Are you with Dazai today?

"It's a bit late to come back recently."

Shiinagawa took away all the snacks on the table in front of Dazai Osamu, and ignored all the protests.

"Meal is about to start, no snacks."

Osamu Dazai chewed the lollipop that was still in his mouth, and the strong taste of grapes spread in his mouth. Osamu Dazai absently picked up the remaining small stick.

"Yeah, a strange force has emerged recently, tsk, it really caused us a lot of trouble."

I don't know how Dazai Osamu managed to keep the stick in his mouth from falling while talking, anyway, Shiinagawa felt that he would definitely not be able to do it himself.

"Influence? Is it to compete with you for business?"

Yokohama's underworld and Taoist forces are almost controlled by the port mafia. With the leading war as the dividing point, the other forces that could have resisted several times have gradually declined. There are many factors affecting it, and Dr. Mori plays an important role in it. important role.

Sometimes Shiinagawa thinks that Dr. Mori is really good at this. If possible, Shiinagawa thinks that Mori Ogai and Yokohama should be issued a marriage certificate.

"If that's the case—"

Osamu Dazai lay on the table, allowing Shiinagawa to take the little stick out of his mouth, and Shiinagawa could still see the dark circles under Dazai Osamu's eyes caused by staying up late without playing game consoles these days.

"what happened?"

After asking, Shiinagawa realized that it was not good to ask. After all, he could not be regarded as an insider of the port mafia. Dr. Mori only asked him to do things and basically would not disclose internal information.

"Sorry, if it's not convenient to say it."

"No, Shiina's words are fine."

Osamu Dazai was paralyzed into a piece of cat cake. The hard work of the past few days can be worth his workload for a month. A life that has been drained by work has nothing to love.

"It would be no problem if we did it clearly, but the problem is that we haven't figured out the details of the other party until now."

Shiinagawa paused when she placed the plate.

"Even Dazai is bothered?"

"I'm not a god, of course there will be things that bother me."

No, what Dazai said is wrong, even gods have troubles, and they are more absolute and desperate than ordinary people's troubles.

Of course, Shiinagawa said this in his heart, but didn't say it out of his mouth.

"Currently we think it is similar to religion, no, it should be said to be a cult-like organization."

【evil, religion】

"Evil, teach..."

"That's right, it's a cult because its method is too weird. It's true that previous religions were very cruel, such as the witch hunting that was very popular in the Middle Ages..."

【click】

It was only then that Shiinagawa realized that he had crushed the plate in his hand after hearing "Witch Hunting". He looked at Osamu Dazai with some guilt, and was relieved to find that the other party hadn't noticed at all, like a thief Gently throw the pieces of the plate into the trash.

"After the development of the times, most of the cruel customs of various religions have been thrown away. Didn't the shamans in the past still have to disembowel the living?"

Osamu Dazai quietly raised his eyes, it's good, Shiina didn't open it this way, so he quietly reached into the bag of potato chips and took out a few pieces to chew, and then continued to speak after eating.

"It's different now. It's impossible to disembowel the stomach. At most, I will use a rake to gently scratch the stomach a few times, which is a symbolic process."

"It seems that in some places, there is a behavior of finding wives for mountain gods and river gods. In the past, large living people were directly thrown into the river or sent into the deep mountains to prevent them from coming out. Now it is just carrying people around. , it’s almost like a festival, and it’s quite lively.”

After Shiinagawa cleaned up the plate fragments, he looked up and saw Dazai Osamu pulling over the pile of snacks and stealing them. He coughed heavily to show his presence.

After hearing this, Osamu Dazai took another handful before pushing the snacks back, seeing Shiinagawa's disapproval.

You know how to eat snacks, but do you still eat dinner? !

"In other words, it's normal. Most of the cruel customs in previous cultures and religions are now replaced by more harmless, vague and symbolic behaviors, right?"

"Yes, but this time is completely different."

Osamu Dazai stretched out a hand, gesturing with his fingers in the air.

"All the victims are lying in the red magic circle."

"...Magic circle?"

Osamu Dazai opened the chair beside the dining table and sat down. Today's dinner is beef brisket with tomato. The beef brisket has been stewed until soft and rotten. The meat is wrapped in red juice. Osamu Dazai ate the meat wrapped in red juice without any physical discomfort. pieces of meat.

Obviously not long ago, I saw such a scene.

"Yes, after checking later, the red color is composed of blood, vomit and feces."

Having said that, Osamu Dazai grimaced.

"This matter was suppressed by the government and the police were not allowed to participate, because after testing we found that the victim's blood contained a certain amount of something similar to drugs, and this kind of thing was managed by the port mafia in Yokohama, so We took over this mess."

