[Bungo Stray Dogs] Beautiful Akutagawa-san

Everywhere is khaki, and even the air carries a bit of loess blown by the wind.The wailing of the old man, the sighs of the women and the cries of the children prove that this is the residence of people.

The houses are all built with the most primitive bricks and soil, and two dilapidated wooden sticks support the windows that can be seen from time to time.When the wind blew, the door was broken, and there were women's curses in the room, but they still came out and put the door on the door frame.

This is a slum, and it's inhabited by - people.

The slums are part of Yokohama, but Dan can't be counted.Almost all the people here have no household registration at birth, and some don't even have names.Abandoned by the government, they are a group of people who cannot live in the light.

The city of Yokohama is actually very close to here, as long as you look up, you can see high-rise buildings.But the distance that seemed to be within reach was separated by a tall earth wall.A slum is like a huge pit in the earth, an area of ​​the city that cannot be reached at all without outside help.Even if they can really climb up, most of them will be beaten down before they can breathe fresh air.

The government will not allow people like them into the city.

Getting out of the slums is almost everyone's dream, but this dream has never been fulfilled from childhood to adulthood and finally to old age.Generation after generation pass on their consciousness to the next generation, hoping that one day a "savior" will be born here, bringing light and hope to everyone.

"Well done Ryunosuke, everyone's dinner is settled today!" A boy with sunny hair said to a thin little boy beside him.

"Yeah." Akutagawa nodded, holding a bag of things tightly in his hands, "Hurry up and meet everyone, the people behind will catch up."

The blond-haired boy went back to take a look after hearing the transmission.

Sure enough, I saw an old man chasing them desperately with slippers in his hand.

"That old man is really stingy, didn't he just take a few pieces of bread from him? Is this necessary?" the blond boy complained with his mouth pouted.

Akutagawa smiled slightly and said, "Azuo must have broken his cabinet on purpose to make him angry."

The boy named A Zuo scratched his chin, and after thinking about it, it seems that this is really the case.

"No matter how much it is, we have to speed up and start escaping!"

"it is good!"

Two small figures shuttled among the mounds of dirt and the crowd, and quickly threw the elderly man away.

The old man supported his knees with his panting hands, "Boys! Don't let me catch you!"

"Nice!"

Seeing the disappearing figure of the old man, the two children clenched their fists in tacit understanding.

"Let's go! Everyone is still waiting for us." Azola ran to the residence with Akutagawa.

Akutagawa's residence is one of the few houses in the slums with a roof that does not leak, and everyone worked hard together to arrive.The person who originally lived here was a woman who received guests, and she had no special background, so she was easily kicked out.

"Everyone, we're back!" Azuo opened the door and happily shared today's harvest with everyone, "Ryunosuke and I grabbed bread today, and it's still a whole piece!"

A "little boy" sitting in the corner of the room lit up his eyes when he heard the word bread.

"Eat, Yin." Akutagawa broke off a small piece of ground from the bag and gave it to her.

Silver is a girl, Akutagawa's younger sister, who looks dry and thin like a boy because she can't eat anything good.

"It's a good thing you can find bread. I thought I'd have rice soup again today." Another little boy in the room who looked a little older was playing with a pair of logs.

Azuo smiled meaningfully, "Of course! After all, Ryunosuke and I went together this time."

"Hey, hey, I'm not as strong as you idiots." The boy didn't take Azuo's words seriously.

"It's good to have a bright mind. There are many things that Liang helped to come up with." Akutagawa helped to smooth things over.

The boy named Liang turned his head proudly, "I just don't want to starve to death, I can't find food anyway."

Everyone is used to this little friend with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and they are no longer fighting with him.

Silver had already finished the bread that Akutagawa gave her, and licked her fingers, the smell of wheat in her mouth lingered for a long time.

The bread is so delicious!

She secretly glanced at the bag in Akutagawa's hand, wanting to eat more, but she was sensible and didn't speak.She was the only one of the four who did not make any contribution to the family.

Zuo and his elder brother have always been the "main warriors", helping to repel the enemy and go out to find food.

