Takei Ayanokoji's Tool Man Guide

Episode01 I want to come

Just like time will not stop flowing because the hour hand is no longer turning, the work of Butei Club will not come to an end just because the business hours are over in the afternoon.As far as Nakajima was concerned, he had another hour or two to keep busy.Simply put, it is "overtime".

It is currently six o'clock in the afternoon, and the coffee shop downstairs of the detective agency also flipped the cloud-shaped walnut wooden signboard to the "Closed" side.And the last guest is Atsushi Nakajima, a newcomer to the detective agency.

"After that, is there a meeting?"

Tanizaki was in charge of buying coffee in the past, but now the task of buying coffee falls on the newcomer.

When Atsushi Nakajima was carefully confirming the type and quantity of coffee he bought according to his notes, he was subconsciously startled when he was suddenly called out by the owner of the coffee shop.

"Uh...ah..."

Atsushi Nakajima stuttered as soon as he opened his mouth, and looked at the cafe owner in panic, thinking that if he couldn't even articulate a word, he would definitely cause trouble for the boss, and he would definitely not like him.However, what he faced was the boss's modest and gentle smile, and Atsushi Nakajima's uneasy mood was comforted by this strength.

"Yes."

"Thank you." The boss bowed to Atsushi Nakajima, still smiling.

"No, you've worked hard too." Atsushi Nakajima nodded, and before leaving, he glanced at the boss and found that he was still watching him off, so he quickly bowed to him.

When he walked into the elevator, Atsushi Nakajima carefully recalled the conversation between the boss and himself. The ordinary daily conversation gave him a kind of powerful comfort. And the cautiousness of being taken in by the Butei Club has blown away a lot.

"He started a new life."

Once he truly realized this fact, Atsushi Nakajima felt that the rising and jumping elevator numbers in front of him were a miracle, the door of the Butei Club opened was a miracle, and even someone complaining to him was an incredible miracle.

The corners of Atsushi Nakajima's mouth raised unconsciously.

"Being called slow like a "snail" by Dazai, how can you still giggle? Kunikida really didn't understand what was going on in the newcomer's head. After shaking his head, he picked up the folder and said, "Take the coffee to the conference room to prepare." "

Atsushi Nakajima quickly agreed: "Okay."

The meeting room is still empty, but the materials for the meeting have been prepared.As soon as you enter the door, you can see several photos hanging on the whiteboard at the far end of the room, surrounding a person named "Ayanokōji Kiyotaka" in a circle.

The surname "Ayanokoji" is rare, and the person with the same surname that I can think of is Ayanokoji who almost became the Prime Minister of Japan three years ago.After being admitted to the mental hospital, a lot of scandals were exposed to this Ayanokōji cabinet official, and his reputation has been completely ruined anyway.However, because Atsushi Nakajima doesn't care about current affairs, he just knows that there is such a person, so he doesn't know what the scandal is about.

The Chinese characters for the name "Qinglong" were not marked, and Nakajima still found it a bit difficult to pronounce. After struggling with the pronunciation for a while, he turned his attention to the young man next to him.

The photo was printed from a mobile phone, so the resolution is a bit blurry, but it can be seen that it is a brown-haired youth who is about the same age as Atsushi Nakajima.He was dressed like an ordinary student, not very eye-catching in the crowd.

If I have to say, this young man's skin is much whiter than other people's. It is not sickly pale or gray, but presents a kind of delicate and clean like new snow, so that the position of his skin exposed to the air in the photo is like It seems that the "brightness" and "brightness" have been increased by special treatment.

Apart from the impression that "the other party probably doesn't go out to bask in the sun very much", the only thing Atsushi Nakajima can feel is that "this person is very quiet and introverted", which is more like a calm temperament than a bookish one.

Atsushi Nakajima was thinking that if this person was a criminal, this would definitely challenge his way of understanding criminals.

"Are you fascinated?" Osamu Dazai followed in the footsteps of Atsushi Nakajima and entered the conference room, and sat in the seat closest to the door.

Hearing Dazai's teasing laughter, Atsushi Nakajima couldn't laugh or cry.

If the photo was of a woman, Dazai would be teasing Nakajima if he said this.Now the photo is obviously a man, so the ridicule in Dazai's words is even stronger.

He was just thinking about who this person was.

Nakajima honestly expressed his thoughts, hoping that Dazai would stop teasing him.

"Who do you think he is?" Osamu Dazai raised his finger and said, "Let me give you some friendly reminders, A murderer; B fraudster; C arsonist."

Atsushi Nakajima's options are all related to crime, and he turned his head to look at the photo, and his gaze became uncertain: "This person doesn't look like someone who would do bad things, does he?"

"Why do you say that?" Osamu Dazai looked at Atsushi Nakajima with interest while holding his face sideways with one hand. "Did you find any clues? Or is it just a habit of treating others as good people?"

People who do not live in the dark world or have relevant experience will have a weaker understanding of ordinary people and be less wary.Atsushi Nakajima really didn't feel that the person in the photo was malicious, so he was surprised that such a person would embark on a criminal path.

Seeing that Nakajima didn't answer in a daze, Dazai probably knew that Atsushi Nakajima should be "the latter", and he was comparable to "Kenji Miyazawa" in this respect.Thus, the corners of Dazai's mouth curled up, and he said with a light smile, "Becoming a famous detective is not easy, Dun-kun."

Naturally, Atsushi Nakajima will not feel that he has the talent to become a "famous detective" after joining the Butei Club for a few days.At this time, he was even more curious about one thing—Atsushi Nakajima felt that Osamu Dazai could always casually point out the thoughts deep in other people's hearts that he was not even aware of.This makes people even more curious about what kind of work Dazai used to do.

