Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Dazai Osamu joins your organization...
The atmosphere was very good and both the host and the guests had a great time.
But on the way back, Dazai Osamu was incredibly quiet, not at all like the lively look he had shown before. When they reached the bank of the Tsurumi River, the player finally couldn't help it.
"Hey, Dazai, what's wrong with you?" The player poked his kidney hard, making him shudder. "Are you still thinking about how I held you tightly just now? I was just excited in the moment, I didn't mean it. Besides, you didn't suffer any loss!"
The players who missed out on half of the rewards due to cheating are not angry! The damn NPC is not allowed to make the players angry!
"It's not because of this!" No matter how much emotion Dazai Osamu had, it was destroyed by the player's smooth little combo.
"Then what's wrong with you? Because you didn't get to eat the lobster claws?" The player was a little puzzled. Couldn't such a smart NPC see that this pair of lobster claws was kept on purpose?
She remembered that this NPC named Dazai Osamu was one of the few highly intelligent people in the player's sphere of influence!
"...Not really." Dazai Osamu sighed softly, looking at the Tsurumi River flowing quietly not far away, watching the setting sun fall on the river, the ripples, and reflecting all kinds of golden fragments.
Sitting by the river, he suddenly asked, "Chiyo-chan, what do you think would happen to you if I jumped from here right now?"
"Will I harvest a wet bandage spirit?" The player watched his movements, tilted his head in confusion, and seeing that he lay on the ground motionless, he also sat down, took out a reinforced fishing rod and started fishing, answering the NPC's strange question by the way.
"? What kind of answer is that? What if I want to imitate a crab and cross the river sideways?" Dazai Osamu asked again without giving up.
"Then I'll catch a half-wet bandage spirit that can walk sideways, because you might really drown halfway, and before that, I'll fish you out." The player who happened to catch a crab cheered and quickly hung a new bait on it.
Dazai Osamu looked at the nonchalant players, wanting to say something but stopping himself. For a moment, all that could be heard was the sound of flowing water.
At this time, someone spoke.
The player looked at the rippling river surface and said nonchalantly, "So, what kind of response do you want from me, Great Sensei?"
It's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
“…” Dazai Osamu was silent. In fact, he didn’t know what kind of answer he wanted.
"I..., in this life, we are always between gain and loss." Under the shining but not dazzling sunlight, the coward who was afraid of getting hurt even when touching cotton seemed to have developed some respectable courage and rarely revealed some of his inner thoughts.
"Born, eaten, studied, grew up... I was tired of repeating the same things every day, following the same routine as before. That's why I chose to enter the world of the mafia, hoping to find what I was looking for."
The boy's expression was a mixture of tears and laughter. "But even so... even so, the underlying essence remains unchanged. I can feel happy, but at the same time, I don't seem that happy. I feel unfortunate, but at the same time, I don't seem that unfortunate. I stand between these two extremes, hoping to find the balance I desire..."
What should we do? How can we have the courage to live in this terrifying world?
"You're just worrying too much." The player judged him based on this long paragraph. The optimistic player couldn't understand this sensitive Bandaged Kitten, but still tried to comfort him. "But you're still very brave. You're willing to tell me all this now. Aren't you hoping for change?"
"I'm brave? I'm...looking forward to change?" Dazai Osamu, who had lived for almost fifteen years and never felt that the word brave could be applied to himself, grabbed the player's sleeve almost in panic, as if he had grabbed the last straw.
"Because you are afraid of living in this world, you choose to escape from life and struggle between life and death. This is what you have done in the past. It is true that you are a coward." Not seeing Dazai Osamu's cowardly expression, the player continued to chatter.
"But being timid isn't a bad thing. The more timid a person is, the more they anticipate the storm's arrival. If you weren't looking forward to a change in the current situation, why would you tell me these things?"
To show how much he valued this conversation, the frantic fish-catching player reluctantly put down his rod and turned to the young man. "Brave teacher, as smart as you are, you must understand."
