Chief Okita in Taisho

evening.

The light of the setting sun shines on countless pieces of glass curtain walls, and the orange red warm golden light and shadow are intertwined, forming a bizarre scene.

The wind outside is extremely strong, and even through the closed glass, you can faintly hear the sound of "whooping".

It's like the clarion call of success and completion of the plan, and it's like someone is crying.

The wind was so strong that it gave the illusion that every window on the opposite side was shaking slightly.

The light swayed like the surface of a lake.

"..."

Okita Souji narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to see the person opposite him clearly.

A picture suddenly flashed before his eyes!

The man fell quickly in the posture of embracing the sky, the crimson scarf fluttered upwards, and the hem of the black coat fluttered like a butterfly with broken wings.

Although it passed by in a flash, the swordsman with excellent eyesight also saw a smile on the corner of the opponent's mouth.

The man was actually laughing.

Okita Souji's breath stagnates.

In the blink of an eye, the figure who jumped off the building disappeared.

Director Okita hurriedly looked down, but there was no falling figure, and there was no commotion in the crowd below and around.

... Are you dazzled?

Okita Souji closed his eyes, shook his head, and looked at the opposite top floor again, trying to see the people over there clearly.

This time I did see——

Black clothes with long boots and a red scarf, the same attire as the person who jumped off the building just now.

It seems that he was dazzled just now, why don't they stand on the opposite side?

Okita Souji also saw his appearance clearly——

The black is slightly messy, the chin is sharp, the left eye is wrapped with a bandage, and the face is pale, almost the same color as the bandage.

He has a handsome appearance and a mature temperament, but the tiredness visible to the naked eye is visible between his brows and eyes.

It was clearly a familiar face.

An indescribable feeling welled up in Souji Okita's heart.

Is it... Dazai?

But it was different from the Dazai he knew.

The Osamu Dazai he knew was more than ten years old, no matter how deeply world-weary he was, he still had a lingering sense of youth.

The man opposite is a pool of stagnant water.

Is... the grown-up Dazai?

Okita Souji let out a slight self-deprecating smile in his heart.

how is this possible.

That child is now in Dazheng, so it is impossible for him to suddenly grow up to be ten years old!

Even though he understood, Okita Souji was still gripped by that strange feeling, unable to move or speak.

The room opposite was pitch black, as if it was already in darkness.

A young man is like a person locked in a prison, who can only occasionally open the window to glimpse a corner.

What was he thinking about?

What is his identity?

What is he up to?

Why is he...so lonely...

Mr. Okita stood in front of the window of the landmark building, and the young man stood in front of the window of the Mafia building.

The top floor of the mafia is higher than the landmark building, so Okita Souji raised his head, and the young man lowered his head.

The surrounding people automatically disappear.

That glance seemed to span time and space.

"..."

"..."

I don't know how long it's been like this...

"what happened?"

Edogawa Ranpo's voice brought Okita Souji back to his thoughts.

"what……"

Souji Okita's slightly dazed pupils refocused.

He saw the confusion on Edogawa Ranpo's face.

Souji Okita pointed to the window where the man was standing, "There—"

Edogawa ranbo opened his eyes, confused: "Is there anything there?"

Cai Zang, who was held in his arms, also made a confused voice: "Puji?"

"?"

Okita Souji couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The opposite window was closed as before.

It's like nothing happened.

The viewing layer has floor-to-ceiling windows on the southeast, northwest, and four sides.

"Master Ranpo turned around and came back, just looking at you standing here in a daze," Edogawa Ranpo saw that Okita Souji's expression was different, "What did you see?"

"..."

Okita Souji didn't speak.

"Guest, the lights of the Ferris wheel have been turned on, you can see it over there now."

The staff came over and gave directions.

"The night view of the port in the 21st century is a feature of Yokohama, please don't miss it."

"Why don't you let us continue to stand here?" Edogawa Ranpo interrupted suddenly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Because we will be sniped?"

The staff member was startled, as if thinking of something, his face turned pale.

She frowned and bit her lips.

"This glass window has traces of being sniped. It seems that your repair work is not in place, and you can still hear the wind outside."

Edogawa ranpo taunted unscrupulously.

"Is it really good to hide this from tourists?"

He held the back of his head with his hands.

"Master Ranbu won't tell you how to find out, you can find it yourself!"

