Chapter 29

When they returned to the port of Mafia, Mori Ougai did not feel regretful because Nakahara Chuuya refused to join.

Instead, they mysteriously stated: "It's alright, the time hasn't come yet."

"But didn't you cry and beg us to help you recruit people before?" Dazai Osamu pouted, dissatisfied with Mori Ougai's perfunctory answer.

Mori Ougai smiled and said, "I have a capable assistant who is currently on a business trip abroad. He will be back soon. So there's no rush, no rush."

Rokudo Mukuro did not intend to interfere with the Port Mafia's affairs. He had investigated Mori Ougai when he first became the leader. Mori Ougai truly loved the city of Yokohama. Although the organization he belonged to was an evil and sinful Mafia, it had absolutely no involvement in projects that he deeply abhorred, such as human trafficking, drugs, and human experimentation.

This is why he was able to stand calmly in these five buildings.

"So, Dr. Mori is really too cunning." Dazai Osamu said with a dissatisfied look.

"I'm really saddened by what Dazai-kun said to me~"

"Tsk, what a cunning and wicked adult."

Mori Ougai knew from the start that sending the two of them to recruit Nakahara Chuuya would not succeed.

But he wouldn't let a sparkling diamond be used by someone else.

Therefore, he sent Rokudo Mukuro and Dazai Osamu to contact Nakahara Chuuya.

The three are close in age, and Rokudo Mukuro had previously had contact with Nakahara Chu. They are unlikely to be thrown out like the other members of the Port Mafia.

Although Rokudo Mukuro and Dazai Osamu did not explicitly join the Port Mafia, those who pay attention will always notice that these two children have a close relationship with Mori Ougai.

This indirectly branded Chuuya Nakahara with the label of the Port Mafia.

Mori Ougai recalled the "Sheep" organization members he had met by chance in Raibo Street, and his smile deepened.

He sent Rokudo Mukuro and Dazai Osamu to find Nakahara Chuuya, thus leaving a mark on Nakahara Chuuya's heart.

If he encounters any problems later and wants to join another organization, the Port Mafia will definitely be his first choice.

Seeing Mori Ougai's smile gradually turn sinister, Rokudo Mukuro spoke up to retort:

"Dr. Mori, we have fulfilled your request. Are you making any progress on your project?"

Mori Ougai's face stiffened. After Rokudo Mukuro and the others left, he had been so engrossed in these documents that he didn't even have time to change Alice's little dress, let alone think about literary works.

But he still nodded calmly, "I have some ideas, I'll write about them when I have time."

I will definitely complete it in my lifetime.

"What could Dr. Mori, a port Mafia leader, possibly write?" Dazai Osamu wondered. "Would anyone actually read anything Dr. Mori writes?"

Rokudo Mukuro gave Dazai Osamu a strange look.

When Sawada Tsunayoshi was in high school, there was a period when he was almost driven crazy. Reborn, the number one assassin, even held a gun to his forehead, so angry that he wanted to shoot him.

He had a particularly deep impression of Sawada Tsunayoshi, who was mainly studying modern literature at that time. There was a lot to memorize and remember, but Sawada Tsunayoshi just couldn't grasp it.

Misattributing famous quotes to others is a piece of cake for him. But when asked to analyze the author's thoughts and feelings, he trembles as he holds his pen, unable to utter a single word for a long time. When pushed to the limit, what he writes can make the world's number one assassin so angry that he wants to send him on a trip to the River Sanzu.

During that period, the Sawada residence was filled with explosions, gunshots, and the cries of Sawada Tsunayoshi.

It was during that time that Rokudo Mukuro was in a particularly good mood. Seeing Sawada Tsunayoshi's unlucky state and Reborn's frustrated look, he could even eat two extra pieces of chocolate.

Out of curiosity, and also to better mock Sawada Tsunayoshi and Yamamoto Takeshi, these two academic underachievers, he even went to learn about modern Japanese literature.

