Chapter 148 Self-selection of employment
It’s not that Sengenmaku has any filter against Dazai Osamu.
At the first moment, Chiganemaku wondered if there was something wrong in Yokohama again, which was why Dazai Osamu had caused such a big fuss.
Question your first instinct about the environment.
However, being able to obtain a license to open a school was very exciting at first, and it was still unbelievable when I thought about it carefully. But when I forced myself to calm down, I found that it was not impossible.
...But after thinking about it calmly, I can't deny how outrageous this matter is.
Dazai Osamu's main goal was not to set up a school.
After getting the right to use the 500 billion yen from Senjianmaku, although Senjianmaku said he could spend it freely, Dazai Osamu was not the type of person to invest money casually. Besides, he was tired of using money to humiliate maifa and didn't want to repeat the same thing.
What's more, Mori Ogai is his target, so Dazai Osamu should be more attentive to him.
It depends on whether Mori Ogai dares to move.
Putting 500 billion in Dazai Osamu's hands means he can do anything. He thought about it for a while. It would be fine to work for Yokohama for nothing, but he would not feel comfortable messing up Yokohama. Finally, he thought of the supernatural business license.
He wants to get a license to open a business that does supernatural things.
In fact, this is a kind of implicit sarcasm towards Mori Ogai. Although Mori Ogai, who has not yet made various actions, cannot understand it at this time, it does not prevent Dazai Osamu from feeling secretly happy.
Since we want to obtain a license to open a business with supernatural powers, our target can only be Qian Jianmu. Endo Shusaku did have an existing religious organization and also hired people with special abilities in private, but Dazai Osamu did not trust Endo Shusaku. He and Endo Shusaku always had a relationship of both enemy and friend, and their interactions were more inclined to confrontation. They did not get angry, but they could not get close to each other either.
People like Endo Shusaku are loyal but not really loyal, and bad but not really bad either. His character is so extreme that his entire nature can be summed up in three words: "fanatic".
As Sengenmaku once commented, if Endo Shusaku's religion is not controlled, it will become a scourge to Yokohama in the future.
Because this religion is almost like a cult, Dazai Osamu cannot give the supernatural power business license to Endo Shusaku. If he really gave it to him, it would be a big deal.
Well, we have to give Qianjianmu a business name.
Educating people with special abilities is a good name. Sengenmaku alone taught Nakahara Chuuya, Dazai Osamu, half of Endo Shusaku and Nakai Hideo, not to mention Ayatsuji Yukito, Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Akutagawa Gin who were inspired by him. Senjianmu itself is engaged in the education business.
How is school?
After choosing the education business, Dazai Osamu didn't really care whether it could be done or not, or he didn't think that the school could be built in the short term. The so-called school for people with special abilities would be very explosive and outrageous in the world, and he wanted this outrageous effect.
He then contacted several congressmen in Yokohama, and using them as a stepping stone, he privately approached the mayor of Yokohama.
The connection of power is intricate and one move can affect the entire body, just like the situation in chess. The movement of each chess piece brings about countless possible changes in the situation, but for Dazai Osamu, this is not a difficult thing.
The entire Japanese economy was in decline, and the economy turned into a bubble that disappeared on the surface of Japan's sea. It is meaningless to hold huge amounts of wealth in your hands. If you use it in the right direction, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Three hundred billion, leverage the congressmen, use political means to put pressure on the Special Powers Agency, force the Special Powers Agency to bow its head, and issue a special power business license.
Under political pressure, the Special Ability Agent Department, which was not very popular in the government, bowed its head.
The supernatural business license may seem powerful, but it is actually not very useful and is more like a scare-off archway. If the port mafia used this method to obtain a supernatural business license, the Supernatural Secret Service Department might have resisted for a while, but the direction Dazai Osamu finally chose was the school.
It's school!
This is too outrageous. The Special Ability Agent Department doesn’t think anyone can do it.
