A rare sunny day in winter.

The sun fell on the back of the hand, leaving only a faint temperature that was almost non-existent. The air was dry, with a little salty smell of sea water. The traffic lights on the road changed to represent the color of traffic, so there was a sound of cars in front of the crosswalk. With the slight sound of brakes, all kinds of passers-by crossed the road in disorder.

Standing at the crossroads where people come and go, wearing an unremarkable gray windbreaker, Tiao Ye Caiju closed his eyes, with a faint smile on his mouth, and his short white hair with a touch of vermilion at the end fluttered slightly in the wind. He lifted it up, revealing a wireless earphone he was wearing in his ear.

"...One billion yen is in hand! Hurry up! Get rid of the group of policemen!...We will meet at the agreed place later, Dianping!"

The accomplice's hasty voice came intermittently from the headset, and the bank robbery plan went as smoothly as he expected.A police car whistling with its siren roared past him, and the vehicles at the intersection fell into a brief chaos because of avoidance.

The passers-by who stopped by the street chatted one after another, guessing where the case happened again. The mediocre ordinary people didn't realize that just outside a street less than 200 meters away from them, the largest bank in the city had just Suffered from a gun robbery by gangsters, the minivan stuffed with banknotes and the hostages had already mixed into the bustling traffic in the business district. With the tracking efficiency of the city police, when they found the abandoned van in the suburbs, You will only see a body that has been tortured and killed.

Tiaoye Caiju has a calm smile on his face, he is not interested in "billion yen" money, because money, as far as his mind is concerned, is just a matter of moving his fingers. Things that can be obtained in a way can't stir up the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

He just likes to listen to the painful howling from the soul of the victim when he is abused.

Not only the groans and cries because of the pain, but also the [voice] that the line of reason and emotion collapsed instantly when despair fell on this human being.

That is——

A person [destroyed voice].

Tiaoye Caiju is a "blind man".His eyes are closed, but at the same time, he has other senses that are unparalleled.

hearing.

sense of smell.

tactile.

Using these superhuman senses, he can even guess what the other person is thinking through the sound of their heartbeat.Joy, uneasiness, anger, sadness, all emotions are invisible in front of Tiaoye Caiju, and the one that makes him most happy is [pain].

The juvenile "pleasures himself" by "making others suffer". Therefore, it seems to be a matter of course that he will become a criminal.

He can get a huge amount of money by robbing a bank, but it doesn't bring him much joy. If he wants to escape smoothly after a robbery in a downtown area, it means that he must make a quick decision and not spend time "playing" with the people present. For ordinary people, since this is the case, there is no need for him to go together.

After all, they were just a group of foolish reckless men who made it easier for him to find pleasure, and Tiao Ye Caiju had no intention of doing any trouble for them as a temporary partner.

After giving this group of "accomplices" enough money, it's time for him to relax next time.

What kind of crime should I choose?

Arson?car accident?Poison?Or is it kidnapping?

Kidnapping seems like a good idea, and the fight between the kidnapped and the passive panic of the kidnapped probably sounds good.

So what kind of kidnapping object should we choose?Bravado man?Panicked woman?Or appreciate the most innocent fear and cry of children?

The young man was planning slowly in his heart, with a gentle smile on his handsome face, making it impossible to see the bloody and brutal things he was thinking.

Suddenly, he felt a delicate and soft touch on the fingertips hanging by his side.

It was a small hand that was not warm, even a little cold, soft and without much strength, as if it had suddenly appeared from the air, holding one of his fingertips.

Tiaoye Caiju was taken aback.

He suddenly realized that at some point, there was a child standing beside him.

It is a very short little girl, a small one, breathing and heartbeat are very light, unlike other passers-by who are not fluctuating due to walking, it is as quiet as a silent river flowing underground, mixed with the passing traffic Among the sounds of cars, the voices and footsteps of passers-by, and the sound of the sea wind passing through the streets and alleys, it was like a small shell swallowed by the waves, making her existence hardly felt.

