Chapter 50

Why did Oda become the leader of the mafia?

Why did Odasaku become the leader of the mafia?

Dazai Osamu looked at "The World of Osamu" on the table. He had not finished reading the story about Osamu, but he could foresee that there would be a perfect ending.

Once upon a time, he became the leader of the mafia in order to create a world where Oda Saku could write novels with peace of mind. But when Oda Saku became the leader of the mafia, a world full of meaning appeared before his eyes.

But Odasaku didn't know that all meanings start from a starting point. When that starting point disappears, the content behind it becomes as fragile as bubbles, just like the world before his eyes that is about to collapse, so fragile that it can't be touched.

However, since this is the ending written by Oda Saku, it must be realized. After all, the beginning was so carefully designed, how can Osamu's world be left without an ending.

Dazai Osamu turned and walked out of the room, opening the leader's office next door. The items in the office were well preserved, and there was even some writing paper on the table, but the ink on the fountain pen on the manuscript had long dried up.

Dazai Osamu did not move anything in the room. He stood quietly in front of the huge French window. The terrifying gulf that split the sky was reflected in his iris-colored eyes, but the smile on his face was warmer and gentler than ever.

...

The next morning, in the Armed Detective Agency, Ling Yi looked at the man with dark circles under his eyes, stretched out his hand and said, "Give it back to me when you're done reading it."

"What are you talking about?" Dazai Osamu's left face was innocent, and his right face was rogue. "How can such a perfect book be finished in one night?"

[Leader Zai is lying. I clearly saw him finish reading the book this morning.]

[No, no, no, I haven’t finished reading it yet. There’s still one page left.]

[The last page is all appendix and postscript]

[Oda's novels may be different, but I really want to read them.]

[I want to read it too. I don’t know if the leader did it on purpose, but that curly-haired guy kept blocking the book. I almost buried myself in the screen yesterday, but I still didn’t see a single word.]

[Me too, this is the first time I noticed that the leader’s head is so big, I want to shave his head bald]

[Everyone, forget it. Only Zai can read Odasaku’s novels.]

As the leader of the Black Hand Gang, Dazai Osamu went to the Armed Detective Agency early in the morning, and he even called it "scouting for enemy intelligence." The members of the Black Hand Gang were very numb to this. One reason was that in the current environment, external struggles were no longer meaningful, and the other was that Dazai Osamu had left a deep shadow in their hearts.

At that time, Chief Oda had just passed away, and strange things had just happened in the world's sky. Dazai Osamu broke into the Black Hand Gang alone. The Black Hand Gang's superpowers naturally could not tolerate someone who came to provoke them. However, just as the superpowers were preparing to fight back, they found that all their superpowers had disappeared.

The Black Hand had naturally already found out about the new president of the Armed Detective Agency. They thought that Dazai Osamu was responsible for the sudden disappearance of superpowers due to "Disqualification from the Human World", but after they were all suppressed by Dazai Osamu in a seemingly calm but twisted and crazy way, they discovered that all the superpowers in Yokohama had disappeared.

After that, the situation became increasingly worse, and it didn't seem to matter who the leader was, so everyone acquiesced to Dazai Osamu's usurpation of the throne.

Of course, these people do not include Nakahara Chuuya. When Dazai Osamu came to kill him, Chuuya was outside investigating the problem of the sky crack. However, when he returned to the Black Hand Gang, he found that the Black Hand Gang had a new leader, and this leader was the president of the Armed Detective Agency???

Over the years, as the two major supernatural organizations in Yokohama, the Port Black Hand and the Armed Detective Agency have had many clashes. As one of the cadres, Nakahara Chuuya has often fought with Dazai Osamu, who was once a core member of the Detective Agency. As a result, he was calculated by Dazai Osamu almost every time. Although they did not suffer much loss, he was very angry.

Later, when he heard that Dazai Osamu had taken over the position of president, he wanted to go to the door to "congratulate" him, but was stopped by his own leader.

