I who want salted fish became the leader

Even if he was in a trance, Edgar Allan Poe did not delay for too long.

It was more like a subtle feeling than an accident, which surprised and touched him a little.

Edgar Allan Poe appeared in Yokohama because he was ready to be used, but what he didn't expect was that Ayatsuji suddenly said this to him. He could feel that Ayatsuji was not putting on a show, because if he wanted to pretend to be a hypocrite , will definitely not push back the planning book he handed over.

"Telephone number." Ayatsuji reminded, paused, "Or, do you send telegrams?"

"Oh, oh." Poe finally came back to his senses, and he said hastily, "I have the leader's phone number, let me dial it."

After all, he walked towards the leader's desk, but when he was about to approach, he was stopped by Ranpo stretching out his hand. He directly covered the old-fashioned dial telephone on Ayatsuji's desk with one hand, and To Edgar Allan Poe, lying between the two, made a stop motion.

"I'll do it," he said. "It's my job."

Ranpo is very wary of Poe's attitude. Although Ayatsuji doesn't know where his hostility comes from, he thinks it may be because of the sequelae of the last detective contest, but only Poe knows that he is because of himself. This is what happens when you get close to Ayatsuji.

Edgar Allan Poe didn't give an inch: "I'm here to make a call."

"Why." Ranpo narrowed his eyes and said, "As an American, don't you understand Ranpo-sama's words?"

"Of course we are on guard against someone, and this so-and-so person is either someone or you." Edgar Allan Poe whispered, although his voice was still so weak, but there was a hint of sharpness in it, which made the person lying on top of him Karl snorted, echoing his master's words, "I came here for Ayatsuji, so I can only let him know about these things. I can ask Ayatsuji to make a call, but only if you are not there."

"..."

"You must have underestimated us, Mr. Ranbu." Poe hugged the proposal in his arms tightly, "Before coming to Yokohama, I investigated the situation here. To us, it doesn't matter what other organizations want to do , I came here for Ayatsuji, and I don’t need to give other forces the leader’s internal connection.”

Ranpo was startled, and said, "I'm from Ayatsuji's side."

"Ranbu, I regard you as an enemy, so I have studied your recent whereabouts very well." Poe took a step closer to Ayatsuji, and said obediently, "If I were you, I wouldn't I often go to Butei, so I'm not sure which side you are from, and I don't want to guess."

Although it was very euphemistic, it revealed distrust.

Ranbu: "..."

He said that he went to the detective agency because of Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, and the two things he went to see the president in private to explain clearly...Since even Poe knew about it, there is no reason for Ayatsuji to be unclear , but he didn't express any opinion on it, as if he didn't know about it at all.

So, after being pointed out by Edgar Allan Poe, he subconsciously looked at Ayatsuji, as if he wanted to find his opinion on this from his face, but what disappointed and hurt him was that Ayatsuji was still the same With a blank expression, it seems that he has no opinion at all about his behavior of going to President Butei in private.

But...it doesn't look like he doesn't doubt it at all.

Ranpo can only admit that he really couldn't see what Ayatsuji was thinking from beginning to end, except for occasional mood swings.

"Do you insist, Poe?"

Hearing this, Poe and the little raccoon Carl nodded earnestly together: "I don't want too many people to know the private number of the leader... especially Mr. Ranbu, we know that according to his memory level, even if he only listens to He can write it down after one pass, so he can't say it."

Although Edgar Allan Poe has been looking forward to a duel with Luanpo again and regards him as the only old enemy, but now is obviously not a good time.

Ayatsuji looked at Ranpo, who immediately understood what he meant. He stood up from his chair and walked out of the chief's office, but when he closed the door, he looked back at Ayatsuji and said: " Lord Ranpo wants you to express all your feelings."

"Don't worry, I will." Ayatsuji said.

"..."

He closed the door in disorder and left the room to Poe and Ayatsuji. Poe reported a number, and when Ayatsuji dialed out the phone, he asked nervously: "Do you need me to act? For example ...screaming, or offering a finger or something..."

The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, a little frightened by his own associations.

"It's not necessary." Ayatsuji glanced at him, this kid really read too many novels, "Relax, just be yourself."

