Chapter 11 Another Possibility
Chapter 11 Another Possibility
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Dazai never felt that the zero point was so difficult for a moment.
Obviously the second hand only needs to vibrate slightly, but Dazai feels that it has exhausted all its strength, and there is no way to cross the scale like a natural moat.
He clearly knew that this was just an illusion, but at the moment when the darkness came, he still felt a real sense of dizziness, even a little nausea.
I don't know how long it took before he finally regained his composure.
Dazai opened his eyes.
His kite-colored eyes were a little out of focus at first, but soon, after seeing the surrounding environment clearly, he trembled uncontrollably due to shock.
A solid wood desk, piles of documents, and a sleeping computer beside it.
In the room as dark as a coffin, the young man wearing a red scarf was stunned, unable to speak for a long time.
Even without turning on the computer, Dazai knew about the day.
The end of everything, the beginning of everything.
Is this... another reincarnation, or...
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before stretching out his weak hand and picking up the phone.
"silver."
He even felt that his mature voice was a little strange, with a strange hoarseness.
"I want to go out secretly, you arrange it."
He needs confirmation.
But whether he is still in a big dream.
This short trip with a clear goal was accompanied only by Yin, and the emphasis was on a quick decision. In less than half an hour, Dazai was already standing on the ruins polished by time.
Then, I found the book.
Empty, book.
It's different from what I remember, like brand new.
Although I didn't find the book to check on the first day of backflow, but after a simple guess, Osamu Dazai probably came to the conclusion that he has returned to reality.
Could it be...the time when I really entered the so-called 'dream' was not after I jumped from the tall building, but...before then.
At zero o'clock on that last day, I had already started my dreamlike journey.
And that jump was just...a preview?
...In any case, perhaps only when tomorrow comes, can there be an answer.
Well, now...
What I should do now is...
He returned to the office with a blank book. After hesitating for a moment, he pressed the button and opened the protective plate on the window that had been closed tightly for four years.
The lights of Wanjia shone into this dark place like bright stars, Dazai took out his mobile phone, and slowly broadcasted a number.
The other side didn't make him wait for long with apprehension. After about a few seconds, he remembered a doubtful and impatient voice.
"Is something wrong?"
It was the voice of the 22-year-old Chuya, who was much more mature and stable than when he was 15, but he could faintly glimpse the same arrogance as when he was a teenager.
And... exhaustion.
The high-spirited boy who had just bid farewell appeared in his mind, Dazai lowered his eyes, and turned the indescribable feeling into a long breath.
Long time no see, 22 years old... my Chuya.
"Well, it's quite urgent, Chuya."
Dazai smiled, leaned back on his chair, and spoke in a leisurely manner.
"Can you come back to Yokohama right now, please?"
"... Huh? What happened?"
"Not really."
Dazai slowly closed his eyes, imitating the possible expression of that person in his mind.
"I want to see you, don't I?"
"What conspiracy do you have?"
Undisguised vigilance came from the microphone, and as expected, Dazai just missed Chuya, who was easy to deceive before the age of 18, and continued talking.
"No, this time, I wronged people."
Dazai said, pretending to be wronged.
"I have something very important to tell Chuya, and I have to dictate it face to face. Anyway, come back quickly, please~"
"...Tch, it wasn't you who insisted on me coming more than a month ago."
Probably recalling the unhappiness at that time, Chuya's voice became a little colder, with a bit of sarcasm.
"You can do whatever you want, sir."
The sharp thorns of the summary of the words are clearly exposed, as if worrying about whether it will hurt Dazai.
If the former Dazai had been accustomed to such open and indirect sarcasm, he would probably treat it as nothing happened, and even stick a longer thorn in the past without hesitation, resulting in a lose-lose ending.
However, the current Dazai would not do such a thing.
Even if you want to be funny, you have to wait until the injury is healed.
"Well, I was wrong."
Dazai replied with a smile, he seemed to have seen Chuya's unbelievable expression in his eyes.
Well, this is also quite fun, and it would be even better if you can take pictures as souvenirs.
It's a pity that I can't take pictures.
"Anyway, come back, and I will tell Chuya everything you want to know, such as what happened in the past few years."
Probably because he was a little frightened by Dazai's attitude, after Chuya was silent for a long time, he answered the call in a daze and then hung up, he even felt as if he vaguely heard the other party's mocking laughter at the end.
Although after becoming the leader, Dazai often laughed, but most of the time, he was like a doll, wearing a cold mask.
But, just now...
It always feels like he... seems to be alive again.
He took off the mask of the so-called 'leader' and communicated with him as Osamu Dazai.
what happened?
