Takei Ayanokoji's Tool Man Guide

The story started when Fukuzawa Yukichi picked up the boy from the gate of the detective agency.

The teenager was about 12 years old and was wearing ill-fitting clothes.Although his hair was half tied up and he could see a clear jaw line, but it was obvious that after waiting too long and falling asleep against the wall, his hair became a little messy.Although the dark golden eye shadow is big, it is empty and lifeless, as if it is always offline and cannot be received by radio waves.

From the casual appearance, Fukuzawa Yukichi already sensed how troublesome this young man was, and it made him dream back to the scene when he first met Edogawa Ranpo.

"I am very fond of cats."

The boy suddenly spoke inexplicably.

"and then?"

"...then, there is no after."

After saying this sentence, Fukuzawa Yukichi felt that there was something wrong with the child who spoke so confidently.So he blocked the child at the door, and went back to the office to pick up things by himself.The detective agency does not have enough staff now, and most of the time is operated by the cooperation of Fukuzawa and Edogawa. During these days, Edogawa just happened to be invited by Edgar Allan Poe's American Reasoning Conference, and he should not be able to return in a short time Come.The current detective agency is mainly maintained by Fukuzawa Yukichi, handling small cases and bodyguard work.

Therefore, whether it was because the detective agency was too busy to take care of another boy, or because Fukuzawa Yukichi felt that the identity of the boy in front of him was unknown and would cause trouble for him, Fukuzawa Yukichi was not going to pick up a boy back.However, when Fukuzawa Yukichi was about to leave, he accidentally heard the boy's phone call.The teenager seemed to be chatting with his family, saying that there would be good people to take care of him.With words like this, Fukuzawa Yukichi suddenly felt that this young man might really have found this place because he had nowhere to go.

Fukuzawa Yukichi was still defeated by his momentary soft-heartedness, and the young man repeatedly promised that he would not stay for a long time and would do a lot of work, so Fukuzawa Yukichi decided to take the child home to take care of him.

After Fukuzawa Yukichi finished introducing himself, he took advantage of the situation and asked, "What's your name?"

"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka."

"Then I'll call you Ayanokouji-kun."

"Yes."

Fukuzawa Yukichi was a little surprised by the small details in this answer. After all, the answer of "yes" is too much like a response to an order, rather than a response to daily communication like "yes".

But Fukuzawa Yukichi felt that there was no need to investigate the young man's details.If the boy believes in himself with all his heart, Ayanokouji will naturally tell him that his origin

, one's own past and one's own difficulties and goals.And if Ayanokouji didn't want to say it, then there was no need to ask him.Fukuzawa also felt that he would not be threatened by an underage child.

However, at the end of the dinner that day, Fukuzawa Yukichi received a meeting gift from Ayanokoji - a three-flowered cat that was knocked unconscious.And unfortunately, Fukuzawa Yukichi also recognized the identity of the cat.

In fact, this cat was transformed by Fukuzawa's teacher Natsume Soseki.Since Mr. Natsume put forward the concept theory of "three-point conception", he often turns into a cat and observes and wanders around this Yokohama city. Hours.

This young man was even more difficult than imagined, he looked so thin and weak.

When Fukuzawa Yukichi was planning to go back, he observed the boy carefully.

Back at the house, Fukuzawa found some clothes that fit Ayanokoji, took him to see the bathroom, and told him how to use the faucet and water heater inside.After the simple teaching, Fukuzawa Yukichi went to check on Mr. Natsume's situation.Fortunately, the injury was not serious, it was just a concussion. After a short rest, Natsume-sensei slowly came to his senses.

After Natsume-sensei woke up, he didn't mention why he was knocked unconscious by Ayanokōji, but said that he actually came to find Fukuzawa Yukichi.

"It just happened to happen like this."

Fukuzawa Yukichi doesn't think it's particularly good to meet like this?But the teacher said so, he can't refute Teacher Natsume's words, and make Teacher Natsume lose face.

"Recently, Ogai's work has encountered difficulties."

The Ogai mentioned here refers to the current leader of the Hong Kong gang, Mori Ogai. He has only been in office for a year. Trapped inside and outside, carve up the gangster forces in Hong Kong.

Fukuzawa Yukichi knew Mori Ogai.Because Mori Ogai and himself are important forces in Mr. Natsume's plan.Compared with his own detective agency, Natsume-sensei is more difficult to exert power on Mori Ogai who is in charge of "Dark Night". After all, this is breeding dark forces. It is impossible for government departments to be willing to see this scene. This theory is fine, but if the government, as a "just side", supports such a theory, it will lose the support of the people.