Well, he's also inadvertently learned quite a few little-known anecdotes about literary figures.

For example, the works that Dazai Osamu said no one would read were not only deeply loved by Dazai Osamu himself, but the authors of the works were also deeply loved by Dazai Osamu.

How much did he like it? When Dazai Osamu died, he even wanted his tombstone to be next to Mori Ogai's.

Dazai Osamu noticed Rokudo Mukuro's gaze and felt a chill run down his spine. "Mukuro-kun, why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"

"Whether anyone will read it or not, we'll have to wait until Dr. Mori finishes writing it. But Dazai-kun, I remember you really enjoy reading, don't you?" Rokudo Mukuro looked away and spoke to Dazai Osamu with a smile.

Dazai Osamu tilted his head. If "Complete Killing" is considered a normal book, no... "Complete Killing" is an outstanding work, it's just that others don't appreciate it.

Thinking of this, he nodded without hesitation. Yes, he just loved reading.

Mori Ōgai, who also knew what books Dazai Osamu had been reading, fell silent.

Rokudo Mukuro didn't care what they thought. Seeing Dazai Osamu nod, he immediately urged, "Dazai-kun, why don't you write an excellent literary work too?"

"Mukuro-kun, do you have some kind of special hobby?" Dazai Osamu yawned and said somewhat uninterestedly, "I feel like you especially like encouraging others to write novels. Since you like it so much, why don't you try it yourself?"

"It's not a special hobby, it's just that I feel Dazai-kun and Dr. Mori have a literary temperament, which makes them particularly suitable for writing novels."

Rokudo Mukuro gazed at the two with sincerity, his face filled with expectation and blessings for them.

It was precisely this expression and gaze that disgusted Dazai Osamu and Mori Ōgai.

"As for me, is writing such a difficult task something I should be doing?" Rokudo Mukuro said with a self-righteous expression.

Upon hearing this, Mori Ougai's expression was somewhat indescribable. "Is it something you're supposed to do that you're making us do?"

Rokudo Mukuro smiled slightly, took out a bank card from his pocket, and gently placed it on the desk in front of Mori Ougai.

When Rokudo Mukuro pulled out his bank card, Mori Ougai's eyes were glued to the small card, not looking away for even a second.

Rokudo Mukuro pushed the bank card towards Mori Ougai with two fingers, and Mori Ougai's eyes followed.

You really can't blame him for being greedy; it's just that Rokudo Mukuro gave him too much.

That black bank card was incredibly tempting to him.

With this card, he had money to pay his employees' salaries.

With this card, he would have money to buy Alice little dresses and cakes.

With this card...

"I'd like to see at least three thousand words in a week, is that alright?" Although it was a question, Rokudo Mukuro said it with an affirmative tone.

Mori Ōgai smiled as brightly as a flower, taking the bank card with both hands. "No problem, no problem. It's not that I'm greedy, it's just that I have a deep love for literature. I am, after all, a top student who graduated from the University of Tokyo. A mere three thousand words is no problem at all."

When he doesn't feel like writing, he's the leader of the port Mafia.

When he had money to earn, he was a top student from Dongda University who loved literature.

Absolutely no problem.

Mori Ōgai's answer was unusually decisive, prompting Dazai Osamu to retort:

"It's unbearable to watch, selling oneself for money..."

Before he could finish speaking, Rokudo Mukuro pulled out a bank card and said to Dazai Osamu:

"On the way back, let's go to the supermarket first, for crabs, bandages..."

"I want them all, thank you Muku-kun!"

Forget it, forget it, money smells really good.

"But writing is out of the question; it would completely waste my time getting into the water."

Rokudo Mukuro didn't intend to force the issue, since as far as he knew, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's first novel had already been published.

He simply couldn't believe that, given that both were Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Osamu Dazai, the Ryunosuke Akutagawa of this world wouldn't pique Osamu Dazai's interest!

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