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...
I'll kill you, my dearest friend.
"I'm really looking forward to that day."
"Crazy people, they're all a bunch of lunatics," Chuuya silently commented in his mind, having witnessed the whole thing.
[This is a battleground!]
[Zhongbao, you can be quite crazy sometimes!]
He's lost his memory, so let's just let him have his way.
As I watched these fleeting words, my lips twitched. Why did they know my innermost thoughts? Couldn't they have some sense of boundaries?
Chuuya's complaints were just simple, after all, he had been with these texts for quite a while, and this was the first time his inner thoughts had been brought up by these comments, they were all just having fun.
"So, Chuuya-kun, where are we now?"
Sigma looked at Chuuya with a good mood; having chosen a good teammate made him feel wonderful.
Chuuya pondered for a second, then spoke without hesitation.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Sigma, who had been smiling, froze, his eyes widening slightly. Something wasn't right.
"Shouldn't we make some preparations first, and discuss a battle plan or something?"
Chuuya raised an eyebrow. With these strange textual analyses, it wasn't hard for Chuuya to know what the other party was thinking. The corners of Chuuya's mouth turned up slightly. Although it was a bit of his wicked sense of humor, Chuuya still had his own considerations.
"It's alright, let's go over there and observe first before making any plans."
Sigma glanced at Chuuya with a skeptical look, but ultimately chose to believe him, since even if it was outrageous, it wouldn't be as dangerous as Gogol.
Two adorable babies
[It seems like he was just being silly after losing a billion; he was probably teasing Xiaoxi on purpose just now.]
[But this is very much in line with Xiao Zhong's work style; he's still as decisive and efficient as ever.]
[Detective Agency: Danger]
"Achoo!"
A sneeze suddenly rang out, sounding particularly loud in the quiet office.
"Is Dazai-san catching a cold? But it has been getting a bit colder lately."
Atsushi Nakajima looked up from his computer and glanced at Dazai with some concern.
"Even if Dazai caught a cold, it must be because he brought it on himself. I got another complaint call yesterday! My plans have been ruined again!"
As if triggering some keyword, Kunikida, who was still working, stopped what he was doing and said with a resentful tone, breaking the pen in his hand. Nakajima Atsushi's lips twitched. As expected of Dazai-sensei.
"There's no way I could catch a cold; someone must be talking about me behind my back! Sigh, being too handsome is a sin, isn't it?"
Dazai first refuted their claim that he had a cold with unwavering conviction, and then, in a self-indulgent manner, gave his own opinion.
...Atsushi Nakajima opened his mouth as if to say something, but when he turned to look at Kunikida, he found that the other man had already immersed himself in his work again. If you looked closely, you could see that he had a toilet paper tube as a makeshift earplug in his ear, completely oblivious to what was going on around him.
Atsushi Nakajima withdrew his gaze. Having spent enough time together, he had already anticipated Dazai's actions and was avoiding him, leaving him to face the current situation alone. Atsushi Nakajima sighed silently in his heart.
"Isn't Mr. Dazai worried at all?"
What are you worried about?
Dazai looked at Nakajima Atsushi with a genuine expression of doubt.
"It's the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, and Master Zhongyuan is also in their hands! If they use Master Zhongyuan to deal with us..."
"Relax, Atsushi-kun. At least this is a good thing, isn't it? At least we can be sure that the gentleman is still safe, right? And I still trust you and Akutagawa."
Dazai answered Atsushi Nakajima's question with a smile, completely ignoring the momentary discomfort Atsushi felt because of someone's name.
"Isn't Mr. Dazai in any hurry to get his lost memories back?"
"Well, that's probably because they're all less important memories."
[This seemingly unimportant memory that family members should remember will be on the test.]
[Keep being stubborn, Dazai. Even if the sky falls, your mouth will hold it up.]
Actually, how should I put it? Sometimes Dazai seems to care the most about things he doesn't care about at all.
[What a miraculous doctor! I feel so much better now!]
"But Akutagawa..."
Completely surprised by this answer, Atsushi Nakajima wanted to retort, but stopped himself from speaking because of Dazai's ambiguous smile.
Dazai gave the perceptive Nakajima Atsushi a satisfied smile.
"That's how it is, Atsushi-kun, there's no 'but' about it."
After saying this, Dazai walked away humming a song, leaving Atsushi Nakajima alone, lost in thought.
Only after Dazai had walked away into the distance did Atsushi Nakajima finally make up his mind, and with a look of resignation, he opened his phone and sent a message.
[Baby, I don't even need to look at my contacts to know who you're going to message with this emoji]
So this is what it feels like for a top student to solve problems? Awesome!
[The only person who could elicit that expression from Dun Dun is probably that one, right?]
【Luo Shengmeng!】
While hurrying along, Chuuya focused his attention on the comments, a slight smile playing on his lips. Even after confirming that the comments weren't the work of anyone else, Chuuya was still somewhat curious about them, since some of the comments were quite interesting.