As long as the news media exaggerates and says that "the Yokohama government supports crime," the incumbent can wait for the official document to oust him indefinitely.

Therefore, it is very difficult to help Mori Ogai compared to supporting Fukuzawa Yukichi

situation.

Fukuzawa Yukichi naturally knows that in the "three-point concept", Mori Ogai is much more difficult than himself.He was originally a high-ranking official in the government, and he also held an important position during the war. If he hadn't participated in Natsume Soseki's plan, he would have been a popular government official in Yokohama.But he still chose to give up his future in order to protect Yokohama, and plunged into the dark world. From an underground secret doctor to today's leader of Hong Kong gangsters, Mori Ogai has been under more pressure than anyone else, and he has traveled a farther path than anyone else. It is even more difficult.

However, this does not mean that Fukuzawa Yukichi will unconditionally support Mori Ogai.

Ever since Fukuzawa Yukichi knew how Mori Ogai treated a thin girl and squeezed her abilities to realize his inhuman plan, Fukuzawa Yukichi had broken with him.Fukuzawa Yukichi feels disgusted and unhappy with Mori Ogai's uncompromising methods.

Although Teacher Natsume knew about this matter, he was also in the most objective and fair position in the whole situation, and he knew what he should do.Natsume-sensei now knows that Mori Ogai needs help.

"The boy you brought in seems to be quite capable."

Fukuzawa heard that Natsume-sensei praised Ayanokoji's ability, and understood a little bit that when Ayanokoji caught Natsume-sensei, Natsume-sensei felt threatened, after all, he wanted Ayanokoji to help Mori Ogai.

"He can't do anything."

Fukuzawa Yukichi was afraid that Ayanokoji would be squeezed by Mori Ogai, and when he remembered that Ayanokoji was blackmailed when he first arrived in Yokohama, and when he thought the other party was a good person, Fukuzawa's attitude became more determined.

"Natsume-sensei, you should ask other people for help."

"When you guys came home, I heard that this kid needs money to stay in Yokohama. If the gangsters can afford enough money, maybe that boy will be willing to do it?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi was shaken by Mr. Natsume's words.

Indeed, since Ayanokoji did not explain clearly, maybe Ayanokoji needed money to stay in Yokohama?It doesn't look like he has any concept of money. If he knew that the salary that the detective agency can provide is not high, Ayanokōji might go to other places.

Natsume-sensei continued: "I know you care about Ayanokoji, and I am also worried that Ogai will be unfavorable to this boy. I will be responsible for the boy's safety throughout the whole process. What do you think? Moreover, this boy's identity is unknown, and Ogai knows how to employ people. She is very capable in other aspects, and can also help you review Ayanokouji."

If Natsume-sensei is right in every word, after all, it is inappropriate to take in people of unknown origin.Plus, Natsume

The teacher also made a guarantee, and Fukuzawa Yukichi did not have too many objections

"If Lingkouji-kun says he doesn't want to, don't force him." Fukuzawa said seriously.

"It's natural."

Teacher Natsume swears, but Fukuzawa is inexplicably preoccupied.When he left the room, Ayanokōji was standing at the door, which surprised Fukuzawa Yukichi.

"Did something happen to you?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't know how long Ayanokoji stood here and listened to what he said. Besides, it was somewhat scary for Ayanokoji to stand so quietly in the corridor with no lights on.

Ayanokōji was wearing the kimono given by Fukuzawa Yukichi at the moment, and there was a warm scent of shower gel on his body after taking a bath, which somewhat added popularity to this quiet boy.

Ayanokōji was indifferent when he saw Fukuzawa who was startled by him when he just opened the door, and said calmly: "Mr. Fukuzawa, I blocked all the mirrors in the bathroom. It hasn't been opened yet."

There is a plastic curtain over the mirror in the bathroom to block the mirror.

As soon as Ayanokoji said it, Fukuzawa knew that he was referring to the mirror being blocked.

It's a small thing.

"I see."

Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't want Ayanokouji to see Natsume-sensei who had turned into a human, so after closing the door with his backhand, Ayanokouji still stood motionless in his original position.Even in the dark corridor, Fukuzawa Yukichi could still see the boy's skin glowing white under the natural light from the outside world. Even after taking a bath, he didn't see the rosy glow on his face, only The lips are a little too red, reminiscent of a puppet under the hands of a craftsman.