"Central Plains cadres?"
Probably because Chuya frowned and stared at the phone for a long time, the people under his hands were a little nervous.
"...No, it's okay, help me prepare the plane back to Yokohama, the sooner the better, the leader has something to ask me."
After saying this, Zhongya was stunned for a moment, and he felt that the word leader was not as hot as before.
...No no no!How could he give up his vigilance against Dazai so easily!With that guy's character, it's likely that he has some tricks planned, and he's holding back his stomach and planning to use him to achieve something!
However, this vigilance disappeared when he pushed open the door of the chief's room when he was ten hours old and saw that guy lying on the sofa like a salted fish, eating lunch and reading light novels.
For a moment, it seemed that Mr. Mori was changing clothes for Alice...
"Yo, Chuya, it's just right to come back, I just finished watching the ending."
Seeing Dazai waving the book at him, Chu didn't know what kind of expression to show, so he walked to the middle of the room with a slightly stiff and cold face.
"So, why did you call me back all the way? I won't forgive you without a reasonable explanation."
"Of course, of course there are very important things. I don't want to get into trouble with Zhong Ye now."
Dazai smiled, closed the book, stood up and walked to the front of the work, and took out another clean and flawless book from the drawer.
"First, let me tell you about the setting of this world~"
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This world is unscientific, and Chuya, who is a gravity user, is naturally very clear about this.
But he didn't expect that the world could be so unscientific.
A blank book that can change the world by writing stories on it?
And my own world is just a page in the book, if more than two people know the truth of the world, will the world be destroyed? !
It was unbelievable, beyond the wildest drama.
If this story didn't come from Dazai's mouth, and it could perfectly explain everything that happened in the past few years, then he would definitely beat the other party to death without hesitation, and then interrogate the reason why the other party tried to deceive him.
But, it's a pity that the one who told him this damn thing was the damn Dazai Osamu. He could only pinch his nose and frown, asking himself why he believed this, while trying to understand the so-called truth.
"You said...you had a dream for 7 years? Then your conscience found out?"
"Conscience discovered... Ha, I know I don't have any conscience, I just noticed some interesting things after getting rid of obsessions."
Seeing Chuya's indescribably complex expression, Dazai shrugged.
"Just like what I told you just now, I originally planned to entrust the book to the next generation I chose and then die happily. After all, I have lived so tiredly for the past few years...the result..."
The iris eyes stared straight at the blue.
"I saw another possibility that I had overlooked."
"That's dragging me into the water."
Chuya finished speaking for Dazai, took a deep breath to calm down, and then sneered at him again.
"You are still arrogant and arrogant as always. After you make a plan, you don't care whether others think so or reject it, and you just drag people into the pit."
"Will you refuse?"
Dazai smiled calmly, and even took out a gun from behind, leaned on the desk with a fancy twist, and handed the gun handle towards Nakaya.
"You can kill me now, Chuya, then you will be the only keeper of secrets. When the time comes, whether you want to take this book to the cemetery yourself or find another successor, it's up to you."
With a cold face, Chuya stepped forward slowly to take the gun, facing Dazai's confident gaze, aimed at the center of Dazai's forehead.
"You should know that I want to kill you."
"I know it all too well."
Dazai smiled.
"That……"
also pulled the trigger.
"Boom."
Nakaya sneered, and smashed the small flag that came out of the muzzle of the gun onto Dazai's face.
"Why don't you dare give me a real gun loaded with bullets?"
"Tsk, did you really find out?"
Seeing Dazai turning his head in displeasure, showing his familiar expression of being caught out for a prank, Chuya seemed to have to admit that the bastard in front of him probably really made a change.
"Let me just believe what you said. For the sake of the world, your brain can't stop thinking. Those conspiracies are necessary forces."
"Hey, after hearing so many secrets from me, did you finally come to the conclusion that you will continue to use me?"
Dazai drew a long tone, looking terribly wronged.
"It's too much! Zhongya is too much! I've been exhausted all these years! I want to retire! Can you be the leader? It's very simple."
"I don't want to be this crappy leader! Keep going!"
"whispering sound……"
Dazai curled his lips and spoke suddenly.
"Then how about I bring Mr. Sen back?"
Chuya's expression turned cold for a moment, but there was no surprise or surprise on his face.
"really."
Dazai smiled fearlessly.
"Nakaya obviously never believed in Mr. Mori's death, but he has been able to hold back for so many years. It's terrible."
"It doesn't make any sense to have an attack like this. It will only drag Hong Kong and even Yokohama into chaos. It's just that I didn't notice your purpose at the time. When I came back, everything was a foregone conclusion."
