Chapter 59
Dazai Osamu is quietly preparing to defect from the Port Mafia.
He didn't tell anyone, and he didn't make any announcement to the outside world.
Because Dazai Osamu intends to go to a bright place.
The reason is simple, I want to find the meaning of my life in another place...
It is also for atonement.
At least he was sure that after losing Kamado Miryu, PortMafia no longer had what he wanted.
Dazai Osamu thought that he could find the dawn of light to fill his loneliness in this place full of blood and violence, see the hope of survival, and discover through human nature what is worth his stop and learning.
He did find it.
But this is not brought about by the mafia environment, but comes from a specific person.
If Dazai Osamu had met the other person somewhere else, the result would have been the same.
For him, there is actually not much difference between the two environments of justice and darkness, and Dazai Osamu can easily see through the human nature of both sides.
In that case, why not go to where the other person is expecting you to be... to atone your sins.
Some things you only understand when you lose them.
And what you want will be lost before you get it.
This paradoxical truth... Dazai Osamu was willing to accept it.
He would not offer any rebuttal.
Continue to live in this decayed and oxidized world.
——This is a punishment for him.
***
At Kamado Miru's funeral, more people attended than expected.
The other party had helped countless people in Port Mafia, whether they were the men in the armory, the black lizards, or the ordinary grassroots people wandering on the edge. Members of all the large and small departments within the organization came to place a bouquet of flowers.
Even Mori Ogai himself was present.
At this time, the good popularity that the other party has accumulated in PortMafia is clearly and intuitively reflected.
Nakahara Chuuya rushed back to Yokohama from Europe on the day of the funeral. The first thing he did after getting off the plane was to find Dazai Osamu.
He punched him hard in the face.
"Why did you let the traitor who attacked the weapons depot escape?"
According to subsequent investigations, PortMafia's armory was attacked by a traitor named Haruki Kojima.
The enemy was extremely cunning. They attacked armories No. 3, No. 4, No. 6 and No. 9 successively, creating appropriate chaos, and finally used means to successfully escape from armory No. 5.
...using means? ? ?
Fuck the means.
Nakahara Chuuya knew very well that no matter how strong a person's skills were, it would be impossible for him to escape from under Dazai Osamu's nose.
Mori Ogai also obviously began to have doubts.
Because of this incident, he suspended Dazai Osamu's activities for a period of time and gave him several days off, under the pretext of letting him have a good rest.
In fact it may be a warning.
There must be something hidden.
The ochre-red-haired boy wearing a top hat grabbed Dazai Osamu's collar tightly, biting his back teeth together as if he wanted to chew it to pieces: "What exactly happened at that time?"
"There's nothing hidden."
Dazai Osamu's words expressed what Nakahara Chuuya was thinking.
His expression was as gray as death, and his scattered black hair obscured his iris-colored eyes: "The truth is what you see."
"Jianliu died because of me."
"I miscalculated."
"ha?!?"
"The person is already dead. Is there any point in talking about this now?"
"You TM..."
Nakahara Chuuya clenched his fist again and punched him in the face.
However, the fist ended up hitting the wall next to the black-haired boy's ear.
A huge airflow blew the two people's hair, and the gray wall suddenly sank back into a large broken pit.
The expression on Dazai Osamu's face at this moment was something that even Nakahara Chuuya, who claimed to have been a partner with him for a long time and knew this bastard very well, had never seen before.
This kind of... look like a defeated dog.
The two of them gradually fell into silence.
No one spoke again.
***
On the penultimate day before Dazai Osamu prepared to defect, PortMafia was attacked by Mimic.
Because he was given a vacation by Mori Ogai, he did not get involved in this incident.
However, the enemy found Oda Sakunosuke through unknown channels and insisted on asking him to provide those people with a way to atone for their sins.
Dazai Osamu found it very strange.
Why did the Mimic leader specifically ask for Odasaku?
Thanks to this incident, Chief Mori gave Oda Sakugin a handwritten letter and personally sent him to investigate the Mimic incident.