It's not that Tiaoye Caiju didn't "hear" her existence.

He just wasn't "aware" of the little girl's existence.

The color of traffic lights has changed.

The little girl led him across the road silently.

Tiaoye Caiju: ...

The smile on Tiaoye Caiju's face was a bit stiff: "...What are you doing, little sister?"

"...!"

Shocked, Nanako immediately dropped his hand and took a step back.

[The blind man... the blind man has spoken! 】

Terrified, Nanako hugged the cheese rice cake she just bought in her arms, and the shocked Nanako turned her head and hurried away.

Tiao Ye Caiju who was thrown away: "..."

What's the matter with this kid.

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She buried her head and ran into the red brick building where the detective agency was located. Nanako's cat-like shoulders finally relaxed. She hugged the cheese rice cake, pressed the button next to the elevator door, and waited for the elevator door to open slowly. In this second, a question came to mind.

——The blind man seems to be able to talk?

【...Then why should I run? 】

Nanako was confused and scratched her little head blankly, not understanding why she was taken aback by that blind boy just now.But having said that, there seemed to be a lot of blind people in Yokohama recently. She had only seen one on the way back to the detective agency after school two weeks ago, and met another one today.

The elevator door opened completely in front of her, and Nanako, who had no idea why, quickly forgot about it, ran into the elevator, stood on tiptoe, stretched out her short hand hard, and pressed the button The button with [4] written on it.

The pointer slowly moved from [1] to [4], with a clear ding, the elevator reached the floor where the detective agency was located, and opened the door slowly again.Nanako ran across the corridor, the door of the detective agency was not closed tightly, leaving a gap, she pushed the gap a little, and then got in through the gap.

The heating in the room warmed up her somewhat stiff little face. It was almost dinner time, and the detective agency was cooking hot pot again today. She hugged the cheese rice cake she bought from the supermarket and ran to the place where she was wrapping beef with chopsticks. Beside the vegetable roll, Luanbu held up the rice cake for him to see.

"Dad, rice cake."

Concentrate on putting evenly dipped beef slices and lettuce into the roll skin, then put in shredded sausage, cucumber and half a small tomato, and carefully wrap the stuffed dough Rolled up with hands and chopsticks, the not-so-thick dough looks like it will be broken soon, and the sauce dipped on the lettuce leaves is almost leaking out.

Finally finished a perfect beef and vegetable roll, with a satisfied expression on Luanbu's face, he picked up the knife on the side and cut the vegetable roll in half, picked one up with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth , and the smaller half was fed to Nanako.

"what--"

"Ah,"

Seeing Nanako's expressionless little face being bulging, her cheeks shrugging, she was chewing hard on the beef roll in her mouth.Luanbu patted her head in a good mood, took the cheese rice cake and put it on the table.

"Where's Gogol?" he asked.

Using both hands and feet, Nanako climbed onto a high stool, leaning on the edge of the table and sat down, swallowed all the beef rolls in her mouth, and then replied slowly: "At the dim sum shop...the fried dim sum is sold out. , Auntie has to do it again."

Cheese rice cakes are refrigerated, and the heating is turned on in the dim sum shop. If they stay too long, the rice cakes will soften, so she came back first.

"Oh, then leave him alone." Ranbu said indifferently, reached out and lifted the lid of the pot, "Let's eat first!"

The hot pot soup is delicious. It is a bit different from the Chinese hot pot, but it is not too different. In Nanako's eyes, it is the same to throw ingredients into the pot.She is still very short, so she can only let Ranbu or Yo Xieye next to her help her pick up food.

There are not many employees in the detective agency, and there are only ten people in their early years. Clearing out two or three unused desks is enough for them to sit around and eat hot pot.Nanako was holding her small bowl, listening to the employees chatting about work or gossip, while eating the beef balls and mushrooms in her bowl, the beef balls were a bit hot, Nanako was scalded several times, the kitten The same huddled on the stool and breathed cool air.

