COSER, I became the leader of despair

Gojo Rin was frightened, and this strange man who she regarded as a burning sun and suddenly appeared rescued her from the painful killer of the curse spirit.Dying lives are saved, and broken ribs are still a reminder of Rin's dire personal circumstances.

Although Gojo Rin has a bad attitude and a bad mouth, she is a grateful person.Just like when she met the teacher who taught her "don't be cheap".

Rin is grateful.

"Who are you?" For those who saved her, she will gradually use the honorific title "you".

But a man is an indifferent person.Even though Rin was hoping for an answer, that man... no, no, that wasn't a man at all, it was just a boy around Rin's age.The opponent's body looked well-proportioned, and the hand holding the knife was tightly muscled.

The figure of the swordsman looks very thin, but the flesh protruding from the cuffs is extremely solid.He must be a very good swordsman.

Although Gojo Rin asked, but the man didn't mean to answer at all.He still held the sharp sword in his hand, the red blade.But after killing the evil spirit, the red color of the blade gradually dissipated.In the end, only the ominous black like black iron is left.

He is a strong man.Gojo Rin thought.But as a conjurer, she naturally noticed something was wrong with the man in front of her.

He... doesn't seem human.Rin thought.

There was a strange feeling in her heart. The ability belonging to a conjurer made her judge that the man in front of her was not a conjurer, but he was not an ordinary human being either.It was a feeling like a curse...

Who is here to save her?

Rin really wanted to ask this, but instead she asked, "Are you a friend of Master Xia You?"

Master Xia You's full name is Xia Youjie, and he is one of the four curse masters.run a religion.

The boy covered in red didn't speak, his red eyes, which were somewhat hollow and unreal, stared at the sky.

Rin followed the other person's eyes and looked towards the sky, but there was only the "tent" she had set up to make the curse spirit appear-a pitch-black sky.

When Rin looked back, the figure of the boy had disappeared.

It came so suddenly, it disappeared so suddenly...

Shimiko heard the vague conversation, and she realized that Rin seemed to be saved by someone.As Mr. Physician did to himself at the time.

Xijianzi asked, are you okay?

Her voice was transmitted to Rin's side far away in Tokyo through radio waves.

Rin couldn't speak.

After the joy of being saved briefly disappeared, the damage caused to her by the second-level curse spirit officially fell on her.No matter where it hurts, it hurts so badly that I can't understand it.The heart in her chest seemed to be jumping out of her body, and her broken ribs pressed against her flesh, which made Rin almost unable to breathe.

The male voice on the other end of the phone paused again and again, and Gojo Rin realized that the caller was a man he had met.

That man's name is... what?

森？

Rin Gojo couldn't remember.But at this time, the nature of a crying little girl in her heart was exposed again.She bit her lip and whimpered.But she still pretended to be calm, "It's okay...it's okay."

She didn't even say that she was saved by strangers... strange things.

Xi Jianzi leaned against the phone, a red mark appeared on his face.

"Hmm...that's great."

She didn't ask if someone saved her, or Rin what happened.If others are unwilling to take the initiative to tell her, Xi Jianzi will never ask.

privacy.secret.

personal choice.

Gojo Rin's face became extremely hideous because of the pain, and she asked in a soft tone as much as possible: "What do you want from me?"

She had forgotten her fierce, rude and uneducated appearance before.In fact, Rin still knew, but as long as she recalled that appearance, she would be so embarrassed that her toes were on the ground.

So embarrassing, so shameful.

Xi Jianzi who was asked felt a little hypocritical.

It turns out that she is also a hypocritical person.

It's just that I can't find it usually.

"I just wanted to talk to you. You don't look very convenient, so I'll hang up."

Gojo Rin didn't expect this to happen.

It's been a long time since anyone called just to chat with her.She is really alone.

