From that day on, Tsunayoshi Sawada discovered that there was a sneaky cat behind Dazai Osamu.
Compared to the "dog" that Dazai Osamu referred to with a hint of disdain, this little white boy looked more like some other creature - perhaps a cat or something.
Of course, another person who also noticed the existence of Nakajima Atsushi was Dazai Osamu.
Just as he kept saying, "I hate dogs," even though he knew that Nakajima Atsushi was following him stealthily, Dazai Osamu had absolutely no intention of paying any attention to him.
But Nakajima Atsushi still followed him tirelessly.
Dazai Osamu was a very smart child.
Although he had no idea why the white-haired guy was looking at him so eagerly, his extraordinary talent still enabled him to easily capture the other person's uniqueness.
Finally, after being blocked by Nakajima Atsushi in an accidental attack, he touched his chin and finally smiled at the white-haired boy whose body had partially turned into a white tiger.
"So that's how it is. You are such a kid." He said this and became curious about the young White Tiger.
Nakajima Atsushi clenched his fists and replied nervously in a low voice: "Yes... it would be great if I could be of use to you."
Seeing this, Dazai Osamu's mouth smoothed down a little - after spending so many days with him, Sawada Tsunayoshi knew that this kid was probably a little unhappy.
Sure enough, Dazai Osamu's mood turned worse by the second and he became particularly difficult to please. He held his chin and muttered to himself, but in short, he didn't say anything nice.
If it was Sawada Tsuneyoshi who was in Nakajima Atsushi's position, he would probably not be able to tolerate such cold words.
But Nakajima Atsushi not only did it, but he was also very happy to do it.
When Dazai Osamu considered him as part of his "plan" - although it was just a bait - the white tiger boy who could actually knock down anyone with one punch suddenly smiled happily.
Sawada Tsunayoshi: …
The brown-haired young man rubbed Nakajima Atsushi's claws that had transformed into tiger claws, while looking at Dazai Osamu in reproach.
"Dazai-san." At first he thought it was a little strange to call Dazai "Dazai-san", but the subordinates following behind Dazai Osamu called him that, and Nakajima Atsushi also called him that, so Sawada Tsunayoshi would occasionally slip up and call him that.
However, even when using honorifics, the young man did not use the tone of a subordinate or junior at all.
He stared at Dazai Osamu, exuding a tone of condemnation.
"Don't bully Atsushi-kun."
Dazai Osamu blinked obediently.
"Hey..." The black-haired boy raised his hands to cover his eyes, sobbing twice as if he was crying, "What a heartless man."
One sentence made his speech full of ups and downs.
Sawada Tsunayoshi, who was already familiar with this guy's nature, twitched his lips, knowing that it was useless to stop him, and raised his hands to cover his head.
Sure enough, Dazai Osamu sobbed twice, raised his head from his sleeves, revealing his two eyes, and stared at Sawada Tsunayoshi sadly.
"What a heartless man." He repeated again, "You called me Sweetie when you liked me, but now you are scolding me for other men?"
A big man in black who was passing by suddenly showed an expression of eating melon.
I have to explain where several people are at this moment.
This is the scene where Dazai Osamu used the cat, no, Nakajima Atsushi as bait, in an abandoned warehouse.
Because the mission has been completed and further cleanup is needed, there are quite a few people coming and going - for example, members of the port mafia who are transporting corpses and cleaning up the scene.
At this time, hearing Dazai Osamu, the quasi-cadre of the organization, who has always had a great reputation (not in a positive sense) among the members of the port mafia, accusing another brown-haired boy of his evil deeds in a coquettish manner, the guys with long ears all showed strange expressions of surprise.
But after a while, everyone seemed to move closer to them.
Sawada Tsunayoshi: “…”
He glanced at the two guys, one who was crying with his face covered (pretending) and the other who was comforting someone in a panic (really), with a subtle expression, and couldn't help but cover his face.
That's enough.
"You did that on purpose," he complained.
Dazai Osamu blinked and smiled.
Nakajima Atsushi observed him and let out a sigh of relief.
Sawada Tsunayoshi: …
Sometimes he felt that he should not be here.
At least any normal person could tell that Dazai Osamu was pretending... Those mafia who were just watching could also tell that he was pretending, they were just curious about who could make Dazai Osamu look like that.
Only Nakajima Atsushi, only this stupid big cat, not only foolishly believed it, but also tried to comfort the other party.
Sawada Tsunayoshi sighed, and an old father's mentality that came from somewhere took over, and he couldn't help but give Nakajima Atsushi a loving smile.
