[Wen Ye] Hell changes

Everyone fell asleep, maybe they were tired from singing and praying. At this time, the night was dark, and they slept quietly by the opposite wall as night watchmen.Even though they had stopped singing and dancing, Akutagawa Ryunosuke could still hear bursts of noise.Countless sluggish hearts from the night and the crowd agitated in the elongated silence, accompanied by occasional bells, sounding like an orchestra in the quiet ward, full of fighting spirit and melody The aesthetic feeling is like a sacred language.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke supported the edge of the bed with his hand, pressed lightly on his chest, and began to cough up blood.He had tried his best to suppress the sound of coughing, but he still couldn't stop the low and hoarse horn from coughing out of his throat. Every time he coughed, he felt that his throat was pierced by a sharp thorn, and the pain was unbearable.The doctor said his blood came from the bronchi.He took a last look at the strands of blood floating in the basin like granite stone patterns, and he didn't have the energy to think about anything else, so he sighed and lay back on the bed, closing his eyes.

Maybe it's because of the pain, but he still felt a tingling pain in his throat when he fell asleep, and he couldn't rest at all. The blood clot seemed to be knocking and rolling in his neck, and the thought of coughing and the suffering of hot and dry breathing were simply unbearable.Due to various sudden thoughts or coincidences, he suddenly wanted to set fire to kill everyone here. As for whether he can survive the fire, it is not important, as long as he can borrow The Hand of Fire is satisfied with the successful massacre.

So he sat up from the bed with a blank expression on his face, slowly slid over the crutch beside the bed, supported it and got out of the bed.He looked down at the sleeping people from bottom to top in the night.There is moonlight on the ground.There is a long sky outside the window.Several people were wearing shirts with the pockets on the chest, and cigarette cases could be seen poking out of the pockets.He gently removed the cigarette from one of the men's pockets, and was lucky to find the lighter in the same location.

The fire started.The voice calling him also sounded.Li Yuan Daozao pushed the door open and entered.This is not the first time, his ability to control metal allows him to freely go in and out of almost all places, and ordinary people can't stop him at all. Surprised and slumped, he sat down.

He collapsed at the foot of the bed in a daze.The lighter fell from his hand.The idea of ​​murder and arson has almost taken shape in his mind, and the action of implementing this idea has been written so far, but the call and arrival of Liyuan Michizao seemed to be a blow to his head, which made him wake up instantly, like a stubborn stone accidentally thrown into him Hesitantly wave heart, rippling and swaying the water lines in an unclosed elliptical shape and moving outwards round and round, just like this call pushed the haze in his original thought away from the ground to the sky round after round Yes, he is in a dream, in the midst of disasters, his betrayal, his sadness, the wasted silver waves of his soul, gradually drifting away, fading away and returning to one, he should not go and go now nowhere.

"I killed them." He sat on the ground and said dully.

Liyuan Michizao regained his composure, not knowing whether he should ask what happened first, or solve the scene first.In a moment of impatience, he had no choice but to choose the option that popped up in his mind immediately, that is, take Akutagawa Ryunosuke to a safe place first.

"I'm here to talk to you about something. I was really worried when I saw the fire outside..."

"I set the fire." His eyes were still dull.

"Let's not talk about this, let's move the location first." Liyuan Michizao hurriedly helped him up, then frowned, and looked at the people in the room who didn't know that the god of death had come, "I will deal with this matter, no It will hurt you...please rest assured."

At this time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's consciousness was extremely vague, and the scene was chaotic and complicated. He didn't have the energy and thought to think carefully about the meaning behind this sentence. In fact, he passed out very quickly. .When he woke up, it was already the next day.He lay at home unharmed.The fire incident was quickly reported in the news, and the content of the report was not related to Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and even the fact that Akutagawa Ryunosuke was the person involved in the scene of the fire at the first time was not mentioned at all, not even the fact that he had been to the hospital The records can no longer be found. Instead, Liyuan Michizane became the biggest suspect in arson and is now under investigation.Not long after, his suspicion was cleared again, because he found a very suitable scapegoat.

When Akutagawa Ryunosuke suddenly realized, Tachihara Michizo appeared in front of him with a lost face, and his whole body lost a lot of weight.Akutagawa Ryunosuke wanted to ask him a lot of questions, such as, why did he block the gun for me, why he would rather let himself be charged with murder and arson, and why he did this. When his eyes were blank, he chose to remain silent and didn't ask anything.

