Group Pet Career in Yokohama

After a few days of heavy rain, the foot of the winter day gradually tilted over. The red leaves on the roadside were scattered among the red pine trees in twos and threes, and the cold north wind was raging.

Accompanied by a gust of cold wind, Hill shrank her neck and stroked her plaid scarf upwards. She came out quietly. Under Dazai Osamu's planning, no one would be able to notice it, no matter whether it was inside or outside. is still external.

Now Hill's outfit doesn't look like any girl at all. Her beautiful and unique long hair is all bundled up in a dark blue navy hat, overalls, spike boots, a warm woolen coat, and even a silver Glasses with round frames, and a black backpack on the back, which contained some desserts and necessities.

People passing by at this time could only see a delicate and cute little boy with a bookish air, every move and even his demeanor showed that he was a well-educated boy.

Coming to the commercial street where Kazumori Ogai got lost again, Hill was going to go to the bookstore to visit Mr. Natsume who was likely to appear there.

——Guardian of Yokohama City.

Hill once asked Mori Ogai about Natsume Soseki. When he heard the name "Natsume Soseki", he was very surprised, as if he didn't expect his teacher to show up in front of Hill.Even he hadn't seen Natsume-sensei for a long time, and even thought that the teacher was about to retire... It turned out that he was still silently guarding the city.

After listening to Mori Ogai tell some rough stories about Natsume Soseki’s representative deeds, whether in politics, business, or writing books, he constantly and painstakingly rewrites Yokohama’s trajectory from all aspects. Put a language learning child on the right track, or magically rejuvenate a dead old man.

What a great person, even the most indifferent and selfish people will be shocked when they hear this, and then admire them from the bottom of their hearts.

But Hill didn't tell Mori Ogai that his teacher liked to become a three-colored cat to observe Yokohama secretly.That's right, as early as the first time Hill saw Mr. Natsume, he connected him with Sanhuamao and equated him.

She thought it was an interesting secret, and since Mr. Natsume wanted to keep it a secret, there was no need to say anything extra.

In the narrow and secluded alleyway, small whirlwinds wrapped in fine sand in the air rampage, playing hoarse dirges in this closed little world that belongs to them alone.

Sure enough... I'm still not used to the gloomy environment here.

Hill settled down and continued to think about diverting his attention.

Speaking of the three-coloured cat, in fact, the first creature she saw when she opened her eyes was not Dazai Osamu, but a three-coloured cat lying in front of her.

But at that time, her way of thinking and observation was still a blank slate, and she subconsciously believed that the behavior of cats was too simple and full of the wildness of natural evolution, which had no learning value.So she ignorantly let the cat run away in shock from the gunshots from a distance, and didn't care.

And that three-flowered cat now thinks it is Mr. Natsume in disguise. It is not surprising that he, who guards the city everywhere, appears on the battlefield where the two organizations are fighting.

So when I woke up, the pair of glass-like transparent and wise pupils gradually overlapped with Mr. Natsume's golden-brown pupils. No matter whether the pupils are placed on cats or humans, the existence itself is reflected by the unique pupils. Very unique.

She is being spied on by an unknown force now, that huge and sinister force related to her life experience and past, who does not know whether it is good or evil, perhaps Mr. Natsume, who watched the whole process from her appearance to waking up, will know a thing or two.

Even if she doesn't know, I believe Mr. Natsume, who is knowledgeable and experienced in the world, can give her some inspiration.

If it was a few months ago, she would have had fun and ventured to explore what was hidden behind it.But now... this city that Mr. Natsume and Rintaro devoted their whole lives to guard, even if there is only a slight possibility, they don't want it to be destroyed.

"It's just..." Hill stopped and looked around suspiciously.

Oops, this kind of head-scratching architectural design, ugh.

The source of the turmoil in Yokohama is Hong Kong gangsters. It stands to reason that Mr. Natsume should be waiting for him here.

...Probably.

But Hill didn't even see a cat hair.

"rustle--"

From the depths of the deserted alley came the sound of heavy sacks being dragged on the ground, or the stumbling of a lame person.

It's coming again... Hill looked at the fork in the road where the sound came from. This must be a psychological effect. When people are afraid, they will subconsciously lie to themselves. It must be those naughty winds that blow plastic bags or Paper or something.

The slightly tense nerves gradually relaxed under her self-comfort.

"Yo~ hey——!"

"Ah!!" Hill was startled by the sudden strange cry, she hurriedly stepped back a few steps, just stepped on a small stone, staggered and fell to the ground.

