"Bungo Stray Dog" Sober Grass

Instructions for reading:

⑥The direction of the article is untestable, I may let myself go, if I want to run away, there is still time [warning]

⑦In fact, I remembered what I was going to say, and then I forgot, so I will talk about it next time when I think about it.

Also, the sudden addition of six collections is simply flattering.

Wow what a sleepless day.

Catch bugs

☆, Sober Grass (Part 1.0) [-]

07.

Although there were episodes such as [While passing by the amusement park, Dazai jumped down because of the reason "this river looks good"], but the group of detective agencies who rarely go out together are still rare in the end. came back.

In fact, it is not always true to say that we came back together. Today is quite an unexpected day for everyone in the detective agency—some of them accidentally went out for work at the same time, but unexpectedly met on the way back to the detective agency, and finally came back together unexpectedly. into a detective agency.

"welcome."

At the same time as the door was pushed open, accompanied by the crisp sound of wind chimes, a girl and a boy stepped into the door of the cafe.

"Oh, what a rare good place."

The people who had gathered in the coffee shop subconsciously stopped what they were doing when they found the girl. Will choose to come to this cafe.

Of course, the crowd here does not include a guy who doesn't play cards according to common sense every day——

"It's such a beautiful lady that I can't refuse my heart. I would like to ask, are you willing to die in love with me?"

Before everyone could react, Dazai, who had been reprimanded by Kunikida, had already appeared in front of the girl first, and held the girl's hand amidst the surprised expression on her face.

"—too! Jae!"

From Kunikida's point of view, all of this is probably "Dazai refused to change after repeated admonition and once again brought stigma to the detective agency", that's it.

So, without getting any response from the girl, Dazai was once again sanctioned by Kunikida on the spot.

Faced with such a scene, the reaction of most people may be to give the evaluation of "a group of strange people" to the people who appeared in it.And for Kunikida, it was no different from bringing stigma to the detective agency.

But obviously, the person who will appear here at this time may not be one of those "most people".

"Why, what a poor gentleman."

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the girl did not choose to leave directly because of the strange words of "sacrificing love", she was only slightly stunned.Then he smiled again.After that, she let go of the hand of the boy beside her, walked to Dazai's side, and squatted down.

"So, dear Osamu Dazai, you just asked me if I would die in love with you, is that right?"

And almost at the same time as the girl said Dazai's name, everyone present became alert.

"Ah, that's right. Miss, are you willing to die in love with me?"

However, Dazai seemed to be unaware of this, and just looked up at the girl expectantly.

"I don't want to."

The girl stared at Dazai for a while, then smiled slightly with narrowed eyes—but the words that came out of her mouth were mercilessly rejected.

"Even if you want to die for love, you have to choose a cute boy like Hisakusaku-kun, and forget about an uncle like Mr. Dazai."

Dazai... Uncle.

After hearing the girl's answer, all the other people at the scene looked at Dazai who had been dubbed the word "uncle" with delicate eyes.

——I always feel that there seems to be nothing wrong.

"and."

Facing Dazai with a shocked expression on his face, the girl just tilted her head and looked at him with an innocent expression on her face. After a while, she sighed faintly again.

"So the Armed Detective Agency is nothing more than that, Hisaku-kun."

"Hee hee, what did big sister do?"

The boy who was standing not far behind the girl smiled and said, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

"I thought it would be a little troublesome if I collided with Dazai-san's ability——this is really smooth and unexpected."

The girl stood up, patted the unnecessary dust on the skirt, she replied with a smile.

"Nice to meet you, detective agency, my name is Celia."

"A newly promoted member of the Port Mafia, whose main job is to take care of Hisaku-kun."

The people who will appear here at this point in time, except for Xia Zi and Q, will not be anyone else.

Of course, Q showed a terrifying smile the moment he saw Dazai—but it was only for a moment, and he quickly covered up this emotion with a smile.

And when the girl reported her family name, everyone present had different expressions - some were nervous, or vigilant, or indifferent, but most of them didn't seem to value the girl very much.