"So that's how it is. So this is just a disguise?" Just as he was thinking this, a voice of sudden enlightenment suddenly came from behind him.
Although there were many people in black suits who tried to hold back their laughter, it was strange to hear a sound - especially a sound of sudden enlightenment at a subtle point.
Sawada Tsunayoshi turned his head and saw Dazai Osamu also looking over there with his eyes raised.
It was a man with reddish-brown hair, who seemed to be a low-level member of the port mafia. He was not wearing the standard black suit of mafia members, but his own clothes. He was carrying a black body bag containing an unknown object and was walking out with his companions.
Perhaps because he failed to stop him in time, his colleague covered his face with his hand and rejected the opportunity to show off in front of his boss.
Dazai Osamu was very interested in this expressionless and confused man, and he rubbed against him like a cat with no good ideas.
"Don't you see?" he asked with some joy.
The young man with reddish-brown hair—later, Tsunayoshi Sawada heard that his name was "Oda Sakunosuke," and Dazai Osamu, who had been getting along with him for some time, liked to call him "Oda Sakunosuke"—Oda Sakunosuke nodded and said naturally and frankly, "Yes, I didn't notice."
He paused and asked curiously, "So that's your acting skills?"
Dazai Osamu nodded happily like a little child.
Oda Sakunosuke said "Wow" like a supporting actor, sincerely praising the other person: "You are so amazing."
The two of them continued chatting in this manner, with one of them carrying a body bag.
Sawada Tsunayoshi withdrew his gaze speechlessly and turned his head. Sure enough, Nakajima Atsushi was staring at the two people without blinking.
This silly child.
He sighed in his heart and lowered his eyes to hide his sigh.
"Atsushi-kun," he said gently, "Would you like to go to the convenience store with me?"
Without giving Nakajima Atsushi time to refuse, he turned around and asked, "What would you like to drink, Dazai?"
Dazai Osamu waved his hand and said "sparkling soda", and then asked Oda Sakunosuke.
Sure enough, once Dazai Osamu opened his mouth, Nakajima Atsushi would not refuse.
The young man with short white hair walked away, looking back every step he took. Seeing the expressions of the people around him, Tsunayoshi Sawada knew that the forum of the Port Mafia tonight would be another sleepless night.
——Yes, the forum.
Ever since he got to know Dazai Osamu's subordinates through various things such as beating Dazai Osamu, picking Dazai Osamu from oranges, and sending Dazai Osamu to the hospital, Sawada Tsuneyoshi opened a new entrance to unlocking the port mafia - the forum.
It was a forum with white text on a black background; even the fluttering red front page carried a subtle aura of death.
Among this group of weird and popular homepage posts, the one that has recently dominated the spotlight is none other than Dazai Osamu and his clingy little cat (not really).
It seems that a boy with the ability to transform into a tiger suddenly appeared next to their Lord Dazai one day. Although he looked cold and unapproachable, he was actually a shy child who was easy to approach - in front of Lord Dazai.
A powerful psychic who kills enemies decisively on the battlefield becomes a cute little kitten under the hands of Lord Dazai. This sounds like the plot of a third-rate story.
[Maybe Dazai-sama saved Nakajima-kun when he was young, and he came to repay the favor? Cats repaying a favor... isn't that common? ]
[…Oh no, this isn’t common at all! ]
——Someone made a brilliant conjecture, which was then refuted and extended to more things. These conjectures were expanded into texts and pictures, and became popular in the forum within two short days.
No one knew that Sawada Tsunayoshi was standing next to the protagonist at the time. The boy who had been frowning and felt something was strange was looking at a black-haired boy who was following behind Dazai Osamu and refusing to say "Da-me". I don't know how they could analyze so much from the way these two people get along... But Atsushi seemed to be very familiar with Dazai.
As for Dazai Osamu, as he himself said, he hated dogs.
However, Nakajima Atsushi said that he was a cat and a big tiger, but the way he always kept circling around him made him feel very distressed, as if he had met a dog.
Therefore, he doesn't really like Nakajima Atsushi.
But Nakajima Atsushi is very useful.
The young man, who had not learned much from Mori Owl except for conspiracy and trickery, had even surpassed his teacher in learning it. He did not need to think too much and came up with countless plans to maximize the interests of Nakajima Atsushi as naturally as breathing.
Finally, the bored young man frowned and picked out the right one.
And Sawada Tsunayoshi was the one standing outside the two of them.
