i lied to the whole world

After confirming that Dazai's conjecture was correct, Ango Sakaguchi immediately reported to his superiors and asked for a full follow-up of the incident. As expected, he did not pay any attention to the incident after he reported it, and would even be accused of It's ridiculous.

But the farming chief believed it, and vouched for his words.

'Whatever you want to do, just do it. '

After gaining the full trust of his boss, Ango Sakaguchi immediately took over the Hell Girl incident, but the progress of the matter was not as smooth as expected, and he did not immediately achieve some results.

No matter how Ango Sakaguchi used supernatural powers to find relevant information, it was still difficult to find traces related to the hell girl.

Of course he didn't know that it was all because the place where Hosei Xingluo made the resentful and the hell girl meet was in a dream, and the scarecrow was placed by Shikigami next to the victim after they fell asleep, and of course the room they were in was not No trace of it will remain.

And after the only scarecrow they got disappeared, the case came to an impasse.

But Hell Girls will not stop because of them. On the contrary, in just a few days, more people have disappeared. According to statistics, the number of people who came to report far exceeded the average daily data in the past.

"She seems to be expanding the range." Many people had this terrible thought in their hearts.

It is currently limited to Yokohama, what if it spreads to other cities one day?

On the other side, Dazai's side was also caught in the investigation deadlock.

Ever since he witnessed the spectacle of the Hyakki Night Parade that time, Dazai has never seen it for the second time. No matter how many people in Yokohama witnessed it, and no matter how realistic the rumors circulated on the Internet, there was no trace left at the scene. Ask those who have witnessed it with their own eyes, and the answers they get are nothing more than muttering in excitement, such as "really appeared", "so handsome", "so handsome".

It was very strange, because if it was a real monster, how could there be no traces left, no one was injured at the scene, and there were no signs of disappearance or disappearance.

It seems that these monsters who participated in the Hyakki Night Walk just came to the streets of Yokohama for a show to open the eyes of the people of Yokohama.

What is the purpose of the people behind the scenes... Dazai deeply feels that the current information is insufficient.

But the current deadlock will soon be broken.

Because Edogawa Ranpo has returned.

Due to an incomprehensible incident in Yokohama, the commission was terminated early, and Ranpo will probably be able to return to Yokohama today.

I have to say that although Ranpo is usually childish, he is like the backbone of the detective agency, as long as this person is around, there is no problem that can stump them.

Kunikida and the others have already returned to the detective agency from the police station, while Dazai is still on the way, thinking about the message Ango sent him earlier while walking.

at this time.

"Stop bastard!"

"Being chased by someone with a vending machine on their shoulders, an idiot will stop!"

At this moment, two familiar voices entered Dazai's ears.

The time went back to 10 minutes ago, when Orihara Rin was happily eating in the sushi restaurant, but a group of men in black suddenly walked into the restaurant during the meal.

"What do you eat? My treat."

"No, no, how can I let you treat me?"

"You're welcome, everyone has worked hard today. Hey, boss, please serve the best shochu in your family."

The plot so far seems to be a dinner party between a good boss and his subordinates. However, when Orihara Rinya looked up curiously, and coincidentally met his eyes with Nakahara Chuya, things developed into an indescribable abyss.

"You are……"

"Hey, I'm really unlucky." Orihara Rin also felt sorry for holding the sushi in his hand that hadn't been served for a while, stood up, turned around and ran out of the shop without any delay.

Zhong Yuanzhong was also stunned for two seconds, then his expression gradually became ferocious, and he chased after him: "Wait, intelligence house!"

Orihara Lin also ran for a distance and looked back, almost frightened out of his wits, and saw that Nakahara Chuya used his own superpower to kick the vending machine next to him as a cannonball—it was really a cannonball, Orihara didn’t need to exaggerate He dodged the vending machine and smashed it to the ground, where various parts were scattered all over the place, scaring the children in the distance.

Orihara Rin also shook his head and sighed: "That's not okay, Mr. Chuya, how can a good mafia scare a child to tears."

Zhong Yuan was stunned for a moment, subconsciously apologized to the child, and then realized that something was wrong. Isn't their mafia able to stop the child from crying at night?

The chase started again, but this time because it was on the street, the Central Plains did not use large-scale weapons of destruction, but only used the gravity boost on itself, and the speed was many times faster than ordinary people: "Stop bastard!"

"Being chased by someone throwing a vending machine, an idiot will stop!"

Orihara Rin also moved left and right, his movements were quite agile, and he used various buildings and pedestrians to dodge like a parkour, but Nakaya couldn't help him for a while.

