Seeking the Law of Summoning in Taisho

After getting the information he wanted from Purgatory Makijuro, Dazai Osamu left Purgatory House, returned to the headquarters of the Demon Slayer Squad, and met with Yuya Ubuyashiki again.

"What do you think, Dazai-san?"

Three children were playing handball in the yard. There seemed to be bells inside, and every time they were tapped, there would be a crisp sound.

Osamu Dazai withdrew his gaze from the smiling child, and looked at Yoya Yashiki who was on the opposite side.

"Don't you think..." He said slowly, "After Ji Guoyuan chopped Guiwu Tsujimu into 800 yuan, no one has seen this ghost king again for decades. It can be seen that he seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, and—"

Osamu Dazai tapped the edge of the table with his fingertips: "He has an excellent hiding place."

"The traces of ghosts are harder to find than ordinary people. Coupled with Onimai Tsuji's ability to hide and disguise, it is even more difficult to kill him." Ubuya Shiki Yoya continued.

"More than that," Osamu Dazai said, "the current position of the Ghost Killing Team is vacant, and the personnel are in a state of changing from old to new. If we fight against Wu Mi with the current combat strength, the probability of the entire army being wiped out is [-]%."

Yuya Ubuyashiki was surprised: "There is still a [-]% chance of winning?"

Osamu Dazai lazily said: "That [-]% is that Mr. Onimai Tsuji wanted to get away one day and suddenly went to the street to bask in the sun."

Yasuoya Shiki: "..."

After digesting the meaning expressed in the other party's words, Yoya Ubuyashiki concluded: "So Mr. Dazai thinks that what we can do now—"

"Just wait." Osamu Dazai took a sip of tea calmly.

Waiting for one's combat power to be strong enough to fight the enemy, and waiting for the enemy's situation to fall into one's own hands, can guarantee the survival of the ghost killing team members to the greatest extent after killing the ghost king.

Although it is not impossible for him to summon a colleague from his original world, coupled with the strength of the ghost killing team and the strength of the ghost dance Tsuji, it is not impossible to win, but on the one hand, he did not know all the information about the ghosts before rashly doing it. In his opinion, the chances of winning are very low, and it is not worth taking the risk when there is plenty of time; on the other hand, the task entrusted to him is to save the lives of the Ghost Killing Team as much as possible in addition to killing Ghost Dance Tsuji. He can't choose to complete one of them.

Yuya Ubuyashiki looked neither surprised nor disappointed, as if he had already expected it.

But when he looked at the opposite side, his gaze couldn't help moving slightly: "In that case, what are Mr. Dazai's plans for the near future?"

Originally, it was just a normal question, but Osamu Dazai seemed very surprised when he heard it.

He was puzzled: "Am I not from the Ghost Killing Team? Should I do the mission like everyone else?"

"Hmm?" Yoya Miyashiki paused.

Originally, he didn't regard Osamu Dazai as a member of the Demon Slayer Team. After all, this person doesn't want to be a person who is willing to obey the arrangement from the perspective of character. adaptation.

Therefore, he was inevitably a little surprised when he heard that the other party asked him for a task.

But Osamu Dazai didn't wait for him to continue, and asked happily: "Master Miyashiki, can I go on missions with the beautiful lady?"

Yasuoya Shiki: "..."

In fact, I don't really want him to do whatever he wants in this respect.

Yuya Ubuyashiki, who already knew a little about Osamu Dazai, said bluntly: "Mr. Dazai, our team members cannot accompany you to die in love."

"Hey..." Although Dazai Osamu was a little disappointed, he quickly cheered up, "Even if you don't die for love, watching the blue sky and white clouds with the beautiful lady is a beautiful thing in the world~"

Yuya Ubuyashiki just smiled and didn't answer.

Osamu Dazai didn't care, and continued: "Well, there's another thing. Besides forging knives, the Demon Killing Team doesn't have any other weapons? This is really uncomfortable for a team member like me who is not a swordsman. Friendly."

Yuya Miyayashiki seemed to have just thought of this. He was slightly startled when he heard the words, and after pondering for a moment, he nodded: "Mr. .”

Having said that, he asked again: "What kind of weapon does Mr. Dazai use?"

"If possible," Osamu Dazai smiled like a child begging for candy, "it would be great to have a gun!"

--

Although Osamu Dazai didn't use weapons to kill ghosts, he still stayed at the mansion with peace of mind and lived a happy life of enjoying flowers and teasing black dogs until the crows brought him a mission.

After about a month like this, the lord sent a special weapon for him-a double-barreled musket.

The gun is a very common type in this era, but because the bullets are specially made from the steel stone for forging Japanese swords, Osamu Dazai was a bit novel for a while.