After all, the combination of a young girl who looks like she is still underage and a child who is powerless makes it difficult for people to be more vigilant.

"Not long ago, I met some of you here, but I don't know if you still remember me."

"Wait, you were at that time—"

Aunt, who had been struggling all the time, seemed to finally realize that he met Natsuko in the amusement park at this time, and said suddenly.

"Bingo, Dun Jun answered correctly, but unfortunately, there is no reward."

As said in the words, Xia Zi showed a regretful expression, but soon, she laughed again.

At the same time, Q also walked to Xia Zi's side.

"However, I also brought a gift to everyone in the detective agency today."

Holding Q's hand beside her, Xia Zi walked into the coffee shop.

Click.

The sound of the gun being loaded was particularly obvious in the silence, and the direction of the sound was diagonally behind Xia Zi.

After hearing the sound behind her, Xia Zi stopped in her tracks, but she didn't look back, but there was a hint of complaint in her tone.

"Kunikida-kun is really unfriendly."

"Spending time with port mafia brats isn't part of my schedule."

The direction the gun is pointing at is naturally Natsuko, and the meaning in Kunikida's words is quite obvious - if Natsuko doesn't choose to leave, he's probably going to do it.

"Hey, is eldest sister a doctor?"

"Ah, I am."

Without answering Kunikida's words, Natsuko suddenly turned her head and asked - the place where she stopped earlier was just beside Yosano Akiko.Facing Xia Zi's sudden question, Yu Xie Ye replied after a moment of stupefaction.

"Big sister is beautiful, I want to be such a beautiful person in the future."

While saying this, Xia Zi tiptoed to Xie Ye's side, and under the surprised eyes of everyone, she "tweeted" on Xie Ye's side face.

"Sorry big sister, I can't help but want to kiss a good-looking person when I see it."

"But I don't think Big Sister would mind, would she?"

Xia Zi took a step back, showing a sly smile.Although the content of the conversation was normal, the whole conversation couldn't help but become weird when the other party didn't respond at all.

— not right.

"What did you do to Yosano?!"

Soon he realized that something was wrong, and when Kunikida asked the question, other people also reacted.

"I've always been unable to refuse good-looking people, so I'm a little bit to Big Sister—"

"—I used a different ability."

clang.

Kunikida pulled the trigger as soon as the voice fell - of course, it may be because Natsuko's ability is not clear yet, Kunikida's goal is only Natsuko's shoulder.

However, it turned out that the bullet was blocked—but the person who blocked the bullet was not Xia Zi.

"I'm so cute, big sister must like me too."

The smile on his face was quite pleasant, Xia Zi sat down on the chair beside him easily, and said to Q beside him in a positive tone.

——The person standing in front of Natsuko was Yosano Akiko who hadn't moved before.

"However, Kunikida-kun is really impatient."

With an inexplicable exclamation, Xia Zi's eyes fell on Dun who was standing aside, at a loss.

"Then Dun-jun..."

"Don't let her touch you, Don!"

Dazai suddenly said this to Atsushi - hearing Dazai's words, Atsushi stepped back subconsciously, and correspondingly, he also distanced himself from Natsuko.

"Eh... Mr. Dazai is really tenacious."

Natsuko, who was interrupted, didn't show any displeasure—she just looked at Dazai with interest.

"Mr. Dazai, do you already understand?"

"Miss Celia is probably the same psychic power user as Q, right? It means that Q will be taken care of by you."

Dazai stood up and lowered his head to meet Natsuko's eyes.

"Well, that's true."

Supporting the edge of the chair with both hands, listening to Dazai's words, Natsuko said affirmatively while shaking her legs casually.

"However, Mr. Dazai can see more than that, right?"

"From the situation just now, your supernatural ability seems to be limited to physical contact with others, just like the abnormality with Xie Ye, after being kissed by you. And because I only have physical contact, the degree of influence is even greater Lighter."

