As soon as Dazai Osamu finished speaking, the private room, which was originally filled with the sound of conversation, suddenly became quiet.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ariyama Musashi.

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Arisuma Musashi's back. His pupils shrank slightly. He looked at Dazai Osamu with some disbelief and almost couldn't breathe.

Dazai Osamu was smiling and chatting with him happily just now, but now he suddenly attacked him.

Ariyama Musashi tried his best to suppress his inner panic. He pretended to be calm and said, "Are you joking, Dazai-kun? I don't think this joke is funny."

"A joke?" Dazai Osamu lazily leaned back in his chair and waved his phone at Arisama Musashi. The data on the phone screen flashed by. "Of course it's not a joke. Why do you think I'm the type to joke?"

Dazai Osamu's eyes were filled with undisguised malice. He had just been patiently hiding his disgust just to get Yama Musashi to speak.

After all, there is someone like Yama Musashi who is full of malice towards Jun-kun and the Port Mafia, so how could he possibly have a good impression of such trash?

When he saw something familiar on the phone that Dazai Osamu waved at him, Ariyama Musashi, who had just calmed down, was no longer as calm and gentle as before, and almost reached out to snatch Dazai Osamu's phone.

If it weren't for Yamabushi who still had a bit of rationality left in him, letting him know that Dazai Osamu must have more than just that one document in his hand, he would have definitely taken action.

"What is this?" Although he knew that Dazai really had evidence of his corruption and bribery, in front of the president and members of the Armed Detective Agency, Ariyama Musashi still pretended to be ignorant. He looked at Dazai with a pleading look, "Dazai-kun, please stop joking."

"I told you I'm not joking--" Dazai Osamu ignored Ariya Musashi's pleas. In Dazai Osamu's view, Ariya Musashi had all the leverage in the hands of the port mafia and had no qualifications to negotiate with them.

Moreover, there was a reason why Dazai Osamu intentionally did this in front of the people from the Armed Detective Agency.

When Dazai Osamu saw that Kiyohara Jun had been allowing Fukuzawa Yukichi and Edogawa Ranpo to watch the negotiations, he understood Kiyohara Jun's thoughts after he had long been aware of the Armed Detective Agency's intentions.

Natsume Soseki wants the Armed Detective Agency to cooperate with the Port Mafia, but Kiyohara Jun does not want the Armed Detective Agency to be ignorant of the Port Mafia's methods. He hopes that the Armed Detective Agency can understand that the Port Mafia is a ruthless mafia organization.

Only by probing the armed detectives' social background in advance can the two sides avoid becoming enemies when the port mafia takes action later.

It was not like what Dazai said that he intentionally kept the two members of the Armed Detective Agency. In fact, Jun Kiyohara kept Fukuzawa Yukichi and Edogawa Ranpo at the beginning just because they were protected by Yama Musashi. Later, when negotiating with the Special Forces, he left the Armed Detective Agency behind, which was a deliberate act.

Kiyohara Jun, who is not as powerful as Dazai Osamu thought: Hmm... you are half right, if you round it off, it is almost the same... ?

Therefore, when Dazai Osamu pointed out the corruption of Arisama Musashi in the presence of the Armed Detective Agency and intended to use this to threaten Arisama Musashi, it was intentional.

[Oh shit, if I hadn’t read Dazai’s inner monologue, I wouldn’t have thought there would be so much meaning in it]

[I was wondering why Chun would let the military observe the negotiations. So that’s why. So that’s why.]

[Wow, Jun and Dazai are indeed the script team. I originally thought that the unreasonable behavior was all their calculations.]

[My brain is burning. I am really an idiot.]

[Stupid +1]

[But it's so unlucky for Ariyama Musashi that Dazai almost revealed the color of his underwear hhhh]

Kiyohara Jun stared at the bullet screen in front of him, and seeing that he was not as amazing as they praised him to be, he slightly shifted his gaze.

Edogawa Ranpo stared at Kiyohara Jun with burning eyes. No matter how he looked, he could not see anything on Kiyohara Jun. At most, he could see a mist that was either light or heavy.

This was the first and only time that he encountered a situation that he could not understand. In the future, Ranpo Edogawa, who could even see through the perfect crime of Mushitaro Oguri, became more and more interested in Jun Kiyohara.

Without paying attention to Edogawa Ranpo's gaze, Kiyohara Jun just watched the conversation between Dazai Osamu and Ariyama Musashi quietly.

When Dazai Osamu rejected the "let's talk in private" stage offered by Ariyama Musashi without hesitation, Ariyama Musashi was almost furious.

However, thinking that the evidence of his corruption was in Dazai Osamu's hands, and that he was still in the territory of the port mafia, and that he realized belatedly that Dazai Osamu lived up to his title of "worrier", Ariyama Musashi did not dare to act rashly any further.

Seeing Dazai Osamu's behavior, Fukuzawa Yukichi's brows frowned, and his already serious expression became even more serious.

