Chapter 42 Two Presidents
Last year was a very busy year for Chijiang Nayue.
He usurped the throne and betrayed the group as a boss, and finally got rid of his number one enemy, the Karasuma Group. Later, Tokyo, where his friends and students lived, finally merged successfully with his native world, Yokohama, and the crisis of world destruction was also resolved.
After that, Akae Nazuki was able to retire from the police force openly and honestly, and returned to the detective agency as a low-key rookie member. He entered a leisurely life of slacking off earlier than his peers who still had to work diligently in Tokyo.
After all, there is a port mafia in Yokohama, and the armed detective agencies are extremely idle.
Unfortunately, he didn't fish for long before he got some... not-so-good news.
At this point, we must mention [books] and books.
There is a blank book of literature in this world, which is said to be able to make all the stories written in it come true.
In fact, this statement is not accurate.
The original book is an existence close to the origin of the world, in which infinite parallel worlds are folded.
What causes the world to diverge can be as small as someone picking up or losing a piece of paper, or as big as someone dying in a long retrospect.
All choices will generate new possibilities, and books are responsible for housing them within themselves. When someone writes about them, they will project the corresponding possibilities into reality, creating the appearance of realizing the wish - this is the truth of books.
For the books in the main world, there is only one reality, and other parallel worlds are just fragile bubbles.
But now, this established fact has been changed.
Even in a parallel world that cannot withstand scrutiny, the combined desire for survival of trillions of people can generate an energy that would scare even real books.
Therefore, Chijiang Nayue was born as the savior in every fragile little world within the book through the real book.
Basically all parallel worlds have projections of the book, and Akae Nazuki does not exist in the main world outside the book, but has lived in all the possibilities of "Dazai Osamu becoming the leader" in the book, because he is originally the means of self-rescue for all the parallel worlds like soap bubbles to survive.
Among the thousands of parallel worlds that tried to save themselves, the world that Chijiang Nayue is currently in is the only "successful person" who has successfully saved himself and helped other worlds.
The "book" that was originally just a projection in his world has become the world consciousness of the new world, and from it has become Him.
As a supernatural power tool that was infinitely deified among the supernatural community, the "Book" has been fought over by countless people for many years.
Until many years ago, he developed self-awareness and took the initiative to find Dazai Osamu, who was sixteen years old at the time, in order to save himself. Since then, "Book" has disappeared from everyone's sight.
When Dazai Osamu became the new leader of Minato Kuro, in order for the increasingly powerful organization to be able to completely guarantee its voice in Yokohama, he made a deal with Officer Taneda, who was a key member of the [Special Mission Support Section] in the Special Power Special Affairs Section at the time.
Dazai Osamu placed half a real book page that he had accidentally obtained on the table as a bargaining chip.
At that time, the worlds of Yokohama and Tokyo had not yet merged, and Dazai Osamu could not give the "book" in his hand to others, nor could he realize his "wish".
But the half page of the book he gave was different. It was the half page of the real book outside the world that gave birth to the individual "Akajiang Nayue". In other words, it could really be used as a wishing machine.
Dazai Osamu knew that the Special Powers Division had been eager to obtain the "Book" for a long time, so he took out this bait.
As he expected, the Special Powers Department took the bait and took the half page.
This was the reason why Chi Jiang received the bad news while fishing last year.
——Because the bad news is that half a page of the book kept by the Special Powers Department was stolen last July.
Logically speaking, Chijiang Nayue didn't know who stole the pages of the book, however, the timing was very delicate.
As mentioned before, Yokohama World and Tokyo World have merged, which is certainly not something that can be accomplished in one go.
[Book] It took a long time for the new world to stabilize, and during this period, in order to prevent the indigenous people of the two worlds from realizing that there were some people and things in the world that they had never heard of, everyone's memory was smoothly corrected.
Only those who have been in close contact with the Book and have been contaminated by the Book's aura will not be counted as members whose memories are corrected.
Dazai Osamu's condition was caused by the ineffectiveness of his supernatural powers, Edogawa Ranpo was skipped because he had been to the Tokyo world before the world fusion, and Furuya Rei, Kudo Shinichi and others were not corrected because they were affected by the aura of the book-created man Akae Nazuki.
No one else, whether from the detective agency, the underworld, or even the public security or FBI, probably noticed that the worlds had ever merged.
should.
At that delicate moment, Sakura Fukuchi, the captain of the special forces "Hunter Dogs", became a new exception.