Chuya sneered, and slapped the gun in his hand on the table behind Dazai.
"And the need to be suspicious of you is something I will never doubt."
"Are you going to meet Mr. Mori with me? He will be very happy."
Dazai said.
There was still no smile on Chuya's face, and even his voice became stern.
"Since you got this position by dirty means, you have no reason to throw this burden away. Until your name is engraved on the tombstone, you must be the leader of the gang. Don't tell me Osamu Dazai I don’t even have that awareness.”
Saying that, Chuya grabbed the red scarf around Dazai's neck, and moved closer to Dazai's face.
"Don't get Mr. Sen involved because of such a trivial matter. If you still want to use the ancestors, I will really beat you."
"Small things? This is about the fate of the world."
Although Dazai complained, he still had a playful smile on his face, and even felt much better than before.
"But it's okay~ If it's Chuya's request, of course I don't have to bother him, after all, for me, Chuya is much more useful than Mr. Sen~"
"Don't treat people like tools!"
"How come, of course I don't use Chuya as a tool, you are my dog!"
"...you bastard!"
"Well, although I said I won't ask Mr. Mori to help with things, but if I just go to see him, it should be okay."
Chuya heard this sentence, his expression relaxed a little, but he didn't agree, he just let go of Dazai's hand, took half a step back and said with frown.
"...After a while, I heard that Yokohama was a little rioted after I was on a business trip. The guy from Nakajima had a conflict with the Armed Detective Agency a few days ago?"
"Well, Yin's elder brother came here. The original plan was to tell them about the book after he fought Dun Jun, but..."
Having said that, Dazai showed a rare headache expression, and let out a long sigh.
"Now the plan is messed up, Akutagawa and Atsushi... please, let them finish the fight, and then let Yin and Akutagawa talk. Now that the book has been settled, the rest is their housework. .”
"What about the detective agency?"
Zhong also folded his arms and said.
"Although there has never been a direct conflict before, those guys are not idle people, are they really going to let them attack the headquarters?"
"It doesn't matter, they will only cover. Compared with this, Zhong Ye, you have to go out with me first."
"Huh? Now?"
"Don't worry, it will be soon, and you don't need to tell anyone else."
Dazai said, got up from the table, and straightened the clothes messed up by Chuya.
"I'm just going to meet someone, and I'll be leaving in a while."
"...Tsk."
Chuya clicked his tongue, looked at Dazai silent for a while, and asked slowly.
"Can I treat you Dazai Osamu on the spot? Chief."
Dazai froze for a moment, raised his eyes from his clothes, saw that Chuya's hand hanging by his side was tightly clenched, and said frankly.
"If Zhong also wants to."
It is rare for him to hand over the right to choose, without extra caution.
Forgive me, take revenge on me, Zhongye, this time you can decide my fate, this is really the only honor in the world.
"Really, I see."
Dazai looked at Nakaya and suddenly grinned a very 'nuclear' smile, and suddenly felt a bright red 'danger' popping out from the top of his head.
"...I have to go out in a while, Chuya."
"Hmm, so?"
"...Don't slap your face."
"make a deal."
So, by the time Dazai was dragged downstairs by Chuya clutching his stomach, Akutagawa was already making a fuss in the headquarters.
"Silver, you don't need to meet Akutagawa, just talk to him clearly on the radio. You don't need to persuade him to leave, just say what you want."
Dazai rubbed his still sore stomach, while he was lying on the co-pilot and talking on the phone.
"Original plan? Canceled, treat this time as an ordinary...well, as a friendship with the Armed Detective Agency~"
"If no one else has invaded the headquarters, there is no need to send Black Lizard on the scene, um, it's okay, it's just a small detective agency, silver, you don't need to worry about anything, um, that's it, if there is any follow-up situation, feel free to contact I."
"Hey, Dazai, here we come."
"it is good."
Dazai put away the phone, looked at the signboard by the street, and snapped his fingers at Chaozhong.
"Wait here obediently."
"Get out now."
Nakaya snorted and resisted kicking Dazai out of the car.
"15 minutes, one more second and I just broke in."
"OK."
Dazai responded, straightened his clothes, got out of the car and opened the door.
The crisp sound of bells reverberated in the quiet shop. Compared with the formality and panic when he came here for the first time, he can be said to be strolling in the garden now.
He knew what he might be facing.
But he also knew that they had been friends.
In the future, it can also be a friend.
"Hello~"
Looking at that face full of vigilance, Dazai smiled and bounced down the stairs.
"I'm Osamu Dazai, you should have heard my name, so I don't think I need to introduce myself any more, right, Odasaku~"
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Odasaku felt that his life today was a bit too turbulent.