Fukuzawa Yukichi had already anticipated what Dazai Osamu was going to do.

Although he wanted to stop Dazai Osamu, Fukuzawa Yukichi knew that this was a matter between the port mafia and the Tokyo government, and he had no right to interfere as he was at most a bodyguard.

Moreover, this is the mafia's means of survival, and he cannot say much to them. After all, it is too condescending to tell people in the dark to "be honest".

Although Fukuzawa Yukichi did not agree with Dazai Osamu's methods, and even almost couldn't control himself to stop Dazai Osamu, Fukuzawa Yukichi knew that if they really wanted to cooperate for a long time, he had to accept the methods of the Port Mafia.

This kind of behavior of exchanging leverage for benefits instead of submitting evidence is the code of conduct of the Mafia.

Fukuzawa Yukichi felt a little complicated as he watched Dazai Osamu skillfully use leverage to win over Musashi Ariyama and use rhetoric to make Musashi Ariyama sign an agreement that was beneficial to the port mafia and that eliminated all the clauses that contained hidden dangers.

"If Musashi-kun signs this agreement, at most he will lose his current position." Dazai Osamu had a smile on his face, and the knife was hidden under this smile. "But if Musashi-kun doesn't sign this agreement, the evidence of Musashi-kun's corruption will be leaked, and that will lead to imprisonment."

After hearing what Dazai said, Ariyama Musashi was already a little shaken, but he was still worried that he would lose his future because of failing to achieve the goals of the higher-ups. In the end, under Dazai's rhetoric, he gritted his teeth and signed the agreement.

Jun Kiyohara watched with an expressionless face as Musashi Ariyama signed the agreement that had been prepared in advance, as if everything that was happening now was within his expectations.

Fukuzawa Yukichi did not see any signs of surprise on any of the port mafia members present. It seemed that everything that happened before his eyes was agreed upon by them.

After Arisama Musashi signed the agreement, this banquet, which was actually a Hongmen Banquet, naturally came to an end.

And with the departure of Ariyama Musashi, Fukuzawa Yukichi had no reason to stay.

Does Kiyohara Jun really have the kind side that teacher Natsume described?

From the beginning to the end, Fukuzawa Yukichi saw a mafia leader who was strategizing and, like Mori Ogai, treated others as pawns.

What's worse, Kiyohara Jun is not like Mori Ogai. Mori Ogai has emotions, but Kiyohara Jun seems to have no emotions at all.

Confused, Fukuzawa Yukichi's steps became heavy as he left.

However, at this moment, the wide cuffs of Fukuzawa Yukichi's kimono were pulled by Edogawa Ranpo.

"President." Edogawa Ranpo whispered, "Uncle Natsume has deceived us."

Fukuzawa Yukichi was in no mood to correct Edogawa Ranpo's address to Natsume Soseki. He frowned slightly and said, "Teacher Natsume would not lie to us. It's just that we haven't seen the warm side of Kiyohara-kun yet."

"A gentle side? Do we need to see that?" Ranpo Edogawa was confused. He didn't understand why the president couldn't see such an obvious thing. "Hasn't it always been obvious there?"

After all, compared to other cases, in Edogawa Ranpo's eyes, the atmosphere of mutual trust and inseparability between Kiyohara Jun, Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya is very conspicuous.

Fukuzawa Yukichi just felt a glimmer of hope and confusion in his heart because of Edogawa Ranpo's words, and then he was shocked by Edogawa Ranpo's next words.

"Why did Uncle Natsume lie to us that the book was on Jun?" Edogawa Ranpo frowned after making a shocking revelation. "The book is obviously on that guy named Dazai."

The moment he heard what Edogawa Ranpo said, Fukuzawa Yukichi's first reaction was to wonder if Teacher Natsume had lied to him.

But soon, Fukuzawa Yukichi realized that there was no need for Teacher Natsume to deceive him, after all, he had no desire for books.

The only possibility is that what Natsume-sensei knew was also false information.

And seeing how Natsume-sensei was so certain that the case must be with Kiyohara Jun, it was highly likely that Kiyohara Jun himself had admitted this.

Why did Jun Kiyohara do this?

Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't understand why Kiyohara Jun, a ruthless leader, would put himself in danger. He subconsciously looked up in the direction where Kiyohara Jun left, but found that Kiyohara Jun was leaning to the side and listening to what the boy named Nakahara Chuuya was saying.

With Fukuzawa Yukichi's good eyesight, he noticed that at this moment, Kiyora Jun was standing side by side with his subordinates Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya.

The moment he saw that scene, Fukuzawa Yukichi understood why Kiyohara Jun lied to Teacher Natsume.

so it is.

The stone in Fukuzawa Yukichi's heart disappeared, and he thought, Teacher Natsume, I saw what you wanted me to see.

In order to protect, would you rather put yourself in danger?