Survivors of the despair disease: sixteen orphans including Nakajima Atsushi.

Seven of the children were infected with the despair disease, and three of them had killed people because of the despair disease. In the end, only Nakajima Atsushi suppressed his out-of-control abilities and the despair virus and did not harm anyone.

Dealing with these orphans became a very thorny issue, and in the end they had no choice but to place them in other orphanages. As for Nakajima Atsushi, he was too old to live in an orphanage, and the military and police issued him an identity certificate and never paid any attention to him again. As for how he could survive as he came from an orphanage and had no education or work experience, he had no idea how he would survive.

It is not currently under consideration by the military and police.

"Atsushi, you have special abilities, so you will definitely be able to find a good job." Hinata Hajime comforted Nakajima Atsushi.

Nakajima Atsushi smiled bitterly, "But I can't control my own abilities, and this will only hurt others."

"Believe in yourself. The more afraid you are, the more you will lose control." Hinata Hajime said, "The supernatural power is your companion. You should have the ability to control it since you were a child. Don't worry."

Nakajima Atsushi nodded, and after a moment he looked at Hinata Hajime, "Mr. Hinata, are you going to look for a job like me?"

"Me?" Hinata Hajime put his hand on his chin, "Well, in theory, I can do anything."

With super high school-level versatility, he definitely won't have any trouble finding a job.

"Look what I heard?" An exaggerated voice suddenly appeared behind them. Nakajima Atsushi was startled and almost jumped up. However, Hinata Hajime was not scared because he heard the sound behind him in advance. He just turned his head to look behind him.

"Mr. Dazai?"

"It's me!" Dazai Osamu made a dazzling appearance, "Looking for a job? Leave it to me! I'm the man trusted by the detective agency and admired by the people!"

Hinata Hajime looked at Dazai Osamu, "Mr. Dazai, can you recommend a job for Atsushi?"

"No, not only Atsushi, I hope you can join us too." Dazai Osamu put down his hand, with a smile in his iris-colored eyes, "Hinata-kun will not leave Yokohama for a while, right? Because there may be such an incident somewhere, and we need to rush over to deal with it."

"Would you like to join the detective agency temporarily?"

The Armed Detective Agency is a detective group that specializes in handling dangerous cases that cannot be solved by the military and police. It is a dusk armed group that survives at the junction of day and night. Moreover, most of the members of the Armed Detective Agency are supernatural beings with superpowers.

"Hinata-kun wants to find the strange incidents mixed in with supernatural crimes, and our detective agency happens to be the organization that handles these things. Isn't it twice the result with half the effort?" Dazai Osamu said with a smile, his eyes always looking at Hinata Hajime, "No job is more suitable for you than the detective agency."

[Although I don't know what his purpose is, but...what he said does make sense.] Hinata Hajime pondered.

[In this world, the only strange abilities are superpowers. Those desperate events will only be mistaken for superpower crimes, including the despair disease before. When they came here, they only regarded it as a plague superpower. 】

Kamukura Izuru glanced at Dazai Osamu and said, "You can join."

Unlike Hinata Hajime, Kamijou Izuru saw through Dazai Osamu's true nature the first time he saw him. This person had the same idea as Enoshima Junko, in that they found the world boring because their analytical abilities were far beyond those of ordinary people. However, Enoshima Junko was in despair and tried to find fun in despair, while this person was obsessed with suicide.

He must have been advised by someone, so he would not fall into despair like Enoshima Junko.

"Then there is no reason to refuse." Hinata stood up and stretched out his hand to Dazai Osamu, "Please give me your guidance in the future."

Dazai Osamu grasped the hand that Hinata Hajime extended, with a flawless smile on his face, "Since we will be colleagues in the future, can I ask Hinata-kun a question?"

"Of course."

"What's wrong with your eyes?" Dazai Osamu pointed at Hinata Sou's red left eye. "Isn't heterochromia a bit too childish?"

"This." Hinata Hajime covered his left eye with one hand, "Actually, I'm not sure. It's probably because of the stress response. When things are tense and I need to concentrate, my left eye will turn red. At that time, my personality will also change a little. When the matter is over, it will change back to normal."

Dazai Osamu applauded, "It seems like a manga setting."

"Eh? Isn't it more comical that Mr. Dazai committed suicide?"

"Wow, this is the first time someone has praised me for being a manga setting. Kunikida only calls me a troublemaker. Really, I'm so sad to hear him say that." Dazai Osamu pretended to be sad and covered his heart. "After all, we've been partners for two years, but he will never understand the charm of death!"

No normal person would understand the charm of death.

[Can I really join?] Hinata Hajime wondered, [Could it be that the Armed Detective Agency is full of weird people like Dazai Osamu?]

【You can think of Kunikida Doppo. 】

Hinata Hajime began to recall, then breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Kunikida Doppo is a normal person.

