Bsd: Mission TB300KC

Chapter 17

About ten minutes of begging, nineteen more ripped out fingernails, two ripped out eyes, six bullets, three knifes and a very specifically decorated room later, Dazai and Sawako were sitting in a cafè across the street drinking coffe, while counting the minutes how long it would take for anyone to notice.

"oh, look at who we have here, aren't those your little friends who you told to come to america?"

"Indeed they are"

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"So, this should be it, right?" Yosano asked, as they stood infront of the building, completely oblivious to the two figures sitting across the street.

"Yes" Fukuzawa answered

Then they entered, they had a scedueled meeting, as officially instructed detectived, so they were immediantly allowed to go to Tyler Smiths office.

When they knocked however there was no response.

"Hm, that's strange, I could swear this was the time" Yosano commented

"It is" Ranpo said "Something's not right. We need to get in there now!"

Then Ranpo turned around and contacted a security guard, that there was an issue and they should immediantly lock up the building and evacuate the entire floor. Being known all around the world for defeating the guild, the guards didn't question or accuse them, but immediantly followed orders.

Within that time, Fukuzawa had broken the door open. The sight inside was gruesome.

Two dead bodies, pinned to the wall by a knife, three bullets each. A thrid knife pinning a womans left and a mans right arm together. Above them was written in blood

'Those who lie will die'

"Huh, didn't know they could be so poetic" Ranpo commented with a deadpan.

Seriously? Killing Tyler Smith, because he had no intel? Then he spotted something.

A note, in the middle of all the chaos, there was a note, hidden so only Ranpo would have been able to spot it.

Hey Ranpo,
I'm sorry for all the trouble I'm causing,
but this is more important.
You all probably already know who I was in my past.
I can't let the attempt of exposing us go unpunished.
Sawako and I have worked too hard,
as to just let ourselves be exposed for something we were ordered to do.
I know this seems unnecessary,
but you don't know the entire story.
Maybe if one day you're willing to speak to me again,
I'll tell you.
All I can say right now,
just because I have no issue with killing and torture,
doesn't mean I would simply offer myself to destroy an entire town.
We had our reasons.
I bet you've figured it out by now.
Tyler Smith knew too much, that's why we killed him.
The woman was his wife.
They had no children, don't worry.
This will be over soon.
Ashai Kurao, we know it was him,
as do you probably,
he was being threatened and saved his life by giving out the file
We've already destroyed the file
no one will know, that the armed detective agency was allowing a criminal such as me
to work for you.
Take care
Dazai Osamu

"Fuck" Ranpo cursed

Fukuzawa and Yosano who had both been busy inspecting the corpses and worrying over how Dazai could be this crazy, looked at him confused, but quickly spotting the note.

"That's from Dazai. Just read it" Ranpo said and gave it to them

"He thinks we're trying to hunt him down because we despise him. He and Sawako are taking revenge for being forced onto that mission. They don't have an issue with killing and they might even enjoy it a little, but as he said, that won't send you to willingly destroy an entire town. They did that for their underground reputation, had they not, they would have been killed long ago. It was likely both in order to make people afraid of them, so they would get to live safely, as well as a test, to see if they could kill without care by the person who trained them. And now Dazai believes we won't accept him anymore"

"Do we?" Yosano asked "Do we really still see him as colleague, after all the shit we know about him. His entire bloodline screams danger, that man of the mafia once said his blood is mafia black, he was more than right about it. Dazai is an international threat. Can we really still say, we see him as the clown we knew him as?"

She made a good point. After all they knew and had seen, they couldn't see Dazai as the smart clown anymore. It was much more complicated now. And it wasn't even Ariyoshis fault, they would have found out, everything, had she said as much as she did or not.

"Well, he is still a member of the agency. He hasn't done such crazy things while he was working on missions for us. Many of us have done very questionable things. We have worked with the mafia for the sake of survival. Do we as a whole really have the right to question his decisions, without knowing his reasons. " The president paused.

"Or if what Ranpo says is true. Can we blame him for fighting to survive? Weren't all his antics of suicide just a way to cope with the guilt as well? Have you not ever thought about ending your life, because of the guilt you felt? Have you not once found no care in leaving someone for dead? Tell me aren't there people we would like to see worse off than dead?" The president questioned.

He wasn't only speaking of her, she knew that much, he was also referring to himself, to Ranpo, to Kunikida, Kenji, the Tanizaki siblings, even Atsushi and kyouka. Each one of them could identify themselves with some of the things the president had said.

Yosano looked to the ground in shame "I'm sorry"

"It's alright, your response is normal. I was struggeling with my own morals for a bit. However, Dazai will be a member of our agency until he hands in resignation papers. He has not done so, therfore he is still a member of this agency and a will be accepted as such no matter what."  Fukuzawa said