When they joined the club a few days ago, they played a game of guessing occupations in the cafe on the first floor.I heard that if you guess the occupation of Osamu Dazai correctly, you can get a reward of 70 yen.Naturally, Atsushi Nakajima is still trying hard.

"By the way, Mr. Dazai, did you work as a psychiatrist before?" Atsushi Nakajima asked, noticing that there was no wave in Dazai's eyes, and continued to strike while the iron was hot, asking continuously, "Is that a hypnotist? Or a policeman?" ?public security!?"

Osamu Dazai looked at Atsushi Nakajima with a smile, and made an "X" movement with his hand: "Puff, it's all wrong!"

"Is there any hint?" Atsushi Nakajima began to want more clues, "Is it a common occupation or an uncommon occupation? It can't be very complicated, and few people know it?"

Dazai Osamu was about to speak when Kunikida Doppo also walked into the meeting room.He directly interrupted the conversation between Dazai and Nakajima.Kunikida not only rushed Atsushi Nakajima who was questioning him back to his seat, but also put his hand on the back of Osamu Dazai's chair, dragging him and the chair to the back of the room.

"When you want to have a meeting, just drive it. You can't sneak out. Sit in the front row for me!"

Junichiro Tanizaki who entered the room saw this scene.He remembered that Kunikida used to be a math teacher, and this behavior of "keeping restless students under his nose" made his identity as a teacher more vivid.

"Tanizaki, please sit down quickly."

Tanizaki was suddenly called by Kunikida, and immediately found a seat and settled down.

The central figure surrounding this meeting was "Ayanokōji Kiyotaka" - a person recommended by Tanizaki Junichiro.The basic information of the person has been reviewed by Fukuzawa Yukichi, the president of Buteisha.The participants included the main interviewer "Kunikida Doppo", the recommender "Tanizaki Junichiro", "Dazai Osamu" who was absent for too long and had to work overtime to make up for it, and the newcomer "Nakajima Atsushi", a total of four people.

Their purpose today is to "design a test for entering the company".

According to Tanizaki, Ayanokōji Kiyotaka is working everywhere.If Wuzhen Club can give a higher salary, he will naturally hope to fight for job opportunities.In addition, his ability is also needed by the Butei Club.Therefore, if Ayanokōji Kiyotaka joins Buteisha, it will be a win-win situation for both parties.

When he heard that the other party turned out to be a newcomer in the future, Atsushi Nakajima instantly became speechless, subconsciously looked at Osamu Dazai, and Xindao was deceived by Dazai again this time.However, just as he put on a speechless expression, he saw Osamu Dazai staring at the photo.

(It looks...it looks like Dazai-san knows this person?)

(my illusion?)

Atsushi Nakajima also drifted away with his thoughts.However, Kunikida immediately presided over the meeting without saying a word of nonsense, and directly addressed Atsushi Nakajima and asked, "Nakajima-kun, do you have any suggestions?"

Nakajima thought he was serving as a background board in the meeting, and he never thought that he would be the one to express his opinion from the beginning.He thought for a while and said, "I think, is it the same as my last entrance test? It's someone pretending to be a bad guy or something?"

"Directed and staged an accident?" Kunikida wrote Nakajima's opinion on the whiteboard and said, "Is there anything else?"

Seeing that his task was completed, Nakajima breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously.

Tanizaki next to him raised his hand and said, "By the way, Ayanokoji is actually going to do an internship in Fuyuki City for about a week? It starts tomorrow. Mr. Ranpo just happens to be going to Fuyuki City to investigate serial murderers. Why don't you let Ayanokoji pass by?" Assist in the investigation? By the way, Mr. Ranpo can also observe the test..."

Tanizaki was in the quiet conference room, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"That's a good proposition."

In this way, as soon as Ayanokoji finishes his internship, the entrance examination can also be over, and he can join the Butei Club immediately.But the problem is, how could their famous detective Edogawa be willing to take someone with him.

Edogawa Ranpo would not be willing to participate in this kind of entrance examination.

The reason is too simple.

Kunikida can help Edogawa figure it out——

"Boring, boring, and inedible."

Therefore, it is impossible to entrust Edogawa Ranpo, and it is impossible for Yosano to leave Buteisha to go to Fuyuki City, and Kunikida also needs to stay in Buteisha to sit in charge.Tanizaki, Miyazawa and Nakajima are still inexperienced.

Kunikida subconsciously looked at Osamu Dazai, who was with the old god: "..."

Tanizaki also looked at Senior Dazai in the club: "..."

Nakajima naturally followed the eyes of the two of them and looked at Dazai: "..."

Dazai Osamu sighed and said in the silent atmosphere of exchanging glances, "Okay, since everyone relies on me so much, then I will reluctantly go to Fuyuki City to live up to everyone's expectations."

"No, no need."

It's fraudulent to promise so readily!

Kunikida decisively refused.

"Dazai, you just stay in Yokohama."

Osamu Dazai shrugged and said, "I didn't say I didn't want to help, it was you who didn't let me help."

Kunikida inexplicably felt that he was following Dazai's path, and just about to say a few words, he thought Ranpo Edogawa, who was off work, poked his head out from the door of the conference room.

"Haven't you left yet?"

"...That's right," Kunikida asked suspiciously, "Did you miss something? Mr. Ranpo."

"Yeah." Edogawa paused and said, "Can I participate?"

Except for Dazai, the three of them turned pale with shock at the same time: "Hey——!!!!"

Ranpo Edogawa took the initiative to work overtime? !

Kunikida said worriedly: "Mr. Ranpo, have you been criticized by the president?" Was he rushed to attend the meeting?

As soon as the words fell, Edogawa immediately refuted with a puffy face.

"I was not scolded!"

He came here on his own.