"Although I really want to be kissed by a beautiful girl, but this kiss—"

"Then Dazai-san, aren't you afraid that I'll let Hisakusaku-kun use supernatural powers?"

Facing Natsuko's question, Dazai just smiled relaxedly.His hands were in the pockets of his coat, and he didn't look nervous at all.

"If your purpose today is to harm the detective agency, with your ability, I'm afraid you can solve everyone without appearing in front of us."

"And, as far as I know, the abilities of people with psychic abilities will be affected by their spiritual power."

Just as Dazai finished speaking, as if he had suddenly sensed something, Natsuko's face was blank for a moment——

"...Mr. Dazai is really scary, Kusaku-kun."

After a long while, Xia Zi lowered his eyes and said to Q in a low voice, as if he just came to his senses.

"..."

In an instant, he sensed the return of his ability, but soon lost contact with his ability again. He had never experienced such a situation before, and Q couldn't imagine what Xia Zi had just experienced.

And looking at Natsuko's expression, Q couldn't understand her situation at the moment—he never understood her thoughts, just like he didn't understand why Celia brought him to the detective agency.

But obviously, what Celia thinks is not that important at the moment.And no matter what happened just now, Celia's abnormality is absolutely inseparable from Dazai.

"Then, Miss Celia, can you tell me how to unlock the supernatural powers of Doctor Xie Ye?"

Dazai still stood where he was, and asked with a calm demeanor.

"--sure."

After a pause, Natsuko raised her head, put her trembling hands behind her back, and smiled at Dazai.

"Kill me, that's fine."

Xia Zi's smile widened again—although she had an innocent smile on her face, her words were full of malice.

"Then--Miss Celia must die."

Regarding Natsuko's words, Kunikida seemed to hesitate, but Dazai said so without hesitation - at the same time, he raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger towards Natsuko.

No one expected that Dazai would be so unhesitating——

As for Xia Zi, he just smiled from beginning to end.

The author has something to say: Notes for reading:

⑧In the past two days, I always go out and suffer from insomnia, so I haven’t updated it

⑨[Natsuko himself is more inclined to the original Higuchi Ichiyo], this is the concept I set for Natsuko, here is a reading reminder

☆, Sober Grass (Part 1.1) [-]

08.

"That's why I hate taking care of little ghosts."

A male voice that suddenly appeared and did not belong to anyone present, his tone was full of irritability - and when he heard this voice, the expressions on the faces of Natsuko and Dazai, who were the opposing sides, But there was no surprise at all.

"I was thinking just now that it would be great if Senior Chuya was here—I didn't expect Senior Chuya to really appear like this."

Glancing at the bullet that was fixed just one step away from him, Xia Zi raised his head with a smile, and saw the unhappy young man without any surprise.

Dazai, whose gun was snatched from his hand the moment the young man appeared, showed an expression like "Oh, things are troublesome".

"It's really my honor to be thought of by you, brat." Throwing the gun in his hand to the side casually, although he said so, the demeanor Chuya showed was not what he meant at all— — There was even a bit of gnashing of teeth in his tone.

"I'm so cute, sure enough Senior Chuya likes me too?"

"Ah - I like you so much that I want to strangle you to death."

This kind of daily teasing of Natsuko has become accustomed to him, Zhong also walked up to Natsuko, met Natsuko's smiling eyes, and at the same time, he snorted coldly, looked away, and waved at her impatiently. waved.

"You kid, go home early. If the boss finds out that you brought this guy here, I'm afraid it won't be a matter of punishment."

"Hey—is Chuya-senpai going to sue Mr. Mori?!"

"What is a complaint, brat!" Chuya paused for a moment, as if he was on the verge of a runaway state, trying to suppress the urge to beat Xia Zi up, "...not an example."

"Okay." After hearing Chuya's last words, Xia Zi showed a clear smile, "Although he is as verbose as the old lady, Senior Zhongye is indeed a good person."

"Want to die once and see?"

