Chapter 13 Listen to the Wind 13

As soon as the word "surveillance camera" came out, Dazai Osamu's eyes darkened, and his thoughts poured out like a flood without a gate, and he unconsciously deduced a series of possibilities.

There was nothing unusual about Wendy's expression. When he said these words that sounded like he was accusing her, there was still a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. There was no trace of shadow in his eyes. It seemed that he was just saying it casually.

But Dazai Osamu did not believe this illusion.

He still remembered the other side of Wendy's face that he had accidentally revealed when he first met her:

When facing the girl held in the police officer's arms, Wendy had no smile on her face and her eyes were as cold as jade, chilling to the touch.

It's not specifically directed at girls, but an indifference that applies equally to everything.

The "true face" hidden under the mask only appeared for a moment, but Dazai Osamu remembered it until now.

He didn't know why Wendy pretended to be sunny and cheerful. At this moment, he was sure of one thing - Wendy was not as gentle and casual as she seemed, and she was not someone who could be manipulated by anyone.

There was no room for argument about placing surveillance cameras, and playing dumb in front of Wendy was the worst option.

Explain? Show weakness? Say something witty to smooth it over?

Before Dazai could choose the most appropriate solution, Wendy suddenly changed the subject and talked about the commission again: "So, Dazai-kun, please tell me about your discovery first."

The boy gave a smile that said, "Do you think I'm very considerate?"

Dazai Osamu could only curl the corners of his mouth in response.

Wendy asked knowingly.

If Wendy was really understanding, she would not have mentioned the surveillance camera. Bringing the topic to the commission at this time was simply telling him - I can guide you to obtain important information, but I can also hide important clues and lead you to the wrong path. Don't do unnecessary things.

There is an information gap between the two of them.

I don't know how much the difference is. If I don't know, I won't act rashly.

The feeling of being led around by others is not pleasant, and Dazai Osamu is not the type of person who would be controlled by others and obediently hand over the initiative to others.

Let's try to get more information from Wendy first... Even if we can't, we can't stop investigating Shibuzawa Ryuhiko.

Having made up his mind, Dazai wrote down the results of the investigation and pushed the paper in front of Wendy.

Hoshino Nozomi took a quick look and extracted new information from the paper where Dazai Osamu had drawn a movement route - Shibuzawa Ryuhiko seemed to be moving towards Yokohama.

Xingye Wang was a little surprised.

Three days ago, he learned about the existence of Shibuzawa Ryuhiko from Nakahara Chuuya, and also understood why the special agent department behind Sakaguchi Ango would cover up this unstable and dangerous existence.

Unfortunately, since the Dragon War six years ago, Shibuzawa Ryuhiko has disappeared from everyone's sight under the protection of the government. Therefore, the information Nakahara Chuuya knows is limited. He was only told about Shibuzawa Ryuhiko's identity and abilities. The rest still depends on Hoshino Nozomi to find out by himself.

He was prepared for no new news, but he didn't expect to gain so much from Dazai Osamu.

Even though the exact location of Shibuzawa Ryuhiko is still uncertain, knowing his movement route and final destination is a great help to Hoshino Nozomi.

He now possesses the power of the God of Wind and can use the wind to find people. The search range has now been narrowed from the entire world to this route, greatly reducing the difficulty for Xingye Wang to find people.

Hoshino Nozomi's favorability towards Dazai Osamu recovered a little, and coupled with the fact that he had just "teased" Dazai Osamu, the two factors combined completely offset the favorability that was lost due to the eavesdropping incident.

He looked at Dazai Osamu who was having a brain storm and thought, keep thinking and continue to add more scenes for me.

After just a few contacts, Hoshino Nozomi judged that Dazai Osamu was a deep-minded person.

To describe it in another word, it is love brain supplement.

Therefore, he did not deliberately question the matter of the eavesdropping device, but chose to be mysterious.

He first made a gesture of asking for an explanation, but then took back his words halfway, trying to make Dazai Osamu wonder, and it would be best to reach the point where "Dazai Osamu suddenly opened his eyes in the middle of the night, still wondering 'Why did he take back his words?'"

