Heroic Spirit Transformation System 2

Chapter 21 Writers, Superpowers and Books

Yokohama──

In the Armed Detective Agency, Edogawa, who had to be accompanied when he went out, walked briskly on the road back to the detective agency.

Suddenly, the person leading the way stopped.

"... Mr. Ranpo." Nakajima Atsushi looked at the shop on the roadside, "It seems to be the person who said he was your friend at the previous banquet..."

Edogawa walked around with a lollipop in his mouth and said "Huh?" and followed Nakajima Atsushi's gaze: "Oh! Po-kun!"

Poe, who was once their enemy but now has a good relationship because they have no reason to be hostile, breathed a sigh of relief because he was not ignored by his acquaintances this time: "Ranpo-kun."

Edogawa Ranpo turned a corner and entered the store: "What are you doing here...oh, are you looking for mystery novels to read?"

This is a used bookstore, filled with all kinds of books. The space is very cramped, but it is located on a street with a good flow of people, and the business seems to be good.

Poe was used to being seen through by Edogawa Ranpo at a glance, not to mention it was really not difficult to guess, so he replied obediently: "I happened to be passing by here, so I just took a look... Ranpo-kun, since we happened to meet each other

Come on, let’s have a showdown today——”

"No." Edogawa Ranpo answered without any hesitation and didn't wait for him to finish.

Edgar Allan Poe: “…………”

Although he had known this would happen for a long time, he would be sad to reject it so quickly.

Behind Edogawa Ranpo, Nakajima Atsushi, who was slightly in a daze, suddenly felt his leg being rubbed by something warm.

Nakajima Atsushi, who had just experienced a battle a while ago, was frightened by the sudden attack and suddenly came back to his senses. He instantly overreacted and jumped back to try to escape. Unfortunately, there was a bookshelf behind him, and he hit the bookshelf directly.

Nakajima Atsushi, whose strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, overreacted and the bookshelf immediately tilted.

"Ooohhhhhhh-"

Nakajima Atsushi reacted immediately and hurriedly went to support the bookshelf. Fortunately, because the bookshelf was filled with books, although it was knocked a little crookedly, the force was not enough to make it fall directly, but the top part of the bookshelf shook the most.

A lot of books fell down.

When the bookstore owner heard the commotion and walked over while saying "What happened?", what he saw was Atsushi Nakajima, who was hit in the face by a fallen book.

Boss: "...This guest is very sorry!"

"No, no, no, it's me who should be sorry! I'm so sorry!!!"

Atsushi Nakajima knelt down in front of the bookstore owner: "I'll pack it up right away! Excuse me...how much compensation do you need?"

At the same time, a cat walked behind Nakajima Atsushi and walked towards the bookstore owner... Even without Edogawa Ranpo's brain, Nakajima Atsushi understood that this was the cat that scared him just now! But he couldn't blame him.

, they probably came here because they liked him, but he was distracted...

The bookstore owner was used to it: "It's okay, I'll just clean it up... Sometimes accidents like this happen, the books on the upper floor are too full..."

Realizing that the boss seemed to have mistakenly thought that he had accidentally done this when he pulled a book from the bookshelf, Nakajima Atsushi had no choice but to explain a few more words, and then apologized while tidying up with the boss, and had to endure Edogawa's wandering around.

The person on the side urged me in a nonchalant tone, "Hurry up, Atsun-kun, you have to go back to the detective agency."

Although he knew it was Atsushi Nakajima's fault, the bookstore owner still followed him to clean up. After all, the display in this store seemed to be very particular, and it was impossible for Atsushi Nakajima to do it alone.

"Hey...where is this book?" The bookstore owner suddenly fell into confusion, "Have I ever received this book?... There is not even an author... Is it a handmade book..."

Nakajima Atsushi took a look and saw that it was a foreign language book with a childlike cover. It felt like it was for children.

"Well, if you don't mind." Nakajima Atsushi originally felt very sorry that he had spilled the book and asked the shopkeeper to help him. Now that he looked at it, he suddenly felt that he had the opportunity to apologize, "Please sell me this book."

Bar."

So Nakajima Atsushi went out and not only spent a long time in the bookstore, but also spent a lot of money to buy a book that he couldn't understand at all.

After saying goodbye to Poe, when Edogawa Ranpo and Nakajima Atsushi continued to walk to the detective agency, Nakajima Atsushi was still regretting his salary.

"Should I sell the books to other used bookstores..." Nakajima Atsushi thought about how to replenish his wallet.

Edogawa Ranpo had always refused to comment on him buying the book as an apology, but now he said, "You can go back and show it to Dazai first."

"……Huh?"

Atsushi Nakajima was confused.

Although I don’t know why Mr. Ranpo asked him to read this book that looked like a children’s book to Mr. Dazai, Atsushi Nakajima was an obedient child and he actually handed the book to Dazai once he returned to the detective agency.

Dazai Osamu put down the "Complete Suicide Manual" in his hand and took the book.

His eyes glanced at Nakajima Atsushi and Edogawa Ranpo who came back together: "Well, did Ranpo say something?"