"It's not—"

The two of them just talked like no one else, as if they didn't pay attention to everyone in the detective agency.Except for Dazai who looked excitedly at the two of them talking like this, other people who were ignored would naturally not just let these two people be here like this.

"Hey, Dazai."

"...Well, well, Kunikida-kun is as impatient as Miss Celia said."

Under Kunikida's dissatisfied gaze, Dazai sighed.Although the interaction between the two guys over there was surprisingly interesting, he didn't mind continuing to watch, but for now, it's better not to hurt Kunikida's fragile nerves.

after all--

With a sound of "ding", the bullet that was originally suspended in the air fell to the ground and rolled to the side.In the relatively quiet room, the sound of bullets falling to the ground was quite obvious, and Natsuko and Chuya, who interrupted their conversation with this sound, also looked at Dazai in unison.

Noticing the gazes of the two, the corners of Dazai's mouth rose slightly.

— After all, he is a very considerate partner.

"I haven't seen you for a few days. I didn't expect you, Chuya, to live a life of raising children."

Facing the gazes of the two people quite calmly, Dazai shrugged.

"It's just for a while, I'll get rid of this brat soon."

Naka also didn't mean to talk to Dazai at all—under such circumstances, he couldn't solve Dazai, and right now, Celia was also a big problem.And as someone who used to be Dazai's partner, Zhong also quite understands that it is definitely not a wise choice to waste time with Dazai in this situation.

"Wow!"

In Natsuko's exclamation, Chuya embraced Natsuko with one hand, and carried it on his shoulder without hesitation, while his other hand also lifted Q who was standing aside with an expressionless face.

"Wait, senior Zhongye, the skirt will lift—"

"Shut up, Celia."

"Although she wears safety pants, the girl's skirt is lifted up—"

"Hey! Don't move around!"

Therefore, while Natsuko was desperately trying to cover her skirt, Nakaya, who stepped on the window and chose to jump out, probably because of the psychological activity of "Dazai is at the door", staggered several steps after landing, and finally Dangerously stabilized his figure.

"Hey! Brat, you must know that you were on the second floor just now! Do you want your brain to explode?!"

"Senior Chuya is to blame for this! I can obviously walk by myself!"

"You guy...do you really want to leave like that just now?!"

"Senior Chuya doesn't understand girls too much! Slightly slightly!"

"If you want to stay there and continue to be repaired by that guy Dazai, I have no problem at all, brat!"

...However, although they have disappeared from the sight of everyone in the detective agency, the sound of the two people arguing downstairs still continues to be heard from the window into the coffee shop.

"...So, what are these three people here for?"

Jaejoong regained consciousness while jumping out. In fact, Yosano was very clear about what happened just now. After a moment of silence, he asked the question.

"Well, probably the cute girl got lost on the way home."

Putting his hands back into the pockets of his coat again, Dazai looked in the direction of the window and smiled, and replied like this.

"However, since the other party has been claimed back, we don't have to worry about it."

Yosano glanced at Dazai, and said he couldn't deny his words.After that, she subconsciously placed her hand on her cheek, where Xia Zi had just kissed.

"That child's kiss... was unexpectedly cold."

"Senior Zhongye."

"Senior Zhongye?"

"Middle, also, former, senior——"

The two walked down the stairs of Higuchi's house side by side. Nakaya seemed to be immersed in his own thoughts, and continued to walk forward. Natsuko called him repeatedly, but did not get any response.

It wasn't until Xia Zi let go of Q's hand next to him, told him to go home first, quickened his pace, and came in front of Chuya abruptly, finally made him regain his senses before bumping into Xia Zi.

"..."

However, even after regaining his senses, Zhong still didn't say a word, just looked at Xia Zi with a slightly tangled expression.But after seeing Chuya's expression, Xia Zi, who was originally sullen, burst out laughing as if he couldn't hold it anymore.

"……why are you laughing."

It was clearly a question, but it was turned into a statement by Zhong Ye's awkward tone, and Xia Zi's smile became even brighter.