"Don't worry, don't be afraid, you've got me anyway." The player looked at Dazai Osamu's hands that were grabbing her sleeves. When the other party reacted and wanted to let go, he suddenly grabbed them back, "And I, have also caught you."
Catch my high-IQ NPC!
"Just like fishing or flying a kite, the connection between them and others is only a thin line. You feel that your connection with the world is fragile, but don't worry, I am super invincible and can strengthen that line madly!"
"If you don't believe me, why don't we try flying a kite next time? Ah? When it comes to competition, I will never lose, right?" The player stood up, holding a bucket full of fish in one hand, and stretched out his hand to the black-haired NPC with the other.
"But it's getting late now, we should go back, otherwise Elena will definitely be worried if she can't find me!" She doesn't want to make a girl angry, not even an NPC!
[Task rewards have been distributed to players' backpacks]
? What mission?
The players' faces were full of questions, but they did not seek to fully understand.
When did our family accept the mission?
The player looked at the list carefully and found that the task that was completed was a random task.
Random Task: Dazai Osamu's Thoughts
Request: Solve Dazai Osamu's confusion at this time
Rewards: Crab dishes (random version) x 10, right to use the human disqualification ability x 1, some experience points]
Player: When did this appear?
[That’s enough. There’s no need to expect too much. This answer is enough.]
He thought so as he watched the setting sun shining on the person in front of him, as if giving her a warm glow.
Yes, that's enough for a coward like him.
"Let's go, my leader." The NPC with black hair and kite eyes looked at the player deeply with a smile that was completely different from his previous hypocritical smile. It seemed that he wanted to use this method to directly enter the player's heart and peek into the secrets, but finally gave up.
Dazai Osamu took your hand and said with a sincerity that even he couldn’t see, “Go back to the Port Mafia.”
【Dazai Osamu joins your organization】
???
Didn't my high-IQ NPC join the Port Mafia a long time ago?!
What's going on?
The player who still didn't understand how he received the random task discovered that there was another problem but couldn't find the cause for a long time. In the end, he could only attribute it to a game bug and chose to scold the mall customer service.
Customer Service: ...Player, what are you doing? What are you doing?!
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Mori Ogai, who accidentally encountered the leader and Dazai Osamu interacting in the port building, keenly noticed some subtle changes in the relationship between the two.
A hint of coldness flashed across his deep eyes. Mori Ogai took Alice's hand and walked forward to salute. "Good night, leader. I didn't expect to meet you... here."
"Yeah, good night, good night." The player had no idea what Mori Ogai meant. He looked left and right, looking guilty.
"nufufufu, are you looking for me, Chief?"
Horrible! An unknown habit has appeared!!!
Click, click, click——
The player turned around stiffly and greeted stiffly: "Yo... Yo, good evening, Elena, you are so beautiful even at night!"
Elena smiled with a hint of wicked amusement, and looking at the girl who couldn't hide her guilty conscience even though her face was expressionless, she asked, "Good evening, Chief. Have you had dinner yet?"
"I ate it, I ate it! Of course I ate it! We also brought you some delicious food, right, Dazai!" The player directly gave Dazai Osamu an elbow.
"Ahem, yes! Miss Elena." Dazai Osamu winked and smiled at the imposing lady.
Elena looked at the two of them, her smile unchanged.
The player... the player weakly handed over two boxes of sushi, blinking his eyes, and did not forget to bring two boxes of water to Sen Guan and Alice, trying to get away with it.
After a long moment, Elena, finally unable to resist the leader's adorable attack, accepted the gift. She said worriedly, "Okay, I'm just a little worried. Has the leader received the news? The situation has been a bit tense lately. It would be best to bring some guards with you next time you go out."
This should be referring to the player's side quest.
"Ahem, that GSS, right?" The player led a few people into the leader's room, asked them to sit down, and handed them a document. "The GSS itself is not to be feared. The key is how to reduce the losses of our members."
"Although I can go up and beat them all up, this is a team mission after all."
"How can we improve without doing team tasks? Don't you agree?"
Even with all the lights on, the room was still dark and gloomy. Only the golden eyes of the young girl leader shone brightly, emitting a terrifying light.
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