That night, he, Oda Sakunosuke and Sakaguchi Ango had a final drink at Lunpin Bar and talked about many things.
For example, he planned to defect to the Port Mafia the next day, and asked Odasaku if he wanted to leave Mimic's mess behind and join him.
For example, Ango Sakaguchi is a triple undercover agent of the Supernatural Special Agents Division.
According to Ango, Mimics are a group of ghosts wandering the world, living only to find a battlefield. This so-called way of atonement is probably to let Odasaku kill them.
Of course Odasaku would not agree.
Mimic had sneaked into Yokohama a few weeks ago.
Naturally, they approached Ango Sakaguchi, who had gone on a business trip to Europe two years ago and infiltrated their organization as an undercover agent, and asked him to be the insider of PortMafia.
Of course, it is impossible for Ango Sakaguchi to be an insider.
It was only a matter of time before his undercover identity was discovered.
This incident was a crisis as well as an opportunity. Ango Sakaguchi originally wanted to use the exposure of his undercover identity to provoke a fight between the two sides, thereby escaping from Mimic and the Port Mafia and returning to the Supernatural Agent Department.
But I don’t know why…
Mimic's people didn't kidnap him.
They continued to act as usual, as if they had not noticed anything.
This means that Ango can escape anytime he wants.
He even suspected that Mimic had discovered his true identity as a special agent department, and wanted to suddenly appear and catch them all in one fell swoop when he met up with the officials.
To this end, Sakaguchi Ango deliberately tested Gide several times.
The results of the test showed that...
He really seemed to be overthinking it.
So there is no need to design any people or events. On the eve of leaving Port Mafia completely, Ango Sakaguchi just came to Lupin Bar and told his two friends about this matter.
He had come prepared for the possibility that he might not leave Lupin alive.
Even so, he wanted to come here one last time.
"Wait, Dazai..."
Sakaguchi Ango was in an extremely heavy mood and almost spit out the wine in his mouth after hearing something his friend said.
"What did you just say you were going to do tomorrow???"
"I said I want to defect from PortMafia."
"You, you are not kidding, right?"
"How could that be? All preparations have been made—"
Dazai Osamu smiled and turned his head, looking at Sakaguchi Ango with a half-smile.
Unlike his light-hearted tone, the boy's iris-colored eyes shrouded in darkness were deep and dark, as if they would never see the light, making people subconsciously feel creepy.
"I'm serious."
Sakaguchi Ango: “…”
"In that case, how about a special agent..."
"Ango, you seem to have misunderstood something."
Dazai Osamu interrupted him expressionlessly: "My defection is my own business."
"You don't really think I don't mind the fact that you're an undercover agent in the Special Powers Division, do you?"
“Dazai…”
Oda Sakunosuke frowned and couldn't help but call him.
"What if Mimic finds out who you are?"
The black-haired boy with fluffy and slightly curly hair lowered his eyes and stared at the wine glass in front of him stubbornly: "In fact, they didn't find out your identity. This is what surprises me the most."
"If they really find out, they will definitely punish you."
"I'm currently resting. Mr. Mori sent Odasaku to deal with Mimic, so you're bound to clash by then."
"Ango, can you promise not to use Odasaku to achieve your goal of returning to the military and police?"
The air was quiet for a few seconds because of Dazai's soft words.
Sakaguchi Ango said nothing.
"I don't want to see any temptation now..."
“But these are all hypotheticals.”
Oda Sakunosuke's steady voice sounded again, ending the sudden tense atmosphere in the bar.
His tone was like a calm lake touched by a breeze, which could unconsciously create ripples.
"Dazai, nothing is happening right now."
"The three of us are still sitting here fine."
Dazai Osamu: “…”
"Is that so? That's true, Odasaku."
"These are just my imaginations."
"Sometimes I feel like you and Jianliu-kun are really alike."
He gently shook the bottom of the cup in his hand and stared quietly at the ice ball floating on it.
However, Dazai Osamu was very clear that they were two people with completely different personalities.
"Shendu Jun..."
