Casablanca dedicated to Mr. Nakahara

This tea room for receiving guests is just the size of eight stacks of tatami mats, and the overall style is simple yet elegant.

The sliding door near the corridor is printed with an ukiyo-e style cliff picture, and the season depicted in the painting is the cold winter day.The waves from dark blue to moon white rush straight into the sky, jumping over the cliff top with an indomitable momentum.The plum trees growing on the cliffs are in full bloom with clusters of dark red flowers. The thick but not bright red is covered by the first snow in winter, which inevitably reminds people of the unique cold fragrance of cold plums.

Have you crossed the line...

Koyo Ozaki looked up out of the window, and through the bamboo slats, he could see a leafy double cherry tree in the courtyard.There is a round stone table and two stone benches under the cherry tree, and the rough carvings are simple and elegant.The frightened deer not far away tapped the slate rhythmically, and the gurgling water overflowed and squatted and wet the dark green moss.

She stared at a crumbling leaf in a daze, the crimson color in the corner of her eyes seemed to faint into her eyes.

"Senri-kun." Koye Ozaki withdrew her gaze, and her eyes fell on Sensato's mask. "After staying in the dark for a long time, a ray of insignificant light will make people yearn for it. Jinghua did not leave the organization voluntarily, she was just deceived by shameless people. But...she will understand sooner or later, the world under the sun Not for people like us."

"Quan Jinghua's betrayal is an established fact, she has joined the Armed Detective Agency." Qianli's eyes were half closed, and his eyes were filled with coldness.

Takahashi and Hikari not long ago sorted out a file of Izumi Kyoka, a 14-year-old girl who was brought back to the port mafia three years ago.Both parents died, and the sword-wielding man named 'Yasha Baixue' has certain flaws.Killed 35 people in the past six months and has the talent to kill.

"You should be very clear that there is only one special case who survived the defection from the organization." Qianli slowed down his speech, and his clear voice made it difficult to distinguish emotions. "'Disqualification in the World' is irreplaceable. As for Quan Jinghua——I have no reason to let her go."

Koye Ozaki's face darkened, and her beautiful facial features were as cold as ice in an instant. "That child is someone I cherish dearly, so I came to visit him specially for this reason. Jinghua will come back soon, and it is too early for Qianli-kun to make such a judgment."

"Why do you deceive yourself?" Qianli tilted her head, and said lightly: "The reason why she carried out the assassination mission was because her life was threatened, and she was forced to kill when she was powerless to resist. After contacting Renhu, the other party gave her a defection For her courage, the Armed Detective Agency is her chosen shelter."

"Ridiculous." Ozaki Momiji said coldly, without any emotion in his tone. "Jinghua's talent is doomed that she can only survive in the dark, and I will never allow those hypocrites to continue to confuse her."

"Talent?" Qianli repeated the word with a sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.The ability to kill and the ability to kill are very different, Quan Jinghua is the former, Yin is the latter. 'Yasha Baixue' is not special, and she is not the first person who betrayed the organization and was executed.

"What is Director Ozaki going to do?"

"I will meet Ogai-sama tomorrow morning." Koyo Ozaki confessed frankly.

"The leader's pardon..." Qianli thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "If that's the case, I won't take any action until the result comes out."

After hearing this, Koyo Ozaki's face softened a little. "Thank you."

***

Two days later, the troops led by Ozaki Koyo lost contact.According to the report submitted by the survivors, after contacting the Armed Detective Agency, the two sides had a head-on conflict, and then the group members who arrived a little later attacked everyone present.The reinforcements sent by the detective agency took the seriously injured companion and Ozaki Koyo back together, and one of the five cadres became the hostage of the other party.

Upon hearing the news, Qianli immediately set off for the office, and walked through the secret passage to the chief's office.

After shooting the scalpel away from the dart board for the seventh time, Mori Ogai sighed faintly.He looked sideways to the inside of the bookcase, and there was a dark shadow there at some point.

"You're here, Qianli-kun."

A young man wearing a Prajna ghost mask appeared from the darkness: "Do you need me to do something?"

Mori Ogai put his fist to his lips as if in thought, and after half a minute of silence, he waved to Qianli. "Why don't you play chess with me?"

Qianli frowned, then walked forward.

There are two red velvet high-back chairs near the floor-to-ceiling windows, and a wooden chessboard is placed on the round table in the middle.The black and white chess pieces are scattered in the grid, and from the current situation, the black ones have an absolute advantage.

When Qianli was seated, Mori Ogai folded his hands. "Black or white?"

Qianli glanced at him, "I won't."

"I can teach you." Mori Ogai said with a smile.

Qianli remained silent and did not answer, he was not interested in shogi or chess at all.Rather than trying to study other people's chess moves, he prefers to stay alone in the glass greenhouse to catch up on sleep.

"Do not."

Mori Ogai coughed as if to cover up, and an obvious smile appeared in his dark purple pupils.He picked up a black 'Queen' and played with it in the palm of his hand, the chess carved from obsidian was slightly cool in his hands.

"I hired outside killers to assassinate the president of the detective agency. Of course, they failed. But this operation was not without success. We found the secret base of the detective agency."

