Facing the Unknown in Yokohama

After being stunned by a mafia cadre Mr. Zhengdao's friendship-shattering fist, you spent the rest of the peaceful night temporarily.

But the scene about the "Kunyang people" you saw in the dream before really made you very uneasy.

You know, you will never dream about something like this for no reason, let alone dream about something you don’t understand in such detail—not just the names of those two people, but you even remember their every movement and expression.

It's as if something like that is actually happening right in front of your eyes.

Violent and cruel Kunyang people, imprisoned and abused humans, they all seem to exist in a corner of the world at this moment.

"woke up?"

When you opened your eyes again, Chuya Nakahara's deep voice came from your ears.

Looking along the sound, you can see him half leaning on the head of the bed, arms crossed, staring at you with those cobalt blue eyes.

There was a little wariness in his eyes, thinking about it, he was not sure if you would go crazy again like the night before.

Fortunately, the Central Plains, which is bound to the system, is not unaware of the existence of "temporary madness".So he doesn't have much hostility towards you.

After a night of rest, your body has recovered a little.When you woke up, the system also routinely asked you to perform a physical fitness check, and based on the check result, helped you recover a small amount of HP—so your physical pain was obviously much less than before.

"Mr. Nakaya..." You mumbled, because you just woke up, there was a strong nasal voice in your voice, and your throat that hadn't been moisturized all night seemed a little hoarse.

Before you could say the next sentence, Zhong Yuan raised half of your bed, and then handed you the teacup that was originally on the table beside you.

"thanks……"

You took the cup and found that most of the water in it was still warm, just right for drinking.

As expected of Zhongya Zhongyuan, she is as gentle and considerate as a male mother.

While sipping the water in the glass, you thought to yourself.

"Did you have some kind of nightmare? You didn't seem to be able to sleep well last night." Nakahara Chuya returned to the previous posture leaning on the head of the bed with his arms folded: "I heard you yelling suddenly in the middle of the night. I thought something happened. There was also a symptom of "temporary madness"-fortunately, nothing went wrong afterwards. "

""Temporary madness" can be regarded as the "historical problem" before. I mentioned it to you and Dazai-san before, that is, in this worldview, there are such things as "old rulers". Their existence itself is It will interfere with the consciousness of ordinary human beings, and even make people fall into a state of "crazy". "

"But fortunately, I didn't see the "Old Dominator" directly at the time, but only saw the portrait of Cthulhu on the murals of the Kunyang people.Therefore, it is only temporarily falling into "temporary madness". "

Nakahara Chuya slightly raised his brows, and his gaze towards you suddenly became a little sharp.

He might have meant to say something, but he ended up saying nothing.

And when he looked at you, the closed door was suddenly pushed open, and the black-haired man in the white long coat walked in from the door.

"Leader..." Zhong Ye straightened his posture immediately after seeing the person coming, and took off the hat on his head with one hand and put it on his chest.

"Mr. Zhongye, how is the situation of this young lady?"

"It has basically stabilized, and there were no other abnormalities last night."

The young man in the black suit nodded, and his tone was extremely humble.

"Very good. Then you should go to rest for the time being. After all, you haven't closed your eyes all night." Mori Ogai slightly raised the corners of his lips: "Afterwards, I will also ask Chuya-kun for the investigation of the secret way."

"I see." Zhong Yuanzhong also answered solemnly, then he glanced at you again, and then slowly retreated from the room where your sick bed was placed.

So there are only you who are still holding a water glass and Mori Ogai who just walked in in the room.

"Miss Xingyuan." The man nodded slightly, as a gesture to you.

"So it's Dr. Sen." You raised the corners of your lips, lowered your eyes lightly, suppressed the emotions that might be seen through for the time being, raised your voice slightly, and asked the man who came to your bed Sentence: "So are you doing a routine physical exam on me as a doctor? Or are you trying to get something from me as a dry mouthed mafia boss?"

"You don't seem to be surprised by this." Mori Ogai stopped in front of you, looking at you with a half-smile: "I don't remember ever mentioning the "Mafia leader" to you. "

"Probably just a little bit of my personal intuition." You met Mori Ogai's gaze: "After all, I am also from the Mafia. Even if you told me before that you are just a doctor, I still think that there is something very special about you. special place."

The arc of Mori Ou's outer lips became deeper, but those red eyes seemed to be colder than before.

