the entertainment industry."

Dazai interrupted: "She needs money?"

"It should be like this." Hawks said, "Many endorsements are small brands that are not well-known or even have no quality assurance, but they will give her endorsement fees."

"Speed ​​Star's expenses are also very high. I heard that he opened a champagne tower in a custom shop in Kabukicho, and often, as well as the sports car he drives, the clothes he wears, etc., all cost a lot of money."

"So." Dazai's voice was very gentle, "The commonality of the three of them is that they all need money?"

"Spear of Justice is in the greatest demand," Hawkes said. "He's been too active in the charity industry." He asked, "Riparian Rose, I haven't guessed where her money is going. What do you think it is?"

"The Cowherd's." Dazai said lightly, "The barmaid told me that she often sees dancers here, and every time she enters the Cowherd's, she sits with a different man."

[The waitress at the bar?You still go to the bar?No, why didn't you tell me such important information earlier. ]

Dazai said: "Miss Dancing Girls should be the kind of woman who enjoys men's pursuit very much and is willing to spend money for men." It was seen appearing at the door of many teahouses."

Hawks used his mind to write down every word he said. In fact, Dazai often told lies, and then said "I lied to you" after he finished speaking, which deceived everyone around him, and he wanted to beat him violently. Ton, but judging from his current performance, Dazai's posture of telling the truth is different from his posture of telling lies.

Hawkes couldn't say exactly what was different, he could only say it was his intuition.

"Where did you get so much news?" He stood up, went back to his office, and took out a large piece of paper.

"As long as you chat with cute women, you will find out soon." Dazai said, "Don't underestimate people's ability to gossip. Those women who work in Kabukicho have a lot of secrets," he said. Said, "Of course, if Mr. Hawkes is the one to do it, even if you try your best, you will never be able to find out any real news from them."

"Then how did you find out." He crossed his arms and looked at Dazai for a while.

"Because when I communicate with every lovely lady, I don't have a purpose." He unconsciously said things that should not be said by a person of his age.

"Exchange sincerity for sincerity, and treat women with the same cautious attitude as a treasure, and they will naturally return the same attitude full of pity." Bathed in superficial love, it is easy to know any news.

Hawkes added a few strokes to his big blueprint, and the bank rose, that is, Miss Dancing Girl's money was explained, and he probably guessed her status in the population's interest chain.

"It's a middleman," Hawkes said. "Her job should be to select girls, sort them into categories, and send them to places she thinks are appropriate." In short, it's doing the work of an ancient bustard and snakehead.

"Speedstar is the low-level thug who is in charge of guarding the girls and settling the troubles in Kabukicho, Riverside Rose is the middleman who picks them, and the Spear of Justice..." Hawkes thought of the unannounced investigation he had done before, the criminal investigation of the Spear of Justice , he didn't hand it over to anyone, and of course he wouldn't hand it over to Goliath, but went out in person.

After taking it, I discovered some shocking things.

"The identity of Zhiqiaozi is special." He said, "the daughter of the enemy. Follow this clue to find the relatives of the enemy in Osaka." The office of the Spear of Justice is in Osaka, so it can be said That's his lair.

"How was the result?" Dazai asked, but judging by his expression, he didn't mean to ask at all. It seemed that friends who met by chance were chatting, "Children disappeared? Spouse committed suicide? Tears washed my face every day? Or was it received by the neighbors?" Bullying?"

Hawkes said, "Well, it's all there." His voice was very flat, but his eyes were burning with quiet coldness.

The cramped and small shanty houses, the numb middle-aged people, the cowering children, and what was even more terrifying and unforgivable to him, a large number of missing notices.

"Maybe you accidentally ran to a place where the enemy was raging?" The policeman said casually, "It often happens that even if there are professional heroes, the enemy will still destroy the building, and people who are too late to evacuate will also be injured. "

"Those children, since you said they are the children of the enemy, it's normal for them to be unattended. I heard that some of them will sneak out even if they are sent to the orphanage. It is not normal to encounter accidents at the scene. ."