At present, the education level of people with special abilities in Japan is still below the primary school stage, and the teaching range of schools is young people between the ages of 15 and 25. If people with special abilities could live to this age, they would have gone to work long ago. Who would still go to school?
What's more, the Special Ability Agent Department is still here. Do you think they don't exist? If something happens, they will definitely stop it.
Therefore, the supernatural power business license was approved in an overly easy process, a bit like the attitude of a young master trying to please a big boss, and it quickly reached Dazai Osamu's hands.
The congressman and the mayor who were fooled by Dazai not only took the initiative to obtain a license to open a supernatural business under Dazai's instigation, but also helped Dazai to get a special industry school license from the government, and even sold Dazai a piece of land for running a school at an extremely low price.
In other words, this supernatural power business license is given as a gift, which essentially means giving him a school.
If the exchange is based on equal value, 300 billion for a school is really a huge loss.
But after the agreement was finalized, Dazai Osamu turned around and made this group of people run around in circles. Of the 300 billion in their hands, only a few tens of billions could be divided equally among each person. It seemed very huge, but Dazai Osamu quietly recommended several casinos and consumption places that were secretly controlled by the port mafia.
He even took into consideration the current situation in Yokohama. Yokohama's three-minute concept must be perfected as much as possible. At this time, the port mafia is indeed short of money. With this wave of operations, it can be expected that half of the 300 billion will eventually flow to the port mafia, driving the development of the port mafia.
Gambler, a living resource conversion machine.
Mafia received capital injection, and similarly, Chiba was not only losing money but also making no profit.
This request seems as outrageous as setting up a school in space, and it is impossible to succeed. But even though it was more of a consolation, the procedure was actually completed.
Regardless of whether the incident was possible or not, the certificate was indeed obtained.
That's enough.
If we ignore the outrageousness of this matter and think deeply about what a school can bring, it is easy to come to a terrible conclusion.
——If the subsequent operations are done properly and the work of training people with special abilities is really done, assisted by Qian Jianmu's connections, this facility called a school may gradually create a huge network of people with special abilities, and in places that are not seen, step by step, swallow up the part of the early training that was neglected by the three parties of Sanke's concept.
It is beneficial to Yokohama, and even more beneficial to Senmabaku. Once there are enough students, Senmabaku itself can rely on this school to remain invincible in Yokohama.
If someone is hostile to him, there will always be someone who stands up to fight for him. Wherever he is, it becomes a fortress. Although it seems that he has no armed forces, his armed forces have quietly spread across Yokohama and occupied various important positions.
Once called, hundreds of people will respond.
This is interesting.
Because Qian Jianmu had been doing this kind of thing many years ago.
Endo Shusaku has been running Yokohama's supernatural network. Many years ago, Sengenmaku has been collecting information on people with supernatural powers throughout Yokohama, including ordinary people who have demonstrated supernatural powers but have not made a name for themselves. If those people encountered an accident (there were always many accidents in Yokohama, and they were not caused by them) and had nowhere to go, Sengenmaku and Endo Shusaku would take them in and use them.
Dazai Osamu can even be counted as one of the two expanded psychics, but he is special enough to be brought back by Sengenmaku himself.
Among the forces represented by the Sengenmaku, there is Nakai Hideo in the Armed Detective Agency, Ryunosuke Akutagawa in the Special Ability Department, Dazai Osamu, Nakahara Chuuya and half of Ozaki Koyo in the Port Mafia, and even the Seventh Agency has someone lurking among them.
Not to mention the religion that Endo Shusaku recruited, which included not only Mitsuyo Kakuta but also many other people with special abilities who were hiding underwater and not appearing in the open.
Those with outstanding qualifications will be brought to live with Qianjianmu and directly promoted to various industries.
