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A strange "rumor" has recently circulated in Yokohama.

Open the local forum, more than 80% of the posts on the homepage are discussing the content related to this "rumor". This one said that I met "that" today, and the other said hey, it's a coincidence that I am the same. Someone said that his relative's relative's friend My colleagues saw Balabala with their own eyes, and some people said that they were so lucky that someone who lived in the next block couldn’t sleep and asked me to go out for a drink at night, so there was such a wonderful scene in front of the two of us...

Similar personal experience posts and I listen to so-and-so postings emerge in endlessly, but what about the specific content of the so-called "rumors"——

"It is rumored that near midnight recently, a thick fog covering 2-3 blocks with extremely low visibility will sometimes appear in a random area of ​​Yokohama City."

"This fog usually lasts for a whole night until dawn, when it will gradually dissipate with the rising sun. After the thick fog dissipates, people will be reported missing for unknown reasons in the thick fog from time to time..."

The morning news of Yokohama was being broadcast on TV, and the host had a serious face, introducing the strange events that were happening in Yokohama recently.

After a few concise introductions, the scene quickly shifted to the street interview of an outside reporter with an insider. In the camera, the woman whose face was mosaiced thoughtfully, spoke in a soft tone that had obviously changed her voice. told reporters:

"Yes, my boyfriend and I live in the Tsurumi District. That night I took a shower and was drying my hair in the bathroom. Suddenly, I felt that the fog outside became very heavy. I was a little worried about the clothes hanging on the terrace, so I called my boyfriend to go. Take back the clothes, but I yelled several times, but I didn't hear him answer..."

"Then your boyfriend..." The reporter showed some sympathy.

The woman quickly waved her hand: "No, no, no, don't get me wrong, my boyfriend is fine. He had already taken back his outer clothes before that. When I called him, he was calling a friend who also lived nearby. I want to remind him that it's foggy outside, if you haven't arrived home, you might as well stay at the company, or find a capsule hotel for the night, it's better than walking on the street in the fog, after all..."

When the woman said this, although her face was still covered with mosaics, anyone could feel that she should have shown a slightly embarrassed smile:

"As you all know, Yokohama is always unsafe at night, especially when there is so much fog for no reason, standing on our terrace, you can't even see whether there is anyone on the terrace of the neighbor's house..."

The location reporter also had an awkward yet polite smile on his face:

"You're right to be worried. And then? That friend of your boyfriend's...?"

The woman sighs.

"I couldn't get through the phone. The other party was a senior from my boyfriend's high school club. He has always taken care of him, so we have a very close relationship with him. He was very worried that night, but the fog outside was so heavy, I couldn't trust him. We went out, so we waited until the next morning, and after making several phone calls to Senior, we still couldn't get through, so we went to Senior's apartment."

"Result?" The reporter seemed to have a bad premonition, and his tone became heavy.

The woman was silent for a moment.

After that, there was a slight choke in her voice:

"Senior is not in the apartment. I called his company, and my colleagues also said that senior got off work very early last night. When it was foggy, if he hadn't been outside, he should have arrived at home early on time."

"Later we also entered the senior's apartment. It really seemed that someone had come back. The bathroom and kitchen had been used, and there were freshly washed clothes in the washing machine..."

"However, the senior is gone."

The women's narrative takes on a distinctly weeping tone.

"The clothes and shoes that went out were left in place, and the mobile phone and wallet of the senior were also placed on the cabinet in the living room. There were several calls from my boyfriend on the mobile phone, but there was no record of being answered..."

And that senior, just like the world evaporated, disappeared from his apartment without a sound...

"The police came to investigate, and the family of the senior who got the news and came to Yokohama also commissioned the Armed Detective Agency. But..."

……

With a "beep", the TV was turned off with the remote control.

Kunikida Doppo put down the TV remote control in his hand, and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose solemnly:

"Have you seen everything?"

As he asked, he glanced at the members of the detective agency sitting at the conference table.

There was a slight pause on one of the black-haired, black-eyed, gentle and handsome young men with a miniature fox sitting on his shoulders, Kunikida held his forehead alone, and sighed heavily——

"Let me tell you," he said helplessly, "Qiao Wen, aren't you a member of the detective agency?"

Although he didn't object to Qiao Wen appearing in the detective agency—after all, he was the president's savior, even if he was not a member of the agency, and it was during working hours, but if the other party came to visit as a guest, according to etiquette, they also had the obligation to receive him.

--Can!yes!

There's no need to attend the member meeting inside the detective agency, right?

How idle is this young man who claims to be an exorcist!

Kunikida Doppo was full of complaints that he couldn't express to others.

