cat blues

Chapter 223

After Dazai Osamu and Sakaguchi Ango slaughtered Oda Sakunosuke's wallet in a restaurant that made delicious crab curry, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. Today was originally a rest day, and since scepter4 returned to normal, and After the various departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs successfully tore it up, Ango Sakaguchi was no longer so busy as before that he could say "if you don't go to work, you don't have to go to work" such jackal words.Although he will occasionally work overtime on weekends, but fortunately he has worked overtime for two consecutive days in the past two days, and he has finished all the things expected to be done today in advance, so now he can watch the game and eat curry in Tokyo so leisurely .

"But I didn't expect that not long ago all of you were obsessed with watching high school basketball games." Ango Sakaguchi wore his suit jacket even on rest days, looking like a social animal.

"After all, we are still young people!" Osamu Dazai said proudly, "It's different from an old bald uncle like Ango."

"What are you talking about, Dazai-kun?" Sakaguchi Ango pushed down his glasses, and looked at Dazai through the white lens.

"Ango, you are already a bald uncle." Osamu Dazai reached out and patted his shoulder pityingly, his eyes unconsciously looked towards his hairline.

A series of hash characters suddenly appeared on Ango Sakaguchi's head, and just when he was about to grab the opponent's face, a surprised voice came from beside him, "Mr. Odasaku, Mr. Dazai, and, Sakaguchi gentlemen?"

Several people turned their heads at the same time, and saw Atsushi Nakajima holding a book not far away, looking here curiously.

"Aton, why are you here?" Osamu Dazai asked curiously.

"I accompanied Heizi-jun to practice on the basketball court near here. He said he wanted to practice shooting for a while. I plan to come to the bookstore to have a look and help him buy a new light novel." Atsushi Nakajima stretched out his hand and touched his head embarrassedly , and showed them the light novel he was holding in his hand. It must be said that the book was not written by him, but a very popular adventure story in another world recently.

"Heizi-kun, ah, that one from Jorin High School." Dazai Osamu nodded, "It seems that they really plan to compete for a good place in the Winter Cup."

"Shiro Rin's goal is to be the national champion." Atsushi Nakajima felt helpless, "From the standpoint of the school, of course I hope that Kaichang wins, but as a friend, Kuroko-kun is much easier to get along with than Kise-kun Now, I naturally hope that he can get what he wants."

"I think that guy named Kise will cry after hearing what you say?" Osamu Dazai couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Oda Sakunosuke nodded, "Kuno Kuroko is still waiting for you over there, right? Don't make him wait too long."

"Okay, Mr. Dazai, goodbye Mr. Oda." After waving hello, Nakajima Atsushi waved at them and ran away.

"Cheng Rin?" Ango Sakaguchi, who had never heard of this school, took out his mobile phone to check, "This year's ih champion is Luoshan University, the runner-up is Yangquan University, Haichang University Haichang, Haichang is Eighth One of the strongest, there is no school like Cheng Rin."

"Shiro Rin lost in the finals in Tokyo, and missed the main draw of ih." Dazai Osamu explained, "However, the basketball club of this school is quite good, and the atmosphere is very good, but it needs to practice more."

"It's really rare, Dazai, you would evaluate them in such a tactful way." Ango Sakaguchi was a little surprised.

"Well, after all, they're just a group of kids." Osamu Dazai changed his tone, "After all, Ango, you don't even have time to watch a basketball game."

"Too! Zai! Zhi!" Sakaguchi Ango couldn't bear it anymore and ran over to chase and kill this "good friend" who always made fun of him.

"The relationship between Ango and Dazai is really good." Oda Sakunosuke looked at this scene and couldn't help but said.

Yuji Maomao took back all the wool that had been in the sun for a day. The sun in September was just right, and the autumn air was crisp, so it would not break the wool directly when drying the wool.

The big cat Yuji is resting today, and the family members don’t let him go to the detective agency to help. The big cat who is free and has nothing to do remembers the woolen doll that Mrs. Kobayashi next door ordered from him when he participated in a community event last time. It is also the first time for Big Cat to weave big dolls. I used to make small dolls. There is still a whole set of Christmas finger puppets that Big Cat made last year on the shelf at home.

Sitting in the sun and knitting the woolen doll for a long time, when the big cat Yuji noticed it, it realized that it had accidentally hooked the wrong needle and knitted the doll's clothes wrongly.

