Chapter 248 Chapter 248 Gathering at Lupin Bar.
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This afternoon, Dazai Osamu suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep while looking at the computer screen.
On the computer screen, a game icon suddenly disappeared.
When I woke up again, it was nightfall and the city lights shone into the room through the reflection of the glass windows.
Dazai Osamu woke up in a daze, touched his cheek and suddenly realized that something was missing.
He turned around in a daze and saw his own reflection in the transparent window.
I don't know when the window opened to the outside view, and the white bandage on my face disappeared without a trace.
It is impossible for someone else to remove the bandage from his head while he is sleeping, so there is only one possibility: the person who removed the bandage is himself.
But...why did he remove the bandage?
Dazai Osamu frowned, thinking that there was a gap in his memory.
He lowered his eyes and looked at himself, and found a black hair tie on his right wrist.
The hair tie has some wear and tear on the surface and is not in a new condition.
This hair tie is ordinary and can be used by both men and women, but Dazai Osamu felt that it was used by women.
Judging from the slight wear and tear on the surface, the pulling force of the male force will pull the hair rope wider.
And he actually wore the hair tie used by this woman on his wrist.
Why?
Dazai Osamu stared at the hair tie for a long time and laughed to himself.
"interesting."
He opened the drawer under his desk with familiarity, took out a white bandage, and wrapped it around his neck in the reflection of the glass window.
After doing this, Dazai began to look through the documents on his desk. The more he looked, the more convinced he became that he had indeed obtained important memories.
The document contained intelligence sent by subordinates, which stated the contents of the combined invasion.
besides--
He placed his hands on the table, folded his fingers and rested his chin.
Dazai Osamu lowered his eyes and looked at another document, which was an invitation for cooperation from the Italian mafia organization Vongola.
The purpose of the cooperation is to jointly take down the leader of the group, Francis.
What surprised him was that all his plans should have ended before the combined invasion, and by then he had already successfully pursued death and preserved the only world in which Odasaku could write novels.
And Vongola... is an Italian mafia organization that only exists in the main world.
This unstable world actually appeared.
Dazai Osamu confirmed that this happened suddenly.
In his previous memory, this organization did not exist.
He had a guess that this world had merged with other worlds.
And in his fragmented memories, perhaps there lies the answer to why they merged.
Suddenly, his hands became translucent, his chin had no support and his head dropped sharply.
Dazai Osamu was stunned, looking at his almost disappeared hands in surprise.
Soon, the disappeared hands returned to their original state and were able to touch the table.
He chuckled softly and glanced at the computer screen. A familiar game icon had disappeared at some point, and the date on the lower left corner of the computer was actually two and a half months later.
Dazai Osamu's memory stopped at the time when he asked Nakajima Atsushi to take Gin's photo to the cafe downstairs of the detective agency. It was a cloudy day, with dark clouds in the sky and heavy rain falling.
At night, he sat in front of the computer screen and opened the game, and his memory after that was now.
Dazai Osamu dialed the landline and asked Gin to come up.
Soon, there was a knock on the door.
Following Dazai Osamu's response, Gin pushed the door open and walked in.
When he saw Dazai Osamu, Gin showed a look of surprise.
"Mr. Dazai, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Yin stood respectfully in front of the table and asked with his eyes lowered.
Dazai Osamu observed Yin's expression and said jokingly, "Yin, you seemed a little surprised when you came in."
"yes."
Silver replied.
"Why."
Dazai Osamu asked in a declarative tone.
Yin frowned slightly, a puzzled look in his eyes.
"Your face is bandaged again."
"Haven't I always been like this?"
Dazai Osamu asked.
Yin continued to answer respectfully, "You said that if you wrapped too many bandages on your face, it would make it look like black and white, and there would be a dividing line, so you untied it."
Dazai Osamu blinked slowly and nodded deeply.
"I understand. Go down."
silver:"?"
Yin stared at the question mark on his head and left.
Dazai Osamu looked at the door that closed gently, and was sure that he had lost his memory for two and a half months.
He looked at the tea table on the sofa, and on the tea tray was an upside-down red teacup. That was the cup that Zhongyuan Chuye often used.
The appearance of this cup in this room means that Nakahara Chuuya has stayed in this room for a long time and has often come to him to discuss things recently.
There is also an exquisite tea can on the tea tray. If nothing unexpected happens, it must be the black tea that Zhongyuan Chuye likes to drink.
Dazai Osamu stood up and walked to the coffee table, picked up the tea can and opened it, verifying his guess.
He raised the corners of his lips, and the interest in his eyes became even more intense.
Nakahara Chuuya only brews black tea when he works long hours, which means that he once took over the leader's job for a period of time.
This situation will occur, indicating that——
"I'm missing."
Dazai Osamu's words echoed in the empty room.
He listened to his own echo and felt lonely for some reason.
Mingming has been spending most of his time alone in this room for a long time.
So where did he go during these two and a half months, and why did his memory disappear?
Dazai Osamu opened the door and walked out.
The guard at the door bowed respectfully and asked him if he was going out and if he needed a guard to follow him secretly.
Dazai Osamu curled the corners of his lips and rejected the guard's request.
Soon, he was walking on the streets of Yokohama, taking off the hair tie on his wrist and putting it in his pocket.