Although he also appeared in the Port Mafia not long ago, and unlike Nakajima Atsushi who has been identified as the "Port Mafia's reserve", his stance is erratic and he is even said to have denied it himself, but it has to be said that he may be the link between the willful Dazai Osamu and the poor Nakajima Atsushi.
No matter who you are, after seeing Sawada Tsunayoshi's cold and stern attitude towards the over-the-top Dazai Osamu and his gentle and persuasive attitude towards Nakajima Atsushi, they have to admit that the other party has this position.
Some people even had serious expressions and laid down a new triangle model that they had conceived.
[I realized, this is not a Shura field at all... This is a harmonious and friendly family! ! ]
[An authoritarian father, a strong but cowardly son who only obeys his father, and the most important mother in both of their lives... This is their true pattern!!]
【??? What strange thing?】
[It's strange, but shamefully... I'm moved. 】
[Who wouldn’t like a family of three like this? (wiping tears)]
[So that's why. No wonder I always feel comfortable when I'm around Sawada-kun... Is this what it is? The feeling of being tolerated by my mother and not being blamed no matter what I do.]
[…So that’s how it is.]
[Then let us shout out that name together, the name that has long been surging in our hearts, that is...]
【Mom————! 】
When Tsunayoshi Sawada saw this, he silently turned off his phone and decided never to step into this strange forum again in his life.
In the dark forum of the port mafia, which is dark and bloody, this is the only forum that is pink, standing out brightly among the black background and white letters.
It's really weird.
As his fingers couldn't help but press the next post, Tsunayoshi Sawada thought that this strange post must have appeared because the forum was hacked, and he had to find out what was wrong.
Then I stayed up all night until dawn.
What a strange thing.
But when he saw Nakajima Atsushi rushing towards Dazai Osamu again and again with blood on his face, and being squandered by the other party again and again, Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but insert himself between the two of them, trying to find a balance between the two.
Until once again, in order to better complete Dazai Osamu's plan, Nakajima Atsushi almost put himself in a situation where he was sure to die.
The young man wielding flames pulled him out from the enemy's siege with a sullen face. The flames that were suppressed in the previous world became a little more natural in this world - of course, only a little. Occasionally, Tsunayoshi Sawada would get the temperature wrong, and he needed to pay more attention to control it well.
After rescuing Nakajima Atsushi, Sawada Tsunayoshi exited the death mode and his expression became unusually gloomy.
But before he could say anything, Dazai Osamu, also with a frown on his face, appeared in front of the two of them.
"That's a really good move." The black-haired boy sneered. Although it was a compliment, there was no compliment in his words. Instead, he was secretly furious. "It's completely beyond my expectations, Nakajima-kun. It's a really smart move. You only need a small chess piece like you to maximize the benefits. This is a plan that even Mr. Mori would applaud. I didn't expect you to have this trick up your sleeve."
Nakajima Atsushi seemed to be completely unaware of the fact that Dazai Osamu had become gloomy and weird.
He just knew intuitively that the other person was angry, but he had no idea why he was angry... Wasn't this what he did before?
Seeing Dazai Osamu's arrival, Sawada Tsunayoshi also quietly retreated.
He randomly found a park and sat on the swing childishly, swaying back and forth, and couldn't help but recall the past.
He seemed to find the shadow of his former partner in Nakajima Atsushi's dazed expression.
That was when we first met.
At that time, his reliable right-hand man had not yet grown into the thorough and careful person he is now, and was still mentally immature.
The most fatal of these, and what made his teacher Shamar the most dissatisfied, was Jigokudera Hayato's disregard for his own life.
The guy who shouted that he would devote his life to the most beloved Judaime did not care about his own life at all, so even when developing new moves, he started by hurting himself - until Varian came.
Sawada Tsunayoshi closed his eyes, and the image of the silver-haired boy who was determined to win and gain value even if he was covered in wounds flashed through his mind.
He swung on the swing boredly, still feeling uneasy.
After a while, the brown-haired young man sighed and walked resignedly in the direction he came from.
——Just call her mom, anyway, he also called her Scotland (crossed out), and he has been a babysitter to Rambo and the others for so many years, it’s almost the same.
Sure enough, when he walked to where Nakajima Atsushi and Dazai Osamu were, the only one left was a white-haired boy with a blank look on his face.
Sawada Tsunayoshi looked at him first. The white-haired young man looked like a rag doll. It was a wonder that he could still stay awake.
Compared with physical injuries, psychological damage is probably more fatal.
