Chapter 98 Tomato Juice Cocktail

While strolling around at night, I randomly picked a lucky bar I saw on the street, Ace and Nakahara Chuuya. As soon as I entered the door, I saw someone I knew.

"Huh? Isn't this the treatment? What a coincidence, you are here too!" Ace said in surprise.

"Tsk, don't you have a mission? Why are you secretly drinking here?" Nakahara Chuuya raised his eyebrows.

Facing Nakahara Chuuya, Dazai Osamu chose to speak frankly in a weird tone: "It's so unlucky. I have already chosen such a small bar in a remote corner, but a slug still came to my door. And I'm not like someone who takes so long to complete a task. I'm so good that I can complete it in a short time. Why would I let the task take up my spare time?"

This was the secret base for him and his friends to have private gatherings, but it was discovered by Slug and Mr. Mori. How unlucky!

Even though we know that it is Ace who is online now, if Ace in this state sees it, doesn't that mean Moriogai has seen it too?

Dazai Osamu and his two friends sat at the bar. The man with copper-red hair who looked more mature than everyone except Mori Owl turned his head to look at Dazai Osamu: "Dazai, are they your friends?"

The man sitting next to him, wearing black-framed glasses and looking like a office worker, adjusted his glasses and said nothing.

Mori Ogai had some impression of these two people, especially the latter. After all, both of them were psychics, the former was a rare predictive psychic, and the latter was a special psychic who was born with a unique ability.

The former, Oda Sakunosuke, can predict what will happen in the next few seconds. He was also a well-known killer in the past. However, after joining the Port Mafia, he no longer works as a killer and just does what ordinary grassroots members do.

Mori Ogai had sent someone to test his attitude, but the man said he would not kill anyone again, and he was very persistent. Mori Ogai did not take him seriously as he did at first. Moreover, he later discovered that Observation Haki could achieve a similar effect. During the time when the entire upper class was trying to learn Observation Haki, Mori Ogai almost forgot about him. It was only later that he found that others could not learn it, so he did not completely regard him as an ordinary person.

As for the latter, Sakaguchi Ango, his special ability is really useful! Having him in the intelligence department is like having another intelligence system. As long as he can continue to be used, even if he is really an undercover, Mori Ogai is reluctant to deal with him directly.

However, now that the Port Mafia has become the leader of Yokohama, the importance of Sakaguchi Ango can be put aside. Letting him come into contact with too many high-level members or passing through some important places still poses considerable risks.

Sakaguchi Ango, who was actually an undercover agent, did not dare to speak out. His special ability was there, and he had a tendency to become the backbone of the Intelligence Department in the past year. Occasionally, he was able to meet members who could meet Mori Ogai, so naturally he knew what Mori Ogai's face looked like.

But even though he knew it, he couldn't openly reveal things that theoretically he shouldn't know.

Of course, Dazai Osamu would not admit that Oda Sakunosuke was a friend of his. He pouted and said, "Tsk, who is their friend?"

Seeing him like this, Nakahara Chuuya also raised his eyebrows and snorted at him: "Indeed, who would be friends with a bandage weirdo?"

"Hey, hey, the dark little slug is still talking about others here--"

"Ha, you bandage bastard—"

Just when the two were about to quarrel, Ace hooked his arm around one of them and said with a smile: "Yes, we are friends! Hey, are you also Zhi's friends?"

Nakahara Chuuya: “Tsk.”

Dazai Osamu: “Tsk.”

Oda Sakunosuke looked at Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya and said with emotion without changing his expression, "You two have a really good relationship."

Dazai Osamu & Nakahara Chuuya: "Tsk——"

Ace: "Hahaha!"

Sakaguchi Ango breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. It seemed that the leader was in a better temper today.

"Want to have a drink?" he asked.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ace hooked the two people and sat at the seat next to him, "Boss! I want a glass of rum and a glass of red wine!"

"Okay, that's for you," the bartender responded.

Dazai Osamu pinched the wall of his wine glass and asked casually, "Why are you here?"

Nakahara Chuuya straightened his neck and asked back: "Why can't we be here? This is your home and only you can come here?"

Ace: "I came in as soon as I saw you. I didn't expect you to be here too. What a coincidence."

At this moment, the bartender brought the freshly poured wine to them, "Hello, here are the drinks for you two."

"Thanks." Ace rested his chin on the bar with one elbow. "Hey, why is your wine this color? It looks like juice. What kind of wine is it?"

When Ango Sakaguchi was called, he was surprised, but then he calmly replied, "Ah, this is not wine, it's tomato juice."

"Huh? Tomato juice!?" Ace asked in surprise, "Are there tomato juice in the bar?!"

Nakahara Chuuya also looked over. He had always thought that bars only sold alcohol. Some bars would sell some side dishes and snacks, but tomato juice was really rare. In his opinion, ordering tomato juice in a bar was just like ordering milk in a bar. If the bar was not one of them, people might even laugh at you and tell you to go home and drink milk.

"Yes." Dazai Osamu held the cup and shook it gently, looking absent-minded.