Those who were not outstanding became Endo Shusaku's subordinates, roaming the streets and alleys, constantly adding updated information to the Sengenmaku's intelligence network, and step by step strengthening its control over Yokohama. Similarly, a large amount of funds also continued to flow into the religion, that is, the account of the Thousand Genmu.
Even though Chigenmaku called his act of sending people with special abilities out to work "voluntary employment" and laughed that "if you get into trouble, don't say it was done by them", this matter really cannot be thought about too carefully. If you think too much about it, Natsume Soseki will lose sleep and have nightmares.
You have to know that Natsume Soseki only saw the tip of the iceberg before he came to talk to Sengenmaku. He has never even met Endo Shusaku. In the Armed Detective Agency, except for Edogawa Ranpo who often comes and goes and doesn't pay much attention to him, no one has ever seen Endo Shusaku.
The power was expanding covertly, and the influence was rising terrifyingly every day. Endo Shusaku stood behind the scenes, using the fake identity that Sengenmaku had assigned to him, and he could no longer reveal his face at will.
And with enough help, Sengenmaku doesn't even need to leave the shrine, people will come to him in person.
Dazai Osamu thought about things very comprehensively.
As time goes on, Yokohama's economy recovers, and people with special abilities are able to develop and thrive. The possibility of Sengenmaku being exposed to the eyes of various forces is increasing.
Although there are Sen Jianmu's people in each force, those people have not yet climbed to the top, so now is not the time for Sen Jianmu to officially show up in Yokohama.
But that doesn't mean that some preparation can't be done.
The name of the owner of this supernatural business license is Qian Jianmu, and because of the strict restrictions, the possibility of someone snatching it away is completely eliminated.
Qian Jianmu's apparent identity is just that of a child who looks pampered. The vest protection that Senjianmu had made for his pen name in the early days successfully separated him from his pen name. In short, in the eyes of the current Special Powers and Secret Services Department, he was just the son of an official who was out for fun.
But in the eyes of those who are interested and those who are related to Qianjianmu, this is an open secret.
It's like a flag. When the flag is raised, those who move because of the flag have a direction. As people come and go, connections are transformed into power, which then further consolidates one's status.
A license to open a business with special powers, a license to run a school, and a school, these three things can bring much more valuable than a large amount of cash that can only be used to burn for heating because it is too large.
Outrageous, shocking, yet alternative and genuinely useful.
After thinking for a moment, Qian Jianmu slowly rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Dazai Osamu helplessly.
“…This is really a troublesome matter.”
"It doesn't matter. The procedures for the school land are still being processed...Maku-kun, don't you want to know where the school will be built?" Dazai Osamu smiled lightly and asked him softly.
"Not in Yokohama?" Chimamaku asked back.
“Of course not.” Dazai said softly, “Yokohama is too small and too chaotic, so the school cannot be built in Yokohama. Fortunately, the mayor was considerate and after a little negotiation, he chose two plots of land, one on the edge of Yokohama, and the other in Hachioji City, not far from here…”
As soon as he finished speaking, Dazai Osamu suddenly noticed that Chigenmaku's expression was blank.
"What's wrong, Mu Jun..." He was a little confused.
"Hachioji City..."
Qian Jianmu repeated in a low voice:
"Where did you choose the site?"
"Ah, considering the nature of people with special abilities, it's in the mountains in the suburbs..."
The white-haired boy suddenly turned his head, took out a map of Japan from a pile of books, spread it out, found the corresponding page, and his tone was more subtle than ever before.
"Where?!"
"…Here." Dazai Osamu pointed out the location obediently.
For a moment, Dazai Osamu seemed to see the color of the Thousand Maku fade.
...Huh?
The white-haired boy was silent for a long time, then slowly raised his head and asked with a strange expression:
"Have you met Yukiya?"
"What, who is Xing?" Dazai Osamu tilted his head in confusion.
Senjianmu observed carefully and actually could not find any trace of communication between Dazai Osamu and Yukiya in his behavior.