After meeting this man last time, she had been waiting for him to call her, but the man was delayed.Mimiko and Nanako said that all the men in the world except Mrs. Xia You are liars, and they couldn't believe it.Rin was very disappointed at the time, and coupled with her boyfriend Iwa's actions towards her at that time, she gradually believed what Nanako and Mimiko said.

They had, after all, witnessed a great deal of malice.

For this reason, Gojo Rin was a little excited, but her rather serious wound that could not heal itself like a moon beast really tortured her from body to mind.She was leaning against a heavy signboard, bleeding from her body.

"Well. Let's talk next time..." She hung up the phone decisively.

Gojo Rin started to call Mimiko, but she didn't dare to call for first aid, so she had to pin everything on her "family".Fortunately, although the family members are not related by blood, they are curse masters with the same goal and united under Xia You.Nanako was very surprised that there was a second-level curse spirit that was not within the scope of observation (probably an omission), and she did not find any traces of Rin's "tent" being destroyed by other people.

"Then how did that man get in?"

Unless someone covered Wujo Rin's tent with another layer of tent, and then put in the humanoid curse spirit.

"I'm not sure if he's a curse spirit...the other party feels very similar to me." Gojo Rin frowned.

Nanako and Mimiko looked at each other.

"Let's go back."

"Go back first."

The elder sister and younger sister said almost in unison.

"Master Xia You definitely has a solution."

"Lord Xia You will definitely know the reason."

Tokyo, the outskirts of the mountains, a cemetery.

Gojo Satoru entrusted someone to place a cemetery here before.He originally thought that this land would be used to bury himself in the future, but he did not expect that a young man would leave this world one step ahead of schedule.

He looked at the slender wooden box in his hand.Just a wooden box of this size stores a person's life, the ashes of all the memories of a person's life.

Gojo Satoru put the long and narrow wooden box into the cemetery.

The young man's name is written on the tombstone.

White chrysanthemums and pastries.

"I hope you can be a healthy child in your next life." Wujo Satoru bowed to the fresh grave.He had heard that the child Ji Guoyuanyi was born with poor health, and even the doctor had repeatedly asserted that he would not be able to live to adulthood.

What a sad and irrevocable story this is.

Gojo Satoru thought of those children who were killed by curses and curse masters.

Is their fate also a part of "irreversible"?

If it is reversible, then why do they still die?

Yuanyi.

Life is short.

Goodbye.

Gojo Satoru left.

After Wujo Satoru left, another person came.It's not right to say it's human, because the human part of this guy died once a few months ago.As the years began to grow, the human part of him died again and again.By now, there is very little that can be called human in him.

Maybe it used to be a kettle full of water, but now it has become a hollow and broken kettle.

This boy, this ghost.

The black-haired and purple-eyed man stood in front of the tombstone, confused and terrified.

Yan Sheng—he seems to remember his name, standing in front of this new tomb like a big clumsy goose.He didn't know why he came and wanted to leave, but his feet stuck to the ground like glue.

Yuanyi.

Following the country's edge one.

continue.country.edge.one.

Yan Sheng no longer remembered why he cared so much about this "Yuan Yi", he obviously didn't know the other party, and he didn't even remember who the other party was.For such a person who has no sense of existence, it is the right way to forget early.But Yan Sheng has to remind himself that there is such a person every day.

It's like, if he doesn't remember, no one in this world will remember Yuanyi anymore.

"Ji Guo Yuan Yi" will disappear from the world.

……

After a person becomes a ghost, the memory will gradually dissipate.In the past, many people carried strong thoughts, wanting to do things that they could not do when they were humans after becoming ghosts.However, although becoming a ghost will have a long life and powerful abilities, it will also lose something when gaining these.For example, the feelings of being a human, and the memory of being a human.

Ghosts always forget, remember a lot, and forget a lot of people.

Yan Sheng is one of them.His memory was slowly, slowly fading from his brain.

Tong Mo had this idea before.

