Wenhao is my vest

After Mori Ogai and Nakahara Chuya bid farewell to themselves, Aoki Araya lowered his head again and carefully re-read the newly received email on his phone.

[Ellen Poe] The content of the email received includes the basic information of the "devil" Fyodor D, his recent situation, the cooperative relationship between him and Rinya Orihara, and the fact that Fyodor D was involved in the dock incident. The specific role that Dole is responsible for.

Almost everything is available except for a photo of Fyodor D.

Although these few emails were not signed, Aoki Araya almost didn't need to think, he could guess that it was definitely Orihara Rin who sent it to him——

Because in this document, while deliberately downplaying the influence of Rinya Orihara himself in the dock incident, what Fyodor D did was described in too much detail.

Fyodor is indeed the mastermind behind this incident, but without Orihara Lin, he would have misled Su Nanhui—[Ellen Poe] speculates that Orihara Lin should have concealed some "not so important" information— Then it would not lead to the current situation.

Because Chi Lin Haiyue couldn't bear the mental shock, she was still unconscious on the hospital bed.

After reasoning like this, the reason why Orihara Rin also sent this email to [Dazai Osamu]'s cell phone is also obvious.

As long as [Ellen Poe]'s hatred is mostly transferred to Fyodor, then he will naturally be able to escape, and by the way, he can watch another joke about his former collaborator.

[Ellen Poe] Averted his eyes from the words "self-proclaimed apostle of God" in bold and red on Fyodor's information, but his mood was unexpectedly calm.

——After all, in terms of the worldview of the Cthulhu mythology, there is not only one god, but also can be divided into three categories: the old gods, the old gods, the old rulers...

Who knows which god's apostle this Lord Fyodor claims to be, as long as it is not Hasta or Cthulhu's, it has nothing to do with [Ellen Poe].

From Aoki Araya's point of view, [Ellen Poe] who is not in a state of madness is actually easier to talk to than the seemingly weak but stubborn [Osamu Dazai].

After all, although this person has bad intentions, he has received aristocratic education since he was a child. When it is not necessary, he will not do unscrupulous behaviors that trip people up.

However, even if the mood is calm, it does not mean that [Ellen Poe] has passed everything before.

It's just that before, it was only used to take revenge on one person, but now it is evenly distributed to these two people.

Just when Aoki Araya was about to discuss with [Ellen Poe]'s spirit foundation about his future plans, the panel that hadn't made any movement in the past two months finally shook twice.

Aoki Araya was stunned for a moment before realizing what the voice meant.

He clicked on the panel and saw that the progress of the task [Resolve the dock incident] finally changed from "in progress" to "completed".

So the criterion for completion is to confirm the identity of the two behind-the-scenes hands?

Aoki Araya complained in his heart—although he also knew that the main purpose of this mission was probably to let him have a reason to break into the Ikebukuro forces logically, but this did not prevent Aoki from complaining about the ambiguity of the mission completion conditions .

The task reward of [Solving the Dock Incident] is to randomly obtain a new Heroic Spirit.

Logically speaking, as a heroic spirit lover, Aoki Araya should be impatient to start drawing cards immediately, but after glancing at the task rewards on the panel, he did not choose to receive them.

...After all, there are only two Heroic Spirits who can be online at the same time.

It’s fine if [Ellen Poe] is offline, as long as you go back to the base of the “Literary Association” to draw cards.

But if the offline quota randomly arrives at 【Osamu Dazai】...

Aoki Araya had already anticipated the doctor's reaction when he found that the seriously injured patient had disappeared after entering the ward.

In short, there is no loss if you don't draw cards now, but if you draw cards, you may have a little trouble.

Aoki Araya compared the pros and cons of the two, and happily chose the third method: as long as [Ellen Poe]'s current problem is solved, he can be offline before drawing cards.

As for [Ellen Poe]'s current question, it naturally refers to the whereabouts of "The Devil" Fyodor D.

But wanting to know this information... Aoki Araya remembered what Osamu Dazai once said to him, "We will accept any commission that is not illegal", and already had a preliminary idea in his heart.

[Ellen Poe] stood up from the chair beside the bed, did not speak to [Dazai Osamu]—the core essence of both of them is Aoki Araya, and there is nothing to say in fact—directly left the ward.

When he got to the hospital gate, [Ellen Poe] decided to take a taxi to the Armed Detective Agency in order to prevent the wound from getting worse.

After a quarter of an hour's journey, he finally arrived at his destination.

——Speaking of which, Heroic Spirit is really useful.

Standing in front of the door of the Armed Detective Agency, Aoki Araya couldn't help thinking while knocking on the door.

You don’t need to sleep, eat or pay, and you can work 24 hours a day for free, which is the dream job of every boss.

But when this trait is transferred to oneself, it is not so wonderful.

