"Dazai!!!" Nakahara Chuuya, who bumped into the seat in front of him, looked up angrily, "You bastard Mackerel, you did it on purpose!!!"

Dazai Osamu seemed not to have heard Nakahara Chuuya's roar. He kept a smile on his face and ignored Nakahara Chuuya getting out of the car. Then he walked briskly to the passenger seat and opened the door for Kiyohara Jun, who had an expressionless face and was obviously accustomed to this way of getting along between Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya.

Kiyohara Jun got out of the car with an expressionless face. He was used to the way Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya interacted with each other, so he didn't even feel helpless. He just ignored Dazai Osamu's provocation and Nakahara Chuuya's anger.

When Nakahara Chuuya got out of the car angrily, Kiyohara Jun had already raised his head and looked in a daze at the Yokohama Port not far away, where the lights were on and ships were coming and going.

Nakahara Chuuya, who was about to get angry at Dazai Osamu, paused for a moment. After seeing Kiyohara Jun looking at Yokohama Port not far away with an unclear expression, he pressed the hat on his head helplessly.

"As expected, I lost to that Dazai guy again." Nakahara Chuuya's voice was mixed with a bit of helplessness and unwillingness, and the evening breeze blew his coat. "When Dazai told me his plan, I was going to clear Yokohama Port tonight, but Dazai's guy said that you would like the way of working in Yokohama Port more."

"It is so." Nakahara Chuuya looked at Kiyohara Jun who was watching the brightly lit Yokohama Port with an extremely gentle gaze, and said softly, "Just as you can see, this port with ships coming and going is the Yokohama Port that belongs to our Port Mafia."

Kiyohara Jun did not talk to Nakahara Chuuya, he just quietly looked at the Yokohama Port that belonged to the port mafia he ruled.

In fact, Yokohama Port is just an ordinary port belonging to Yokohama. There is nothing special about it. It used to belong to various large, medium and small organizations in Yokohama, and now it belongs to the Port Mafia. But even so, for the Port Mafia, it is just one of the many industries of the Port Mafia.

However, only Jun Kiyohara and his confidants knew the importance of Yokohama Port to Jun Kiyohara.

Yokohama Port was the first achievement with tangible benefits that Kiyohara Jun had made since he became a member of the Port Mafia. It was also the first step for the Port Mafia, under the command of Kiyohara Jun, to become a giant that ruled Yokohama.

More importantly, Yokohama Port has another meaning for Kiyohara Jun that only the deceased colonel officer, Takuto Ogu who seems to have been alienated by Kiyohara Jun, and the traitor Furukawa who died long ago know.

Yokohama Port is the burial place of Jun Kiyohara's parents.

It was here that Kiyohara Jun's parents were stabbed in the back by the traitor Furukawa's subordinates during a gunfight with the enemy while defending the territory belonging to the port mafia, and were blown to ashes by a bomb.

The reason why Kiyohara Jun used his special ability to save Hagiwara Kenji was not because of the conspiracy and scheme that Matsuda Jinpei and others had thought of during the previous meeting between the Public Security Bureau and the Port Mafia. It was simply because when Matsuda Jinpei shouted Hagiwara Kenji's name at the top of his lungs and was moved by the emotion in his voice, he thought of his parents.

Jun Kiyohara watched expressionlessly as containers were being unloaded and loaded at Yokohama Port. At first, his eyes were just scanning Yokohama Port, but later, he stared straight in a certain direction of Yokohama Port without even blinking.

Finally, after a long period of silent gaze, Kiyohara Jun moved his eyes away and began to scan Yokohama Port again. The ships that were originally anchored at the shore left after being loaded with cargo. Kiyohara Jun just watched everything quietly.

Nakahara Chuuya didn't say anything else. He just stayed quietly beside Kiyohara Jun and looked at the ships on the sea not far away with him.

This silence lasted for a short while before being interrupted by Dazai Osamu's voice.

"This is Yokohama Port, which you led us to capture after becoming the leader, Jun."

Dazai Osamu, who had left Kiyohara Jun at some point, reappeared with a birthday cake with candles in his hands. The cake was covered with Kiyohara Jun's favorite fruits. Because there were too many fruits piled on it, the cake even looked a little ugly, and on the surface of the fruits, there were eighteen candles.

Dazai Osamu looked at Kiyohara Jun with a smile. He held the cake and walked step by step to Kiyohara Jun. The candlelight swayed in the sea breeze.

There was no mention of where the souls of Kiyohara Jun's parents might be, but Kiyohara Jun knew that Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya did know the news, and Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya also knew that Kiyohara Jun also knew that they knew the news. Otherwise, for Kiyohara Jun, there are several places more special than Yokohama Port. This is not the most suitable place to celebrate Kiyohara Jun's birthday.

But no one mentioned it.

"Although making birthday wishes is just a lie for children." Nakahara Chuuya stopped beside Dazai Osamu, frowned slightly, and together with Dazai Osamu, held up the birthday cake that the two of them had made under the direction of Oguto Takuto.

"But, make a wish, Jun." Dazai Osamu looked unexpectedly gentle tonight. He spoke in a voice so gentle that it seemed to come from the other side he longed for. "Even if gods don't exist, for people like Jun, wishes will definitely come true."

"Come and make a wish."

Jun Kiyohara's eyes were fixed on the birthday cake that looked rather ugly in shape. The craftsmanship of the pastry chef who created it must have been very poor.

But Jun Kiyohara didn't care about this, because he knew that the clumsy pastry chef was the two best friends standing in front of him.

A close friend, not a friend.

Kiyohara Jun's always expressionless and cold eyes softened. Under the repeated urging of Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya, Kiyohara Jun closed his eyes.

[I hope that I, Dazai, and Chuuya can always be like this.]

Kiyohara Jun did not make any wish to be with Dazai Chuuya forever, he just hoped from the bottom of his heart that this moment could last a little longer, so long that they could always be like this.

The candlelight was reflected in his eyes, and Kiyohara Jun opened his eyes and blew towards the candle.

All the candles went out, and the two transparent hands on Jun Kiyohara's shoulders gradually turned into starlight.

Happy birthday, Chun.

【Happy Birthday, Chun】×N