What——it’s just a coincidence, wasn’t it Xingye who instigated it? ? Was it really not Yukina who instigated this?
What a miracle this is, Dazai! How did you choose a location in such a big country like Japan? From countless possibilities, you happened to choose the one right next to the Tokyo Jujutsu High School. Hey, right across the street!
What’s the difference between this and him graduating from technical college and staying on to teach at the school?
"Hmm?" Dazai stared at him for a while, his wrists resting on his face. "It seems that a lot of things have happened since that day. Who is Yukiya...ah..."
His expression suddenly turned ugly.
"Dazai Osamu from that world is here? His name is Yukiya? What a disgusting name!"
“…”
If you think too much, you will become at odds with yourself.
It’s better not to know, it’s bad news.
***
Dazai Osamu walked away dejectedly.
When they came, they were in high spirits, and when they left, they were full of desire to die. They probably had to take the water route back to the port mafia.
The supernatural power business license was placed on the table. Qian Jianmu sighed and put it away.
Looking at the time again, it was almost afternoon. I felt that today was too long. I had just eaten a few bites of food in the restaurant when I heard footsteps coming from the main entrance again.
He stuck his head out and saw the strange eyes of the dark blue-haired young man with a gradient of red and blue. Endo Shusaku was carrying a few bags and narrowed his eyes when he saw him.
He smiled softly:
"Did you enjoy your trip, sir?"
"Um... not bad."
Senmaku chewed the rice ball and found that Endo Shusaku was still staring at him seriously. He hesitated for a moment and shook the rice ball.
"Want to eat?"
"Thank you for the treat."
"...Ah, I mean there's more inside, not this one...Hey, don't be disappointed, are you a pervert?!"
I can’t stand it. How come this guy is still as scary as ever after ten years?
"Haha, how could that be." The young man withdrew his hand, smiled appropriately, his eyes wandered briefly, he put the bag on the cabinet, and took out some specialties.
"I went to Kyushu this month, and here are the specialty snacks and shochu there."
"Eh... Kyushu Island? It's very far away." Qian Jianmu flipped through the bag: "Did you find anything?"
"Well... economically it's no different from Tokyo, but the mafia there isn't as rampant as in Yokohama, and the residents generally live in peace and tranquility. In addition, there are some people with special abilities there, and the Special Ability Division has an office there, but..."
He tilted his head and chuckled mockingly:
"A bunch of gluttons."
The central control becomes weaker the further it goes to the local level. Although the Special Ability Agency has the right to set up special ability monitoring departments in various places (not just in Yokohama), those monitoring departments may not be inspected for several years, and naturally they develop a culture of just sitting there doing nothing.
"However, in Kitakyushu, I met a very outstanding psychic."
The opened rice ball was eaten, and Chigenmaku sat on the chair, chewing while listening to him.
"He is a person with special abilities named 'Matsumoto Seicho'. He seems to be trying to publish mystery novels and is currently working in the publishing industry. However, probably because he heard about some things in Yokohama, he seems to have avoided Yokohama on his own initiative and does not want to get involved in events related to special abilities... Ah, because I talked to him and mentioned you, sir. He said that if there is a next mystery novel competition, he hopes to be informed."
Because I was very excited when I suddenly saw this type of novel, I spent a lot of energy writing it, but I failed to meet the deadline, so I had to sigh and regret it.
However, it was precisely because he saw the rise of mystery novels that he did start writing. Due to his difficult life experience, he had always lived in poverty, and writing did give him some breathing room. Because the article was indeed published, I successfully found a relatively stable job.
During the chat, his eyes were bright. Although he had suffered a lot in life, he still smiled and said that it would be great if he could support himself with the royalties, but if he couldn't, he would just work and write at the same time.
He seems to be only twenty years old this year, still very young.
"Although he is called a person with special abilities, he is actually a writer." Chimamu sighed.
This is much more professional than him.