On the other side, in the Armed Detective Agency, Doppo Kunikida was writing a report on the orphanage incident, Junichiro Tanizaki rarely went out on field trips, Kenji Miyazawa went on patrol as usual, and he and Akiko Yono were hiding in the infirmary to read an anatomical atlas. In the huge Armed Detective Agency, only Doppo Kunikida and Ranpo Edogawa were left.

Edogawa Ranpo took a bite of the snack and then spoke, "Kunikida."

"Mr. Ranpo?" Kunikida raised his head. "What can I do for you?"

"Two new people will be joining the detective society soon."

"A newcomer?" Kunikida Dopo was surprised. "When did this happen? Was it decided when Dazai and I went to handle the commission?"

"No." Edogawa Ranpo ate the remaining snacks, "It's when you come back."

"Dazai said he found two very talented people, so he went to ask the president, and the president said he could take a look, after all, the detective agency is short of people recently." Edogawa Ranpo nodded, "It should be someone you know, Kunikida."

Kunikida Doppo was even more confused. "Someone I know?"

However, Edogawa Ranpo stopped talking, and Kunikida Doppo had to continue writing his report while wondering about the despair disease, the fratricide in the orphanage, and how they rescued the orphans.

Just as Kunikida Doppo wrote the last period, the door creaked open and Dazai Osamu's voice came from behind the door.

"I'm back!"

"Dazai!" Kunikida Dopo stood up suddenly, "Where on earth have you been? I won't write your mission report for you! Besides..."

Kunikida Dopo's voice suddenly stopped. He looked at the people behind Dazai Osamu in surprise, "Hinata-kun? And Atsushi?"

“Could it be…?”

Are these two the talented people that Dazai Osamu found? !

Hinata Hajime smiled at Kunikida Dopo in a friendly manner, "Nice to meet you again, Kunikida-san."

"Well, I really didn't expect to see Hinata again." Kunikida Doppo said vaguely, then strode over and pulled Dazai Osamu out, "Dazai and I have something to discuss. You can check at the detective agency. Mr. Ranpo, please!"

Edogawa Ranpo opened the snack bag again and asked, "Please?"

Are you really so shocked that your mind is not clear?

After looking at Hinata Hajime for a while, Edogawa Ranpo patted the other side of the table and said, "Come and sit down?"

"Thank you, nice to meet you. I'm Hinata Hajime. Thank you for your guidance."

"Hinata Hajime?" Edogawa Ranpo looked him up and down, then stared at his red and green eyes. "Your ability is related to your eyes? No, that's not right, it's not an ability. So it's like this. Is there a purpose to go all out? That's why Dazai asked you to come here? All right, Ranpo-sama will reluctantly acknowledge you as one."

Hinata Hajime laughed, "Thank you so much, Mr. Ranpo."

Nakajima Atsushi, who was standing nearby, tilted his head in confusion.

What were they talking about?

At the same time, Kunikida Dopo dragged Dazai Osamu into a highly confidential meeting room, and he spoke quickly the moment the door was closed.

"Dazai, what are you doing? Why did you let Hinata and Atsushi join the detective agency?"

"There's no special reason, it's simply because they are talented people." Dazai Osamu straightened his collar that was messed up by Kunikida Doppo, "Isn't the detective agency short of people? Okay, okay, I asked the president, and the president said it's no problem."

Kunikida Dopo was still worried, "But..."

"By the way, Kunikida, haven't you noticed yet?"

Kunikida Dopo was stunned for a moment. "Pay attention? Pay attention to what?"

"That despair disease." Dazai Osamu leaned back in the chair in the conference room, his iris-colored eyes carrying a hint of darkness, "It was not a supernatural crime at all."

"What did you say?"

"I am a psychic whose powers have been neutralized." Dazai Osamu raised his lips slightly, "Even so, I was affected by despair in the end. Isn't this enough to be evidence? Kunikida, a strange power completely different from psychics has appeared in our world, and Hinata is the one who comes to deal with these things."

Kunikida Dopo frowned, "But this means we can't let Hinata join, right?"

"No, in essence, we do the same job as Hinata-kun, but we handle cases that the military, police, and supernatural special agents cannot handle openly, while Hinata handles those 'supernatural crimes' that the official authorities cannot explain. It is the most convenient way for both of us."

Kunikida Dopo relaxed his frown and continued, "So, Hinata let him join the detective agency to deal with incidents like despair, then what about Atsushi?"

"Why did you bring him into the detective agency?"

"Because he is a talented person." Dazai Osamu repeated his previous words with a smile, "I am not lying this time. I really pulled him in because he is talented."

"Believe me, in the future, he will become one of the strongest."

In that brutal fratricide, he combined the despair virus and the out-of-control superpowers and suppressed them so as not to harm anyone. This perseverance and self-destructive kindness can enable him to gain a lot. He only needs one person to guide him a little bit, and he will become a rough jade.

It reflects dazzling light under the sunlight.