Disqualification

Ryoko Takano dropped out of school. This matter was not big or small. It was like throwing a small stone into a pool of water. It floated a few times and caused a few ripples. Soon the water surface calmed down again.

Kanae still has Ryoko in her heart, but her schedule is too tight, she studies during the day and kills ghosts at night, so she has too many things to do and she can't be alone.

What's more, behind Ryoko Takano's dropping out of school, there are no traces of ghosts raging.

Speaking of ghosts...

When Butterfly returned home, she saw her elder sister Kanae wiping the Sundial Knife, looking thoughtful, she took off her haori and said, "What's wrong, elder sister."

"It's Shinobu." Kanae's right palm was pressed against her cheek, her movements showed feminine softness, "When I was killing ghosts recently, I always felt a gaze coming from behind, but when I turned around, I didn't find anything."

"What?" Shinobu was like a cat, with all the hair on his body standing on end, and it exploded with a bang, "It's too dangerous, sister, what if it's a ghost! If you attack from behind, even my sister will be injured!" She hurriedly said Said, "No, I will go out with my sister in the future, and I will guard my sister's back!"

Kanae didn't think there was any problem, she said: "Well, even if it is a ghost, it should be a good ghost. The evidence is that I have been stared at for a long time, but I have never been attacked."

"Sister!" It was an exasperated voice.

"What's more, I have never felt the killing intent from him." She put her hand on her chest, her eyelids drooped, and her feather-like eyelashes could be seen from the angle of Butterfly Ninja, "Ghosts are human beings before they become ghosts. A large part of them did not become ghosts voluntarily, I always believe that there are ghosts with human nature in the world, and they can get along well with people.”

[It's these words again. ] Ninja was so angry that she couldn’t speak. As a ten-year-old woman, Ninja’s temper was quite violent. She was more like a teenager than a girl. Her heart was full of anger. Every night, as soon as she closed her eyes, she would recall The tragic image of parents being torn apart by ghosts in front of them.

She couldn't understand why her sister Mingming had experienced a nightmare day with her, why she still had illusions about ghosts, why she felt sympathy for them, why she thought that people and ghosts could get along well.

The condition for becoming the top pillar is to kill fifty ghosts, or to kill the ghosts of the lower strings. My sister has achieved both. There are probably a hundred ghosts who died by her sword, and no one has ever shown "can Get along well" temper, why does she still have illusions?

"Go to bed early, Shinobu." The gentle voice entered her ear canal, Kanae said, "If you don't sleep well during the growth period, you will not grow taller."

She said angrily, "Good night, sister."

……

Butterfly Kanae was stopped at the school gate when school was over.

"Mr. Gao Ye?" She was a little surprised with the cloth bag containing the books in her pocket. Mr. Gao Ye's spirit was even worse than before. In just a few days, he changed from haggard to crippled, and she smelled a faint smell of blood. Mr. Takano was injured.

"Are you all right?" she asked.

"It's okay, it's okay." Mr. Gao Ye forced a smile, "It's just a little tired. Liangzi's condition keeps recurring, and I can only take care of him day and night." He said, "I am here this time, entrusted by Liangzi." He took out a white envelope, "This is a letter from Mr. Dazai to Yoshiko."

"Ms. Dazai? Is it writer Osamu Dazai?"

"That's right." He said, "As a die-hard reader of the teacher, Liangzi has been writing letters to the teacher, and she was fortunate enough to receive a reply. According to her, the heroine in the article "Female Reporter" refers to the Jisheng Academy. It was created after a female student from the school. Mr. Dazai invited Yoshiko to a lecture meeting recently, saying that he wanted to discuss the ending of the article, but she was unable to attend due to physical reasons, and I hope you can go instead of her.” He Said, "If you agree, Ryoko will write to the teacher to explain the situation."

"I?"

"That's right, she talked about new women. No one in the class is better than you. Ryoko must agree with your point of view." As he spoke, Mr. Takano bowed to Kanae, bending his waist deeply , parallel to the ground, "Please, Miss Butterfly."

Butterfly Kanae helped the man up: "Please raise your head, Mr. Takano." She took the letter with both hands, "Ms. Dazai's discussion meeting, I understand, I will definitely go." She said with a smile, "Then I have to make up for Mr. Dazai's works during this time."

"Thank you." Takano still bent down deeply, tears flowing down the curve of his jaw all the way to his neck, "Really, thank you so much."

……

After many days, Dazai received a reply from Ryoko:

/ Dear Teacher Dazai: Due to physical reasons, I am sorry that I cannot attend Teacher Dazai’s symposium this time. I have recently suffered from an illness and can only recuperate in a bed.

