Living in Yokohama

The door of the Armed Detective Agency was opened quietly.

Around eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, there was no one in the Armed Detective Agency, and the dust floated under the quiet moonlight.

Osamu Dazai hummed softly, as in the daytime, sat on the chair opposite Shirasaki familiarly, propped his head up and yawned boredly: "When will you come~?"

After waiting quietly for about ten minutes, an extra envelope suddenly appeared on Baisaki's desk.

Pale yellow paper, dried flowers that have lost their color, vermilion lacquer prints, and mottled Chinese characters on the lacquer prints.

As if he had expected it a long time ago, Dazai Osamu was not surprised by this, he went around to pick up the envelope, and carefully opened it: "... Phew, this is indeed the most possible way, in a sense it is also Worst case scenario."

"In this way, that guess is established. It's really troublesome." Under the moonlight, Dazai Osamu's eyes were dark and gloomy, like a bottomless abyss, "But so far it is still in the plan. Then next..."

He took out a small box from his pocket as if by magic, with a mischievous smile on his face.

"Humph~" He hummed happily.

The next day, Shirasaki looked at the familiar envelope and fell into deep thought.

When she first entered the office and saw the letter, she quickly thought of the recent changes of the port mafia, and her eyelids twitched suddenly, and she had a bad feeling.

...But...Although she has only received two letters from the game organizer, so she can't use experience to judge the style of this letter, but is the content of this letter too strange?

The letter is like this.

[Dear Miss Baisaki:

Without further ado, the following task needs you to complete as soon as possible.

First of all, go to AEON Supermarket to buy the following ingredients, prepare them according to the attached recipe before Friday, and then take it to Radium Bowl Street before [-]:[-]pm on Friday.

Looking forward to your excellent performance. ]

Then followed by a long list of things that need to be purchased, and a simple recipe—very simple, it only writes what ingredients should be placed first and what ingredients should be placed first, without even indicating the amount. Considering the limited space of the paper, Bai Qi even doubted The person who wrote this letter is because the recipe is so brief because he can’t write.

...that is, very meaningless.

Sending a letter specifically to let her buy something to cook? ?And why go to Radium Bowl Street? !

It's not that Shirasaki has never been to Radium Bowl Street.

After all, it is a slum street full of people and dragons, whether it is hiding or temporarily inhabiting, it is not bad—as long as she is not located on Radium Bowl Street, then her distressed appearance during the initial period of being hunted down is almost ok. Unhindered into this poor street.

...but later Shirasaki never went there after he was able to live a little better.

After all, it was dirty and messy there, and because Bai Saki was a young girl, she was particularly easy to be targeted by the scum, although these scum were not very strong, even Bai Saki, who was half-way through fighting, could do it. Beat them all down, but too many people also increase the time and energy it takes to deal with it.

Wouldn't it be good for her to rest more during this time?

So what exactly does this letter mean?Shirasaki was contemplating, when Kunikida-senpai, who was changing the broken light bulb, suddenly let out a mournful cry: "Ahhh—"

Shirasaki was startled, and saw Kunikida falling straight towards her and Yosano's desk.

"Be careful!" Bai Qi subconsciously fixed the A-shaped ladder with the ability, and then realized that this was not in line with the ability she said, and stepped forward to hold the ladder with her hands to hide it.

After holding Kunikida steady, Shirasaki breathed a sigh of relief. She raised her head and glanced at the reactions of the people around her. Their attention was basically focused on Kunikida who almost fell down. Haruhito knew that it wasn't her real ability, an Edogawa Ranpo... well, don't expect to hide from this famous detective.

But no one else should have noticed.

Thinking of this, Shirasaki carefully helped Kunikida down, and before he could express his concern, Junichiro Tanizaki let out an exclamation behind him.

When she turned her head, she saw Junichiro Tanizaki with a guilty expression on his face. He looked very disturbed: "I'm sorry, I rushed over and didn't put the shower properly, which wet your important letters..."

"Huh? I've memorized everything, so there's nothing wrong..."

but……

Shirasaki looked at Osamu Dazai who was standing on the other side, showing very obvious doubts: Why does she think this series of coincidences is very Dazai Osamu?

Osamu Dazai looked back at her extremely innocently, his eyes were as pure as a newborn deer: "What's the matter?"

Um.It's definitely the style of this dog comparison.

But what is he doing it for?To wet her letter? ...But that doesn't make sense either.

Shirasaki returned to her seat, the letter paper became wrinkled with water, and the envelope also turned a wet yellow color. She frowned and carefully pressed the water dry with a dry paper towel, but the letter paper could no longer return to its original smooth appearance.

If it is to eliminate some evidence... then it can explain why Dazai Osamu did this, but Dazai Osamu came later than her today - or this guy didn't come earlier than her many times, skipping work every day It's the same as the person being hunted down—so it's impossible for her to know that the game organizer has sent a letter and see it in advance, and then find a chance to destroy the evidence.