What makes Hawkes most uncomfortable is the tone of the police's speech, as if denying those children from the root, not recognizing their rights as human beings at all, without pity, without sympathy, saying that their emotions when they disappeared, It's like saying "I ate nasty eel for lunch".

But when the interrogation was in the middle, a child from a good family walked into the police station. She was wearing red-cut leather shoes and a little red dress with jumpsuits. Her tender, lotus-root-like arms were imprisoned by puff sleeves. Very cute.

"What's the matter? Kid?" The police immediately put on a new face. That face, how should I put it, kind adults always have such a reaction when they see a cute child who asks for help. , The smile can be called a spring breeze.

"Uncle Policeman, Alice, my cat is stuck in a tree."

"Oh, oh, it's okay, the police uncle will help you take it down." The policeman's tree climbing skills are absolutely clumsy, but he really worked hard to climb up. When he came down, his description could only be To describe it in a state of embarrassment, the police cap was slanted on his head, the ironed police uniform was crumpled by the branches, and fresh leaves remained on his collar.

"What a cute child." After sending the little girl holding the cat away, the policeman said to Hawks, his admiration was from the heart.

Hawks fled, and he disguised himself to find him later, but the police didn't know his identity.Hawkes didn't know why he ran away, but subconsciously he knew that there was something lurking in the officer's take-for-granted attitude that frightened him.

He told Osamu Dazai what he met in Osaka. It's hard to say what the purpose was, but when he was stared at by Osamu Dazai with a smile that was not a smile, he could indeed see that he was too bright, like a mirror. You can see your real self in the pupils that can clearly show your own reflection.

[Whether it is placed on a young person, an adult, or an old person, his eyes are terrible.] After being scanned by eyes that are as penetrating as X-rays, Hawks also became calm.The arrogance, vitality, and idol worship of those young people were all discarded by him, leaving only the true self.

Osamu Dazai finally spoke, and his voice was tinged with indistinct, unreal joy: "Mr. Hawks, it should be that he has shown the potential to become a hero since he was very young, right? "

Hawkes nodded: "That's right." He saved people when he was eight years old, and he was judged to become a very powerful hero in the future.

"In that case, it's normal that you can't understand at all." Dazai said, "I'm considered to have no personality, and Mr. Hawks must have known this for a long time. In the generation you and I live in, people without personality are already very Less, and it would be fair to say that it is one in a million, that much of the anonymity of society is a holdover from previous generations."

"Because the right foot has one more small joint than other people, no matter how good the brain is, no matter how excellent the grades are, they have to become inherently weak and never stand up."

"India's caste system, which has been preserved since ancient times, has been partially corrected after the arrival of the personality society. Sudras with strong personalities have the possibility of being promoted, and they don't need to deal with garbage, rabies, and excrement all their lives. "

"If you use the caste system as a metaphor, if you have no personality, it is probably a slightly better Sudra. You just need to bear the burden of being ignored, bullied, insulted, and treated as an idiot, and the heirs of the enemy..."

"That's the real thing, the untouchables who are trampled under the feet of people in this society and can never stand up forever."

"Please be clear." He looked back at Hosk, "This society has been unequal since birth."

And the strong trampled on the weak, never stopped.

……

Dazai was wearing his black windbreaker, staggering on the stone road in Kabukicho, holding a box of snacks in his right hand.The number of times he came to see Zhi Qiaozi was so frequent that the proprietress hinted to him many times that he could stay there overnight.

Did Dazai stay?certainly!Whether it's the soft bedding with the fragrance of lotus, or Zhi Qiaozi's soft voice, it makes him feel relaxed and happy, which is much better than the hard bed in Hawkes' office, and Xiao Zhuang's continuous snoring.

When Zhi Qiaozi blinked her beautiful, affectionate eyes and took off her clothes, Dazai said: "That's unnecessary, I like Zhi Qiaozi sauce very much, because of this, how can I do something to make you cry?" thing."