"Drugs are pests. Mr. Mori will never allow this kind of thing to appear in Yokohama, huh—as a mafia, we have to work as policemen, we are also very hard—"

Shiinagawa stroked Osamu Dazai's shaggy brown-black curly hair

"Well, Dazai is really amazing."

"Praise me more."

The black cat, Maochong, slumps at the dining table begging for praise.

"It's amazing, it's amazing, Dazai is really amazing, he is simply the strongest."

Shiinagawa felt the touch in his hand, and after removing his hand, he found a few strands of hair stuck to his hand. Shiinagawa's eyes were fixed, and he thought of Osamu Dazai's staying up late these days and Mori Ogai's increasingly receding hairline.

"Dazai, go to bed at eight o'clock today."

"Eh?"

"Go to bed at eight."

"No, wait..."

"Sleep at eight!"

Shocked by Shiinagawa's unquestionable aura, Osamu Dazai agreed to the other party's request in a daze.

His eyes fell on Shiinagawa's hand, and after seeing the hair on the opponent's hand, he understood Shiinagawa's brain circuit.

"I won't be bald!"

His hair has a lot of volume, and the hair loss is just a normal metabolism.

How could he have a receding hairline like Mr. Sen? !

"Yes Yes--"

"Shiina Chao-perfunctory."

Shiinagawa stuffed a piece of stewed beef brisket into Dazai Osamu's mouth to prove his perfunctory.

But religion.

Shiinagawa casually poured a spoonful of soup on the rice and stirred it, the white rice grains were dyed light red.

"Miss Tina..."

"That hasn't been investigated yet."

Osamu Dazai wanted to pick out the tomato that was accidentally brought in from the bowl, but was stopped by Shiinagawa with chopsticks.

Shiinagawa swung the chopsticks out of the way of the sword abruptly, Dazai tried to move his own chopsticks, but couldn't move forward at all, Shiinagawa used very clever strength to stop Dazai's picky eating behavior.

"mean."

"People who are picky eaters will not grow tall. Dazai should also correct this bad habit a little bit. He is already an adult."

Shiinagawa deftly picked a few pieces of stewed vegetables into Osamu Dazai's rice bowl.

"Shiina, what's the name of that nun you know?"

"Miss Tina."

"Oh--"

Osamu Dazai pursed his lips, closed his eyes and put the vegetables and rice together into his mouth, people who didn't know thought they were eating some kind of poison.

"You remember it quite clearly."

"Well, after all, we are acquaintances."

"For the time being, that means the actual relationship is not very close, right?"

Shiinagawa put down his chopsticks and looked at Osamu Dazai, who was puzzled.

"I wanted to say it before, if Dazai doesn't want me to associate with her, I..."

"Stop!"

Osamu Dazai made a pause gesture, his expression was very serious, and he didn't have the usual sense of incongruity at all.

"I've said it before, don't say that again. By the way, I do have plans to investigate the other party, but the priority is very low. If Shiina wants to discuss painting with her, I have no objection."

Although the priority is relatively low, Osamu Dazai still investigated it beforehand. Her background was innocent. Both her parents died in an accident when she was a child. She was the only person who survived. Other than that, the people around her spoke highly of her. .

In other words, the possibility that Tina is the culprit is very low.

And even if she was a prisoner, Osamu Dazai felt that the other party would never win against Shiinagawa, and if he really dared to attack Shiinagawa, he could only respect the other party as a warrior.

So, what could be wrong?

Shiinagawa wanted to say something more but Dazai Osamu obviously didn't want to continue this topic, so Shiinagawa followed Dazai Osamu's intention and gently revealed the matter.

Let's go to Miss Tina tomorrow, Shiinagawa bit his chopsticks and thought.

Strange to say, Shiinagawa suddenly realized one thing, that is, he never took the initiative to find the black nun lady, and the two of them always met by chance before starting the conversation.

Sure enough, it's still weird, so weird that it makes people care.

If the frequency of accidental encounters is too high, then it is not accidental, it is called intentional, and it can be detected, but why can't it be detected?

This is definitely not my problem, so the problem lies with the nun.

"Dazai, I'm going to see Miss Tina tomorrow."

"Eh—if it's really..."

Osamu Dazai made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"Are you willing to do it?"

"of course."

Why can't I do it?Of course you can do it.

If it is really similar to what I imagined, the nun's head can no longer stay on her own neck.

Shiinagawa thought of the necklace he noticed in the park before, something was hanging on the thin golden chain, but because it was not in the clothes, Shiinagawa never saw the whole picture of that thing once.

No problem, right?Shiinagawa clenched his fist hard, the food in his mouth tasted like chewing wax.

no problem...