The wrong way to open the healing ability

"Huh? It turns out that it was Odasaku who sent Mr. Machi back to the Hong Kong headquarters."

Dazai, who was wearing a black coat as usual, sat on the seat by the bar counter, and poked the round ice cube in the glass with his hand.

"Well, it's a coincidence that I just finished running errands and was about to go back to report."

Odasaku took a sip of the wine in his glass, recalling the situation that day quite calmly.

"Dazai, you still remember that it suddenly rained heavily that evening. Saku Le... The child I adopted in the previous struggle was very afraid of thunder, so I deliberately took a shortcut and wanted to go back early."

"As a result, a child wearing a beret suddenly rushed out on the road and pulled my sleeve to ask me to help."

My child... that person is obviously about the same age as Oda Saku.

Ango, who was in charge of making complaints, was still off work, and Dazai chose to remain silent.

Later, he saw the person who asked Odasaku for help while checking the nearby surveillance, and he also knew the person's name.

Ranpo Edogawa of the Armed Detective Agency.

"So you just followed him there? Aren't you afraid he's a bad guy?"

Odasaku shook his head.

"His eyes didn't look like a bad guy, and he was really in a hurry, so I followed him directly. I followed him all the way to the abandoned underground railway, and then I saw that he was unconscious and fell to the ground at the same time. An Eguchi cadre with a high fever."

"While I have called directly to the head of the Port Mafia, he always seems to think I'm just talking nonsense."

"In desperation, I had no choice but to go back to the headquarters with Eguchi on my back."

Odasaku still remembers Machi's high fever that was so severe that it seemed to burn, and he was a little worried.

"Dazai, how is Eguchi's cadre doing recently?"

The incumbent cadre fell into a coma and high fever due to unknown reasons in just half a day, which is terrible news for the port mafia that is currently waiting to be done. Zhenzhi blocked the news that night when he was sent back to the Hong Kong gangster headquarters.

As the first discoverer, Oda Saku was given a bonus as a hush money after he ruled out the suspicion, but as a low-level person, he never heard any news about Zhenzhi.

"Mr. Zhenzhi's words, it doesn't matter."

When talking about this matter, Dazai was not very interested.

"Although the situation at that time was indeed very serious, even Mr. Mori came to see the situation in person that night. However, not long after returning to the headquarters, Mr. Zhenzhi woke up quite briefly and told Mr. Mori that the situation was his fault. It is an old problem, just take care of it, and it has not been attacked by the enemy, insisting that there is no need for a thorough investigation."

Dazai was the last one to arrive that day.

Although he did go to the orphanage with Chuya to investigate Shibusawa Tatsuhiko that day, but on the way back, Dazai left the report to Chuya and went fishing by himself.

In order to prevent being dragged back to work by his partner, Dazai even blocked his cell phone signal, and he saw the bombardment of SMS and phone calls from Chuya in the early hours of the morning, and learned of Mr. Machi's accident.

When Dazai hurried back because of the uneasiness in his heart, Makoto, who had basically stabilized his situation, had already fallen into a coma again, he could barely see the rise and fall of his chest, and his breathing was so light that it seemed that it would stop in the next second.

This is the first time Dazai feels delicate when facing death.

"Although the high fever has not completely receded until today, Mr. Zhenzhi has regained consciousness yesterday, and even immediately stated that he can return to work."

"Of course, in the end, sister Hongye forcibly pressed her back to rest."

Odasaku listened carefully to Dazai's description, put the wine glass on the table, recalled the rumors about Zhenzhi widely circulated among the lower-level staff, and nodded.

"...It is indeed the style of Eguchi's cadres."

"Right."

Dazai was a little distracted.

Although he was curious as to why Mr. Machi's physical condition suddenly deteriorated, Dazai was more concerned about the change in Machi's attitude towards him after he woke up from a coma.

Although others may not be able to see it, Dazai, as the person involved, clearly felt the subtle difference.

And the little tiger from the future also disappeared that day.

"Ango is later than usual today. Is it really because of the influence of Eguchi's cadres?"