The staff was so angry that their faces were distorted for a moment.

She finally let go.

"Please come with me."

She led the two of them towards the south, and amidst the tapping of high heels, a low voice came.

"Across the street is the Port Mafia—"

"The leader of the mafia is tyrannical and suspicious. Before that, there was a photographer guest who stood where the two were, and wanted to take pictures of the mafia building at dusk."

"The mafia leader mistook the reflective camera lens for a sniper scope, and immediately ordered the mafia snipers to kill all the guests on the viewing floor."

There was a hail of bullets without warning.

Most of the people on the observation deck died instantly.

Blood flows into a river.

The thick glass walls are cracked into spider webs and star-studded with bullet holes.

Afterwards, the police and high-level government officials intervened, and then they reluctantly reconciled and signed an agreement.

But according to the temperament of the mafia leader, it is not surprising to attack inconstantly.

Okita Souji didn't feel right.

Tyrannical, suspicious...

He couldn't connect these words with the young man he saw just now.

"Is the mafia boss a bandaged 20-something?"

The staff turned their heads and glanced at Souji Okita in a strange way.

"No."

Maybe it was because of Souji Okita's unflappable beauty, she patiently explained.

"It's an old man in his 60s with long silver hair."

Director Okita frowned slightly, lost in thought.

Then who is that person, if he can appear in the chief's room... the secretary?high level?

"Is there such a person in the Mafia?" Okita Souji described, "In his 20s, with short black hair, wrapped in bandages, and wearing a red scarf."

The staff thought about it.

"As far as I know...no."

Souji Okita wanted to say something else, but she smiled wryly.

"Please don't ask the guests, talking too much about the Mafia will make it difficult for me."

"Feel sorry."

The staff looked at Edogawa Ranpo and forced a smile: "So, kid, can you tell my sister what's wrong with the window?"

"No problem." Edogawa Ranpo replied.

"what?"

"There's nothing wrong with the windows." He just said it on purpose.

Edogawa shrugged in disorder, "Don't you even know what your own restoration work is?"

The staff looked like they wanted to curse, but they finally held back and walked away with heavy steps.

"Ranpo-sama is right," Edogawa Ranpo signaled to Director Okita, "Look, every time I point out the truth, the adults will be angry, and I don't know what they are angry about."

Okita Souji had nothing to say, so he could only touch the brat's head.

"Master Ranpo probably guessed what you saw."

Edogawa stared at him in disorder: "You saw the person you mentioned, right?"

Okita Souji nodded.

"The strange thing is, I haven't seen him before."

——At least, at his age.

"And as you heard just now, he is not from the Mafia."

"It's an urban mirage." Edogawa said randomly.

Director Okita was slightly taken aback.

"what?"

Edogawa looked in the previous direction in disorder.

In Hong Kong and Heilongjiang Building, the setting sun that has not yet completely darkened and the shadows of neon lights complement each other, making it as beautiful as a kaleidoscope.

It is also easy to get lost and hallucinate.

"Have you heard of 'Lightning Memory'?" Edogawa Ranbu said, "Some wall paints contain iron tetroxide, which will react in thunderstorms. Record the scene on the wall at that time, and when thunderstorms occur again replay."

"But the scene I saw was the setting sun, without lightning." Okita Souji said.

And here are all urban curtain walls.

"I mean, the principle is similar."

Edogawa Ranpo explained.

"This is the supernatural world. In the air that you can't see, there may be various supernatural energies intertwined and colliding. It's hard to say what will happen and what will be seen."

"Just like the thunder and lightning memory, there may also be supernatural memory, which recorded that scene."

"I know that person," Souji Okita said, "but the time is wrong. The person I know is only in his teens."

Edogawa Ranpo thought for a while.

"I saw a book on my father's shelf once."

Edogawa Ranpo's deceased father was a legendary criminal policeman with amazing observation and reasoning abilities, and was well-known in the police circle.

"It is said in the book that there are actually countless world lines distributed in the space and time of the universe," Luan Bu stomped on the ground, "The world we live in is just one of these world lines."

"Most of the world lines are chaotic and parallel, but some of them will meet due to some kind of coincidence."

"What you see may be the moment of intersection."

With time travel experience, Souji Okita can easily understand Edogawa Ranpo's words.

In other words, at the twilight of a certain world, did Dazai choose to jump from a high place...

