When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

This was the first time in several years that Taguchi Rozozo stepped out of that dark basement for a reason other than purchasing daily necessities.

Combing his hair to look like an adult, and putting on a handsome suit, Rokuzo Taguchi tidied up his clothes nervously, and finally dragged the huge fish tank out of the house with a trailer.

When he got out of the taxi and appeared in the coffee shop on the first floor of the office building, Kunikida Doppo who was waiting there was dumbfounded, and Dazai Osamu spit out the coffee in his mouth, rolling on the ground laughing .

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +999]

"Hey, what are you laughing at!" The boy blushed, wishing he could smash the fish tank in his hand on Osamu Dazai's head, "Apologize to the coffee you spout! Apologize to those who worked hard to plant, pick, and grind coffee! "

"Hahahaha, why are you carrying a fish tank? Why are you dressed like this? And what is that thing that is shining on your head? Hair-gel--" Osamu Dazai had a funny face, "You are like A kid secretly wearing an adult's suit...ah no, you're not that old..."

"I'm here to see my benefactor! Be serious!" Taguchi Rokuzo interrupted Osamu Dazai angrily, "What's more, can anyone tell me how to dress at such a time..."

Taguchi Rokuzo's voice gradually softened.Osamu Dazai stopped smiling, while Doppo Kunikida pursed his lips tightly.

"I'm sorry, I should have told you in advance." He frowned, remembering King Cangqi's final suicide attack, and his brows and eyes filled with sadness.

"No, this kind of thing is not your responsibility." Taguchi Rokuzo shook his head, he actually understood, "After all, you... are not my father, and you cannot be my father."

He put down the fish tank, sat down quietly in the booth, and looked at the clock hanging on the wall.

02: 30.

"Is she coming soon?" Taguchi Rokuzo put his hands on his lap with some restraint, "What kind of person is she...?"

Hearing this, Osamu Dazai and Doppo Kunikida were slightly taken aback.

What kind of person is Minan Rinka?They subconsciously recalled the bits and pieces they had experienced with Minan Rinka in the past.

[System prompt: Osamu Dazai's palpitation value +45]

[System prompt: Kunikida Doppo heart palpitation value +110]

"You'll know when you see her in person later..." Under the curious and expectant eyes of the young man, Kunikida Doppo choked out a sentence for a while.

The hands of the wall clock in the coffee shop moved slowly.Finally, the second hand pointed to 12 with a "click".

Taguchi Rokuzo sat nervously in the booth, and suddenly heard the bell dotted on the door of the coffee shop behind him ringing "jingle".

Someone came in.

He turned his head subconsciously, and saw at the door, a pretty girl bent slightly and poked her head in.

"How are you guys?" Minan Rinhua saw the people sitting in the booth, smiled and waved at them, "Are you here early?"

Taguchi Rokuzo stared at Rinka Minan in a daze, lost in thought for a while.

She is obviously a girl who is eye-catching no matter where she stands, why do Kunikida Doppo and Dazai Osamu have subtle expressions when she is mentioned?

Soon, Taguchi Rokuzo knew why Kunikida Doppo and Dazai Osamu's attitudes seemed rather subtle.

Minan Rinka smiled and pushed open the door of the coffee shop completely, and walked in with a huge bag on her back...

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +111]

[System prompt: Kunikida Doppo heart palpitation value +200]

[System prompt: Osamu Dazai heart palpitation value +...]

Seeing Minan Rinka walking towards the coffee shop with a heavy bag on her back, Taguchi Rokuzo immediately stepped forward and took her bag, thinking that her benefactor should not be burdened.

Seeing this, the smile on Minan Rinka's face became more and more kind: "Thank you."

"It's okay, it's okay..." Taguchi Rokuzo originally thought that no matter how big the bag looked, since a weak girl like Minan Rinka could carry it, so could he.However, after Minan Rinka loosened the bag, Taguchi Rokuzo's hand fell from the bag and almost dropped the bag to the ground...

It's so heavy!

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +233]

"Are you Minan Rinka?" Taguchi Rokuzo asked a little nervously after finally putting the bag aside.

"Yes, it's me." Minan Rinka nodded, seeing Taguchi Rokuzo and Kunikida Doppo sitting on one side of the booth, so he sat down next to Dazai Osamu on the other side.

