i lied to the whole world

Originally thought that just catching the resurrection ability user would be considered as completing the task.

Unexpectedly, a monster was also involved.

Due to various reasons, the three members of the detective agency were unable to take Litao away for the time being, but they would not believe Litao's words just because of his one-sided words, so Kunikida temporarily went to the place where Litao lost the jade of the four souls to find Looking for, Atsushi Nakajima is responsible for watching Ritao, while Dazai continues to ask questions about youkai with great interest.

"During the Warring States period, monsters were quite common. Most of them were animals, or spirits and plants in the mountains, and there were also a few monsters born from the hearts of people." Litao said, "Of course, unlike spell spirits, most spell spirits None of them have a clear mind, they only know how to kill, and monsters, even the weakest monsters, have their own thoughts, so it can be said that they are another species different from humans."

"During the Warring States period, there were even countries where monsters and humans coexisted in harmony. At that time, most people thought that this way of getting along might become the mainstream of the world."

"Then why are there none now?" Osamu Dazai asked, "I have heard of conjurers, but I have never heard of onmyojis. As for the monsters you mentioned, they have appeared in various movies and TV shows. .”

"Because the heavens and the earth were exhausted, the Warring States Period was the last glory, after which monsters began to disappear in front of people." Litao said in a flat tone.

"The world is exhausted?"

"Spiritual power, or magic power, whatever you call it, since a certain period, this sign has appeared. Gods no longer walk on the earth, monsters hide from the world, and Shinto is extinct. Now only a part of magicians are left. , and..." The last sentence Tao said was soft and indistinct, neither of them heard clearly, and before they had time to ask, they saw him open the passage to the underground.

"This is the basement of the puppet hall. All ancient books are here, including books about monsters, and books on how to make pottery figurines and pottery. But please be careful. The ancient books here have been passed down for too long, and most of them have been turned over. It will break if opened."

Osamu Dazai narrowed his eyes: "So you were doing transcription work just now?"

Litao was not surprised by Osamu Dazai's discovery. There were a lot of books rewritten on new paper in the room just now: "Well, after I inherited this pottery shop, I found that there are many precious ancient books in this basement, but There are no protective measures, and some of them cannot be opened, so we can only save the rest while we can see it, otherwise it would be a pity.”

Ritao led Osamu Dazai and Atsushi Nakajima into the underground with a dim kerosene lamp: "There are no electric lights installed here, please be careful where you step."

Atsushi Nakajima moved his nose, and the stale smell and dust rushed into the tip of his nose together, and he couldn't help but sneezed a lot.

Dust flew up in an instant, Nakajima Atsushi covered his eyes and said awkwardly: "Sorry."

"It's okay, I seldom come here before, and even if I do, I just go out to read books." Litao said indifferently, and led the two of them to the bookshelf, because it is a basement, even during the day, it is almost the same as at night. Still following the dim light of the kerosene lamp, the two saw a corner of the bookshelf, on which were densely piled up ancient books.

"From here to here, you can still read it. The rest are too fragile, and I moved some of them to my room." Litao said, "Let's pick a few books and take them out to read, see With this information, you should believe me."

"We'll have to read this one later." After Osamu Dazai said, he picked out a book and sat on the floor without being too dirty, reading it in the dim light of the kerosene lamp, "Go out first, I'll do it here."

"Hey, are you reading here?" Atsushi Nakajima asked in surprise, but Dazai seemed to be immersed in the book as soon as he opened the book, and ignored him. Atsushi Nakajima scratched his hair in embarrassment, and said to Li Tao, " Maybe Dazai-san wants to read alone, so shall we go up first?"

"Of course I can." With a smile in his voice, Li Tao went up with Atsushi Nakajima, and before leaving the basement, he turned his head and glanced at Osamu Dazai.

The other party didn't look up, as if he was really immersed in the book.

But Litao knew that the other party didn't really love reading that much, and what he was looking for was his own flaws.