Qianli looked up, he still couldn't figure out what the man in front of him was planning after spending six years together day and night.But there is no doubt that everything Mori Ogai does is for the stability of the city.

"Oh."

"It's just 'oh'?" Mori Ogai raised his eyebrows, and then showed an intriguing smile. "It hasn't changed at all, Mr. Qianli. When you heard that your kendo enlightenment teacher was assassinated, your reaction is still so cold."

The fingers hidden in the sleeves were bent unnaturally, and his empty eyes fell on the man's shoulders inadvertently.Qianlifu lowered his eyes again, and he also wore a dark red scarf under his hood.

"If you are going to take his life, it will only be me who will carry out this assassination mission."

"Heh—" Mori Ogai let out a low laugh from the corner of his lips, and lightly placed the black 'Queen' on the corner of the chessboard. "Then will you accept it?"

"Then do you trust me?" Qianli asked without answering.

Mori Ogai looked straight into the young man's eyes without blinking or avoiding, with a little nostalgia mixed in his eyes. "I never doubted you, Qianli."

"Even if my reason for joining the organization..."

"I know."

The moment their eyes met, the corner of Qianli's mouth curled into a shallow arc.Because of the mask, no one saw this clean and gentle smile.

"I'll watch over you, Rintaro."

***

There are four floors underground in the Port Mafia's office. The first floor is the parking lot, the second floor is the weapon storehouse, the third floor is used for detaining prisoners and interrogating, and the fourth floor is the most special area.Few people know the inside story, and there is no trace of it even in the original architectural drawings.

Leaving Mori Ogai's office, Chisato walked along a straight corridor according to the route he had come.The solid walls were painted a dark red, and a sound-absorbing rug lay underfoot.There is a dimly lit wall lamp every five meters, and an infrared camera that operates normally 24 hours is hidden on the base.

At the end of the corridor is an elevator for the boss only, and iris verification is required to activate it.

Qianli pulled down the mask, and the closed compartment door slowly opened.He stepped into the car, his eyes swept across the neatly arranged buttons.

The elevators distributed throughout the building can only go down to the third basement floor at most, and the '-4' button does not exist at all.This means that there is an absolute forbidden zone, and everyone is refused to approach.

Qianli raised his hand and pressed the button of his current floor for three seconds, and the elevator began to sink.Constantly flashing red numbers appeared on the LCD screen, and it didn't take long for the '-4' layer to arrive.

What came into view was a ramp extending downwards, the width of which was only for one person to pass.Both the walls and the floor are made of expensive synthetic metal, which is silvery white at first glance.

Almost five years have passed...

The closer he got to that room, the more gloomy was Qian Li's expression.The intelligent security system silently scanned the physical characteristics of the person who came, and the conclusion reached was exactly the same as a file that was regularly updated in the database.

The red dots all over the vital points quietly disappeared, and the slope became gentler.Rounding a corner, Qianli stopped.

In front of him is the one-way glass that occupies most of the wall, and the only furniture in the empty room is a single bed that can be seen everywhere.

A 55-inch full-screen TV is installed on the wall two meters above the ground on the left. What is being played at this time is not an ordinary TV program, but a real-time street view of Yokohama from a specific angle.

The boy with half black and half white hair sat on the edge of the bed with his hands crossed around his knees, staring at the screen not far away without blinking.When a bird flies across the frame, a strong longing emerges in his eyes.

Kusaku Yumeno, codenamed Q.

Ability: Brain Hell, the most dreaded mind control system.

Five years ago, the port mafia had lost countless men trying to lock the boy, who had just turned eight, into the prison specially built for him.

Chisato stayed in place for a while, until Yumeno Kusaku's arms had a terrifying doll in his arms.

The sound of gears rolling attracted the boy's attention. The alloy door in the corner used to only open a small pane when the food delivery robot arrived.He widened his eyes in disbelief, and a pale pink blush appeared on his fair and tender cheeks.

"Mr. Qianli!"

Seeing Yumeno Hisaku running towards him, Chisato subconsciously used the power, but Yumeno Hisaku stopped about half a meter away from him.

The boy with a cute appearance is holding the doll that never leaves his body with both hands, and his appearance is indescribably cute. "Mr. Qianli, I miss you very much."

Qianli was startled: "...the leader has arranged a task for you."

"Okay~, I will definitely finish it!" Yumeno Hisaku smiled sweetly, then he stood on tiptoe awkwardly, hesitated for a moment before carefully stretching out his right hand to Chisato.

"Can you hold me, Mr. Qianli."

"No." Qianli said coldly.

Yumeno Hisaku, who was rejected, hugged the doll even tighter, his eyes flustered and helpless. "I, I promise I will never hurt you."

Qianli frowned slightly, he could easily tell that the other party was not lying. "I thought the only person you were interested in was Osamu Dazai."

"It's different. To like Mr. Dazai is to want to kill him. Mr. Chisato is different."

"...what's the difference."

Yumeno Hisaku plucked up the courage to grab Chisato's sleeve, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Because we are all monsters, the same kind."