Zhi Qiaozi blinked her eyes: "Huh? No, I..." His hands intertwined with Zhi Qiaozi's, completely ignoring the strong cleanliness he claimed that he couldn't touch others.

Hidden in Zhiqiaozi's bun, a small hairpin shook, and the green leaves that fell on the tail of the hairpin disappeared.

[Wow--]

[As I guessed]

"T-Teacher Dazai..."

"Please don't cry, Zhiqiaozijiang." He gently held her in his arms, "Zhiqiaozijiang has someone she likes, right? If so, even if you show such a fake and beautiful smile to others , I absolutely don’t need it here.” He said, “I like Zhiqiaozijiang’s smile, I like your joy when you read my book, I like your nagging when you complain about other guests, and I like when you think of your sweetheart. A blush on the cheek."

"What I like is a happy Zhiqiaozijiang, not a little girl who hides herself deep in her heart and cries secretly," he reached out to take off the hairpin, and Zhiqiaozi's eyes widened.

[Leaves, disappearing...]

"Please trust me a little bit, Changzhi." He touched Zhiqiaozi's face, and imprinted a pure kiss on her forehead that was completely free from lust and lust.

"A very good new dessert shop has opened in the central district. All the wagashi are made into the shape of flowers. I heard from the ground staff that it is one of the few dessert shops with both taste and appearance. Next time I come When it’s time, bring wagashi for you to eat.”

……

He stood at the door of the tea house, shouting like a primary school student inviting friends to go to school together, "Zhiqiaozijiang? Zhiqiaozijiang?"

The proprietress came out and said to Dazai apologetically: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Dazai, Zhiqiaozi is meeting customers now." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "swipe", the inner door was opened, and the middle-aged man fell down. After a series of small footsteps, Zhi Qiaozi said coldly, "Please don't come again", and the last thing that appeared was Goliath's tired face.

"Mr. Goliath." He greeted with a smile.

Goliath smiled wearily, his smile looked dejected: "Mr. Dazai."

It really doesn't fit their identities and ages, and the address is reversed. I don't know when, all the names he refers to Dazai Osamu have become Dazai-sensei.

"It can't be like this, Mr. Goliath." He said with a smile, "If you treat women the way a father treats his daughter, no lady will be happy, especially your eyes are not ordinary fathers, but those who treat their daughters well. Lots of divorced dads."

"Ms. Dazai." His smile became more bitter, "Stop making fun of me, Mr. Dazai."

"Forget it, I won't tease you." He said, "Mr. Hawkes has something to ask you, it's at the bar we went to last time." He said, "It's the shop in the woods next to the police station. "

"The bar..." Goliath was stunned for a moment, and he said to Dazai's eyes with a trivial smile, "I understand, I'll go right away, Mr. Dazai."

……

Nagae and Koeko were waiting for Dazai in the room. After the latter entered the room, he put the bag full of wagashi on the table, and then stretched out his hand to open the door. Kokoe's dignified posture immediately collapsed. She seemed boneless. He collapsed on the table, carefully avoiding the bun he had combed with great difficulty, then rolled up the sleeves of the kimono and unpacked it.

As for Dazai, his hands were intertwined with those of Chikiko.

"That uncle is so annoying." Zhi Qiaozi complained in a low voice, "He is full of loopholes. He always asks where I grew up when he has nothing to do. Doesn't he know that there must be someone listening to him all the time?"

"And what kind of look is that in his eyes, as if he owed me, did I know him before, wow, it's really disgusting, but if I know about my past, so what."

She said in disgust: "Compassion, what I hate most is sympathy, especially from heroes."

[I only came here now, what did I do long ago, those heroes]

[I don't need it anymore, I can save myself, I have found it long ago, my own hero]

"After all, he is a professional hero. It would be strange if nothing has been investigated after such a long time," Dazai said.

Zhi Qiaozi finished eating wagashi in small mouthfuls, and was careful not to damage her lips. After eating, she took out a vanity mirror and looked at herself carefully.

Dazai went around behind him, and carefully pulled the bare hairpin out a little.