Hoshino Nozomi ate the last piece of cake on the plate and stood up: "I have something else to do. I'll leave first."

Dazai Osamu blinked a little slowly, stretched out his long arm, and blocked Hoshino Nozomi's way, as if he had something else to say.

Thinking that Dazai Osamu might have other information, Hoshino Nozomi stopped and looked at the young man writing on the paper: [Don’t you have anything else to say to me?]

Say what?

Hoshino Wang thought for a moment, and then he caught a glimpse of the untouched dessert in front of Dazai Osamu, and suddenly he realized something.

He assured: "I paid for it, so you can eat it without worry."

After thinking he had made himself clear, Hoshino Nozomi turned and walked away, his grass-colored cloak fluttering in the wind, leaving behind a dashing back view for Dazai Osamu.

Dazai Osamu: “…”

Just gone like that? Really gone? No new clues at all?

The sweet aroma lingered at his nose. Dazai Osamu looked down at the perfectly presented dessert in front of him. His iris-colored eyes acted like X-rays, and he wished he could scan it inside and out.

Dazai Osamu picked up the fork and took a tentative bite.

“Cough—cough—”

The image of boiled water flashed in the residual light. Dazai Osamu picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp - and coughed even more violently.

If the sweetness of the cake is still within the lower limit, then this glass of water has completely exceeded the lower limit, and it is so greasy that it feels like swallowing raw white sugar.

"Sir, what's wrong with you? Would you like some water?" The clerk quickly poured a new glass of water.

Dazai Osamu drank half the cup in one gulp and looked at the dessert in disbelief. The clerk understood what he meant and explained that this was a request from the customer just now, and that more sugar and water should be added during the production process.

Dazai Osamu: “…some?”

There's clearly a lethal amount of sugar in this, right?!

Dazai Osamu put his fist to his lips and looked in the direction where Wendy left. The green color had long disappeared.

At this moment, the cell phone rang. Dazai Osamu looked at the caller's name, raised his eyebrows, and answered the call.

"...Okay, Ango-kun."

*

Hoshino Nozomi turned around and went to another street, waiting for Nakahara Chuuya to arrive at the agreed place.

Behind it was a hat shop, the walls were a warm copper red, the glass was polished to a spotless shine, the light was bright enough to reflect a person, and all kinds of hats were displayed in the windows, which dazzled Xingye.

It is worth mentioning that the store not only sells finished products, but also accepts customization. After leaving the bar and talking about Shibuzawa Ryuhiko, Nakahara Chuuya generously agreed to customize a hat for Hoshino Nozomi, and then brought him to this store.

Note that it is not sewn by hand, but custom made.

Hoshino Nozomi thought it was a misunderstanding, and what Nakahara Chuuya said in the field actually meant this:

"I'll have someone make you a new hat." Correct.

"I'll make you a new hat", Wrong.

At that time, he was still sighing in his heart that being a Mafia was not easy. Someone of Nakahara Chuuya's status actually had to do all the work himself - it was a bit weird.

Hoshino Nozomi stood in front of the window, looking at the handsome boy reflected in the glass, and raised her hand to move the slightly crooked white flower back to its original position.

Three days have passed, and hopefully the owner has finished making the new hat.

Although it wouldn't be a problem without the hat, he was using the Wind God's body for free, and it would be a bit unreasonable if he lost his hat in the end.

Xingye Wang arranged the flowers and thought, would the God of Wind be angry when he knew that his hat was gone?

[Lord Barbatos is an easy-going and gentle god. He is not angry. 】

"The Wind God already knows about this?"

After asking this question, Xingye Wang finally realized that the God of Wind did know.

When Barbatos first lent him his body, he said, "If you perform well, I will write poems for you and sing them."

Xing Yewang didn't think about it carefully at that time, but now he thinks that these words show that the God of Wind can know what happened here at any time, naturally including the "magnificent sacrifice of the hat".

His guess was quickly confirmed by the system: [The gods are watching you.]

Xingye Wang nodded, showing his understanding: "If someone uses your body, you must keep an eye on it in person to feel at ease."

