Chapter 25 Confrontation

[Mr. Lantang seems to have recovered well, but he still looks very depressed.] After visiting Lantang in the hospital, Ace said with some empathy, [But it's understandable, after all, there were so many companions at the time... Come to think of it, have their families been settled?]

"Someone has been assigned to handle it."

[Oh...] Ace was silent for a while, then said: [Mr. Ouwai, you seem unhappy? Is it because of Lan Tang?]

"……? Why do you say that?"

Sen Ou moved his swollen and clumsy feet, then lay on the bed, leaning against the back of the bed to check today's report.

[It's just... a feeling. ]

Mori Owl: "..."

Tsk, it’s intuitive.

Mori Ogai didn't give him a chance to ask more questions, and changed the subject, "Are you still going to look for Zhongyuan-kun in the future?"

Although he did feel that there was something wrong with Lan Tang's testimony, he hadn't figured out exactly what it was, so there was no need to tell Ace for the time being.

[Go ahead!] As expected, Ace's attention was immediately diverted. [I think Chuuya is great, I want him to be my companion! Invite him a few more times, and it will definitely work! I heard that he has a group of companions, so just invite them all in, this way the possibility of him refusing will be even smaller!]

Putting himself in other people's shoes, he thought that Whitebeard also accepted all the members of his Spade Pirates. If Whitebeard had only accepted him, he would probably still have a grudge against him.

The Spade Pirates followed him all the way from the East China Sea to the New World and supported each other. At that time, he tied with the pirate Jinbe, but was defeated by Whitebeard, who was also called dad by Jinbe. He was taken to Whitebeard's ship as a prisoner, but Whitebeard actually said that he wanted to adopt him as his son!

At first, he definitely disagreed. Not only did he disagree, but his reaction was very intense. He also had a lot of trouble with Whitebeard for a while before he was finally convinced by Whitebeard. At that time, he thought that if the original companions of the Spade Pirates were willing, they could join the Whitebeard Pirates together. If they did not want to join the Whitebeard Pirates, they could leave on their own and live the life they wanted.

However, the members of his Spade Pirates were all about quality rather than quantity, and they were all like-minded partners, so all the members of the Spade Pirates joined the Whitebeard Pirates at that time.

No matter what, after joining the Whitebeard Pirates, he can continue to travel and adventure with his former companions from the Spade Pirates, so he is still very happy.

However, after hearing these words, Mori Ougai's mood became subtle.

Ace probably didn't notice that he had told Dazai Osamu to recruit only Chuuya Nakahara. The Sheep Organization is different from most organizations. The reason why they can make a name for themselves in the Raiders Street and make people dare not provoke them easily is entirely because of Chuuya Nakahara.

Yes, just because of him.

As for the other members, they were just sucking nutrients from his remaining power.

Any normal, surviving organization will not be like this, where everything depends on one person. This means that as soon as this person is gone, the organization will collapse in an instant.

In a normal organization, everyone is in his or her proper position, becoming a screw that supports the organization. No matter who is absent, the organization can continue to operate normally. Of course, there is also a more special form, that is, the leader is extremely powerful and can ensure that the next successor is also extremely powerful, and can also ensure the normal operation of the organization.

However, the latter also has certain conditions. There are only two ways to maintain this organizational model. Either the leader's personal charm is full, so that everyone in the organization, at least the core figures, trust and cherish him from the bottom of their hearts, or he implements a reign of terror.

Obviously, Yang does not belong to any of these categories, otherwise they would not have gone around causing trouble without the knowledge of their leader, Chuuya Nakahara. They even committed crimes against the wind and stole the goods of the port mafia during the time when the previous leader went crazy.

This is an organization that will collapse in an instant once Chuuya Nakahara falls.

They were originally an organization that clung together because they were weak. If they had kept a low profile, they could have had a chance to protect themselves. But after they had Chuuya Nakahara, they began to act arrogantly and high-profile. Once they lost Chuuya Nakahara, who served as the umbrella of the organization, they would surely be eaten away by rats and ants from all directions.

The members of the Sheep are too undisciplined. If they are accepted into the Port Mafia, they will only become lice on the Port Mafia. Their trouble-making nature will bring a lot of trouble to the Port Mafia, but if the Port Mafia punishes them for this, it will inevitably alienate Chuuya Nakahara from the Port Mafia. Even if he himself does not think there is a problem with the punishment at the time, he cannot stop the Sheep people from sowing discord between them.

The sheep were the branches he needed to cut off. Not only did he have to cut off the connection between Chuuya Nakahara and the sheep, he also had to cut off Ace's idea of ​​recruiting all the sheep.