However, the young man named Qiao Wen just blinked his eyes when his eyes stayed on him, took a little distraction from the whisper with Atsushi Nakajima beside him, and showed him a look that could almost be said. It's a cute smile, and then...

Then he turned around and continued to whisper something to Atsushi Nakajima →_→

Kunikida Doppo: ...

You are cute, cute!Look at what you're doing!Can it have the slightest connection with the word "beautiful"! !

I don't know if it's because since he was discharged from the hospital, he has shown an extraordinary familiarity with young people and the friendly relationship with Osamu Dazai. Although Kunikida Doppo has a good impression of Qiao Wen, there is always a kind of "although people who are close to ink are still still It’s not black, but it will be black one day” faint worry.

So when he looks at Qiao Wen now, he can't help but put on a Dazai filter (Dazai: ???), and always feels that under the well-behaved and gentle appearance, there is a pure white pitiful person who is gradually being blackened by Dazai soul……

Qiao Wen: ...

You're overthinking it, Kunikida-sensei!

And to what extent do you distrust your partner!Why does it feel like Osamu Dazai is some kind of demon, who has been tempting human beings to sacrifice their souls to go to hell with him...

——Although it seems right to think so? ? ?

But there is still something wrong! !

While Qiao Wen and Atsushi Nakajima beside him were chatting happily about the taste of the ochazuke at the restaurant they went to eat together last night, they were distracted and silently complained.

Edogawa, who was sitting on the other side of him, was lying on the table boredly, poking an empty package of coarse snacks, and the plastic package made a rattling sound.

On the other side, Osamu Dazai leaned back on the chair with a blank face—he ate poisonous mushrooms he got from somewhere on the way to the detective agency in the morning, and he danced the lap dance alone in the office all morning. After a while, I was exhausted and dizzy, basically in a half-dead state.

In the entire conference room, apart from Kunikida Doppo, only Junichiro Tanizaki, Yosano Akiko and Izumi Kyoka were seriously participating in the meeting.

Except for Edogawa Ranpo and Osamu Dazai, who fish every day, and Qiao Wenwen and Atsushi Nakajima, who are whispering, the only remaining conscience, Miyazawa Kenji, is now lying on the table and sleeping soundly—breakfast Too full, he has been sleeping since he entered the door.

Kunikida Doppo looked at most of the unreliable members in this conference room, and for the first time felt irritable, "I'd better remake these bastards!"

"Well, well, don't be so angry, Kunikida."

Comforting the irascible acting president with Akiko Yosano.

If it weren't for the bright smile on her face, Kunikida Doppo would be more willing to believe that she is really on his side.

The blond youth helplessly raised his hand to his forehead again:

"—You guys give me a better understanding of the situation!"

He emphasized his tone.

"Now the commission is from the client. We have been investigating for almost a week, but found nothing..."

To make matters worse, this incident was also reported on the stage of the local news!

Although the reporter and host of the TV station, as well as the insider lady who told the story, none of them meant to urge and blame the Armed Detective Agency, but Kunikida Doppo didn't think it represented the views of most people.

"Our Armed Detective Agency relies on solving troubles for our clients and completing the tasks assigned by them, so as to earn funds to maintain the operation of the agency. In other words, it is the rent of this office and staff dormitory, your operating funds, and most importantly—— — paid."

Kunikida Doppo slapped the table:

"'The Armed Detective Agency has been unable to complete the commission that was delivered to them for a long time'—if such an impression remains in the minds of all Yokohama citizens who watch this program and may become our customers, it will affect the image of the Detective Agency. I believe you don’t need to emphasize what kind of blow it has caused to your reputation, but everyone should be aware of it, right?”

He scanned the members of the detective agency present again with his powerful eyes.

"But..." Junichiro Tanizaki saw that there was no answer, so he couldn't help but raise his hand weakly, "Mr. Kunikida, we can say that we have launched a full-scale investigation this time, just sending different investigator teams to patrol the entire Yokohama every night. The matter of finding the foggy area and entering it to investigate the abnormality has involved most people's minds..."

The strange thing is that during this week, the strange fog that has been discussed in the local forums has not appeared in Yokohama again.

The monitoring of the detective agency is equivalent to doing a white job.

Without personally inspecting the strange fog to confirm whether it is a creation of supernatural powers, just based on the clues left in the youth apartment of the missing club, even Edogawa Rampo easily deduced that "the disappearance of the missing person is absolutely related to the fog." "Related", but the fog that is the most critical element has not appeared for a long time, it is meaningless for them to be anxious here...

How could Kunikida Doppo not know what Junichiro Tanizaki said?

He looked at the two mental ceilings in his club who were completely out of state, endured and endured, but still couldn't help expressing his inner thoughts:

"Dazai, Ranpo-san, do you already know something?"