"Tonight is the day I agreed with the Armed Detective Agency." He said, and handed him a piece of solid iron that was forcibly twisted into a round shape. Returning to my original appearance will prove that something happened to me. Of course, you can choose to ignore me, even if something happens, it doesn’t matter, you need to rest.”

Akutagawa Ryunosuke also hoped that he could have a good rest as he said, but he couldn't.He couldn't sleep at all, and he was able to go out to relax in the past, but he actually went to meet Poe secretly in the name of relaxation, and now even if he wanted to go out to relax, there was no old friend to meet.

He told Fukuji Sakurachi that his physical condition is very good recently and he has recovered a lot, and he lied to those who were ordered to take care of him, so that he escaped everyone's sight.Hiding in the room alone, he stroked his forehead and panted, coughing, his face was as pale as a rinsed remains, trying to catch his breath, his chest swelled exaggeratedly due to excessive deep breathing.In the basin at the foot of the bed were threads of blood floating like fabric.Tears welled up in his eyes from a violent cough.He is terminally ill, his fate has been decided, and the lung lobes will always live in the sick body cells and blood vessel plexus, as if he is tormented in the brimstone fire.

According to the previous plan, he has completely changed his lifestyle now, and lives in extravagance every day, but in fact he doesn't have that much money at all.All his money is secretly used to help other people who need money, the amount is far more than his current position income, and Fukuji Sakura doesn't like extravagance, proper refinement will make Fukuji Sakura uncontrollable, but excessive paving Ornaments will make him feel disgusted, so Akutagawa will not endlessly fish for oil and water from Fukuji Sakurachi, otherwise he will lose Fukuji Sakurachi's love sooner or later.All this made him have to rely on arrears to maintain the appearance of wearing gold and silver.

Just a few days ago, he was still writing to borrow money from Shiratori, but the negotiation failed in the end, and he was once again crushed and abused.He was practically penniless.The money obtained by selling his body was quickly squeezed out, leaving nothing for himself.Hearing that he stayed behind closed doors, and that he was secretly hospitalized, those creditors who were usually invisible suddenly filed out, rushing in one after another, and handed him bills full of astronomical figures with a playful smile.Several letters to Dostoyevsky have been lost and are still not found.Will Fedya answer my letter?he thought.No one was by his side.He coughed up blood non-stop.

The star sails kiss the dark, frost-blue sky, like a white butterfly and a black butterfly with a strong love, contrasting and interacting, traces and shadows flying, black butterflies are like a long river of night water, unintentionally flowing along the lines from the sky Going around is like a white butterfly unintentionally grinding the rosy clouds into the soft reflection surface on the ground.The shadow in the reflection hides the vowels of the shrunken Yege, and the crisp short verses in the vowels prefer to continue the coldness of Yege.

In the early hours of the morning, the piece of iron sent by Tachihara Michizao slowly deformed. It slowly spread out from a twisted circle and became straightened, becoming the original rectangle.Akutagawa Ryunosuke instantly understood what this meant.He simply tidied up, hid the basin of blood, and then set off in the direction of Tachihara Michizao.

Liyuan Daozao is now in a state of low consciousness, and he must have been injured a lot, otherwise he would not even lose the mental power to maintain the supernatural appearance, but fortunately, the traces of the ability have not completely disappeared on this special black stone However, it would still vibrate occasionally, and then quietly turn its head in the direction of the source of the power, which allowed Akutagawa to know the correct direction of Tachihara Michizo.

When Akutagawa found Tachihara Michizo, the latter had already collapsed in a pool of blood, almost unconscious, only the slight grunt in his mouth and the flickering eyelashes from time to time showed the fact that he still had some vitality left.The Armed Detective Agency was built around Tachihara Michizane, and almost all of them were there.Except Edogawa Ranpo.The female doctor holding a big knife burst into tears, crying and angrily at Tachihara Michizao.

Akutagawa did not choose to show himself immediately.Judging from the content of their conversation, they seem to regard Tachihara Michizo as one of the murderers who killed Edogawa Ranpo.

Tachihara Michizo's public image is also not very clean. People generally agree that he and Akutagawa are good colleagues, and the day after Edogawa Ranpo's death, the content of his happy conversation with Akutagawa was on the news People in the society agreed that Tachihara Michizo was also a participant, so the Armed Detective Agency planned to use this method to lure Tachihara Michizo out to avenge Edogawa Rampo. lead out.

And they were lucky indeed.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked up at the sky.