"Huh?" The strange boy squinted his already slender eyes, and the bright light of cold emeralds was refracted like a sword, but when he lowered his long eyelashes, everything seemed like an illusion again.

I saw that the young man shrugged his shoulders as if he was relieved, and continued to sit cross-legged and returned to his original place. His hair was trimmed casually, and he was clean and unruly, full of youthful feeling.An old newspaper was placed under him, which he found somewhere. Although it is very old, it can really keep out the dust.

Hill stood up slowly, and patted the dust on his clothes with lingering fear. It turned out that it was a "human", so it was okay.

He was wearing a brown plaid detective costume, and he was wearing leather shoes with heels. Now his heels are constantly flexing on the mossy stone slab, and the sound is accompanied by the howling of the wind, which is very rhythmic. .

...I found the creator of the "sand" that frightened me! No, thinking that the boy suddenly yelled just now, I don't know if it was on purpose, it was two jumps!

The young man supported his hat with one hand, suppressed his disobedient hair that was blown up, his voice was full of vigor, even though he had just played a prank just now, he chatted casually without any guilt: "Oh, the wind is really good today Big! I originally wanted to take a shortcut to the newly opened dessert shop in Ueno Park on the way back to solve the incident, but I got lost in this old and long alley."

"Really, if you want to live in people, it's better to build small grids one by one, row by row, like a square of chocolate, or all made of glass, so you can see the side at a glance... So this annoying alley must be It is the alley of the curse that exists to confuse people's minds! Otherwise, how could it be impossible to get out with Ranpo-sama's clever mind?"

A series of his words were like glass balls that were constantly being shot, and he had a hearty and natural smile on his face, it was not obvious that he was distressed at all.

"Then why did you suddenly make a strange noise?" Hill asked suspiciously, didn't he want to greet her?

"Ah, um, it's cold and boring here, so I didn't eat enough red bean stuffing, and I was even more hungry. I thought that if no one came, I would become an earthbound spirit here, so Just practice scaring people in advance, and gain experience first."

Hill: "..."

Hearing these unreasonable and angry words, Hill grabbed the hem of his clothes and blinked his eyes blankly, the buttocks that fell because of him were still aching.

This is like a rabbit-like way of thinking... What a magical person...

This big brother who calls himself "Master Ranpo" is really as troublesome as he is interesting.The immature and self-willed remarks, the eyes of the eyes are flowing with the most sober and bright brilliance in this world. It seems that the strong sense of youth really looks like he is fourteen or fifteen years old, but his actual age must be older.

Well, for the sake of being so interesting, I forgive you~

"Hey, little girl." As he spoke, he pointed outside as a matter of course, "Can you take me out of here."

Obviously the sentence pattern is an interrogative sentence, but his tone abruptly turned the sentence into an imperative sentence.

"But Brother Ranbu." Not surprisingly, the boy saw his gender at a glance, Hill showed a cute smile, and refused: "I still have things to do."

Although the young man is interesting, she has more important things to do. It is already very risky to come out this time, and she has to go back before Lin Taro finds out.Otherwise... Hill shuddered a little at the thought of the terrible consequences.

——This month’s dessert will turn into bubbles and float away, woo~

"Oh?" Edogawa Ranpo showed a strange expression, bluntly pointing out Hill's current predicament: "But you are also lost, right? What are you going to do?"

Hill blinked in surprise, ah, did you even notice this?

"Well, that's right... what should I do?" Hill frowned in distress.

"Yosai, the president said that you can't just sit idly by people in trouble! Then Ranpo-sama will help you!" Edogawa Ranpo said excitedly, and stood up with a jump.

"...but you are also lost?" Hill tilted his head in doubt.

"It's just a trivial matter. Isn't there a saying called holding each other hostage?"

Hostage... hostage?Hostage who? ?Hill stared in surprise.

"No, it's mutual support! Well, solidarity and mutual assistance? Mutual assistance?" He waved his hands boringly, "Well, it doesn't matter, anyway, I'm not interested in everything here, not in such crude traces of crimes, in the I am not interested in the dead bodies under my feet, this kind of thing is boring to pass the time."

"Go, go." He urged impatiently.

It happened that a gust of cold wind blew in from the alley, like the last breath of decay from a dying person.

Hill blinked again blankly, his whole body went numb, and then his back turned cold, did she hear something terrible just now? !

The corpses under his feet... Hill looked at the moss-covered stone slabs under his feet.

So it's an excuse, right?You can't sit idly by people in trouble, and you can turn a blind eye to dead bodies and murders because you are not interested.

...Then why is he waiting here for him?

Hill was a little puzzled.