Shadows Of The Twilight (Book-I)

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Atsushi's pov :

The client was a young woman with short blonde hair and brown eyes who sat across us on the sofa at the agency office. She was wearing a black suit like a business woman. Dazai, Emily, and Kunikida were standing behind me hearing the request of the client. Tanizaki as one of the agency's assistant was sitting beside me, asking the details for the case and Naomi was standing behind Tanizaki.

"Now then, you have mentioned that you would like to request an investigation, but what manner of investigation are we speaking of here?" Tanizaki questioned as we all look at the client but in a blink of an eye, Dazai already kneeled down infront of the lady as he took her hand.

"So beautifulll~ You are a lady as ephemeral and elegant as a lotus blossom. Would you be willing to join me in a double suici------" Before Dazai could even finish his sentence, Kunikida steps in punching Dazai as he tumbled down the floor.

"Oh, boy! Not this again" Emily sighed behind me.

"Huh?" The client confusedly looked at the sight not knowing what was happening and Me, Tanizaki, and Naomi were dumbfounded. Emily was standing calm and quiet without any bother. This is normal for her? Seriously?

"Apologies for the disturbance." Kunikida spoke as he walk towards Dazai grabbing his back collar.

"Please continue on, I will take care of this." With that Kunikida dragged Dazai inside another room slamming the door hard.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!!!!!----" I continuously heared Kunikida's yelling behind the door and Dazai's screams as I came to know that he has probably received a beating from the blonde haired strict man. My eyes and mouth were widened thinking, if Dazai will be really okay after this but then,

..........

"Regarding my request...." The client continued as the four of us turn our attention back to her.

"Y-yes?" Tanizaki questioned as we were still hearing 'beating' sounds from the room where Kunikida and Dazai were in.

"W-wow.. She's actually acting as if it is all perfectly normal!" I murmured in my mind looking at the client. Even Emily was not at all bothered knowing about her boyfriend getting all those beatings and hearing his screams. "This whole agency is defective." I thought to myself being sweat dropped.

"Well, it seems there's recently been a group of unsavory people loitering in my company building's back alley." The client said.

"A group of Unsavory People huh? ...What do you mean by that?" Emily asked thoughtfully.

"Could you give us more details?" Tanizaki asked.

"They wear clothes that are very old and tattered, we have heard some of them speak in foreign language but none of us can identify it." The client sighed.

"If I had to guess, I would say they sound alot like smugglers" Kunikida intervenes as he steps out of the room.

Tanizaki, Naomi and I look at Kunikida and then we saw glimpses of Dazai inside the room lying the floor who was groaning in pain. He had his arm stretched out with a flustered look but the blonde haired man just closes the door.

"I agree to that. We have been getting alot of cases of smugglers recently. So there's a possibility!" Emily said.

"Yeah, they are unavoidable in a town like this one and with their numbers, the police can't do much to stop them." Kunikida continued.

"Huhh.. they just keep multiplying like rats on a ship." Emily said letting out a tired sigh.

"Right. If we had evidence of their activities, we could shut them down for good or we could even ask the military police." The client sighed and then she lifted up her head looking at Kunikida and Emily who had serious looks on their faces, "That's why....." The client said.