"That... I am the son of a policeman named Taguchi Kunihiro who was killed by King Cangqi." The boy said awkwardly, "I invite you here today to thank you personally. The enemy who will kill my father It has always been my wish to send them all to prison and give them the punishment they deserve."

Minan Rinhua was silent for a few seconds, and did not directly accept his thanks.

Taguchi Rokuzo lost his father, just like Minan Rinka.Looking at Taguchi Rokuzo who had to work hard at a young age like herself, she sighed softly.

"Actually, when I was chasing down the clues of the apostle of Cang, I needed to carry out a random confirmation work." The specific situation in the well cannot be disclosed, so Minan Rinka chose a vague statement, "That's like Like a flop of cards, the flipped cards may contain clues related to the Apostle of Cang, or there may be nothing. The chance of finding clues to the Apostle of Cang is less than [-]%.

"However, when I turned over a quarter of the cards, I found the true identity of the Apostle of Cang. To be honest, under the circumstances at that time, I didn't know how long I could last." Minan Rinhua He said, "As you know, the apostle of Cang only stayed for less than a day. Maybe I was able to find the clues at once, because your father's soul played a role in the dark?"

When Minan Rinka first spoke, Taguchi Rokuzo looked a little dazed.But after listening to her words, his nose suddenly felt a little sour.

"It would be great if that's the case." He blinked, and changed the subject as if trying to hide his emotions, "By the way, you are my benefactor, so I want to give you something as a gift." Thank you..."

Taguchi Rokuzo bent down and pulled out the fish tank hidden behind the seat along with the trailer.

Kunikida Doppo and Dazai Osamu have both entered Taguchi Rokuzo's basement and seen the large fish tank he placed there.Now the fish tank that Taguchi Liuzang pulled out is the one he put in the basement, and the fish swimming in the tank is undoubtedly the dragon fish that he has raised for a long time.

Kunikida Doppo was taken aback when he saw the arowana in the fish tank.

During the long years when Taguchi Rokuzo lived alone in the basement, this fish was the only living thing in the room besides him.

Kunikida Doppo was worried about him, so he would often go to the basement to check on him under the pretext of buying information, and gave him information fees plus some gifts.More than once, Kunikida Doppo saw Taguchi Rokuzo staring at the arowana in the fish tank with tired eyes.

A young boy at the age of a middle school student can raise this fish so well while living independently. He must cherish it very much.

Minan Linhua was stunned: "This is... you want me to taste it?"

Taguchi Rokuzo was startled: Is she going to eat dragon fish?

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +600]

"That's not what I meant! This is... the fish that has been with me for a long time. It's called Xiaomei, and it's my only companion when I'm alone." Taguchi Rokuzo pushed the fish tank in front of Minan Rinka, "Please accept it! "

Minan Rinka finally understood.Taguchi Rokuzo didn't invite her to eat fish, but found out the little friend he valued the most and gave it to her as a gift...

She hesitated for a moment, saw the boy's expectant eyes, and finally nodded.

After all, this is his heart.

"It's pretty good, and it looks great at home." Minan Rinhua said, "I didn't expect you to give me fish... Fortunately, I have prepared for this situation, so I won't be empty-handed."

Taguchi Liuzang raised his head in surprise, and saw Minan Rinka cheerfully reaching for the big bag she carried: "Liusou, you are 14 years old, right?"

"Yeah." Taguchi Rokuzo nodded, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Could it be that she also prepared...a gift for him?

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's heartbeat value +200]

Then, under the expectant eyes of Taguchi Rokuzo, Minan Rinka grabbed the bag and poured out a lot of practice questions on the table...

Taguchi Rokuzo: "???" What is this?What about presents?What about my gift?

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +900]

"I also decided to give you what I think is the most important thing. So I thought about it and slapped my head: Hey, isn't the most important thing the level of knowledge!"

Minan Rinka put down her bag and sorted out the practice questions on the table: "Liu Zang, I heard that you became an information dealer after your father died in the line of duty. I think you must have missed a lot of lessons. This No, I bought the exercises from the first grade of elementary school to the second grade of middle school in different categories, and there are all subjects, so I can improve your posture level for you."