"……Eh?"

After finishing the private conversation with Qiao Wen, Atsushi Nakajima, who was about to join the meeting in earnest, exclaimed when he heard the words, and unconsciously looked at Ranpo Edogawa, who was bored playing with poking bags, and was still slumped in the chair with a dead face Angry Osamu Dazai:

"Really? Dazai-san? Ranpo-san?"

"Oh~ As expected of Kunikida-kun~" I don't know if he has any attachment to angering Kunikida Doppo, but Dazai Osamu, who is already half-dead, actually gave a thumbs up tremblingly at this moment , made a playful (?) teasing stubbornly in a weak voice, "You can guess this step! You are indeed a boring man who wrote all the criteria for choosing a mate in the ideal manual, and used this trick to scare off countless women!"

Kunikida Doppo: ...

Huge veins popped up on the forehead of the blond youth——

"I know I won't hear any good things from you..." He gritted his teeth, "If you know something, tell me sooner, bastard bandage waste device! Also! What I wrote in the handbook is not some criteria for choosing a spouse, it's me The ideal female image! And that has nothing to do with this matter?!"

If you really want to praise someone, can't you be a little sincere and pick out his real strengths to praise? !

Special emphasis on the criteria for choosing a mate... Dazai, the bastard, is still mocking him, right?right? !

Osamu Dazai's face was pale, but he still insisted on bickering with his partner:

"Why did you only teach me a lesson? Mr. Ranpo already knew about it! Partial! Kunikida-kun is partial!"

"Ah, I'm partial, so what?!"

Kunikida Doppo was not moved at all.

"Mr. Ranpo's words must have his own considerations, so he didn't say anything for the time being. But what you guys say..."

If Dazai Osamu was not too weak right now, and Kunikida Doppo was afraid that his actions would send the person away, he would have rushed to grab someone by the collar, lifted the person up and shook him from side to side!

The blond young man snorted coldly, and added the second half of the sentence without haste:

"I must be playing some bad idea again!"

Osamu Dazai: ...

"Why is it a bad idea..." he muttered.

——I didn’t deny that I was really thinking about it when I didn’t say anything before.

Kunikida Doppo couldn't even get angry with this person.

He sighed, the irritability before had subsided completely without knowing when.

"Since we've reached this point," he pulled away the folding chair in front of him, stretched his long legs, and sat down, "Mr. Ranpo, Dazai, can you really tell me about your discovery?"

Although Kunikida Doppo kept complaining about Dazai Osamu, and said that the other party knew what was going on but refused to say anything, it must be a bad idea, but in fact, he knew in his heart that if the two of them didn't say anything, it must be In their opinion, there is a more important reason than the negative impact on the detective agency due to the slow progress of completing the commission, and it is worth doing this.

Although Kunikida Doppo was anxious, he also believed that these two were not only in the detective agency, but also in the whole of Yokohama, and even in the whole world.

But now, in the face of his questioning, neither of them showed a very firm attitude of rejection...

The acting president thought that maybe it was time to find out some information.

I have to say that Kunikida's unique judgment is really excellent and rare.

Osamu Dazai smiled and looked at Ranpo Edogawa beside him:

"How is it, Mr. Ranpo?"

Things have developed to this point, those who should enter the game have already entered the game, and those who should take action have already started to act, since this is the case...

"Do you still need to keep it a secret from Kunikida-kun and the others?"

"Hmm..." Edogawa thought for a while, then tilted his head to look at Qiao Wen: "What do you think?"

"...Wait, why did you ask Qiao Wen? He is not a member of the detective agency..." Kunikida Doppo had a very strange premonition when Osamu Dazai said the word "secrecy". Edogawa Ranpo turned his gaze to Qiao Wen, and this weird feeling deepened.

Sure enough, after he asked this question, Osamu Dazai looked at him with a strange smile:

"Kunikida-kun, haven't you always been curious about why Qiao Jun, who is clearly not a member of the detective agency, has been able to freely enter and leave the detective agency during this period of time, saying that he is a non-staff member, and will not help complete the commission, saying that he is a guest, but why? Always participate in our internal meetings, and occasionally act alone with the president..."

"that is because……"

"I know, I know," Osamu Dazai smiled, "You want to say that it's because Qiao Jun is the president's 'savior', and he deserves such special treatment in the detective agency."

"But……"

"Kunikida-kun, you forgot."

"Is the president so easy to break the principle because of 'life-saving grace'?"

When Kunikida heard the words, he was struck by lightning immediately——

yes!Except for the members and clients of the detective agency, idlers are not allowed to stay in the detective agency, let alone participate in the internal meetings of the detective agency. This is the most basic code of conduct for the detective agency.

