Bsd: Mission TB300KC

Chapter 10

"... I would like to have your doctor, Yosano Akiko, someone who cannot receive physical damage is infinetly useful. I would like you to also send me your master detective, Ranpo Edogawa, even if he lacks in physical skill, his mind can easily make up for it." The man paused, to collect himself.

"And? Who else?" Fukuzawa asked.

"Dazai Osamu, your antigifted member, someone who is not affected by abilities, can only use when facing off against two gifted. Despite that I hear his mind is close to Ranpo Edogawas and he is very skilled and experienced. At least that's what chief Taneda has always been telling us."

Fukuzawa frowned angrily and sighed loudly. HE had feared this exact constilation. He didn't want to give anyone away for this, because he didn't know what Dazai was truly capable of, especially now since they blew a whole building up and he was very well aware, that Sawako would do about anything to achieve what she wanted. He could imagine Dazai was similar, after all the cheery face was just a distraction, so no one would see the monster behind the mask.

So he didn't want anyone of his to go, but his Doctor, the only fail safe they had, Ranpo, the one on who the entire office depended and Dazai, the one who was one of the two ability useres his agency was supposed to find, were really the worst choices someone could have made. He didn't have a choice, Ranpo and Yosano had to go. He needed to cover for Dazai, that was the one thing he had promised Mori. That he would keep Dazai out of this, because according to Mori, if Dazai were to die or sent to prision, they would stand no chance against what or rather who was coming. And as much as Fukuzawa hated it, Mori was usually right about these things.

Besides that, he wanted Dazai to be with the agency, for both the agencys and Dazais benefit. So he had to think of a reason, why he could not attend. NOW

"Very well, you can have Yosano and Ranpo" Ranpo and Yosano were staring at him in disbelieve, but Ranpo understood fast and so did Yosano.
"However I cannot send Dazai on missions right now." Fukuzawa said, trying to bring some kind of details into the lie he was forming in his head.

He did not say it yet, as casually telling such details would seem like an obvious lie.

"And why is that? Could it be, that Dazai is simply not with you right now, but else where?"

Fukuzawa just barely stopped the hitch in his breath. His eyes widened, but he kept his cool. He took a deep breath and let out a rather sad sounding sigh. The other agency members didn't understand what he was intending to do. They had never seen Fukuzawa in focus like this, they had never seen their president doing his original job, which did not only contain slicing throats open but also going undercover. They were afraid Fukuzawa was going to spill, but didn't dare interrupt.

"You could say it like that. Yes, Dazai is not with us right now, that is true." he paused to give an assuring smile to Ranpo and the rest messaging them, he was not planing on selling Dazai out.
"So you admit it? That your subordinate is not folowing your orders?" The man on the other side said. By now he was simply trying to provoke the president into spilling something and the president played along, just not in the same way one would expect.

"It seems you are implying something, could you tell me, where this thought, that I do not have my employees in controle comes from? And why exactly you are so persistent on Dazai?" He said, his voice slowly but clearly becoming annoyed and angry, like as if someone was testing his temper and was getting close to breaking. He had to make it sound real after all.

"Well, Osamu Dazai cancels out other abilities with his. Do you know who also cancels out other abilities? The demon prodigy. There are no facial images or descriptions on either of them. And now you're refusing to send him. It does seem suspicious doesn't it? I know you have a little too much heart for your employees, but really protecting a serial killer, who has done much worse than simple killing, someone who was a high ranked mafia operative. Really?"

"You seem to already know all about us don't you. But do you really? Did you even ask why I would not send him, while acctually wanting an answer? Or are you simply trying to find someone without documents of his past, to pay for a crime, that someone, who you are too incapable to catch, did?" His voice was getting louder.

"Sir, with all your respect, what other reason could there be, for you to react in this way towards my request. It can't be that you just care too much for him and therefore don't want to send him out, can it?"

"Well maybe, if you had listened to me! Then you would now know, that Dazai is currently unable to attend his job in general because of certain mediacl conditions."

Ranpo suddenly wrote a note to Kyouka and she left the room.

"And what certain medical conditions would that be? Your doctor can heal anyones body. Don't come at me with those not thought through lies."

"Really? And how would an ability heal another ability user, whose ability cancels every other ability it touches? It can't! Dazai has been in a coma for about a week now. Why we didn't inform anyone? Well, excuse us, we have a capable doctor and surgent as well as enough equipment to care for him ourselves. Now if you dare to accuse one of my employees one more time, pecificly for things like murder and any crime in general, then you are going to be a head shorter, so fast, you won't be able to say the word accuse!!" Fukuzawa basically screamed the last part of the sentence, before loudly taking three deep breaths.

"Now, I will send Ranpo and Yosano within one hour and the third member of your little squad will be me. If you have doubts about Dazais condition, then please come over and take a look."

"Very well sir, then we will come and pick you three up in one hour and examine your employees condition. See you then" The man said and hung up

"Call Tanizaki!" Fukuzawa ordered