If Li Yuan Daozao was not rescued, he might die.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke slowly closed his eyes.

Before closing it, the wall quietly embedded with the shadows of withered spring flowers and branches occupied his sight.The wind and flowers of the night poured into his collar.The shadows of slender branches slanting towards the west danced drunkenly on the wall, and the slightly horizontal moonlight swayed the shadows of pale eyes neatly along the curve of his clothes folds.His figure also appeared more and more on the wall.He took the initiative to make a noise and moved towards the crowd.Everyone who heard the movement became alert. The arms of those holding weapons trembled, and their fingers tensed suddenly. After seeing the figure of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the weapons fell from their tense and numb hands for no reason. slipped.

The first thing that came to mind was the female doctor with tears in her eyes. Her name seemed to be Akiko Yosano, whom Edogawa Ranpo had mentioned to Akutagawa.After Yosano Akiko saw him, she forgot to breathe for a moment and was unable to react. When the knife fell from her hand, the echo of throwing it on the ground barked in the dark night, like the howling of wild animals, looping back and forth, Abnormal turbidity.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke knew that they hated him deeply, so he had to say something before they recovered to divert their attention, otherwise they would definitely kill him instantly.So Akutagawa Ryunosuke slowly slid the wheelchair, approached them and raised his hands.This move also made Miyazaki Kenji, who aimed his gun at Tachihara Michizao's forehead, put down his gun.

He took a deep breath.I wanted to start with a self-introduction, but these people have been thinking about tearing him into pieces day and night. I'm afraid they even memorized his birth date clearly, so self-introduction seems a bit redundant.So he raised his hands and said directly, "You can't hurt Liyuan."

"Why not?" Yosano Akiko refuted him, "Did you two ever think about not being able to hurt Mr. Ranpo when you slaughtered Mr. Ranpo? It's only right and proper to kill someone for life, and it's unacceptable for indulgence and appeasement! Today both of you will Pay for it!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone present entered the state of fighting. In just a moment, sharp knives were already in front of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's eyes.

When Yosano Akiko was about to drop the knife, a hand suddenly grabbed her arm holding the knife, stopping her movement.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Nakajima Atsushi who refused to let go in surprise.

"Calm down, he has raised his hands, obviously he still has something to say, we might as well listen, maybe it's really important?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke cast a glance at Atsushi Nakajima.

Atsushi Nakajima quickly looked away after meeting that gaze.

"What else can I say...the two murderers, who do outrageous things every day, are both from the port mafia, but they turned out to be the lackeys of the government in their true colors. They sold the port mafia cleanly, which is simply disloyal Unrighteous, unkind, unkind scum! Mr. Ranpo actually liked people like him before, what else can we talk to him about!"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke remembered the day when he first learned that Tachihara Michizo was also a spy.If it wasn't for Liyuan Michizao's willingness to come forward and save him, he would have been tortured to death in that secret room long ago, and he would never have the chance to face this day.

He owed this life to Li Yuan Daozao.

With such remembrances and resolutions full of echoes of life, he couldn't help but think of his sister.During that short period of communication with Akutagawa Yin, he had already seen Akutagawa Yin's wonderful affection and compassion for Ryohara Michizo.This kind of sympathy is tender and sweet, and this kind of goodwill is formed through the natural shaping of time and the nurturing of experience.If Xiaoyin knew about my choice, he would feel happy too.He smiled in a corner that no one else could see.

He felt how cute and brave his younger sister was, and how young and promising the man his younger sister fell in love with, and how tragic his life experience was, he couldn't help but want to ask the forgiveness of these two people.

Sister, forgive me for my self-assertion. I didn't get your personal promise, let alone the witness and blessing of bystanders, so I handed you over to others and married you off like this.I married you off.The shadow of this broken flower swaying in the corner of the wall is so touching, I ask it to be your bridesmaid.This impoverished situation really makes me hopeless, and I feel hopeless all night, but I still insist on letting this hopeless background be your bridesmaid.This long trembling from the waning moon is how difficult it is to suppress the lament, how painful it is to wait for the last bleak hope, the waning moon is so lonely like my heart, but I still ask them to witness you become tonight bride.

After tonight, you will no longer be a little girl, a little girl who can only follow me forever.Say goodbye to the white clouds of youth and embrace the wasted years.Because everyone is struggling alone in this world, the tenderness of loving and being loved is so cherished.

Forgive me, sister, I marry you to him tonight.

