Chapter 11



"Student in front, please wait a moment!" The young man with light hair stopped in front of the Haiyin Temple, panting. His face was red, as if he had run too fast.

Kaionji Suyou quietly looked at the young man in front of him. It didn't look like Tanizaki Naomi's brother was in good condition.

The worries that have accumulated since Naomi Tanizaki disappeared have made this poor young man unable to get a good night's sleep for a long time, and he looks haggard and pale.

"Can I call you that, Kaionji-san?" The young man named Tanizaki Junichiro smiled a little sadly and asked in a gentle tone.

Even in this situation, the young man was surprisingly polite, and it seemed that he was a gentle person.

Haiyinsi Suyou nodded when he was called. He didn't particularly care about the name.

"You are Naomi's desk mate."

"Yes."

Haiyinsi Suyou almost guessed what the young man would say. His character of not wanting to interact with others should have made him immediately think of something to evade the question.

He has always liked to be alone, and he would be very uncomfortable if someone intruded into his plans, but the notebook filled with the girl's beautiful handwriting flashed before his eyes, and he somehow kept it.

"Naomi hasn't come home since school five days ago. Do you still remember anything about that day?" Tanizaki Junichiro asked with the mentality of trying his best.

There are too few clues now, and the investigation of Sojiji Temple is progressing very slowly. Tanizaki Junichiro is unwilling to let go of even a little clue. He urgently hopes that his sister can come back soon.

"So, Tanizaki-san is missing now?" The conjecture that Kaiinji Suyou least wanted to prove seemed to be becoming a reality little by little.

"Well, to be precise, she was kidnapped by a ghost. No, she was kidnapped by someone. I am also a member of the Armed Detective Agency. My colleagues and I are collecting clues. I will definitely bring Naomi back."

When Tanizaki Junichiro said a certain word, his eyes flickered for a moment, but his tone quickly became increasingly high-pitched.

But at this somewhat sentimental moment, the black-haired young man who had been standing quietly by the side suddenly interrupted at an inappropriate time.

I have to admit that this strange black-haired young man has a unique kind of handsomeness when he smiles, at least that can be seen from the screaming barrage.

[It's a real slayer!]

[Today's wife is also very handsome]

[awsl]

[So is Naomi Tanizaki really missing? I feel like there's a big conspiracy going on]

[Am I the only one who cares? Since we have encountered the Armed Detective Agency, does that mean that the black-haired guy will not die?]

[Yeah, yeah, I hope the Armed Detective Agency can also save the black-haired guy. His name sounds nice, too.]

"Nice to meet you. I'm Dazai Osamu."

A young man in a light-colored windbreaker walked forward with a smile and introduced himself to Haiyin Temple.

"I wonder if you have seen any unusual phenomena, such as ghosts or gods?" The young man named Dazai Osamu asked straight to the point, and it seemed that he was answering the question.

But this action also startled Tanizaki Junichiro who was beside him. He was very mad but he had to consider the presence of other people. He could only complain quietly to his companion:

"Dazai, how can you just talk to him about ghosts and gods like this? If you drag ordinary people into this..."

But Dazai Osamu just casually glanced at somewhere behind Kaionji Suyou, and said a piece of news in a casual tone that stunned Tanizaki Junichiro.

"It's obvious that Haiyin Temple students are also from here, right?"

“Hey hey hey!”

Tanizaki Junichiro seemed very surprised, his eyes widened. People with psychic abilities came out. Among them, those born psychics are extremely rare. He obviously didn't expect to meet one here.

"Can the students from Haiyin Temple see it too?"

"If it's those ghosts and gods, I can indeed do it." Haiyin Temple Suyou said calmly.

"Is that so..." Tanizaki Junichiro sighed a little suddenly, but the next second he discovered the blind spot.

"Wait, Dazai, how do you know that Kaionji-san can see it, too?"

"We'll know with a little research. The Kaiinji couple are a well-known official power couple in the world of psychics. It's very possible that their son has psychic abilities." The black-haired detective agency member spoke calmly, as if he was just chatting.