Nakajima Atsushi honestly told what Edogawa Ranpo said, and also explained why he came back so late.

"A used bookstore..."

Dazai Osamu flipped through the book from beginning to end in a hurry. His speed didn't feel like he was reading at all, but rather like he was looking for something.

Of course, he found nothing, but he showed a strange smile.

"Interesting... Atsushi-kun, you are very lucky. You bought such an interesting book at random."

Atsushi Nakajima didn't understand, so he asked directly: "What's wrong with this book?"

Osamu Dazai did not answer the question directly, but followed the instructions like a teacher: "Atsushi-kun, where do you think this book is placed?"

"...book, on the bookshelf?" Atsushi Nakajima replied confusedly.

Where is it if it's not on the bookshelf? The book fell just because he hit the bookshelf, right?

Osamu Dazai sighed: "Where is it on the bookshelf?"

Atsushi Nakajima was stunned again. He didn't pay attention to this at all! When he saw the book, it had already fallen down!

Anyway, let’s just take a guess...

"The... first floor of the bookshelf?"

"The bookstore owner said that the bookshelf on the upper floor is also very full, so it's easy to pick out one book and bring other books down, right?"

"Yeah...ah!" Nakajima Atsushi looked at the book Dazai Osamu showed him and suddenly understood, "This book doesn't look like it has been squeezed... so it is placed on the top of the bookshelf.

superior?"

"Bingo!" Dazai Osamu snapped his fingers with his free hand, "Now let's look at this book again. Do you think there is anything wrong?"

"Something is wrong..." Atsushi Nakajima squinted his eyes and observed carefully, not daring to tell his answer for a long time.

Dazai Osamu sighed, and used the book as a fan to slap Nakajima Atsushi's face.

Atsushi Nakajima closed his eyes subconsciously, and suddenly remembered Dazai Osamu's posture just now, as if he was flipping through a book to find something, and he suddenly felt blessed.

"I know! It's dust-free!"

"That's right." Osamu Dazai took back the book and carefully flipped through the pages page by page with great interest. "It's interesting, isn't it? In a place like a used bookstore, it is placed in the place where dust is most likely to accumulate, and even dropped to the ground.

But not a speck of dust..."

Yosano Akiko listened for a while: "Is this someone's superpower?"

"If it is an ordinary superpower, it will lose this characteristic the moment it is touched by me." Osamu Dazai checked the book, "Well... there is no author or publishing information..."

Atsushi Nakajima asked: "If it's not a superpower, what is it?"

"I didn't say it wasn't a supernatural power." Dazai Osamu said, "Although my [Human Disqualification] can invalidate all supernatural powers, theoretically speaking, as long as it is a supernatural power, there will be a limit. If it exceeds the limit, I can invalidate it."

Maybe I can't do it at the same level... Well, I haven't encountered it so far."

If you haven’t encountered this before, what else can you say!!!

Atsushi Nakajima was even more confused: "Then this book..."

"It has strange characteristics, but I'm not sure if it is a superpower... If it is really a superpower, then this book would be amazing. It is an existence that I can't neutralize. It doesn't look like it can be created by humans...

Well."

Osamu Dazai thought for a moment and suddenly turned the book to the last page.

Looking at his movements, Nakajima Atsushi suddenly had an ominous premonition: "...Mr. Dazai, what are you going to do?"

"Tear off a page and study it." Osamu Dazai began to use force on his hands.

Three seconds later, Dazai Osamu gave up: "Atsushi-kun, you come and tear it apart."

Atsushi Nakajima said weakly: "Isn't it bad to destroy books..."

"Hmm..." Osamu Dazai thought for a while. Nakajima Atsushi thought he had given up, but he actually said, "Think about it carefully, maybe you can't tear it off, then... Kunikida-kun - you change

Can you please pop out the grenade?"

"It's just a book, isn't it necessary?!" Atsushi Nakajima was shocked.

"Don't bother me with boring things!!!" Kunikida Doppo refused directly.

Osamu Dazai said regretfully: "Then there's nothing you can do, Atsushi-kun, go find a knife... Don't look at me like that, I'm just testing the limits of this book's self-protection."

"What if the knife can't cut it?"

"Then take it to lie on the train? It's my first time to die in love with a book..."

The main body is a picture book, and the concept of "children's hero" is sublimated into a "nursery rhyme" of heroic spirits. At this moment, Qiye, who exists here in the form of a book, is touched here and there by several grown men without saying a word.

, and it is expected to be broken into pieces next...

Seven nights:"……………………"

——Fuck you, why!

He is just a weak, pitiful and helpless book!!! Why should he be treated so cruelly!!!

Would ordinary people observe a book so carefully???

It doesn’t matter if one person can tell something is wrong at a glance, but here comes another person whose actions are much more terrifying than the last one! What kind of devilish protagonist group is this!

This is not a world where you can take a vacation at all!!!

"Ah, there happens to be a lighter here, let's try this first... eh?"

Dazai Osamu was thoughtful.

"...Did this book move just now?"