Takei Ayanokoji's Tool Man Guide

"I see people very accurately, Ayanokōji."

Osamu Dazai shook the beer can and looked in my direction.

"You're a good fit."

The tighter he wrapped the scarf around his neck, the more thoughtless I felt that I would blow the wind at night because of his words.

"Tell me, what am I thinking about?" Osamu Dazai smiled in my direction, squinting his eyes.

Is he asking me?

Still asking himself?

Osamu Dazai smiled at me without losing his expression.That smile reminded me strangely of the night on the first world line, Osamu Dazai, who knew he couldn't get support from Chief Mori, called me for more than an hour.

I told him the story for over an hour.

For me, it was an hour of unexpectedly peace with Osamu Dazai.At this time, I seem to have come into contact with Osamu Dazai at that time.Rather than talking to me, it is better to say that because he has no other people who share this memory, he can tell.

Even if I say something far-fetched, I want to get rid of the strong sense of emptiness, loneliness and incompatibility in my heart, and then gain the strength to go on from it.

He never considered me a friend.If he considers me his friend, it should be in Lupine at this time.

Osamu Dazai is such a boring person.

I picked up the beer can and took a sip.The bitter taste of hops lingers on the tip of the tongue, and I have not particularly liked this taste so far.

"Why do I need to do this kind of thing?"

"Don't you dislike seeing me? If you win, that is, if you don't smile for the next week, then I lose. I will never appear in front of you again. But if you If you laugh, you will follow me back to Hong Kong and become the leader of Hong Kong."

"This Hong Kong black leader, is it possible for others to do what you want?"

"Yes."

Dazai replied lightly.

"You'd better get ready and don't go back to the detective agency."

I took another sip of my drink.

After hearing this, Osamu Dazai chuckled, and said, "Ayanokōji, if you succeed, I'll give you another gift, how about it?"

"Ok?"

"I always remember what you said." Dazai Osamu narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"is it?"

Osamu Dazai thought for a while, then handed me a note that was not neatly folded, and said, "This is Mr. Luanbu.

Birth to me, he said, if I feel the time is right, I can open it and look at it, it can help me.I will give you this opportunity. "

I didn't answer.

At this moment, I don't know who on the chessboard knows each other one step better than the other.

"If you give it to me, I will open it immediately."

Osamu Dazai was unusually straightforward: "Okay."

"........."

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In the end I still didn't pick up and carried a drunk guy back to the apartment.Osamu Dazai drank half a dozen beers, and I was worried that he would spit on me in the middle of the road.The next morning, when he heard that I was carrying him home, he praised me, "Ayanokōji-kun is so gentle."

I was thinking, why didn't I just throw him down from the rooftop of the tall building at that time.But our bets did take off.

and--

Edogawa also joined in the fun...

His joining in the fun is the kind of direct force, and I haven't seen him work hard.He patted the table directly and said to me: "Give me a laugh."

If it weren't for my feeling that flicking his forehead in the office would shock the audience.

Edogawa should have been squatting on the ground, covering his head and screaming for pain.

It's been too much lately.

This Edogawa ranpo.

Just as I was about to speak, the clerk Haruno Kirako suddenly called my name.

"Ayanokōji-kun, can I trouble you to buy tea? There will be guests in 10 minutes, and that's the last tea." Haruno Kirako opened the poor tea box and showed me.

"can."

After all, what I am doing now is also the job of a clerk, and sometimes running errands is also one of my job contents.

"Then I'll go with you." Edogawa raised his hand in disorder.

"I won't buy anything for you." I pressed his head on the seat beside me, turned my head and said, "Do you need to buy refreshments by the way?"

"It's a group of foreigners coming over later. I don't know if it's better to buy Japanese style or Western style?" Haruno said distressedly.

"Buy Japanese style."

If they are foreign guests, they don't know how much they have eaten Western desserts, and there is nothing new for them.In addition, Japanese desserts have been improved according to the taste of the country, and customers may not like the improved Western-style desserts.

"Yokan! Strawberry Daifuku! Sakura Mochi!"

Edogawa called from behind.

Unmoved, I said to Ms. Haruno: "I'll ask the store for any recommendations first."

Haruno looked back and forth between Edogawa and me, and when he heard what I said, he hesitated and said, "Why don't you also buy some desserts for Mr. Ranpo?"

Right? "

"He's already eaten a lot." I turned to Edogawa and asked, "Isn't it?"

Edogawa had an unspeakable expression.I made it clear to him before that if he eats something bought outside, I will reduce the amount of snacks for him accordingly.If you have free time this time, I said to take him to make chocolate strawberry Daifuku.

He was worried that if he asked for more food, I might cancel the promise.