Odasaku glanced at the time, and it was already half an hour past Ango's usual time to come to the bar.

As soon as the voice fell, familiar footsteps came from the entrance of the bar. It was Ango Sakaguchi who had just got off work, and behind him was a new customer of this bar.

It was Zhenzhi who had just woken up from a coma for less than a day and was still running a high fever.This cadre, who apparently slipped out of the high-level medical room of the port mafia, was quite down-to-earth, carrying a large bag and a small bag, with a sick face on his face, and his spirit was not very good.

Because he still had a fever, his already pale face had a rather unnatural blush.Although the mental state is not particularly good, Zhenzhi still wears a neat suit as always, and she doesn't look much different from usual.

Ango Sakaguchi pushed his glasses. After all, his boss was present, so he sat down in his usual old seat uncomfortably, and ordered the drinks he was used to from the bar owner.

Ango looked around cautiously. It is normal for Dazai, who is a candidate for a cadre, to be calm, but Odasaku actually greeted him quite nonchalantly. He didn't think about Ango himself at all, and felt a headache when he saw Machi smiling.

"Did Eguchi's cadres also come to drink? But you are still in good health, so it's better not to drink."

Zhenzhi was stunned for a while, and laughed out loud.No wonder Dazai became friends with Odasaku, it's really interesting.

"Thank you for your reminder. But I didn't come to drink today, I came here specially to find you. In order to thank you for your help before, I asked Mr. Sakaguchi to bring me here."

Odasaku didn't expect Machi to come to him specially, and when he heard Machi said that he wanted to express his gratitude, he shook his head firmly.

"I have already been paid before, and there is no need for Jiangkou cadres to specifically thank you."

Machimo handed the paper bag in his hand to Odasaku, and motioned him to open it to see what was inside.

After all, it was the request of a senior official than himself, so Odasaku opened the paper bag and pulled out what looked like a book.

Packed in a bag and wrapped in exquisite wrapping paper, it is not an expensive gift that is unacceptable. It is just a stack of exquisite and beautiful picture books that cannot be bought in Yokohama.

"Take it as a gift from me to your children, accept it."

Recently, Oda Saku, who was worried about not being able to find books suitable for children, put the picture book back into the paper bag and accepted this gift.

"Thank you, Officer Eguchi."

"Boss, boss, do you have any dish soap here today?"

Sitting on the seat swaying his legs, Dazai, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked the boss.

"Mr. Machi, won't you sit down and take a rest? Although you can't drink alcohol, lemonade is still fine."

Machi shook another leather bag in his hand, which was bigger than the paper bag containing picture books, and declined Dazai's invitation.

"No, I'm going to visit other people later, so I won't rest here. And if I'm here, you won't feel very comfortable."

Noticing that Ango, who was already uncomfortable, froze again, Zhenzhi smiled a little nastyly, waved goodbye, and prepared to leave with the cowhide bag.

"..."

The corners of Dazai's mouth that were slightly upturned flattened.

Sure enough, since the little white tiger disappeared, Mr. Zhenzhi has indeed deliberately alienated him.And those snacks that seem to have been carefully prepared are for Edogawa Ranpo of the Armed Detective Agency.

On the last step that was about to step out of the bar, Machi suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked in front of Dazai, took out an envelope from his pocket, and stuffed it into his hand.

This is exactly the letter that Atsushi Nakajima asked Machi to give to Dazai.

"This is what the little tiger asked me to hand over to you. I don't know exactly what is written in it."

When Machi's back disappeared at the door of the bar, Dazai, who had read the envelope several times over and over again, borrowed a knife from the bar owner, and opened the letter that read "Mr. Dazai's own message".

Ango and Oda Saku who were sitting next to each other politely looked away to avoid seeing the contents of this strange letter.

Dazai took out the thin paper from the envelope and shook it, and quickly read the short content written on the paper.Although the expression on his face didn't change much, his eyes suddenly sank.

After neatly folding the letter paper and putting it back in the envelope, Dazai lit the lighter, watching silently as the paper disappeared into the burning flame.

