Hong Kong and Black Undercover Ayanokoji's Handbook of Tool Man

stay away from me first

At 09:30 a.m. on weekends and Sundays, there was already an orderly queue at the door of the bookstore, waiting for the official start of Henggou Masashi’s book signing.There was still half an hour before the time for the mystery novelist Masashi Yokomizo to come, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa and I stood in the middle of the line, each holding a collection of new works by Masashi Yokomizo in our hands.

Ever since we knew that Akutagawa liked books, we have always had the habit of keeping in touch with each other about the books we read recently.

After I knew that Yokomizo's official history pen was named "Kindaichi" and won the Naoki Prize for Novel Mystery, I also recommended his works to Akutagawa.I remember when we met for the first time, Akutagawa said that he read books, never the author.So I always put the works of "Kindaichi" in the list of books he reads, and when "Kindaichi" holds a book signing meeting, it is the time for my plan to start.

At that time, I just need to casually mention which books Akutagawa read are the works of "Kindaichi".

"It's my first book signing, and there are quite a lot of people."

Akutagawa coughed before responding to my words.

Akutagawa's physical condition is probably a problem left over from his childhood. In addition, in order to win Dazai's attention later, he had no idea of ​​taking care of his body.Now he coughs now and then, but it doesn't look like he has asthma or anything, and he doesn't carry medicine with him.

Different from the cold aura in Hong Kong and Heilongjiang, Akutagawa is quiet and introverted in private, and even his slightly hoarse and deep voice has warmth.I mentioned once that his state of work and life are different. If he brings the "temperature" of life to work, he will probably be liked by more people.

But Akutagawa said that going to Hong Kong is not to make friends, why do you want to be liked by many people. "As long as the people you care about accept you, that's enough."

After the words were over, I felt that the most interesting thing about getting along with people is the moment of exchanging values.

I handed Akutagawa a thermos bottle, which contained "Dandelion Tea", mixed with "Crystal Pear Syrup", which was specially formulated to moisten the lungs and relieve coughs.After Akutagawa coughed a few times, he took it and took a sip: "Thank you."

"The bookstore has a three-story structure. If the book signing meeting is on the third floor, at the speed we are standing at the door now, we will have to wait until eleven o'clock at least before our turn." I took out my phone to confirm the time, and said, " Do you want to chat?"

"What are you talking about?"

Akutagawa's tone is like this, he can turn all the tone into declarative sentences.

"What do you think of Mr. Dazai's escape from Academy City? I heard that you are still looking for his whereabouts."

In fact, when I returned to Hong Kong Hei, I raised my spirits to deal with Akutagawa, because I went to Academy City halfway with the purpose of "catching Osamu Dazai" and returning to Hong Kong Hei.After all, after the Mori Ogai assassination incident, basically everyone in Hong Kong knew that Osamu Dazai was not dead, and that he had defected to Hong Kong.

The same student of Dazai, I went to arrest Dazai, but he let Dazai go.

In the case of Osamu Dazai, it is entirely possible that he regards me as an enemy in his heart.Or if there is a gap in my heart, they will avoid me directly.But in fact, he is still the same as usual, he treats me as he used to.When Qingwu came to the guerrillas, he just treated him as an ordinary rookie.

So, I actually don't know what he thinks.

"After all, he was the one I let go, so I have to catch him back." Akutagawa's expression didn't change much, and he didn't mention anything about him letting Dazai go.

I said, "I think he came from Tokyo. I met him at the summer festival last week."

"... When was last week?" Akutagawa suddenly lifted his spirits, "How did you meet? What is he doing? Have you talked to him?"

"On Tuesday night, when Qingwu and I were going to the Oktoberfest, we met at the gate of the summer festival, which is under the torii gate of the shrine. He was walking alone wearing a mask."

"If you're wearing a mask, how can you tell it's Mr. Dazai's?"

As soon as Akutagawa encountered Mr. Dazai, he became extremely sharp.

I said in no hurry: "I believe that if you were there and saw him walking around wearing a mask, you would also be able to recognize him at a glance."

These words quickly convinced Akutagawa.

I am not referring to a very mysterious statement here, for example, because I know this person very well, I can recognize it.The time I spent with Dazai was definitely not as long as that of Akutagawa and Dazai, so it is not so easy to recognize him.

What I am referring to here is that the identity of the other party can be identified through "gait recognition"-such an emerging biometric identification technology.According to the research of British professor Mark Nixon, "because of the difference in physiological characteristics, everyone has their own unique walking posture".Because of this research, "gait recognition" has gradually been applied to criminal investigation to track down criminals.Recently, I have also added this technology to the development list of Hong Kong and black. Originally, it should be identified by human power. I plan to develop computer program technology to realize "technology" instead of "artificial".

"At that time, he was carrying a river lantern." I added the details, "I guess he went to the river to release the river lantern."

"Didn't you catch up? Why didn't you inform me immediately? Why didn't you tell me until now?"

Akutagawa's grasping angle is very tricky.

I can't say, because I don't want to care about him at all, so I don't care where he goes.