Not only did he discover the fusion of the worlds, he also contacted President Fukuzawa, with whom he had a personal relationship, to inquire about it.
Fukuchi Sakurachi would never have imagined that it was his cautious attempt to find out the truth behind the fusion of worlds that exposed him, a psychic known as the "Hero of the Far East", to the eyes of Akae Nazuki.
Unless there is also a book-created person like Akae Nazuki by Fukuchi Sakurachi's side, otherwise, there is no doubt that half a page of the book was stolen by him.
This raises a new question: As a government official, why did Fukuchi Sakurachi conceal his identity and attack the Special Powers Division, and secretly steal the pages of the book? What is his purpose?
Since the headquarters of Hound is in Tokyo, no matter what Fukuchi Sakurachi has planned, the stage chosen for her is likely to be either Tokyo or Yokohama, which is something that the controlling Akae Nazuki absolutely cannot tolerate.
In the eyes of Akae Natsuki, who can say "My lover is this city", Tokyo is his city, and he is the strongest barrier in Tokyo. Anyone who wants to cause damage here must consider whether he can accept the revenge of a full-level savior.
In order to better control the situation, Akae Nazuki and Edogawa Ranpo discussed and decided to return to Tokyo. On the surface, they were acting as the presidents of the Tokyo branch, but their main task was to monitor that group of restless guys.
And another purpose that only Akae Nazuki and Dazai Osamu knew clearly - to help Nakahara Chuuya, who was still in a state of panic as the new leader of the port mafia, to clean up the reactionaries in Tokyo.
This can be considered as what the two of them, master and disciple, owe to Chuuya Nakahara, so of course they have to find opportunities to make up for it quietly. Otherwise, Akae Nayue will definitely feel guilty the next time she runs into Teacher Chuuya.
Fukuchi Sakurachi must have discovered his existence. It has been almost a year since the book pages were stolen, but there has been no next step.
Chijiang Nayue was not in a hurry anymore.
He destroyed the Karasuma Group, and packed up Gin and Sharon and sent them back to his hometown in Gang Hei. Moreover, compared to a year ago, he is no longer fighting alone and does not need to worry as much as before. So what is difficult?
Therefore, when [Shu] told him about the missions in the parallel world that only he could complete, Akajinazuki readily agreed.
Tokyo is calm for the time being, and with Mr. Dazai and Mr. Zero here to keep him safe, he can go on a business trip to another world without any worries.
Now it seems that they are finally getting restless. Akajinazuki looked at the new client with a smile and put a question mark on the form in her mind.
Although his real purpose was not to come to Tokyo to help the Armed Detective Agency expand its business - thanks to Mr. Ranpo's ability, the Armed Detective Agency was already well-known in the Kanto area - but Akae Nazuki, who said he wanted to slack off, was completely different from his teacher Dazai Osamu, who actually retired early and lived a slacking life.
When it comes to internal circulation, Chijiang Nayue is second to none.
This sentence was circulated in the police circle many years ago when Akae Nazuki was still a police officer in Tokyo. Even he himself was a well-known legend in the Metropolitan Police Department.
After all, he was the King of Volumes Chijiang Nayue who had lived a life of only sleeping three hours and twenty minutes a day for seven years, and the rest of the time he was either solving cases or doing missions, or on the way to solve cases or doing missions. As long as he had a cup of coffee, he could work all night for three days without stopping.
With this method, he swept through the heads of the police force like a small hurricane. Based on his achievements and dazzling resume, he was promoted to Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division at the age of 23 after only three years in office.
During the seven years when Akae Nayue was still known as Police Officer Akae, he was the dark cloud hanging over the heads of criminals in Tokyo and the entire Kanto region. He also earned the titles of "Criminal Buster" and "Son of Light" during that time.
During this period, he alone solved hundreds of unsolved cases, not to mention the cases he encountered while on patrol with the Investigation Division, as well as the secret missions that the public security department gave him from time to time.
A year ago, if Karasuma Renya hadn't intervened and wanted to seize his identity and body to achieve "immortality", Akajinazuki would have made an exception and become a superintendent at the age of 27. Unfortunately, the police officer was so angry that he would rather die than live in disgrace and faked his death, thus destroying his identity as a police officer.
He went to organize the "Sleeping on Strawberries and Trying to Make a Difficult Move" in a carefree manner, and the group of people he put in his protection circle simply looked at each other with tears in their eyes, shedding tears for his fake death with real emotion.