First, I heard that the rookie Akutagawa I brought back to the detective agency rushed to the headquarters of the police immediately after seeing the evidence that I spent three days collecting with great difficulty, and then I received an order from the president to help Akutagawa escape. mafia.
Of course, the escape mentioned here does not mean leaving in the physical sense, but the hope that Akutagawa will not be further threatened and harassed after leaving the five dark buildings alive.
No matter how you look at it, this is an impossible task. It can even be said that from the very beginning, it was very difficult for Akutagawa to leave the building alive, and it was absolutely impossible for him to return to his daily life. Knowing this, I added words like this to the order.
The only way Odasaku could think of was to threaten the mafia. Although as a small ordinary detective, it would be beyond his control to threaten such a huge monster, he should at least try, so he tried to find a way to contact A person I know and hope to get help from the other person.
After arriving at the bar reserved by the other party, Odasaku didn't see anyone other than the boss, and there were still a few minutes before the hour, so he wasn't in a hurry at first.
However, no matter how much he thought, it was impossible for him to imagine that the person he was waiting for would be such a... famous big shot.
It even feels like a big man can no longer describe his status, Yokohama's night itself, the emperor in the dark.
Osamu Dazai is also the ultimate goal of Akutagawa's trip.
When he saw the red scarf that he had only seen a few times in the blurred picture, Oda Saku had already understood the danger of this trip. Obviously, his purpose and even all the arrangements of the detective agency had already been determined. Be mastered by the opponent.
This is what even Ranpo-san would be afraid of, the devil's wisdom, he always feels that he has fallen into a deadly trap, but before giving up, Odasaku still starts to think about the way to kill the other party.
At least try to resist.
Although he has a certain degree of confidence in his ability, when facing this seemingly weak young man, he always feels that even if he pulls out the cannon, he can't kill him.
Even if the other party had a kind, even childish smile on his face, Oda Saku didn't dare to relax his vigilance at all, all the muscles in his body were tense in order to deal with any sudden crisis.
But what came was not a crisis, but...doubt.
Endless doubts.
The other party directly entered the topic from the moment they sat down, from how to solve Akutagawa's problem in a way that satisfies both parties, to Yin and Akutagawa's family history and his own role in it, to the detective agency plan due to information Omissions caused by insufficiency, the tone is becoming more and more familiar, talking to himself, but it doesn't make the atmosphere awkward at all, and even at the end, while drinking, he patted the table and denounced the rumors that are full of Yokohama.
"It's outrageous not to sleep for four years! Although I sleep less, I still sleep every day... or at least every two or three days!"
I can't be serious.
Odasaku took a sip of wine silently, his expression relaxed a little unconsciously.
Although it is clear that they are the enemy, but...
I always feel that the current atmosphere seems to be no different from the usual drinking.
As he thought about it, he couldn't help but take a good look at the leader next to him who seemed a little drunk.
He was very young, probably a few years younger than himself. His dark hair was slightly curly, and a pale bandage was hidden in it, covering his left eye, making him look a little sick.
The expression on his face... Who knows if it's true or not, in short, in Odasaku's view, it is a very ordinary joy, and the smile in his eyes does not contain the slightest falsehood or forcedness.
If even these can be faked, then it can only be said that no matter what they lose, they are not wronged.
"Hey, Odasaku~"
When his name was called suddenly, Odasaku was stunned for a moment, then carefully raised his vigilance again, and looked up at the smiling leader.
"What do you think I am?"
"You?"
"You should have heard a lot of rumors about me."
Dazai shook his wine glass, listening to the crisp sound of the ice puck colliding with the glass.
"How? Do you think I'm the same as those rumors describe me now?"
"……Well."
Oda Saku didn't answer directly, but thought seriously for a while before speaking hesitantly.
"I can't tell, I'm not sure if you're faking it."
"Wow, that's really straightforward."
Dazai said exaggeratedly, put down his cup and held his chin to complain.
"But does Odasaku believe it? I have no interest in being a leader at all, I have no choice!"
"Do you want to say that those rumors are all false, and you are actually a good person?"
Odasaku's voice was very calm, without the slightest hint of sarcasm, just a simple question.
"Hahahahaha, good man? No, no, no, how could Osamu Dazai be a good man?"
Dazai laughed a few times as if hearing something extremely absurd, and then waved his hands.
"But don't think too badly of me, I don't intend to be an enemy of the detective agency, even..."
Dazai went over to Odasaku's side.
"It's not impossible to be friends."
"friend……"
"Of course, I don't expect you to let go of your vigilance in such a short period of time, let alone at such a tense time, but after this time, don't draw your guns when you see him again."