Yukichi the big cat lifted the doll up to the sunlight, and suddenly found that although the weaving was wrong, but adding some outlines to the white wool that was accidentally hooked on the doll's face just now, wouldn't this be Dazai two years ago? rule?

The big cat Yuji was immediately happy, the big cat's claws were entangled quickly, and after a while, he made a Dazai doll. With this experience, he quickly made the second president doll, and then Ranpo, Chuya, Odasaku, and Yosano...

When Fukuzawa Yukichi came back with the famous detective who was on a business trip again at night, he saw a row of cute woolen dolls neatly sitting on the table and sofa in the living room of the room, and there were even a few more beside him. Simple wool furniture.

"It's so cute!" Edogawa Ranpo rushed over, grabbed the doll that was obviously his own appearance, and grabbed the president doll next to "myself", and showed it to Fukuzawa Yukichi as if offering a treasure, " President, President, look, the doll made by Mr. Yukichi."

"And it's still the young version from a few years ago." Edogawa Ranpo happily pulled the small yellow scarf around the neck of the president doll, and then tried clumsily to tie it back on him.

Fukuzawa Yukichi had no choice but to step forward, took the doll from the famous detective and looked at it. It was indeed his own shape, but the clothes were indeed the same set a few years ago, and this very familiar scarf.

He couldn't help but put a smile on his face, raised his hand and carefully tied the yellow scarf, and then handed the doll over again.

"Mr. Yukichi!" Edogawa Ranpo happily rushed into the kitchen holding the two dolls, "Can I take this to the detective agency tomorrow? It's so cute!"

Yukichi Maomao came out with dinner, and nodded to Edogawa Ranpo as he walked, saying that it was okay. In fact, these cute woolen dolls were made for them to play with.

Fukuzawa Yukichi helped tidy up the table full of dolls to make room for the dinner plates.

"But why did you suddenly start knitting dolls?" Fukuzawa Yukichi asked curiously.

The big cat Yuji took out a doll customized by Mrs. Kobayashi from the bag on the side, and explained it with a grunt.

The two of them leaned in front of the cat language translator, and saw the big cat talking about what happened in the afternoon, Edogawa Ranpo immediately became curious, and immediately found the woolen doll that was said to have been made by mistake at the beginning, "Ah , It’s really similar to Dazai a few years ago, Mr. Yukichi, you even made him a student uniform.”

As he said, he put the doll back casually, and put the doll and Chuya's doll together, "Mr. Yukichi, where is your own doll? I want to hold it and play with it!"

While they were having fun, the people in another place didn't have such leisurely thoughts.

Xia Youjie has now seen what it would be like to have a world without curse spirits, but he has a sincere desire to regret it.So in the end, why is there a place in this world called hell!Why do the dead still have so much work to do in hell! ?

At such a time, Xia Youjie really felt that Fu Heisher was simply too incredible.This guy actually managed to let his body accept commands and move by himself!

This guy actually managed to move his body, but his heart was resting!What the hell!Is this guy's head and body really two different creatures?

It was the end of May when they were brought here, but they have been really busy until now, without even a day off!Because they are actually dead people, and they still rely on Rimbaud's supernatural ability to move, so the ghost lamp really wants to make them 997, or even let them be 007 directly, okay?

On the day of Obon Festival on July 24th, they are really running [-] hours a day!

This kind of scary guy, no wonder Rimbaud was not interested in reading him, and even took the initiative to tell him a lot about the troubles he might encounter after being read. He wanted to meet a certain white hair again, so he chose to throw himself into the trap.

If he had known that he would encounter such a thing, he should have firmly rejected it from the very beginning. What is so good about Gojo Satoru? It is not worth working so hard!

Fu Heisher looked at Xia Youjie, who was so busy that he almost hit the back of his head with his heel, and couldn't help yawning. He thought this guy just thought too much, isn't it good to be like him?Let the body move by itself, he can rest in a daze.

And isn't it good to only deal with physical work like him, if he insists on handling paperwork as well, doesn't he deserve it?Didn't you see that even their current "master" can't help but tremble when they see the documents?Besides, no matter how much the ghost lamp guy trusts their current master, it is impossible to really hand over important official documents to the supernatural powers of the living people who are still alive, so what Xia Youjie has in his hands are all bits and pieces or Very troublesome thing.

Fu Heisher hit the sinner in front of him with a heavy blow, directly smashing the guy into several pieces, finishing work early, leaving get off work early, maybe he can go to the tavern for a drink, and play cards by the way of.