"Anything else?"

"Can I always block the mirror while I'm here?"

Although this requirement is incredible, it is not impossible.

Fukuzawa Yukichi was slow to digest Ayanokoji's words, agreed to Ayanokoji's request, and told him to go to rest early.Ayanokōji was very obedient, after being called to rest, he obediently went back to the room to rest without any objection.Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't take this matter to heart either. When he returned to the bathroom to take a bath, he saw that the mirror was tightly closed.

Fukuzawa Yukichi seldom blocks the mirror, so seeing the mirror blocked for the first time is quite novel.

When he just came out of the bathroom, Fukuzawa Yukichi heard a rhythmic "chacha" sound, which was a bit like the sound of sharpening a knife, very subtle, but Fukuzawa had excellent ears, following the sound, he walked to Aya Alley in front of the living room where you sleep.As soon as he stopped, the voice

stopped.

"..."

Fukuzawa Yukichi looked at Ayanokouji under the blanket.

Ayanokouji slept soundly, without any movement at all, as if nothing had happened.

After staring for two or three minutes, Fukuzawa Yukichi returned to his room, and he heard the rhythmic sound of sharpening the knife again, but this time the movement would be more restrained, and the sound would stop and stop.

Think about asking why the next day.

Therefore, Fukuzawa Yukichi remained silent about it.

The next day, when Fukuzawa Yukichi woke up early in the morning, he saw that Ayanokōji had already prepared a decent breakfast.From the time he met Edogawa to now, Fukuzawa Yukichi had the breakfast prepared by others for the first time, and the taste was better than his own, or it could be said to be at the level of a restaurant.

While drinking the soup, Fukuzawa Yukichi said vaguely, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Ayanokōji stopped eating and said politely, "Thanks to you, I slept well."

"...did you hear anything last night?" Fukuzawa Yukichi continued to ask.

At this time, Ayanokouji suddenly stuffed himself with a mouthful of rice, pretending to be concentrating on eating, not knowing what Fukuzawa Yukichi was talking about.

"..."

Fukuzawa Yukichi had never seen such a person pretending to be stupid, he sighed in his heart, and planned to let this person go without mentioning it.But at this time, Ayanokōji suddenly responded with an unapologetic response.

"Huh? What did you just say?"

Generally, you have to concentrate more on eating so that you can't hear the other person talking.

Obviously they were still talking just now.

"Did you hear any strange noises last night?"

"Probably the wind."

"........."

Forcing a person who can't tell a lie to tell a lie, Fukuzawa Yukichi felt unbearable.So Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't speak any more, just let Ayanokōji finish his meal early.After that, Fukuzawa Yukichi took Ayanokoji back to the detective agency to arrange work for him.After all, Ayanokouji will not stay in this detective agency for too long, so there is no need to entrust him with important tasks.

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Fukuzawa Yukichi was heating the lunch made by Ayanokoji in the tea room of the detective agency, and Yosano Akiko who smelled the aroma walked into the tea room to talk to the president.

"It smells so good?" Yosano Akiko said, "It's rare for the president to bring his own bento."

"It was Ayanokouji-kun who did it."

Yosano Akiko has an impression of that boy with little expression.Originally, she was full of curiosity about Ayanokoji, but now seeing that Ayanokoji had gone out again, she chatted with the president about Ayanokoji.Fukuzawa

Yukichi then told Yosano Akiko how he met Ayanokouji.

"From what the president said, I feel that this young man is a bit weird. He seems to be quite harmless, but what he did is too unimaginable." Yosano Akiko thought for a while and asked, "Could some organization infiltrate the detective agency? undercover spy?"

"He's not good at deceiving people." Fukuzawa Yukichi recalled that when Ayanokoji told a lie, his expression was easily unnatural, "It should not be an undercover agent. And I didn't feel the slightest murderous intent from him."

"Yeah." Yosano Akiko carefully recalled the appearance of seeing Ayanokouji in the morning, and felt like a relatively dull and delicate boy. "Then why do you feel that the president has some concerns?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi recalled what happened last night. First, he was worried that Ayanokoji and Mori Ogai would be squeezed when they met, and second, he was very concerned about the strange sounds at night.

"Or is there something strange about Ayanokōji?" Yosano Akiko asked.