Although he couldn't show it to anyone, Aoki Araya really wanted to be resurrected as soon as possible - after two months of almost seamless role-playing, sometimes he even doubted whether he really ever existed as a human being.

This trend is really bad.

[Ellen Poe] The door in front of him was opened, and a fluffy golden head stuck out: "This is the Armed Detective Agency! Is this the client who came to make a commission?"

[Ellen Poe] smiled, without denying it: "I'm here to find Mr. Ranpo."

After he finished speaking, a black head protruded from the door: "What? Is it a guest that Mr. Ranpo knows?"

Aoki Araya glanced at the two smiling people, and found that one was a young man whom he had never seen when he came to the detective agency last time, and the other was Osamu Dazai who had left a deep impression on him.

The blond boy replied with a natural expression: "Eh? But it seems like someone I've never met before. Sir, are you a friend that Mr. Ranpo made outside?"

Perhaps the keyword "Mr. Ranpo's friend" is too scary, Kunikida Doppo's attention was suddenly attracted by the two guys blocking the door: "Dazai! What are you doing at the door when you are not working?"

[Ellen Poe] had no choice but to raise the volume, and repeated what he said just now: "I have something to entrust to Mr. Ranpo."

Miyazawa Kenji let out another "hey": "Sure enough, it's a guest—ah, but Mr. Ranpo missed work this morning, and he hasn't come to the detective agency yet."

Osamu Dazai's face was also wrinkled: "No, no, Mr. Ranpo is not the kind of person who can take any task casually. If you want to entrust him as a guest, you must show more sincerity."

【Ellen Poe】The hypocritical smile can't help but become brighter.

He stretched out his hand and pushed the door lightly, causing the two guys who blocked the door to take a few steps back: "Anyway, please let me go in and talk about it in detail, okay?"

Osamu Dazai held onto the table and managed to stand still.Hearing this, he intentionally put on an expression of astonishment: "Such a tough attitude...could it be called the enemy?"

Miyazawa Kenji believed his words without hesitation, and immediately took a fighting posture: "What?!"

[Ellen Poe] Turning his head calmly, he looked at Doppo Kunikida at the desk.

Two minutes later, under Kunikida's iron fist, the two restless members of the detective agency sat obediently on the sofa opposite 【Ellen Poe】.

Kunikida Doppo was exhausted: "...I'm very sorry, the two of them are really unreliable."

[Ellen Poe] smiled gently, and didn't mind: "It doesn't matter. After all, my colleague once said that the Dazai of the detective agency is such a virtue."

Kunikida's aphasia: ...why do I feel that the way this person speaks is much more irritating than I imagined.

Osamu Dazai lazily leaned on the armrest of the sofa: "I see. Why are you a member of the "Bungo Association" again? You always come to the detective agency. Are you idle?"

[Ellen Poe] His expression remained unchanged: "You clearly recognized my identity at the first glance. Mr. Dazai, it would be great if you could be as pure and cute as our 'Osamu Dazai'."

Hearing this, Osamu Dazai couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Simple and cute? Who are you talking about?"

[Ellen Poe] After a long silence, he showed a smile that could be called a holy father: "It's Tsujima Shuji-kun. You once said that he has more temper than IQ, because of his vengeful character, he always remembers it very clearly."

Osamu Dazai: ...

Could this be the legend that I hold a grudge against myself?

Osamu Dazai said weakly: "I do know his name is Osamu Dazai..."

[Ellen Poe] hypocritically made an expression of sudden realization: "I see. But then again, not only Mr. Ranpo already knew Shuji Tsushima's other name, but even Mr. Nakahara..."

Osamu Dazai was really shocked, and the whole person began to gnash his teeth: "Impossible! With the IQ of a dark dwarf, how could he possibly deduce this matter!"

【Ellen Poe】Compassionate: "I told him."

Osamu Dazai: "... Isn't this all your fault!"

After seeing the evil nature of [Ellen Poe]'s gentle appearance, Osamu Dazai no longer hesitated, and began to try to take revenge: "That's right, it's because I saw your identity at the first sight that I want you Go back. After all, our Armed Detective Agency does not welcome the violent man who destroyed the entire dock."

【Ellen Poe】I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my destruction of the pier—he did it to defeat the Lord’s enemies. Although there were a few accidents, it was still a selfless and aboveboard battle overall!

So he directly skipped this topic, and said frankly: "I came here today precisely for this matter."

Kunikida Doppo seems to have just realized: "So the incident at the pier was done by members of the "Bungo Society"?!"

And the culprit turned out to be this harmless and gentle man in front of him...

[Ellen Poe] replied seriously: "I think you must have misunderstood something."

Osamu Dazai interjected: "That's right, Kunikida-kun, the 'Bungo Society' is such a violent group composed of violent madmen and violent madmen and violent madmen."