Many of the methods that Dazai Osamu used were learned from Mori Ogai. Mori Ogai could also predict what methods he would use against Yang and Nakahara Chuuya, so he asked Dazai Osamu to recruit Nakahara Chuuya.

Today, when Ace and Chuuya Nakahara were together in Ray Street, Ace himself might not have noticed anything, but he was observing Chuuya Nakahara the whole time. This kid is more sentimental and soft-hearted than he expected, and perhaps letting Ace get in touch with him was an unexpected stroke of genius.

…

Chuuya Nakahara's dealings with members of the Port Mafia were discovered by his companions from the Sheep Organization.

However, he had already explained to his companions that it was the Port Mafia who wanted to cooperate with him to investigate the truth of the recent abnormal incidents in Raibo Street. His companions in the Sheep Organization were probably worried about him because they saw him with that Dazai Osamu, and Nakahara could understand this.

However, he himself is still considering this matter. The area where they live is the Raibo Street. Such an abnormality may bring danger to the sheep's companions. Regardless of whether there is an invitation from the Port Mafia or not, Zhongyuan Chuya will investigate this matter. However, he believes that there is no need to cooperate with the Port Mafia on this matter, and it is okay for him to investigate it himself.

He also told his sheep companions about this idea to reassure them.

Nakahara Chuuya originally thought that the only thing that required his attention now was the cooperation with Dazai Osamu, until another day passed and the fool he thought he would never see again ran to a place not far from the Sheep Organization to block him.

"Why are you here again?" Nakahara Chuuya put his hands in his pockets and looked at him unhappily, "Didn't I tell you not to come to Labo Street again?"

Although he had seen the other party's strength, which was enough to live well in Leibo Street, he could not tell what the other party was thinking. Leibo Street was full of cunning people with dark hearts and cruel hands. Moreover, this guy was now suspected to be targeted by the port mafia like him.

“Chuuya! Become my companion!”

"No." Nakahara Chuuya avoided him expressionlessly, "There's no need to talk about this anymore. I've said before that I have my own companions and I won't agree to this."

"Then let's go together." Ace did not give up and followed him. "Well, my organization seems to be quite large. It should be big enough to accommodate your companions."

"Ha, no need."

No matter which organization Ace belongs to, Chuuya Nakahara will never bring Sheep to join. First of all, the other members of Sheep will definitely not agree, and he does not have complete decision-making power; secondly, if he brings Sheep to join an organization, he will have to follow the rules and regulations of that organization, and with the degree to which Sheep members can cause trouble, I am afraid they will cause trouble within a week, and then he may have to become an enemy of the new organization in order to protect the members of Sheep.

This guy named Sen Ou Wai doesn't look very smart. If he really joins, if something goes wrong with the sheep, he will probably be implicated.

But most of the time people can't understand each other. Ace's attitude towards his rejection was "I won't listen to you". He even continued to say: "I will definitely let you become my partner!"

"It's up to you. I won't agree anyway." Nakahara Chuuya said perfunctorily with a tired look on his face.

Perhaps this place was too close to the Sheep Organization, and they soon met three people from the Sheep Organization who were returning to their base.

The silver-haired boy in the lead saw the two of them, and his eyes instantly became sharp. They quickened their pace and came in front of the two people...mainly in front of Nakahara Chuuya.

"Hey, Chuuya, why are you with him?"

"It was just a coincidence." Nakahara Chuuya frowned and looked at the other party. He found that the other party's expression did not seem to be simply disgust and rejection, but also mixed with a little vigilance and fear. "Hey, Shirase, why are you reacting so strongly?"

The pink-haired girl Yuzuko next to Shirase Fuichiro asked with a shudder, "Chuya, do you know who he is?"

"ha?"

"He's from the Port Mafia, from..."

Yuxing was slow to finish her last words, so Nakahara Chuuya said based on the first half of her sentence: "I know, he was... "

Shirase Fuichiro interrupted him excitedly: "If you knew he was the leader of the port mafia, why did you go with him!?"

"What did you say? He is the leader of the Port Mafia?" Nakahara Chuuya's mind went blank. He glanced at Ace beside him, "This is impossible!"

How could the leader of the Port Mafia be like this!? They are the violent Port Mafia! How could a subordinate treat the leader like that!?

The last boy who had been silent the whole time hid behind the other two and whispered, "It's true... This is what the guy from the Port Mafia who was with you before told us... Chuuya, his name is Mori Gugai, right? That guy told us that the name of the leader of the Port Mafia is Mori Gugai."

How, is it possible...

No, not necessarily. Maybe it was that guy Dazai Osamu who was trying to sow discord and deliberately told lies to deceive them!

Nakahara Chuuya looked at Ace and asked solemnly, "Hey, are you the leader of the port mafia?"