Okita Souji was so helpless that he wanted to laugh.

Indeed, according to Dazai's temperament, such a thing can be done.

but……

"what happened to you?"

Edogawa Ranpo noticed that Okita Souji's face was wrong.

"He's laughing." Okita Souji said.

why.

When it comes to committing suicide by jumping off a building, it should be very sad, why laugh.

Edogawa walked up to Souji Okita in random steps, and put his hand on his cheek.

"Shouldn't you be more clear," said the bright young man, "You already have the answer in your heart."

Okita Souji heard Osamu Dazai's accusation——

【You have been lying. 】

【Your expression is also lying. 】

【Why do you laugh when you want to cry, why do you laugh when you are angry, why do you laugh when you are sad? 】

"..."

That's right, Dazai.

We're all pretending with the almighty smile.

Edogawa put down his hands randomly, and said softly, "Because you are all too gentle..."

"I saw it, Luanbu."

Yosano Akiko, who finally found the two, looked displeased, "What are you doing to Soujiro?"

"Aha?"

Edogawa Ranpo's child suddenly lost his temper, and now he stretched out both hands to ravage Okita Souji's face.

"Move your hands and feet? Do you need a reason for Ranbu-sama to use your hands and feet!"

Knead if you want!

Okita Souji:? ? ?

Stop kneading!

……

After watching the night view, having dinner, and buying a bunch of snacks and toys for Edogawa Ranpo, today is the end.

Late at night, hotel.

The room that wasn't turned on was dimly lit.

Okita Souji put the cowhide envelope on the table.Inside was a letter of introduction, which was the third request Okita Souji made to Hound in private - to help Ranpo find a job.

The job offered by the hound is also good. It is a small detective team affiliated to the police. It has free working hours and no rules and regulations. It can also give full play to its brainpower advantages.

You can see it when you wake up.

He left a lot of money, and the rent was paid in advance for three months, which was enough to squander.

Okita Souji looked at the other bed, and Edogawa was sleeping peacefully with random steps, and his sleeping face looked childish.

【See you later, Luanpo. 】

Souji Okita muttered silently in his heart, and walked out the door lightly.

He had very little belongings, except two knives and the Order of the Hound.

Yosano Akiko who packed up his things stood at the door, holding Saizo in his arms.

"Sorry for keeping you from sleeping well tonight," Okita Souji said softly, "Let's go."

"It doesn't matter to me..."

She and Yosano Akiko crossed Okita Souji and looked in, but they couldn't see the random steps because of the angle.

"Are you sure you don't tell him?"

"I left a note, he can see it when he wakes up." Okita Souji replied.

During the day, he couldn't get rid of the chaotic steps, so he could only leave in this way.

Yosano Akiko sighed.

"Okay then... huh?"

Behind Souji Okita, the door suddenly opened.

Ranpo Edogawa in pajamas appeared at the door.

"I knew you would use this trick!"

Edogawa Ranpo couldn't tell that Okita Souji wanted to leave him behind.When he saw Akiko Yosano standing with Souji Okita, he immediately became a cat with fur.

"Are you looking down on Lord Ranpo?!"

"Can't my abilities come in handy?"

"Didn't we agree to help each other?!"

Edogawa Ranpo's words are not only accusations, but also the loneliness of losing his parents and support, and the bewilderment of not being able to integrate into the world because he is too smart.

Okita Souji wanted to raise the corners of his lips as usual, coaxing each other like a cat, but found it difficult to do so this time.

Therefore, he just quietly endured the anger of Chaos Po.

After the other party finished, he spoke softly.

"Sorry, messing around."

I can't take you to that dangerous place.

A hand knife slashed the back of Edogawa Ranpo's neck.

Okita Souji stretched out his hand to catch the opponent's fallen body.

No matter how easy Edogawa Ranpo's brain is, his combat power is still 0.

Luanbu carried Edogawa back to the room, closed the quilt and closed the door.The system traversal ability was activated, and Okita Souji and Yosano Akiko disappeared into the void.

……

At dusk, Edogawa Luanbu slowly opened his eyes.

As he regained consciousness, the information from last night gradually came back.He sat on the bed for a while, his eyes fell on the table.

Thick kraft paper bag, you don't need to open it to know what's inside.

But what he wants is not these!

Edogawa stared at the brown paper bag in disorder, then swept it into the trash can.

