Seeking the Law of Summoning in Taisho

Almost at the moment when his voice fell, a figure appeared in mid-air, and before Dazai Osamu could see it clearly, the figure fell down, flattening him to the ground.

"oops!"

Kunikida Doppo looked at the unfamiliar environment in front of him and was still a little dazed, until a bandaged arm tremblingly stretched out from under him.

"Kuni... Mu... Tian... Jun..."

The sudden loss of strength coupled with the heavy blow almost cost Osamu Dazai half his life.

Fortunately, Kunikida Doppo reacted quickly and jumped off his body, but what followed was his partner's rage.

"Ah Dazai! I knew it was you!" Kunikida put his hands on his hips, and the braids on the back of his head exploded because of his anger. Disrupted by you!"

Osamu Dazai now believed what the handbook meant by "use with caution", because even after so long after summoning his companions, he still had no strength in his whole body.

Is it true that I am so vain?

"..." Looking at the bandage wasting device, Kunikida Doppo was about to explode, "Listen to me, you idiot!"

"Eh?" Dazai Osamu lay on the ground, turned his eyes to look at him, and said with a smile, "It's really hard for Kunikida-kun~"

Kunikida Doppo: "It's all because of who!"

But no matter how angry he is, since he has been dragged here, he still has to do business. Moreover, Osamu Dazai is currently dealing with a special task. He did get news from the president, and he also got... Try to cooperate with this order.

Kunikida Doppo folded his chest and looked at him: "So what's the matter calling me here?"

"Well, there are a lot of things, let me think about it..." Feeling a little strength regained, Osamu Dazai sat up, pondered for a moment, stretched out his fingers and said one by one, "First of all, I owe the proprietress of this store I hope Kunikida-kun can help me settle the accommodation fee, otherwise I won’t be able to leave here to do the mission! Secondly, the original clothes on my body seem to have been taken away by the proprietress, and it’s a bit troublesome to act in a kimono. It would be great if you could give me a set of clothes! Also, Kunikida-kun, can you write a few Japanese knives in your account, it is really difficult for me to kill ghosts without weapons... um..."

Speaking of this, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly said happily: "Ah! Why don't Kunikida-kun help me complete the task!"

The moment the voice fell, a pillow flew towards him, knocking him down before he could react in time!

"Then what's the use of you, bastard!" Kunikida Doppo's forehead had blue veins protruding, and his whole body almost became a giant flamethrower. "Also! Say it again! This is not a handbook, this is my ideal!"

"Everything is fine!" Osamu Dazai escaped from under the pillow and threw himself on the opponent's lap, becoming a leg pendant. When he raised his head, his brows were tightly frowned, and there was a faint layer of water in his iris-colored pupils. Very pitiful, "I really need Kunikida-kun's help this time!"

Kunikida Doppo held back his anger: "Just one piece."

Osamu Dazai had a painful expression on his face. It seemed that this choice was extremely difficult. After a long while, he finally reluctantly said: "Then you help me pay back the money I owe to the proprietress."

Kunikida Doppo: "How much?"

Osamu Dazai: "One hundred yen."

Kunikida Doppo: "Go to hell!!!"

How valuable is one dollar in the Taisho period, and one hundred yen is almost fatal, okay? !

Kunikida Doppo, male, 22 years old, a member of the Armed Detective Agency, under the tutelage of the president Yukichi Fukuzawa, with superb physical skills.

All of the above are useless.

Because he felt that he was going to be pissed to death in this strange world today, and before his "22 years old", he would be added a capitalized "year old".

However, perhaps because he has worked with this partner for too long, his durability has also improved to a certain extent. After beating up the opponent violently, Kunikida Doppo was surprised to find that he was still alive and well.

"One hundred is impossible."

After calming down a bit, the two sat down and discussed the matter seriously. Kunikida Doppo took out the notebook with "ideal" written on the cover, and spread it out, "I will only waste a page for you."

"The word 'waste' is too much." Osamu Dazai said rather hurt.

"..." Trying to ignore the other party's words, Kunikida Doppo continued, "I don't know what a Japanese sword looks like, and it sounds like it's as big as clothes. I can't get it out, but it's just money... "

He thought for a while, "I seem to have seen money in this era."

"Eh?!" Osamu Dazai was pleasantly waiting for the moment when the other party paid off the debt for him, but after waiting for a long time, he disappointedly accepted the few gold coins handed over by the other party.

Osamu Dazai: "That's it? That's it?"

"It's good to have this!" Kunikida Doppo retorted, "It's impossible to say a hundred, this is the best I can do, and you should work hard on the rest!"

Osamu Dazai picked up his white pocket book, and tried to recall which of his friends had the ability to create things.