It's a pity that the direction was wrong, because the books in the basement were indeed intact ancient books, and Orihara searched for a long time, and even used divination, to find the only one suitable for Litao's disguise.

It has a long history and is related to pottery. For children aged 10 to 25 at home, it is best to keep ancient books from a long time ago at home.

And mental illness is also acceptable, and it even saves the reason why Litao needs to wear a mask.

All of this is for the present situation.

Therefore, the terracotta figurines and monster-related books in the basement were not specially arranged by him, but were already there.

The book in question—only one.

After returning to the first floor, Atsushi Nakajima felt a little awkward looking at Litao, probably because he was inexperienced. He came to monitor people, but he was even more at a loss than the one being watched.

Litao brought tea and snacks from the kitchen. Seeing the little tiger fidgeting, he let out a chuckle from under the mask: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Atsushi Nakajima raised his teacup in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, but I need you to entertain me specially, obviously we are here..."

"Ah, when I was working with that person, I thought it might become like this, and it's none of your business."

Atsushi Nakajima hesitated for a while: "Then why did you still cooperate with him? That intelligence room is really dangerous."

"I know," Litao raised his head and looked around, "but this store is the place where I played all the time when I was a child. I only feel at ease when I come back here every summer vacation."

Atsushi Nakajima also looked at the surrounding environment, only to realize that this place has a completely different style from the first floor. If the first floor is a gloomy dark gothic style, this place is completely ordinary Japanese style. The staleness of the wind and rain and some warm little arrangements.

At first he thought it was because the decoration was not finished, but it turned out that it was deliberately kept.

Atsushi Nakajima looked at Li Tao, and found that the other party had quietly removed the mask a crack at some time, with genuine nostalgia in his eyes.

The cicadas were chirping outside, and the wind was blowing through the wind chimes hanging by the window, making tinkling noises. Atsushi Nakajima seemed to see a child shuttle on the second floor, hiding in the closet and waiting for the old woman to find him.

Nakajima Atsuru felt something: "For you, this is a place full of memories."

Litao didn't speak, but the emotion in his eyes already explained everything, and he put on the mask again: "In order to pay the inheritance tax and maintain this store, I had to cooperate with the intelligence office. I thought it was just for A rich boss just provided a channel to resurrect the dead, but it ended up attracting so much attention.” Note 1

As he spoke, Li Tao's whole body was about to melt on the sofa: "When I think about how I was exposed to the eyes of so many people, I suddenly want to die... Just thinking about it is terrifying."

"No, it's all right." Nakajima Atsushi hurriedly comforted, only then remembered that the other party seemed to have a serious sight phobia.

Such a person, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for him to be the one who planned such an excessive thing. Sure enough, he is just a pawn of the intelligence house...

"It's okay... It wasn't that serious at first, it's probably the reason why I became like this, suddenly I couldn't stand others seeing me." Litao pulled his hair and said, "Ah, However, as long as you wear a mask, you can communicate freely."

"So it's like this... Ah, it seems that I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Atsushi Nakajima."

"Li Tao, my original name was Haneda Makoto, but after awakening the bloodline, I also inherited the name of the ghost girl, just call me Li Tao."

"Okay, Litao."

The grievances in his heart were eliminated, and Atsushi Nakajima gradually let go of his defenses. When he communicated with the boy, Li Tao seemed defenseless, and Atsushi Nakajima exchanged a lot of things about himself.

He said that he used to go to school far away before, and he could only come back here every year during the winter and summer vacations, but he didn't expect that he would only see his grandma for the last time when he returned this summer vacation.

So he decided to inherit this shop, but things like pottery have long been out of the era. In order to maintain the shop’s livelihood, he decided to transform it into a Western puppet hall. At this time, the intelligence house extended a helping hand to him.

"The puppet hall...will it really make money?" Atsushi Nakajima remembered the horrible decoration on the first floor with a delicate expression.