"Master Luanbu won't listen to your arrangement!"

He pulled out the stool and sat down, taking out a stack of newspapers.

He has to find a job by his own efforts!

"Ah, this won't work. I have to go to work at eight o'clock. How can I use my good sleep time to go to work!"

"It is required to be good-looking, wear a suit, speak well, and be good at pleasing female customers... What is this? Cowherd Café? Don't go!"

"What, it's disgusting that you can't eat when you work here."

All kinds of pick and choose.

"Eh……?"

Suddenly, Edogawa ran out of a different letter and opened it, "Interview notice?"

It is the position of an administrative intern in a certain company.

Come to think of it, he had randomly submitted several job advertisements before.

"The interview time is ten o'clock in the morning...Okay, let's go here!"

After cleaning up, before going out, Edogawa Luanbo hesitated for a moment, then went to the trash can, picked up the kraft paper bag, patted the dust baby, and hugged it in his arms.

"..."

Damn guy, Lord Ranpo will never forgive you.

A reddish-brown brick building stands on a ramp not far from the port.

The silver-haired man walked in.

ten o'clock.

Wearing a crooked tie, Edogawa Ranpo also jumped and ran in.

Time flows.

Suddenly, two figures appeared in the void where no one was around, they were Souji Okita and Akiko Yosano.

They didn't leave, they just relied on the system for stealth.

"Is there no problem?" Yosano Akiko asked, "Maybe there is still room for maneuver when looking for him now."

You are also a little bit reluctant.

Okita Souji shook his head, his attitude was gentle but firm.

"He was an untouched child."

Souji Okita envied Ranpo's innocence.

He who killed people with a knife at the age of nine matured prematurely, lost his innocence, and no longer has the qualifications to act like a baby.

If possible, Okita Souji would also like to take care of Ranpo's innocence, and lead him to slowly accept the world in a way that the other party can accept.

But he doesn't have that time.

"There will be—"

"There will definitely be someone more suitable than me."

Souji Okita pointed forward, "Look."

Turning heads with Akiko Yosano.

Edogawa Ranpo was walking out with the silver-haired man.

"Uncle Uncle—"

"Don't leave me behind! Didn't we meet before? You said you wanted to invite me to dinner, right?"

Edogawa Ranpo's voice is as cheerful as a baby's cry.

"Does it mean that I can eat what I like at the place I like, and I can eat as much as I like!"

The silver-haired man folded his sleeves and walked straight forward, turning a blind eye to Edogawa Ranpo, as if he could tolerate the other party's harassment very well.

If you look carefully, you can see that the corners of his eyes are twitching.

——Fukuzawa Yukichi.

The man Okita Souji once met in the police academy kendo competition.

He could see that the other party was a noble warrior who could be relied on.

It seems that there is no problem with Luanbu.

"Let's go too." Okita Souji smiled at Yosano Akiko.

Return to Taisho.

I don't know if that little bastard Dazai has caused anything...

The scene of jumping off the building was too shocking.

After seeing it with his own eyes, it was hard for Mr. Okita not to care.

The figures of the two disappeared again.

This time he really left.

In the next second, Edogawa looked in that direction with a tacit understanding, with a confused look on his face: "..."

Although he was glad that the other party finally calmed down, Fukuzawa Yukichi was also a little concerned about the boy's sudden abnormality: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

Edogawa looked away in disorder.

"Let's go, Uncle—ah! I want to eat that fried snack!"

"Uncle, how about the tea shop next to it, is it too cheap?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi: "..."

He could hardly control his knife in his hand!

At this time, Fukuzawa Yukichi never thought that his future life would be bound up with the boy in front of him.

This is the beginning of the establishment of the important organization "Armed Detective Agency" in Yokohama in the future.

The author has something to say: Mori who was supposed to pick up Yosano (although he was taken away by the detective agency in the end): Akiko?What about my big Akiko——? !

Sorry Mr. Mori, your Akiko also...

Returning to Taisho's general manager: where is my ball?Where is my Dazai? ? ?

感谢在2020-09-0821:00:00~2020-09-1119:37:29期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: Ninger 1;

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: moxibustion 2;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：宁儿、等候时机、糖槨10瓶；富川一枝花5瓶；夜4瓶；祭丞枉安3瓶；灵曦2瓶；小十一、点墨踏歌1瓶；