brothers fight back

Chapter 34

""I don't know either. "

Osamu Dazai, who understood the atmosphere in the room, added slowly.

Hearing this, Fujimaru Tachika turned his eyes to look at Kirikiri Hisashi beside him, and noticed that he was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously, a figure of a person appeared in Tatsuka's mind.

Noticing Lixiang's sight, Jiuji raised his head, and his eyes briefly intertwined with Lixiang, then Jiuji lowered his eyes and lowered his head, sighing: "... "He"? "

Dazai tilted his head, with a puzzled expression that rarely appeared on his face, ""He"? "

"My stepbrother."

——There is no restraining force to interfere, and there is no "blank book" effect, the elder brother who is connected through his own actions in the true sense.

"Oh." The comprehension on Dazai's face was instantly replaced by curiosity, he raised his right hand, made a "√" gesture at the chin, and looked intently at Kuji Kirikiri, "In that case...need to discuss The problem to solve becomes—"

"What method did Jiu Si's foster brother send Lixiang-kun here?"

"And what is the reason why he didn't come here in person under the premise that he could send Mr. Lixiang here?"

What Dazai asked was also Lixiang's confusion after learning that he was sent here by Moriarty.

Natsume tried her best to make herself understand the conversation of everyone at the table who seemed to be guessing charades——Kusi's "young brother"?This title doesn't sound like... It doesn't sound like the high school student I met by accident in a hotel with Kuji before?

Kirikiri Hisashi sighed, his eyes fell on the back of Fujimaru Tatsuka's hand.

Following Jiuji's line of sight, Lixiang saw the command spell on the back of his hand... After a moment of dullness, he immediately reacted, "I see."

Dazai followed Kuji's gaze to Lixiang's back of hand, and when he saw the blood-thick rune, he pursed his lips tightly.

Just as he was about to find out the truth, Dazai was frequently interrupted by Mori Ogai's serial calls.In the end, Dazai reluctantly answered the phone - even he couldn't get it back from Mori Ogai's hands on a rare rest day.

Watching Dazai Osamu leave the apartment with a step and three turns, Hisuji began to briefly introduce to Lixiang this supernatural world where writers from different eras gather, but none of them are exporting culture.

After listening to Kuji's introduction, Lixiang breathed a sigh of relief, "Hahaha...so that's the case."

——God knows how much he was shaken in his heart when he learned the full name of "Osamu Dazai" and his identity in this world. He almost thought that this place was also a rumor zone.

"So...is this a 'completely separate' normal world? "

"According to the information I have found so far - yes."

"Currently?"

"Ah."

Natsume looked at Hisashi, then at Tachika, and finally chose to keep quiet and sit in his seat.

"Since Tatsuka-kun didn't come here because of a "deviation" in the world..." Before Jiuji finished speaking, a bright blue magic circle appeared under Fujimaru Tatsuka's feet.

Natsume and Lixiang in the room looked surprised at the magic circle that suddenly appeared on the ground, while Jiuji seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago, and his expression did not change much.

"Looks like the time has come."

Looking at Kuji waving goodbye to himself with a gentle smile on his face, Fujimaru Tachika immediately reached out and grabbed his arm, and said eagerly: "Come back with me!"

"The time in this world is not equal to the flow rate of time and space where you are. Although you have been here for such a long time, you only took a nap for 3 minutes when you came back there."

"In such a short period of time, apart from Brother William, who made this happen, no one else will find out that you have 'leaved' Chaldea."

Hisashi gently took Fujimaru Tatsuka's hand away, "Say hello to him for me."

Fujimaru Tachika stared at Kuji Kirikiri whose figure gradually became blurred in his vision——

When he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to Chaldea, maintaining the posture he had just left.

Fujimaru Tateka regained his composure and got up from the bed, only to see Moriarty who came uninvited.

"Sorry. I was disturbed during the operation and caused you trouble." William was not surprised that only Fujimaru Tachika appeared in this room.

"I didn't mean to make you feel unhappy." William apologized to Fujimaru Tatsuka with a gentle and sincere voice.

"Next time..." Fujimaru Tatsuka began to regret the words, why did he say "next time"?However, the words had already been spoken, so he had no choice but to continue, "At least give me some time to prepare mentally."

"Sorry." William apologized again.

"I met Jiuji, he is in a world of supernatural beings where no literary masters are involved in cultural creation." Fujimaru Tachika went straight to the topic.

"Sounds a little bad—" William raised his eyebrows, "In the world of supernatural beings where literary giants are not culturally creative."

"He asked me to say hello to you for him."

Moriarty's eyes widened slightly, and he immediately smiled.

——"Say hello" is a signal that two brothers are about to meet.

"Next time, Master goes out to investigate, can I protect you?"

"This matter...I'm afraid it will be more effective for you to discuss it with the director or Dr. Roman than to ask for my opinion." Fujimaru Lixiang was helpless.

Just like what happened just now... Moriarty teleported himself from Chaldea full of heroic spirits to the time and space where Kuji was without notifying himself.

Whether he went out or came back, he didn't disturb any heroic spirit.

If he, Kuji, or Moriarty didn't tell the story, everyone would never find out that he disappeared in Chaldea for 3 minutes.

"Lixiang, your opinion is equally important." After William finished speaking, he left immediately.

Fujimaru Tachika, who was sitting alone in the lounge, sighed silently.

——At least the "Moriarty" I summoned is quite normal among a group of heroic spirits...

Osamu Dazai, who was summoned to the port building and arranged to go out with Chuya to carry out investigation tasks, looked world-weary.Looking at Chuya Nakahara, who was in the distance with a correct attitude and diligently performing tasks, Osamu Dazai waved his hands and turned to leave.