Sawada Tsunayoshi didn't know what Dazai Osamu said to him, but it was something that he could guess with his toes.
Dazai Osamu hates dogs. He hates their loyalty. He hates dogs that just follow their owners around blindly and have no self.
And Nakajima Atsushi didn't know why he hated it, so he could only try hard and clumsily to follow Dazai Osamu, carefully not to do things that Dazai Osamu might hate, and tried hard to be someone who could be seen in Dazai Osamu's eyes - or a tiny speck of dust.
But now, his wish has been shattered.
Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but sigh, and squatted in front of the young man whose eyes had lost their light.
"Are you sad?" he said.
Nakajima Atsushi slowly came to his senses and looked at him. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. Instead, this action pulled on the wound, causing red liquid to flow down his cheek.
Sawada Tsunayoshi felt a little bit reluctant.
Dazai Osamu is gone, but that kid isn't a bad guy.
Seeing Nakajima Atsushi injured like this, besides being annoyed at having his plan disrupted, the black-haired boy probably also had some kind of anger in his heart that he himself was not even aware of.
Tsunayoshi Sawada knew the source of this anger.
Because he had also been anxious and angry for the same reason, but unlike Dazai Osamu, he was better at revealing his inner thoughts in front of his friends.
So he once shouted out loud.
——【If you die, everything will be meaningless.】
Therefore, now, faced with an event that was different in situation but similar to the core to the point of being frightening, he couldn't help but squat down and hold Nakajima Atsushi's cheeks with both hands.
"If you die, everything will be meaningless." He said softly, "Atsushi-kun wants to follow Dazai, right? If you die, you can't do it."
Such a possibility made Nakajima Atsushi's eyes widen suddenly.
He was trying hard to refute something, and some parts of his body were changing back and forth between tiger and normal human as his emotions went up and down. Black words were floating suppressively around him, also revealing the young man's excited emotions.
Normally, ordinary people should avoid situations where people with special abilities are on the verge of going berserk.
However, the master of art, Tsunayoshi Sawada, was brave. He squatted in front of the young man and even had time to reach out his hand and wipe away a drop of transparent tear from around the topaz-like pupils.
Are you afraid?
Because there is no possibility of following Dazai Osamu anymore.
Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't bear it, but if he allowed Nakajima Atsushi to continue to develop recklessly, this child would become someone who couldn't see himself.
He raised his head and the words belonging to Nakajima Atsushi kept changing.
He recalled the words floating around Nakajima Atsushi when he first came into contact with him in the form of a tiger.
[I am deeply afraid that I am not a beautiful jade, so I dare not work hard to polish it.]
Seems like an overly timid child.
Nakajima Atsushi reached out his hand and gently pulled the corner of his clothes like a helpless child.
"What should I do..." he asked in panic, "Then what should I do..."
Sawada Tsunayoshi was silent for a moment.
He lowered his head, and there seemed to be golden-red flames flickering in his brown pupils, revealing a bit of intimidation and oppression for a moment.
“You have to survive,” he said.
Seeing that the white-haired boy’s eyes were still dark and puzzled, he obviously couldn’t understand these words - but why couldn’t he understand?
Sawada Tsunayoshi lowered his eyes and pressed Nakajima Atsushi with a little force, allowing the other person's scattered pupils to focus again.
We cannot treat this child the same way we treated Hayato... He is an overly "stupid" child and needs to be treated according to what he believes to be logic.
Then Sawada Tsunayoshi was silent for a moment and said, "I saved you."
Nakajima Atsushi recalled that it was this person who saved him from a life-threatening situation.
Therefore, even though he didn't know how the other party suddenly brought up this point, the honest boy still nodded.
Sawada Tsunayoshi said: "In this case, your life belongs to me."
While the little white-haired tiger seemed to have not yet reacted, Sawada Tsunayoshi quickly said: "Yes, because I saved you - if it weren't for me, maybe you would have died, so your life was saved by me, right?"
Nakajima Atsushi nodded dazedly, still recalling Dazai Osamu's words "I don't need a stupid dog" in his mind.
Sawada Tsunayoshi secretly exhaled, but his face remained stern - he even secretly lit a fire and "announced" firmly and unquestionably.
"Then your life is mine," he said, "and you cannot easily squander it when I forbid it."
Looking at the confused expression of the white-haired boy, he couldn't help but soften his voice, and his tough tone was filled with some gentle, as if coaxing tones.
"Do you understand, Atsushi-kun?
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