What should I do if I am disqualified in the adult room?

Clear blue sky, cloudless.

Satoshi Satomi and Oda Sakunosuke sat together on the Shinkansen to Tokyo, preparing to go to a high-end residential area near the Yamanote Line in Tokyo to complete a case of investigating a haunted house.

This is the task given to them by the president Fukuzawa Yukichi himself this morning.Because the client is a well-known rich man in the Tokyo circle, in order not to drop the signboard of the detective agency in his hands, Oda Sakunosuke suggested that both of them live in Tokyo before completing the mission, and do not run back and forth between Yokohama and Tokyo, so as not to miss any point clue.

Although it takes less than an hour to travel from Yokohama to Tokyo by Shinkansen, who knows what will happen during the one-hour round trip?

After all, the newspaper about the Cangzhi Apostle incident two years ago was still in the cabinet of the detective agency, and Oda Sakunosuke didn't want the detective agency to publish the newspaper again in that way.Coupled with the fact that there is Izumi Kyoka in the detective agency now, who is like a time bomb to Satomi, Oda Sakunosuke thinks it is good to take this opportunity to take Satomi out to relax.

"Did you argue with Dazai?"

Probably because it was too quiet on the way, Sakunosuke Oda couldn't help asking.

Satomi Misaku shifted his gaze from the window to Oda Sakunosuke who was sitting opposite him, and asked with some doubts, "Why do you ask that?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that the atmosphere between the two of you this morning is a bit weird."

Satomi narrowed his eyes slightly, seemed to seriously recall the scene in the morning, and then said: "Oh, you said that... Dazai came back last night with a bruise on his face, and he didn't tell me what happened. It’s okay, I’m just a little angry.”

"We didn't quarrel, don't worry."

Oda Sakunosuke nodded, and did not continue this topic.

The atmosphere between the two fell into silence again.

Satomi lost his head, and turned his gaze to the scenery passing by outside the window again.

He went to check about the lighter last night.It's a pity that due to the old appearance and blood contamination, it is difficult to find out the place and date of production.Fortunately, the blood on the lighter gave Satomi another way of thinking—he could find out who the owner of the lighter was through DNA comparison.

However, this requires the help of the police station or authorized government staff.Because accessing the DNA database of citizens is not something that a small detective agency member like him can do.

But Satomi won't give up just yet.You must know that this is a world where money can turn ghosts around... As long as the money is in place, there is nothing that cannot be found.

Of course, all of this had to be done without telling Osamu Dazai.Although Satomi was puzzled, Osamu Dazai might have found out that he took the lighter.

The reason is very simple, because I don't think that Osamu Dazai would not know about what happened at the detective agency yesterday afternoon.Even if he wasn't in the detective agency at that time, someone else would tell Osamu Dazai out of concern for him.Especially after experiencing everyone's attitude this morning as if nothing had happened, it has strengthened Satomi's thoughts - everyone is hiding it from him, and he doesn't want him to remember the past.

why?

Satomi raised his eyelids, and for the first time wanted to know what happened in the past.

"We should get out of the car."

As the train slowly entered the platform, Satoshi Satomi and Sakunosuke Oda left their seats together.

……

The twilight is all together, and the clouds are turning towards the evening.

This is the fifth day that Satomi and Oda Sakunosuke have stayed at the client's house on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo.They still haven't found any clues that lead to the haunting of the house.

This mission is completely different from all the "haunted" missions they have encountered in the past. Compared with man-made, it is really more like the work of demons and ghosts.In the end, the client, who was so frightened by the 'ghost' that he had a nervous breakdown and couldn't sleep at night, had to end their investigation commission and hire a magician to remove the ghost at home instead.

"Odasaku, do you believe that there are monsters in this world?"

Satomi leaned against the window, watching a young man who was dressed similarly to Oda Sakunosuke enter this high-end residence in Yamate under the leadership of a maid.

Before that, a man in a sweatshirt had already been ushered into their client's drawing room.I heard that they seem to be from some famous family, the Kannagi family, but Satomi doesn't know him anyway.

"Do you believe it?"

After hearing the words, Sakunosuke Oda put away his mobile phone and followed Satomi's line of sight, but unfortunately saw nothing.

"I don't know, maybe I believe it."

Seemingly recalling the fuzzy image that flashed through his mind a few days ago, Satoshi said hesitantly.

Oda Sakunosuke glanced at him, then lightly patted Rikino on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go, we should leave."

Their mission this time has actually ended here, but due to some special reasons, Oda Sakunosuke does not intend to return to Yokohama with Satomi right now.So he planned to take Satomi for a walk around downtown Tokyo after he left the client's house.

"Dr. Xie Ye sent me a text message just now, saying that he asked me to help her bring some things back. We may have to go to the city again later."