The elder brother who wanted to save his weak younger brother and chose to turn into a ghost, drank ghost blood but forgot his brother and his original wish and mission. What a sad but touching thing.

Tong Mo, who was far away in Yokohama, felt a slight shock.

He shed tears quite naturally.

The blond man sitting across from him and the black-haired man exchanged glances.

really weird.

Kunikida Doppo's pen has not moved until now, because the client who burst into tears first looked at all the people in the company with kind eyes like a grandfather, and greeted everyone who didn't know him very familiarly. Kunikida Doppo greeted him, and he sat here.

This young man was named Tong Mo, and he came here specially to entrust it.

"Then what is the entrusted task?" Kunikida asked as usual.Although this client looks weird, the other party has not done anything harmful to the detective agency.

Tentatively tolerable.

"Please help me find a girl named Xiao Xing?"

"So is there any appearance to offer?"

Tong Mo thought for a while (to tell you the truth, his thoughtful appearance made people suspect that he was not thinking at all), and then said: "She is a very cute girl, with long black hair and green eyes. Fifteen At the age of six, her parents married her to a man from another village, and her in-laws hoped that she would give birth to several fat boys." Tong Mo wantonly made up Xiao Xing's story, as if this story really happened in "Xiao Xing "It's on this girl.But Tong Mo thought, it's pretty much the same.Everyone's story is similar.Basically, it is the family members, the husband’s family, and for men, it may be elder brother, younger brother, husband, and son.

Tong Mo almost racked his brains to think.While most of the stories were mediocre, he had to find some sparkle.Otherwise, such a story will only be cast aside.He also wants to be popular with everyone.

"Xiao Xing is a brave girl. In order to get rid of the future like a livestock, she ran away from home on a snowy night, and then came to my temple to ask me for help."

He felt that this story was a bit like Qin Ye... Hey, it wasn't like that either.

Tong Mo paused.The purpose of his doing this is to get people to ask him some questions.

Any question is fine.

Kunikida understood his thoughts.

Kunikida followed his words and asked.

"temple?"

These two words were obviously just uttered, but Tong Mo took them very naturally.

"Yes, a temple has been opened in my family." Those rare seven-color pupils looked extremely beautiful and strange, "My parents also established a religion called Wanshi Bliss Sect."

Kunikida's pen paused.

Tong Mo introduced himself to the scene (and everyone else except Kunikida and Dazai) about the religion established by his parents——Tianshi Bliss Sect.

Kunikida Doppo thinks that this should not be a serious religion.Before.

So familiar.

Tong Mo continued to say: "The teaching of the Eternal Bliss Sect is to free everyone from suffering." He might have really regarded himself as the God of Bliss on the spot. There is always endless compassion in the colorful eyes.

Dazai thought, there is no more hypocritical existence in the world than the man in front of him.

The more he gets along with each other, the stronger his thoughts will be.

When Tong Mo moved himself like that, Kunikida felt more and more wrong.He felt a familiar feeling in the man in front of him. Although they had never met face to face, he seemed to have seen something about each other somewhere.

what is it then?

... photos?

Kunikida was startled, only to find out where the previous sense of familiarity came from.Before, not too long ago, probably only a few months ago, they had accepted a commission for a disappearance case.The client's name is Shiratori Kiriko, a female high school student.The purpose of the other party's entrustment is to ask them to find her missing sister, Sakurako Shiratori.

And in that incident, one of the masterminds who caused the disappearance was... Kobayata Tongmo.

Kobayata Tongmo has rare short white oak hair and rare seven-color eyes. He participated in a club called "Bliss Teaching Research Club" at school, and his parents established the Bliss Teaching based on the cult of the past. .

Kunikida made an excuse and left for a while.While pouring tea, he looked through the case files left over from that incident.

He discovered that Kobayata Tongmo looked exactly like Tongmo.

Except for the age, it is exactly the same as the posture on that file.

why?