"Because Chuya-senpai is so cute——"

Seeing Chuya's expression about to go berserk again—in fact, Natsuko has completely subjectively classified this expression into the category of "shy"—Xiazi leaned forward and leaned forward in front of Chuya, and the two almost Can feel each other's breath.

"Hey, Chuya-senpai, what are you struggling with?"

"I..." With Natsuko's gaze fixed on him, Chuya, who was a little nervous for a moment, subconsciously wanted to say something—but soon, he realized it.

"Don't use supernatural powers on me, Celia."

"I--I didn't use my supernatural powers."

When Chuya came to his senses, Natsuko showed a regretful expression, but she denied Chuya's words.

"My supernatural ability "Lucid Grass", the main ability is to seal other people's supernatural abilities. Secondly, according to the spiritual power of the sealed person, the other party will also be affected by me to varying degrees."

Xia Zi straightened her back, and looked at Chuya calmly.

"From my current state, there is no distance limit for sealing other people's supernatural powers, but the fact that people with sealed supernatural powers are affected by me, in addition to the limitation of the gap in mental power, is also related to my own distance. "

"After explaining it this way, senior Chuya should be very clear about whether I have sealed senior's supernatural power?"

"I never lie."

Xia Zi put her hands behind her back, narrowed her eyes, and showed a sly smile.

"Then you just—" Midway through the words, Chuya seemed to suddenly understand, and met Natsuko's gaze, "Did you just mislead Dazai?"

"I didn't say anything just now." Xia Zi lowered her eyes and shrugged her shoulders irrefutably, "As for the kiss, because that big sister is really pretty, so I couldn't help but kiss her—"

While chattering, Xia Zi suddenly looked at Chuya with a face of enlightenment.

"Could it be that Senior Chuya also thinks that I must have physical contact with others to activate my abilities, and even—"

"--To shut up!"

It seemed that Natsuko had guessed his mind, although Chuya didn't admit it, his eyes wandered away with some embarrassment.

"As expected, the petite Chuya-senpai is quite cute except for that face."

"Little devil, do you want to fight—"

Sensing the gaze from upstairs, Xia Zi stopped teasing him.

... Well, we were so happy talking, I forgot that my sister said that I would come back early today.

"Then I will go back today first, and seniors should go home early."

After Chuya left, Natsuko also returned home.While entering the door, Xia Zi heard Yiye's voice as expected.

"Xia Zi, are you dating that person just now?"

"Hey, sister, do you mean Mr. Nakahara?"

Showing a slightly surprised expression, Xia Zi looked innocently at Yiye with a complicated expression.

"Sister, you have such an expression, which means that Mr. Zhongyuan is also..."

Yiye didn't answer Xia Zi's words, but it was equivalent to acquiescing.Xia Zi's expression seemed to be somewhat tangled, and soon, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not dating... I took Hisaku-kun to the amusement park today, but there seems to be something wrong with the amusement park, and there are not many tourists in that area, so the amusement park sent us back."

"But Mr. Zhongyuan is a good person. He said it was too late, so he sent me and Jiuzuo-kun back together."

"That guy actually..." Regarding Xia Zi's words, Yiye's expression became even more tangled.

"Is there something wrong, Mr. Nakahara?"

Xia Zi asked curiously.

"That person... no, it's nothing."

For Xia Zi's question, Yiye hesitated for a while, but still did not answer after all.

"In short, stay away from him in the future."

"I know."

Xia Zi showed a cute smile—and correspondingly, when Yiye turned around, Xia Zi turned towards a certain direction upstairs, showing a not so kind smile.

But at this moment, Q, who watched the whole conversation between Xia Zi and Yiye upstairs, couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

He subconsciously rejoiced—fortunately, he didn't die just now to answer Yiye's words.

... This woman named Natsuko Higuchi is really terrifying.

The author has something to say: reading notes

⑩The number of words in these two chapters is small because I didn’t fully think about the content behind, so this chapter is considered a transitional chapter

ⅠThe serial number is changed because the serial number is not enough, by the way, it may be a temporary ending [Of course it may be a permanent ending

In short, it's just... try to clear the mine, the ending I'm imagining now is not sweet, maybe... maybe, there is still some glass shards

☆, sober grass (final chapter)

09.

