Chapter 5 That's not called bad acting

After the initial speechlessness, Dazai Osamu found a seat and sat down as if he was at home, not at all like someone who had broken into the room by force.

Sen Ouwai wanted him to leave quickly, but he didn't know how to ask him to leave, because he knew very well that the more he showed his intention to chase the other person away, the more likely he would not leave and the more he would stay to annoy him.

Now that he was not feeling well, Mori Ougai was a little too lazy to pay attention to him. He was even too lazy to ask him what he was doing so that he could leave as soon as he was done, because he could imagine what kind of answer he would give, which would be nothing more than "I came to see you because I was bored", "I didn't see you today, so I checked to see if you were at the clinic", "I checked to see if you were dead", and so on.

But Ace's personality is completely different from his own. If Moriowa doesn't give him some guidance, he will be exposed in no time.

[Dazai-kun is here. Read along.] Mori Ugai tried to give some instructions.

"Dazai-kun is here." Ace read it out.

The tone was very strange, like the feeling of not being able to imitate well enough. Ace rarely spoke in such a weird tone before. The most similar ones were when he teased his own partners and mocked his enemies. But he really couldn't learn this weird tone of being defensive and distant to a companion.

In his twenty years of life, he had never experienced such strange and complicated relationships.

Mori Ogai: [……] Or maybe just give up…

Hearing this strange tone and odd sentence endings, Dazai looked at him oddly, "Mr. Mori, did you take the wrong medicine too?"

Ace answered casually, "Ah? Nothing? Isn't it just antipyretic and cold medicine?"

Dazai Osamu's expression changed subtly, "Mr. Mori has a fever, so you should lie down and rest quickly. Otherwise, what if you get burned to death?"

Mori Ogai: [……] Never mind, give up. This brat must have figured out that there's something wrong with Ace.

Mr. Ougai did not give any instructions, and Ace also felt that this kind of conversation should not require any instructions. Besides, this kid was in the same group as Mr. Ougai, so he just had to show the attitude he would show to his companions.

So he said, "You're right." Then he immediately lay back down and pulled the quilt up.

Mr. Ouwai is in such weak health and is still sick. He has to take good care of Mr. Ouwai.

Dazai Osamu's expression became even more subtle. Did this person not understand his mockery? Was he a fool? Could he have really burned his brain?

He dragged the chair to the bedside, making a sharp "hiss" sound, then stared quietly at Ace who was about to ignore him and close his eyes, and suddenly said: "Mr. Mori said he will come to see you later."

Ace said "Oh" quickly, then realized what the black-haired boy was saying. He immediately closed his eyes and sweated profusely. Even his head, which seemed a little burnt, suddenly became clear.

Mori Ogai: [……] This Ace-kun, is really… ah…

Ace slowly opened his eyes and said something meaningless with a wandering look: "Well, what did you just say? I seemed to have a severe fever and didn't hear clearly what you said..."

Dazai Osamu stood up from the chair, put his hands on the edge of the bed, leaned down in front of him and stared at him quietly.

Ace's cold sweat was flowing more and more happily.

After a while, Dazai Osamu suddenly sneered and walked away. He didn't ask anything like "Who are you?" or anything like that. It was as if he had never said the probing words just now. He sat back slowly with a smile of amusement in his eyes.

"interesting."

Ace: “…”

[Mr. Ougai, do you think he discovered something?] He still held on to a glimmer of hope and tried to confirm with Mori Ougai in a self-deceiving way.

Mori Ogai was silent for a moment, then said, "Didn't he find something?" Before Ace could breathe a sigh of relief, he added the second half of the sentence, "Dazai-kun must have found everything."

Ace: [……]

Ah, this is too fast! ? Is his acting really that bad! ? He once successfully fooled an entire base of marines!

Could it be that he is targeting the wrong person? Mr. Ogai's attitude towards his partners is not like that of him, his father, and Red-haired Shanks, but more like BIGMOM who practices terror and rule! But Mr. Ogai seems to be quite friendly...?

Sen Ou, who seems to be quite friendly, said: [……]

How should I put it? That's not bad acting, that's no acting at all :)

The black-haired boy suddenly chuckled and said, "Are you seeking advice from Mr. Mori?"

Ace was startled and looked at Dazai Osamu in horror, cold sweat pouring down his face.

[What, what's going on!? How did he know!? I shouldn't have told him!?]

Mori Ogai sighed again, [Don't panic, Dazai-kun is smart and can see that this is normal.]