Satoshi nodded, expressing his understanding.

Led by the maid, the two went to the reception room to say goodbye to the client.It was a coincidence that the two magicians who were invited to eliminate spirits happened to have a unilateral dispute in the reception room.

Among them, the brown-haired young man who was dressed similarly to Oda Sakunosuke kicked the young man in purple sportswear to the ground, and looked down at the young man in sportswear who spoke rudely to him, with a very embarrassed expression on his face.

"Are you planning to use physical skills to defeat me? Although I was not your opponent four years ago, but now——you are no longer my opponent."

"shut up."

"OK OK."

When Oda Sakunosuke went to talk to the client about ending the commission, Satomi took the opportunity to look at the young man named Iori Kazuma.

I have to say that sometimes fate is such a wonderful thing.Although in this world, they do not have any intersection, but fate still makes them meet.

"Are you also a magician?"

While Satomi was observing Iori and Asa, Yagami and Asa were also observing the tall Satomi from the corner of their eyes.

The two pairs of crimson eyes stared at each other, and an inexplicable familiar shout was imprinted in their hearts as if traveling through time and space.

Misato Satomi raised his eyelids, and took the lead to look away.

"We are detectives."

He explained to Iori Kazuma, and then looked at Oda Sakunosuke after talking with the client.

"Ok?"

Oda Sakunosuke nodded, walked to Satomi, glanced at Yagami and Ma, and said, "Do you know each other?"

Satomi shook his head lightly, denying Oda Sakunosuke's words: "It's just a small chat."

While the two were talking, the maid opened the door of the reception room.

Oda Sakunosuke nodded apologetically to Iori Kazuma, and then left with Satomi.

Yagami and Asa stared at Satomi's back, and frowned slightly.

He could feel that the darkness covering the mansion seemed to be afraid of this young man, that's why he didn't show up to attack them for a long time.

but……

Why would a demon be afraid of a human being?

Iori and Ma couldn't figure it out, and didn't bother to think about it.Anyway, his purpose of coming here is only for money, what is Satomi's identity, and what does it have to do with him?

Thinking of this, Yagami and Ma yawned, and reluctantly turned their attention to the demon hiding in the mansion disguised as an evil spirit.

After Satomo and Oda Sakunosuke left, the soaring fire suddenly appeared in the mansion on the mountain, and was soon extinguished by the fierce wind.

the other side.

After leaving the client's home, Oda Sakunosuke and Satomi took the Yamanote Line train to downtown Tokyo to help Yosano Akiko buy the things she wanted them to bring back.

The afterglow of the setting sun gradually faded, and the dark night like thick ink arrived as expected.

Oda Sakunosuke sat opposite Satomi and looked at his phone, wondering who he was sending the message to.

Satomi put his face on his hand and looked out the window at the star-studded sky.

'It seems that they will miss the last train back to Yokohama tonight. '

Satomi thought to himself, and then took out the blood-soaked lighter from his pocket.

No matter how many times you look at the dark red blood stain on the silver body, it will involuntarily produce a tingling sensation in Satomi's heart.

It's like a wound in my heart that can never heal, even if the memory is forgotten, the body still remembers it clearly.

"Hey, Odasaku."

Satomi raised his eyes, looked at Sakunosuke Oda who was sitting across from him, and suddenly asked, "What was I... like?"

After hearing the words, Oda Sakunosuke put down the phone, not understanding why Satomi asked suddenly.

However, he still replied truthfully: "The you before... well, basically the same as now. It's just that you are more indifferent in dealing with people than now, and you rarely smile on your face."

"yes……"

Satomi looked down at the lighter in his hand, and asked again: "Then do you think the me in the past is more worthy of your trust than the me in the present?"

"Why do you ask?"

Oda Sakunosuke did not directly answer the question of Satomi, but followed Satomi's line of sight.

Satomi showed the lighter in front of Sakunosuke Oda generously, and asked, "Do you know the owner of this lighter?"

Oda Sakunosuke narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was remembering something.After a while, he replied, "Sorry."

Satomi nodded, not surprised.

The yellow halo reflected by the street lamps passed quickly outside their window, and the neon lights belonging to downtown Tokyo were getting closer and closer to them.

Satomi put the lighter back into the pocket of his coat, and asked again: "What's the situation in Yokohama now?"

He is not an idiot. He has seen this mission and Oda Sakunosuke's abnormal checking of his phone many times during the mission, but he has not revealed it.

But now, Satomi doesn't want to continue playing the game of pretending to be confused with Oda Sakunosuke.

After holding back for so many days, he had reached the limit of his endurance.

He just wants to know one thing now——

It was the intention of the president or Osamu Dazai's idea to send him away from Yokohama.