Disqualification

Yushiro found that after a certain night, Master Zhushi's mood was very unstable, and this certain night can be specific to "the night when she went to the Butterfly Mansion to deliver notes".

He also couldn't tell whether the change was good or bad. That night Yushiro was out in the wind not far from Butterfly Mansion, and a pair of slightly ferocious triangular eyes viciously locked the building covered by well-trimmed shrubs.

It was expected that Mr. Zhu Shi would leave after putting down the notebook, but in the end it took nearly half an hour. The western clock in the watch shop shook its hem perpendicular to the ground through the window, and jingled four times. There were sobbing cries in the air.

He thought it was an illusion.

"Zhu, Master Zhushi?" I was really worried, so I disobeyed Master Zhushi's order to "stay in place and be on guard". I walked 20 meters along the path full of weeds on both sides, and accidentally saw the man hiding his face behind a thick tree. crying woman.

[Unbelievable. ]

This was Yushiro's first thought.

[Unforgivable. ]

This is his second thought.

In the 200 years he has been with Zhushi, he has never seen her cry. She may be a typical Yamato Nadeko in appearance, but she is very different from the skin inside. Yushiro wants to compare Master Zhushi As flowers, but she is more compatible with the tough reed grass, with indomitable toughness.

Except Wu Mi, nothing can make her vent her hatred; nothing can defeat her except the past.

Yushirou saw her cry for the first time, the hair near the temples slipped from the bun on the back of her head, and hung weakly on the back of her hand, her face was covered by her palm, and she could only see that she was crying from her rising and falling chest. .

She has a little habit that Yushirou only discovered. She will start to hiccup when she is sobbing, her voice is not loud, and she is cute like a girl.

"It's a member of the Ghost Killing Squad... Did it offend you?" He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words through the gaps between his sharp teeth. He was so angry that he wanted to rush open the door of Butterfly's house, grab Chana Hui and hammer him through the center of the earth.

"No, it's not." Zhu Shi saw through Yushiro's thoughts, and said with two tears on the back of his hand, "I cried because I was happy."

[what? ]

[No, no matter how you look at it, Mr. Zhu Shi is not happy, you are obviously sad. ]

"It's wonderful that that child was reincarnated," she said.

[I heard that people with obsessions will linger by the waters of the Santu River and refuse to re-enter reincarnation. Most of them are waiting for relatives they have never met. I may have thought that my husband and he will Won't you linger at the fork in the road leading to heaven and hell, just to meet me again?They will definitely go to heaven, especially Zhijun is such a good child, and I can only go to hell after eating my own child. ]

[It's really great to be able to meet again on the way to death like now. ]

Yushiro really wanted to know what happened, but Zhu Shi still refused to say. After she went back, she hesitated for several days, shutting herself in the room of her new house day and night, not knowing what she was thinking. One night, Yushiro went to see the doctor instead of her, and when he came back, he found that Zhu Shi was not at home.

——She went to Butterfly Mansion again.

It's a pity that this time, no matter how she knocked on the door and waited, she didn't wait for anyone to come back. The neighbor went to see the new performance of "La Traviata" at the Empire Theater, and the La Traviata ended at 09:30. Zhu Shi, who was wandering around the door, her appearance really fits the aesthetics of today's people, and she is gentle and non-aggressive. The hostess said kindly: "This family has moved."

"Ah, is it?" Zhu Shi suddenly asked in surprise.

"It seems that after finishing school, she wants to go back to her hometown in the countryside to inherit the medical center." This is what Die Chanae said to her neighbors. "In the countryside of Kyushu, maybe something happened at home, so I left in a hurry."

Zhu Shi thought: [Don't you want to leave in a hurry?After discovering that she was a ghost, how could the swordsmen of the Ghost Killing Team expose themselves to the ghosts. ]

Thinking about it this way, it would be unwise for her to come to visit rashly. Maybe the members of the ghost killing team have set up a net nearby and waited for rabbits.

Zhu Shi seemed to have just discovered a loophole bigger than Feiying, and ran back in a hurry. She finally regained her previous caution, paying attention to the surrounding environment at all times, for fear of getting a tail that could not be shaken off.