Chief Oda appears to be very stern, but Nakahara Chuuya knows that beneath his stern appearance, the chief is actually a gentle and kind person. The chief has been secretly helping homeless orphans, including himself.

In fact, the leader had talked to him a long time ago. At that time, Leader Oda said that if he died in an accident one day, he would let him take over the mafia. He did not agree, but only said that he would protect the leader with his life.

Later, Chief Oda died unexpectedly in his own office. No matter how he investigated, it seemed like suicide, but Nakahara Chuuya didn't think so. Why would someone who was fine the day before suddenly commit suicide?

Nakahara Chuuya felt that there must be a conspiracy behind this, and with the sudden appearance of the cunning Dazai Osamu, it was hard for him not to think that this matter was related to Dazai Osamu.

After taking a tour in the Mafia, Ango Sakaguchi came to meet Chuuya Nakahara. During this day, he came into contact with many members of the Mafia. Although these Mafia members were on guard against him, as an excellent intelligence officer, Ango Sakaguchi still found out some things.

And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the members of the Black Hand Gang seemed to have problems with their memories. When he mentioned some things in the past, many Black Hand Gang members' first reaction was confusion. This situation was very obvious in ordinary members, but it was not obvious for cadres like Ozaki Kouyo. Maybe as cadres, they were more wary of him, and because he concealed it well, he didn't see it. In short, he suspected that because of the changes in the world, the people in this world also had some problems.

The reason he came to see Nakahara Chuuya was because of what the other party said to Dazai Osamu yesterday, and he guessed that Nakahara Chuuya should know something.

"Are you working with that gang?" However, Nakahara Chuuya's attitude was not friendly. He looked at Sakaguchi Ango coldly and asked, "What is your purpose in getting involved with the Black Hand Gang at this time?"

Sakaguchi Ango was speechless for a moment. Yes, what purpose could he have in getting involved with the Mafia at this time? He turned his head and looked out the window. It was only a day later, and the crack in the sky seemed to have expanded again.

He might not be able to guess about others, but if it was Oda Sakunosuke and Dazai Osamu, he thought they might know something. In addition, based on the information he collected from the Special Powers Department, although the reason was unknown, the first cracks to appear were in places where people with special powers gathered. From this, it can be inferred that if the world was destroyed, the first place that would be unable to bear it would also be the place where people with special powers gathered.

And Dazai Osamu's disqualification from being a human being can eliminate the existence of superpowers. If the disappearance of superpowers is related to Dazai Osamu, then Dazai, who is willing to take over the Black Hand Gang at this time, may just want to bring the organization that Oda Saku once managed under his own protection.

The above are all his guesses and there is no evidence to prove them. Even if he said them, Nakahara Chuuya, who is prejudiced against Dazai Osamu, might not believe them unless he can produce evidence to prove that Oda Saku's death has nothing to do with Dazai.

He thought the best evidence was the book "The World of Osamu" in Dazai Osamu's hand. After seeing the book, Nakahara Chuuya might understand that Dazai Osamu would never do anything to harm Odasaku. However, Nakahara Chuuya was destined not to see it, because Dazai Osamu even refused to let him touch the book to read the memories.

For Dazai, he would rather be misunderstood than let the books left by Odasaku be used for other purposes.

"I think you may have some misunderstanding about Dazai." Sakaguchi Ango still spoke, "Dazai taking over the Black Hand Party is not what you think."

"I remember you were from the Special Forces Division, right? When were you bought by the Armed Detective Agency?" Nakahara Chuuya was obviously not easily convinced. He looked at Sakaguchi Ango and asked, "Or did Dazai Osamu catch you in some way?"

"You've heard of me, so you should know that my ability can read the memories on objects." Sakaguchi Ango said, "I may be able to help you investigate the cause of Chief Oda's death."

Nakahara Chuuya was very skeptical: "Can you still use your special ability?"

"Maybe it's because I'm not from here." Sakaguchi Ango said, he couldn't explain the game either.

