Bungo Stray Dogs: Dazai's Entrance Exam.

Interlude 1

It was late at night.

A quiet roadside overlooked the far-off, twinkling lights of the loud and bustling city.

Someone lay in wait unseen, hidden inside of a car parked in a deserted parking lot.

His face was faintly illuminated by the fluorescence of diodes.

"Let's get this tedious job wrapped up now, shall we?" the man muttered to himself.

He tapped away on the slim laptop he balanced on his leg. The screen was covered in tiny characters.

"I'm no good at these electronic games after all," he said with a faint smile. The characters on screen danced.

"- But still, it's not like I can trust anyone else with this."

He smiled to himself in the dim light.

"Now then, Agency, and by extension, Kunikida, can you see through this trap - can you protect Yokohama?"

The man - Dazai - looked out the car window.

The flickering lights of Yokohama swayed in their upside-down reflection on the black ocean.