Orihara Lin also quickly left the street where you can see the whole picture at a glance, and ran into the narrow streets and alleys. When he ran through a corner, there was only one corner of his clothes left. , a car hit head-on.

"Tsk!" Zhongyuan Zhong also clicked his tongue, and used his supernatural power to pat the front of the car when the car was about to hit it. The whole person and the car lost gravity quickly, and the car was forcibly stopped under the driver's bewildered eyes.

This was delayed for about half a minute, and when he looked up, he realized that this slippery intelligence house must have run away.

It turned out not to be, and there was actually a figure of him standing there not far away.

Zhong Yuanzhong also hurried to catch up, only to see a familiar person in front of the alley, aiming at the intelligence room with a gun, no wonder this guy didn't run away.

"Dazai?!"

"Yo, Chuya, it's useless as usual, even chasing someone and almost running away, the current mafia is really going back more and more."

"Huh? Do you want to try to be hunted down by me?!"

Osamu Dazai hooked the corners of his mouth, as if he was arguing with Chuya Nakahara, but his eyes were always on Rinya Orihara.

Orihara shrugged: "If you two want to quarrel, why don't I leave first?"

"Don't even think about it." Zhong Yuan smirked and rolled up his sleeves, "I finally got caught, intelligence office, you haven't forgotten how you played the mafia before, right?"

"Wait a little before that, Chuya," Dazai Osamu looked at Orihara Rinya, "I still have a few questions for him."

"What happened in Yokohama recently, do you have any clue?"

Orihara Lin also tilted his head: "What's the matter?"

"Don't pretend to be stupid, you are also involved, intelligence house." Dazai said flatly.

"This is really slander, and it's not like I wrote all the messy things." Orihara Lin also pulled up the hem of his clothes, revealing his belly still wrapped in bandages, "Look, my wound is not healed yet. I'm in the hospital, so I don't have time to do things."

Osamu Dazai's eyes lit up immediately: "Which kind-hearted man is the one who will bring justice? Please tell me his name so that I can come to thank him."

"It's a pity that you said it late. If you want to thank him, you can only go to hell to thank him."

"Really, what a pity, Chuya, you can do it now, remember to hit the wound."

"Hey, wait a minute." Seeing Nakahara Chuya grinning and walking towards him, Orihara Rin also waved his hand, "We are all civilized people, so can't we use civilized means to solve the problem?"

"Okay, I want information on what's going to happen in Yokohama." Osamu Dazai stretched out his hand.

"Are you going to be a prostitute, whores will not end well... Wait, I understand, there is no need to use beatings to pay."

Between being beaten up and trying the mafia's torture methods and speaking out directly, Orihara Lin also decisively chose the latter, after all he was quite afraid of pain.

"Have you heard of [fear]?"

"[Fear]?" Dazai deliberately showed a puzzled look. In fact, he had obtained information from Ango before, but now compare it with Orihara Rinya's statement.

"[Fear], that is, the fear, fear, curiosity, respect, etc. of monsters. They are the source of survival of monsters, and they are also the easiest way for monsters to become stronger. Monsters that can still be active in modern times are almost all monsters. the object specified in."

Orihara Rinya's words were meaningful.

Dazai fell into deep thought, and Zhong Yuanzhong also looked confused: "What are you talking about, monsters? Is it another name for the curse spirit?"

Dazai glanced at Nakaya, but did not answer, but Orihara Rinya suddenly got excited: "Oh? So Mafia doesn't know..."

Dazai stared at Orihara coldly, as if he sensed the evil intentions of the intelligence agency, Orihara Rin also shrugged under his eyes, and did not try to provoke dissension, and took the initiative to say: "The imaginary curse among monsters and curse spirits The spirits are indeed very similar, I suspect that perhaps the original monsters were inspired by the birth of the imaginary mantra spirit, but fear does not only have negative emotions, this is inherently different from the imaginary mantra spirit, and..."

He hooked the corners of his lips: "If it is a monster that is still active in this world, the imaginary curse spirit will not be born in the ghost story."

Dazai quickly realized: "Youkai will take the initiative to snatch [Ai], occupying a certain concept of 'youkai' in ghost stories."

Recently, there has been a trend of 'monsters' in the whole city, not just Hell Girls, but also Hyakki Night Walk, if this can be counted as [Fear]...

"Understood?" Orihara Lin also grinned, "For the monsters, this is a grand dinner."

Osamu Dazai's heart was heavy, and now he fully understood why the people behind the scenes wanted to create urban legends about Hell Girl and Hyakki Night Walk.

