I swept Yokohama with a vest

"Dazai-kun, are you alright?"

When Osamu Dazai regained consciousness, he heard Mori Ogai ask.

He calmly controlled the movement of subconsciously retreating and the rapid heartbeat without any trace, and the blurred picture in front of him became clear.

The first thing to enter is still the painting. The girl in the portrait is holding a cat mask, the corners of her lips are slightly curved, and the faces of other people in the background are shrouded in mist. The atmosphere of the whole painting is very strange.

He also grasped the charm of Asama Tsuko very well, and almost made this painting come alive, as if the person in the painting came to life.

Osamu Dazai was very sure that the person in this painting was Tsuko Asama, even though he had never seen the person in the painting dressed up.

...Based on the way he got out of the portrait, the Asama Tsuko he met should be the memory of the other party, not the real body, otherwise there would be no such portrait in front of him, and Mori Ogai would not say that he would take him Go meet the person in the portrait.

"Ah, it's nothing, what a strange portrait." Dazai Osamu put down his hand touching the portrait, and said nonchalantly.

Except for the moment of fierceness when he just regained consciousness, he became lazy again.

Mori Ogai gave him a deep look, but he didn't probe into it, but smiled and said, "It's fine, I'll take you to see that person."

There is a secret passage in the port of Mafia, and Osamu Dazai knows about it.

Now that he knows that the people he is currently following are targeting the location of Mafia in the port, he certainly will not take one step at a time without preparation and laziness. The Ogai channel has obtained the map of the port Mafia.

As long as you pay extra attention, you can find that the data marked on the map and the leader's office are different from the real data. Of course, almost all the people who can see this detailed data map are dead.

Even if he didn't die before, he was silenced by Mori Ogai now.

The physical data does not match, the simplest and most likely, of course, is that there is a secret area, but I don’t know if the former leader of the port Mafia knows about it.

Mori Ogai opened the secret passage, and then glanced at Dazai Osamu who looked surprised, as if he was really surprised, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Come in, Dazai-kun."

This is a very long secret passage, which has not been opened for an unknown period of time. The air inside is dirty and full of dust. Occasionally, a few lights with poor brightness will appear on the wall, as if the owner of the secret passage finally realized the need for illumination.

Under the dim light, Osamu Dazai could feel the dust floating in the air more clearly.

Finally, when he stopped at the end of the secret passage, Mori Ogai couldn't help but let out a low cough, then continued to hold his breath and pushed open the door.

Warm dim yellow light spilled out and fell on the ground of the secret passage, providing a luminous stage for the swirling dust.

Osamu Dazai walked in with Mori Ogai, and found that the size of this room was about the same as that of the chief's office, and the decoration inside was similar, even the curtains on the French windows were the same, except that there was a short table in the middle.

And the protagonist he just met in that memory was sitting in front of the table, pouring tea and playing leisurely. Hearing the sound of the door opening, the other party raised his eyes in surprise, and immediately said with a smile: "Sir."

Mori Ogai also smiled and said, "Your Excellency, long time no see."

The title 'Sir' is very serious, even a common sense respect for people like doctors or professors, but when it is called out lingeringly by the other party without any surname modification, this word adds a bit of imagination for no reason Lian Pian ambiguous.

Looking at the smiling eyes of the other party, you will find that the ambiguity seems to be more than what the bystanders think about.

Bystander Osamu Dazai raised his eyebrows.

He looked at the black-haired girl, and found that the other person's appearance was still the same as he had seen before, almost unchanged, and time had not left any traces on her appearance.

Her sitting posture is not kneeling, but sitting on the table with legs crossed, carelessly holding/playing with the cup with one hand, resting her head with the other, with a slight smile on her lips.

The clothes on her body are still the same style of red and white kimono, and the ornaments on her head have also been changed. The golden fine ornaments hang down on her forehead, and because of her posture, she hangs down obliquely, and she plucks the other party's eyelashes from time to time .

The curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows were drawn and the lights were dimmed, so the other party's overly pale face turned into a natural human color.

"Mister has changed a lot," she sighed softly, then shook her head, "I feel very mature."

"But your Excellency hasn't changed yet. It's still the same as when we first met." Mori Ogai smiled. He stared at the black-haired girl for a moment before continuing, "I brought the person you want to see here."

The black-haired girl stopped the hand playing with the cup, turned to prop herself up on the ground, and said, "There are too many people I'm looking for. Which one is he?"

Her gaze finally moved away from Mori Ogai, and shifted to Osamu Dazai for the first time.

Osamu Dazai chuckled lightly: "Maybe it's a disqualification in the world?"

The black-haired girl stared at him, observed his whole body, and said softly: "I remembered, Mr. once told me that I found a child who can make other supernatural powers disappear?"

"Ah, to be precise, it can make people who touch me temporarily lose their supernatural powers." Osamu Dazai corrected.

He was thoughtful.

Asama Tsuko is very eager to become a human being, even if she doesn't know it herself.

This is something that Osamu Dazai confirmed after getting along with each other for several months.

And after turning into a human, the other party's emotions were not stable, so after the train turned over... Cough, in short, after turning back into a ghost, the other party fell into the water.

If Osamu Dazai hadn't jumped down with her, she would never have died, the half-human, half-ghost would not have been drowned, nor burned to ashes by the sun.

Before jumping down, Osamu Dazai clearly knew about it, and he also knew that the other party also knew about it.