Tong Mo is still enthusiastically promoting the teachings to the man who is likely to be able to join the Bliss Cult—— Dazai Osamu.

"Sounds really good." Unexpectedly, Osamu Dazai seemed to be really thinking about it.However, if he saw Tsurumi-sensei's "Complete Suicide Manual" in the other party's hand, the credibility of this statement might increase.Tong Mo didn't really care.

Kunikida trembled when he heard Osamu Dazai say it was really good.What and what, how can you say such promises casually.

"I absolutely disagree." These were Kunikida's stern words.

Why do you have such strange thoughts every day when you are young?But at the same time, Kunikida was suffocated by another strange thought. He couldn't understand why Kohayata appeared here, and he looked older than before.In the police records, Kobayata Tongmo has been classified as a "missing person".

After drinking tea, Tong Mo reluctantly left.In fact, they were kicked out.The great detective Edogawa throws a tantrum in his office, causing everything to go haywire.After finally calming down the chaos, Kunikida was free to talk to Osamu Dazai about that incident.

"That one?" Dazai Osamu said with a smile, "It seems to have the breath of a dead person on his body."

Kunikida Doppo's face became a little serious after hearing this, but the young man's frivolous attitude suddenly changed, making him suspicious again.

but……

"Did he pay the entrustment fee?"

"Is it this?" Yu Xie Ye came over, "He said that this is the most valuable thing on his body."

Kunikida didn't know what to say.

The entrustment fee is a pair of golden fans painted with lotuses.

****

In the evening, the children who left came back.When Dun sneaked back with the phone call, he saw that Xi Jianzi had just finished making a call and hung up.

The man's face always looked a little dark yellow at night, perhaps because of his age.It could also be the effect of lighting.Dun didn't quite understand what the real reason was.

Dun said "I'm back" weakly.He went out to the convenience store for the first time and bought oden.Along the way, the puppy with the chainsaw on its face consciously pretended to be a plush toy, and Dun was even asked several times where he bought the puppy toy.

He really doesn't know.

Besides, this is not a real toy.

Summer nights are not cold at all, even a little hot.If they held hands, they would definitely sweat, but neither of them sweated, whether it was Dun or Dianci.Both of their hands were cold.It was precisely because no one raised any doubts that the two felt that this was an extremely appropriate thing.

Xijianzi's mood is much better.

it looks.

"Have you had dinner?" When she said this, coupled with her current appearance, she looked like a housewife of some kind.If people who are familiar with Mori Ogai saw this scene, they would be so horrified that they would faint.

so horrible.

It's just the nightmare of life.

But none of those people were there.

Dun nodded.He caught a glimpse of something steaming on the table, and his nod turned into a shake.

Shaking your head means "no".

rice.Green vegetables.And half a fresh fish.

It is fish.

Denji began to repeat his wish again, wanting to eat delicious food until he died.His desire is often so single, it always makes people laugh.

At Sifang's dinner table, Dianci said the same thing again.

Xi Jianzi asked, "Does Dianci have any other wishes?" Dianci always looks like a puppy picking up food in the garbage dump, looking pitiful.But, the vitality is very high, not picky eaters, eat anything.

Even the little crushed ginger used as a condiment was not spared at all.

Xi Jianzi asked Dianci, does Dianci have any other wishes?

There are always desires, and there are many.

I thought about it for a while, and said with my fingers: "I want to eat forever, I want to have countless girlfriends. I want to be everyone's hero... Sure enough, I should have a girlfriend who likes me!" This looks cheap The little boy is really thinking about his dreams that are almost impossible to realize, "I want to drink coffee, eat sandwiches, and want to be a good person! It's best that everyone will send me a voucher! I want to be with you Cute girls go on a date! Watch a movie! Lap pillow..." He racked his brains and thought of almost everything he wanted to do

Wanted to look sideways at him.

The pup, who became excited at the mention of the wish, continued: "I want a home."