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry, I'm going back today."

……

As Dazai guessed, the next Machichi will visit is the Armed Detective Agency.

Although he lost consciousness when he came back from the parallel world, he had already returned to the port mafia when he woke up.

But when Zhenzhi checked the surveillance before, he clearly saw the panic expression on the famous detective's face.

It is estimated to be fried.

Machi, who had prepared a big bag of snacks, knocked on the door of the Armed Detective Agency, and the one who came to open the door was Doppo Kunikida with a distressed face.

"Sir, the Armed Detective Agency is closed today, please come back next time."

Zhenzhi smiled, and didn't turn away because of this statement, but just stood there without saying a word.

Sure enough, after a minute of stalemate between Machi and Kunikida, a detective's angry voice came from inside the door.

"Kunikida, let him in."

Kunikida, who was embarrassed by blocking the guests at the door, was relieved, and politely welcomed Machi into the detective agency.

Luanbu, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Zhenzhi walking in, so he leaned over angrily, and took away the gift bag of fine snacks that Zhenzhi had prepared for him in advance.

"Do you know how surprised Ranpo-sama was at that time!"

Ranpo doesn't admit how panicked he was when he saw Shinchi come back from a coma.Although Ranbu had expected something about that parallel world long ago, he never thought that Zhenzhi would put him in such a mess.

"Sorry for worrying you."

Zhenzhi has always adopted a soft policy for the spoiled children who are worthy of pampering. Although there is no guarantee whether they will commit the same crime again in the future, the attitude of admitting their mistakes is definitely good now.

Luanbu, who was successfully smoothed over by snacks and a good attitude of admitting mistakes, was obviously in a much better mood than before.

"You and Yosano are not here on leave today, and the president hasn't come back yet. Tell me, what do you want to ask Ranpo-sama this time?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you."

Zhenzhi, who hadn't recovered from the sequelae, sat down on the sofa and coughed a few times.

"President Fukuzawa hasn't returned to Yokohama yet?"

"Originally, this matter should be resolved by myself, but as you can see, my current state is really not very good, so I want to entrust this matter to the Armed Detective Agency."

"How about the price?"

Machi took out a check that had been prepared in advance from his pocket, and handed it to Doppo Kunikida who just sat down next to Ranpo after making tea.

Ranpo was obviously not interested in that check, but from Kunikida's horrified gaze when he saw the number on the check, it could be inferred that it was Machi's usual extravagant style.

"Tell me, when did the things you put in the box disappear. Before you were sent back to the headquarters by the port mafia, Lord Ranpo was very sure that those things were still in the box."

The omission of a lengthy description of the situation undoubtedly made Zhenzhi feel better, which was also an important reason why he came to beg Chaobu.

After all, the sequelae of using the resurrection ability are not just a long-term high fever, but also continuous bone and muscle pain. This symptom will gradually increase over time, and the symptoms will gradually weaken after one or two years.

In the near future, there is a high probability that Zhenzhi will not be able to leave Yokohama. Even the use of healing abilities must be carefully considered, and the number of times of using the abilities should be reduced as much as possible.

"After returning to the Port Mafia, according to the description of my subordinates, I have never let go of the box. It was not until I was sent to the special ward that the box temporarily left my hands."

"During the time I was in the ward, I also checked the surveillance. No one approached the box, let alone opened it."

Zhenzhi recalled the remaining memories and was very sure.

"But when I regained consciousness and opened the box to check the contents, I realized that the original contents had disappeared."

Zhenzhi carried the bookmark with the blue Bana flower with him, and did not disappear like the documents in the box.Although the content of the relic files is encrypted, it will take some time even for Zhenzhi himself to decipher it, but it is very problematic for such important things to be left outside for a long time.

"I would like to entrust you to help me retrieve the documents that were originally in the box but have disappeared due to unknown reasons."

The author has something to say:

After accepting the script but being treated indifferently, Jae silently gestured the middle finger (bushi) to the talkative self in the parallel world, and expressed that he was going to make a fuss.

The true knowledge of having my belongings stolen: where is my knife?