But the fact is that the other party resolutely entered the water, and he himself also entered the water. Rounding up, it is considered a martyrdom...

It is difficult for Osamu Dazai to explain why Tsuko Asama knows that he will not die and will also fall into the water, and it is even more difficult to explain why he also jumped in, just like it is difficult for him to explain to others why he has been obsessed with painless death.

When entering the water, the river water overflows the nasal cavity, scrambling to get into the throat and ear holes, and the breathing is curbed a little bit, and the remaining air and water collide, causing human beings to subconsciously cough in pain.

However, if the neck is strangled with a bandage, the cartilage of the neck will be strangled, and the breathing will be directly restrained. Before death really comes, there will be a long period of struggle, and even incontinence.

Aren't these two ways of dying painful?

"What a magical ability." The black-haired girl said with a smile.

From her current reaction, she couldn't see the desire to become a human at all.

If it was the Asama Tsuko that Osamu Dazai knew, the other party had already started hunting, and she would have to keep him by her side no matter what means, so that she could feel the feeling of being human until death separated them.

Mori Ogai also hesitated for a moment, his originally smiling expression retracted, and he pretended to complain: "So can you tell me, why are you looking for someone with similar abilities?"

Osamu Dazai couldn't believe that he hadn't guessed what the black-haired girl was doing with a person with supernatural powers who could eliminate other superpowers... Unless Mori Ogai didn't know that the black-haired girl was a ghost.

But when he introduced it before, he clearly mentioned evil spirits, so how could he not guess?

The black-haired girl didn't speak immediately. She lowered her eyes and touched the table before saying lightly, "Ah, I forgot."

After blatantly not cooperating and perfunctory, she said again: "When I handed Yingzi over to you, I said that there would be a price to pay..."

Mori Ogai replied quickly: "I have already found for you a person with supernatural powers who can eliminate supernatural powers, and brought him to you."

Then he tried his best to pretend not to see Osamu Dazai staring at him quietly, and explained in a low voice: "Don't worry, Dazai-kun, I'm definitely not selling you out."

Osamu Dazai didn't believe it.

However, the focus of his immediate attention was not that he was tricked by Mori Ogai again, but the sentence from the black-haired girl's mouth, "When I gave Sakurako to you before."

Sakurako Tsushima was handed over by Tsuko Asama to Mori Ogai?

When he saw Tsuko Asama for the first time and tasted the familiar taste of the other person, Osamu Dazai thought of Sakurako Tsushima, and the relationship between Sakurako Tsushima and Mori Ogai was also a bit weird.

Moreover, Mori Ogai himself said that if you need to avoid Sakurako Tsushima before you can meet someone, that person is Tsuko Asama.

But this kind of statement is too broad, and Osamu Dazai can only roughly guess that the two people know each other. It is only now that he has fully realized why some of the characteristics of these two people are so similar.

It also solved some of his other doubts.

For example, why is that Miss Conjurer so familiar?

Osamu Dazai looked at the black-haired girl and smiled.

After seeing the Ms. Zhu of the Ghost Slayer Team who seemed to be riding the moonlight in the portrait, Osamu Dazai thought of the Ms. Magician, not only the pleasant tone when she spoke, but also the agility when she walked around and how she treated danger. manner.

And the same great looks.

If the connection between Sakurako Tsushima and Tsuko Asama is what Mori Ogai said, what about her connection with Ms. Conjurer?

Ms. Conjurer came to Yokohama. On the surface, it is a cooperation between organizations, but the other party has almost searched Yokohama, and seems to be looking for someone. Could it be Tsuko Asama?

I have to say, after knowing that there must be a connection between them, Dazai Osamu realized how wonderful it was when he went to taste Miss Conjurer.

Dazai Osamu only participated in the first part of the black-haired girl's life from Taisho to the present... Oh, no, if you have to study it carefully, he didn't participate at all.

A long time is enough to completely change a person, and the other party is now changed to be more difficult to guess, at least the other party is now particularly interested in his special ability.

Osamu Dazai couldn't figure out what she had been through for such a long time, and what she had become now.

But through Miss Conjurer, he can roughly deduce it.

If there is no accident, the relationship between the black-haired girl and Tsushima Sakurako should be the relationship between the teacher and the taught, just like the relationship between Mori Ogai and him, then the relationship between the black-haired girl and the magician Should be about the same.

From the works, we can see the shadow of the producer.

Similarly, Osamu Dazai can infer the change of the black-haired girl from Miss Conjurer.

From the desire to become a human being, to the obsession with death, and then everything is distorted by time, and all obsessions have changed.

Now, what is in front of me is no longer the maiden of Asama Shrine, Tsuko Asama, but a real ghost in human skin.

Osamu Dazai liked it very much.

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"Mori Ogai started to take revenge on me." Chushikano Zhizi almost sighed, "Even if you don't complete the so-called agreement, don't bring Dazai Osamu to see me, who are you mad at?"

And this agreement, with a high probability, was simulated by "No Longer Human"... I have to say, it is very in place and reasonable.

Originally, this should be a good thing, but why are Mori Ogai and Osamu Dazai in the opposite role?

Look at Mori Ogai's almost impeccable expression management, and then look at Osamu Dazai's creepy smile in the dark.

Chu Luye Zhizi couldn't hold back, and really sighed: "...that's fine."

The two interpreted the sigh as regretting that she could not make another promise.

She didn't explain either, and said lightly, "Can you go out, sir?"

Osamu Dazai tilted his head and blinked at her slowly.