Chapter 141 I want to save you, can I?
...Can his family learn from the neighbor's world awareness and be more fashionable and smooth?
Qian Jianmu's mood was so complicated for the first time.
Although it is possible to select a point in time to go back, it will take too long. The ratio of the time the leader dominates the world and the parallel world is still a terrifying 1:30, which means that the 48 minutes the leader dominates the world is one day in the parallel world.
There are only six days left in the parallel world, and the total time he can exist in the world of the leader is not even more than five hours.
There will be time loss in the time reversal. In order to ask the leader about the specific time of death, he must find an accurate insider. In the end, he chose the world consciousness as the intelligence provider.
The attitude of the world consciousness towards him became much calmer, but this level of calmness probably meant that they regarded him as a complete variable and let him go. After he asked, they said that they could take the initiative to send him over.
Chijianmu didn't think too much about it. It would take some time for him to calculate the coordinates, and he also needed to know the exact time of Dazai Osamu's death. So he simply handed over the power of a certain time jump to the world consciousness as a reward for his help.
...He is indeed an old-fashioned man who even uses data transmission for communication. He is really not lying.
The time of death is the time of death.
Standing on the rooftop of the Port Mafia, Qian Jianmu looked at the crowd gathered below the tall building in silence. The moment he came to his senses, the leader Zai had just fallen to his death.
...The meaning of the death time does not mean that he will witness Dazai Osamu's death...
"Who are you!"
Ignoring the voices of Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Nakajima Atsushi behind him, Sengenmaku dodged their attacks and silently calculated in his mind how far back in time he would have to jump.
Dazai Osamu himself may not be affected by the time travel.
His "ineffectiveness" is too buggy. The unnatural forces in the world are ineffective against him, so Chiba is very worried. Even if time is turned back to before his death, the world will go back, but Dazai Osamu will not.
Qian Jianmu was even worried that the changes to the timeline would be invalid after the timeline jumped.
In other words, he is a bit like Qian Jianmu. They change the timeline, but their consciousness and even their bodies will not change at all and they are free from the world.
Dazai Osamu is already dead in this timeline. Even if the past is changed, will Dazai Osamu still die, just like the end of time?
When it comes to the time dimension, everything suddenly becomes very complicated. If we add the issue of physical differences, the complexity increases exponentially. Fortunately, Qian Jianmu found a way to skip the bug conflict.
Then let's jump to half a minute before Dazai Osamu's death.
He didn't know what happened, but he must have been standing here ready to jump.
After dodging Nakajima Atsushi's attack, Chigenmaku ignored the boys' voices and lowered his head to confirm the numbers on the space-time compass.
Do you really want to save him? Even at this point, even though he was going to complete this plan no matter what, he still felt a little nervous.
… He shouldn’t actually interfere. Life must be very hard.
However, is there a slight possibility in that letter that he really wants to see the cherry blossoms next year?
As long as there is just a little bit of possibility, it is enough.
In the final analysis, he just wanted to do it, so he accepted all the consequences.
The next moment, preparations were complete, and time jumped forward—
Drag the progress bar to half a minute ago.
The young man leaned back in the air, the strong wind blew across the corners of his clothes, and they fell.
His fall from a building several hundred meters high was as light as a fallen leaf.
The timing of Qianjianmu was just right.
In order to reduce the possible conflicts in the timeline, he had to try his best to make the curves of Dazai Osamu's life overlap.
If he jumps from here, there will be no possibility of being saved. As long as he is allowed to "die" normally, and go through all the twists and turns such as the funeral, and wait until the timeline that has been gone through is completed, Dazai Osamu can avoid the possible conclusion of the timeline.
Then,
In front of the two young men who witnessed Dazai Osamu jumping off the building from behind, Chigenmaku tightly grasped the small compass in his hand and took two steps forward.
Then, jump together!
***
“…”
Dazai Osamu looked up at the huge golden halo and was speechless for a moment.
He had never actually seen this halo, but he always felt that this existence clearly did not belong to this world, so there was no need to guess who it belonged to.
During the brief period of weightlessness when his mind went blank during the fall, Dazai Osamu's eyes slid down slightly and he saw a shadow appear above him.
"……?"
The height of the Port Mafia is extremely exaggerated. Although there are only about 40 floors, the height is more than 300 meters. It takes about 7 to 8 seconds for a person to fall from a height of more than 300 meters under ideal conditions. Taking into account the air resistance and the posture of Dazai Osamu with his arms outstretched when landing, which actually increased the windward area, under various conditions, it will probably take longer to land.