"He's not a person with special abilities but a writer?" Endo Shusaku whispered, "If he could hear that, he would be very happy."
"Life is hard... Zhou Zuo, how about we create a literary award?"
Qian Jianmu thought for a moment:
“If we receive very good manuscripts, we will give out some bonuses and prizes. It would be best if we can cooperate with Contemporary Magazine, but it would be best if we don’t mix in political interests.”
"In this case, maybe I should start my own magazine so that I can have full initiative."
Endo Shusaku thought seriously:
"No... it's too late to start one. It's easier to acquire one. Please give me some time. I will investigate the information in this regard."
"Thank you for your hard work. If it's really troublesome, you can hire a boss. It's troublesome to manage it yourself." Chijianmu laughed, skipped the topic, left the restaurant with Endo Shusaku, and opened the paper door of the reception room:
"So, enough of the small talk, what happened?"
“There’s only one thing, the person we sent to Agency No. 7 has been officially put to use.
Gathering intelligence on the government and covering up crimes and scandals for the government, that's really—"
He started laughing as he spoke, and it was obvious that his favorability towards the government was almost below zero.
"He really wants to work in the government, so those handles cannot be used in the short term. However, he mentioned a person with special abilities, and his special ability is "Perfect Crime."
Qian Jianmu took a deep breath and suddenly asked:
"Then who will win if he fights against Yukito Ayatsuji?"
"...Hmm." Endo Shusaku actually thought about it seriously: "Mr. Ayatsuji has a better chance of winning."
"Ah, that's good." Qian Jianmu nodded and asked, "What's your name?"
"I don't know, because he's still being trained. He was captured and taken to Agency 7. Because he's still being trained, his name wasn't reported."
Endo Shusaku frowned with some disgust:
"The place where Nakai was imprisoned seems to be a subordinate prison of the No. 7 Agency. It is really a good atmosphere from top to bottom."
The reason why Endo Shusaku found Nakai was that he had unearthed a detention center for people with special abilities. There were three people with special abilities inside the center. Endo Shusaku discovered that these three people would die within a year, so he took them out for treatment.
Nakai was already dying at that time. In order to protect the last psychic who died in the prison, he sacrificed all his emotions, but was still beaten and seriously injured. But when he woke up, because of his special ability, he didn't even remember why he wanted to protect that person.
Another person who was rescued with him was a tracking psychic named Kuroiwa Ruixiang. He was born into a political family and had to wander after his family was broken up. He wanted to see how the government had come to where it is today, so he joined the Psychic Special Agent Department. During his training, he was transferred to Agency No. 7 and joined Agency No. 7.
If he had any yearning for the government before, judging by his expression now, he must have given up.
"There's no rush for people with special abilities. Let him climb up first..."
He was so carried away that he would steal people away as soon as he joined. What did he see that caused such deep hatred?
Qian Jianmu complained silently, and suddenly felt something was wrong:
"…Speaking of which, what do you mean by we sent him to Agency No. 7? Zhou Zuo, he chose the job on his own initiative. We didn't place any undercover agents in any organization! He chose the job on his own initiative!"
"Then he really chose his own job."
"Why do you put the emphasis on that 'he'... Never mind."
Qian Jianmu sighed in frustration and complained quietly:
"…Rather than the mountains of work ahead, what I'm most worried about right now is that if I go see Ranpo tomorrow, he might scold me… That would be too frustrating."
Although he really likes to quarrel with Ranpo (even though they can't quarrel most of the time), he still forgets about being scolded.
Endo Shusaku thought about it, and his figure disappeared for a moment. After a moment, he appeared in front of him again with a pale face and a staggering look. Chibamu was so scared that he quickly grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into his hand.
"It's okay, sir." The blue-haired young man said firmly, "You handled it very well."
"...You shouldn't abuse your special abilities like this. Wake up."
I haven't seen you for a month. Why do I feel like your dementia has gotten worse?
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