Chapter 221 The Third Player

Saikai Haruto is puzzled by the appearance of Dazai Osamu.

As his thoughts raced, a rather ridiculous thought popped up in his mind: Could it be that Sakaguchi Bingwu was deliberately tricking him? Or was this matter related to the port mafia?

But he dismissed the idea the next second - not to mention that Dazai Osamu has not yet joined the Port Mafia, it is still unclear whether Sakaguchi Binggo knows him. Given his personality and the relationship between the two people, there is no reason for him to do such a strange thing.

So this guy must have come here on his own.

Is it a coincidence or intentional? I don't know why, even though Dazai Osamu didn't look at him at all when he was staring at him, he always had a feeling that he was waiting for him here on purpose... and it felt like there was something wrong with his aura...

Is this a mistake? His alias is not "Cointreau" and has nothing to do with Dazai Osamu. Dazai Osamu should not have noticed him yet, otherwise he or the system should have noticed it long ago.

However, no matter how much he was doubting in his heart and how he silently raised his alertness, he remained calm on the surface and calmly shifted his gaze away from Dazai Osamu - as if the attention he just paid was just a casual glance at a stranger.

Anyway, "Mochizuki Kaoru" doesn't know any Dazai Osamu, and Dazai Osamu doesn't know him at all... What's there to be surprised about?

Although he was thinking about comics and forums, now was obviously not a good time. A man as sharp as Dazai would be found to be wrong if he was not careful or too careful... But he wanted to investigate "X" and it involved the past of this vest that could not be revealed at the moment. If he was not careful and Dazai noticed "Dead Souls" instead, it would be a big problem.

So no matter what he is here for, as long as he doesn't take the initiative to find him, Saikai Haruto plans to pretend that he didn't see Dazai Osamu at all.

...Unless he was here to find him.

Although the possibility is very small.

So, Nishimi Haruto turned around with great pain and continued walking towards the uniformed members of the Special Powers Division at the scene.

What he didn't notice was that at the same time he looked away, the young man in black also, as if inadvertently, cast his gaze on him.

Just avoided the moment of meeting his eyes.

A rather indifferent look.

There was an incomprehensible expression in his iris-colored eyes - curiosity, exploration, doubt, and confirmation, familiarity, yet strangeness...all kinds of complex, clear, thick ink-like expressions were melted into his eyes, so complex that it was impossible to tell what was contained there.

"Moon-watching Xun".

Dazai Osamu silently recited this name in his heart.

Mochizuki Kaworu.

A name that was quite unfamiliar to him...and yet extremely familiar.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time he had seen the man before him.

The man in front of him named "Mochizuki Kaoru" should be a stranger to him, just like he should be a stranger to the other party who he met for the first time - and the other party's reaction just now indeed confirmed this.

The look he had just cast on him was filled with strange suspicion, which was perfectly natural, the suspicion he had for a strange, masked stranger who suddenly appeared at this "crime scene".

Dazai Osamu thought quite calmly.

He could even roughly guess why he was looking at him just now - a guy dressed in black and dressed strangely who appeared here would always be suspected. But he definitely did not suspect him of being Miss "X" - in the three seconds he just observed him, he might have ruled out the option of him being Miss "X".

So he simply ignored him as if he were a complete stranger whom he didn't know and didn't need to care about.

As expected of you... Mr. Mochizuki.

Dazai Osamu blinked lightly, remaining motionless, without making a sound, nor did he try to stop Saikai Haruto from moving away step by step.

The purpose of staying here has been achieved, and it is time for him to leave now - maybe they can do more next time they meet, right?

Xi Haiqing Dou had already stood in front of the remaining young man standing in front of the scene, and nodded to him naturally: "Thank you."

The young man was wearing plain clothes, but it couldn't hide his capable temperament. However, his expression looked very nervous for some reason. He was tense and bent slightly when he stood in front of him and spoke, which scared Xi Haiqingdou: "Is it Mr. Mochizuki?"

"…It's me." Xi Hai Qing Dou took a small step back.

"As expected of you, Mr. Mochizuki. You can tell my identity right away. I'm Miki from the Yokohama Metropolitan Police Department." The other party exhaled, complimented him from the bottom of his heart, pulled the cordon open and led Saikai Haruto inside, "Teacher, please follow me."

Saikai Haruto nodded indifferently, but couldn't help complaining in his heart: Apart from him and Dazai Osamu, there is no one else staying in this crappy place, right?

He followed Miki, but before he had taken a few steps, he saw him slow down and move slightly, then lowered his voice and asked him, "Teacher Mochizuki, is there something wrong with that boy?"

Without waiting for Xi Haiqing Dou to ask, he started talking like pouring beans: "That guy appeared a long time ago, and I don't know how long he has been standing here... It's really scary. Teacher, when you looked at him just now, did you find anything wrong with him?"

It was as if as long as Xi Haiqing Dou said "yes" in the next second, he would immediately run over and grab the person.

...He also doesn't know when Dazai Osamu came?

He arrived earlier than Miki who had been waiting here for a long time, but he didn't go in either... Was Dazai Osamu here to see him?

Xi Haiqing Dou was stunned for a moment, stopped subconsciously, turned his head back to look at the place where Dazai Osamu was originally - there was no one there.

