She and Yosano Akiko immediately began to search in this alley, where there were obvious signs of fighting, and she even saw the scratches left by wild animals.However, these traces were only about five meters long before they stopped abruptly.

"Anyway, Mr. Ranpo has already gone to the scene." Dazai Osamu comforted her, "Since everyone insists that you come back to rest, then don't disappoint their kindness."

Yosano Akiko sighed: "If Atsushi suffered an accident under my nose, I'm afraid I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life."

In fact, Edogawa Ranpo was not willing to go to the scene at first, nor was he willing to find out the whereabouts of Atsushi Nakajima.

"I'm afraid she just lost her way, and she will find it later by herself," he said.

Of course, waiting for a full two hours was enough to walk from the Armed Detective Agency to the scene.

Then, under the order of the president, Edogawa Ranpo changed his normal routine, and rushed to the scene to check as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Osamu Dazai opened the door and found that it was a postman.

"Is Mr. Dazai Osamu here? Here is one of his packages." The postman said with a smile on his face.

Osamu Dazai stretched out his hand: "I am."

"Please sign here."

At this time, it was a small package, which seemed to be only the size of a book.The sender was "Isaac," an obvious pseudonym.But after Osamu Dazai saw it, his face suddenly became ugly.

After sending the postman away, Osamu Dazai knocked on the package to make sure that there was nothing unsafe inside it, and then opened it.

There was really only one book in it.

The realm of emptiness is a spiral of contradictions.

It is also a limited collector's edition for the [-]th anniversary of the release of the realm of the sky.It is said that a full set of books with special bookmarks has already been fired up to more than ten times the sale price in the second-hand market.

"What is this?" Yosano Akiko asked curiously, "Are you a fan of Nasu Kinoko?"

Osamu Dazai looked at the book carefully, and said, "Well, it doesn't count. Even if Miss Nasu wanted to apologize to us, she wouldn't just send this book, would she?"

Yosano Akiko nodded: "Indeed. Then do you know who gave it to you?"

"I can guess." Osamu Dazai opened the book.

On the blank page of the first page of the book, there is the signature and gift of Nasu Kinoko: "May your wishes come true. —— Nasu Kinoko"

Osamu Dazai frowned, staring at the handwriting.

He put the book on the table and returned to his desk.He opened the drawer and found a note among the piles of papers.

"What is this?" Yosano Akiko approached.

Osamu Dazai showed her the note: "This is the IOU written to me by Nasukinoko himself yesterday." After speaking, he pointed to the writing on the book: "The handwriting is wrong, it was not written by Nasukinoko .”

"It's also possible that she used another handwriting when signing for the readers?" Yosano Akiko said.

Osamu Dazai shook his head: "The handwriting on the book is obviously written by another person imitating her handwriting. Believe me, I am very experienced in this kind of thing."

Thinking about his great achievements with Akiko Yosano, he nodded in conviction.

He then flipped through the book, but found no other traces.This looks like a brand new book, with a special bookmark painted with rouge.

Osamu Dazai carefully checked the two pieces of paper with the bookmarks between them, and there was no suspicious trace.It seems that the manufacturer just clipped the bookmark on this page.

There is not even a trace of reading this book, and there is no doubt to the point of suspiciousness.

"What are you trying to do, Tang Jinyue." Osamu Dazai closed the book and said in a low voice.

Around the same time, the headquarters building of the Port Mafia.

Mori Ogai was sitting in front of the office drinking afternoon tea. To be precise, he was drinking tea and Alice was drinking tea.

"Alice, when Akutagawa-kun earns the 70 billion, I can buy you a skirt again!" Mori Ogai said enthusiastically.

Alice curled her lips and asked unhappily: "Don't you buy it for me without 70 billion?"

"Of course not, of course not!" Mori Ogai hurriedly began to coax the little girl, "Even if I'm so poor that I only have a white coat, I can still dress Alice up beautifully!"

"Hmph, Rintaro is so annoying! You dress me up just for yourself, and never ask me if I want to look good!" Alice glared at him angrily.

However, Mori Ogai's smile became even more idiotic: "Ah, Alice-chan is so cute! How can she be so cute when she is angry!"

At this time, a knock on the door interrupted his nympho time.

"Please come in, Higuchi-kun." Mori Ogai became serious in a second, as if the appearance just now was just an illusion.