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +901]

"This...isn't that good? It's too costly..." Taguchi Rokuzo felt his teeth chattering as he spoke.

"It's all right!" Minan Lin slapped the table generously, "Francis Fitzgerald is making money for me every day!"

"But it's too much..." Taguchi Rokuzo looked at the pile of exercise sets with a bitter face.

Minan Rinhua smiled: "Not much, not much, couldn't you carry them all just now?"

Taguchi Liuzang was startled: it turned out that after Minan Rinka entered the door, he had already fallen into her trap...

At this moment, deep regret welled up in his heart: asked him to help carry things just now!Call him cheap!cheap!cheap!

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +902]

Minan Linhua counted the palpitations, and the smile on her face became brighter and brighter: "The child is so happy that he is about to cry. Come on, come on, you can start writing the questions now..."

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +950]

Kunikida Doppo who was sitting on the side was startled: Is that the face of Taguchi Rokuzo crying with joy?That's the face of being angry and crying, okay? ?

What kind of devil is this!

[System prompt: Kunikida Doppo heart palpitation value +200]

Unexpectedly, Rinka Minan didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and after hearing Kunikida Doppo's heart palpitations, she dragged him into the water: "Mr. "

Taguchi Rokuzo finally found the reason.Seeing tears in the corners of his eyes, he held his breath and shouted: "But Kunikida, he is not my father!"

Minan Rinka was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously glanced Taguchi Rokuzo up and down, and nodded.

"Isn't that?" she said, "Looking at your mature suit, hairspray and little leather shoes, I thought you were his father at first glance..."

[System prompt: Taguchi Rokuzo's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Kunikida Doppo heart palpitation value +999]

***

As a result, Taguchi Rokuzo wanted to cry but was forced by Minan Rinka to write questions all afternoon in the coffee shop...

Minan Rinka counted Taguchi Rokuzo's heart palpitations one after another.Osamu Dazai, who was sitting aside, was lazily leaning against the floor-to-ceiling glass window at the end of the booth, holding a cup of coffee.

Taguchi Rokuzo now looks like he should be at his age.Thinking of this, Osamu Dazai took out his phone from his jacket and held it up, moving the viewfinder to capture all four people in it.

***

The phone made a slight "buzzing" vibration sound.Nakahara Nakaya, who was still working on the top floor of the Hong Kong and Hei Building, still kept his eyes on the documents, and fumbled for the phone with his hands in black thin gloves.

The phone's screen was still on.Zhong Yuanzhong also raised his eyes and cast a glance at the phone.

Originally, he just wanted to glance at it before returning to work, but the three words "mackerel" displayed on the screen made Nakahara Chuya's eyes freeze.

"An email from Dazai?" He muttered to himself, and clicked on the new email prompt, "Don't be a broken virus like last time..."

The email interface opened quickly, with only a few scattered lines on it.

【Ah, Chuya, you are still being forced to work by the leader, right? 】

[When you are exhausted in the organization, I am enjoying afternoon tea leisurely. 】

"What the hell..." Zhongyuan Zhong also snorted slightly, and just about to put down the phone, he caught a glimpse of a thin colored border appearing at the bottom of the screen.

He slid down the page and found that there was a photo attached at the bottom.

In the photo, Osamu Dazai is sitting on a booth in the coffee shop, holding up his mobile phone to take pictures in selfie mode.Behind him, Kunikida Doppo, sweating profusely at Taguchi Rokuzo, who was sitting and peeking aside, and... Minan Rinka.

The girl in the photo only showed her porcelain-white side face between Dazai Osamu and Taguchi Rokuzo.She stared at the practice questions on the table, and somehow thought of something happy, with a gentle smile on her face.

In this case, Osamu Dazai's big face, which occupies half of the photo and is slightly distorted by the wide angle, looks even more dazzling.

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +380]

Nakahara was holding his breath, and continued to slide his finger, and saw Dazai Osamu added a sentence at the end: "Our Armed Detective Agency gave Rinka a fish, and she accepted it happily."

The next second, the members of the Port Mafia passing by the office suddenly heard the loud noise of chairs being dragged from the door, and the sound of fists pounding on the table: "Bastard Dazai!"

[System prompt: Zhongyuan Zhongye's palpitation value +690]