In the spring of March in Japan, it gets dark around [-]:[-].

At seven o'clock, the night has already fallen.

It's different from Osamu Dazai who met Ryunosuke Akutagawa by chance and went to eat with a sly face.

The conscientious Oda Sakunosuke honestly followed the information provided by the military and searched along the road. Even if his temporary partner Dazai got into the water and ran away, he just froze and shouted from a distance: "Come back early", and then continued to work up.

But as Osamu Dazai said: The testimony given by the eyewitnesses was too vague. In addition, the tiger appeared irregularly, when it appeared and when it disappeared. There was no information at all, just like running out of thin air. Come out the same.

It will be really difficult to get started for a while.

"If it's a tiger...how did it hide in the city with such a big body?"

Bought a piece of bread for dinner, Oda Sakunosuke sat on the stairs by the side of the street, staring at the starry sky and the brilliant lights of the city, swallowed the bread calmly, and then fell into deep thought.

Oda Sakunosuke is not as good at using brains as Dazai Osamu. Although he is already very good as a detective, he is far from as fast as Dazai Osamu.

……

I saw the boy at seven o'clock in the evening.

Oda Sakunosuke was going to take a break to end the day's tasks, and met on the way home.

——A boy with silver hair, wearing a set of off-white clothes, walking aimlessly on the street, looking a little hesitant.

As mentioned earlier, although Oda Sakunosuke is not as good as Osamu Dazai, he is still a very good detective for ordinary people.

Obtaining information from detailed analysis is like an instinctive behavior for people in their line of work.

The teenager... was homeless.

He looks hesitant, although he is moving forward, but there is no shadow of the destination in his eyes, it is more like the body is instinctively obeying the mechanical memory, and keeps moving forward, and the hand is still covering the stomach... Are you hungry?Homeless boy?But it doesn't seem to be coming out of the slum.

Oda Sakunosuke stopped in his tracks.

And the direction he was heading...was getting farther and farther away from the crowd. By the way, there was an abandoned warehouse in that direction. Do you want to spend the night there?

"...No, that kid."

Oda Sakunosuke looked at the boy's back as he walked further and further away, and it took him a long time to realize it. He let out an ah, and murmured worriedly, "According to the statistics of the military, tigers are acting near here." Ah, moreover, the time when tigers appear is basically at night."

"Too dangerous."

Saying this, Oda Sakunosuke stopped walking home.

Immediately afterwards, without any hesitation, this gentle and kind man immediately took a step forward and chased after the boy in the direction he left.

……

Six fifty.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was wearing a gray trench coat, with a scarf wrapped around his neck, and went out with Osamu Dazai.

That boy was Tiger, after Akutagawa recounted the words of the boy named Atsushi Nakajima, Osamu Dazai understood at that moment.

The "man-eating tiger" spread in Yokohama is not a real tiger, but a person with supernatural powers in the shape of a tiger.

This is also a matter of course, such a big white tiger cannot be easily hidden in the city, unless it is raised by someone and locked up at a fixed time - but if this is the case, the clues cannot be so few, raising tigers requires Buying a lot of meat, the roar of the tiger, the path that must be taken to release and recover the tiger... the places where tigers appear and disappear will not be so clean.

However, if it is said that [tiger] is actually a manifestation of supernatural powers, then all this makes sense.

That boy was most likely a person with supernatural powers that he didn't even realize.

It is not difficult to solve.

Osamu Dazai thought: Since Mr. Akutagawa said that the boy was an ordinary person with no training and no offensive power except supernatural powers, then this must be true. Mr. Akutagawa could not possibly be wrong with such a basic judgment.But in the face of such an unarmed young man who can only protect himself with supernatural powers, Dazai Osamu can actually subdue him alone.

For Osamu Dazai who possesses [Disqualification in the World], supernatural powers are useless in most cases.

Osamu Dazai, who was born in the mafia, said that his physical skills can only be ranked at the middle level in the mafia, but it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people who have not been trained.

He could have gone by himself.

However, this man pretends to be weak and is very capable. On the grounds that Oda Saku who can fight is not by his side and there is no way to guarantee his safety, he just pesters Akutagawa Ryunosuke and goes out together.

"Come with me, Akutagawa-sensei! If I am alone, I will definitely die if I encounter any accidents. I am super weak and have no attack power!"

Throwing the option of contacting Oda Tsukuru to the back of his mind, and ignoring the advantage of his ability [Disqualification in the World], Dazai, who opened his eyes and told nonsense, stretched his voice pitifully.

"...Aren't you chasing death?"

"No, no, no! My principle is to die easily and without pain, without causing trouble to anyone. The point is to die easily and without pain. Moreover, I haven't won the Akutagawa Award yet, so I don't want to die now, so , Akutagawa-sensei, come with me, please don’t treat me like I’m dying—”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who had to face Osamu Dazai's stern and coquettish face twice in three days: ... a child?