Although Liang is not physically strong, he has a very good mind and can come up with some useful strategies.

only myself. . .Nothing to contribute.

Akutagawa focused on the movements in Ryo's hands and didn't notice Yin. On the contrary, Azuo, who looked carefree on the surface but was very careful, saw Yin's eyes.

He stood up from the ground, broke off another piece of bread from the bag in Akutagawa's hand, and handed it to Yin.

"But..." What do you eat?

Yin looked at the bread in his hand and knew he shouldn't accept it.

A Zuo gave Yin a big smile and said, "I'm a boy, it doesn't matter if I eat less."

"..." Yin smelled the aroma of bread, and couldn't help swallowing.

Seeing the situation here, Akutagawa broke off a piece of bread from the bag and threw it to Azuo, then threw all the rest to Ryo, and walked to the kitchen by himself.

Liang looked at Akutagawa's back and snorted coldly, broke off a small piece from the bag, and the rest was still on the ground where Akutagawa sat just now.

Akutagawa came out of the kitchen, holding a bowl of something that looked like rice soup in his hand.Seeing the bag on the ground, he picked up the bread and ate it without saying anything.

Azuo looked at the two tsundere partners and could only sigh silently in his heart, forgiving him for being too blunt and unable to understand the world of tsundere people.

But - it's nice to have such a group of friends.

The slums are very cold at night, and there are no lights, so it is almost impossible to see the road outside.The four children sat around the candles and began to chat. There are no electronic entertainment devices here, so it is very satisfying to chat together every day.

"Ah - what should I eat tomorrow?"

"Do we still have a choice? It would be great if we can find it." Liang complained mercilessly about Azuo.

"Liang is really boring. Just imagine, imagine." Under Liang's disgusting gaze, Azuo put his arms around each other's shoulders, "Imagine that we are now princes and princesses living in the castle, and we can't eat every day. You can sleep on the big bed after finishing things. Wow! Just thinking about it makes me excited!"

Liang sighed inwardly to A Zuo's words, "That's impossible, the castle is a place where only the royal family can live."

"Hmm—that's what you said...What about Ryo? What are you imagining?"

Unexpectedly, Asahi suddenly threw the ball over, Liang was obviously surprised for a while, "I...as long as I can have a house that doesn't worry about the roof and door panels being stepped on at any time, I will be satisfied." Of course, if you It would be best to live with him.

"What about Ryunosuke? Ryunosuke is a bit special, you are the only one with a name between us."

"Me, I want to go out and see what it looks like outside. I want to see the big wheel that lights up with colorful lights every night." When it comes to ideals, Akutagawa's big eyes also have expectations.

"As long as I can be with my brother..." Silver hugged his knees and whispered.

"No problem!" Zuo looked at the small window in the room, "One day, it will definitely come true!" It was obviously still dark outside, but Zuo seemed to see the dawn of hope in his eyes.

"Before that, why don't you think about what to eat tomorrow?"

Which one is better in pouring cold water technology?Look for light in the slums.

"Ah! What should I do! I don't want to drink rice soup!"

"And I just stole the bread today, so it must be hard to use tomorrow, right? We need to find another way." Akutagawa said worriedly, food is something they have to discuss every day.

Azuo thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow, Ryunosuke and I will go to the trash dump to search, maybe we can find something. Then Ryo and Gin will stay at home and look after the house."

"Ah."

"Go to sleep."

The four little children got into the bed. The room was so small that the four of them were lying flat and next to each other, occupying almost all the area except the kitchen.

Liang placed a bowl behind the gate so that if anyone sneaked in it would shatter and wake them up.

Tomorrow is another day, and a new day will be better.

. . . . . .

Expectations are beautiful, but reality is cruel. Akutagawa and Azusa came to the garbage dump early in the morning.It stinks so badly that even the faces look gray.I rummaged around and found something to eat, but there seemed to be nothing that could be eaten for dinner.

Akutagawa was holding a half-bitten apple in his hand. The part of the flesh that came into contact with the air had begun to rot, but the rest seemed to be in good shape.Akutagawa put the apple in a bag, it is rare to find edible fruit here.