As a result, after Chi Jiang Na Yue returned to his friends in one piece, he still lived a life where he was often criticized by those people who were almost going into PTSD because of his life-and-death struggles, and had to carry many positioning chips with him wherever he went.
Chi Jiang Na Yue knew that she was in the wrong and was not unhappy about it. After all, she had done this before.
So he was extremely happy to be able to go to another world and let himself go and have fun.
In short, even though he was so busy before because he thought he was playing a simulation business game, Chijiang Nayue is now completely busy.
This is also the reason why Tokyo's armed detective society has become an urban legend.
Until now, Tokyo residents have never forgotten the 36-hour lockdown of the city last year and the "resurrection" of Officer Akae. Unfortunately, this son of light who held a high position in their hearts is no longer active in the police force, and Tokyo residents cannot rely on him even if they want to.
At this time, the Tokyo Armed Detective Agency emerged and became a hope for many Tokyo people.
Especially after they found out that the president of this agency was Akae Nazuki, even though everyone tacitly agreed not to publicize the matter, and even though the rules of the detective agency sounded bizarre, they never lacked commissions.
The police force has its own golden sayings, and Tokyo citizens also have their own golden sayings: Tokyo only allows rational fans of Officer Akae and fanatical fans of Officer Akae, and those who do not belong to either of the above two categories should be kicked out!
Of course, criminals are the kind of haters. They are haters when they are arrested, but they can't help but become fans again after they are released...
Well, anyway, during this year, the name Armed Detective Agency completely replaced the Yokohama headquarters in the eyes of Tokyo people. Few people even knew that they were actually a branch.
The clients who can appear here at this time are basically here because they know in advance that Chijiang Nayue is here, and they come here out of trust in Chijiang Nayue.
Sayuri Suzumura was an accident.
Chijiang Nayue knew her. A few days ago in the main world, he received news from Zhufu Jingguang that a new client would be introduced recently. Even though he had temporarily gone to another world with [Shu] for more than a month in the morning, he immediately remembered the existence of this person the moment he came back.
The unexpected thing is that Chi Jiang Na Yue did not remember that the 'good friend' who introduced her here had ever visited their detective agency.
In order to prevent this place from being frequented by people who admire him, Akae Nazuki had already entrusted the book to him. Since then, the only way to enter this "Yika-cho 6-chome" is to be introduced by the clients who have been there before.
So, since Akae was sure that the detective agency did not take over the case of the trendy JK, how did she introduce Sayuri Suzumura to the agency? And how did she manage to introduce Sayuri Suzumura to the agency? And how did she manage to make sure that except for Dazai Osamu, Morobushi Kagemitsu and the others did not notice anything wrong?
The only thing that can interfere with the rules set by the Book is the Book.
This is the answer.
I'm afraid that so-called good friend was either one of Fukuchi Sakura's friends from the beginning, or he has met with an accident.
Sayuri Suzumura was clearly part of their plan against him.
I just don't know whether the person pulling the puppet strings of this client lady is the 'big boss' Fukuchi Sakurachi, or the 'rat' mentioned by Mr. Dazai.
Anyway, no matter who it is, if they get involved with something they shouldn't, they must be prepared to be killed by him.
The reason why Akagi Nayue readily accepted this commission, which he had already discovered to be a trap, with just a few words was very simple.
"Are you Officer Akae?" Suzumura Sayuri cried out after seeing the young president's full face. There was no fear on her face, only pure joy and admiration. "Great, if it's you, then there will be no problem!"
Because the child who was exploited was innocent.
Because Tokyo is his city, Akae Nazuki is Tokyo's strongest barrier.
"Now we don't have to worry about whether the commissions from our detective agency are enough to pay the wages, right?" Akajinazuki blinked in a good mood and threw back the words that Suzumura Sayuri had blurted out earlier.
The client lady on the other side blushed and pushed the brown paper bag in front of him: "Then, I'll leave it to you!"
Ever since she found out that the president of the detective agency was Akae Nayue, all the honorifics for Sayuri Suzumura have been flying.
Even though she had just separated from her friends from another world at the seaside pier a few minutes ago, Chijiang Nayue had now entered a state.
"OK."
Akae Nayue seemed to be talking to Suzumura Sayuri, or as if she was making an announcement to the chess player on the other side of the chess game who was ready to make a move. She leaned back on the sofa, holding a pair of sunglasses in her left hand and taking the paper bag with her right hand.
His casual words instantly gave the girl an incomparable sense of security. He said, "Leave it to me."