A sharp pebble fell into the frozen field of vision holding a black round shadow.The image of the memory gradually faded.The night is still the same.Li Yuan Michizao's endangered life awaits his decision.He understands this momentary flashback of the years.

So he said: "Liyuan has always been a hero who supports you and helps you behind the scenes. You can't hurt your own people."

Everyone in the Armed Detective Agency fell silent.

"Mr. Ranpo and Mr. Poe have always had a behind-the-scenes friend, you should have heard of it. It is this behind-the-scenes person who wrote an article to rectify the name of your detective agency, won you a chance of asylum from the port mafia, and provided you with material assistance. , to plan the route and action plan for you... This person behind the scenes provided you with almost all the information, otherwise you would have been wiped out long ago, and you would not be able to repay your kindness."

"You mean, Liyuan Daozao is the person behind this?"

"Yes."

"How is it possible! This is simply..."

"He started the plan when he was dug into the hound by Fukuji Sakurachi. Revenge for his brother is just an excuse, because it will make everyone think that he hates your detective agency deeply, so as to prevent others from associating the two. Together. In fact, he didn't hate you a long time ago, and Miss Xie Ye."

"how about you?"

"I know that he is disloyal to the supernatural military government, but I keep turning a blind eye. His connections are very strong. I think I can get money from him by grasping his handle, so that I can win both ends. Good luck. Both sides are tools for me to make money, but Michizo Tachihara and I have a slightly better relationship, I think he is not guilty of death, and he is young, so I stand up and tell you the truth."

"Hahaha, indeed, you are a prodigal son who wears famous brands and luxury goods every day. You are a rich and unkind stinky bastard. This explanation makes sense. It doesn't seem that you still have basic humanity. However, he just met us at the beginning During that time, I have been insisting on speaking for you and not allowing us to insult you, which is different from your confession. Since he is so great, why did he choose to hang out with a beast like you? Why did he choose to speak well for scum ? You should give me an explanation!"

"He's my brother-in-law."

"I fired the gun." Miyazaki Kenji seldom showed a confused and helpless look, staring at the gun in his hand, unable to speak a complete sentence, "That is to say, I just...just now I... Killed the benefactor?"

A little stronger psychologically than Kunikida alone, he has helped Tachihara Michizo who is in a pool of blood, and started to discuss how to cure him.Akutagawa Ryunosuke silently backed away.Tachihara should never know what Akutagawa said tonight.

Atsushi Nakajima leaned over and sighed dumbfoundingly: "It's great, no disaster was caused. It turns out that you are not Fukuchi Sakurachi, but you just used him. I am very happy."

"Why do you think this kind of thing is very happy?" He put on a cold and modest title, "I don't have any friendship with you."

"Of course there are. For example, we met on the phone or on the street."

"A lot of hotel receptionists have also talked with me on the phone. Is that friendship?"

"However, the two cannot be compared at all. How can you use this example to compare you and me? It's too unfair to me."

"Without friendship, there is no fairness at all."

"You also asked me to expect something from me."

"I don't have any requirements for you. If there are no requirements, there will be no expectations for you, and I will not wait for you. Without waiting, I will naturally not feel the friendship in your mouth. There will be no feelings, so what to say Can understand each other and communicate with each other. Even this basic relationship can’t be established, and each other is just meeting each other by chance and pointing back to each other, so it’s doomed not to last forever. You don’t know anything about me, I I'm not interested in you either." As he spoke, he widened his beautiful eyes slightly, as if attracting Atsushi Nakajima to observe carefully, "Look carefully, there are demons living in my eyes."

"I can't see the devil, I only see you and me in this eye."

"Then the me you see is the devil."

"no."

"What else could it be?"

"You live in my eyes, and you are looking at me now, so the figure of you in my eyes is reflected in your black eyes."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was silent for a while.After the silence passed, he asked, "Do you like me?"

"Obvious."

"Okay, so what do you want to do?"

"I want you to leave Fukuchi Sakurachi."

"What about after you leave? Do you live with you?"

"Although it may be a bit overwhelming and it's too early to say so, I can answer with certainty that I will definitely work hard and take good care of you."

"Don't torture yourself. All I love is money. Here, have you seen this dress on me? Just one thread that makes up this dress can make you work for most of your life. What do you use to take care of me? ?”

"Akutagawa, you can't measure the value of a person like this. After all, money is something outside of us, and we are both very young."