Fukuzawa Yukichi was asked this by Yosano, and suddenly remembered that Ayanokōji would close the mirror in the house tightly, so he asked, "Yosano, do you know what it means to not like looking in the mirror?"

"According to psychology, there are many reasons why people don't like looking in the mirror.

First, it may be that you feel inferior to your appearance, or that you have BDD, human dysmorphia, think your body parts are ugly, and don't want to see yourself.

Second, he may have a psychological shadow on the mirror, so he doesn't look in the mirror.Such a person is very sensitive to negative words and is easily hurt, but he does not speak.

Third, looking in the mirror will reveal his hidden secrets, so he is willing to look in the mirror. "

"secret?"

"Didn't it say that when a ghost looks in the mirror, it can't be seen?" Yosano Akiko said with a smile.

Fukuzawa Yukichi heard that she was so unruly, so he didn't bother to talk about her, and started to prepare for dinner.And Yosano saw the neatly arranged rice balls in Fukuzawa Yukichi's bento box, and she developed an appetite, so she salivated and said, "President, can I have some?"

Compared with Yosano Akiko when she took over from Mori Ogai, she has a much more lively and cheerful personality.He is only 19 years old now, Fukuzawa Yukichi doesn't know what character he will be with Akiko Yosano in the future, but he is only 19 years old now.

Every day gets better.

"Take it yourself."

Fukuzawa pushed the bento box in front of Yosano Akiko.

"President, I saw Ayanokōji going out with a lunch box. Are you going to meet someone?"

Fukuzawa also remembered that in the morning, Ayanokoji did an extra

He said, "I'm not sure. He just arrived here, so there shouldn't be anyone he needs to see?"

There are too many mysteries about Ayanokouji.

While thinking about this, Ayanokōji came back from running errands outside, and like a habit, first walked around the detective agency to say hello to the seniors in the detective agency.

"Hello, President."

Fukuzawa found that Ayanokoji called the president very easily.

"Thank you. Have you had lunch yet?"

"No." After Ayanokoji answered, he paused and said, "Is the kimono on me funny?"

"..."

This kimono was Fukuzawa Yukichi's childhood clothes.

Fukuzawa Yukichi asked back: "What happened?"

Just after saying this, the president discovered that Ayanokōji has a very contradictory personality, and sometimes he can be found to be very polite.Ayanokouji is very observant of etiquette; but when it comes to impolite words, Ayanokouji is quite ignorant of people occasionally.For example, right now, Fukuzawa was still talking to him, but Ayanokōji left the room suddenly without saying anything.

Yosano Akiko could also feel that the president wanted to talk to Ayanokouji, but Ayanokouji didn't notice and left the tea room directly.

"Ayanokouji-kun has a very natural personality."

"I think so too," Fuze said.

After leaving the tea room with Yosano Akiko, Fukuzawa Yukichi saw Ayanokouji enter the tea room again, and watched me Ayanokouji start making tea the whole time.

"What happened just now?"

"I went downstairs to buy sencha." Ayanokōji put the teapot on the table and said, "President, would you like to try ochazuke? You share the meal with the doctor. You must not be full, right?"

Fukuzawa felt that when talking with Ayanokouji, it was always full of human fireworks, as if life was full of trivial daily life.

"Natsume-sensei took you to see Mori Ogai?"

"Ah."

Ayanokōji put rice balls in a cup with a relatively large mouth, poured hot tea, sprinkled some seaweed on top, and handed the cup to Fukuzawa Yukichi.

"What did they ask you to do? Difficult?"

Ayanokōji thought about it for a while, then shook his head indifferently: "It's not a very special thing."

"Do you need help?" Fukuzawa was afraid that Ayanokouji would find it difficult, but he was unwilling to say, "I can help you to decline."

Ayanokōji said with a flat expression: "It's not difficult. It's fine to make a phone call once in a while."

"Ok?"

"Is there any work in the afternoon?"

"Are you busy?" Fukuzawa Yukichi found that Ayanokouji was quite active.

"There is no conflict between the two jobs. Teacher Natsume can ask him if you have any questions."

Hearing what Ayanokoji said, Fukuzawa also felt that the job that should be given was not particularly difficult: "That's good."

Not long after this passage ended, only the sound of eating was left in the tea room.

"By the way, President—"

"Ok?"

Fukuzawa has done enough to be ready to help answer questions and solve puzzles at any time.However, Ayanokōji asked, "Have you ever eaten cat meat?"