"Oh……"

After thinking about it, Poe tentatively took a few steps in the direction of Ayatsuji. Seeing that he had no intention of stopping him, he was greatly relieved, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and stood cautiously. Ayatsuji's right hand, staring at the other's golden hair with some joy.

From this angle, he could see Ayatsuji's slender eyelashes hanging down, and he couldn't help being a little distracted.

And the little raccoon Karl was not as restrained as his owner. He stood up directly from the top of Poe's head, stepped on his shoulder decisively and threw himself into Ayatsuji's arms. Poe was startled by the sneak attack , subconsciously reached out to grab its tail.

But Karl had already twisted his furry tail, nimbly dodged his movements, and quickly landed on Ayatsuji's lap, rolling around cutely.

"Hey, Carl, Carl!" Edgar Allan Poe stumbled in his voice, and looked at his pet so arrogantly with wide eyes, and said nervously, "Come here quickly..."

His voice stopped abruptly, because he witnessed Ayatsuji stretch out his hand skillfully to touch the top of Karl's head after a brief moment of stupefaction. Throw it out, after all, Ayatsuji's image in Poe's eyes is so cold.

Karl became even more arrogant. Not only was he dissatisfied after being patted on the head successfully, but he pushed his claws on Ayatsuji's cloak, as if he wanted to crawl on Ayatsuji's body.

And after staring at its big round eyes for a few seconds, Ayatsuji actually put down the phone receiver and hugged it with both hands.

Obviously Karl is a little raccoon who can jump several meters high on the spot, but at this time he needs to be hugged to climb onto Ayatsuji's shoulders. This double-standard performance, no one will say that he will really act, Karl, Let Edgar Allan Poe realize its hateful true colors for the first time.

Edgar Allan Poe: "..."

Seeing Karl sitting on Ayatsuji's shoulder and leaning against the other's cheek, as the master, he was shamefully sour.

"Ayatsuji, do you... like small animals?" He couldn't hold back, and asked when the phone was not connected, "I thought you wouldn't be interested."

"I was really not very interested at first." Ayatsuji freed his hand, picked up the receiver again, raised his hand to touch Karl, retracted his hand and said lightly, "But when I go out to handle cases, cats and dogs often come to touch him. , so I'm used to it."

He should have been suspicious of that tabby cat that was always around him, but when it became the norm, Ayatsuji got used to it.

Once when he went to Tokyo to handle a case, he got rid of the special agents of the special ability department and walked around the street for a few minutes before attracting a cat. It followed Ayatsuji for a long distance. In fact, he had I still wanted to keep it a little bit, but I finally got rid of it on the last street.

Because Ayatsuji is not sure if it will be killed by bullets if it appears in front of the agents. After all, it is impossible for people under supervision to keep pets. Ayatsuji doesn’t want to gamble on this probability, and he doesn’t bother to mention something that will be rejected requirements.

So... it's ok.

Just when Ayatsuji was distracted, a voice finally came from the receiver in his hand, and the transoceanic call was successfully connected.

"Who are you? Why do you have my private phone number."

This is an unfamiliar deep male voice, it should be Fitzgerald, the leader of the group.

As Edgar Allan Poe said, it can be seen from the rising tone of his voice and the final sound of Ayatsuji that Fitzgerald should be the type of person who is usually very good at giving impassioned speeches.

"It's very rare, because it's been a long time since an unfamiliar number dialed my number directly." Fitzgerald said, his side was a bit noisy, as if he was staying with a group of people, and his tone was extremely majestic, "So ,who are you."

From the few English sentences in the low background, Ayatsuji could tell that they were saying "where is he" and "the Germans want to negotiate" and so on, but he didn't know what they were talking about, and guessed It should be discussing the plan to attack Japan.

Edgar Allan Poe also heard the background sound, so he showed a somewhat disturbed expression. He seemed to want to speak, but Ayatsuji stretched out his hand to stop him from wanting to speak.

"You might as well guess." Ayatsuji just said lightly, "But I think you already know it in your heart."

