Today was an unlucky day, at least for Dazai.
During the day, Mr. Kunikida's shaking death attack failed to kill him. In the evening, he ran into the water, and because of the sudden opening of the upstream gate, a tire dropped by an unknown person washed in front of Dazai, and brought him to the shore, except for his wallet. In addition to the loss as always, today's suicide plan failed again.
He returned to the dormitory in a depressed mood and wanted to open a bottle of wine to comfort himself, but his cell phone rang.
It's a special ringtone.
Dazai will set different ringtones for different people. Although they all use the same tune, there will be slight differences in details such as drumming, tone or background sound.
This difference is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish, but for Dazai, it is as natural as breathing and eating.
He answered the phone without even looking at the caller ID because he knew exactly who was calling.
I don’t know what was said over there, but Dazai’s expression clearly flashed with surprise, and he replied with a smile: “Okay, I understand, please trouble you.”
Dazai went out and caught a ride. After arriving at the cemetery, he first went to the small house next to it and rang the doorbell. The uncle who came to open the door was not surprised to see him, but rubbed his fingers first.
Dazai raised his hands and begged for mercy and said, "Oh, I didn't bring any money today. Look at me, my clothes are wet and I didn't even have time to change them. I know I must have lost my wallet~ Can I give it to you next time?"
The uncle rolled his eyes at him and said, "I didn't see who the person was. I was going to the toilet at the time. I noticed a bright light over there while patrolling. In the tomb you told me, that person put three sticks of incense on it."
Dazai didn't believe this, he thought the uncle must have missed it because he was asleep. But, there are some things that don’t need to be studied too deeply. Anyway, what he and the other party only agreed to do was to pay more attention to the tombstone when patrolling, notify himself if there was any abnormality, and weed the surrounding areas on weekdays.
Dazai asked: "Is it just incense?"
It doesn't sound like it's Sakaguchi Ango. That kid always comes empty-handed every time he visits. It's no wonder that people like them don't have the etiquette to remember to bring flowers when visiting a grave. Bringing wine is more or less the same.
After the uncle gave a negative answer, Dazai thanked him with a smile and walked towards the tombstone of Oda Sakunosuke.
His eyesight was very good, and not long ago, he could see other people's footprints on the dirt road.
Oda's tomb is at the top of the mountain, and the footprints point in the same direction, so there is no mistaking it.
However, it was a dirt road and was covered with grass. Only the trampled weeds could be seen. It was impossible to estimate the size of a person's feet, let alone calculate the approximate height and weight of the other party.
He was still a little curious. How could anyone in the world, other than him and Mr. Ango, come to visit Oda Sakunosuke?
And...how did the other party know about this tomb?
Worried that Oda Sakunosuke's former enemies would destroy him, no information related to him was left on the tombstone.
When he was thinking this, the corners of Dazai's mouth were always raised, and he seemed to be smiling, but his pair of kite-colored pupils only had a depth that made people dare not think deeply.
It was so silent, like a candle that had just been extinguished, leaving only a trace of lingering afterglow.
Dazai didn't come here often, but definitely not that often. He used the familiar route to avoid the stranger's footprints and arrived in front of the tombstone. Sure enough, he saw three incense sticks that had been burned out.
Unfortunately, this is an ordinary incense. You can buy it everywhere in the market. It is impossible to find out which store the incense comes from. And the person who came was very careful, probably wearing gloves, and no fingerprints were left on them.
...Well, even if it leaves fingerprints, it's useless. Such a thin incense can't be used to make a whole fingerprint mark when pinched.
Dazai checked carefully and found nothing extra except for the traces of someone sitting under the tree. Naturally, there was nothing missing either.
——Looks like he just came to visit the grave.
Dazai felt weird in his heart because this conclusion was so contrary to common sense. At least it goes against the common sense of his circle.
But no matter what, people have to find out. It concerns Oda Sakunosuke. No matter how difficult it is, we must dig him out...
The ringtone of the mobile phone became extremely harsh in the cemetery at night. Dazai looked at the pocket containing the mobile phone and curled his lips.
This ringtone is specially designed for a certain person. It sounds exactly the same as the commonly used ringtone at first glance, but the melody will have a slight difference that can be distinguished without careful attention.
He answered the phone, thinking that Mr. Ango was so well-informed that he felt premeditated.
But after listening to what the other party said, his whole body seemed to have been drained of all his energy, and he stood there blankly.
After a long while, he said, "Are you sure?"
Ango, who was on the other end of the phone, said in a straight tone: [This call was made just because I couldn’t be sure. Amamiya Qianye, a supernatural being who just returned from England this morning, grew up in England, and her English name is Zein. In the upper class society of the West, it is known as "the link between life and death and cause and effect", and is codenamed the Messenger of Hell. However, his reputation is very polarizing. Some people believe him deeply, while others think he is a high-level liar who plays tricks on people. 】
Because Qianye Amamiya has always used the English name Zein before, it seems that his real name is not famous.
Ango: [He claims that his power is to summon the undead from hell. As for the truth or falsehood... I leave it to you. 】
Dazai's voice was very soft, but his words were clear: "I know you used your superpower, isn't this still certain?"
Ango didn't say anything, and Dazai didn't force him. He said: "Then there's nothing you can do about it. Give me the list of guests and police officers who signed all confidentiality agreements at the time."
Ango: […Then you have to promise not to hurt them first. 】
Dazai laughed and said, "I'm just asking a few questions, because I don't have such convenient powers like Mr. Ango. However, Mr. Ango, who can see the remaining memories of items, told me that he can't be sure yet..."
Anwu was speechless.
Dazai: "Don't worry, I won't do anything unnecessary."
At least he won't do anything unnecessary until he finds out whether the person Amamiya Qianye summoned is the real Odasaku, or just a person who made a fool of Odasaku's image.
Dazai thought of Rando. The French transcendent whose real name was Atil Rimbaud had spent some time in the port mafia due to amnesia, and was later killed by him and Nakahara Chuuya together.
But... that Mr. Lan Tang must be a liar.
Don't worry about this, the point is that Mr. Lan Tang's superpower is to read other people's corpses for his own use.
The corpse summoned after being read has the abilities and memories of life, but to be honest, it is just a clever copy.
Then Amamiya Qianye's supernatural power...is this also the case? The difference is that he doesn't need to read the body to do it...
Speaking of which...
Dazai blinked and frowned in deep thought: "Amamiya Qianye...Qianye...could he be the person Mr. Kunikida met before?"
If so, is the world too small?
It was so small that he had to conspire.
