Chapter 70 The fallen ring is hidden between the clothes
Take the ring off.
In the dim room, the sapphire on the ring emits a bright light.
After sitting on the sofa and staring at the ring for a while, Hayana Takanashi stood up and reinstalled the black button of the plush rabbit bow.
The discovery after four years made her feel that—
So cunning.
…
"Can you see it?"
Sitting on the sofa in the chief's office, Nakahara Chuuya asked the black-haired woman who was standing by the window watching with a telescope.
"I see."
Seeing Fukuzawa Yukichi, dressed in formal attire, receiving the Azusa Bow Seal from a government official, Kotori Hayato turned around and asked the three people sitting on the sofa, "It's quite grand. Do you want to come and see it?"
Ozaki Kouye curled her lips indifferently: "Not interested."
Nakahara Chuuya turned his head away and said, "I don't want to refuse your invitation, but I don't want to watch it."
"Oh my," Mori Ogai teased with a smile, "They're both very hot-tempered."
Seeing this, Hayana Kotori asked the people standing in the back row, "What about you? Is there anything you want to see?"
Ryunosuke Akutagawa wanted to ask if Mr. Dazai was there, but when he saw the three people sitting on the sofa in different postures, he suppressed his thoughts, lowered his eyes and refused silently.
"Well," Higuchi Ichiyo spoke before the Black Lizard member Hirotsu Liulang behind him, raising his hand with a rather curious look, "I'd like to take a look."
Guangjin Liulang's face remained normal, but he was actually deeply traumatized, his soul floating out of his mouth.
I want to watch this too! I got beaten to it~ Young people nowadays really don’t know how to respect the elderly…
It seemed that the resentful gaze of the person behind her was too substantial. Higuchi Ichiyo took the telescope and turned back with a twitching mouth, looking at Hirotsu Ryulang who was standing upright behind her.
Under the Black Lizard's puzzled gaze, he handed over the telescope: "How about Mr. Guangjin go first?"
"Ah! Well... then I won't refuse."
Guangjin Liulang, who was clearly very interested, took the telescope and bowed slightly as he passed the leaders and cadres sitting on the sofa. "Excuse me."
Then he quickly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to adjust his view.
As for why they gathered in the chief's office to watch the Armed Detective Agency's performance ceremony.
Because Hayana Takanashi was very curious about this, and asked the leader to use the excellent viewing spot in his office, Mori Ogai said that today's meeting was being held here.
Picking up the exquisite snacks on the plate, Kotori Hayato felt a pang of frustration. "I feel so suffocated. It was obviously us who cooperated with the Port Mafia to resolve this incident."
There is a feeling of being robbed of the credit.
It seems like all good things are blamed on the Armed Detective Agency.
Ozaki Kouyo sipped her red wine. "It can't be helped. We are extremely evil, and the government hates us deeply."
"That's a really soothing description, Momiji," Mori Ogai said, curling his lips. "They can't stand us, but they can't do anything to us. Their faces are truly masterpieces worth appreciating, no matter how many times you see them."
Nakahara Chuuya revealed the fundamental reason: "I heard that it was because Dazai found Fyodor and successfully sent him to prison."
"Plus the last time we stopped the white whale from crashing into Yokohama."
Standing in front of the French window, Hirotsu Liulang handed the telescope to Higuchi Ichiyo, looked at the four people on the sofa, and said, "Based on the results of the intelligence investigation, it is exactly what Mr. Nakahara said."
"Speaking of the last incident... Akutagawa was also one of the main players." Kotori Hayato looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke and said coldly, "But forget it. If the government really issues the [Azusa Bow Seal] to us, it can be considered an insult."
"I just feel a little stuffy."
“That’s how we survive.”
Mori Ogai lowered his voice, and under everyone's serious expressions, he said calmly, "We are extremely evil. No one in Yokohama can step on our heads."
"Neither citizens nor government officials need their knowledge or gratitude at all."
"But Pushkin is in our hands. If we hand him over to the government, I'm afraid they will be forced to change their attitude towards us." He changed the subject, "But if we do that, it means we're giving in."
"If one day I am forced to bow down to a government official..."
Nakahara Chuuya's eyes darkened: "Kill him."
"As long as we live, we cannot bear to see our leader face such an indignity."
Although the others did not say anything, the extremely dark expressions on their faces showed that they were thinking the same thing as Nakahara Chuuya.
…
After get off work, while discussing with Nakahara Chuuya where to go for dinner, Hayana Takanashi received a call from her mother.
Kotori's mother said that Suehiro Tetsuji will be home for dinner today. Thinking that the whole family hasn't gathered together for a long time, she wants Kotori Hayana to come home.
After hanging up the phone, she apologized to Nakahara Chuuya: "Sorry, Chuuya, I have to go home today."
"I'll take you to the station." Lieutenant General Nakahara took the coat from the rack.
Along the way, Nakahara Chuuya seemed a little absent-minded, as if he was troubled by something.
When they arrived at the parking space at the bus stop, Hayana Kotori asked him, "Is there anything bothering you?"
"Nothing." After saying that, Nakahara Chuuya couldn't help but express his doubts: "Dazai, that guy hasn't come to see you for several days, right?"