The voice on the other side of the phone paused for a moment, and then the noisy noise became a little quieter, probably because Fitzgerald finally chose to leave the crowd and came to a quiet place to answer the unknown call from Ayatsuji , probably realized that something was wrong.

And Ayatsuji put his fingers on the table and tapped patiently. It was the first time that Poe saw his pen pal show such a pressured negotiation momentum, and he realized it belatedly. The identity of Ayatsuji - the current leader of Hong Kong gangsters, before that, he seemed to have consciously forgotten this...

It has to be said that Ayatsuji is responsible for this misunderstanding. If he is in his true state, probably no one will try to approach a piece of cold ice, so he will put that part of his personality Human indifference hides.

A few minutes later, Fitzgerald's words came from the receiver again: "This call is from Japan... So, who are you over there?"

"Obviously." Ayatsuji said, his voice was too young, "Fitzgerald."

Seeing this, Fitzgerald paused, and then said: "I heard that the underworld in Yokohama, Japan is currently controlled by a 15-year-old boy, but from this point of view, the underworld in Yokohama is a bit too much." Fallen, I don't believe they have such ability... So, let me think about it, are you Osamu Dazai?"

Ayatsuji: "..."

He squeezed the receiver, raised his head and looked at Poe, who couldn't hold back, showing a "sure enough" expression, and looked away embarrassingly.

Edgar Allan Poe said that the leader of his family is actually slightly smarter than ordinary people, but his brain circuit is very strange, and sometimes he can't even understand how he and Miss Alcott teamed up. I come to a conclusion that is very different from the correct answer, so it is really nerve-wracking occasionally.

Ayatsuji: "...why do you think I'm Osamu Dazai?"

"As I said just now, the world of Hong Kong and Hei Li probably cannot be seen now." Fitzgerald said, confident in the result of his reasoning, and even a little proud, "That boy named Lugu can become the leader of Hong Kong and Hei Li, the whole world It was because of the support of the group of French people, so that guy Mori Ogai was very dissatisfied, watching his position being taken away."

It makes sense.

"Continue." Ayatsuji was trying to figure out his train of thought.

"Your voice is so young, and you have the opportunity to get my private number, you must have something to rely on." Fitzgerald said, "I have investigated, and the only person in Yokohama who can be regarded as a number is Mori Ogai , From this point of view, it is concluded that you are his student, Osamu Dazai, is there any problem?"

The logic is pretty tight.

A new plan immediately flashed in Ayatsuji's mind, he revised his original plan without changing his face, and admitted: "Yes, you are very smart, Fitzgerald, I am indeed Osamu Dazai, and the wise man Talking saves a lot of effort."

Edgar Allan Poe: "..."

At Fitzgerald's side was Miss Alcott, one of the strategists of the combination. She whispered next to Fitzgerald: "Leader, the source of the call has been found out. The call is from the Hong Kong gangsters." Inside, it's the leader line, no accident."

The combination ability is more powerful than many people imagined, so they can even go to the precise location and find out where the number was dialed.

And this sentence just confirmed how correct Fitzgerald's reasoning was. He was even more convinced that it was Osamu Dazai talking to him on the other end of the phone. After all, he knew that Osamu Dazai was staying in the In Hong Kong and Heilongjiang, Mori Ogai dared to keep his students in Hong Kong and Heiwei, probably to wait for this moment.

"What do you want to do."

Through Fitzgerald’s self-reported reasoning process, Ayatsuji could probably understand his thinking, so he said kindly: “Mr. Lu Gu is really a guy who doesn't understand anything about the current leader's every move."

"That idiot was just supported by other forces, so I easily appeared in the leader's office. The reason why I used the leader's line to call you is to prove that I have the strength to negotiate with the group. It is enough to show my sincerity to your organization."

Poe was in awe of Ayatsuji's ability to speak ill of himself without batting an eye.

Fitzgerald laughed a few times: "What do you want to talk to us about?"

Since Ogai Mori is behind Osamu Dazai, it shows that the truth of this matter is a little bit more, because everyone can see the degree of caution of that man.

"Book." Ayatsuji said the word.

Hearing this, Poe's eyes widened, and he looked at Ayatsuji suspiciously, not knowing what tricks he was going to play again.