Kunikida took the lead and took notes carefully: "So that's how it is."

[Ellen Poe]'s tone was very resentful: "You obviously prevented your colleagues from being deceived before, but now you believe Dazai's lies so easily?"

Kunikida Doppo hesitated: "...But, the explosion at the pier was indeed your fault, right?"

【Ellen Poe】smiled and replied: "I seem to have said it once, that's why I came to the Armed Detective Agency - there is a shadow of a certain Russian behind the scenes."

He seemed very impatient, and his words became more merciless: "Does your armed detective agency really have reliable detectives besides Mr. Ranpo?"

Kunikida Doppo: ...

Even he can't refute it. It seems that only Mr. Ranpo in the detective agency can be called a detective who meets the imagination of the world.

After spraying the venom to his heart's content, [Ellen Poe] finally returned to his usual state, with a gentle smile: "The general commission content is like this. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, as long as I can say, Nature knows everything."

After pondering for two seconds, Osamu Dazai said bluntly, "We will not accept this commission."

Kunikida Doppo frowned: "Dazai, this is not something you can decide on your own."

Osamu Dazai was also puzzled: "This commission is a big trouble. Rather, Po-kun, why do you think we will take it?"

[Ellen Poe] raised eyebrows: "It was Mr. Dazai who said to our Dazai, as long as it is not illegal, you will accept the commission, right?"

Osamu Dazai: "But your commission is trying to spy on other people's privacy."

[Ellen Poe]: "I just want to catch the wanted man and do my part for this country."

This sentence was so hypocritical that even Kunikida Doppo didn't believe it.

"I really think so." [Ellen Poe] was very helpless, "I learned something from Mr. Fitzgerald before..."

Hearing this name, Osamu Dazai suddenly became energetic: "Oh? What?"

The blue-haired man didn't mind Dazai interrupting his words, and slowly spit out a noun: "——Ability License."

This is a topic that [Osamu Dazai] discussed with Fitzgerald when he was in the United States.

"Without a license for abilities, one cannot legally use abilities to operate organizations in Yokohama," these are Fitzgerald's original words.

According to the world view of the card-drawing game played by Aoki Araya, heroic spirits are basically detached from the world and not bound by most rules due to their powerful abilities and too short a stay in this world.

But Aoki's heroic vest is different.

The first is that although the incident at the pier has allowed many people to see the combat power of the "British Association", the current number of heroic spirits is still too small, and there is no guarantee that no one will think there is a loophole to take advantage of.And it is impossible for Aoki to keep the synchronization rate at a high level at any time - not to mention the difficulty of his own, he does not want to be swallowed up by the personality of the heroic spirit base, just like [Ellen Poe]'s bad experience this time Same;

Second, Araya Aoki knows very well that an organization that is not officially recognized cannot last long.Although he previously dismissed the temptations from the Special Agents Division by saying that "the "British Association" is just an ordinary interest club", this is obviously not a long-term solution, as long as he is caught in a loophole—and, this time The wharf incident is a troublesome handle - then we can only abandon everything that exists and move the organization underground.

——This is absolutely impossible, he still has to complete the task of [Building a base (1/2)], which is only half done!

Aoki Araya said frankly: "Although it is unlikely to get it, we have to try it here, right?"

After all, the triangular parallel relationship may not be broken even by the Supernatural Secret Service Division.

"So this is ah?"

A familiar voice came from outside the reception room: "I thought you wanted revenge on Fyodor D because of this personal enmity."

[Ellen Poe] looked towards the door, and greeted the famous detective who suddenly appeared there: "Mr. Ranpo, I didn't expect the two of us to meet again so soon."

Edogawa Ranpo replied straightforwardly: "I didn't even think about this. Have you caused too much trouble recently?"

[Ellen Poe] was noncommittal about Edogawa Ranpo's words: "You are right. So I really don't like Mr. Demon Man."

Edogawa Ranpo concluded for him: "You can avenge your personal revenge and show your face to the government. Do you want to use the 'Majin' to kill two birds with one stone?"

Osamu Dazai keenly noticed something was wrong: "As far as I know, you and Shuji Tsushima don't deal with each other, and are even regarded as hostile factions..."

[Ellen Poe] interrupted him: "It's Dazai-kun."

Osamu Dazai replied: "Okay. So why are you suddenly working hard on 'Dazai Osamu No. [-]' now?"

Osamu Dazai saw the man on the opposite side opened his eyes, and looked at himself with extremely deep and confused eyes: "...Because, Dazai saved me in time, before I released the Noble Phantasm."

- save.

Except Kenji Miyazawa, who was so bored that he fell asleep because he couldn't understand the conversation, most of the people present noticed this word that didn't match the situation at the time.

[Edgar Allan Poe] sums it up: "So I owe him a favor... Well, what a nuisance."

