After I retired, I became a Butei clerk

When returning the little girl to her family, Eri Shiratori and Osamu Dazai are questioned by the family.

This is something that can’t be helped. Anyone who finds their sleeping child suddenly brought back by a stranger will feel panic and doubts. Fortunately, Dazai-senpai comforted them with his status as a member of the Armed Detective Agency.

During the conversation between Dazai Osamu and the family, Shiratori Eri stood on the right side of Dazai Osamu, silently observing them while thinking about things, seeing their joy and fear for their lost daughter, she secretly glanced at them several times Later, I went back with Osamu Dazai.

"Eri-chan, are you envious of that family?"

In the middle, Osamu Dazai suddenly brought up this topic, but when Shiratori Eri looked at him, he did not meet her eyes, but looked around, not looking for something, but looking for something. It's the same as aimlessly drifting eyes.

Because it was too strenuous to look up at him, Shiratori Eri saw that Dazai Osamu didn't seem to intend to let her see the emotion in his eyes, so she put her mind on walking again, and then hummed lightly.

"Anyway, I am a little envious of children who can be cared for and loved by their parents. Probably because when my parents left me, I just entered junior high school. After living alone for so many years, I can't remember exactly what they look like It looks like that. But I still remember, they really still love me."

"So when I see other families occasionally, I sometimes think, if my parents were still there, would I grow up like them, studying, studying, working and so on, it would be a little unrealistic It's just a delusion."

"However, I also know that compared to many orphans and even homeless people who can only be thrown into orphanages to grow up, I am very lucky to have loved ones who love me, and to grow up without worrying about food and drink. Now, there won’t be many such emotions. People always have to look forward, don’t they?”

After saying this, Shiratori Eri didn't hear Osamu Dazai's answer, and was about to look up to see what he was doing, when she felt a hand with well-articulated bones and slender fingers resting on her head, gently rubbing her hair few times.

This seems to be the first time Dazai-senpai has done this, it feels so strange.

Because she wasn't quite used to it, Shiratori Eri couldn't help shrinking her whole body, and her eyes narrowed slightly, like a cat that was suddenly frightened, her fur all over her body was slightly blown up.

However, she was really petite in Dazai Osamu's eyes. Compared with Nakahara Chuya, whom he called a black dwarf, Shiratori Eri was a little shorter in height, and he didn't look at her seriously. , so he didn't see Shiratori Eri's expression, but just rua a few more times according to his own heart.

It's quite easy to touch, no wonder so many people went to Eri-chan every day, Dazai Osamu thought absently, and then felt that his hands were empty, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Shiratori Eri looking at him with wonder in his eyes, and then his face There was no expression on his face but he quickly moved away from him.

This made him dumbfounded, "Eri-chan."

"Senior, tell me."

Shiratori Eri asked him with a little vigilance, still keeping a distance that Dazai Osamu would not touch his head easily, which made Dazai Osamu helpless, and said innocently that he would not do that, "I'm sorry, Eri-chan , I just did it too smoothly, after all, Eri-chan is only a little bit in my eyes."

He used his fingers to measure the gap of a few centimeters, proving that it was because Shiratori Eri was too small in his eyes that he made him do that accidentally, but Shiratori Eri gave a faint "oh" and avoided the topic.

"Well, forget it."

When it came to the end, Osamu Dazai also gave up dispelling Shiratori Eri's vigilance and let her get closer to him, but he spread his hands helplessly. After all, he also knew that she was not used to having too close a distance with people in her heart.

How could he describe how he felt about her?

When Shiratori Eri walked a little far ahead of Dazai Osamu, Dazai Osamu quietly looked at her back and thought.

Sometimes he observes Shiratori Eri for a long time, and he always has the illusion that she is watching the world from a high place. She seems to be dealing with the world, but in fact, she doesn't particularly care about any things and people who come into contact with her, and she can leave at any time. go.

Although it seems that she cares about herself very much, and even responds to her requests, Osamu Dazai feels that he is not remembered by Shiratori Eri because of things like feelings and bonds, but because he keeps appearing in front of her. request, so she responded to herself.

But no matter how much she does, it can't be worth a thing like faith in her heart, which is also the starting point of her actions that he has always been unable to see through.

After exchanging information about the book with Dostoyevsky and listening to Edogawa Ranpo's analysis, the vague premonition in his heart became clearer, and perhaps he would be able to confirm his conjecture in the near future. Is the sauce itself related to the book or to the gods.

Under the special case of Nakahara Chuya, Osamu Dazai couldn't help but speculate a little about the relationship between Shiratori Eri and the gods, but because there were still a few key points that he hadn't figured out, he kept his guesses in his heart.

But for now, it's better to deal with the troubles that are coming soon.

He slowly followed behind Shiratori Eri, watching Shiratori Eri's long blue hair fluttering as she walked, its color constantly changing under the light, and there was even a feeling of disappearing and appearing.

This made his iris-colored eyes darken quietly, and the aura on Erika's body became weaker and weaker. Even if he was walking in front of him, he could feel that she could stay in place the next second when people looked away. Disappeared, never to be found again.

This feeling is really disgusting.

Shiratori Eri, who went to work the next day, received the eager attention of all the members, and a few people even said with tears in their eyes that they were really scared. After all, at first they thought they could find their cat in half an hour. Who knew Once lost, it was lost for a week.

