Chief Okita in Taisho

The colleagues around me made excuses and slipped away.

Mr. Woodpecker, sleeping at work, and being caught by the boss...you wish for luck!

Osamu Dazai didn't care, he came to find Ishikawa Woodpecker alone.

"What did you just say?"

Osamu Dazai is usually not interested in other people's affairs, but the few words just now made him pay attention strangely.

There is an indescribable emotion in my heart.

It's like an erratic thread that has been erratic for a long time. After finally touching it with your fingertips, if you don't grasp it, it will float away again.

Ishikawa Woodpecker lazily stood up from the table and yawned.

"What, President, don't you even know this..."

Osamu Dazai noticed a little blood on the opponent's cuff.

"That's true. I don't know the age of the president, and the government has also ordered that they are not allowed to talk about it..."

Ishikawa Woodpecker scratched his messy hair.

Osamu Dazai: "Say."

Ishikawa Woodpecker paused.

He put his hand down, sighing helplessly.I don't know if it's because of illness, but his voice is very soft.

"The legendary swordsman is... the captain of the first team of the Shinsengumi..."

"Shoji Okita."

Osamu Dazai:? !

what? !

"continue."

"I don't know more about it. It's been so many years, and the government has blocked the news..."

Ishikawa Woodpecker pinched his eyebrows.

"—he died of consumption."

"—been dead for many years."

Osamu Dazai:?

Osamu Dazai:? ?

Osamu Dazai:? ? ?

Three times in a row!

died? !

What did the man with the red scarf ask him to look for, to find loneliness? ? ?

"..."

[If you are still finding a reason to live in this rotten world. 】

Fortunately, he still took the man's words as his last hope.

Sure enough, it is impossible to hold it after all.

……

After Osamu Dazai left, colleagues surrounded him again.

"Woodpecker, what did the president tell you?"

"The president's face just now is so scary..."

"Are you finally going to be fired?"

Ishikawa Woodpecker stood up.

"I'm going back to rest."

"What are you doing, leaving early again? I've been sleeping all the time at work."

Ignoring his colleague's complaints, Ishikawa Woodpecker took his hat and coat and left.

President's room.

The light is dim.Osamu Dazai sat behind the table, looking at the few lines of writing, his eyes darkened.

The government is very wary of the "New Writing Group". Even the intelligence agency can only find a little bit of information.

Tuberculosis, tuberculosis of the lungs.

Symptoms are fatigue, cough, hemoptysis, and later vomiting blood.

Therefore, most tuberculosis patients are thin.

Dazai leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

If I remember correctly, it will take another 30 years before the specific drug for tuberculosis will come out.

It has been 70 years since Okita Souji passed away.

In addition, Okita Souji never left a photo in his life.

Gee.

Kind of tricky, but...

He raised the corner of his mouth.

interesting.

What exactly does "Okita Souji" refer to? Is it this dead swordsman, or is he referring to someone else?

and also--

Who is the man in the red scarf?

Why did he do all this?

Obviously they don't know each other.

As for Ishikawa Woodpecker, he is cynical and extravagant, if not for the help of his friends, he would not be able to survive.Opened a "Woodpecker Detective Agency", and only acquaintances took care of the business.

But he is extremely talented in poetry, and his detective skills are also good.

Judging by his appearance, he must have contracted tuberculosis.

……

"President Dazai?"

On the side, the person in charge spoke cautiously.

Osamu Dazai opened his eyes and glanced over faintly.

"It is estimated that the information about Mr. Okita can't be found, but you can find someone..."

"I know a lady who moved here from Kyoto."

"She once mentioned that when she was a child, she played with Souji Okita."

A gleam of light lit up in Dazai Osamu's eyes.

He sat upright.

"address."

The person in charge writes down the address.

"Need to send someone with you?"

"No, I'll go by myself."

Dazai's tone was calm.

"You're still somewhat useful."

The person in charge who was beaten up just now was terrified.

"Don't dare."

"However, you may have to work hard before she speaks." The person in charge looked hesitant. "You also know that the government has blocked news...No one dares to mention matters related to the Shinsengumi."

"I see."

"In the future, if we find any information about Director General Okita, we will send it to Jingxin Mountain together."

Osamu Dazai walked out while talking.

"By the way, let that Ishikawa woodpecker not come here in the future."

principal:?

Is Woodpecker finally fired?

"Throw him some money every month."

Dare to feel sick with pay.

When did the president become so warm?

"Also, about Soujiro..."

Osamu Dazai stopped his pace, looked back, his pupils were heavy. "If he goes to Huajie, contact me immediately."

Just kidding, Soujiro will definitely be the primary target when he goes to Hanakai!

No matter human or ghost.

……

Osamu Dazai found the address.

The house number reads the word [Thousand Flowers].

He rang the doorbell, but no one answered, and the door was closed, so he probably wasn't at home.

The curtains of every window are drawn, and it seems that the vigilance is relatively high.

In addition, there are no children's toys in the yard, and it is likely that they live alone.

Osamu Dazai wandered the street while thinking.