Dazai said, stood up, looked at Odasaku, and smiled lightly.
"Even if it's for Yokohama, I won't let the detective agency have an accident. Anyway, how about just believing this sentence for now?"
Odasaku didn't get up, but nodded seriously while holding the wine glass.
"I will tell the president and Mr. Ranpo."
"Like something you'd say."
Dazai picked up the wine glass from the table and flaunted it to Oda.
"Tomorrow I will visit the detective agency in person, remember to prepare some good coffee for me."
After speaking, he turned around and waved his hand.
"Okay, it's almost time. If you don't leave for a while, you may be worried that the owner's dog will break in. I will go back to take charge of the overall situation. You don't have to worry too much, Akutagawa will be fine."
After a bell rang at the door, and after waiting for a while, Oda Saku finally relaxed, and looked down at the remaining liquid in the glass.
To be honest, until now, he still has a skeptical attitude towards Osamu Dazai's words, but he can't understand the other party's purpose at all.
If they have already guessed their plan, then with the strategy ability shown by the other party, there should be no need to do anything extra, just like people don't go to great lengths to crush an ant to death.
In short, please contact Mr. Ranpo, this should not be something you can calculate.
It is not too late.
Odasaku thought about it, put the wine money on the table, got up, and took out the phone.
"Hey, Mr. Ranpo, I have some problems here."
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"Is it over?"
Chuya stood beside the car, smoking a cigarette, watching Dazai come back in a good mood.
"It's over, go to the detective agency with me tomorrow, there may be many places to cooperate in the future."
Dazai got into the car and yawned lazily.
"Go back, I don't know how it's going over there."
"Silver contacted me just now, saying that he had already talked with Akutagawa through the radio, but unfortunately it didn't work."
While talking, Chuya opened the door and got in the car.
"Well, then what?"
"Then she asked if they needed to be led out of the building because the interior was more expensive."
"How did you answer?"
"Tell the people to evacuate and wait for me to go back. Just don't let them tear down the building until then."
"It's okay, the destructive power of the two of them shouldn't cause that much damage, and it happens to be a good time to renovate the building, right?"
Dazai leaned back in the chair with his arms pillowed, closed his eyes as if taking a nap.
"But what about when we go back? What does Chuya want to do?"
"Me? Wasn't this your plan?"
Zhong also laughed.
"Don't tell me it's been so long that you haven't figured out how to end it."
"Well, I do have some ideas, but this time I want to hear Chuya's suggestion."
Now that Dazai has said that, Naka no longer shirks it.
"If it were me, I'd go straight back and beat up that kid from the detective agency and throw them back, and I'll come back and beat them up one at a time."
"Well, yes."
Dazai nodded with a smile.
"I agree, let's do it, Chuya."
"...Why do I still think you deserve to be beaten up so much?"
"Your illusion."
Dazai snapped his fingers while speaking.
"Then it's decided, go back and solve the problem, Chuya."
"It's too casual!"
"I can't help it. After all, I've been a salted fish for seven years. It's too difficult for me to get back to being the leader all of a sudden."
"Stop making excuses! I would still believe it in another person, but how could Osamu Dazai forget such a thing? Maybe you can even memorize documents from a few years ago!"
The corner of Dazai's mouth twitched slightly.
"Your understanding of me is truly astonishing... But the current xxx doesn't need to climb any further, maintaining the status quo is enough. In short, I'm going to rest later, so don't worry about it, ha... "
While speaking, he also yawned.
"Take a nap, take a nap... now this body is really... old and old."
Chuya subconsciously wanted to taunt a few words, but when he glanced up at the co-pilot, those harsh words got stuck in his throat.
The people nestled there had already fallen into a deep sleep with peace of mind, and the dark circles under their eyes were particularly conspicuous on their pale faces.
This guy...doesn't he take a good rest during my business trip...
He murmured something in his heart, and his brows that had been tense all year round frowned a little more.
Although everything has been said now, the previous four years are really too impressive for him, and it is really difficult for him to go back to the past directly.
Even, Chu also did not fully trust the present Osamu Dazai.
Even if he took that ridiculous story seriously for the time being, there was no guarantee that that guy was still plotting against him.
While maintaining vigilance, approach carefully, like the most alarmed cat, and jump far away if there is something strange.
Yes, only in this way, he will not get hurt again.
But in that case...
"I'm really going to kill you, Dazai."
The soft murmur echoed in the carriage, and disappeared somewhere.
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The author has something to say:
The next chapter is over~
The ending is very short, just an ordinary ending, and there is also a short side story.
Will there be an extra episode? It depends on the mood [playing stupid]
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