A month later.

"I didn't expect the Mafia to be so boring—"

Not far away, he glanced at Nakaya, who propped his chin and didn't know what he was thinking, and then glanced at Q, who seemed to be having a good time staring at his dangling legs. said a word.

She originally thought that compared to other options, the life of the mafia would be more interesting, so she chose to agree to the invitation of Mr. Mori-but in fact, the current reality is that her current daily life is nothing but a daze. In a daze, it was downright boring.

"Well, really—it's really boring!"

Xia Zi slammed the table and stood up—because the movement was not small, Zhongye, who was immersed in his own thoughts, finally came back to his senses and looked over impatiently.

"Celia, what do you want to do?"

"Senior Zhongye, can't you Mafia have a little ambition in life?" For the first time, Xia Zi's face was no longer smiling, and she looked at Zhongye aggressively, even with a hint of righteous indignation, "Life is so short, you two are so short. Can't we make our short life a little bit more interesting?"

"……what are you talking about?"

Zhong also frowned slightly looking at Natsuko.

"It's an ideal! Senior Chuya!" Seemingly dissatisfied with Chuya's rhetorical question, Xia Zi knocked on the table a few times, "Pay attention to the key points! We are the mafia! Is it something the mafia should do every day in a daze?! Isn't our goal to be promoted and raise salary to overthrow the boss and become the top leader?!"

knock knock.

Seeing that Xia Zi's words became more and more outrageous, just when Zaizhong wanted to stop her behavior of running away because of boredom, she was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.

"Oh, what an interesting child—Chuya-kun, did the BOSS arrange her here for you?"

"...Big sister?"

The person who appeared at the door was Ozaki Koyo who smiled and looked at the three of them.Under the gaze of the three, Hongye walked up to Zhongye, gently placed the envelope in his hand on Zhongye's table, and lowered her eyes slightly.

"I just came from the boss, so the boss asked me to bring this letter to you."

"This is……"

"Actually, I really wanted to ask this morning." Suddenly she poked her head out from Hongye's side, and under Hongye's slightly surprised gaze, Xia Zi looked down at the envelope in Ye Ye's hand, and rolled her eyes again, "If you use an envelope? This one is for the sake of confidentiality, I can understand it, but is there a shortage of people in the port mafia? You see, the job of the boss, in addition to socializing and making major decisions, also invites strange people to join the mafia and often poachs the wall. Deal with the aftermath of the unfinished work of the subordinates, and even—"

Counting on her fingers, she didn't feel that there was any problem in counting herself as a "strange person". Xia Zi seemed to be accusing her of crimes, and said this in a tone of hatred for iron and steel. She paused, then raised her head, and looked To Koyo Ozaki.

"—Now, you still have to send such a good-looking big sister to deliver letters! It's too unreliable!"

"...You bastard, this sentence is the point, right?"

Zhong also had a headache expression on his face.As the party who was praised inexplicably, Hongye just looked at these two people with great interest.

"Senior Zhongye really understands me." Xia Zi didn't have the slightest illusion that he was being complained about, and even admitted it triumphantly.

"Is there a shortage of big sister? Senior Nakaya is cute, but I still want to be with the good-looking big sister—" Before Xia Zi finished speaking, he was forcibly interrupted by the hat that Chuya casually snapped over. .

"Hey, Senior Chuya—"

"Okay, that's it for today, little brat—anyway, I already know what happened. Eldest sister should have other things to do, so don't waste time with this kid here, this guy will be endless——"

Even if he doesn't use supernatural powers, Xia Zi's weak physical ability is completely incapable of contending with Zhong Ye's strength.Therefore, even though Natsuko tried her best to take off the hat on her head because of the reason of "having a good-looking big sister, she can change jobs if she has the opportunity", she finally gave up because of Chuya's unshakable hand on her head.