I thought about how in the TV series, how Kanzaki used superb PUA skills/routines to subtly make the conversation partner do things according to his own ideas.

"If it was Akutagawa, would you have notified anyone in Hong Kong?" I said to him, "At that time, Mr. Dazai was wearing a yukata and carrying a river lantern. He was defenseless. The reason why I mentioned it here was not in Hong Kong I bring it up because I feel that Mr. Dazai at that time was not the Hong Kong black traitor we were looking for, but just our teacher in a leisure state. I don’t want to spoil these. I believe that if you were me, you would do the same Same thing."

Originally, I just wanted to lure Akutagawa to search for Osamu Dazai in Yokohama, but I didn't expect Akutagawa's question to be so sharp and let me say these copious words.

"As expected, you also admire Mr. Dazai." Akutagawa's voice didn't know whether it was emotion or relief, and the gaze he looked at me was also tinged with warmth, "After Mr. Dazai faked his death, I know that you visit his grave every day. .”

"..."

Because at the time I had doubts about whether he was really dead.But based on what I know about him, if he knows that he has a funeral and a tomb, he will definitely take a look, so I plan to install a pocket camera near the tombstone. I have been looking for a better location for the past few days.But if I keep wandering around, I will also be suspected of the purpose of the cemetery, so...

So in the eyes of other people, do I have this kind of image?

"Ayanokōji, you're actually pretty good."

So, this is why he has been taking care of me after Dazai's "death"?

I was looking at him, using "consciousness" to try to pry open his brain circuits to study how many things he had made up in his brain that I don't know, Akutagawa asked me and said, "Ayanokoji, if you had a chance to choose, would you choose "Mr. Dazai" is the person who led you into Hong Kong, or "Mr. Zhongyuan"? "

According to my current situation, I should naturally choose "Zhongye".

However, now that Akutagawa has diverged so much thinking on the topic of "Dazai", I choose "Dazai", so I can increase Akutagawa's favorability.

In addition, I also think that Akutagawa may have thought about such a problem himself.Compared with Osamu Dazai, who always speaks sarcasticly to him, Zhong Ye is generous and gentle, with good strength, and his personality charm is obvious to all in Hong Kong and black.Maybe he didn't have that deep contact with Zhong Ye in the past, so he didn't have a clear understanding of the choice of these two people, but now because of my relationship, he is getting closer and closer to this cadre, and at the same time, he will be getting closer and closer. Realized that he was a man as bright as the moon in the night.

So when he asked this question, he was actually projecting himself onto me.Maybe he wants me to say something like "Choose Osamu Dazai" and hopes to get "spiritual stability" from me so that he can continue to be firm in his dedication and courage to Mr. Dazai.

If I really add this "bonus", I feel like I have entered a strategy game.And it gave me two choices, and each choice will increase the potential favorability of a specific character.So here's what happened -

"Osamu Dazai"

"Central Plains Chuya"

When I was about to speak, a crisp whistle suddenly sounded from the window sill on the second floor, but it didn't last long before the whistle sounded like a balloon that had been punctured by a needle, and the sound also deflated.Not only the people on the second and third floors who heard the sound were resentful of the sudden whistle, which frightened the hearts of people to a stop, even the people on the first floor, who were lined up at the door, raised their heads in fright. The team immediately exploded discussion.

I also raised my head, just in time to meet Ranpo Edogawa who was lying on the window sill with his hands on his hands—he was continuing to blow the silver whistle with a puffy face like a puffer fish.

"..."

"Ayanokōji!" Edogawa pointed his finger in my direction, and the whistle dropped from his mouth to his chest as he spoke, his emerald eyes fixed on mine for a moment.

"…………"

I sort of understand what it's like to be pointed at.That's the feeling of wanting the other person to take his hand back.In addition, I also found that the book he propped on the window sill happened to be the official history of Henggou, that is, the new work of "Kindaichi".

I pursed my lips subconsciously.

I don't know about it at all.

Edogawa Ranpo wanted to talk to me, but the modest bookstore clerk nodded his shoulder.

"Sir, keep quiet during the queue, will you?"

Edogawa waved his hand impatiently and said: "If you have time to tell me to keep quiet, why don't you call the bomb disposal organization and the military and police over here, it's about to explode here."

"...!!!"

As soon as the words fell, the audience was shocked for an instant.

Edogawa Ranpo ignored Sanchi 21, continued to stare at me and said, "Ayanokōji, come here! Hurry up!"

"..."

When I was walking towards what he said to be going into the store, my arm was tightly grasped by a person behind.At the same time, Akutagawa's ability "Rashomon" went on alert, and the hem of his clothes instantly turned into a sharp sword. As soon as "Rashomon" aimed at the person behind me, the cold bass voice of the other party's unmoved came directly from my ear.

"Sir, you'd better not move."

That voice was heard for the first time.

"The pockets on my body contain nitroglycerin, so I can't withstand any big shocks. I don't know about the others, but you and I who were caught should die on the spot."

"Akutagawa, stay away from me first."

I opened my mouth and said to Akutagawa.