There are also casinos in hell, and they are even legal. Of course, taxes and rent are essential, although so far no one has dared to default on these two payments.

After all, the master behind these two sums of money is Lord Ghost Lantern of Yan Modian.

Some things really can’t be said, talk about Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive. As soon as Fu Heisher turned his head, he saw Ghost Lamp walking towards him holding two dolls that didn’t fit his temperament.

"Master Ghost Lantern?" Tang Gua, the jailer beside him, greeted Ghost Lantern curiously, "What is this?"

"Ah, this was given to me by a friend who is still alive." Gui Deng looked at the two cute little dolls and nodded with satisfaction, "This is a gift for the first and second sons. Didn't I have a gift before?" Did you take the first and second sons to buy clothes? In the end, Ms. Lilith dressed them up as French decorative dolls. At that time, I really wanted to buy them a pair of dolls, and now I got my wish."

The puppet in Ghost Lantern's hand is a very cute knitting doll. Although it looks like a Japanese doll, it doesn't have the slightly eerie feeling that traditional Ichimatsu dolls bring to people. It will make people want to touch it.

"Is it for us?"

"Great!"

The two little girls rushed out from nowhere. They took the two woolen dolls handed over by the ghost lamp, happily held them in their hands, and circled around the ghost lamp.

"Hey, does Mr. Ghost Lantern know that kind of person?" Fu Heisher couldn't help being curious.

"You should know each other too." On the side of the eggplant looked at him a little strangely, "Mr. Ghost Lantern's friend is Mr. Yuji."

"Who is it?" Fu Heisher thought for a long time but couldn't remember.

"Idiot!" Xia Youjie, who changed the file over there to explode, came over and almost hit him on the head with his fist, trying to smash his empty brain into something useful, "That's the super tall guy. big man!"

"Ah, it's that guy." Fu Heisher nodded knowingly, "I didn't expect him to be a family type."

"No, no, you must have made a mistake. Mr. Yuji is a cat." Tang Gua walked over, took out a mobile phone from his arms, and showed them the photos he took. the entire screen.

"Huh?" The two were surprised for a moment at the same time.

"Ha Qiu!" In this world, Rimbaud suddenly sneezed uncontrollably, and Zhong who sat opposite him couldn't help but also took out a tissue and handed it to him, "Hey, are you okay?"

"It's okay, maybe someone mentioned me behind my back just now?" Rimbaud took a sip of hot tea, and he probably guessed who it was, probably his two dolls with supernatural powers.I have to say that I am really lucky to have two useful dolls with different abilities. Although I can't keep them with me, it is enough to sell them as coolies!

"Let's not talk about that, but Chuya, why did you come to Tokyo?" Rimbaud asked curiously.

"I can't help it. You still need to pay attention to the commission from the Metropolitan Police Department." Nakahara Nakaya shrugged. A while ago, their detective agency suddenly received a commission from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to investigate someone who appeared in Yokohama. , The reason why it is said to be a certain person is because the name and identity of this person are unknown, and only the appearance can be determined.

Because there are so few clues, there are only a few photos, so all they can do now is to ask Tianshan Hanabou to search the Internet to see if there is a way to determine their location.

Although Tian Shan Hanabou is a dead house, but the supernatural ability is really not built, and soon found the picture taken by a surveillance camera on the road.

Then they discovered that this guy was actually going in the direction of Portafia, probably he should be a member of an underground organization.However, Mr. Ranpo immediately said that the negotiation between this guy and Portafia on behalf of his organization would definitely fail.

As always, there is no cause and effect to draw conclusions directly, and everyone is almost used to it.

Osamu Dazai saw everyone's bewildered expressions, and finally reminded them helplessly, saying that that person was probably a member of the undercover police organization of the Metropolitan Police Department that they rescued a few years ago.

But no matter what, the investigation still had to be done. They tracked the man around Yokohama for a few times, and the results they found surprised them a little.

After failing to cooperate with Portafia, this person actually bought a few tickets to the tourist island of American Island and then went back to Tokyo.

Because the request given by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was to follow him, so after integrating all the content, Nakahara came to Tokyo with the file folder for this trip.

But there is no need to talk to Rimbaud about these things.

"By the way, Rimbaud, are you free recently?" Zhong Yuanzhong also suddenly asked curiously.

"Indeed..." Rimbaud showed a relaxed expression. Originally, the embassy and consulate in Japan did not have much work, let alone their French embassy and consulate. He can also hand it over to his own tool man, so he will be free after going back and forth like this, and even have time to go shopping in Tokyo.