Last time, Mr. Dazai said in my heart that I hope to find female students with progressive ideas to communicate with in order to complete the second part of "Female Reporter". After deliberation, I have the courage to recommend a new female to you.She is my classmate in Jisheng Academy, her name is Butterfly Kanae, her grades are much better than mine, this woman is different from ordinary people, she has strength beyond men and a broad mind, I still have a little bit of strength for men Frightened, but she is completely unafraid, and even surpasses as a woman in the field where men are good at...／

Osamu Dazai read and laughed.

Editor Xiao Zhuang looked at him and couldn’t figure it out. Normally, the relationship between editors and writers is not very close, but it was completely reversed when they came to them. How long does it take to sell out? For editors, as long as there is an author like him, the performance is guaranteed. In addition, Xiaozhuang himself is very worried about Mr. Dazai's bad life and rest, saying that he is addicted to alcohol and crab meat It's not an exaggeration, and the time of three meals is often reversed, which makes Xiao Zhuang, who loves to worry, very worried about his physical condition.

In this era, Japanese men hardly ever cook in the kitchen. He once offered to ask Dazai to hire a maid. After the other party refused, he could only roll up his sleeves and study the way of eating by himself.

When Dazai laughed, Xiao Zhuang was busy in the kitchen.

"What's the matter, Dazai-sensei?" He poked his head out and asked.

"It's nothing." Dazai said, "I just saw a very happy letter."

"That's it." Xiao Zhuang remembered, "Speaking of which, Miss Gao Ye mentioned earlier..."

"It's been changed." Dazai picked up the letter and waved it, "The one I'm going to see is Miss Butterfly."

"Oh, is it?" Xiao Zhuang accepted, "Understood, I will make arrangements tomorrow."

He asked a few more questions: "Is there something urgent for Ms. Gao Ye?"

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, it's just that she often sends letters to the editorial office, and it seems that she is a die-hard reader of yours. Except for today's letter, she hasn't sent any other letters this week, and I think she shouldn't refuse your invitation, teacher, unless something important happens. yes."

"I see." Dazai stretched out his hand to touch his chin, he turned his head, his gaze penetrated the window frame, and fell on the bleak tree branches in the courtyard. Autumn is here, except for the withered yellow leaves that are crumbling in the wind. , only dry and wilting weeds are left, "maybe like leaves, they will wither when the north wind blows."

"What?" Xiao Zhuang didn't hear clearly.

"No, it's nothing." Dazai said, "I'm looking forward to meeting Miss Kanae."

……

There are many works by Osamu Dazai, including long novels, novellas and short stories. Before the publication of "Hello, Taisho", Asahi Bunko published the latest "Complete Works of Dazai Osamu" as a set of three books. After landing in major bookstores, only three It sold out in a matter of days, and even in the Taisho era of cultural renaissance, it can be said to be a miracle of paper media.

After that, Dazai's works became evergreen trees in the window of bookstores, and Kanae found a random store to buy the complete works.

Each book has 200 pages, and the three volumes are 600 pages. It took a few days to read word by word with a learning attitude. After reading it, Kanae felt very complicated.

[How ugly is human nature, how much despair has been seen, to write such an article? ] Her heart is heavy, and what is even more ironic is that the things Dazai wrote are real and will happen in society. She looked at them and couldn't help but think that they are all things that the author has personally experienced and seen.

Almost in tears.

[But... life shouldn’t be like this, hope and disappointment should be enough, if you stare into the abyss, you will see darkness everywhere you look, but run towards the sun, stand on the top of a towering mountain and look at the sky jumping out from the horizon The fiery red sun can also feel the warmth. ] She felt that Osamu Dazai only described desperate things, but you can never deny that there are more good people in society than bad people, and even bad people have kind thoughts in their hearts, otherwise society would not progress at all and would not develop at all.

She vaguely guessed that what Yoshiko Takano wanted to convey to Dazai was what she was thinking at this moment.

"If you open your eyes and look carefully, you will definitely find something good." She thought so.

……

After coordinating the time between Dongda University and Osamu Dazai, the start time of the lecture was set at 05:30 pm. In autumn, it gets dark early, and it is basically completely dark at [-]:[-]. The lampposts on the roadside are powered on, and the light bulbs light up the night .

Kanae was worried about ghosts after the lecture, so she brought a Japanese sword.

She arrived early, and just about to enter the classroom, she was stopped by a handsome young man: "Excuse me, are you Miss Butterfly Kanae?"

"it's me."

"I am the editor in charge of Mr. Dazai, my surname is Xiaozhuang, Ms. Takano sent a letter saying that you are wearing an enamel butterfly decoration on your head, so you can recognize you at a glance." He said with a serious look, "The conference room has been arranged, absolutely It will not harm your reputation, miss."