Although Edgar Allan Poe is a detective like him, and far smarter than 90.00% of the world, it may be because Ayatsuji used [accidental death] to get involved in various Japanese government power struggles and murder cases , so in terms of strategy, he has an unexpected absurd aura of mystery.

As far as he knows, although the last place where the book disappeared was in Yokohama, Japan, it did not appear...

Now being suddenly mentioned by Ayatsuji, there must be his intentions.

Hearing him say this keyword, Fitzgerald's original contemptuous expression disappeared, and Miss Alcott, who was standing beside him, keenly sensed the change in her leader's attitude, but she didn't know why. He could only hear him saying in a deep voice to the phone: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I said, the gangsters have discovered the existence of the book." Ayatsuji imitated Osamu Dazai's sloppy tone, and said, "You all want this thing, and Lu Gu has already notified the French side. If you check it, you will know Verlaine hurried to Yokohama yesterday, which is enough to prove the truth of what I said."

indeed……

Fitzgerald frowned. Verlaine was an operator on the French side. According to reports from the group, Verlaine left the scene while negotiating with the Japanese side. The next day, someone photographed him carrying a suitcase. Appeared at the Yokohama train station in a hurry.

If there was no major event, it would be impossible for Verlaine to leave the negotiating table just like that, it could only mean that Lu Gu had something to call him here.

But if it was an ordinary incident, there was no need for him to act rough to such an extent. It shows the urgency of the matter. It seems that what Osamu Dazai said is indeed somewhat reasonable. The book may have appeared in Yokohama and is now under control.

This kind of conjecture immediately made Fitzgerald's body tense up. He subconsciously glanced back at the other members in the conference room not far away. The news came too suddenly. If the book was really taken away in advance, The combination has to redesign the plan, which will inevitably lead to delays in time.

"Why did you tell me this." He said, "The book appeared in Verlaine's hands."

"It's very simple. Mr. Mori and I don't think books should just be taken away by the French. Kazuya is indeed a short-sighted person." Ayatsuji just said, "Of course, what we want is not books, after all, your organization's The whole world knows your ability, but I just hope you can drive the French forces away from Yokohama."

"Even if we take the books?"

"That's right." Ayatsuji said coldly, "Because only when the French forces leave, Kaguya, who has lost his support, can leave, and Mr. Mori can become the leader again."

"No," Fitzgerald was not so easily fooled, he narrowed his eyes and said, "It's impossible for you not to know how much influence a book can cause, as long as you get the book, you'll only be the leader of Hong Kong gangsters." , even the whole world will be yours."

At this time, Poe almost understood what Ayatsuji wanted to do, and when he heard the words of his leader, he knew that he had fallen into Ayatsuji's trap again.

"But you must know that there is something called, you can take it but it's useless, right?" Ayatsuji laughed, and then said coldly, "Mr. Mori has been forced to go to Butei now, leaving only me as a student Staying in Hong Kong, if we get the book, we can't keep it for even an hour, or we will die directly."

"..."

"The power of a few people is still not qualified to collide with the country. So books are completely useless to us. I think you, as a smart person, should be able to understand this." Ayatsuji further patched up, putting This idea was thoroughly instilled in Fitzgerald's mind.

After a moment of silence, Fitzgerald said, "Is the book in the hands of the French... Oh, I see."

I'm hooked, and I hope that Verlaine, as a liaison officer, can face the attack from the United States. France will certainly not admit that they have books, because they really don't have them, but Fitzgerald is absolutely impossible to believe that they are telling the truth. A fight between France and the United States was inevitable.

The American team should be able to beat France enough.

"As a reward for telling you the clues about the book," Ayatsuji said with an indifferent expression, "I think the group should also show a little bit."

Fitzgerald: "Isn't it a gesture to drive the French out of Yokohama for you?"

"It's just a side benefit. What does it mean? It's impossible for your organization to not be able to tell the difference."

This time Fitzgerald felt a little interesting, and he said, "Then, what do you want?"