"But it's too risky to talk about ghosts and gods so rashly. What if it's not true?" Tanizaki Junichiro muttered softly, but his trust in his companions made him let the matter go.

Dazai Osamu smiled. He seemed to have given a reasonable explanation just now, but the real reason might only be known by him and Kaionji Suyou.

It is actually very simple to infer that Kaiinji Suyou can also see ghosts and gods. Dazai Osamu can vaguely see an unusually tall black shadow following not far behind the boy, and the boy's covert observation of the movements behind him also allowed him to immediately judge that Kaiinji Suyou is also from this side.

"It is a very powerful ghost." Dazai Osamu defined it in his mind, but he also found something very interesting.

The classmate opposite, Naomi Tanizaki, seemed to be fully aware that he was being haunted by ghosts, but he was not afraid at all. Moreover, the range of Kaionji Suyou's clairvoyance was probably much wider than he had initially thought.

"Interesting," Dazai thought, and the smile on his face suddenly became more sincere.

[As expected of Dazai Osamu, he can do this]

[It seems like the parents of Haiyin Temple are very powerful. I suddenly became curious. Does anyone know them?]

[Speaking of which, this surname does sound familiar. It seems that the theft of the gold wish slip from the Sojiji Temple was led by a man named Haiyin Temple.]

[Really? But I remember that the investigation team of that case was completely wiped out, right?]

[I’m not sure about this. I went back to watch the previous recordings and there seemed to be very little about the theft of the gold signature.]

[I still remember! The executive officer in charge was indeed named Kaionji, and his age also matched. Later, in the last text message that Sakaguchi Ango received from his friend, he also mentioned that he hoped he would take care of a child named Suyou.]

[Shocked, you in front are the modern Leeuwenhoek, right? Did you read this frame by frame?]

[I was the one who was going to be shocked, okay? That episode was the highlight of my promotion of the wonderful mystery series.]

[You think it's... Ranpo Edogawa?]

[Wait, I seem to remember that this incident did happen, but I saw it very carefully in the beginning. I was paying attention to the random steps at that time.]

His fists suddenly clenched, and what was mentioned in the barrage made Haiyinsi Suyou very concerned.

At first, the comments above all expressed love for the young man named Dazai Osamu, so I didn’t pay much attention to the content of the comments at the beginning of my tour of Kaionji Temple.

But now, the barrage suddenly started discussing a topic that Haiyin Temple Suyou was very concerned about, which was definitely a pleasant surprise for him.

He can now conclude that the police officer named Haiyinsi mentioned in the barrage is his father, and his father died in a mission related to ghosts and gods, and the time is right.

How many secrets are hidden in Sojiji Temple? How much does the man named Edogawa Ranpo in the barrage know about the missing gold wish slip case in Sojiji Temple? It is still unknown.

But Haiyin Temple Suyou vaguely felt that the conspiracy was like a big net spread out towards him.

"Kaionji classmate?" Dazai Osamu's voice called back Kaiionji Suyou's attention.

"Um?"

The black-haired high school boy seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and his red eyes behind his glasses looked in the direction of the person who called him with some confusion.

"Thank you for the clues you provided earlier. We will take our leave now." Dazai Osamu said with a smile. He slightly changed his position, which would allow him to get closer to Kaionji Temple and travel upstream more inconspicuously.

Tanizaki Junichiro standing by also gave Kaionji Temple a smile mixed with gratitude and apology.

Just now, I had only answered Tanizaki Junichiro's questions as best as I could, so naturally I couldn't tell you much key information. This made the light-haired young man's haggard eyes show an unignorable disappointment.

But when Dazai Osamu and Tanizaki Junichiro were about to reach the end of the corridor, they suddenly heard the voice of a young boy coming from behind them.

"Wait a moment, Mr. Dazai, Mr. Tanizaki, do you know a person named Edogawa Ranpo?"


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