"Hey, but isn't gothic style very popular now?" Li Tao suddenly said nervously.

"..." Atsushi Nakajima hesitated to speak, "Gothic and haunted house... seem to be different?"

Litao instantly understood what Atsushi Nakajima wanted to say, and his whole body fell down: "Okay, I will reconsider the decoration of the first floor."

Atsushi Nakajima racked his brains to think of words of praise: "However, the transition from the pottery store to the doll hall is quite a long span, and the dolls in the store were made by you, they are so realistic!"

Li Tao: "Ah, the dolls are all made in the same way as pottery."

"Huh? Sure enough, it's different from traditional dolls. It's amazing."

"Not at all. My grandma taught me how to make pottery since I was a child. I thought, since pottery is no longer used in daily life, can it be used to make dolls? I really like dolls."

Just when the two were talking and laughing, Osamu Dazai finally came out from the basement.

"Yo, did I bother you?"

"Dazai-san." Atsushi Nakajima looked at him, "Did you find anything?"

"No," Osamu Dazai shrugged, "Atsushi, can I trouble you to help Kunikida?"

Atsushi Nakajima's first reaction was surprise, but seeing Dazai's eyes, he nodded obediently, "Okay, I understand."

Nakajima Atsushi seemed to have taken away the last ray of cheerful sunshine in the house after Atsushi Nakajima left. Rito sat on the sofa cautiously, as if he was very wary of this person who had taken off his mask before. Dazai didn't care about his attitude, and said casually: " I found that there are a lot of books missing, would you mind taking me to your room to have a look?"

"...Okay." Li Tao paused for two seconds, then nodded with difficulty, and returned to the room at the beginning with Dazai again.

Still the same as before, because of the airflow and wind, the papers that had been placed before being bound into a book were blown all over the floor, the door of the wardrobe was also wide open, and there was a single bed in the corner of the room. And desk, chair, that's what this room is all about.

Osamu Dazai first came to the desk, looked down at a brand new blank paper, half-opened ancient books, and various professional potions on the desk, then turned his head to look at Litao.

Rito was wearing a mask, so Dazai couldn't see his micro-expressions clearly, he could only tell from his body language that he seemed a little nervous.

Is it because his previous behavior left a shadow on him, or...

Osamu Dazai bent down and picked up a few pieces of paper scattered around, and then sat on the chair directly opposite the desk: "You should have been restoring the text on an ancient book."

"……Yes."

"It looks very professional. Many parts of this ancient book are unclear. Can these things be restored?"

"I can only see part of it clearly, because I'm just a layman."

"Then why not have it repaired by a more professional person?" Osamu Dazai asked casually.

"..."

"Let me answer for you, because the content inside cannot be shown to others." Dazai Osamu picked up the ancient books on the desk, and opened a new paper, and sure enough, he saw the imprint left by writing on the next paper.

"You are in a hurry. This book is not the one you were transcribing before, and the paper is different. A new paper is placed here. First of all, you have exposed the first flaw, that is, the paper is new, but the book has been turned over. It is half opened, and if it is said that the paper is not enough after transcribing halfway, the previous transcribing should be placed next to it to facilitate binding into a book."

"Secondly, the indentation of the handwriting on the bottom piece of paper doesn't match up. This should be a new piece of paper you temporarily pulled up from the bottom. You should have copied ancient books here, but heard the movement on the first floor. Hastily put away the ancient books and papers that were originally transcribed, and covered them with other books and papers."

Li Tao's breathing became heavier.

Osamu Dazai looked down at the papers that had fallen on the floor one by one, but found nothing of value. He stood up and walked around the room with Li Tao.

"The things you transcribed were not thrown on the ground by you. It seems that they are extremely precious and cannot be seen at all. You are very flustered because you don't know whether the person who came here is the one who hunted you, so you must To hide the book and the transcribed paper for a short time, and at the same time make time to manipulate the puppet to create the illusion that it has jumped out of the window, so the place where the book is hidden must be within reach."