Sakaguchi Ango couldn't help but explain: "I still have work to do later, so I'm not in a good mood to drink, so I ordered a glass of tomato juice. Well, if you guys mind..."

In the domestic workplace, it is normal to drink with the boss. If the boss wants him to drink, well, he can only put his work aside and make up for it tomorrow.

"It's okay, we don't mind!" Ace represented everyone by himself, and he also had a new idea. He said to the bartender: "I want a glass of tomato juice too!"

"Okay, I'll make this for you."

Nakahara Chuuya looked at the glass of rum on his desk and asked in confusion, "Aren't you drinking?"

“I drink them all!”

Dazai Osamu glanced at his face, which looked like a forest eagle, and his expression became subtle again.

Then they saw Ace pouring tomato juice into the glass of rum.

Sakaguchi Ango opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

Oda Sakunosuke thought for a moment, "Can you drink wine like this? Um... I mean, can you drink tomato juice like this?"

Nakahara Chuuya's expression was indescribable: "Can this be drunk?"

Dazai Osamu laughed silently on the side.

"Why can't we drink it?" Ace was not convinced and gave them a big sip on the spot, smacking his lips and commenting: "It tastes a bit weird, but it's okay."

Nakahara Chuuya looked at him suspiciously: "Is this true?"

Oda Sakunosuke and Sakaguchi Ango couldn't help but look at the half cup of red liquid left.

The color of tomato juice is so overbearing that even if it is mixed with rum, it is still basically the color of tomato juice.

"Of course it's true!" Ace vowed, "Why don't you try it?"

Nakahara Chuuya glanced at the cup of mixed juice suspiciously and said thank you for nothing.

Oda Sakunosuke thought for a moment, then turned to the bartender and said, "Give me a glass of tomato juice, too."

"OK."

Sakaguchi Ango was shocked: "Wait? Mr. Odasaku, are you really going to drink like this?"

Before Oda Sakunosuke could answer him, Dazai Osamu next to him said, "Then I want one too! And I want it with detergent!"

“Dazai!?”

The bartender calmly and expertly refused: "Sorry, we don't have that kind of stuff here."

Nakahara Chuuya showed a look of disdain and laughed at him: "Who else would add that kind of stuff to tomato juice except you? Stop making things difficult for others."

Dazai Osamu sneered at him: "Tsk, you are just a Chuuya, what do you know?"

Nakahara Chuuya raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to be beaten?!"

On the other side, Oda Sakunosuke had already poured two cups of wine together. He said as he shook them evenly, "You two have such a good relationship."

Ace had dragged a chair to sit next to him without knowing when. Hearing this, he put his hand on his shoulder with a smile, "Yeah, I think so too."

Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya looked at each other and turned their heads to pretend to vomit in sync: "Grrr——Who has a good relationship with the slug/bandage bastard!"

Sakaguchi Ango looked at them speechlessly. How could someone with such a bad relationship be so in sync with each other?

Seeing that Oda Sakunosuke actually took a sip, Nakahara Chuuya couldn't help but focus his eyes on him, "Hey, how does it taste?"

Oda Sakunosuke smacked his lips and tasted it. "It tastes very strange, but it should be okay."

Dazai immediately followed suit by pouring the two cups together, taking a sip, and then saying, "Wow! It tastes great! It's really a heavenly drink!"

"Haha, as long as you like it!" Although Ace felt that it was not as good as he said, maybe he just happened to like the taste?

Nakahara Chuuya didn't quite trust Ace's taste, and he didn't believe Dazai Osamu's lies, so he stared at Oda Sakunosuke, and seeing that there was nothing unusual in his expression, he half-doubtfully picked up the remaining half cup of tomato juice from Dazai Osamu and poured it into his own red wine.

Sakaguchi Ango seemed to be hesitant to speak and wanted to stop it, but then he noticed Dazai Osamu's dark eyes glancing at him.

Sakaguchi Ango: “…”

Okay, I'll shut up. Sorry, Nakahara-kun.

As soon as Nakahara Chuuya took a sip of the mixed drink, his face changed. He quickly closed his mouth and put down the glass with a strange expression.

The smile on Dazai Osamu's face became even more brilliant.

Nakahara Chuuya swallowed the mouthful with difficulty and complained to the three pioneers in front of him: "Don't you think this thing tastes weird?"

Ace: “It’s fine.”

Oda Sakunosuke: “Not bad.”

Dazai Osamu: "No, no, you can't do this?"

Sakaguchi Ango: “…”

Mr. Odasaku is fine, and the leader... is fine, but how can you believe what Dazai says!? Didn't you just say that you have a bad relationship with him? As far as I know, you have been teased by him many times, right? No matter what others say, as long as he says it, you must not believe it!

“Dazai—you bastard, you did this on purpose!!”

"Wow! Chuuya, you are angry because of embarrassment! You are obviously stupid, but you are blaming me?"

"Hey, hey! Don't start a fight in the bar - Mr. Odasaku! Say something!"

"Ah... Is it time for me to speak?"

"Hahahaha, isn't this lively?"