Chapter 9 Lan Tang

Dazai Osamu's special ability "Disqualification from the Human World" makes other special abilities ineffective. He is an extremely rare special type of special ability user, coupled with a smart brain far beyond that of ordinary people, which is a joker in Mori Ogai's hand.

But one thing is that this kind of ability means that when his opponents are ordinary people, there is no difference between him and ordinary people, except that he has the advantage of a smart brain, that is, he is a little better in skills and a little weaker in body.

But sometimes a powerful force cannot be countered by just an extremely smart mind. When Whitebeard was the strongest man in the world, Akainu would have never been able to defeat him if it weren't for his love and trust in his sons.

But some people do not have such emotional weaknesses. Even if they want to use their character weaknesses to gain leverage, they still need someone stronger than them.

Although Dazai Osamu's enemies could not be compared with Whitebeard, Ace still felt that this was inappropriate.

[He's only fourteen, right? He's just a brat. Is it okay to give him such a task? Shouldn't you assign someone to protect him?]

Mori Ogai believed that even if Dazai Osamu was alone, he could complete the task perfectly. The only thing about that kid that he could fully trust was his smart head.

But Ace definitely couldn't say that. Otherwise, he was afraid that Ace would turn against him when he took control of the body.

Really, he is obviously a pirate, but it seems that he is more upright than him, a former military doctor.

[What you said makes sense.] Mori Ogai said, [Then let's ask someone to cooperate with Dazai-kun.]

So Mori Ou called over a tall man with long black hair, wearing a winter coat and a cotton scarf.

Ace was speechless when he saw this person through the line of sight outside the forest.

Is it still early autumn? Everyone is wearing light clothes, but he is wearing winter clothes!? Isn't he hot!?

When the man came in, he first said "Chief", then he crossed his arms and rubbed them up and down, muttering to himself: "It's so cold..."

Ace: ...?

He actually said it was cold!

This is really hard to understand.

"Mr. Lan Tang, this is the first time I have summoned you since I became the leader." Sen Ouwai said in a gentle voice.

"Yes, chief." Lan Tang responded softly, feeling very cold all over, as if it was deep winter instead of early autumn, or he was in the polar region.

"Lantang-kun, you have been in the Port Mafia for seven years, right?"

"yes."

"As far as I can remember, you are now a quasi-cadre?"

"Yes."

Lan Tang is a powerful person with special abilities. The previous leader recruited him because of this. Because of his powerful special abilities and efficient task completion, the previous leader promoted him quickly.

However, because Lan Tang had lost his memory before, he was always looking for his past consciously or unconsciously, which was an unstable factor. As a result, he was not proactive in his mission. Therefore, with his ability, it took him seven years to reach the position of quasi-cadre despite having such a great advantage.

"Lan Tangjun is a very outstanding talent. I also hope that Lan Tangjun's ability can be used by the organization." Mori Owl praised him and then revealed his purpose, "So the next task is to be handed over to Lan Tangjun."

Lan Tang did not say anything, but showed an obedient attitude, waiting for Sen Ou Wai's instructions.

This was a statement, so Mori Ogai said with satisfaction: "Dazai-kun, you know. He is carrying out a mission, and your mission is to cooperate with him and provide military support."

"Yes, Chief."

When Lan Tang was about to leave, Mori Ouwai said to him from behind: "Mr. Lan Tang, I have high expectations of you."

In the last sentence, he changed his self-proclaimed name, implying that he would include him in his camp.

Having high expectations for a prospective cadre is basically equivalent to telling him, "I plan to promote you to a full-time cadre."

The Port Mafia has a fixed number of five cadres. Two of them have formed factions and are on the opposite side of Morigu. One of them has chosen to remain neutral for the sake of self-preservation and will obey the orders of whoever becomes the leader. Two positions are vacant. One of the vacancies was caused by the execution of the previous leader when he was still in power not long ago.

Executing an officer is no small matter, especially since the officer himself is quite capable. However, the officer disobeyed the previous leader's outrageous orders and was framed by someone. The previous leader, who only had the thought of "not allowing anyone to disobey him", ordered him to be executed. The person who carried out the execution was another officer, a colonel who was also a psychic and now stood in a neutral position.

Now is not the best time for the colonel to take position. What he needs is the loyalty of this cadre, so Mori Ogai chooses to start recruiting people with both ability and potential below the cadre level.