Nakahara Chuuya frowned and thought, and seemed to still not believe Sakaguchi Ango. Sakaguchi Ango said again: "In this world, I have no reason to deceive you. I just want to know the truth of the matter like you."

Nakahara Chuuya looked up at Sakaguchi Ango. Perhaps he saw Ango's sincerity, but he suddenly turned and walked towards the floor where the leader's office was located, and said, "You'd better not lie to me, or I will prevent you from seeing the end of the world."

Sakaguchi Ango breathed a sigh of relief and followed them. When he saw the two people coming, the guards guarding the chief's office suddenly stopped them and said, "The chief said that no one is allowed to enter the previous chief's room."

"Oh." Nakahara Chuuya responded, and the moment his voice came out, the guard blocking the road fell down, and he retracted his fist and took out a key.

"You have a key?" Sakaguchi Ango was a little surprised.

Nakahara Chuuya glanced at him without explaining. As a leader, Oda Sakunosuke had great trust in his subordinates, and his strictness was more like the teaching and training of the younger generation by the elder. As a subordinate who was brought out of Raymond Street by the leader in the early days, Nakahara Chuuya felt for Oda Sakunosuke not only the loyalty of a subordinate to his leader, but also the respect of the younger generation for the elder, so this was one of the reasons why he could not accept the new leader.

"Don't damage the things inside." After opening the door, Nakahara Chuuya reminded Sakaguchi Ango.

Sakaguchi Ango nodded and followed him into the room.

Although the main color of the Port Mafia is black, the office of Odasaku, the leader, is not that gloomy. Even after becoming the leader of the Mafia, Odasaku's nature has not changed, right?

Ango Sakaguchi couldn't help but recall the scene when he, Odasaku, and Dazai were drinking together in the bar. Looking at the office in front of him, which was decorated with a lot of walnut-colored furniture but still looked cold and empty, he suddenly felt a little lonely.

Previously, he collected intelligence from the mafia and learned that Dazai and Oda Saku had never met each other before, and he did not have much interaction with the two in this world.

Rather than becoming friends and then going their separate ways, perhaps never having met each other is a better choice. However, since Odasaku wrote "The World of Oji", it means that he noticed Dazai very early on, but for some reason he did not contact Dazai. After Odasaku's death, Dazai still knew about Odasaku. What happened in between? He had no way of knowing, but he had a vague guess that the reason why this world developed differently might be due to Odasaku.

Thinking of this, Sakaguchi Ango glanced at Nakahara Chuuya again. No matter in which world, no matter in which position, Odasaku has always played the role of a caregiver. It's just a pity that the world before him has come to this end...

Sakaguchi Ango put away his emotions and walked towards the bookshelf in the room. Perhaps today he would know some of the truth.

The books on the bookshelf all looked very new. Perhaps Oda Sakunosuke was too busy and didn't have much time to read. Sakaguchi Ango scanned the books and finally picked up a book at the corner that looked like it had been read by someone. He used his special ability "Theory of Degeneration" to read the memories left in the book.

[The young man with wine-red hair was bent over the table, flipping through a book. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. The man who was flipping through the book paused for a moment, raised his head and said to the door, "Come in."

Soon, after the sound of the door opening and closing, the red-haired Odasaku said again, "Atsushi, what's going on?"

There is no image of Nakajima Atsushi in the memory left in the book, but his voice is read out: "Chief Oda, I want to ask why you let me observe Akutagawa of the Detective Agency?"

"What do you think of the Armed Detective Agency?" Oda Sakunosuke asked back.

Nakajima Atsushi: "It is a different supernatural organization from ours."

"So what do you think of the psychics in the Armed Detective Agency?" Oda Sakunosuke asked again.

Nakajima Atsushi paused. What he remembered was what Nakahara Chuuya used to say when he talked about the Armed Detective Agency. He said hesitantly, "Insidious and cunning? Full of tricks?"

Oda Sakunosuke: “…”】