Because every meeting may involve the privacy of the client, it is really inconsistent with the professional ethics that a "detective" should abide by if outsiders enter such an occasion at will.

But the president made an exception for Qiao Wen.

This is definitely not because of some life-saving grace!

But...

"Go ahead."

The blond-haired youth's face darkened.

"What are you... secretly planning?"

……

……

After hearing about a bible-like "save the world" plan.

Kunikida Doppo was stunned.

Not only Kunikida Doppo, but everyone sitting in the meeting room was so surprised that they were almost speechless at this moment - they worked hard, completed every commission as before, and spent every day and night no different from usual When they were together, the little friends around them were actually planning such a great thing? !

"Wait, wait, wait..." Yosano Akiko looked confused, "So, that is to say, Xiao Qiao is not from this world, but was brought here from another world by some kind of 'world consciousness', in order to To prevent the destruction of the world, that is—to save the world?"

"YES~" Osamu Dazai shook out a shocking big secret, as if his whole body had come to life, and he couldn't see that he almost lost his soul just now. He sat there energetically and snapped his fingers: "Comprehension is perfect." ! As expected of Dr. Yosano!"

Yosano Akiko:  ………

The female doctor pressed the throbbing forehead:

"Let me slow down."

Osamu Dazai thoughtfully made a "please feel free" gesture.

He smiled and turned his gaze to Kunikida Doppo, who had already looked sluggish, stretched out his hand maliciously, and poked his petrified partner-kun on the shoulder:

"Kunikida-kun?"

With a click, the stone statue cracked a small gap at the part poked by Dazai Osamu's finger, and fine gravel fell out of the gap, rolling down all the way.

"Wow! What are you going to do, Ranpo-san~ Kunikida-kun, he's cracked~"

Osamu Dazai called out "worried" in a tone that was too cheerful for the content.

Edogawa glanced at him in disorder, and before he could reply, he heard a crackling sound of rocks, and from behind Dazai Osamu, Kunikida Doppo's extremely cold voice came out:

"...If your acting skills are too bad, you don't need to deliberately show your 'partner love' that you don't have at all, and no one will mind, Dazai."

"Ahaha..." Osamu Dazai showed a bright and refreshing smile as if he didn't realize that his partner was mocking him.

"Welcome back, Kunikida-kun." He smiled and turned back, looking up and down his partner: "Accept the reality?"

Kunikida Doppo showed a very distressed expression.

"What are you talking about accepting the reality..."

Of course he didn't want to accept it! !

You must know that the two things that the world is about to be destroyed and saving the world by himself and his companions are not in his life plan!

So what kind of trouble did the bastard Dazai cause him!

Kunikida Doppo looked at a black-haired young man who was said to be the savior of the world.

The other party blinked and gave him an innocent and friendly smile back.

Kunikida Doppo: ...

The blond youth rubbed his throbbing forehead.

"So?" He sighed as if giving up. "Is there any connection between the incident of 'saving the world' and the recent series of disappearances in the thick fog in Yokohama?"

Even to the extent that Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo would conceal important information?

Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo looked at each other.

"Haven't you noticed yet? Kunikida-kun?"

The former smiled and lifted the front half of the chair, treating it like a rocking chair, and using the two fulcrums at the back as support, it swayed back and forth slightly.

"Speaking of dense fog, and people who will disappear in the fog...don't you think of something?"

Kunikida Doppo was startled when he heard the words, and then his brows wrinkled little by little——

"No way……"

"That's the 'no way'~" Osamu Dazai said briskly, "I can only say that he is worthy of being Mr. Demon. It doesn't count if he used the dead once, even if the other party has died completely after that, whether it is the soul Or the remnants of the supernatural ability are gone, and he can still use it again, I don’t know if those big people above know it, will they be moved to cry..."

After all, he was once placed high hopes by the high-level government. There is no one in Japan before, the most likely to become a "transcendor", an unparalleled genius in the world——

White Kirin, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko.

The author has something to say: Kunikida: I Cracked 【Real Crack.jpg

Dazai: cheerfully] It’s not good, look at Kunikida-kun, he’s cracked!

Kunikida: ...

Dazai, a man who is also tap-dancing happily on his partner's slender(?) nerves today!

All members of the detective agency join the battle to save the world!In Dazai's words, "Kunikida Jun is super easy to use (not crossed out), that is to say, everyone in the detective agency is super reliable! And it is impossible for Mr. Ranpo not to tell the president of such an important matter, so it is better for everyone Let's act together!" - so

Qiao Xiaowen: So I can lie down and win again?

Tosi: No, you can't [Speaking and took out his own script

感谢在2021-01-1610:29:12~2021-01-1710:20:53期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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