The voice came from behind.

"You...why stay at my door all the time?"

"Is there a problem?"

The person who came was a woman about 50 years old, with a little silver in her hair, and a vegetable basket on her arm.

She frowned and looked at Osamu Dazai with an alert look.

Before coming here, Osamu Dazai deliberately put on a white shirt and shorts, looking like a gentle and harmless boy.

He showed a cute smile, and his voice was deliberately soft and waxy.

"Hello."

***

While Dazai was doing these things, Okita Souji also went to meet someone.

"The change is really big. In the past, Tokyo Prefecture was still called 'Edo'."

"I remember it was the street of Asakusa...I found it!"

Okita Souji looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one there, he whispered to the wall.

"Miss Zhushi, Mr. Yushiro."

"It's me, Soujiro."

The air seemed to stir like ripples.

Look carefully, the scenery is still the same as before.

But the passage has been opened—

Okita Souji and California Kiyomitsu walked into the "Wall".

This is another space connected by vampirism, with a spacious yard and a small two-storey bungalow.

There is a piece of talisman paper with eyes on it pasted on the door.

Director Okita waved a talisman to say hello, and the door opened automatically——

He and California Qingguang went into the basement.

Ghosts cannot appear in the sun during the day.

Yes, the two people they saw were ghosts.

There are good ghosts among ghosts.

Zhu Shi is a doctor. She got rid of the control of the ghost king hundreds of years ago.

Yushiro is also one of the people she rescued, who voluntarily became a ghost with an incurable disease.

The two were met by Okita Souji not long ago.

Most people in the Ghost Slaying Squad will kill ghosts, there is no room for negotiation.

But Okita Souji doesn't hate ghosts deeply, killing ghosts is more out of atonement and protecting his companions.

It was also when he realized that the other party had no malicious intentions, so Zhu Shi let go of his guard and asked Director Okita to cooperate with him.

Okita Souji took out the needle from his pocket.

"This is the ghost blood you want."

Zhu Shi was slightly startled.

"So fast……"

"Thank you, as expected of Mr. Seta."

Yushiro is sour.

This person can actually get the affirmation and praise of Master Zhu Shi!

"Master Zhu Shi, you can't accept it so easily!"

"Who knows whose blood it is, the blood of ordinary little ghosts is useless to research."

California Qingguang: ?

How dare you question Okita-kun? !

Kiyomitsu, who is Okita's chef, and Yushiro, who is chef of Zhushi, hate each other.

The topics they quarreled with include but are not limited to: Who is more beautiful, Okita Souji or Zhushi?

At this moment, Chef Okita spoke.

"One of the winding ones."

Yushiro choked.

Director Okita smiled and said: "Actually, there is still the blood of the top five, but it feels that the blood concentration of the top one is higher."

He looked at Yushiro: "Does this count as useless?"

Yushiro stiffened his neck and stopped talking.

"I didn't expect you to defeat the first one..."

Zhu Shi took the blood potion and sighed.

Does it mean that there is a greater hope of defeating Ghost Mai Tsuji?

"It's not my fault alone," Okita Souji smiled and waved his hand, "Yan Zhu also helped a lot."

"Is it a rock pillar?"

Zhu Shi pondered: "Ghost Killing Squad...how is the Lord's condition now?"

Okita Souji's smile faded a bit.

"It is said that it is still the same."

"You also know that I have quit the Ghost Killing Squad, so I won't ask any more questions."

Thinking of what happened in the past, Zhu Shi sighed in his heart.

"There is a husband and wife clinic in Beifeng Island County. The surname is Butterfly. It is said that their medical skills are quite good. You can ask them to treat the Lord."

Zhu Shi did not personally check the situation of the lord.

It's not that she doesn't want to go in person, but that the ghost killing team doesn't want to cooperate with ghosts.

Like the research she has been doing on "turning ghosts back into people", if she can cooperate with people, there may be breakthroughs.

"I see."

"Miss Zhu Shi, please don't be discouraged, your research is also essential."

Okita Souji stared at her eyes and said sincerely.

"If you can successfully transform Ghost Mai Tsujimi back into a human, the difficulty of the battle will be greatly reduced, the number of injured people will be reduced, and he will not be able to harm more people."

"Moreover, it can also allow those who have accidentally turned into ghosts but have not yet eaten humans, to regain the opportunity to be human."

"..."

Zhu Shi was moved by him, and also showed a relieved smile.

"Thank you."

"Seda-kun is really considerate."

Yushiro:? ? ?

"Mr. Seta, actually, I have always had a question..."

Zhu Shi asked.

"Have we met before?"

This tenderness is familiar.

Director Okita was slightly taken aback.

Before his death, his main areas of activity were Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo Prefecture), but he didn't know anything about ghosts.

Zhu Shi is a ghost who has lived for hundreds of years, maybe he passed him by on a certain street.

I have seen it before, does it mean that I have seen it when I was alive?

……

In any case, the past cannot be exposed.

"No."

Souji Okita laughed and answered.

"We've never met before."