Living in Yokohama

On a typical day, two people go missing in Yokohama.

This is so normal.

In this place of Yokohama, the minions of the mafia entrenched here can extend to any place, and firefights and fighting with weapons may happen at any time. In the face of blood and death, disappearance is just a trivial matter.

As a former mafia, Oda Sakunosuke knows this kind of thing all too well. He often dealt with this kind of thing when he was still working in the port mafia.

Oda Sakunosuke didn't realize who was missing.

He didn't know anything at first, neither Dazai Osamu nor Shirasaki had the habit of contacting him often, and it was common to not see him for a month or two, so Oda Sakunosuke just waited quietly, just like everything before Same day, waiting for Osamu Dazai at Lupine and Shirasaki at the curry shop.

He didn't realize anything.

——Until one day, the young girl Sakule grabbed his trousers.

"What's the matter, Sakuro?" Oda Sakunosuke stopped writing, bent down to hug Sakura, and coaxed patiently, "What's the matter?"

Saki Le raised the small chain in his hand, with a look of 'boasting me': "Look! This is my birthday present for Sister Saki!"

Oda Sakunosuke paused, carefully looking at the small chain.There are all kinds of pendants on the chain, including childish cartoon characters and exquisite diamond pendants. These two don’t seem to match well, but because of the good color matching, they can be praised as cute, but there are many glass beads in them And shells, so there is no need to ask Shirasaki, Oda Sakunosuke also knows that Shirasaki will never wear such jewelry that will reveal his position at any time.

But this is the kindness of the child, and Bai Qi will not tell Xiao Le that she can't use it.So Oda Sakunosuke said: "Saki Le is such a good boy, and A Saki will definitely like it."

Saki Le smiled shyly. She covered her face with her small hands, and asked in a low voice, embarrassed: "Then when shall we go to Sister A Saki? I want to give this gift to her myself."

Oda Sakunosuke didn't answer this question, he rubbed Saki Le's head, and asked with a smile, "Why do you suddenly want to give Sister A Saki a gift?"

"It's a birthday present!" Saku Le corrected him seriously, then she lowered her head and fiddled with the necklace, and said in a low voice, "Sister Azaki took us to the amusement park before... I think Sister Azaki really likes the excitement! At that time, Sister Saki seemed to be envious of us... But she was always alone, and she didn't often come to play with Oda, so I thought, we can give her a birthday, so Sister Saki Not alone anymore."

Oda Sakunosuke suddenly realized this: he didn't know Shirasaki's birthday.

Although they had known each other for two years, Shirasaki did not say what day her birthday was, nor did she do anything similar to celebrate her birthday, and Oda Sakunosuke never paid much attention to these things, so she never asked about it.

Only one day.Oda Sakunosuke thought softly in his heart, even if he had worked so hard, he could only have one day, so it would be a good day to celebrate his birthday.

Oda Sakunosuke turned around and put away the pen, he squatted down and touched Saki Le's head: "Do you know Sister Saki's birthday?"

Saku Le's eyes were wet, she shook her head and asked expectantly: "But Odasaku must know!"

"I don't know," Oda Sakunosuke replied honestly, "but Saki is right, everyone can have a birthday together, it will be lively, and Azaki will be happy."

He put on his windbreaker and said, "Stay at home, I'll go out for a while."

Oda Sakunosuke heard from Osamu Dazai that he works in the Armed Detective Agency, and if Asaki is his colleague, he should go to the Armed Detective Agency to find him.

"Ah." Oda Sakunosuke paused, and he said to himself, "I don't seem to have told Azaki about my relationship with Dazai."

...Will Asaki be angry?

If you want to coax a girl... buy a cake?Or buy flowers?

He thought all the way, and then stopped in front of the detective agency.

"Ah, let me tell you, Mr. Detective! There will be guests coming later!" There was such a voice from inside the door, and soon, the door was opened from the inside.

The person who opened the door was a blond young man with pigtails. He adjusted his glasses and invited sideways: "If you have a commission, please come in."

Oda Sakunosuke shook his head, he looked around and asked politely: "I'm looking for someone, may I ask if Shirasaki works here?"

He didn't find Shirasaki's shadow in the office. Since ordinary jobs also have changes in working hours when he is on duty, Oda Sakunosuke is not sure whether Shirasaki has changed jobs or didn't come to work today.

"——Are you Shirasaki's?" A female voice broke into the conversation, Oda Sakunosuke looked over, it was a short-haired woman wearing a golden butterfly swearing, she frowned and said, "Friend? Or..."

The first person who called himself a detective said, "It's Abai's friend, I don't seem to know it yet."

Oda Sakunosuke had a bad premonition, and looked at the two people in front of him as if seeking solutions.

Kunikida Doppo just remained silent, while the woman next to him lowered his eyes.

"...May I ask what the hell is Saki...?"