"……Um?"

"That is no more."

Fukuzawa Yukichi felt that the question came too inexplicably, and asked quickly, "Why are you asking so suddenly?"

"I just thought there should be daily conversations between us."

"........."

An ominous premonition shrouded Fukuzawa Yukichi's heart, and it spread until the afternoon when he got off work.Because in the afternoon, Ayanokōji still continued to do some errand work, so he asked for salary in advance, and returned to Fukuzawa Yukichi's house early to make dinner first.

When Fukuzawa Yukichi passed the kitchen, he found Ayanokouji washing his hands by the sink, blood-red water dripping down his hands.

"Did you hurt your hand?"

"No." Seeing Fukuzawa standing at the door of the kitchen, Ayanokōji said blankly, "I'm just doing the laundry. President, can we have hamburger meat at night?"

"..."

Why is it burger meat today?In particular, Ayanokōji suddenly mentioned "Have you ever eaten cat meat" at noon?

Japanese-style hamburger meat does not refer to hamburgers, but steaks made from minced meat.

"We will be using special meat today, please look forward to it." Ayanokōji half-bowed in Fukuzawa's direction.

"..."

Fukuzawa Yukichi said that he did not look forward to it at all.

He was actually a little worried about Natsume's safety now.

It is a pity that the teacher always comes and goes without a trace.Only he contacted himself, and no one contacted his old man.Because he was really worried about Natsume's safety, Fukuzawa Yukichi made up his mind and contacted Mori Ogai.

The call went through quickly and unexpectedly.

After all, Fukuzawa Yukichi and Mori Ogai broke up unhappy in the past, so Mori Ogai's tone was a bit narrow.

"Your Excellency Silver Wolf, why are you so interested in contacting me?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and said directly: "I can't contact Natsume-sensei. Can you contact Natsume-sensei?"

"I don't have the teacher's contact information either."

Because Fukuzawa Yukichi's tone was serious, Mori Ogai did not joke.

"What happened?"

"No…"

Hearing Fukuzawa's ambiguous tone, Mori Ogai said: "I

In the morning, I saw Natsume-sensei leaving with that child named Ayanokōji.If you know that kid, you can ask him. "

"That child is in my house." Fuze felt that his thoughts were too absurd, and his tone became darker. "When I came back at noon, it was already said that they had separated."

However, compared to Fukuzawa Yukichi's complicated and tangled mood, Mori Ogai was more interested.

"Is that child with you?"

"...What do you want to do?" Fukuzawa Yukichi's voice suddenly became vigilant.

"Look, you have a little guy. I also have a kid here recently. The two of you can be friends."

"The detective agency won't cooperate with Hong Kong gangsters. This time, Natsume-sensei will coordinate, otherwise I won't agree with Ayanokouji to work with you."

Mori Ogai was unmoved by Fukuzawa's serious warning, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Silver Wolf is still the same as before, with a stinky and hard temper."

"..."

Hearing that Fukuzawa was so angry that he didn't want to speak, Mori Ogai continued: "Are you worried that something will happen to the teacher? There will be no problem with the teacher, right?"

"Do you know why Ayanokōji was recommended by the teacher?"

"Ok?"

"Teacher was knocked unconscious by Ayanokōji with a coin yesterday."

Mori Ogai was choked for a while, then found his voice again: "No wonder the teacher said that Ayanokōji is pretty good at it."

"Then the kid asked me at noon, have you ever eaten cat meat? When I got home just now, he told me that he would eat very special meat at night."

"No way?"

In Fukuzawa Yukichi's few words, Mori Ogai has already outlined a picture of Ayanokōji turning Natsume-sensei's transformed cat into food.

"probably not."

Fukuzawa Yukichi is just thinking about it, Natsume-sensei will not fall into the situation of "being slaughtered by others".

"Then what are you worried about?"

"I think dinner should be cat meat." According to Ayanokoji's unconventional brain circuit, Fukuzawa Yukichi felt that he had seen the end.

"You don't have to eat..." Mori Ogai said halfway, and suddenly said, "Well, I want to talk to Ayanokōji about the mission. I'll go to your mansion to bother you."

"……Um."

An hour later, Fukuzawa Yukichi saw Mori Ogai standing at the door with his superpower Alice and another black-haired boy.The black-haired boy was dressed in black, revealing an indescribable gloom, but there was a bright smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It should feel that you are not interested in our people, so I won't introduce you."