"I haven't thought of an ending yet, but if I do, I'll tell Dazai about it."

Oda Sakunosuke said seriously.

The girl raised her head and looked at Oda Sakunosuke's face. He looked at her seriously and spoke, as if the words he said would definitely come true.

He is serious and will actually do it.

"Where are you going to go, Odasaku?"

"I want to raise my child and then write novels." Oda Sakunosuke thought carefully and finally answered, "Raising a child is a bit expensive, maybe I will find a few jobs."

"That's really good." The black-haired girl praised.

"Then - let's go to a bright place." The girl suggested again.

Oda Sakunosuke was stunned.

"A bright place?" Oda Sakunosuke asked in surprise.

"Wouldn't it be nice to walk in the light with the children? Then find a stable job, adopt a few more children, and slowly write some novels. Isn't this the kind of life that Oda Saku wants?" the black-haired girl suggested.

It was as if she had imagined this countless times and imagined this kind of life for countless days and nights.

Oda Sakunosuke thought about this kind of life and nodded, "That's right."

Then he turned around and looked at Dazai Osamu standing next to him: "So Dazai, do you want to come with us?"

This time it was Dazai Osamu's turn to be stunned.

"With Odasaku——"

The black-haired girl suddenly spoke.

Dazai Osamu, who was originally standing with his head down, suddenly raised his head and looked at the black-haired girl. The expression on the black-haired girl's face did not change at all, as if it was not her who said these words.

Her expression was calm: "Wouldn't it be nice to work with Oda Sakunosuke?"

There was a hint of struggle and regret in her tone.

"With Odasaku..."

At this moment, Dazai Osamu finally understood something.

It was like a door was suddenly pushed open, and the truth inside was beyond his expectations, or perhaps he had already guessed part of it. Now that he was truly exposed to the reality of everything, he realized what a big thing the girl in front of him had done.

Crazy.

She changed certain events that were bound to be the ending.

Dazai Osamu thought so.

"Then let's go back." Oda Sakunosuke suggested, and he turned around, "The boss should have prepared the meal, Dazai should come and eat with us."

It's over.

Oda Sakunosuke thought so the moment he turned around.

Finally, everything has settled.

Those things he might have lost, the laughter of his children, and his future as a novelist, all had their own miniatures and their own places.

It was as if the sunshine was really falling on him, and the reversal of everything was so incredible.

Maybe in the future he will work in the same unit with Dazai Osamu, drink together after get off work, raise their glasses together, complain together, and finally clink the glasses together, accompanied by a crisp collision sound, to toast the stray dogs again.

They may have a chance to relax together, and they will walk in the light, towards their future.

Unbelievable.

But it is reality.

It allowed them to pass through the darkest past and move towards the future.

At this time, Oda Sakunosuke couldn't help but think of the children he adopted. He was about to ask Dazai Osamu to see the children, but he found that there was no sound behind him.

Then there was a cough.

Hearing the voice behind him, Oda Sakunosuke turned around.

The black-haired girl's face was pale. She staggered on the spot and finally stumbled and fell to the ground.

The face was pale in the sunlight, like a thin layer of white paper. This person looked so fragile and vulnerable.

There was blood at the corner of her mouth. Oda Sakunosuke noticed a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of the girl's mouth, and finally sliding down the corner of her jaw. As the blood dripped, it was as if a switch was pressed, and she began to cough hard.

The cough was heart-wrenching, as if it was tearing the whole person in half. The bandage on the girl's body was stained with blood, and finally turned red, gradually spreading outward, making the dark-colored witch costume even more weird.

“【Dazai】…?”

When the dazzling red color entered Oda Sakunosuke's eyes, he was already stunned. He didn't know what had happened to Dazai Osamu. His friend, who was laughing with him just now, now looked so weak as if he was in danger.

"Ha...ha, Odasaku..."

The girl wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with some difficulty. She took two deep breaths, as if even breathing was a difficult thing for her.

"No, it doesn't matter..."

The black-haired girl raised the corners of her mouth with difficulty and found that she really had no strength to move. Endless darkness came over her, bringing with it a feeling of sleepiness and heaviness, as if death was about to take her away.

Oda Sakunosuke walked forward quickly, not noticing Dazai Osamu standing beside him. The latter was expressionless, watching everything that happened with his iris-colored eyes without emotion.

As if he had expected it.

He was like a complete bystander, watching himself die in another world.