Xihai Qingdou had a calm expression on his face, but the doubts in his heart deepened.

...Not good, is it really coming for him? The problem is that he doesn't know what happened yet? What kind of script is Dazai Osamu holding in his hand now?

"Oh no, that guy has run away!" Sanmu said in frustration.

"No need to look for him - he has nothing to do with 'X'." Xi Hai Qing Dou came to his senses, reached out to hold him down, and shook his head.

"But--"

"He should be a member of the port mafia." Seeing that Miki still had an unwilling look on his face, Saikai Haruto added.

Miki fell silent almost immediately, his face turned pale for a moment, and then he quickly turned around again.

Saikai Haruto almost couldn't help laughing in his heart - it was clear what kind of image the Hong Kong gang had in the eyes of the people of Yokohama.

"Mr. Mochizuki, Mr. Mochizuki, is that kid really a member of the Port Mafia? Why is he here?"

Although he has not officially joined the Hong Kong underworld yet...but he is by the side of Mori Ouwai, and Mori Ouwai is currently the leader of the Hong Kong underworld, so rounding it off is about the same.

Saikai Haruto nodded, but did not answer his second question.

"Don't worry about him, let's go."

The crime scene was cordoned off and well protected by the police. Haruto Nishimi looked around seriously but absent-mindedly. He had to admit that "X" was really a man who did big things - the scene was almost exactly the same as what he wrote in his novel.

Silently and deliberately leaving "X" at the scene, a message that was not discovered by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Special Forces Division was taken away. Nishimi Haruto also obtained a copy of "X's" handwritten love letter from Miki - the original should still be in the Yokohama Metropolitan Police Department or the Special Forces Division.

Then he continued with the originally planned itinerary and went to the crime scene of the third case. He also ran into Sakaguchi Binggo who was also present, and they exchanged a few polite words.

This time, I didn't see any trace of Dazai Osamu around.

Xihai Qingdou said secretly, "What a pity."

[System, what do you think Dazai Osamu is doing today? ]

Saikai Haruto thought about it and felt that Dazai Osamu's behavior today could be described as "incomprehensible".

He was almost certain that Dazai Osamu was waiting for him specifically, and it was not related to "X" - otherwise he would at least not even go to take a look inside the crime scene. Saikai Haruto had no doubt that with his ability, he could easily sneak in and take a look without arousing anyone's suspicion.

But he was waiting for him, but didn't look at him or talk to him, and even wrapped himself up so tightly that people couldn't see his true face... What was his purpose?

Xi Haiqing Dou couldn't help but look at the direction of the world line that was supposed to be.

...Well, if line, almost nothing can be seen.

This time he really couldn't guess.

The system crashed for a moment: [Maybe, he was just passing by for some reason?]

[…Do you believe what you said?]

Forget it, he might as well ask his own alias instead of asking the system...Xi Hai Qing Dou gave up.

It couldn't be that when he was checking Pasceto and Cointreau, he found out the relationship between "Cointreau" and "Mochizuki Kaoru" and then came to see him, right? Dazai Osamu is only 14 years old now, and may not be working for Morio. Even if he was bored and checked these, his two vests were not alarmed by his movements, so he didn't have to do such a "just take a look and do nothing"?

After viewing the three crime scenes in order, Nishimi Haruto breathed a sigh of relief and decided to put Dazai Osamu aside for the time being and sorted out most of his thoughts about "X".

Dazai Osamu or something... Anyway, he thought that the vest he was wearing was still stable. He would not move unless the enemy moved. He would just wait and see what other moves he made.

As for clues about "X", he has already found many in the three scenes and has roughly guessed it in his mind - it couldn't be the prototype of the protagonist of the novel "The Nameless Wax Museum". That guy really died in his hands, and the dead cannot be resurrected; and the only one who could know so many things, besides the two of them...is his wife who he once said "died" in his hands, right?

He also inserted this person into the novel as the prototype of the victim in the first case.

That's why she knew so much about these cases and the past of "Mochizuki Kaoru" seven years ago, but she had not committed any case in real life that corresponded to the first case in the novel.

Because the victim in that case is herself, and she is not dead yet.

He remembered that she was also a somewhat troublesome psychic... So she came to avenge her husband?

Although we have figured out who "X" is, things seem to be even more difficult now... Plus, there's suddenly Dazai Osamu who comes from nowhere and doesn't know what he's up to. Is this going to be a mess?

Xi Haiqingdou sighed sadly, drank a sip of coffee under the pseudonym "Yu Yuan Qian Qiu" and continued to work overtime; at the same time, he opened the forum under the pseudonym "Mochizuki Xun" without any hope and browsed it - well, it was still dead silent as usual, without any movement.

We can only temporarily place our hopes on "Yu Yuan Chiaki".

All he can do is to find out where "X" is as soon as possible, get rid of her first, and then solve the problem related to Dazai Osamu. I hope everything goes well...right?

However, Mochizuki Xun's right eyelid suddenly twitched twice.

At this time, Saikai Haruto was still unable to figure out the true source of what was wrong from what had happened.

It was not until two days later, when everything had settled down in a way that he had never imagined, and could be described as "anticlimaxing but waning", that he opened the forum again to see the updates. Only then could he truly and completely verify an incredible correct answer.