Chapter 68 If you don't agree, come and take it back

With his fingertips lightly touching the book, Dazai Osamu used No Longer Human to remove Edgar Allan Poe's supernatural powers. A white light flashed, and Nakahara Chuuya came out of the book.

Standing on the deck, looking at the unfamiliar space, Yuan Zhongye was at a loss for a moment, and then the sharpness unique to a [Gravity User] was revealed between his brows.

Then he was slightly startled, and when he saw the two people standing beside him, the sharp expression on his face disappeared, and his cobalt blue eyes softened.

"That's a pretty nervous reaction, slug."

"Just in time for the celebration party, Chuuya."

"I used No Longer Human." He looked at Dazai Osamu. "I was solving the last case. I didn't expect to be teleported back like this."

"Eh? So I'm meddling in other people's business?" Dazai Osamu teased, looking like he was asking for a beating. "I really want to know how Chuuya solved the case. Did he tie up all the suspects, beat them up, and then interrogate the culprit?"

"!" He was immediately hit on the point. Nakahara Chuuya's expression tensed for a moment and he said unhappily, "No way!"

He was really trying to solve the case seriously, but there were too many cases, so in order to pursue efficiency he had to resort to such violent methods.

"Just now, Hayana said they were holding a celebration party." He looked at Hayana Kotori, and the tension he had been worried about the Port Mafia in the book finally eased. "It seems that the leader has been dragged out of danger, and the incident has been resolved."

"Yes," Hayana Kotori told him briefly, "The 'Symbiosis' has been lifted. The 'Symbiosis' users are being held in the dungeon by us. The mastermind behind this incident, Fyodor, has been imprisoned by Dazai. In short, it's a win for both of our two supernatural organizations."

Her expression softened, and her eyes, filled with softness and fragmented light, gazed at the young man in front of her. She said slowly and seriously, "It's been really hard on you, Chuuya, when the leader couldn't take command."

Not only the leader, she also failed to inform him of her changed plan in a timely manner.

But even so, he didn't ask her why she didn't get rid of the president of the Armed Detective Agency as soon as she came out. He had no idea what happened afterwards, but he was still able to give her absolute trust.

Hearing these absolutely gentle and caring words, Nakahara Chuuya felt the temperature around him suddenly rise. A faint blush crept onto his cheeks, and he looked away awkwardly: "...It wasn't that hard at all."

When the leader encountered an accident and could not control the overall situation, he, as the next successor, had the obligation to shoulder the heavy burden, but he did not expect that he would be plotted against by the Armed Detective Agency.

I stayed in that detective book until the incident was over.

Nakahara Chuuya looked back at the soothing music coming from inside the cruise ship behind him, as well as the lively sounds of lights interweaving inside.

Strangely asked, "The leader is holding a celebration party on the ship?"

The Port Mafia's celebrations always took place in the building in the middle of the headquarters, without exception, and—

"Why is Mackerel here at our celebration party?" he complained.

"Is it because of your height that you can't see the truth ahead?" Dazai Osamu said with exaggerated intonations, a teasing smile on his lips, and deliberately said, "This is the celebration party for our Armed Detective Agency."

"So, Chuuya, you're completely surrounded by the enemy."

"How about surrender?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Nakahara Nakamura didn't take it seriously: "It was Hayana and I who surrounded you. Besides, if Hayana showed up here openly, we should have returned to the [truce] agreement."

"Stop playing tricks on people with your evil intentions! You evil bastard bluefish." He said the latter part in a light tone, and it was obvious that he had seen through Dazai Osamu's intentions to play tricks on people.

Dazai Osamu's cheeks puffed out in frustration.

"If this is the location for the Armed Detective Agency's celebration party, the Port Mafia won't be able to catch up in time if we go back," he said.

Watching the sun sink completely into the sea and seagulls fly from the sky to the shore, Lieutenant General Nakahara took off the windbreaker draped over his shoulders and hung it on the railing beside the deck. He walked over to Hayana Kotori, who was wearing a formal dress, took off his hat, saluted her gentlemanly, and offered her his hand.

“Although the venue is not suitable and there is no music, I still can’t help but feel the anticipation.”

"May I have the honor of inviting you to dance, Miss Hayana?"

"Of course." Hayana Kotori knelt down in return.

She gently placed her hand in the young man's broad, bony, beautiful palm.

Then the back of her hand was gently kissed, and with respect and absolute gentlemanliness, she was pulled into his arms, twirling in the dance to his rhythm.

A gentle sea breeze blew past the two of them, and a few strands of Hayana Kotori's hair, which was tied up high, fell disobediently on her fair collarbone. The interweaving of black and white was particularly obvious and eye-catching.

A certain dark color unconsciously gathered in the clear eyes, and the Adam's apple could not help but slide up and down. Nakahara Chuuya whispered in praise: "Saana is very beautiful today."

His voice was muffled and had a slight hoarseness to it, which made my ears tingle and numb, as if some emotion was climbing up along my ankles like a vine.

She couldn't help but tilt her head, the tips of her ears unknowingly stained pink, and Hayana Takanashi followed suit, praising her: "Chuuya is handsome too, it's even better to see his figure up close when he's dancing."