"[Chuuya]." Osamu Dazai spoke.

As Dazai Osamu opened his mouth, as if summoned by something, Oda Sakunosuke saw the ochre-haired girl in kimono appear at some point, wearing wooden clogs and walking slowly towards them step by step.

God.

Oda Sakunosuke didn't know what was going on. When she reached out her hand, she subconsciously let go and handed the "Dazai Osamu" in her hand to the brown-haired girl.

“Chuye…” The black-haired girl took two slow breaths. Even in this body, her eyes were bright, with a slightly different color, also carrying light and the pursuit of death.

"You're looking for death so soon, what a bastard, Dazai." The auburn-haired girl gritted her teeth as if she wanted to beat up the black-haired girl in front of her, "You can die now."

"Stupid."

They usually exchanged names, but when [Nakahara Chuuya] unceremoniously called [Dazai Osamu] "idiot", the latter did not even respond at all. She closed her eyes and leaned against the ochre-haired girl quietly, as if she was truly unconscious and had no anger.

The ochre-haired girl slowly bent down and picked up the black-haired girl. The two of them were about the same height, so even if they hugged each other sideways, there wouldn't be much of a sense of incongruity.

"My Lord God..." Oda Sakunosuke looked at Dazai Osamu in the hands of Nakahara Chuuya with some concern, and said, "What's wrong with Dazai?"

It was clearly fine just now.

I was just saying I wanted to see the ending of his novel, but now I'm down.

Oda Sakunosuke had never seen Dazai Osamu like this before.

No matter what happened, I have never seen it.

In his memory, Dazai Osamu was careless and nonchalant about everything. In his impression, other people's comments on Dazai Osamu were cold and scary. He was also a weirdo who always pursued death and even thought about death when drinking.

Although Dazai Osamu in the other world is a girl, it's still the same.

She has her own temper like Dazai Osamu, and her smile is as beautiful as in his memory. Many of her actions seem to have no reason, but she still does them. This is very much like a child... and she has no sense of her own when it comes to certain distances and boundaries.

He had never seen Dazai Osamu smile so happily.

Dazai Osamu had never laughed from the bottom of his heart.

But just now he saw such a smile.

But Dazai Osamu became like this.

It seemed as if I was about to embrace death in the next second, and as if I was about to go to another world when I closed my eyes.

"This guy..."

The expression on the ochre-haired girl's face was somewhat irritable. The girl's restlessness was reflected in the expression on her face, and it was obvious that she wanted to beat Dazai Osamu up.

But there was no way to do it.

"You're looking for death." The ochre-haired girl said bluntly.

"But it's almost done." The ochre-haired girl added, as if she had thought of something.

Oda Sakunosuke widened his eyes: "What do you mean?"

The ochre-haired girl: “That’s what I mean.”

The girl looked at Dazai Osamu impatiently and said, "If you have any questions, just ask the mackerel next to you. He knows some things."

"Why are you pretending to be stupid?" the girl said sarcastically.

Oda Sakunosuke looked at Dazai Osamu.

The latter's expression didn't change after hearing the girl's words. He stood there with his head down, his one iris-colored eye reflecting the meaningless light. His whole body was filled with death, just like the expression he had when his head was being grabbed just now.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the ochre-haired girl.

【Nakahara Chuuya】looked at him.

Dazai Osamu then spoke: "Is this the price?"

The ochre-haired girl narrowed her eyes.

She replied, "Yes."

At this moment, Oda Sakunosuke suddenly remembered what Nakahara Chuuya said after he rescued the children he adopted.

【The price has already been paid.】

Could it be that...

He looked at the unconscious girl in disbelief.

"The price..." Oda Sakunosuke took a step forward, "What is the price?"

"Price?" The ochre-haired girl frowned when she heard what Oda Sakunosuke said. She didn't seem to be in the mood to stay here any longer, but after seeing Oda Sakunosuke's stubborn eyes, she still spoke, "What did that guy pursue? She said something like... 'Isn't this exchange worth it?' Isn't it clear to you now?"

Oda Sakunosuke responded.

He seemed to know.

Isn't there only one thing that Dazai Osamu has been pursuing, and has been talking about for a long time but has not been able to achieve?

pain.

asphyxia.

You are in heaven one second and in hell the next.

He clearly heard [Nakahara Chuuya] say: "The new life this guy just regained is the price to pay."