[I don't really care about fame or something. ] Thinking in my heart, but unable to speak out, I just said: "Then I will trouble you, Mr. Xiaozhuang."

……

When the classroom was crowded like a tin can full of sardines, Osamu Dazai came. He was still wearing a black suit, at least the gemstone cufflinks on the cuffs were slightly changed. When Butterfly Kanae saw him, her eyes widened, she was so surprised Even the smile changed.

This man obviously also remembered Butterfly Chana Hui, gave her a smile, and said to the students below: "Students have been waiting for a long time. Anyone who has heard my lecture last time knows the old rules. I don't like preparing speeches. Compared with I prefer to exchange ideas with you, this time the theme is "Female Reporter" can ask me any questions, and I will answer your questions as much as possible."

"Mr. Dazai, may I ask if the female reporter in your novel is Miss Nora from Japan? What do you think will happen to her after she leaves?"

"This question seems to be asking me about my writing intention for the second half of the article. I won't spoil the readers in advance." His mischievous answer caused bursts of laughter, "Even I haven't figured out how to write the ending. .”

"After the characters in the writer's pen are created, they do not belong to the writer himself. They become individualized individuals. I am not creating stories, but only depicting their lives."

"There are countless possibilities in Azhong's life. For example, the job advertisement she saw might be a scam in a tea house. The girl went to work with full expectations, but was sold to Yoshiwara as a prostitute. After becoming a prostitute, she worked at night. This may be the end of the dream of being a female reporter."

The crowd was in an uproar.

"It's also possible that she really became a telephone operator, managed to save enough money, changed to another school to complete her studies, and after graduation went to work as a reporter, but because of the industry's exclusion, she committed suicide by lying on a train. This is another possibility. "

"It is possible that she was found by her father and brother before she had saved enough money to go to school, tied her back to marry, and lived the rest of her life like a puppet. When she was old, she recalled that she did not go wrong when she was young, and there would be better results. It is still a possibility .”

He said to the stunned student: "The possibilities of life are infinite. Just like the protagonist in the work, a small change will have an impact on the whole life. If you ask me what will happen to her, I don't know." , but I think most of them are tragedies.”

There were students whispering to each other below, it was a man's voice.

"So, women's struggles are meaningless."

"It is a waste to allow women to receive advanced education."

Others nodded.

Butterfly Kanae raised her hand.

"Please, miss." Dazai stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation.

After Yoshiko Takano became the target of unscrupulous tabloids, the number of women attending the forum decreased significantly, and a few of them curled up in the corner, while Kanae, who had a good face and sat in the front row, became the object of everyone's attention. Few people stared at her jokingly.

"There are countless possibilities for Ah Zhong's future, and you said that most of them end in tragedy." She smiled beautifully and gently, and her voice was even more unhurried, as if nothing could make her lose control of her emotions. "But in the countless futures, is there a possible path? She has gone through untold hardships and became the first female reporter in Japan, contributing to reporting the dark side of society and becoming a guide for other women to move forward. lighthouse."

"There must be such a future."

Dazai said, "Well, that's the only possibility."

"Then, even if it is to challenge the one-ten-thousandth possibility full of hope, Azhong's efforts are meaningful. For example, now, countless women have been inspired by Mr. Dazai's first chapter, hoping that they can become strong. , an independent new woman.” She said, “I’m sorry if my interpretation is contrary to Dazai’s original intention of writing, but I think that people struggle for hope, and most efforts are like budding in a nursery. There will always be two or three flowers that bloom, let it develop naturally, and the results will be full of light and hope." She bowed, "That's all I want to say."

Her words seemed to be declaring war against the men present with inferior thoughts.

Dazai applauded, and the clapping voice echoed in the classroom: "That's great, miss."

Ever since, scattered applause came from every corner of the classroom, and the sound of high fives gradually increased, gathering into waves.

[I don't think he really agrees with me. ]

Kanae sat down and looked directly into Dazai's heavy eyes: [But as long as he sees hope and enough good people, his mind will definitely change. ]

She is like a sunflower, even if she grows in the dark and dry land, she always goes towards the beautiful sunshine.

……

The lecture ended at eight o'clock, and the students left one after another. Kanae sent them to the gate, and there were no ghosts, which made her relieved. Afterwards, just chat with Dazai and the day is over.

But before she could relax for a long time, the crow that had stayed temporarily in the woods next to the teaching building flapped its wings and flew towards her, uttering the words: "Dazai, danger! Danger!"

"!" She immediately raised the knife and ran towards the teaching building.

……

"Dong dong dong—" There was a regular knock on the door.

Dazai raised his voice, "Please come in."

"Kacha—" The door opened a small crack.

Ryoko Takano's pale face was imprinted in the crack of the door: "Dazai... Teacher..."