Oda Sakunosuke flashed a lot of speculation in his heart, he asked, "Are you sick?"

Kunikida lowered his head slightly, and said as if mourning: "Ah Bai is missing."

Missing! ?Before Oda Sakunosuke finished digesting the meaning of these two words, Kunikida continued: "As her friend, you should know that she was offered a reward, right?"

Oda Sakunosuke said with difficulty: "... Has the bounty been withdrawn?"

The short-haired woman and Yosano Akiko whispered: "That's right."

"When did it happen?"

After a pause with Xie Ye, they announced the date they speculated.

That day was so ordinary that no one even came to chase him down. Shirasaki smiled and made an appointment with Yosano to eat cake the next day, and walked out of the detective agency with ease.

Dazai Osamu, too, left the detective agency humming a song as usual, and no one noticed anything—Edogawa Ranpo was aware of it a little bit, but even Ranpo only speculated that Shirasaki would leave the detective agency for a short time. sky.

Kunikida was a little worried when Shirasaki didn't show up for a day, but he didn't think about his disappearance. As for Osamu Dazai, it's quite normal for this guy not to show up for a day.

Then two days, three days followed—

Until Kunikida Doppo was talking with Hanabou, Tianshan Hanabou unconsciously said a word: "Have you already solved the reward issue?"

Kunikida Doppo froze for a moment, "What?"

Tian Shan Hanabou noticed something was wrong: "The reward on the website has been withdrawn—didn't you solve it?!"

"...Of course not!!" Kunikida Doppo almost immediately connected Shirasaki's disappearance with the withdrawal of the bounty, "When was the bounty withdrawn?!"

Huadai said seriously: "I'm checking—"

——That date was the last time everyone in the detective agency saw Shirasaki.

Kunikida clasped the table unconsciously: "What the hell is going on, that guy Dazai is also...!"

Two members of the detective agency fell into a state of disappearance. The president Fukuzawa Yukichi issued an emergency order to mobilize the entire city to monitor, and even Mr. Ranpo joined the search without saying a word.

However, they only found the place where Shirasaki last appeared.

Where did Shirasaki and Osamu Dazai go after that, and whether they were still alive? Even Edogawa Ranpo couldn't get the answer.

Kunikida Doppo said: "If you are Abai's friend...do you have any other clues?"

……No.Oda Sakunosuke was confused, he didn't know where Shirasaki went.

The scene of meeting Shirasaki for the last time came before my eyes, that inexplicable hug... did Asaki foresee something...?No!Ah Saki is definitely not someone who leaves quietly like this!

He bid farewell to the staff of the detective agency in a daze, and unknowingly walked to the warehouse that Bai Saki had rented.

The things inside are sparse and casually placed.

Oda Sakunosuke touched one by one, and when he touched the wine box, he seemed to have a feeling.

The wine box was opened.

Oda Sakunosuke found the "suicide note".

A suicide note written by Shirasaki himself.

He stumbled and supported the box on one side, the box shook violently, the red wine fell to the ground, and the aroma of the wine spread throughout the warehouse.

Oda supported the soaked ground, roaring like a desperate beast.

MIMIC is also good——

Even now, two years later——

Why do human beings always usher in tragedies like this? !

The red wine soaked his clothes, and even after walking for such a long distance, the smell didn't diminish at all when he got home.

Saku Le looked at him with dissatisfaction: "Odasaku is a villain! He clearly promised to go to Sister Saki! Everyone wants to celebrate their birthday together!"

"...I'm sorry Sakura." Oda Sakunosuke squatted down, his voice was so low that he could barely hear, "Ah Saki...she is very busy."

Saku Le said sensiblely: "Then, that's fine! Odasaku must send my gift there! Let's wait for the next birthday party, when Sister Saki is not busy."

"...Ah, definitely."

Oda Sakunosuke stroked her head and said softly, "Go to sleep."

Saku Le said good night, and then said: "Oda Saku also take a good bath! It stinks!"

He returned to the room and propped his forehead with his hands. After a long time, he took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone in hope or despair: "—beep beep, the user is not in the service area—"

Can't get through to Osamu Dazai.

Bai Qi's cell phone number, which was originally used temporarily, has also been canceled long ago.

Two of the most important friends in his life had been missing for so long and he hadn't heard from him at all.

"Ah Saki, Dazai..." His tail trembled, and he covered his eyes at the same time, "I will definitely, definitely find you."

Even though the detective agency has dispatched more than a dozen times, even though none of these dozens of times have been found, even though they all know the "possibility" well——

"The detective agency has concluded this commission." Kunikida Doppo said, "I promised that child that I will solve the burden she is carrying."

"This kind of game aimed at playing with others, my country Kida Doppo swears on his life that he will absolutely smash the conspiracy behind it."

—even if in the end they could only find rotting corpses.

——and let that girl sleep peacefully under the sunshine without haze.