18-year-old Chuuya Nakahara unexpectedly gains a bullet comment system and learns that his world is actually an anime. He discovers that his beloved city will repeatedly face major crises in the fu...
Damn it, this kid got his way again.
[Boss Tuo is so crazy, so handsome, I'm laughing!]
I absolutely adore this crazy, beautiful woman!
[Will Chuuya and the others be able to find any other pages from the "book"?]
[It feels like just escaping the pursuit is bad enough; now it's a battle between firearms and superhumans.]
[It's as if I've been caught up in some kind of urban escape]
[The members of the Hong Kong Triads have basically all hidden their distinctive features and disguised themselves as ordinary people. Is Atsushi planning to go find Lucy first?]
[This excellent vantage point for watching CT scans really shows you how to do it properly – the old adage of not looking up during a CT scan is now perfectly illustrated.]
At this moment, Chuuya was sitting on a bridge tower, wearing an inconspicuous hoodie and covering his conspicuous hair with the hood. With his hands in his pockets, he looked down at the chaos below. Chuuya felt that searching for clues was not as quick as using bullet comments.
Just like the comments said, Chuuya was very satisfied with the location he had chosen. Although it was a bridge with a huge flow of people, it had a wide view and was also a good place to gather information. Moreover, several groups of people had come and gone without finding Chuuya.
No one even looked up, although they might not be able to see anything even if they did, since the bridge tower Chuuya chose was quite spacious. But the main reason Chuuya chose this spot was that he could clearly see the five black buildings not far away on the other side. Although the leader forbade him to stay, Chuuya had his own way of protecting them.
Chuuya withdrew his gaze from the headquarters. There was a commotion coming from below. Chuuya looked down at the ground with curiosity. Every time someone came, it felt like opening a blind box. In the previous few times, Chuuya had even seen a few people from his organization and the detective agency. When he saw familiar people, Chuuya would use gravity to help them out.
Before Chuuya could even see who it was, he heard a loud voice calling his name. In less than a second, Chuuya recognized who it was.
"Chuuya! Chuuya! You must be here, right? How can you just stand by and watch your partner die like this? How heartless of you, Chuuya—"
Although Chuuya would definitely come to Dazai's rescue now, there is a big difference between helping him voluntarily and being forced to expose his location and become entangled with Dazai. Chuuya is certain that Dazai knew he was here and deliberately came here. This is a conclusion that Chuuya can draw without even looking at the comments.
Moreover, he had just made eye contact with the other person, and Dazai was still waving at him. Dazai had already finished shouting through the megaphone before Chuuya could even see him clearly. When Chuuya looked at the comments, just as he expected, the people in the comments section had already started laughing.
[Haha, I knew it! Dazai had brought a megaphone before he left, and was waiting for Chuuya here.]
[Chuya's life is so tough; he's being forced to start a life on the run.]
I thought Naka would stay here until he found Dostoevsky, since he could see most of Yokohama from this position.
[Dazai: What? Chuuya's all relaxed right now? Well then, let's give Chuuya some trouble. (And so it's decided.)]
[Dazai: Partner~ You can't bear to see me being chased, can you~]
Dazai visibly relaxed, because his backer had arrived.
Although Chuuya was still so angry that the veins on his forehead were bulging, he resigned himself to his fate and activated his superpower to dive down towards Dazai. At the same time, he did not forget to exert some gravitational pressure on the people chasing them, making them stop in place and giving Dazai a chance to catch his breath.
Chuuya had barely landed on the ground and hadn't even settled down when Dazai's voice, hoarse from the exertion, arrived, filled with complaints and accusations.
"What? I'm being chased by so many people here, and Chuuya is just hiding in a safe place to have some peace and quiet. Isn't that too much? If I hadn't called out to Chuuya, he would definitely have just been hiding up there watching the show without any regard for our partnership. How cold-hearted and cruel Chuuya is."
This barrage of Dazai-style accusations nearly knocked Chuuya off balance. He looked at Dazai with a mixture of emotions, unsure whether he was shocked by Dazai's skillful counterattack or impressed that Dazai could speak for so long despite his dry mouth.
[So sweet! Are you some kind of shoujo manga heroine?]
[Does anyone know how their former partners interacted like this?]
This string of words could easily be included in teaching materials about blaming others first and the guilty party accusing the innocent.
[Just when I looked at Dazai's handsome face and started to think that he was actually quite reliable, this mackerel met its demise in this very moment.]
[The two individuals are reliable adults when separated, but together they might be less than 3 years old. They might also trigger a hidden form in dangerous situations, transforming into a limited-edition world-saving hero.]
[The two black Chuuya have teamed up, hehehe, Dostoevsky is getting a beating!]
Don't speak like a villain! A bunch of drama queens who're adding their own scenes.
"You clearly came to me expecting trouble from the start, didn't you?"
Chuuya took a deep breath and couldn't help but look at Dazai and ask him a serious question.
"Ah! Chuuya actually guessed it."
"What's with that surprised look on your face?! I'm guessing it's something incredible, isn't it?"
Chuuya tried his best to resist the anger but failed. Dazai looked innocent and pretended nothing had happened, and then quietly chirped about Chuuya.
"It's clearly Chuuya's problem! We're all being chased and on the run, and that little dwarf just changes his clothes and lies comfortably on the bridge tower watching the show, ready to stand by and watch us die. I predicted this in advance."
"Um?"
Chuuya glared at Dazai, who, despite his grievances, met his gaze head-on. Chuuya turned away, no longer bothering to argue with Dazai. After all, in the past, Chuuya would have really done that, except perhaps when Dazai was about to be captured.
"Let's get out of here first."
Without waiting for Dazai's reply, Chuuya quickly ran towards the nearest Mafia underground stronghold, but kept at a speed that Dazai could keep up with, taking care of and knocking out the ordinary people who came to surround them.
Dazai followed Chuuya with a relaxed smile, enjoying Chuuya clearing the way for him, his gaze following the decisive figure.
The gravity-based superpower that had been pressing down on those people only disappeared after the two had walked away. The leader looked grim, clearly not expecting this turn of events.
They chose Dazai because he was an anti-superpowered individual and lacked strong combat capabilities. They never expected that he would lead them to this powerful superpowered individual, leaving them helplessly watching him leave without any power to resist.
[Damn it, Dazai got his way again.]
[Chuuya, don't spoil Dazai like that! (So disappointed in him!)]
[Then, when Dazai was talking about his partner, he should have said "former partner" to make her break down in her sweet defenses.]
Are you going to ruin Osamu the rabbit?
Dazai's demeanor makes me feel like he's constantly provoking me.
Chuuya nodded to himself as he watched the comments. Dazai kept provoking him, but he was no longer the same person who would explode at the slightest provocation. With these witty comments constantly interrupting him, Chuuya felt that his composure had improved a lot, even though Dazai seemed to disappear when he was around.