He is using these two urban legends as a seesaw, quietly stirring up the "air" and the tide in the entire Yokohama, and using the huge "fear" of the entire city as bait, intending to set off a gluttonous feast for monsters.

The whole of Yokohama will set off a real hyakki nocturnal walk.

Zhongya Nakahara heard question marks all over his head, and seeing Dazai Osamu's heavy expression, as a former partner, he quickly understood, "Although I don't know what happened, since this mackerel showed such a face, it must be something serious." big event. '

"Hey, what happened in Yokohama?" Chuya Nakahara asked in a deep voice.

"I'll tell Mr. Mori about this later, there are more important things now, Chuya, you go back and wait for the news." Dazai said perfunctorily, and at the same time he did not know where he took out a bundle of ropes.

Orihara Rinya: "What are you going to do? I don't have that kind of habit... Eh, wait, don't tie it there!"

……

"Hell girl..." Edogawa Ranpo had just returned to the detective agency when he saw Kunikida and the others rushing back non-stop, and at the same time saw a series of materials about hell girl.

"According to what Mr. Ango saw with his supernatural ability, the people behind it seem to have created monsters with the ghost story of 'Hell Girl'." Although Atsushi Nakajima knew the ability of Ranpo, this incident is different, strictly speaking. Generally speaking, the occurrence of monsters, ghost stories and other factors is no longer a criminal incident. Can Ranpo-san really find the real culprit behind the scenes...

"A monster? Have you seen it?"

"Eh? Not yet... Only the haters have seen hell girls."

"That is to say, although there are rumors that the hell girl really exists, the real body has never appeared." Luan Bu nodded.

Atsushi Nakajima tried hard to recall: "But Mr. Ango confirmed the existence of Hell Girl from the supernatural power."

"Supernatural abilities can also be deceived, and they can only be used as evidence." Luanbu flipped through the materials, lost in thought.

At this time, Dazai opened the door of the detective agency, carrying a big red package like Santa Claus: "Yahoo~ Hello everyone, I brought you a big present."

"Dazai-san... where have you been so far?"

"Of course to investigate other things." Dazai casually threw the package on the ground, the things in the package moved, and he struggled to poke his head out, "Calling people as Christmas gifts or something, this is only limited to couples. Damn it, I feel that this sacred impression has been destroyed by a stinky man."

Osamu Dazai: "This is my line, do you think I am willing to walk all the way with the rats in the sewer on my back? If the loss is serious, it should be my side..."

"You are Orihara Rinya?!" Atsushi Nakajima said in surprise.

"Hello, white tiger boy, long time no see." Orihara Rin also turned his head with difficulty while maintaining the posture of being tied up, "Is this a large gathering of members of the detective agency?"

Indeed, because of Kunikida and Dazai's "major event that may affect the whole of Yokohama", the detective agency has become serious, including the president of the detective agency Fukuzawa Yukichi is also here.

Silver Wolf Swordsman stared at Orihara Rinya with a serious face: "Is he the planner of the previous resurrection event?"

"That's right, that's me." Orihara Lin also smiled, "It was a pretty good plan, right? Thanks to everyone, I had a lot of fun last time."

"You said it was for fun?" Fukuzawa Yukichi frowned tightly, and the most annoying person appeared, a pleasure criminal who dragged the whole society into chaos for his own selfishness.

"That's right, do you know the concept of non-daily life? All people are more or less tired of the daily life they experience, and envious of the concept of' non-daily life', but for us underground residents, we should pursue the non-daily life. Everyday has become a kind of routine in life, so we have to pursue more and more exciting events until we are smashed to pieces.”

In short, looking for excitement.

The detective agency has a general impression of him following Orihara Rinya's speech, of course it is definitely not a good impression, although most of the people in the detective agency are weird guys who are unacceptable in the eyes of ordinary people, but even weird guys have their own insistence justice, but also understand what is disgusting evil.

No doubt Orihara Rin was the kind of person they would hate.

Yoshino threw his machete in front of Orihara Rinya in displeasure: "Or I'll smash you to pieces right now."

"Calm down, Dr. Yosano," Dazai calmly removed Yosano's machete, "This step will be moved to the end, the intelligence office is undoubtedly involved in the real culprit behind this incident, he even saw The face of the real murderer, so we need information from him."

"But he will definitely not spit out the information obediently like this. We don't know whether the information is true or false."

Dazai: "No, he will."

"Of course I will tell you." Orihara Rin also smiled, "In the information I told you before, even once, was there any false news?"

"It's boring to be crushed by one side. I'd love to see the resistance of human beings. No matter which side wins this time, it will definitely put on an extremely exciting show."