The teasing backfired, and Nakahara Chuuya whispered back, "Where are you looking at?"

"There are places to look." She smiled and stared at Nakahara Chuuya's reaction with great interest.

He couldn't flirt with her, and Nakahara Chuuya, who was a very innocent person by nature, couldn't say anything excessively obscene, except at certain special moments.

Now, whether out of respect or his own character, he can no longer say anything more extreme to the women he likes.

He tried to avert his gaze from her fair collarbone and reluctantly changed the subject: "Are you coming to the Armed Detective Agency's celebration party?"

When Hayana appeared here, the only thing Nakahara Chuuya could think of was that she came to the banquet at the invitation of Dazai Osamu. In addition, Hayana's brother was also here, so the reason was completely appropriate.

"No," Hayana Kotori told Nakahara Chuuya while moving her feet, "It's Dazai. He sent me a message telling me to come here. He has something to tell me, so I came."

"The celebration party in the building was so boring. Aside from the leader inviting me to dance, no one else was invited. I just stood there by myself, drinking and listening to compliments. It was so boring."

“After arriving here, I found it much more interesting.”

Hayana Takanashi completely forgot about the shadow cast over Hirotsu Ryulami after being harshly rejected by her.

Nakahara Nakaya was slightly startled, then said self-reproachfully, "Sorry, I should have come out earlier."

In the past, he and Dazai were at the party, but now Hayana is alone, and it is indeed difficult for her to adapt.

"Chuuya has done his best." Suddenly leaning close to the young man's chest, hearing his heartbeat as fast as a drum, Hayana Kotori asked him: "Did Ranpo tease you when we were in the book?"

"No." His steps stiffened with guilt.

Recalling the famous detective in the detective novel who acted capriciously and disrupted his investigation process, Zhongyuan Zhongye felt relaxed both physically and mentally when he left.

It turns out that the brothers in TV dramas are difficult to get along with, they are always at loggerheads with each other, and even make people laugh and cry, which is all true.

"Where's Hayana?" he asked. "Was she injured during the subsequent mission?"

"I found a very reliable person to help me," she said softly, "and the rest of the plan went smoothly. No one was hurt at all."

"You look relieved?"

"I'm relieved to hear you say that."

Straight ball!

Caught off guard by a straight ball, Hayana Takanashi held Nakahara Chuuya's hand tightly and murmured "hmm" softly.

The dance was already halfway through when he turned around and saw Dazai Osamu leaning on the railing at the edge of the deck, watching them. Nakahara Chuuya suddenly remembered: "You said before that it would be interesting after getting here. What's interesting?"

Could it be that Dazai has done something weird again?

When mentioning this, Hayana Kotori couldn't help laughing and leaned close to him, whispering, "It's [robbery]."

Nakahara Chuuya: “…”

The information contained in these four characters made a series of images emerge in Zhongyuan Chuuya's mind, and his brain felt a little hot.

The interlocking fingers, the tears, the struggle, and the weak whimpering like a kitten for mercy arouse pity and stimulate deeper desire.

"He to you?" he said in a deep voice.

The fair and handsome face also became gloomy.

Dazai, that bastard...

He actually wanted to do this to Hayana.

He had already decided to beat him up after the dance!

"No." Hayana Kotori shook her head, her eyes sparkling as if she had thought of something she was looking forward to. She said, "I am against Dazai."

Caught off guard, Nakahara Chuuya's eyes were stunned for a moment.

Looking at his adorable expression of being unable to react, Hayana Takanashi asked with a smile, "Isn't it novel? I thought it was novel too when I first heard it."

“It would be very interesting if it were actually implemented.”

"Ah, probably."

Seeing her so excited, Nakahara Chuuya turned around and glared at Dazai Osamu.

The latter raised his glass to him happily.

After the last dance step, Nakahara Chuuya let go of Takanashi Hayana's hand.

When Dazai Osamu walked over, he suddenly took action, put his arm around the black-haired woman's knees and picked her up.

Hayana Takanashi subconsciously grabbed the collar of Chuuya Nakahara's chest, and the dark shirt was wrinkled by her.

Dazai Osamu didn't seem to expect to be intercepted, and his relaxed expression froze for a moment: "Is the slug trying to steal the princess?"

Nakahara Chuuya raised an eyebrow, the sea breeze ruffling his slightly curled ochre hair. His cobalt blue eyes were filled with wanton arrogance. "If the port mafia insists on robbing, taking a piece of mackerel back will only bring trouble to themselves."

He weighed the woman in his arms and said, "If you feel dissatisfied, come and take her back, Dazai."

"The premise is that you have to have the ability."

"You're so brave." Dazai Osamu's expression turned serious.

“Ha——” Nakahara Chuuya’s voice dropped to a low note, completely unafraid of the other party: “Come and try to snatch it if you dare, Dazai.”

Holding the woman he had forcefully lifted up, Nakahara Chuuya gathered strength in his legs and lightly jumped onto the railing of the cruise ship. When he jumped again, he used his special ability, and the moment his toes left the railing, the strong gravity caused the entire railing to deform!

Dazai Osamu turned around and looked at the figure that had landed on the shore in two jumps and was gradually walking away.