"Cough cough...cough cough cough..." Akutagawa was so suffocated by the air here that his throat began to feel uncomfortable again.

"Ryunosuke, are you okay?" Azuo called from the garbage mountain opposite.

Akutagawa's health is not good, this is something everyone knows.Will it cough, and sometimes it will be more serious and cough up blood.

Half of it is because the air here is dry and there is not enough water to make it worse. Obviously, as long as you drink more water, it will be better.

Most of the water in the slums comes from rainwater, and there is no other water source except rainwater.

Everyone is looking forward to the rain, but once it rains, it is likely to cause disaster.The drainage system in the city will bring all the water here, and the slum is a big pit. They have never thought about what will happen if it really rains heavily and the pit will be filled with the imported rainwater.

The lives of people here are the least valuable.

After searching for a long time, the last loot was a few small biscuit crumbs, and the leftover fruit, but there was nothing that could be used as dinner.

In order to save money, everyone supports one meal a day, and sometimes they can only drink rice soup if they can't find it.

Rice soup is the only food stored in the family. Once Akutagawa and the others got lucky and picked up a big bag of rice.The four children boiled the rice into porridge and ate it for nearly three months, and those were the rice soup left over from the porridge.

Ah - I really want to taste the taste of rice again.

"Hello, Ryunosuke."

Akutagawa, who was about to go back, suddenly heard A Zuo's call.

A Zuo told him to stay where he was with a serious face.

It is rare to see A Zuo's expression, Akutagawa obediently stood where he was, watched A Zuo's gesture and squatted down little by little, then rubbed against A Zuo's side.

"What's wrong?" Akutagawa asked softly.

"Shh, don't make a sound." Azuo pressed Akutagawa's body down again with his hand, realizing that he was looking over there.

It was a bunch of men, wearing new-looking clothes, the kind of clothes that were definitely not available or available in the slums.

Akutagawa saw a few people in black talking with others, those people looked more like people living in slums, and they seemed to shake hands or something.If you look closely, you can see that each of them is holding a black thing in their hands.

Feeling that they might have seen something extraordinary, the two children held their breath and squatted in the garbage dump, trying to reduce their sense of existence.Knowing that the figures of those people had disappeared for a long time, they slowly poked their heads out.

Zuo felt that it was very dangerous here, and those people didn't know if they would come back, so it was better to leave now.Anyone can guess what they are doing shady things, and it will be troublesome if they are discovered.

But Akutagawa didn't feel Azuo's mood, he was full of curiosity now.

What's in those boxes.

He dragged Ah Zuo to approach there slowly.

"Hey! Ryunosuke, let's go!" Azuo called anxiously.

Akutagawa ignored it, went to the place where those people were talking just now, and dug out one of the boxes from the garbage dump.

turn on.

It's a gun!A box full!Others seem to do the same.

"Azuo, come here." Akutagawa called out to his friend.

In the end, Ah Zuo couldn't go back alone, so he followed. He also saw the things in the box.

"these are......"

"Well, it's a gun." Akutagawa reached out and took one out of it.

The brand-new, icy-cold sensation is transmitted to the brain through the skin, and Akutagawa has never been so excited before.

He made a decision, threw the food bag to Ah Zuo, took out a new bag himself, and put the diarrhoea in it.

"What are you doing Ryunosuke? You will be discovered." Zuo's intuition told him that it was not a good thing to do.

"This is a gun. With it, we have the hope of getting out of the slums." Akutagawa replied, still not stopping his movements.

"The hope of getting out of the slums..." This is undoubtedly a very tempting thing for everyone.

With a gun, no one in the slums dares to bully them anymore, and they can use it to protect themselves from being killed by the guards when they go out.

Be sure to get out there!

Azuo also seemed to make up his mind and helped Akutagawa put it in the bag.Two little kids almost emptied half of the gun, they got away with the remaining guns, filled the bottom of the box with garbage and forced the rest on top, and finally put the box back in its place.

The two ran all the way without stopping at all, Akutagawa's thin clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and they didn't stop until they safely entered the house.