"Dazai—come and help!" Seeing that Dazai turned around and was about to leave, Chuya stopped him loudly.

"Ah..." Even though the surroundings were busy, Dazai still had a way to keep himself at ease.Hearing Chuya's call, Dazai spread his hands, turned his back to Chuya and said, "I refuse."

"What... what?! Is this my task alone? Bastard! We are so busy because of who!"

"Y-yes. I see. Now, I have more important things to do."

"Bastard Dazai, don't leave the team without authorization at this time and cause trouble for everyone!" Hearing the familiar beginning, Chuya immediately "guessed" what the other party was going to do.

"Ah?" Dazai turned around and looked at Chuya innocently, "Chuya, your current thinking is very dangerous."

"Why do I cause trouble for everyone by eating lunch on time?"

"Eat on time?" Chuya put down his work and rushed to Dazai, ready to stop him from doing things that would drag down the team's work. At this moment, he seriously suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, "Aren't you going to..."

"What are you talking about? I am the guardian of the two children now—" Dazai Osamu showed a sunny expression that is completely incompatible with the Mafia, "For the healthy growth of the two children, I am now a very responsible guardian. "

Zhong Ye: "..."

This mackerel finally lost his mind?

"Okay, I'm going to eat."

"Oh."

After a while, Chuya came back to his senses——

"Bastard Dazai! Didn't do a single job, what lunch to run to?!"

The subordinates who bowed their heads silently: "..."

Natsume quietly looked at Kuji, who was not quite right after seeing off Fujimaru Tachika.

"I'll let the familiar prepare your lunch." Jiuji pulled away from the complicated emotions, and immediately looked at Takashi Natsume who had been waiting quietly for him.

"Kusi is going out?"

Hisuji stood up and transformed into his original youthful form, "I'll be back in the afternoon."

"...Be careful all the way." After getting the reply, Natsume didn't ask any more questions.He sat on the sofa and watched Jiuji leave.

When she was the only one left in the "home", Natsume found that the animation played on the TV was not so attractive to him.

"Jingle Bell--"

Just as he was thinking this way, the phone at home suddenly rang.

Seeing that the phone kept ringing and did not intend to hang up, Natsume hesitated for a moment, then answered: "Hi, this is Takashi Natsume."

——This is the landline of Mr. Dazai's house. To be on the safe side, Natsume decided to answer the call with his own name.If the other party is looking for Mr. Dazai, he will know that Mr. Dazai is not at home after hearing his name, but if it is someone else...

His name also happens to protect Mr. Dazai's information.

"Natsume-san, are you coming out to play?" 』

"Yoshida-san?" Natsume opened her eyes slightly, "Why do you have...my home phone?"

In the second half of the sentence, Natsume couldn't help lowering his voice after an obvious pause.To be precise, both he and Hisashi are boarders of this "home", and he shouldn't call this "home".

"Hehe... because we are the boy detective team! 』

Hearing the confident response from the other end of the phone, Natsume suddenly thought of Mr. Ranpo.

"Well... Natsume-san, are you coming out to play?" 』

Natsume looked hesitantly at the familiar who was preparing lunch. The other party seemed to recognize the situation on his side, and the figure immediately changed into a line of words - decide for yourself.

"it is good."

"Um?Natsume-san, your voice is a little low!But I heard you, you just said 'yes' to me, right? 』

"Um……"

"Then let's meet at the school subway entrance at three o'clock in the afternoon. 』

"Ah good."

Natsume was at a loss when he met his classmates for the first time to hang out. He recalled that he didn't even ask where he was going just now, and he couldn't help being a little annoyed.

"Is my performance too clumsy..."

Natsume looked up at the familiar that had been transformed into a line of characters just now, and it had returned to its normal form now, busy silently in the kitchen.

Looking at the sounding TV, Natsume's eyes were filled with a pure and conspicuous smile.

——Go out and play with your friends...

Hisashi left the apartment and went directly to a dessert shop closest to Yokohama Port.After paying for the ordered cake, he wrote down the delivery address, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Mori Ogai smiling gently at him.

Kyuki Kiriri: "..."

"Sorry, can I delay your time a little bit?" From the first reaction of the other party seeing him, Mori Ogai knew that Jiuji had recognized him.

He took a step forward, took the initiative to talk to Jiuji, and suggested a quiet place to talk.

So, Jiuji followed the other party to an inconspicuous clinic.

"Please sit down."

The clinic is small in size, but it is very clean.His eyes fell on the nurses in the clinic, and then on Mori Ogai.

——This person has been keeping his abilities in output state?

"Your ability can also control your own body age?" Mori Ogai asked Alice to make a cup of tea and handed it to Kuji Kirikiri.

"It's not a supernatural power." Jiuji took the tea and immediately lifted the illusion, "I'm not a supernatural power user. What you see is just a "magic" blindfold. "

Seeing the boy in front of him suddenly turn into a child, Mori Ogai was a little speechless about the content of the next conversation.

Mori Ogai didn't speak, and neither did Kuji.

The two stayed quietly indoors, and the picture seemed to be just a doctor's whim inviting roadside children to drink tea in the clinic.

"Since you already know your brother's address, you don't want to meet him on his birthday?" At this point, Mori Ogai smiled helplessly: "Dazai-kun should not be so strict with you that you don't even want to see your brother Not allowed?"

"Yes. Mr. Dazai is very strict. He won't allow you to see his brother." Hisashi admitted without any pressure.

Mori Ogai: "..."