After dealing with the two officers from Omi, there will be four vacancies, which will be perfect for Momiji-kun and Randou-kun to take over.

Lan Tang paused slightly as he was leaving.

"Yes, I understand," he said.

Then he left the office.

After solving this problem, Mori Ogai breathed a sigh of relief and just as he was about to continue writing, he heard Ace start to speak again: [Mr. Ogai, the one just now, was called Lan Tang, right? Is he very strong? ]

This conclusion is easy to infer. When sending military support to others, even a powerful person like Ace would bring the entire Second Division to support his companions when it comes to supporting them. However, in addition to Morio, he only sent Randou to Dazai Osamu.

Ace didn't consider that Mori Ougai was just putting it on display for him. He only felt that Mori Ougai's decision only proved that Randou was indeed very strong.

Mori Oo's pen paused, and he answered hesitantly: […Is that so?]

I always feel that it is not a good idea for him to ask this question.

[Then next time I go out, can I compete with him? ]

Mori Ougai was silent for a long time this time, and then he slowly asked: [What do you want to compete with him in? ]

Although he already had the answer in his heart, he didn't really want to believe it.

Although Lantang always wears thick clothes, even in the hot summer, he still wears winter clothes and complains about being cold, looking weak, he is a powerful psychic after all, and he is also a master of physical skills. But he is just a doctor! Although he has been a military doctor and has some strength, he is still far from being a professional martial artist!

[Didn't you say he was very strong? I want to challenge him! ]

Mori Owl: "..."

The ominous premonition came true.

[Ace, is it possible that my martial arts skills are not high, and unlike you, Ace, I have no chance of winning?] Although Moriogai did not think that his martial arts skills were bad in the past, this was relative. Ace always compared him with people with high martial arts skills, so he could only say, [You know, I am weak].

Ace: […Okay then.]

He sighed with regret and pity, "If only it were my own body, you're really too weak, why don't you exercise more and fight with others more often, you'll get stronger."

Mori is really weak. Guwai: […I know, I will pay attention. But Ace-kun, I am the leader and have many things to deal with. At the moment, I am afraid I don’t have the time.]

[Ah - is that so?] Ace said it was hard to understand, [But Dad doesn't seem to have so many things to deal with? When I was a captain before, it seemed like I didn't have to take care of anything. I just had to deal with the enemies.]

Mori Ogai: [……]

I can probably understand what kind of mode you pirate captains are.

The captain of a passenger ship has to manage all aspects of a voyage. So you pirate captains only have to take care of fighting, right?

[Alas...] Mori Ougai sighed again, [I really envy you. Your crew must have solved all the problems on your ship. If my subordinates could also do things so consciously, I wouldn't have to sit here and arrange all the arrangements so hard.]

Ace suddenly shut up out of guilt.

Yes, among Mr. Ougai's subordinates there are still some who are planning to steal his funds and rebel against him. Unlike them, the navigator controls the direction of the ship, the chef is responsible for cooking, and the doctor is responsible for treating injuries and illnesses. In short, everyone is very conscious of their own duties and enjoys it.

Wow, it seems that Mr. Ogai is really miserable now! But considering that he usurped the throne, it seems that he deserves to suffer a little rebellion_(:зゝ∠)_

During work hours, Mori Ogai's days were really boring, of course, it was boring to Ace. Mori Ogai's mind was spinning as he looked at those documents, but Ace himself didn't like reading this kind of thing, not to mention that he couldn't understand it, which made it even more boring.

After a while, Ace suddenly said: "Mr. Ougai, should we have dinner? I feel very hungry."

Although he cannot control his body, his senses are shared, so when Ace was reading documents outside Moriou, he was forced to stare at something he could not understand, which was really too boring. The best he could do was to recall the past and imagine what his companions and brother were like now, to amuse himself.

In this case, he will be extremely sensitive to time, and the same is true for the senses of various parts of the body.

The tip of Sen Ou's pen paused again, and he subconsciously touched his pocket. Then he suddenly realized that he was in control of his body now, and he didn't have to worry about Ace using his body to eat a free meal.

well.

Sen Ouwai held his forehead with his hand speechlessly.

It's only been one day and I've developed this strange habit. I really hope things will go more smoothly in the future.