[But this is too fast! ! ]

Sen Ou seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

Isn't it normal for a smart person to see your acting skills, which are not even close to intellectual skills? Not to mention Dazai Osamu, he would be able to see it at a glance, right?

Alas, it may be difficult to find a smart person playing a fool, but it is too difficult for a fool to play a smart person.

"Oh, it's so tragic. You just became the leader yesterday, but it's only been one day since you took over. Your body also belongs to someone else. It's so miserable, Mr. Mori." Dazai Osamu pretended to wipe his tears, but in fact he was laughing at Mori Owai who could only watch with glee.

Mori Ouwai immediately realized that the guy was laughing at him, but the other one couldn't hear it!

Seeing that he seemed very sad, Ace remembered that Mr. Ougai and this kid seemed to have a teacher-student relationship, so he comforted him, "Don't be too sad. Isn't Mr. Ougai still alive? Besides, this situation may be temporary. Maybe he will recover tomorrow."

Dazai Osamu choked on his fake crying voice.

Yes, this guy who doesn't know who he is can't hear what he is saying! If Mr. Mori can come back, he still hopes that Mr. Mori can come back later. And this guy is using Mr. Mori's face to comfort himself, which is very, ugh——

Mori Ougai, who wanted to say something to show off his charm, felt relieved when he saw his expression as if he had eaten shit.

Maybe, well, Ace-kun might be using special attack when dealing with Dazai-kun.

"...Dazai? Dazai? Are you still sad? How about I pass on a message to you from Mr. Ogai? You two can talk about whatever you want. It's not a big deal!"

Perhaps because the truth was revealed, Ace was now completely free. Also, perhaps because the medicine he had taken earlier was starting to take effect, he was now becoming more and more energetic.

Dazai Osamu opened his mouth in silence and said, "No! No need! Also, I'm not sad, not at all!"

He didn't want to chat with Sen Ou Wai however he wanted, and especially because he was sad for Sen Ou Wai. No matter how he thought about it, ugh - it was disgusting!

"There's nothing to be ashamed of! You're just sad because your teacher died. I can understand that! I was also very sad when my brother died—"

“Alright! Stop!” Dazai stood up suddenly, as if a durian shell had fallen on his chair, making it so painful that he couldn’t sit down any more. “You take your time to recover. I’m leaving first—”

He couldn't wait to walk outside, fearing that he would be stopped by this guy again.

He couldn't stay in this crappy place for even a second!

As soon as he reached the door, he heard the man inside shouting again: "Dazai! Go out and buy me some food! Mr. Ougai is sick, I can't go out and run around!"

Dazai Osamu slammed the door and walked faster.

The outsiders were amazed at the sight.

Is this the power of a fool? How terrible.

Ace didn't hear the answer, nor did he care. He smacked his lips and suddenly asked, "By the way, Mr. Ogai, Dazai is his last name, right? What's his full name?"

【Dazai Osamu.】Mori Ogai answered calmly.

This guy treated both him and Dazai equally, and he now felt a little more balanced.

Ace said "Oh" and that was all.

He put his hand on his forehead. "Doctor, feel it. Is it still burning? I think I'm fine. Oh, by the way, is the eavesdropping device okay?"

Mori Ogai: [……] Now that I’ve said it all, is there any difference?

[Forget it, it doesn't matter.] He felt it for a while and said, [It's still a little bit hot, you can lie down for a while.]

After saying this, Sen Ouwai suddenly sensed something. Ace said he felt he was well, so could he be planning to go out and have sex again?

He felt that this possibility was very high. This was something Ace could do! Although he had only observed Ace for less than a day, Ace's personality was really easy to understand, and he didn't hide anything at all.

Thinking of this, Sen Ou Wai quickly emphasized: [If you catch a cold before the low fever is cured, it will develop into a high fever again. I am weak, so you should wait until you are fully recovered before getting up.]

Ace answered honestly: "Oh."

So he fell asleep again, and when he woke up again it was almost noon.

"I'm so hungry..." he said, "Has Zhi bought anything to eat yet?"

Mori Ogai: [……]

Why are they suddenly calling each other so intimately? Did he miss something?

But when I think about it, it seems like I was suddenly called by my name, and at most I was called Mr., so it doesn't seem strange. Maybe it's Ace's habit.

And he was looking forward to seeing Dazai-kun's expression when he heard Ace call him that.

but……

[Ace, do you really trust him to buy food? ]

Is it possible that they never agreed to it at all?

Given the relationship between him and Dazai, not to mention that the other party simply doesn't want to pay attention to him, even if he really buys it, he may not dare to eat it.