[What will happen to Yushiro if I am arrested? ]

It is difficult to describe the chaos of her mind in words, the longing for her adopted son, the huge shock of seeing him reincarnated and the unreality of a movie camera shaking, the subtle loss that settles in the deepest corners, and the imprint on the soul caused by past experiences The indelible self-blame on her face, the intricate and neurotic emotions hidden in her trembling hair, and the half-round nails bitten out of the gap.

Together, they made Zhu Shi lose the elegance, calmness and composure that he should have.

But now, after waking up from the dream, she suddenly realized that she shouldn't pursue it, she shouldn't look for Osamu Dazai. Love, must ensure that their future becomes two parallel lines that will never intersect.

[Having a relationship with ghosts will only create tragedy. ]

When I returned to the new residence, I happened to see Yushiro running out in a hurry. The tram frame rumbled across the rails. The headlights of the train illuminated the yellow and black railings. They stay on both sides of the crosswalk like boards. The night in Tokyo is too bustling. Lanterns and iron light poles disperse the chaos of shadows.

Zhu Shi stood at the intersection of light and shadow and smiled at Yushiro: "Go back."

She never went to Butterfly Kanae again, and the night when she met Osamu Dazai was sealed deep in her memory.

……

About half a year later, the talking crow found Zhu Shi's new residence and pulled out a long letter from the small bamboo tube on his feet.

Basically, it is hoped that Zhu Shi will work together to study the medicine against Wumi, and attach the latest research results of Butterfly Kanae. The ghost killing team has found the raw material of phagocytic cells, and its content is several times that Zhu Shi extracted from his own body.

[If we cooperate, will we be able to develop a drug that can kill Wu Mi? ]

She seemed to see a ray of dawn that was enough to pierce through the thick clouds.

And there is...

[That child appeared at Kanae's house, right? ]

If that side is not dreamy, I really hope to see him again from a distance.

……

"The energy fluctuations of the Second Holy Grail appeared near Nagoya. It is a hill without a name. Except for ordinary beasts, there is only one place with human fluctuations. That is to say, you only need to find the only family."

"And then there's the recovery of the Holy Grail."

When Da Vinci gave the order, Dazai was already trekking in the deep mountains, followed by Purgatory Kyojuro and Ganluji Mitsuri.

Ganluji is the pillar who just took office, and Purgatory used to be her master. According to the contract reached between the Demon Slayer Team and Dazai Osamu, he cannot be found by Wuyou before the final decisive battle. He should try to avoid going out, even if it is for important business. There are also two pillars that need to take turns guarding.

He is not self-willed in the matter of staying at home. As long as there are enough books and ways to pass the time, it may be no problem to stay for a few years. For creatures with a long time, the flow of time seems to slow down.

Therefore, going to Nagoya became his first application abroad.

No one cares what the purpose is, Zhu's duty is only to accompany, protect, and even guard around if necessary, if Osamu Dazai refuses their approach.

[Mr. Dazai is really handsome, Mitsuri's heart is pounding. ]

Kanroji twisted her neck slightly from time to time, and stared at Osamu Dazai unabashedly, a shy blush appeared on her cheeks, and her mental activities were as rich as countless entangled lines.

[So handsome, so mysterious, although I don't know why he came here, the duty of Mitsuri and Mr. Purgatory is to protect him, right, Mitsuri will definitely work hard. ]

"It's a real honor to have a lovely lady like you protect me." He spoke like a frivolous playboy, but for some reason, he could always capture some lingering affection from it, so that some people always thought he was right. It's all true.

[Why!Why! ]

[Super shy! ]

[So you have to work harder! ]

"I'll trouble you to keep watch here." When I was halfway up the mountain, I heard Osamu Dazai say, and there was a wonderful shadowy bell in the distance, most like the shaking bell when the shrine maiden danced Kagura dance, and the drum beat The sound is like a movement composed by the gods from the sky.

But in the deep snow-covered mountains where there is no one, will there be witches dancing?Would anyone offer a prayer to the gods in such weather?If it wasn't for Purgatory Xingshoulang's good hearing, he would have thought it would be a hallucination.