"Let Hong Kong and black have the opportunity to borrow the name of the group, just like Lugu relies on France." Ayatsuji said, "I know how dreadful the group is internationally. After all, you are responsible for the world's arms supply, and Germany's Goethe Need to ask your requirements, we just don't want the Germans to take the fruits of victory."

This request is very novel, and Fitzgerald didn't have a good impression of Germany: "Yes."

"In that case, I have one thing to offer in return."

Ayatsuji glanced at Poe, and it was this glance that made the latter nervous, because it meant that the conversation was about to reach its climax, which was to point out himself as a "hostage", but Poe I don't know how Ayatsuji intends to use this.

He originally thought that Ayatsuji would use himself as a hostage to threaten the combination, hoping that they would cancel the offensive plan, etc., but now it seems that Ayatsuji's leader shifted his target to fight France with just a few words, which not only saved Yokohama from the crisis, but also It also caused trouble for the French.

Although he felt very guilty about Fitzgerald being cheated, Edgar Allan Poe was actually a bit obsessive in nature, so he had no reason to stop everything Ayatsuji showed him, and even made curiosity easily gain the upper hand. Poe had no time for other things.

Of course, the main reason is that nothing will happen to the combination, because Poe is well aware of the strength of his organization, and he has no interest in praying to the French forces.

"It's true that Britain has figured out how to summon heroic spirits, and is even engaged in a subspecies Holy Grail War."

"I've heard that it's just opportunistic." Fitzgerald said, "Because I can't find the book for a long time, I just try to get the Holy Grail that can also fulfill all wishes, but Yokohama is not the battlefield they chose, Mori Ou Outsiders and you don’t need to worry about the power struggle that threatens Hong Kong and black.”

Of course, Ayatsuji knew that according to what Holmes said, they chose the place of the king, the capital of Japan, Tokyo.

He had every reason to suspect that Holmes would go to Tokyo after exploring Yokohama after his astral body.

But it's just suspicion, Dazai Osamu and Gogol are still responsible for searching for him in Yokohama.

But it is impossible for Ayatsuji to leave Yokohama as the leader of Hong Kong gangsters, and the king's side...he still remembers the fact that ten bunches of tatara can see the black mud, only those who are dying or have bad luck recently can see it blurred The shadow, which shows that ten bundles of tatara will be in danger.

Ten bundles of Tatara indirectly saved Ayatsuji's life.

If there is any change in Tokyo, whether it is Sherlock Holmes or Tokuta Tara, Fitzgerald will definitely inform him.

"Then do you know that Sherlock Holmes, the benchmark in the detective world, was summoned by the Clock Tower?" So Ayatsuji said, "He is in Tokyo now, probably."

"I know... Wait, don't you want to say—" Fitzgerald suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

He knew how much one of the heads of his own organization loved the detective game...

"Mr. Mori's eyeliner in Yokohama found out that your organization's detective Edgar Allan Poe has gone to Tokyo. I'm not sure if it's because of Sherlock Holmes." Ayatsuji said expressionlessly, "I think you can check to see if he's still there. America. You know the tricks of the British."

Fitzgerald: "..."

……

After talking for half an hour, Ayatsuji hung up the phone with a relaxed expression.

Edgar Allan Poe witnessed the whole process and saw with his own eyes how he messed up the relationship between the United States, France, Germany, and even Britain. This kind of behavior made him feel dumb.

"Ayatsuji..." he hesitated, "What shall we do next...?"

Ayatsuji smiled at Poe, which made the latter a little dazzled, but in fact, Ayatsuji was thinking that since Poe was sent to Tokyo, he must not be seen appearing in Yokohama, so he restrained himself Smiling, he said, "Poe, don't you want to read the second half of my "The Ghost of the Clockwork House"?"

Hearing this, Edgar Allan Poe was stunned for a moment, and then he said with some joy: "That's right, have you finished writing?"

"No. You sit down here," Ayatsuji paused before saying to him, "but I have a new idea, I can modify some details based on the detective novel you have written for me, if you can If you enter the book and find out who my new murderer is, I will give you the second half of the book."

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Mori Ogai who learned that he was being used: Ayatsuji called me Mr. Mori, and admitted that he was my student!

Alice: Rintaro has finally gone crazy.