Dazai's voice is very flat, but with determination, every sentence, combined with the sound of footsteps, invisibly creates a sense of oppression that pushes people to the cliff.

Under Ritao's nervous gaze, Osamu Dazai returned to the desk and pulled the drawers one by one. Suddenly, when he was pulling the first drawer on the left, he saw a book inside.

He took it out and threw it for a while, then looked at the cover, it was about the theory of restoring ancient books, and after flipping through it, he was about to put the book back.

Li Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next second, Osamu Dazai paused and opened the drawer again: "The weight is wrong."

He touched the bottom of the drawer, then looked at the other drawers, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "So that's it, double-layer structure."

As he said that, Dazai turned his head and glanced at Litao, only to find that he stayed where he was instead, neither stopping him nor doing anything.

Dazai narrowed his eyes, did he do something...

He turned around and checked the inside of the drawer first, touched the lower board of the drawer, and made sure that the thickness was wrong, and started to grope under the drawer and on the side with his hands.

Finally, when he got close to the corner, he felt a very tiny round hole that could hardly be found without touching carefully.

That's right, it's this one.

Osamu Dazai straightened up, first glanced around the objects on the desk, and finally his eyes gradually converged on the pen holder, he pulled out a ballpoint pen, and removed the refill in front of Litao.

"Use this." Osamu Dazai said with a smile, his eyes caught Ritao's fingers seeming to twitch, and he turned around and pushed the pen refill through the round hole.

click-

The interlayer of the drawer was pushed up, Osamu Dazai carefully removed the interlayer and took a look: "Hey, it's a very ingenious little mechanism."

I saw that there is actually a hollow space in the interlayer of the drawer. There is an ancient book in the center, with a few sheets of white paper pressed on it, and a small circuit is placed along the four sides. Osamu Dazai estimated that if the interlayer is to be forcibly opened, The circuit inside short-circuited instantly, causing a small explosion and burning the contents stored inside. (Note 2)

Now Litao couldn't keep his composure, he stepped forward a few steps and tried to grab the book, but Dazai dodged it nimbly.

"Give it back to me, it's mine!"

"Unfortunately, it has been confiscated now." Osamu Dazai took a few steps back, first opened the blank paper and looked at it, and found that it was indeed a half-written paper. According to the comparison of the initials on the top and the imprints on other blank papers, it was The one written by Li Tao before.

The above records are related to the Jade of the Four Souls. Osamu Dazai has one eye and ten lines, obviously not looking at it, but also relies on walking to avoid Litao's attempt to grab it, and he knows what's going on in two or three seconds.

"Oh, so it turns out that the Jade of the Four Souls is not something handed down in your family at all, you just accidentally learned about it from an ancient book, and I guess, the reason why you boldly made a deal with the intelligence house is because you feel that you have the Jade of the Four Souls. Jade will tell you the whole story, or you are sure to get the Jade of the Four Souls." Dazai Osamu smiled, "I have transcribed half of it, and the remaining half should be the method of obtaining the Jade of the Four Souls? Because books are easy to break, So the first thing you do when you come back is to transcribe it in a new book, but we came over halfway through transcribing it."

"Under the premise that you can't escape, you plan to use your plan and lie that the jade of the four souls is the prerequisite for you to use the resurrection technique. You want us to help you find the jade and then use the jade to escape. This is a good plan."

Li Tao remained silent all the time, and Dazai Osamu was not annoyed, and began to flip through the ancient book in his hand. Soon he frowned and found that the ancient book was really about to be broken into slag, and there were a few pages in the middle that were obviously missing. It seemed that Li Tao Put away these few pages about the Jade of the Four Souls in advance.

He took a deep look at Litao, but he didn't forcibly search him, he put some blank papers and ancient books into his arms: "There's nothing to see here, I have other things to ask you, let's go."