Aoki Araya repeated in his heart: It's really troublesome.

Obviously, there is only one person in the core, but he has to be forced to become a screenwriter for his livelihood, and he has to write such as "108 reasons why I and myself are pitted against each other" and "I must help the other me who is not dealing with myself". Reason" and the like.

...Life is hard.

"And I'm not so naive as to think that you guys would accept this commission because of the money," [Ellen Poe] took out the cell phone with Fyodor's recent information, and gently placed it on the table in front of him, "I came here because you also have a grudge against him."

He added: "The 70 billion reward that got the detective agency in trouble."

Edogawa Ranpo was noncommittal: "Hmm."

"I provide information, and Mr. Ranpo provides brains..." [Ellen Poe] really didn't think there was any problem with giving information that was given to him for free by others and then reselling it as a reward. "It's a fair deal."

Osamu Dazai sneered: "Where is it fair?"

Edogawa Ranpo was not as vigilant and prejudiced against Fyodor as Dazai Osamu.

So after thinking about it, he chose to accept this commission: "Well, it's an interesting case after all. However, I don't need money for the reward, I want the names of the main members of the "Writer Association"."

[Ellen Poe] laughed and agreed to this interesting condition without hesitation: "No problem. It's great that a consensus can be reached so smoothly."

"I'll send you the information on the devil right now..." He sent the information to the public mailbox of the Armed Detective Agency, "Here, all right."

[Ellen Poe] put the phone back in his pocket, and almost couldn't wait to say goodbye to everyone in the detective agency: "Then, goodbye."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a golden spot of light in front of the eyes of the four of them, just like the way [Dazai Osamu] suddenly appeared on the pier, and gradually disappeared in place.

However, unlike what they thought, Arya Aoki did not return to the base of the "Bungo Association", but directly let the vest of [Ellen Poe] go offline, and only let [Osamu Dazai] continue to wait in the hospital status.

It is no exaggeration to say that random card drawing is the moment of life and death.

Even if the current system does not simply divide Heroic Spirits into SSR, SR, and R like games, different Heroic Spirits are good at different fields.

[Osamu Dazai] is the initial card so I won’t mention it, but even Araya Aoki couldn’t say [Ellen Poe] is a useful card without conscience.

Thinking back to the past when he was drawn out, except for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the "group", Aoki Araya only hoped that the writer who was drawn out this time would be more normal.

As long as it is not Foreigner or Berserker!

——Actually, in the deepest part of his heart, Aoki Araya was also praying that he would be a little more European this time.

In the final analysis, what is lacking in the "British Association" is not the combat power anymore, but the heroic spirits who are good at supporting.

...like a nanny.

It would be even better if I can fill up the milk with residual blood in one mouthful. At least if there is a doctor, 【Osamu Dazai】wouldn’t be lying on the hospital bed now, and there is no need for 【Ellen Poe】to work hard Feed him blood.

Before drawing the card, Araya Aoki started the traditional art again——

He barely got up from the hospital bed with [Osamu Dazai]'s body, and went to the bathroom in the ward to wash his face.

Aoki Araya, who deeply understands that metaphysics can sometimes save lives, lay down on the hospital bed again, took a deep breath and opened the panel.

Then use [Dazai Osamu] B+ agility limit speed, and click on the task reward to be received in an instant.

The golden light gathered on the circle and began to rotate.

Aoki Araya looked at the rectangular card in the center of the circle with a serious face.

The image on the back of the card is of a man holding a staff.

—Is it finally the Magician (Caster)?

Obviously, according to common sense, 90.00% of the literary giants should be casters, but it turned out that they were all third cards, so he got his first caster.

And most importantly, the treatment he wants is basically Caster.

Aoki Araya's expression became more serious.

Soon, the golden light gradually disappeared, and the card stopped spinning, exposing its front face to Aoki.

It is a somewhat familiar card face.

After seeing the name of the heroic spirit clearly, Aoki Araya couldn't help being taken aback.

— This time, he was also an old acquaintance.

However, before he could think more deeply, the new writer had already been loaded.

Just like the last time he drew a card, he appeared at a random location.

Aoki Araya turned his head and took a few glances at this dark warehouse, and found that there was no mirror or anything that could reflect people, and naturally he couldn't carefully observe his current face and attire.

He pinned his restless bright red hair behind his ears, and was about to walk out of the warehouse to find a place where he could see his face, when he heard a strange voice behind him.

It was the sound of a pistol being loaded.

At the same time, there was a strange panicked voice: "Who are you?! Raise your hand!"

Aoki Araya: ...

Aoki Araya: ...Huh?

No, if it is based on the lucky value of this new writer, he shouldn't be so unlucky...

Aoki Araya was silent for two seconds, and couldn't help doubting:—Could it be that it's the lucky E of [Dazai Osamu] again?

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