I think, one day.

One day, Edogawa will get tired of me.

At that time, if Edogawa no longer wants to see me, I will no longer appear in front of him.

Both the tea shop and the Japanese dessert shop are 10 minutes away from the shopping street, but there are no direct buses around, so it is more convenient to walk.When I was less than four or five meters away, there were rhythmic footsteps behind me. The sound was not urgent, but rather steady.

In the research of the British psychologist Morris, the farther the body part is from the brain, the harder it is to lie.A person's footsteps can also reflect the person's personality traits.The people behind me don't always have a serious personality, and at the same time they are deep in the city and highly alert.

This person followed me for more than a minute, keeping a certain distance at all times.Until I started not to play tricks on him, and when he slowed down, he walked up to me, his purple eyes flashing with a smile: "Привет (Russian: morning)."

The clothes of the people who greeted them were obviously out of tune with the pedestrians walking on the street.If it weren't for his unique temperament and handsome appearance, he was able to support a light, warm and smooth white dress, and a black cloak embroidered with snow fox fur, I might have pretended that he didn't exist and walked straight away. past.

"The North American supernatural organization "Combination" is here. "

"I know."

In the visitor registration, I already know the name of the person who is visiting today.

I paused, and said in a flat tone: "Why did you contact me until now? I agreed with me that I would reply three weeks after I joined the Butei Club. As a result, one of Sasaki died. On Sunday, I delayed joining the club for a week, and I haven't heard from you."

"The port mafia is suddenly on the lookout. Besides, Mr. Qinglong can handle things so well at any time. Is it really so urgent?"

The young man who spoke to me was named Dostoevsky, and he was the leader of the Russian organization "Rats of the Dead" that Dazai and I found out before, offering a reward for "Human Tiger". His ability is still a secret. , only use "sin

and Punishment".His demeanor and attitude have the upbringing and arrogance of a nobleman, and from time to time he also shows contempt for other people. He is a person full of contradictions.

I have known him far longer than the four years now.

His goal is to create a world without supernatural powers. Although the goal is so, most of the time he is still in the stage of doing whatever he wants.His goal two years ago was to "take away the funds of the supernatural organization in North America". From two years ago, he used the information of the King of Cang to connect with the "combination", but he used "books" and "human tigers" to lure people to With Yokohama as the main battlefield, the "Rat of the Dead House" has long been prepared.

However, according to Tosi, Hong Kong and Heilongjiang seem to suspect that the "rats of the dead house" are deceitful in participating in the bounty of "human tigers".Or, to put it more directly, it is believed that the "rat in the dead house" led the "human tiger" to offer a reward.

The reason is simple.

As a new organization, the "Rat of the Dead House" is an intelligence organization, but it is a Russian organization across the sea. How to pay attention to the place "Yokohama".Moreover, there are very few members of the "Mouse of the Dead", how did they know about the existence of the "Human Tiger"; and how did they get a lot of cash to participate in the reward.

But if it’s the other way around, if the “Rats of the Dead House” paid attention to Yokohama from the very beginning, and led the “Human Tiger” reward activity, it makes sense why their sources of information came so timely and comprehensively.

It also explains that the "rat of the dead house" is willing to pay a large sum of money for a bounty.It stands to reason that those who do intelligence are very clear about the operation behind the price, just like wholesalers who know the price of the product, they will not buy the product at a price higher than what they know.

But what if the "rat in the house of death" never thought of paying for it?

"The leader of the gangsters in Hong Kong is really shrewd, and started to investigate the existence of the "rat in the dead house" on the intelligence network.It's hard for me too. "

Tosi pretended to be distressed.

"When will the killer you arrange be able to do it?"

"There is a high probability that the "combination" will not cooperate with the detective agency this time. When he turns to look for opportunities and Hong Kong gangsters, he should be able to seize the opportunity to do it. "

Kotomine Kirei is a master who is good at assassination, he won't make a move lightly, he will definitely hit it with a single blow, cutting grass and roots.

"I'm looking forward to it."

"Ah."

Tuo Si looked at me, with a smile on his lips, and said, "Recently, I saw that you were like a fish in water in the detective agency, assassinated Fukuzawa Yukichi, and provoked the relationship between Hong Kong gangsters.

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"I should have said, I don't kill people."

"But, to be honest, if you don't kill people, I still feel uneasy. It's as if your heart is not with me." There was a cold calculation in Tosi's eyes, which was an all-too-familiar look.

"This is what you are worried about, and it has nothing to do with me. You don't have to impose your will on me."

I didn't look at Tuosi's expression, and walked straight towards the tea shop.

"Still as indifferent as ever, Qinglong-kun."

"Each and each other, you have not changed."