"That's right, you are really young. Fortunately, you still remember that you are a very young guy. You have only passed one-fifth of your life at most. In the future, you may meet someone who is more beautiful than me and pleases you more." The person you like, when the time comes, you will compare me with that person, and think that I have a bad attitude, self-willed, and always look like the world's number one arrogant, which is really annoying. Compete with each other, so you will love this person who is really suitable for you even more. As for me, if I choose to go with you at this time, then I will be greeted with an old face, being neglected by you, and suffering from illnesses all over my body. Died of coughing and hemoptysis."

"It won't be like this, don't say such things again..."

Akutagawa just wanted to show him the gorgeous material on the back of the underwear, so he twisted up the neckline of the clothes with one hand and turned it over in the direction of his line of sight. Now he is still maintaining this gesture, revealing the skin of the collarbone inadvertently , very close to Atsushi Nakajima.

He tilted his head slightly, and the long petal-shaped sideburns hung down smoothly from the front of his ears, creating a light and beautiful feeling of black swallows leaning over the white skin.The beautifully shaped lying silkworm draws a proper curved bow under his eyelids, and lies softly under the eyelid line in a lovely and lazy posture, which is so sweet that people are almost intoxicated by it.

As if drawn by magic, Atsushi Nakajima wanted to bow his head and kiss him.If you don't choose to express it at this time, you may not have a chance in the future.Akutagawa Ryunosuke's somewhat erratic eyes and expression changes seemed to be patiently waiting for the kiss to come, but when Atsushi Nakajima clearly expressed this idea, he quickly opened the distance between the two And straightened his back, so that Atsushi Nakajima could only stop with no results.Once this kind of thing is given up, it is difficult to turn back. It starts with impulsiveness, indulges in fanaticism, and ends in silence.

He looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke without saying a word, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke finally chose to look at him seriously.Akutagawa Ryunosuke noticed that there was affection on the brow of his brow.

"Don't like me anymore. I'm old."

"You're only in your twenties."

"But I think it's ridiculously old to be more than two hundred years old."

"It's the sky that's old, not you."

"Don't like me any more, please, sir, it's not good for you or your subordinates. If you insist on pursuing me, what will you get? You will get a whole day of sentimentality, staring, and frowning. Depressed patients get a neurotic who is arrogant, clean-sighted, hates to be wronged, humble in body but still pursues the aloofness of soul, gets a lung disease patient who coughs up blood and faints every day, gets a patient who will die of illness sooner or later and will become ugly Young and mature people, get a disabled person who can't go out without a wheelchair and other people's support. In addition, you will also receive countless arrears notes from me, countless chased usury loans, and countless thoughts. The men and women who killed you to have me all to themselves, they lined up for the day you got bored with me. You are not even 20 years old, ask yourself, do you really have the ability and sense of responsibility to take it all?

Fudi Yingchi has countless money, he can support me, but you can't even support yourself, you can't compare at all.I need money. I like to eat and drink spicy food. I like to wear clothes that can bring out my black hair and white skin. I like to wear clothes that can outline the curves of my legs and waist. Can you really buy it for me?You simply can't.I'm just so difficult to serve, I'm just so money-worshiping and corrupt, whatever you want to say.

What do you see in me? It’s nothing more than my face and the capital of youth, but have you ever thought that lung disease will make my facial features distorted in pain, and make me cry and moan in pain while lying on the bed? Will you think I look good?Do you still find me fresh?Even if I'm extremely lucky and don't die early from illness, sooner or later I will grow old, wrinkled, and shrink.

When I am happy, I am sadder than sad, and when I am successful, I am more decadent than lost.I can't laugh, I don't know how to make others happy, I like to read and write alone, no one wants to be my friend, there are countless men who come for my youth and money, and finally die because they can't stand me Left, they converge when I am proud, and separate when I am frustrated. How can I confirm that you are not one of them?

I don’t know how much I spend every day, and I can’t stop spending money just to take medicine. How many pills can your savings allow me to take?Will I die of illness in the few days after I follow you because of lack of medical assistance?You are so young, and your appearance is not bad, it is a good time to fall in love, so stop spending your thoughts on me.I don't deserve to be loved.I live in sickness every day.I am alone as a tunnel.Let’s just say goodbye, see you again, thank you for your kindness, I will never forget it in my life.It's so uncomfortable, I can't breathe...I..."

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【Note】

① "ハーフムーン.セレナーデ": a song composed and sung by Showa diva Kawai Nahoko herself, and later authorized to China to rewrite the lyrics, sung by Hacken Lee, called "Half Moon Serenade".