While watching the whole process of Q, watching Xia Zi desperately waving his hands in the air but unable to shake Zhongya at all, he couldn't help but sighed maturely.On the other hand, Hongye glanced at Natsuko, then at Chuya who had a headache expression on his face, but couldn't help covering his face and chuckling.

"Then I -- I'll take my leave first."

It wasn't until Hongye left that Chuya finally removed the hand that was pressing on Natsuko's head—unsurprisingly, he raised his hand to receive the hat that Natsuko threw over three seconds after he took it away, and he laughed unexpectedly.

"Hey, get ready, kid."

"We have something to do—"

"Don't go."

Cursing his lips, Xia Zi mercilessly refused to make Zhong Ye almost stagger.

"—Didn't you say you were boring?!"

"If I went there, it must be another show where senior Zhongye was playing handsome, so I won't go." Xia Zi snorted coldly, folded his hands, and turned his head away from watching Zhongye, "I'm very busy now, and I have to take care of Jiu Zuojun , Senior Chuya will solve it by himself."

"Anyway, even senior Chuya alone can definitely solve it."

"What kind of temper are you playing now... Forget it, I don't care about brats." Zhong also frowned, and finally chose to give up arguing with Celia, and put the hat in his hand back on his head again, As he walked out, "Anyway, the leader didn't say he would take you there this time, so you can stay here."

"Anyway, I'll be back soon."

"..."

It wasn't until Zhongya walked out and closed the door that Xia Zi finally turned his head and looked in the direction of the door.

"Q, let's go back."

After a while, Xia Zi suddenly said this.

10.

Half a day later - Port Mafia, boss office.

"Akutagawa-senpai doesn't have any problems for the time being, about the detective agency—"

Taking a long breath, Yiye was about to make a final summary report on his recent work, when he heard a "bang", the door of the office was violently pushed open.

The interrupted Yiye and Mori Ogai looked at the door at the same time, and the person standing there was——

"Xia Zi?!"

Regardless of Yiye's surprised face, Natsuko walked in straight away. Under Mori Ogai's calm smile, Natsuko put his hands on the desk heavily, and leaned in front of Mori Ogai expressionlessly.

After a while, Xia Zi showed an unfriendly smile.

"Mr. Mori." Saying this word by word, Natsuko stared closely at Mori Ogai's eyes from the beginning to the end while speaking, "You——should know the news about Senior Chuya, right?"

"Huh? Didn't he go to deal with the remnants of the Western forces?" Mori Ogai held his chin and looked at Natsuko leisurely, and he also didn't mean to look away. "The previous suppression was not thorough, which led to it not being completely wiped out." The hostile forces in the country came to the door, this matter should be handed over to him."

"However, in the news you gave—" Xia Zi held up the letter in her hand, her expression and tone were unprecedentedly calm, "You didn't mention that the other party is a person with supernatural powers, right?"

"Oh? Is that so? I thought there was no need to mention this because Ms. Natsuko was there--that's really a pity." Mori Ogai showed a regretful expression, "I didn't think about it. Zhouquan, I never thought that Ms. Xia Zi would be unable to cope with work, but, now, Mr. Zhongye—”

"...It seems that Mr. Mori is planning to terminate the contract with me early."

Natsuko straightened up, lowered her eyes, and interrupted Mori Ogai's words.

"Oh, it's just to let Miss Natsuko have a short rest." Even though Natsuko interrupted, Mori Ogai didn't mind at all-he even chuckled, "After everything is over, Jiu Zuo-kun still needs to ask Miss Xia Zi to take care of her."

"Xiazi, what's going on here?" Hearing Q's name, Ichiyo, who was standing by the side at a loss, asked as if suddenly reacting, "Could it be that that Kusaku-kun is the— —”

"Shh, sister, don't ask any more questions."

Xia Zi turned her head to the side and made a "silence" gesture, interrupting Yiye's guess, she smiled as usual - Xia Zi knew that Yiye was by no means a dull person, if Yiye was given more time at