Sakaguchi Ango silently withdrew his gaze, his tone even more silent than before.
"I told him before that if we really go our separate ways one day, it would be good for him to stay."
“Who would have thought…”
"Ango."
"Ji Liu is also an undercover agent of the Special Powers Division, right?"
"!!?"
Sakaguchi Ango suddenly looked up at Dazai Osamu: "You, you know?!"
How did he know that? ? !
"In that case, Kojima, no... the incident with Haruki Eguchi..."
"Oh - Ango, you know that guy too."
Dazai Osamu glanced at the black-haired young man with a surprised face and said calmly: "How is he now?"
"… He stayed in the Special Ability Agent Department and didn't see anyone."
"That guy has a valuable ability to invent things, and is a key protected person by the government, so I'm afraid there's no chance of him coming out for activities again in the future."
"As for why I know clearly..."
Sakaguchi Ango's tone became serious again: "I was the person in charge when Shen Du-kun was lurking in the port mafia."
"His actions are under my supervision and protection."
The small bar fell silent again.
"Ango, please go."
Dazai Osamu put down the wine glass in his hand.
"Although I am still a cadre of the Port Mafia today."
"But I will not pursue your identity as a superpower spy."
"You go now."
Sakaguchi Ango: “…”
"I see."
He did not make too many excuses for himself and stood up from his seat in unusual silence.
"Dazai, Odasaku..."
"If you run into any trouble in the future, you can always come to me."
"Take care of yourself."
The three went their separate ways at Lupin.
However, there is definitely a possibility that they will meet again in the future.
***
Although I don't want to admit it, the subsequent developments were indeed as Sakaguchi Ango said. Mimic's leader Gide took a series of measures.
They did not accept Oda Sakunosuke's verbal rejection and invitation to join the bright world, and even massacred Oda Sakunosuke's five adopted children just to get him to go to the mansion for the appointment.
"Odasaku, don't be impulsive."
When Dazai Osamu heard the news, he rushed to the curry shop immediately and said, "This matter is very strange."
Because there are many doubts.
There are so many things that are wrong.
First, there were the scenes where the children died, with large pieces of broken limbs and body parts so fragmented that it was impossible to piece together a complete body.
The only clear sightings were limbs scattered on the ground in their clothes... and all of them had their heads chopped off.
The second is Mimic's whereabouts.
They are indeed as erratic as ghosts, but every time they appear they can accurately find Odasaku and know more than a little about the internal environment of PortMafia.
It was as if someone had told them in advance.
Is that Ango?
No, the other party didn't say too much in order to deliberately reveal his flaws, and now he has even returned to the Special Ability Agent Department.
It was also puzzling that they hadn't discovered Ango's identity before.
“…”
Unlike the black-haired boy whose brain was constantly working, Oda Sakunosuke knelt in a pool of blood and said nothing.
"Odasaku, there are some strange things."
Dazai Osamu tried to continue to persuade the other party: "The men I sent to investigate the news have already reported back."
"Mimic's whereabouts are not limited to that mansion."
"They have been seen in orphanages, nursing homes and many places where blood is donated."
It's like doing some non-compulsory labor on purpose.
Does doing these good things have any special meaning to them?
It's simply unbelievable.
He has sent someone to send the children's bloodstains to a testing agency. Without the most intuitive skulls, DNA testing is the fastest way.
There must be something in this whole incident that he was not aware of.
Dazai Osamu can't afford to lose another friend.
…
Unfortunately, Oda Sakunosuke could not wait for the result.
"Nothing strange, Dazai."
The second floor of the curry shop was littered with children's remains and the boss had disappeared. The bloody scene was so shocking that even the pure mafia would subconsciously feel uncomfortable and nauseous.
Oda Sakunosuke had been overwhelmed.
He refused to listen to anything and went to the mansion without hesitation.
“I won’t understand until I get there and confirm it.”
***
Dazai Osamu knew that it would be useless if he followed alone.
So he went directly to PortMafia headquarters, intending to bring the appropriate personnel to provide assistance, even though he was currently on "vacation".