Want to be a good person.

Want to be a grownup.

I want to go to the same place with my parents after I die.

This is Dun's wish.

Xijianzi's wish is...

Xijianzi didn't want to say it.

She picked out the thorns in the fish, but found that she couldn't finish it.Those fish bones seemed to be intentionally pissed off at her, and they could never be picked out.

Denji swallowed those fish with spines without hesitation.

He is "not picky eater".

At the end of dinner, Xi Jianzi said: "Something will happen."

It can't be all wishes.

If people's wishes could come true, wouldn't it be a mess?People who hope that the dead will come back to life, people who want the world to be destroyed, people who want heaven and hell to be reversed, people who want to judge the fate of others...

These are not wishes that can be easily realized.

Speaking of a small place, having many girlfriends is not something that can be easily achieved.

Electric times don't care.

He is an idiot whose brain nerves have grown to a certain level.

Don was very concerned.

Because he is a super idiot with extremely delicate thoughts.

Later, Xi Jianzi made another phone call with Gojo Rin.The other party's tone changed back to a more gentle look, and he was a little soft-spoken when he started talking.Xi Jianzi felt that the other party was probably much better, and even had some strength to speak.

Gojo Rin, who is in Tokyo, is really shy when making a phone call. She is really afraid that her family will know that she is making friends with the monkey (ordinary person) whom Xia You disdains most.

...they should be friends.

Gojo Rin doesn't quite know what it looks like in the position of friend now.

As the night passed, so did the day.

It's time to go to the doll shop to retrieve Xuehua Qijing.

Xi Jianzi went there with the wooden box as usual, because Xuehua Qijing's appearance is too conspicuous, such a wind-up doll will definitely attract the attention of others.After forgetting it for a long time, Xi Jianzi remembered that there was another Mr. Detective who was eyeing him.

At this time, she felt that what she said was wrong.The ability is "disguising" or something... She has to find a way to get this person Ono Fuzumi away from Yokohama, the farther the better.She couldn't guarantee what the detective's face would be when he realized that there was a second Moritaro in Yokohama.

That is simply unimaginable.

Ayatsuji pedestrians always make people feel "scared".

That is fear from the mind and ability.Until now, Xi Jianzi didn't know why she was able to use the ability of [accidental death].

She personally killed Kobayata Tongmo.

Xijianzi was taken aback when she arrived at the doll shop.The shop has been closed, and there is a transfer phone number written on the sect.

So she asked the boss of the nearby shop, and the boss gave an answer like "The puppeteer has gone to Tokyo to join relatives".

"Thank you very much." After saying this, Xi Jianzi walked out of the shop in confusion.But the boss caught up and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Mori?"

The name Xijianzi left with the puppeteer is Forest Taro.

Xi Jianzi nodded slightly when he heard the familiar name, "It's me."

The boss told her to wait a moment.When the boss came out of the shop again, the other party was holding a

She went to fetch Xuehua Qijing, but the puppeteer handed her a leather case inlaid with golden roses.

"Mr. Gu Mu said that if Mr. Mori came to ask, he would give this box to him." The boss said.

Gu Mu-san is probably the name of the puppeteer.

Xi Jianzi didn't expect that she would get a new suitcase, so her old suitcase seemed useless.

"Thank you very much." She thanked again and left.

Xi Jianzi didn't open the suitcase after returning home.She found a secluded park and sat on a bare bench.The suitcase feels a little heavy, as if something has been padded inside.

Xi Jianzi opened the lock, and the things inside looked golden.

Xijianzi: ...

Xi Jianzi felt that she was cheated by the puppeteer.

The one in the box was not her Xuehua Qijing at all.Lying inside was a strange doll with long golden hair and a red flower bud skirt.

It's not her Yuuka Kiaki which looks a bit like Mori Ogai's Alice.

What's wrong?Did that man steal Xuehua Qijing?

Unacceptable bad behavior.