The two returned to the sofa just now. Li Tao sat on the sofa, his body language seemed a little uneasy, and he picked up and put down the teacup several times.

And Osamu Dazai kept his eyes on, carefully turning over the few pieces of paper and books with concentration, and exerted psychological pressure on him in this way.

Finally, Osamu Dazai closed the book in his hand, just when Li Tao thought he was finally going to talk about this matter, he asked about other things instead.

"Why do I come here, do you want to know?" Osamu Dazai asked suddenly.

"...Is it because I caused the chaos?" Litao asked tentatively.

"No, it's just that there is something I want to ask you anyway." Osamu Dazai put the book aside casually, as if he didn't care, "Is it possible for anyone to be resurrected?"

I don't know if it's Litao's illusion, but I always feel that Osamu Dazai's voice is dry than usual.

He shook his head: "No, only those with resentment and no reincarnation can be exchanged. If the soul has already been reincarnated, there is no way."

After hearing these words, Osamu Dazai was not relieved, but a certain idea in his heart became more and more entangled.

Li Tao didn't know what Osamu Dazai was thinking of, but seeing that he never mentioned the few pieces of paper he took out, he was relieved.

However, in the next second, Osamu Dazai changed his expression, and clapped the paper in his hand with great interest: "Forget it, let's talk about what you have hidden."

Li Tao's heart gradually lifted.

"About the origin of the jade of the four souls and its real function, you didn't explain it truthfully, ah, I can understand it without explaining." Osamu Dazai waved his hand.

Li Tao still defended himself a few words, "This is just a legend, I only use it as a monster power booster."

"Okay, then tell me what's next. If I'm not wrong, it's about how to get the jade of the four souls."

Ritao remained silent, as if unable to refute.

Osamu Dazai stood up from the sofa, approached the boy step by step, bent down, stretched out his hand suddenly, and pressed one hand on the sofa on the left side of the boy's head.

This is a very oppressive movement, casting a shadow on Litao's body. Dazai lowered his body, and his right hand approached Litao's neck. bug.

"Do you know that the intelligence agent deliberately disclosed your location information to me, and he also guessed that you suddenly agreed to his deal because you already had some kind of comeback plan. This is a conspiracy. He wants to pass I found your hole card, and he bet that it would be a more delicious fruit than simply being caught."

"And in the end, he bet right."

Osamu Dazai crushed the bug with a blank expression.

Li Tao was stunned.

"Based on his style, he probably already sold this delicious bait to other people." Osamu Dazai straightened up, looked at the bewildered Litao, and said calmly:

"No matter what petty thoughts you have, I would like to advise you that making deals with demons is always a loss-making business."

What Osamu Dazai didn't say was that he had also installed a monitor on Atsushi Nakajima just now. It meant nothing, but he was worried about Atsushi. He heard the conversation between Atsushi Nakajima and Rito, but he didn't believe that Rito Purely innocent.

Even including everything they communicated after coming here, he remained skeptical.

However, Dazai couldn't find any evidence. At most, he felt that something was wrong. Perhaps their current actions were following the arrangement of that intelligence room.

"—But whatever you want to do, it's too late."

Osamu Dazai was holding a mobile phone with a certain number on it: "The Supernatural Secret Service Division has arrived early, let's go."

Of course he made insurance, and he sent a notice to Ango when he stepped into this area. The news of the Jade of the Four Souls was still obtained by the intelligence agency, so at least he knew the exact whereabouts of the Jade of the Four Souls, and it was also the event of the resurrection of the dead. People who are key figures must be brought under the control of the government.

He doesn't trust the authorities, but this is the best way to divert the world's attention away from Yokohama. Except for the state, other organizations can only get these two pieces of information as hot potatoes.

The author has something to say: Note 1, the inheritance tax in Japan is very high

Note 2, from Death Note, Ye Shenyue's operation of storing notes.