"Yeah." Hayana Kotori thought for a moment, "It's been almost a week. He hasn't appeared in front of me."
"I heard he's been going to the horse racing place lately."
"That guy won't get addicted to gambling." Nakahara Chuuya frowned, feeling that the other party was definitely causing trouble.
Hayana Kotori found it interesting and looked at the young man driving the car: "Are you confused?"
"..." After being prodded, Nakahara Chuuya shifted his gaze slightly: "I just feel that this period of time has been too smooth."
He hoped that Dazai Osamu would be more quiet in front of Hayana Takanashi, but when he really was quiet, he felt uneasy.
I don't think this is Dazai Osamu's style.
Dazai Osamu must be planning something big. This kind of thought makes him want to catch him and beat him up every day and ask him what he really wants to do.
Seeing him so distressed, Hayana Kotori patted his shoulder and said, "Relax, it's okay."
"Why don't you come with me to my house for dinner? Mom said she hasn't seen you in a long time."
"Next time," Nakahara Chuuya gently refused, "This time it's a family dinner for Hayana. Next time I'll prepare a gift and visit them at home."
Hayana Takanashi got on the bus. When the bus started, she sat by the window and waved to the young man who brought her over and was standing under the bus stop.
As soon as she opened the door, Hayana Takanashi heard it.
"Resign."
"don't want."
"It will be dangerous."
"I don't want that either!"
"Maybe I'll arrest you."
"Then why don't you just resign?"
After hanging her bag on the rack and walking into the living room, she saw Tetsuji Suehiro lying on the floor doing push-ups and Ranpo Edogawa sitting on his back eating snacks.
"I can't resign." The sweat on Tetsuji Suehiro's face gathered to his chin, and his T-shirt was soaked with sweat, outlining the explosive muscles on his back.
Crunching potato chips, Edogawa Ranpo was also very tough: "Then don't talk about me. I don't want to resign either."
"Resign."
"reject!"
"Resign."
"You quit first."
The childish bickering continued, and Hayana Kotori asked them both, "What happened? Why did you quit?"
"Na~" Edogawa Ranpo swiftly got off Suehiro Tetsuji's back and transformed into the famous detective Cat Cat. He rushed to Kotori Hayato and complained: "This person said that he might arrest me himself in the future!"
"?" Hayana Kotori was full of questions: "Why?"
Didn’t the Armed Detective Agency receive a government award and win the [Zigong Seal] a few days ago?
Suehiro Tetsuji stopped doing push-ups and stood up. He took out a clean white towel that he had placed on the coffee table from among the snacks. He wiped his sweat while explaining, "Dazai Osamu, a member of the Armed Detective Agency, was arrested by the Hound for being suspected of a thousand serious crimes."
"Right now, the police are secretly investigating other members of the Armed Detective Agency. Ranpo is also a member of the Armed Detective Agency. Although he has no criminal record, he might be implicated. So I want him to resign early and get out of it."
Edogawa Ranpo was angry: "Listen carefully, this is targeted!"
Hayana Kotori was shocked: "You arrested Dazai Osamu!"
How could that be? His criminal record was clearly cleared.
Suehiro Tetsuji looked at Hayana Kotori, his handsome face serious as he said, "As a member of the mafia, you should be well aware of the darkness created by the man named Dazai Osamu."
Edogawa Ranpo stood between the two of them: "Then you should also know the relationship between Dazai and Hayana?"
"I've heard of it." Suehiro Tetsuji said in a steady voice, advising his incredulous younger sister, "He's not someone you can trust. Date someone else."
"Speaking of heinous crimes, I am also deeply sinful." After stating her position, Kotori Hayana immediately discovered something amiss.
"Dazai's criminal record has been completely whitewashed, and it was a whitewash that made it absolutely impossible to find any clues. How did you find his criminal record and arrest him?"
To avoid being held responsible, Suehiro Tetsuji explained, "It wasn't me, it was my partner."
"How did your partner," she followed up, "find the clue?"
Suehiro Tetsuji: "Without even trying to look for it, the hidden clues automatically surfaced before our eyes."
Hayana Takanashi's face immediately darkened.
Something happened to the psychic who cleared Dazai's file.
"We're back." Xiao Niaoyou's grandfather's gentle voice appeared at the door. The smiling old man was holding a large bag of things. "I bought beef and prawns. We have a sumptuous dinner tonight. There will also be a small cake for dessert."
Edogawa Ranpo ran over and took the bags from his grandfather and mother, and Suehiro Tetsuji and Kotori Hayato also stepped forward to help.
It was so lively that it seemed as if the previous quarrel had never happened.
After dinner.
He forcefully took over the task of washing the dishes for Hayana Takanashi, took a look at Tetsuji Suehiro who was playing chess with his grandfather, and Ranpo Edogawa who was watching TV and eating snacks with his mother, and sneaked into the room.
She took her wallet, her stamp, passport and other things. The stuffed rabbit she had brought back a few days ago and placed on the bed looked at her quietly.
She strung the blue gem ring through a silver necklace and hung it around her neck.
The fallen ring disappeared between the clothes.
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