Osamu Dazai succeeded again, he happily went out with Akutagawa-sensei under the murderous eyes of his brothers and sisters in the Akutagawa family.

——This is a two-person world, whoever misses it is a fool.

In short.

Akutagawa and the silver-haired boy had been separated for more than an hour. Of course, the other party could not be still in the original position.

But... It's not difficult to find the boy's trajectory.

The other party has no money on him, and he is an innocent person who can't even rob. Naturally, it is impossible to take transportation, so the maximum range of movement is only a little over an hour's walking distance. The walking speed of a person is about five kilometers per hour, plus The boy was in a tired and hungry body state, and his moving speed would be a little slower. Therefore, the largest search range was the place where Mr. Akutagawa last saw the boy as the starting point, with a radius of five kilometers.

But now it's dark, people's energy will be consumed faster at night, and there is nowhere to go, and they think they are infested by [tiger], so they can say [When I get rid of the tiger, I won't cause trouble to others] Afterwards] A boy who said such things would naturally not go to a place with a lot of people.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa witnessed the direction the boy left.

Connect all the clues, call up the map of this area, and then conduct screening.

When Oda Sakunosuke called Dazai Osamu, Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Dazai happened to check the neighborhood.

[Dazai, I found Tiger. ]

The red-brown-haired man on the other end of the phone seemed to be running around, with the sound of wind, the sound of panting while running, and the low growl of a tiger.

[But... the situation is a little different, I can't attack it, it's not an ordinary tiger, but a young--]

"I know, it's a silver-haired boy, right?"

Osamu Dazai said "Oh", holding the phone in surprise, and turned on the speakerphone: "This is really... I thought that I would be one step faster when I got the clue by accident, but in the end, I am not as lucky as Odasaku Is it worth it?"

[... you already know? ]

"Well, Mr. Akutagawa and I are searching, ah... I seem to have heard the voice of a tiger."

[I led him to the side of the river, Dazai, I need your ability to restore this child to its original state, hiss—]

"Odasaku?"

[It's okay, it was just accidentally scratched, but please hurry up, this child's ability has gone berserk, and his attack power is very strong, if this continues, the damage to the surrounding public facilities will become greater and greater, will it It’s easy to explain... My position here is——]

Oda Sakunosuke quickly reported the location and landmarks, and then dropped his cell phone. Holding a gun, he quickly avoided the white tiger's attack by relying on his predictive ability [Seamless Clothes].

The strength and speed are astonishing, and the resilience is also very strong. The bullet that hit Baihu's leg due to the huge pressure of Oda Sakunosuke was almost discharged within a few seconds, and healed slowly.

However, in the final analysis, the consciousness of the main body was deprived, and the white tiger in front of him completely relied on the instinct of the beast to attack.

Just relying on the instinct of a beast to kill Oda Sakunosuke is still far from it.

It's just because of Oda Sakunosuke's reluctance to get rid of it, which caused the current situation of stagnation.

"Let's go."

Akutagawa became a little serious. He regarded his friend Sakunosuke Oda as fighting nearby, so naturally he couldn't leave it alone if he could.

Compared with Oda Sakunosuke, who was still tied up because of the white tiger's body, Akutagawa Ryunosuke who rushed to the scene was much more straightforward.

A few strands of cloth blades were separated, and they flew to Odasaku to deploy a defensive space barrier. The remaining strands of cloth blades pierced through Tiger's body and were firmly fixed to the ground.

"Hey, hello! Akutagawa—" Oda Saku widened his eyes slightly, and turned to look at the visitor.

"Relax, I won't die."

50 meters away, Akutagawa Ryunosuke covered his mouth and nose, and walked over with a low cough. He looked at the struggling white tiger with a calm expression, and when the opponent was about to struggle out, he frowned and added a few more cloth blades , nailed it back to the ground again, and then focused on Oda Sakunosuke:

"I have avoided the vitals, and nothing will happen to the beast that loses its mind except pain."

"Even so, Akutagawa, that's just a boy." Odasaku sighed, "Be a little more merciful."

"An idiot who can't even control his supernatural powers will never improve without a lesson."

Akutagawa snorted coldly, disapproving.

When Dazai Osamu came over, Akutagawa controlled Rashomon to pull out the cloth blade.

After finally struggling to get out, the white tiger whose wound was gradually healing let out a furious roar, and rushed towards this side without saying a word.

"Excellent explosive power, presumably the head of a human being can be easily broken... It is indeed a beast designated as a disaster in the area."

The black-haired, kite-eyed man's smile remained unchanged. He looked at the ground that the white tiger had stepped on, and praised from the bottom of his heart.

Then, he slowly raised his hand, stretching out his slender fingers wrapped in bandages.