"Hey, don't we have to follow?" Ganlu Temple asked.

As for Purgatory, he kept in mind Ubuyashiki's words that they must respect Dazai's wishes, so he asked, "Is there any problem?"

"Of course it's okay." Osamu Dazai responded briskly, "There are invisible eyes to help me see it in advance."

[Invisible eyes?It's so hard to understand, anyway Mr. Dazai thinks that there is no problem if there is no problem, right? ]

Purgatory may have thought of something, or it may not have thought of anything, he said heartily: "Really? Then leave this place to us!"

The wind and snow blocked people's way forward, and even blocked their sight. In such a snowy day, civilians can only keep warm by wearing thick coir raincoats. Osamu Dazai is wearing a uniform that looks like the uniform of the Demon Slayer Squad , and in order to keep warm he wore a cloak made of heavy fur, and a hat with a hard and flat brim on his head.

The rubber rain boots on his feet are not eroded by snow water, and the overall appearance is out of place for this common mountain in northern Japan.

The ringing of the bell was getting closer and closer, and he could even imagine the figure of human beings dancing barefoot in the snow. The torches dispersed the white snow and surrounded the people with a slightly warm open space.

[found it. ]

The white curtain covering the face was raised with Kamado Tanjuro's exquisite lightness again. We usually believe that the face of the gods cannot be seen when they come to the world, so in some dances dedicated to the gods, the main dancer As the substitutes of the gods in the world, they also need to uphold the same attire as the gods. It is said that at certain moments, the gods will descend on them.

Thus, Dazai also saw the shadow of Vulcan from Kamado Tanjuro.

……

Zhu Shi and Butterfly Kanae share the same laboratory.

It's incredible that beings that are clearly at the extremes of the food chain hunt and kill each other can live in harmony because of a common goal.But under the calm surface, both Zhushi and Butterfly Chanae have their own thoughts and secrets.

Zhu Shi resisted the urge to inquire about Osamu Dazai, what kind of person is he?Why did it show up at your house?How did you know each other?How is he doing now?

But she can't say it, because "Jushi who became a ghost" and "Osamu Dazai who was reincarnated as an adult" can't have more connections. If there is a connection, what will happen, and what will happen?Could it be that we reacquainted each other and forged a relationship?That is impossible, getting along with ghosts will only bring misfortune, Zhu Shi thought, if the gods favored her and made her a dear elder and friend of Dazai, then when he died, he would not increase his sorrow in vain ?

[He is a very gentle child, the last thing he likes to watch other people die. ]

[Every time I pretend to be indifferent, but in fact I cry out in my heart, "Don't die, don't leave me alone". ]

[He is that kind of child. ]

As for Butterfly Kanae, she felt a deep sense of guilt, especially for keeping things from Dazai Juse and the experiment they were about to do...

"This is the source of the synthetic drug in the experimental notes." The one placed in the culture vessel is a biological slice that has been properly processed after cutting, and still retains its vitality. It restores its original source, and it may be some kind of meat.

"We extracted a high-concentration substance from it that can accelerate the aging of Wu Mi's cells, and with it for research, we can definitely synthesize a drug that can cause great damage to Wu Mi."

As a scientist, Zhu Shi had to ask: "Then its source is..."

"You must never tell her the truth." Dazai's words sounded in Butterfly Chanae's ears, he quietly raised a finger and placed it in the middle of his lips, and the light in his eyes, should it be said to be dim?In his pupils lie black spots covering the surface of the sun, too chaotic.

"You know it, Kanae." He said, "This is the best solution for people not to suffer."

"Use my blood and flesh, they are much better than letting me be eaten directly, aren't they?"

[Mr. Dazai, with what kind of mentality did you say those words? ]

"A...creature." She didn't know how to move her lips, flick her tongue, and squeeze out fragmented words from the trembling of her vocal cords.

"We discovered cells from a long-lived life." She said with difficulty, "Using its body as the cornerstone, drugs can be synthesized. This is the initial conjecture."