Putting his fingers in the guard ring, he circled the gun twice. Osamu Dazai pointed the muzzle at the tree next to the gate of the mansion, squinted his left eye, and was about to test the sensitivity of the gun when a black object suddenly appeared in his field of vision. But interrupted his movement. "Osamu Dazai! Ga! I have a mission!"

Yokota Kou flapped his wings and landed on the barrel of the musket held by Osamu Dazai, and shouted hoarsely: "Shibuya! There have been a lot of comatose cases!"

Osamu Dazai fired the firearm, and after Yokota Kou jumped onto the wooden board beside the edge, he put away the firearm, "Shibuya? Sleepy?"

He said uninterestedly: "Shibuya has always been bustling, and there are many night activities, so it's not a problem to get more sleep, right? Besides, in this situation, shouldn't you seek a doctor? Why is it the task of the Ghost Slayer Squad?"

"The state of the comatose people is very abnormal. My lord wants you to check it out." Yokota Ko cleaned his feathers, and then seemed to remember something, "Oh! It's with the first-class team member Butterfly Kanae!"

Although he didn't know who the other party was, it was obviously the girl's name that caught Dazai Osamu's eyes, and his original slack and lazy state suddenly dissipated, he jumped off the edge of the floor, grabbed Yokota Kou and ran away.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!"

Yokota Ko struggled: "Let go of me! Dazai bastard! Ga!"

The running man was unmoved, leaving a pile of struggling crow feathers on the spot.

--

However, Osamu Dazai's imagination is beautiful, but the reality is...

It's hard to say.

He looked at the 13-year-old girl in front of him wearing a butterfly hairpin and wearing a butterfly-patterned haori, and fell into a deep silence.

Is it addictive to employ child labor in Ubuyashiki?

But the next moment he sighed in frustration.

Forget it, Ubuyashiki himself is a child laborer.

"Mr. Dazai, hello." Butterfly Kanae smiled gently, but this kind of gentleness is different from Zhushi's dignified and elegant, because behind the gentleness, there is also the unique wit and agility of girls of this age, It looks lively and energetic.

Osamu Dazai quickly collected his emotions.

He has always been overly enthusiastic towards girls, and at this moment, he does not intend to make an exception even when facing a girl who is much younger than him: "Oh, is Kana Hui-kun in the Ghost Killing Squad at such a young age?"

"Yeah." Butterfly Kanae nodded, "When my parents were killed by ghosts when I was young, my sister Xiaoren and I begged Mr. Beimingyu who saved us and let us join the ghost killing team."

While talking, the two walked towards Shibuya.

"Are the two sisters here?" Osamu Dazai sighed softly when he heard the words, "Is the training very hard on weekdays?"

Butterfly Kanae didn't nod or shake her head, she just smiled, that smile was like a flower blooming in spring, just looking at it made her feel fragrant.

"After all, I made an agreement with Xiao Ren to kill evil spirits and protect the happiness of others." She walked lightly, "For this goal, even if it is a sacrifice, it doesn't matter."

Osamu Dazai glanced at her, then retracted his gaze, and placed his gaze at the end of the avenue.

Presumably everyone in the Ghost Slayer Squad has this kind of awareness. Only in this way can they preserve an illusion of stability for this world in the thousands of years of fighting with ghosts.

But the illusion is only an illusion after all, that's why he appears.

The two spent a few days on the road. On the way, Butterfly Kanae explained the mission to Osamu Dazai in more detail.

I learned from the ghost killers who sent the news that there have been frequent incidents of comatose residents in Shibuya's mansion recently. The longest period of comatose sleep is a week, and the shortest is only one hour, and the way of ending is death without exception. .

Originally healthy people collapsed suddenly, and according to the doctor's examination, it was found that these people were indeed just sleeping and did not suffer from any disease. As for why this happened and why they died, the doctor could not find the answer.

In fact, although these people died of strange causes, whether before or after their deaths, their bodies were intact. It stands to reason that they should not have committed crimes by ghosts. Kanae and the idle Dazai Osamu went to find out.

A few days later, Osamu Dazai and Butterfly Kanae arrived in Shibuya. Before going to the mansion, Osamu Dazai took Kanae to another place.

To be precise, Yokota Ko was instructed by Osamu Dazai to lead the two of them to a place.

——The Wisteria House.

The buildings engraved with wisteria patterns are the families who have been rescued by the ghost killing team and volunteered to serve the ghost killing team. It can be said that here, the ghost killing team members can experience the pleasure of eating and living for free without credit. For Osamu Dazai, who is penniless, it is a paradise on earth.

But this time it's not for fun.

"Do you still want to rest for a day, Mr. Dazai?" Butterfly Kanae looked at the pattern of wisteria flowers in front of her, wondering, "Aren't you going directly to the mansion today?"

"go."

The wooden door was opened from the inside, Dazai Osamu looked at the person who came out, smiled and said to her: "But before we go, we still have some preparations to do."