"Human! What happened to Mr. Dazai?!"
In a coffee shop, Akutagawa, who had rushed over, walked straight to Nakajima Atsushi's seat before even sitting down, grabbed someone by the collar, and glared at him menacingly.
"Akutagawa! Wait, let me go first, you're attracting too much attention! Besides, didn't we agree that we were only here to discuss Mr. Dazai's matter?"
Atsushi Nakajima placed his hands on his chest, feeling the constant gazes drifting towards him. He growled in a low voice. Although Akutagawa was anxious, he listened and released his hands with a cold snort, then sat down opposite him.
"Can't you be a little gentler? Every time we meet, it's like you're going to kill me, even though I don't have that huge bounty on me anymore."
Atsushi Nakajima sat back down, rubbing the back of his neck where his collar had been grabbed and was still a little sore, and couldn't help but complain.
Akutagawa looked at Nakajima Atsushi's actions with disdain and did not answer the question.
"You asked me to come out, saying that Mr. Dazai is acting strangely? If you're lying to me, I'll tear you to pieces, you human tiger!"
Akutagawa threatened in a low voice, while staring fiercely at Atsushi Nakajima, who shivered.
[So, unable to find a breakthrough with Dazai, they've started seeking help? Hajidon, you brat!]
[But what happened to Dazai? I, with my God's-eye view, didn't notice anything.]
【I don't know, they're being so mysterious, they haven't even released the chat history】
"I suspect that Dostoevsky not only altered Mr. Dazai's memory with the book, but also changed something else that we don't know about."
"Um?"
When it came to serious matters, their expressions immediately became serious.
“I remember you told me before that Mr. Dazai and Mr. Chuuya were very compatible partners and had known each other for a long time.”
"So what are you trying to say, man-tiger?"
Upon hearing Atsushi Nakajima's words, Akutagawa frowned. He was beginning to doubt whether coming to see the man-tiger was a mistake. Atsushi Nakajima also knew that this was not the time for a long talk, so he took a deep breath.
"When I was chatting with Mr. Dazai today, he said that his lost memories of Mr. Chuuya are not important!"
The shock from Nakajima Atsushi was palpable in his words. Akutagawa also put away his initial impatience, but still didn't react much. However, he still managed to offer an explanation for Nakajima, which was quite unusual.
"That's how Mr. Dazai and the Central Plains cadres usually get along. Don't be such a suspicious and paranoid person!"
"Don't treat me like an idiot, okay? Of course I can see how Dazai-san and Chuuya-san usually get along, but Dazai-san's suicide attempts have increased recently! Almost exponentially! Before, Dazai-san would attempt suicide, but it was only once every few days. Now it's almost once a day, or even multiple times a day."
As soon as Nakajima Atsushi uttered those words, Akutagawa's brow furrowed deeply; this was definitely not a normal thing to do.
【???】
Where is my God's-eye view?
That makes sense now; no wonder Atsushi came to find Akutagawa.
[Oh my god! It was Chuuya who initially gave Dazai the will to live!]
Is the person upstairs a genius? My goodness!
[Is it because Chuuya wanted to live? So after losing his memories with Chuuya, although he had a reason to live, it wasn't enough. He didn't understand why he was still living in a world that was incredibly boring to Dazai, so his suicide attempts increased?]
[Dazai definitely knows the reason lies in that lost memory, yet he resists and rejects that memory even more... It can't be because the amnesiac Dazai can't accept that he would choose to live for someone, right?]
[If that's the explanation, it makes perfect sense... (CP fans let out a sharp, explosive sound; the ship is getting a bit too good)]
[It's simply a fact that only Dazai could have done.]
[After reading dmls' analysis, I have a new understanding of the awkwardness of this sweet-faced kid.]
Not only were they from another timeline shocked, but Chuuya, who was watching their analysis, also began to have his pupils dilate and started to question his existence.
Is being alone really the only reason to live? That sounds utterly absurd.
The text seemed to know a lot about their past, and it often mentioned him and another person's name together... Could they have been very close before? Chuuya began to ponder this, recalling the reactions of the other members of the organization over the past few days.
No one's name was mentioned in particular, but the focus of the conversation was on the detective agency. That person seemed to be from the detective agency. Thinking of this, Chuuya couldn't help but rub his fingers together. Why did they specifically erase their memories and then kidnap him, giving him the task of dealing with the detective agency?
So all of this was to deal with that person. Now everything makes sense. He and that person must have some extraordinary relationship. Although he hasn't accepted the fact that he likes men, he feels that this is the hidden truth behind it all. But unfortunately, he has been trying to find the so-called "book" for the past few days but hasn't been able to.
Chuuya completely forgot that he actually belonged to another organization, subconsciously ignoring some illogical things. In the end, although Chuuya initially analyzed things in a strange direction, the result was that he was right by accident.