After Eri Shiratori thanked everyone for their condolences, she let out an unobtrusive sigh of relief.I didn’t experience such a great pressure when I was working in political affairs before. Because of the high position, everyone reported to her as a subordinate in the later stage. In addition to the tight time, everyone came and left in a hurry. It really didn’t happen. This is a situation where everyone rushes up at once.

It can be regarded as adding life experience to herself, and she feels that she can handle it well.

Kunikida Doppo called over Shiratori Eri, who had been unloaded, to ask, with a serious expression on his face, "Miss Shiratori, did you see Dazai?"?

Eri Shiratori realized that she had to leave first because she had something to do, and Osamu Dazai, who couldn't go to work with her, hadn't come to the detective agency yet. She shook her head, "Senior Dazai said today that he had to leave beforehand, so I didn't see he."

"Well, I probably know where he is, please."

After saying this, Kunikida Doppo called over to Atsushi Nakajima, told him a position, then frowned and said to him, "This matter is very important, you must persuade him not to let him be absent."

"understood."

Nakajima, who was entrusted with the important task, showed an expression of my life, and cold sweat was about to break out on his forehead. He felt that the search for someone this time might fail before the appointment even started.

If Mr. Dazai wants to skip work, how can he stop him?

So senior Dazai didn't want to go to work today? It didn't look like that. When she saw him leave to say goodbye to her in the morning, the emotion in her eyes was very gentle and full of nostalgia, as if she was going to see a friend she hadn't seen for a long time.

Did I feel that something was wrong? When I came back to deal with the work, Shiratori Eri was distracted for a while, and finally buried my thoughts in my heart. Let's wait for Nakajima-kun's reply when he comes back.

As a result, Atsushi Nakajima entered the meeting room with all the main members of the detective agency to discuss work after he came back. In the end, everyone separated and went to different places, but in the end Shiratori did not see Osamu Dazai.

It seems that his judgment was wrong.

With such thoughts in mind, Eri Shiratori waited until late at night when she returned home, the meals prepared for Osamu Dazai were completely cold, and she did not see him come back.In the end, she called Osamu Dazai suspiciously, and the mechanical electronic female voice showed that the other party's mobile phone was shutting down.

Now Shiratori Eri started to worry a little, what happened to make Dazai-senpai turn off his phone.She called Atsushi Nakajima to inquire, and when he received the call, the little tiger replied in a panic that Mr. Dazai had gone to skip work, and she still faintly heard the voice of the little girl Izumi Kyoka on the phone, and she sighed in her heart, look When she wasn't paying attention, Mr. Nakajima lived very close to his future girlfriend.

They have a really good relationship.

Putting down her phone, Shiratori Eri cleaned up the dishes, washed up casually, and prepared to rest. Anyway, Dazai-senpai also has the key to her house, so don't worry about being unable to come in after midnight.

But where did Senior Dazai go?

She fell asleep with doubts, and was awakened by a strange feeling not long after. She took out the dagger under the pillow to take precautions. When Shiratori Eri turned on the light, she heard the sound of heavy objects colliding outside the house.

She opened the curtains and found that there was an unusually thick fog outside at some point. The white fog slowly surrounded everything. The houses, trees, humans, and vehicles that were visible to the naked eye were covered by it, but once humans were touched by the fog, , and gradually disappeared. The loud noise Shiratori Eri heard just now was the sound of a vehicle that lost control and hit a tree.

How is this going?

Sensing something was wrong, she changed into clothes that were easy to move, put the short knife in the sleeve, and could slide out to counter any attack at any time, and then went out with the light on.

The mist also quietly filled around her, and Shiratori found that the moment it touched her, it disappeared as if it was directly evaporated. This unusual phenomenon made Shiratori notice immediately, and then frowned. Raise your eyebrows, is it the supernatural ability of the supernatural being again?

With her spiritual power running, she directly jumped up and used objects to jump all the way to the tallest buildings around. When her vision was high enough, the sensitivity endowed by her spiritual power allowed her to see everything around her clearly in this environment, which was visible to the naked eye. The place is filled with mist, and there is no trace of human beings anywhere. Only the things before the disappearance can prove that there were human beings here not long ago.

Most of Yokohama was surrounded, and it seemed that this was the first time she had seen such a large area of ​​supernatural power.

And it will make human beings disappear. What is the purpose of this supernatural ability?

Eri Shiratori looked around, trying to find the source of the mist. Regardless of the effect of the ability, as long as he found the person who released the ability and interrupted the ability, it would probably be all right.

Seeing that it has no resistance to one's own spiritual power, it seems that it is also a supernatural ability that can be restrained by one's own spiritual power. In other words, the supernatural power is absolutely unfriendly, so it is best to solve it as soon as possible.

Shiratori Eri looked at the vehicles that were collided and damaged from time to time, and there were still a few flames ignited, her face gradually became expressionless, her eyes were extremely cold.

The stability of this world is bought with the lives and sacrifices of countless god judges. As a result, there are always people who insist on doing some heinous things such as murder and arson in front of her when they are protected by others in the future. What kind of idiot is it to attack ordinary people who have no resistance.

I hope that person doesn't have time to do evil things, otherwise, she will definitely make him regret doing this in front of her!