"Extraordinary ability, disqualification in the world."

The collision between the supernatural powers set off a storm, and the focal point burst out with dazzling brilliance. The white tiger whose supernatural powers were forcibly eliminated almost instantly lost the appearance of a beast and turned into a silver-haired boy.

The silver-haired boy—Atsushi Nakajima stumbled to the ground, and fell forward unconsciously, just in time to fall into Dazai Osamu's arms.

"...I'm not interested in hugging a man."

Dazai blinked, and threw the boy in his arms out without mercy, making him face the ground cruelly.

"But Akutagawa-sensei's words are another matter. If the teacher is willing to commit suicide with me, that would be great!"

The black-haired, kite-eyed man turned to Akutagawa and added.

Akutagawa didn't respond to him.

"Tiger's true face has been found, but what should we do next?"

Oda Sakunosuke tucked the gun back into his waist, walked over with some distress, and looked at the boy on the ground, "This kid doesn't have any self-awareness. Before he transformed, I chatted with him for a while. He's just a homeless boy." It’s just ordinary people who can return.”

"Yes...how can I do it?"

Osamu Dazai tilted his head and looked at him.

At this time, Atsushi Nakajima, who had fallen to the ground and recovered from the state of being out of power, slowly regained consciousness.

He propped up his body in confusion, sat up from the ground, his unique purple-gold eyes blinked,

"Eh? I'm...?"

"Ah, Lord Dun."

Dazai greeted with a brisk tone, and he bent his eyebrows to attract the silver-haired boy's attention.

"You are……?"

Atsushi Nakajima asked dully, his eyes moved away from Dazai Osamu, and then fell on Oda Sakunosuke, "You are the kind gentleman who invited me to eat bread just now, and..."

He looked at the black-haired and black-eyed young man standing at the back, and slightly opened his eyes wide: "Ah, you are the kind-hearted person this afternoon!"

The not-so-kind "good-hearted man" Akutagawa Ryunosuke gave Atsushi a cold look, and then looked away in disgust.

"Hey, Atsu-kun, let me tell you, don't you have any memories of the transformation?" Dazai put his hands in his pockets and asked.

Dun: "Transforming? What are you talking about? Speaking of which, who are you?" Why do people who are familiar with you just call you by name!

"Here, your right hand still maintains the power." Dazai shrugged, pointing to the boy's right hand indifferently.

"Right hand?"

Dun raised his right hand, and the furry and sharp claws of the white tiger replaced human limbs.

Dun: "...?"

Dun: "...!!"

Dun was shocked: "Ahhhhhhhhhhh what is this---!!!"

The terrified face is definitely not fake.

The silver-haired boy showed fear all over his body.

This also made Akutagawa Ryunosuke even more unbearable.

"...What the hell are you doing! You idiot!!"

The dark-haired, black-eyed young man frowned, with unpleasant irritation on his face: "Having power but not using it, but still fearing its existence, really makes people laugh!"

Atsushi Nakajima froze in shock, he stammered and repeated: "Ability...?"

"That white tiger is yourself, haven't you reacted yet!?"

"That is obviously the embodiment of your soul, but you can't even detect your own supernatural powers. Hmph, you are really lucky to have grown up smoothly at the bottom of society, no—"

The pale and sickly Akutagawa Ryunosuke put his hands in his pockets, the hem of his wide long windbreaker was blown and fluttered by the night wind, and a gray and red-eyed cat appeared on his shoulder.

——Because the cloth is gray, the transformed Rashomon cat is also gray,

Inside the Rashomon cat's slowly opening mouth was a cloudy dark red space, and its jagged teeth revealed its abnormal nature.

"You can maintain such naive ideas and principles and have not died, thanks to your supernatural ability to protect you."

——Just like Rashomon who tried his best to protect himself when he was a child.

Akutagawa looked down at the silver-haired boy who had fallen to the ground.

"But you regard your own ability as one body as misfortune, as if you have denied yourself, turning a blind eye to the precious existence you have."

Seeing Rashomon as one of his most important family members, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's dark eyes became colder and duller.

He gave the juvenile in front of him a sentence:

"You cowardly and stupid bastard who can't see everything...!"

The author has something to say: Atsushi: I was hated by the kind-hearted Mr. Akutagawa...!

Dun: (Autism.jpg)

If Dun and Jie can have a good chat, their compatibility is actually pretty good (whether they have experienced similar three times, or they have been pressed by the government twice in essence, they should have something in common), but currently there is no chat Opportunity (After getting to know each other in the future, Jiejie's attitude towards Dun will be better.)

The beloved Rashomon leaned on the little master's shoulder affectionately, and sneered mercilessly at Moonbeast.

The feared Moonbeast expressed that he was not jealous at all, but he decided to keep a small notebook, and then take revenge when the fog incident occurred.jpg

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