After all, even her "player" doesn't know the rules of the game organizer sending letters.

Including this letter, she has only received three letters. If Osamu Dazai could foresee and see this letter before her... Then, is Osamu Dazai really a human being?

Although thinking that Osamu Dazai would not be able to do such a thing, Shirasaki still raised her vigilance: She looked at the letter and began to think about what to do if Osamu Dazai did something wrong.

If it's cooking... She can't think of any harm to her for the time being, so she can buy a new set of clothes later to avoid leaving any obvious smell on her body.

And the most likely place to set a trap would be on Radium Bowl Street, to sell her whereabouts to some other group, or the United Port Mafia or something?

That would be a bit of a headache... After all, Osamu Dazai's ability is unqualified in the world, and she is the only existence that cannot be controlled by her ability. If Osamu Dazai had the physical strength of Chuya Nakahara, she would have been lying flat for a long time. .

Osamu Dazai + Akutagawa Ryunosuke (possibly) + a large number of secondary mafia... It's a bit difficult.

And recently Osamu Dazai has indeed been elusive. It is not impossible to say that he has joined forces with the port mafia.

After much deliberation, Shirasaki decided to have the cheek to ask Kunikida for a cock she could use later.pomegranate.Play it just in case.

Friday, which is two days later.

Shirasaki cleaned up the table and thought in a daze, anyway, I met Sakunosuke Oda yesterday, so let's wait until the game organizer's business is over when we meet next time.

After a day at the Armed Detective Agency that was so peaceful that even she was not used to, Shirasaki put on a mask and walked into the supermarket mentioned in the letter, then took out the crumpled letter paper to confirm the recipe.

"Celery, coriander, red ginger, durian, natto, and kiwi..." Bai Qi calmly read out a long list of purchases, and then calmly stuffed the paper back into the bag, "The person who wrote this recipe must not get along with me. .”

There are tens of thousands of ingredients in the supermarket, and the probability that every one of the listed list is something she doesn't like to eat is also very high.

Grass, what does this thing taste like after it is made?Shirasaki unexpectedly aroused a little curiosity.

...Of course she will never eat it :)

After more than a day of tossing in the daily rented small kitchen, Shirasaki finally made a finished product that at least looked edible.

The things used are all edible by humans, but whether this stuff can be eaten... Shirasaki decided not to make any guesses about it.

After packing it in the cheapest lunch box in the supermarket, Shirasaki took a shower and changed in a hurry, holding the three hands that Senior Kunikida kindly provided.pomegranate.With a gun and a wooden warehouse in hand, he walked cautiously to Radium Bowl Street.

Radium Bowl Street was as noisy and messy as ever today. Young people wearing shirts with a few holes squatted on the side of the road, scanning everyone passing by with greedy eyes.Many people stared at Shirasaki.

Holding down the hat, Shirasaki sighed, and then went deep into Rabo Street.

"...Speaking of Radium Bowl Street, where is it?" Although she didn't know the exact location, since the letter only said she was coming to Radium Bowl Street, she wasn't in a hurry. show up.

After wandering aimlessly on Radium Bowl Street for an hour, and after showing the handle of the wooden warehouse intentionally or unintentionally, there were quite a few people who followed her all the time. The bag rolled on the spot, and jumped up to the roof with the messy boxes.

"The air here is not good for the lungs," Akutagawa Ryunosuke said coldly, "then let's make it quick."

——So Osamu Dazai really reunited with the Port Mafia! !

Shirasaki put this aside for now, and quickly found a way to escape from the messy houses on Radium Boulevard.

However, Akutagawa Ryunosuke was uncharacteristically, not aiming to seriously (kill) injure (lose) her, but seemed to be luring her somewhere.

Although the messy buildings are convenient for escape, they will also cover up the actions of Akutagawa Ryunosuke Black Beast. After dodging in embarrassment again and again, Shirasaki sketched a general map of Raibo Street in his mind, and then extended the direction of escape— —

"Kosei." Shirasaki pursed her lips, and quickly glanced back at Ryunosuke Akutagawa, then speeded up and ran towards Kosai without looking back.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke watched her enter the sac, and pressed the communicator next to his ear: "...As you said, she went in."

Hatsina Masumi said softly: "Okay, I will definitely find that Mr. Dazai for you later—then, now I will receive my guests first."

After finishing speaking, she looked at the lunch box in Baisaki's hand, and the curiosity in her eyes was undisguised: "Is this a gift for me? A meeting gift as it is said among humans?"

Shirasaki: ...?

Shirasaki glanced at the lunch box, recalling the contents of the letter, she was not sure: "Yes, yes... right?" Isn't this what you requested in the letter!

Hatsune Masumi walked over, and she took the lunch box carefully, treating it as if it wasn't something so cheap that it would break if dropped, but rather like some kind of treasure: "When eating, say...I started? "

She ignored the weird-looking finished product in the lunch box, picked up a little with the plastic chopsticks that came with her, and put it into her mouth.

After half a second, she spat it out.