Ten seconds may be a short time, but at this moment, it becomes extremely long.
With Dazai Osamu's brain power, at that moment his mind skipped over thoughts such as 'Why is he here', 'My most perfect suicide', 'Why did he jump down', 'He didn't bring a parachute', 'Is he going to commit suicide with me', etc., and then when he found that the boy adjusted his posture and tried to reach out and grab him, the thought turned into 'What is he doing? 'at a loss.
well--?
At this height, considering their physical qualities and abilities, even if they are caught, the best they can end up with is a bloody mess of their flesh and blood, right?
"——Got it!"
According to the 'breaking wind' principle, it is not difficult to catch up with Dazai Osamu in a few seconds by slightly changing the posture.
Now that most of the work had been completed, Qian Jianmu's mood was frighteningly calm. He firmly grasped the confused young man's hand and stuffed the space-time compass, which he no longer needed, into the young man's hand.
Then, holding Dazai Osamu's hand, he pressed jump.
The young man flashed in confusion and disappeared into the air before falling. A few milliseconds later, the Thousand Curtains also disappeared from their original location.
Strong winds blew through five buildings as people tried to recover the body, but found nothing.
Are you still alive?
Given Dazai Osamu's own strategy, it seems impossible for him to die so easily.
However, even though no body was seen, everyone inexplicably had a feeling - this person was indeed dead.
How can you survive if you jump from such a high building?
Apart from the disappearance of the body, the cause and effect are very coherent, and it seems that it doesn't matter if you just keep going all the way to the end.
The end point is that the person is indeed dead.
Only a few people realized that something was wrong, but that sense of disobedience was gradually erased by time, evolving from doubt to half-belief, and finally to certainty.
Yes, he is dead.
***
When hitting the ground, the internal organs of the body will be crushed inch by inch, like a piece of mud sticking to the ground.
This is still the most ideal state. If you hit an object in the middle of the journey, or the ground is uneven, the whole person will be shattered into pieces in an instant, and splattered everywhere.
It is indeed Dazai Osamu's favorite way to die, doing something wrong and taking revenge on society.
But the real experience is not the same thing.
Not everyone can feel the pain of falling to death, and everyone is already dead at this stage.
As soon as he landed on the ground, Dazai Osamu could hardly control his torso. Phantom pains made his limbs cramp and his stomach twitch urgently. Even though he didn't actually land on the ground, the feeling of 'already landing' inexplicably appeared in his mind. The feeling of being clearly dead but not dead almost made his heart stop.
Then, suppressing the discomfort in his body, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the boy who was breathing slightly in front of him, complaining breathlessly:
"Are you free? Don't disturb me as I rush to my end..."
"If you want to continue, I'll take you back."
Qian Jian realized it later and broke out in a cold sweat. He asked in a casual manner, as if he would really send him back if he really wanted to go back.
“…”
The corners of his lips twitched, but the leader's heartbeat hadn't slowed down yet. He made a bitter face:
"No, let's try another way to die..."
He was almost tortured to death by the feeling of being 'dead'. If he died now, it would be like being scared to death, which would be too embarrassing!
Leaning back, he was vaguely aware that he was at a shrine, and through the gaps in the trees, five buildings loomed majestically.
"……here?"
He suddenly realized, his eyebrows softened, and he sighed:
“You succeeded.”
It is no longer a huge complex of buildings, white two-story buildings and huge cherry trees, nor is it a different space where you see the same scenery wherever you go, but a real space where you can see the real world.
This sense of dislocation made him dazed for a moment. The high pressure and stimulation of the past few days suddenly relaxed at this moment, and he just stared silently at the five distant buildings.
The white-haired boy looked at him for a while, then ran back to the shrine room, took out a large down jacket, and wrapped it around him. After the adrenaline subsided, the body that was blown away by the cold wind and became even colder due to cold sweat slowly stopped trembling under the soft warmth.
"I made my own decision." The young man lowered his eyes: "If you want to rest, rest here. If you are really tired, I will not interfere."
"Why are you here?"
"You wrote the letter."
"Ah...that?" Dazai Osamu was a little dazed. Although it happened not long ago, he didn't think much about it when he wrote it. Now when he recalled it, he was more analyzing how this letter led to such consequences under various factors such as subconsciousness.
"It's just... a suicide note, right?" He was a little troubled, his voice was very soft, with a subtle resistance to avoid something, but his tone was very normal: "It's normal to leave a suicide note before committing suicide, right?"