Dazai Osamu walked aimlessly to the entrance of a dim alley where there was a bar.
The bar carries many memories from another time and space. The sound of clinking glasses is so crisp that it always comes to mind late at night.
Suddenly, two furtive voices were heard.
Dazai Osamu came to his senses and found a man and a woman standing in the corner of the entrance of Lupin Bar.
The man had short, slightly curly white hair and was wearing a white coat, a pink shirt, and black trousers. He looked like a teacher who had suddenly appeared from the school health center.
The woman was wearing a black sleeveless hooded sweatshirt with black sleeves on her arms and casual and convenient overalls.
She has long, smooth black hair that falls simply down her back.
They were whispering to each other, looking at the transparent air in front of them from time to time.
But there was clearly nothing in front of them.
But Dazai Osamu analyzed from the expressions and gazes of the two people that there was something in front of them.
And this thing is something only they can see.
Dazai Osamu found it interesting and called them.
"The two over there—"
For some reason, they were surprised to see me.
Dazai Osamu inexplicably found that the man and woman seemed to know him and were surprised by his appearance.
Then, they were like performing a face-changing show, with their facial expressions changing very quickly, and in the end they looked like they wanted to beat someone up.
Dazai Osamu smiled and invited them, wanting to get close to them to see what secrets they were hiding.
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Dazai Osamu pushed open the wooden door of the bar, and along with the ringing of the bell at the door, the creaking sound of his feet on the floor was heard.
Li Xiaoqi looked at the smile on Dazai Osamu's face and looked back without fear.
"Then it's better to obey than to be respectful."
Sakata Gintoki glanced at her with a look of horror, and kept asking questions with his eyes.
Did you really go in like that?
What else can we do if we don't go in? It will make us look suspicious.
Li Xiaoqi looked back expressionlessly and made eye contact with Sakata Gintoki.
The heels of shoes made a dull sound against the wooden stairs, and a bartender was wiping glasses in front of the old bar.
The warm yellow light fell on the bar, illuminating the mottled marks on its surface.
The lights of the bar and the bartender's indifferent face were reflected in Dazai Osamu's eyes. He frowned and was about to say something when Li Xiaoqi walked past him and sat down on the side of the bar.
Sakata Gintoki followed closely behind and sat down next to Li Xiaoqi.
"Sir, I've met you by chance, please take a seat."
He took the initiative and invited Dazai to sit down.
Dazai Osamu was stunned and looked at the seat next to Li Xiaoqi, which was right in the center of the bar.
He smiled softly and sat in the seat.
"Boss, I want a glass of whiskey."
"What would you two like to drink?"
Sakata Gintoki groaned for a moment and said, "Boss, give me a strawberry parfait with whiskey."
The bartender's mouth twitched, and he coughed lightly and said, "Ahem... This is the first time I've heard of such a request, but it's OK!"
He gestured and smiled confidently.
The boss looked at Li Xiaoqi, "What about this lady?"
Li Xiaoqi laughed and said, "Tequila Sunrise."
Her understanding of cocktails all came from the time when Dazai Osamu tricked her into coming here to drink. She really deserved a beating.
When we were in Mond before, we basically drank cider, which was Barbatos' favorite.
I have to say that the cider produced by Chenxi Winery is really unique.
Li Xiaoqi swallowed and suddenly missed the taste of cider.
While waiting, the three of them were silent.
Dazai Osamu seemed to have found a topic and asked, "My name is Dazai Osamu, please give me your guidance."
He stretched his hand between Li Xiaoqi and Sakata Gintoki with a harmless smile.
Li Xiaoqi held his hand and said, "Li Xiaoqi."
Sakata Gintoki nodded slightly, "Sakata Gintoki."
Dazai Osamu smiled, then withdrew his hand and continued, "Li Xiaoqi...? You're Chinese, so how did you two find this place?"
Li Xiaoqi raised the corners of his lips and spoke at the same time as Sakata Gintoki.
“Recommended by a friend.”
Dazai Osamu was stunned, and seeing the sincerity in the eyes of the two people, he was suddenly speechless.
He lowered his eyes, and a glass of whiskey appeared in front of him.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang and the sound of creaking wood was heard.
"Boss, it's still the same."
A voice rang out.
Randomly, the chair next to Dazai Osamu was pulled away and a man sat in the seat.
Dazai Osamu opened his eyes wide and his fingertips trembled slightly.
There was a look of surprise in his eyes, as if he didn't expect Oda Sakunosuke to appear here.
Oda Sakunosuke glanced at Dazai Osamu, Li Xiaoqi and Sakata Gintoki, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Boss, business is good today."
The boss narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Yes... these three are new faces."
Oda Sakunosuke chuckled and gestured politely to the three of them.
Another crisp bell rang, and the door was pushed open again.
The smell of earth drifted in, and the sound of raindrops accompanied by thunder could be heard.
"Really? Why is it raining so heavily at this time..."
A man in a gray suit hurried down the stairs and glanced briefly at the people sitting at the bar.
"Boss, do you have tomato juice?"
Wow.
Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Sakaguchi Ango with interest as he pulled out the chair next to Oda Sakunosuke and sat down.
Is this fate?
The seating order really feels like fate.
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