"A special place...?" He sneered, "It may be an honor for me to receive such an evaluation from a "special existence" like Ms. Xingyuan. "

"Leader Mori is underestimating himself by saying that."

You really don't intend to play charades with this guy in front of you.He is the leader here, the man who naturally controls the overall situation behind the scenes.

But obviously, at least what happened in this room, Mori Ogai did not directly see it through surveillance or other channels—otherwise Osamu Dazai and Dostoevsky would not have appeared so easily before.

He gave you quite a free space, but let his most trusted and valued subordinate Nakahara Zhong also act as his "eyes".

Therefore, what Mori Ogai currently knows is theoretically all that Nakahara Chuya reported to him.

"You knew early on, right? I'm not just related to Vongola, but even to "enthusiasm". "

You took a deep breath and said in the calmest tone possible in front of this man: "As the leader, you have no reason to keep a person of unknown nature in your base camp."

"You must also know that it is impossible for me now to return to either of those two organizations—and because of this, for you, even if you don't need to hide your identity as the "Port Mafia Leader", you can get desired result.In other words, it is more convenient to communicate with me at this time by using the identity of "Port Mafia Leader". "

"Because I no longer need to hide anything from you. For me right now, the only thing I can rely on is your power that has cured my body."

You are also quite clear about the current situation.Dostoevsky's previous words did not stop with verbal threats.

Since he also wants to figure out the power of the "slate" and figure out what's behind you, it's only natural that he separates you from those two troublesome organizations first.

With his action power, those two families will take action against you without waiting for your wounds to heal.

So all you can rely on right now is really only one of the port mafia or the "rat of the dead house" who competes with those two mafias.

Then the answer you would choose is obvious enough.Although the leader of the port mafia, Mr. Ogai Mori standing in front of you is not a kind-hearted philanthropist. Of course, he will choose to lend a helping hand to you for a special purpose.

But in this organization, at least there is such a reliable existence in the Central Plains to help, which is much better than the seemingly dark situation on the "rat of the dead house".

"Miss Xingyuan is a sensible person, so the next communication will be much easier."

The expression on Mori Ogai's face also became relaxed. If one ignores the slyness in his eyes, then he looks like an ordinary gentle middle-aged uncle at the moment.

But you know Mori Ogai is not such a simple and gentle person.

He will not do useless things, and he is determined not to help worthless people.

"In this case, then I will try to be as honest as possible with you." Sitting on the chair beside the bed as if nothing had happened, Mori Ogai naturally crossed his legs together, tilted his head slightly, and watched with a serious face. Your eyes: "For the time being, I asked my subordinates to investigate the actions Miss Xingyuan took after she came to Yokohama."

"Including the places you've been, and the people you've been in contact with."

Mori Ogai spoke slowly.

Being investigated for past whereabouts is not a pleasant thing.But you can also be considered a "suspicious element" yourself.So even if he is investigated, he has no right to complain.

"Ms. Hoshibuchi seemed to have a little dispute with Dazai-kun when she went to Yokohama Station yesterday—ah, that is the Dazai-kun of the Armed Detective Agency. He used to be my capable subordinate."

The man doesn't pause at this point, nor does he pay attention to your reaction to the message.

"At that time, it seemed that there was a little misunderstanding, so the staff on the platform dutifully stepped forward to make adjustments. But before that gentleman seemed to have time to say anything, Ms. Hoshibuchi and Mr. Dazai stepped into the station first. Is that so? "

You are a little puzzled and don't quite understand why Mori Ogai would bring up such an insignificant matter in front of you.But there was nothing wrong with his description, so you just nodded.

"There is nothing wrong with that."

"It was just a trivial matter." Mori Ogai took out a photo from the pocket of his jacket and put it in front of you: "But when my subordinates were investigating this matter, they unexpectedly discovered that , the whereabouts of this gentleman who had been in contact with Miss Xingyuan is unknown."

"Although it's only been a day, it doesn't seem appropriate to say something missing. But after work, he didn't return home, and he didn't show up at work the next day, and—"

"There is no trace of him anywhere in this city, as if the world has evaporated."

"I don't know if this matter has anything to do with Miss Xingyuan?"

You were at a loss, but when you saw the face in the photo, you exclaimed uncontrollably.

Because it wasn't that long ago that you saw such a face.

In your dream the night before.