"...Speaking of which, there has been a lot of movement in the port mafia recently." A clerk said with a piece of beef between his hands.

"After all, the leader has just been changed."

"The mafia below don't really accept him, isn't there a rumor that the ancestors were actually murdered by the new leader?"

"But if they are busy fighting internally, they won't have the energy to make trouble outside."

"...Maybe it's good news?"

"It's a blessing to have less work."

"But now it seems that the new leader should soon be able to integrate the old department. He has been reorganizing the company for the past two months... What do you think, Mr. Ranpo?"

"Huh?" Luanbu replied without raising his head as he was trying his best to fight against the rice cake, "Cleaning up illegal organizations is the job of the police, and the detective agency only needs to accept the commission to do the work. Who has changed the leader of the mafia? The job of a detective is the same, to solve problems for idiots."

He tore apart the rice cake with chopsticks, ate up the cheese filling in the rice cake with random steps, then threw the tasteless white rice cake to the side in disgust, then picked up a new rice cake, and continued to repeat the same process as before. whole set of moves.

"That's what he said."

"As expected of Mr. Ranpo."

"It's as stable as a mountain."

Others started to compliment him one after another.

Nanako, who finished eating the meatballs and began to bite the rice cakes, looked at them. Her dark eyes were like dolls, and she didn't blink. She couldn't quite understand what they were saying.

[...boss?What boss? 】

Grinding the sticky rice cake with her front teeth, she thought in confusion.

[Mafia... is it a game? 】

She felt that the word [Mafia] sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember what it meant.The rice cake was already cooked, but it seemed that it was not rotten enough. Nanako could only hold short chopsticks and a small spoon, and tried hard to bite off the rice cake.

"But it will only take a few months for them to stabilize." Yu Xie Ye said, implying that after that, the new leader of the port mafia will show his fangs to the outside world, deterring those of the same kind. Other illegal organizations, or provocative governments.

If it is the latter, it is their usual method to directly attack the police station and the like, but it is not impossible to target the detective agency. After all, the detective agency itself was established with the assistance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. organization, but has close ties with the military police and the Secret Service.

"Aren't you going to kidnap the clerk again?" A senior clerk who has worked in the detective agency for more than three years and has been held hostage by the enemy [-] times complained dissatisfied, "Always being held hostage will delay the work progress." of."

She is not worried about being held hostage and causing accidents. After all, with Chaos' super reasoning and the violent social doctor Yosano, the prisoner will always be brought to justice quickly. Even if she is injured, there is no need to worry. Can be safe and sound.

She just complained casually, and saw that Luanbu, who was buried in eating rice cakes and cheese, suddenly stopped, holding two chopsticks in his hand, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"...?"

The clerk was confused for a moment, but soon, like everyone at the table, she turned her eyes to the same place.

Sitting around the table, everyone from the president to the new clerks who have just joined the company for half a year all looked at the side sitting beside Ranbu, their small faces were almost buried in the bowl, and they tried their best to grab the chopsticks. A small radish head with a rice cake in the mouth.

- Bang!

The head of the radish was too strong, and the chopsticks that were swung overturned the small bowl. The half piece of rice cake that was torn off fell into the soup sprinkled on the table, and the small spoon fell out of the overturned bowl. fell to the ground.

Still holding her small chopsticks in her hand, Nanako looked at the overturned soup bowl in front of her, chewed a small piece of rice cake in her mouth a few times, and then swallowed it into her stomach.

"dad."

She stretched out her short hands, grabbed the sleeves of Luanbu, raised her face with no emotion, and stared at him intently with a pair of dark eyes.

Ranbu: "..."

Everyone's eyes followed Nanako to Nanako, but no one volunteered to help the famous detective solve his troubles. Everyone had a look of "Mr. Ranpo, hurry up", "Mr. Mr. Ranpo, why don't you help your daughter clean up?" with an expression on his face, as if he should do it by himself as a matter of course.

Although he said he didn't want to do it, but facing the dull dark eyes of the idiot daughter, Ranpo reluctantly stretched out his hand, intending to get the rag from the corner of the table——

"I'm back~!"