Kunikida Doppo: "...you were not asked to work hard in this direction!"

Although the partner finally gave less than one-tenth of the agreed amount of gold coins, but at dawn the next day, Osamu Dazai took the money to find the proprietress of this Kyogoku house.

The dispatcher ① in the corridor has already started to wake up the sleeping girl in each room. He walked through the corridor calmly, but attracted many curious or admiring eyes.

The man in the dark blue kimono had a slender figure and a handsome appearance. Although his black hair was messy, it was not ugly, on the contrary, he looked more chic and suave.

However, it is a pity for those wandering girls that he has never cast a glance at them along the way, he seems unattractive, and it will inevitably be frustrating.

Osamu Dazai didn't quite know what those people were thinking, or rather, he didn't have the time to care about it at the moment, all his thoughts were devoted to dealing with the emotion that the proprietress in front of him might be about to go berserk.

However, to his surprise, the proprietress did not show such strong dislike last night this time, she just frowned when she heard him say that he couldn't pay [-] yen, and said calmly: "It's really helpless, who let me Fern Ji likes you."

This sounds a little strange, because most of the people who can say this kind of words are the ones who are full of feelings similar to doting, and the relationship between the two must be very good, but through Dazai Osamu's observation last night, the boss The relationship with Fern Ji obviously does not belong to this kind of relationship.

This Kyogoku house in Yoshihara is really weird everywhere.

In the end, the proprietress agreed to give him the rest of the money on credit, but he needs to work part-time at Kyogoku House to pay off the debt.

So Osamu Dazai got his first job here——as a gangster②.

Most of the banquets in Yoshiwara were held at night, so Dazai Osamu was quite free during the day, and it happened that there was still a long time before Kunikida Doppo left, so the two simply slipped out of Kyogokuya and wandered on the streets of Yoshiwara , Watch the customs of a hundred years ago.

"what is that?"

Following Kunikida's line of sight, there is a small three-story wooden building not far away. The outer walls of the small building are replaced by fences. The bamboo curtains hanging from the eaves are half-rolled, and you can vaguely see the shaking inside. silhouette.

"Tea House ③." Dazai Osamu explained, "People who come to Yoshiwara usually drink and have fun here, and then meet with girls. To put it simply, well, it's just an intermediary shop."

Kunikida Doppo nodded: "I didn't expect you to learn so much in such a short period of time."

Hearing this, Osamu Dazai smiled, "Actually, I know more than this. Does Kunikida-kun know why Yoshiwara's intermediary shop is called a tea house?"

Kunikida Doppo: "Why?"

Osamu Dazai said: "Because tea has the effect of relaxing the body, when people are tired, choosing to drink tea will make people get rid of fatigue quickly and return to the best state of work. You can feel refreshed, so I named the intermediary shop 'Tea House'."

Kunikida Doppo put on an "I see" expression, took out a pen and notebook from his pocket, and began to memorize it seriously.

Osamu Dazai: "Hee hee, I lied to you."

"Snapped!"

The pen broke in two in Kunikida Doppo's hands, and a (one-sided) fight was imminent.

The architectural pattern of Yoshiwara Flower Street is very regular. Large shops with similar styles are neatly arranged on the left and right sides of the main road. There will be an alley winding out between the big shops, and there are many small shops there, row upon row, dotted with stars.

In addition to entertaining guests, the store closest to the main street also has a social function. Some big names will also come here to discuss important matters or communicate with cultural people. The comings and goings of these celebrities, to some extent It is also one of the reasons why Lingji Yuanhua Street is famous far and wide.

But Osamu Dazai was not interested in these, what he was more interested in was some news that the group of people inadvertently revealed during the chat.

"That foreign businessman came to invest..."

"White Birch says the will of nature..."

"Is Lixia still sick..."

"……Missing……"

Ok?

Osamu Dazai turned his gaze calmly, and glanced at the two wandering girls who were talking in the corner.

This time he began to eavesdrop on the conversation of the two seriously.

"……how so?"

"I don't know, that girl just became a newcomer and disappeared suddenly last night. I heard that she has a good relationship with the oiran Lixia."

"No wonder Li Xia has been sick recently, is it because she is too sad?"

"Who knows..."

"Speaking of which, what do you want the hundred yen for?"

The voice close to his ear brought back Osamu Dazai's thoughts, just as the two wandering girls changed the subject, he turned his head and looked at the person who asked the question.

"Eh? Didn't I tell Kunikida-kun?"

Kunikida Doppo: "How could you tell me! Didn't you say it after you have the result!"

"Ah, I forgot." Osamu Dazai smiled shamelessly, "I want to use this one hundred yen to meet the oiran."

Before the opponent added another vein on his forehead, he said quickly;

"Because I discovered something."