[…Actually, I don’t think that’s why Lord Barbatos…]

"Chuya-kun, this way!" Hoshino Nozomi's voice suddenly drowned out the system. He noticed the black figure reflected in the window, so he smiled and turned to greet Nakahara Chuuya.

[Why don’t you go in?]

"I'm waiting for you."

Nakahara Chuuya nodded and entered the store with Hoshino Nozomi.

There was a faint aroma inside, which made people feel refreshed. The owner was an old man with gray hair. When he saw them come in, he stood up, smiled and nodded.

"Hello, Mr. Shopkeeper," Hoshino Nozomi greeted politely, then changed the subject and looked around cautiously, "Is the cat still here?"

The shop owner wrote on the paper: [Send it home].

Hoshino Nozomi breathed a sigh of relief.

Three days ago, he was severely "tortured" by the store owner's cat.

The cat has a sturdy body, soft and white fur, and a gentle temperament. It is a rare clingy and cute cat. Hoshino Nozomi doesn't mind playing with the cat for a while, but unfortunately he is now using the body of the God of Wind.

So, the following scene took place in the store that day:

He ran and it chased, they both spread their wings... Xingye Wang flew up and floated above, and the cat thought he was playing with it, so it jumped and tried to hook under the swing of Xingye Wang's drooping canopy.

…Luckily the owner took it home.

Hoshino Nozomi felt lucky and asked about the hat. The owner apologized and said that there were some problems along the way and he needed to wait for a while.

Hoshino Nozomi nodded and didn't say much. All he wanted was to get the hat in the end.

After talking with the store owner, Nakahara Chuuya finally revealed the most important purpose of his trip - he wanted to invite Wendy to a port Mafia.

[Chief Mori takes Kajii Motojiro's case very seriously and wants to meet you.]

After thinking for a while, Hoshino Nozomi accepted Nakahara Chuuya's invitation.

The last time she recovered the forbidden knowledge from Motojiro Kajii, Hoshino Motoko only saw a mobile phone covered with mosaics in her memory, and other than that she did not get any new clues.

If you go meet the other person's boss, maybe you can make some new discoveries?

"Let's go, Chuuya-kun."

*

The headquarters of the Port Mafia covers a vast area with several high-rise buildings. It is more like a well-known business group than an organization engaged in dangerous activities.

Bright sunlight shone through the clear floor-to-ceiling windows into the spacious corridor. Hoshino Wang was walking behind Nakahara Chuuya, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a figure nearby.

a child.

The light stayed at his feet, dividing the space into two distinct parts. A child with strange hair color stood in the shadows, holding a scary doll and smiling sweetly at Hoshino. The child's smile was as sweet as melted honey.

“Chuye-kun, he…”

Wendy's questioning voice sounded, and Nakahara Chuuya followed his gaze, and suddenly stopped when he saw who was coming.

——Kusaku Yumeno, codenamed “Q” within Mafia.

How did he get out of the confinement room?

Yumeno Hisasaku's ability, [Brain Hell], is a rare and extremely dangerous psychic ability that can use illusions to corrode and damage the mind of its target, allowing it to launch indiscriminate attacks on the surroundings.

At the same time, because of his twisted personality and his enjoyment of watching other people suffer, he was locked up in a confinement cell very early and was not allowed to go out easily.

"Hey, Mengye, what are you doing here?" Nakahara Chuuya frowned.

"Come and play," Yumeno Hisasaku stepped out of the shadows, facing Nakahara Chuuya's vigilant eyes, and said lightly, "Play with the bard~"

Nakahara Chuuya was stunned.

He was sure that Q had been kept in a locked-up room before he left, and that Q should not have known about Wendy's existence unless someone had deliberately told him.

Could it be...the leader?

If this is what the leader meant...

Before he could figure out the reason, Yumeno Hisasaku took advantage of his distraction, walked up to the unaware Wendy, and fell into her arms.

He smiled, and Xingye blinked blankly.

When the limbs collided, in addition to the softness of flesh and blood, there was also the feeling of something hard and sharp hidden under the navy blue cuffs.

【Will Identification...】

The blood flowed down the back of the child's hand, dripped onto the broken doll, and dyed the snow-white cotton red.

【……Fail.】

The fierce gust of wind instantly dominated the corridor!