"Then do you want to go out for a trip together?" Zhong Ye put down the cup in his hand and invited.

"Travel? Yes, where to go?" Rimbaud asked curiously.

"It's very close. It's the travel trail in the Izu area, America Island." Nakahara took out a tourist brochure and handed it over.

Although the mission of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has been completed, they all have a strong curiosity about this American island and want to follow it. Anyway, the president is also relieved. I decided to go and have a look, Nakahara Chuya was in charge, and Tianshan Hanabou was in charge, which was very reasonable.

Since you are going to the American Island alone, you might as well invite someone to go with you.

"In the end, even Verlaine came." He looked helplessly at the two people beside him.

"Brother, are you dissatisfied with my presence?" Verlaine smiled at him against the sea breeze.

"The only dissatisfaction is that you can't cut off your legs, that's all." Zhong also walked away from him depressedly. He was already quite satisfied with his height, but recently he met too many tall people , making him very upset.Especially when I saw this guy who looked so similar to me, but insisted on being 20 centimeters taller than me, I was even more upset.

"What's wrong with this child?" Verlaine was a little puzzled.

Rimbaud smiled and said nothing. He also heard that Zhongye and the others were chasing high school basketball recently. He is a little French boy who is not interested in sports like basketball, even though he is actually a fairly loyal football fan. .

"This is the American Island." Zhong Yuan followed the people who disembarked all the way, "Ranbo, I have booked a homestay here, because it is a Japanese-style homestay, and it is not a big problem to add another person, but it is impossible The hotel you usually stay in is the same, please bear with me a little bit."

"It doesn't matter..." Rimbaud is also a person who wandered during his amnesia, and the Japanese-style homestay is actually not bad, especially on this small island that specializes in the development of tourism. In order to catch the hearts of tourists, he often It is very delicate, as long as you get used to sleeping on tatami instead of a bed at night.

"I don't care either." Verlaine didn't care either, he was also in the assassination business in the past, and doing this meant that he was doomed to have nothing to do with comfort.

Zhong also took people to register at the accommodation, and sent his travel photos to Yuji Damao at home by the way.

"The most famous tourist feature on this American island is the Dugong Shrine on the island." Zhong Yuan looked at the leaflet in his hand, "It is said that the old lady who presides over the shrine is more than 120 years old this year, so everyone thinks that She lived for such a long time because she ate mermaid meat. People from outside would come to worship because they hoped to have the longevity of the old lady of the witch. Every year, the dugong festival on this island will send out a few so-called dugongs. Arrows are used to bless longevity."

"Is there anyone who believes in such things?" Verlaine felt a little inconceivable.

"What nonsense are you talking about? In a world where even Mr. Ghost Lamp exists, you actually doubt whether the mermaid is real?" Rimbaud looked at him with even more surprised eyes.

Verlaine fell silent for a moment.

"But I also think it's just a gimmick, at most it's just an ordinary long-lived old man." Zhong Yuan took the photo to Tianshan Hanakou, "Hanadai, look for any other news on this island. "

Tian Shan Hanana quickly responded.

A few years ago on the island, a fire broke out in the warehouse of the shrine. A charred female corpse was found at the scene of the fire. The corpse was very strange without a lower body, which is easily reminiscent of the rumors about mermaids.

Then, in less than 10 minutes, Tayama Hanabou sent several more messages, but this time the tone and tone of the message were obviously from the famous detective Edogawa Ranpo.

"The deceased may be someone related to the shrine. The lower body cannot be found because her legs were tied up and then smashed by the beams. It looks so weird."

"What are you doing? This inexplicable posture, if it is not a kidnapping case, there is only one possibility."

"The person who died was probably the person who played the role of the old witch? Otherwise, why would he tie his legs up like this?"

"Tch, the tourist gimmick on this island is really just a gimmick, it's all fake, so boring."

Edogawa Ranpo directly exposed the bottom of the American island through a piece of news a few years ago.

Zhong Yuanzhong was also helpless. Since the famous detective said so, it is obvious that the truth of the matter should be like this.

But the people from that organization probably don’t know about it. In short, let’s go to the shrine first. Even if it’s fake, it’s still a way for people on this island to maintain their livelihood. It’s not easy to destroy it casually, and Even if it's fake, wouldn't it be a pretty good blessing to get the Dugong Arrow?

Zhongyuan Zhong also thought of it with a good mentality.