However, after meeting Mori Ogai, Dazai Osamu immediately understood why Mimic came to Yokohama, why the other party did not let him intervene in this incident, and why Gide was so obsessed with Odasaku.
Dazai Osamu rushed to the mansion as fast as he could.
As he was crossing the bridge, he almost bumped into a black-haired young man holding a red umbrella.
It was indeed a rainy day, but no one cared about the insignificant drizzle.
Dazai Osamu glanced sideways at the black-haired young man's detective uniform and the red umbrella in his hand, then quickened his pace and left without stopping.
Only the black-haired young man who was almost hit grunted in dissatisfaction and took out his glasses from his pocket.
He was about to say something, but suddenly stopped.
After a long silence, the other party narrowed his emerald green eyes and looked up at the red umbrella covering his head.
“I see.”
“Is it gone now?”
***
In fact, there are still some details that Dazai Osamu doesn't understand.
Even Mori Ogai couldn't give an answer.
Such doubts continued until he stepped into the forest where the Mimic base camp was located, and Dazai Osamu was finally certain of something.
There were no signs of fighting or enemy corpses on the ground.
If Oda had really done it, Mimic would have suffered casualties, but the ground here was flat and clean.
Only a few shoe prints remained to prove that Odasaku had indeed been there.
Dazai Osamu's originally anxious movements subconsciously slowed down a bit.
He walked silently into the door of the mansion, climbed up the empty stairs, and reached the second floor unhindered.
The afterglow of the evening poured into the hall through the broken windows, and the warm sun softened the dusty bricks and tiles. The atmosphere was not as solemn as imagined.
Oda Sakunosuke was crying while holding his children.
"Dazai."
The red-haired young man turned back, his face no longer showing the previous despair: "You are right."
"The children are still alive."
The curry shop owner was not missing either.
They were tied up together and taken to this western-style house before anything could happen.
Dazai Osamu's pace slowed down completely and he turned his gaze to the silver-haired man who had retreated to the window.
"Who instructed you to do this?"
"No one."
"What is Ango's identity?"
"Of course he discovered it a long time ago, we just didn't touch him."
Gide had already put on his cloak. He side-glanced at the five children hugging each other not far away and said, "You should be thankful."
"If it were us in the past, we would have killed the children and let Sakunosuke put an end to us personally."
"However, now we want to gradually cleanse ourselves of the sins."
"The stand-ins for the children were the bodies of those who had died in the hospital, and their families were compensated as well."
Gide closed his eyes, put his hands on his chest, and looked out the window as if praying to God.
"Everything is in accordance with Lord Shendu's previous wishes."
"Now, we are going to pursue the scene he spoke of."
…
The empty mansion fell silent again, with only the frightened cries of the children echoing in the air.
Dazai Osamu couldn't utter another word.
He finally realized what he hadn't noticed.
After watching the Mimic leader break through the window and leave, the black-haired boy lowered his eyes and took out an old-fashioned flip phone from his pocket.
The phone seemed to have been broken, only the appearance looked intact.
When I opened the flip phone, the screen flickered several times before it lit up dimly.
At the same time, the window not far away shattered into pieces because of Gide's elbow, and the broken glass shards flew everywhere, just passing over the side of Dazai Osamu's eye.
The soft white bandage suddenly spread out at this moment——
The boy lowered his head unaware of anything, quietly looking at the screensaver on his phone.
It was a photo of two boys of similar age.
The face of the white-haired boy on the far left is a little unclear, and the cracks on the screen that had been broken just cover his face.
The broken screen seemed to symbolize the future relationship between the two teenagers in the photo, which could never go back to the way it was before.
Dazai Osamu just looked at her quietly with his completely exposed eyes, and did not speak for a long time.
He managed to save his friend.
Ango was not dealt with by Mimic, and Odasaku did not intend to die.
None of the worst things happened.
Because another friend he had killed with his own hands had already paved the way for him.
Dazai Osamu didn't know it until now.
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