A young woman in a suit with blond hair neatly tied behind her head walked in anxiously: "Boss." She bowed and saluted.

"What's the matter, Higuchi-kun?" Mori Ogai asked calmly after taking a sip of black tea.

Higuchi Kazuyo quickly reported: "Boss, Akutagawa-senpai is missing."

Mori Ogai put down his teacup: "Akutagawa-kun is an adult with the ability to act independently. Just being out of contact for three hours is not considered missing, right? Even if you go to the police station to report the case, those notes will not be filed under this condition."

"But," Ichiyo Higuchi said anxiously, "Senior Akutagawa was attacked!"

Mori Ogai continued to speak unhurriedly: "Are you suspecting that Akutagawa-kun is in danger?"

Higuchi Ichiyo nodded: "Senior, he always performs tasks alone, and never needs foreign aid. I"

"So what do you want to do?" Mori Ogai interrupted her directly.

Higuchi Ichiyo opened her mouth, she really wanted to ask for support from the port mafia, but under Mori Ogai's gaze, she couldn't speak.

Yes, this is the port mafia, not kindergarten.

"I'm just reporting this situation to the leader." Higuchi Ichiyo bowed again, "Senior Akutagawa is a powerful fighting force of the port mafia, and I don't want to lose him."

Mori Ogai nodded: "As the leader, I don't want to lose Akutagawa-kun."

Higuchi Ichiyo breathed a sigh of relief, she knew that the leader was telling her that if Akutagawa-senpai was really in danger, the port mafia would not let it go.

"Excuse me, leader. I will report to you as soon as I have other news," she said.

After Higuchi Kazuyo left, Mori Ogai said thoughtfully to Alice: "Isn't it bad to substitute other emotions at work? I always feel that Higuchi-kun will be like a person who uses his emotions."

Alice took a macaron from the three-tiered tray: "Rintaro, what are you thinking?"

"Isn't Renhu at the Armed Detective Agency?" Mori Ogai seemed to be answering her question, and seemed to be talking to himself, "If possible, I really don't want to confront that guy."

Accidents sometimes come so unexpectedly.

Although the capture of "Human Tiger" was fully entrusted to Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Mori Ogai knew all the actions and tasks of all members.

When Akutagawa suddenly lost contact for ten hours, that is, at eight o'clock in the evening, Mori Ogai received a piece of news that surprised him too.

The "Combination", "Clock Tower Attendant" and "Dead Rat House" revoked the commission of "Human Tiger" to the Port Mafia, and accused the Port Mafia and the Armed Detective Agency of jointly defrauding them of their bounty.

Mori Ogai suddenly had a feeling that someone was sitting at home, and the pot came from outside.

Him, the Port Mafia, and the Armed Detective Agency?

I'm sorry that's really the funniest joke he's heard this year.If he really ran into Fukuzawa Yukichi, it would take less than 3 minutes for the two sides to start using knives, okay?

However, what happened that made those foreign organizations of supernatural beings think they were in the same group?

Mori Ogai couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Could it be a problem with Akutagawa-kun?

As a port city, Yokohama is full of natural piers.And those abandoned docks or remote docks are very suitable for some shady trading places.

Tang Jinyue is now on such a remote abandoned pier.

The night was dim, and only the screen of his mobile phone emitted a faint light.

On the sea in the distance, there was the sound of the hull splitting the water.

A small, ordinary-looking merchant ship docked at the pier.After the boat stopped, a small group of men who looked like Europeans and Americans came down.

The leader was a young man with blond hair and blue eyes.

"Are you 'Isaac'?" he asked in odd Japanese.

Tang Jinyue nodded: "I'm right. But I still can't understand why we have to deal face to face."

The young man shrugged his shoulders: "It's not up to me to decide. My boss is the type who has to interview people every time he does business."

"I can understand this," Tang Jinyue continued to look at his mobile phone, "Everyone will have their own preferences. For example, I am a patient with severe mobile phone dependence. So just because I look at my mobile phone now does not mean that I do not value this transaction. "

The other party also nodded: "Then let me introduce myself, my name is John Steinbeck. I am here to trade with you on behalf of the 'combination'."

"Well, Mr. Steinbeck. Let's skip the greetings. I don't know what Mr. Fitzgerald wants?" Tang Jinyue asked lightly. "If it's about 'Renhu', I'm sorry, I don't know now either."

John Steinbeck shook his head: "We don't need

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