In the final analysis, the fact that Oda Sakunosuke was able to leave a suicide note to a world that had nothing to do with him, to some extent, also meant that there was really no one to say anything more to him or to entrust anything to him.
This also indirectly proves that his death was due to the fact that he had nowhere to go and no reason to live.
To be irresponsible, it is precisely because the Oda Sakunosuke in this world is not the one he protects, and because the Dazai Osamu in this world probably does not have the energy to get to know Oda Sakunosuke, that he would do such a willful thing.
Anyway, it's a suicide note from a stranger, so it doesn't matter if he sees it, right?
He even wrote a few extra letters to help the Armed Detective Agency keep track of time. Anyway, according to Oda Sakunosuke's rate of laziness, it would take him five or six years, or even ten years, to write the sixth article.
But Edogawa Ranpo would never meddle in other people's affairs, he was confident.
He miscalculated two things. First, Oda Sakunosuke needed to raise children, so he had to write more articles and worked very hard. Second, Edogawa Ranpo sent his letter earlier for some purpose.
Then, he was seen by Qian Jianmu.
He thought it was no big deal, but to his surprise, the boy, who should have been unmoved, actually came to save him.
What happened?
In response to the rhetorical question in his suicide note, the boy fell silent, seeming to be confused and struggling.
Although he also had tons of emotions to deal with, Dazai Osamu had already instinctively used reason to control his body. He looked at the boy inquiringly for a while and sighed deeply:
"So, what is it for? Is someone guiding you?"
If Qian Jianmu were to learn of his death alone, he would struggle but most likely would not do anything.
The only one who can guide his letters, tell Chiba, and push Chiba to save him is only one person.
It's Edogawa Ranpo, right?
The answer came without much thought. Leader Dazai Osamu confirmed almost instantly that Edogawa Ranpo's plan involved him, and even that this matter must be related to the Sengenbaku.
He was even sure that Qian Jianmu could see through this almost obvious thing, but Qian Jianmu's attitude seemed to be that he didn't care at all and didn't think about it.
He felt a little disappointed with his friend. Even for him, after reading so many memories and knowing a person so well, he would not suddenly trust that person so much. Sengenmaku's trust in him and Edogawa Ranpo exceeded the limit from the very beginning. Who would have thought that now, not only did he not feel anything wrong, but his trust in him had deepened?
Could you please be more careful?
However, even at this time, the answer given by Qian Jianmu made him feel a little powerless.
"Ranpo did have some reasons, but..."
...But what? So you think there's nothing wrong with Edogawa Ranpo, right?
However, Dazai Osamu saw that the boy turned his head away, a little hesitant, with white hair hanging between his eyebrows, and his expression could not be seen clearly.
He displayed a rare uncomfortable attitude, and his tone was hesitant.
"We didn't say goodbye. If you have any desire to live... I don't want you to die, can I?"
It was a very faint voice, and there was a subtle difference in the tone of the last sentence.
“…”
Dazai Osamu suddenly choked.
"Life is painful... So, if there is a next time, I won't act on my own, sorry."
The usually calm man spoke with a difficult tone. He did not regret what he had done, but there was still a hint of apology in his tone. He was very serious about admitting his mistakes and making amends:
"Now, we have met. After we say goodbye, you can choose whatever you want..."
simply……
It was as if 'saving a dying person' was some kind of monstrous wrong for him.
Those blaming words suddenly got stuck in my throat and I couldn't spit them out.
When people save others, they never care what the person who is heading for death thinks. They are complacent and happy that they have saved a life. They don't care about the hard future of others, or the mess in others' lives. They even blame the person who committed suicide and ask him to apologize to them and admit his mistakes.
Yet right before his eyes, someone was confessing.
Clearly saying:
"I just want to save you...Isn't that okay?"
Beneath the bluff, there is an extremely humble question:
"I know this is wrong, but I want to save you, okay?"
The worrier's instincts were used in such a strange way that he even heard a faint whisper behind the words.
"If there is any possibility, can you stay?"
"But if it's painful, forget it."
I want to keep someone, but I also know the pain of life.
Behind every person who wanted to die, he would quietly extend his hand, but when he saw the person's determination to die, he would quietly retract his hand.
…
A certain sense of confusion made Dazai Osamu feel absurd, and the hairs on his back stood up. He almost fell into the instinctive reflex of fight and flight.
because,
He had done this countless times, but he didn't have the courage to actually say it.
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