The door of the detective agency was suddenly opened from the outside, holding a big bag of hot fried snacks just out of the pan, Gogol hopped in briskly, like a bird jumping around on the treetops, hanging down. The little braid behind the head is flickering.

He smelled the rich fragrance wafting in the air, his golden eyes curved, and asked enthusiastically, "Hmm? Have you started eating yet?"

Ranbu: "...!"

Someone who can help him solve troublesome things appears!

"Gogol!" Luanbu shouted with a straight waist and full of energy.

"What?" Gogol, who was suddenly called by Chaobu, tilted his little furry head, not understanding why everyone was looking at him.

Luanbu: "Come here and wipe the table!"

Gogol: "... huh?"

Ranbu carried Gogol and began to help Nanako clean up the mess, and Yosano took Nanako to wash his hands and face, Fukuzawa Yukichi who was sitting in the "upper position" put down the wooden chopsticks in his hand, pinched the center of his eyebrows helplessly, and said : "There's a question about the Mafia—"

As soon as he opened his mouth, all the employees immediately raised their attention and sat up straight with concentration. Kunikida even took out his notebook and pen, ready to start taking notes.

Fukuzawa Yukichi: ...

He continued: "There is a question about the mafia. They may target the detective agency, but they should not target Nanako."

"Why do you say that?" A flower bag wrapped in a quilt emerged from under the desk, with bowls and chopsticks in his hand.

"Because kidnapping the 'child' is tantamount to declaring war on the detective agency. Under the premise of no conflict of interest, that man, the newly appointed leader of the port mafia, would not do such a useless thing. If the government shows its strength and establishes its position, it will be enough to blow up two police stations." Luanbu, who was wiping the table more and more messily with a rag, interjected.

"Exactly." Fukuzawa Yukichi nodded, "So the port mafia will not target Nanako..."

He didn't know why, and repeated the sentence again.

Since the president and the pillar Mr. Ranpo both said so, there must be nothing wrong. A group of employees immediately felt relieved and continued to eat and drink lively. Ranpo and Gogol looked at it for some reason. The desktop that was getting more and more messed up fell into thinking together.

【Will not target Nanako...】

【……Bar. 】

Fukuzawa Yukichi looked down at the plate of sake in his hand, and thought in his heart not very sure.

【……hope so. 】

He always had a bad feeling.

*******

in the bathroom.

"Ha chirp!"

Nanako, who was stepping on a small bench to wash her hands, suddenly sneezed.

"Is it too cold?"

Holding a wet handkerchief, Xie Ye helped her wipe the soup splashed on her face, and asked worriedly.The bathroom was outside the detective agency, there was no heating, Nanako was splashed with soup, and it was inconvenient to put on her coat again, so she came out wearing her shirt and washed her hands.

Sniffing her little nose, Nanako, who didn't feel cold, shook her little head.

【…】

I don't know if it's an illusion, but she always feels as if someone is scolding her.

The author has something to say:

At this time, a newly appointed mafia leader saw a report sent by his subordinates on his desk.

Mori Ogai:! ! !

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Mori Ogai is clearly written in the official formula book 【Like: Children under 12|Female】

His Lolicon is real, but his personal preference will not affect the optimal solution

It's like he really likes Yosano who is 11 years old, but still forces Yosano to create him an army of undead

So although I wrote illogical cookies, don't worry, I still can't write a plot like "Mori Ogai leads the mafia to attack the detective agency and rob loli".

Families(?) please keep calm and don't be afraid

Of course, if this loli refers to Alice, maybe the nonsense I said above might really happen? (Hello!

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Tiaoye Caiju was a cadre of a criminal organization before joining the Hound. He was arrested six years before the start of the original work, that is, the year of the Longtou War, and Fudi dug him into the Hound.

That is to say, his and Dazai’s experiences are similar (from black job-hopping to white), and Dazai was right when he said “it looks like we fit together” when he was arrested.

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