"Speaking of it." Dazai's voice sounded from behind Zhi Qiaozi, "I seemed to have seen this little thing when I was at the police station."

Zhi Qiaozi paused.

"Mr. Dashan, he strung a leaf pendant with a thin chain and wore it around his neck." Dazai said, "I should have been invisible, but who told Mr. Dashan's pocket book to fall out of his pocket, and I bent over When you pick it up, the pendant falls out together."

"Coincidentally, the book that fell out happened to be "Human Matters", so I asked Mr. Dashan, are you a fan of my book? Do you want me to sign it for you?"

"Mr. Dashan said no, it was given to him by his sweetheart."

[thump--]

[thump--]

Zhi Qiaozi's heartbeat quickened.

"But what a coincidence, why do they all wear leaf pendants? Is this a recent trend?"

"No." It's not, Zhiqiaozi said, "because no leaf is alike, and all the leaves grow on the big tree with foliage, just as forked, tiny as dust. part."

"The leaves receive support from the trunk of the tree, and in a way of dedicating themselves, carry out photosynthesis, and feed back the sunlight absorbed from the details to the trunk."

"I see." Dazai said, "What a sad relationship."

"Why?" Zhi Qiaozi said, "Why is it so sad?"

"Because the backbone is immovable, no matter how many years pass, it can stand still, despite the wind and rain."

"But the leaves are too fragile. A slightly stronger wind can make them fall off the branches and fall lightly to the ground. After a while, new shoots will grow out and a new leaf will emerge."

"It's too sad to sacrifice yourself when you can be replaced at will."

"Yes." Zhi Qiaozi said.

"It's just too sad."

"However." She seemed to be depressed for a while, and then continued, "As for the leaves, life is actually not that short."

"What?" Dazai asked.

"It's a dried flower bookmark." She went out for a trip, and when she came back, she was holding a treasure box in her hand. Zhi Qiaozi opened the box, rummaged through it for a while, and found two dried leaf bookmarks, which were sealed in a plastic plate. The autumn leaves of Kyoto.

"If you take the initiative to pick off the leaves before they are driven away by the big tree and wither, after passing through special places, you can become a very beautiful and classically beautiful new bookmark." She held up the bookmark and looked at the light. Compared with sunlight, the penetrating power is not much worse.

"In this case, even the leaves can continue to exist."

……

Deputy Director Shuli returned to the office, followed by his loyal dog, Dashan Qianxing.

Juri Hidegoro threw himself back into the large office chair, while Dashan, with his head down, looked like he was waiting for instructions at any time.

"No, Hawks is really annoying." Egoro Juri said, "He's not in Tokyo during this time, God knows where he went to investigate, and there is that guy named Goliath, who is entwined with branches. Qiaozi, I suspect he has discovered something."

Dashan stood still, waiting for the imminent command to kill.

Egoro Juri went on to say: "Because they stared too closely, I had to check the corpses of the Riverbank Roses a few more times to see if there was any problem, and if they could see something from their bodies."

"Crack——" There was a slight sound, and Dashan's body suddenly shook twice for some reason.

"Then I discovered something that had been overlooked at first." Eigoro Juri stood up, "Although both necks were snapped and snapped, the bones of the Rose of the Bank and the Spear of Justice were skewed in different directions. The Spear of Justice If he was killed, he was strangled from behind, that is to say, the prisoner followed him all the time."

"As for Rose on the Bank, it's a pity that her neck was strangled to death by moving forward. I thought about this action for a while, and it probably killed her suddenly when I took her into my arms and took advantage of her unpreparedness. "

"That woman is a slutty woman, but she also cherishes her life. It is impossible to show her neck to the girl. Therefore, the man holding her is definitely a man she knows, has a relationship with, and is on the same boat as her."

The gun was loaded, and the muzzle was pressed against Da Shan's forehead.

"Ask," Juri Hidegoro's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Who do you think this person is, Dashan."

[Body: Osamu Dazai]

[Synchronization rate: 88%]