Chapter 17

After leaving the treacherous rooftop, Douma stared out the window at the dark night and took a deep breath. Only then did he feel the air was becoming fresh again. Those strange plots and schemes made him feel uncomfortable even breathing.⑧

The old leader has become the previous leader, and the internal situation of the Port Mafia is expected to be very bad in the future. Thinking of this, Douma couldn't help but have a headache. He turned around and went back to the elevator to the basement level.

He almost forgot that he had to inform Sister Hongye about this as soon as possible. After all, he was now Sister Hongye's direct subordinate. After the incident, of course he had to pass on the information to the other party in time. Although there was Mori Ouwai supporting him, he shouldn't have known the secret that Sister Hongye had defected to Mori Ouwai in advance.

Douma was thinking about these secrets in his heart, but his face remained expressionless. He smiled and nodded to the patrol officer on the lower floor. After getting the answer that Sister Hongye was indeed here, he walked towards the office area of ​​the interrogation department with a clear goal.

The office was very quiet at this time, because no one knew when everyone around had left. Only Ozaki Koyo was still sitting in front of the tea table, leisurely sipping tea, and turning a deaf ear to the footsteps behind her.

Even until Douma stood beside the tea table in front of Ozaki Kouyo, Ozaki Kouyo still didn't even look at Douma.

“…” Douma originally wanted to find Ozaki Kouyo to report the situation, but he tried to hold back and finally couldn’t hold back the complaint that was already on the tip of his tongue: “You won’t be able to sleep if you drink tea at night.”

Ozaki Kouyo drank up the clear tea in her cup, then she slowly and gently placed the empty cup back on the tea table. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Douma who was arguing with her: "I didn't plan to sleep tonight, and I thought Douma-kun knew it a long time ago."

All right, I thought too much before. Anyway, in the eyes of you guys, I know everything. Douma didn't want to delve into what kind of image he was in their eyes, so he just nodded and admitted: "I do know."

Wen Yeli has already revealed the plot, okay? You and Mori Ougai are in cahoots!

In fact, Ozaki Koyo had only some guesses about this and was not completely sure. After testing, she saw that Douma did not try to lie to her, and she couldn't help but feel a little better. She thought that this direct subordinate was not recruited in vain.

Satisfied, Ozaki Momiji picked up the gift box on the tea table and handed it to Douma: "Open it and see if you like it."

Douma took the gift box tied with a satin bow in confusion. After opening it, he saw a black headband lying quietly in the palm-sized box, and a beautiful gem with gradient colors lying underneath.

He stretched out his fingers and fiddled with the gemstone, then looked down at Ozaki Kouyo, who had a smile in her eyes: "This color..."

"It's Douma-kun's color. I thought you would like it, so I bought it for you. Consider it a late-coming gift." Ozaki Koiyo's tone was gentle. The folding fan that she had opened at some point blocked the lower half of her face, making it impossible to see her expression.

Was he acknowledged by Ozaki Koyo? Douma, who had always considered himself an ordinary person, felt very complicated at the moment. He was happy but sad, touched but also sad. It was hard to describe the mixed feelings.

In the end, Douma simply responded, "Thank you, Sister Hongye, I like this gift very much."

Ozaki Koyomi watched Douma's every reaction intently, and finally found out with annoyance that Douma-kun was indeed not an ordinary person. His emotions were always so unpredictable. He was really a man that was hard to fathom. Thinking of this, she waved her hand uninterestedly: "As long as Douma-kun likes it."

Then, the office fell into a strange silence.

Sensitively noticing that Ozaki Kouye seemed unhappy, Douma didn't know how he had offended her and felt something was not right, so he quickly changed the subject: "Sister Kouye, I think I should report to you what happened on the rooftop just now."

Upon hearing this, Ozaki Kouye's eyes immediately became sharp: "What on earth happened?"

The unexpected visit of Mori Ugai just now gave Ozaki Koyo a premonition that a storm was about to come, but she didn't know what exactly he had discovered. She only guessed that something big had happened.

Thinking of this, Ozaki Kouye's sharp eyes showed a hint of anticipation, and her tone became anxious, urging: "Hurry up and tell me."

Douma was originally thinking about how to choose his words to shirk the blame for killing the old leader himself, but after being urged by Ozaki Kouyo, he didn't have time to think too much and just said, "I killed the leader."

"What did you say?" Ozaki Kouyo's expression was very strange at the moment, a mixture of excitement, excitement, ecstasy, and disbelief, making her pretty face rarely look so beautiful but revealing a bit of evil. She asked in a high-pitched voice: "Say it again."

Douma, who was originally planning to make a good excuse (cross it out), was shocked by Ozaki Koyo's reaction, and immediately a previous episode mentioned in the original novel emerged in his mind:

Ozaki Kouyo once eloped with her lover, trying to escape from the Port Mafia and the previous leader who had always controlled her, but her lover was executed. She returned to the Port Mafia and hid, pretending that nothing had happened and that she had no resentment. In fact, she had always wanted to avenge her dead lover in secret, which is why she was successfully seduced by Mori Ogai and supported him to usurp the throne and become the new leader of the Port Mafia.

"I killed the leader." Douma repeated. He suppressed the pity that arose in his heart because of this tragedy. Ozaki Koyo is not a woman who needs pity, she is super awesome!

After adjusting his mentality, Douma finally found his mouth and defended himself: "I didn't mean to kill the leader. He wanted to kill me, so I killed him back."

Seeing that Ozaki Momiji didn't seem to be listening, Douma couldn't help but raise his voice, as if to convince himself: "I'm just defending myself!"

Ozaki Koha was brought back to her senses by Douma's words. She burst out laughing, stood up and slapped Douma on the back with a heroic slap, her character shattered to the ground: "Well done, Douma-kun, I like your proper defense."

However, Douma always felt that Ozaki Kouyo didn't believe him at all, so it was useless to talk back, because they didn't believe what he said at all, smile.jpg

Douma, who was almost turned evil by this group of disobedient guys, laughed, which made Ozaki Kouyo next to him more convinced that Douma-kun was playing some weird jokes again.

"I'm going to go upstairs to take a look. Please do as you please, Douma-kun." Ozaki Koiyo turned around and walked away happily. Before leaving the office, she stopped again and said solemnly to Douma with her back to him, "I'll remember this favor. Thank you, Douma-kun."

Douma opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to comfort people. His comforting skills were almost zero. In the end, he could only reply dryly: "Ah."

Fortunately, Ozaki Kouyo didn't expect a response from him. She made her own promise and walked out without looking back.

Douma was the only one left in the huge office, and with faint wailing sounds seeping in, the atmosphere was filled with horror.

Douma couldn't help but shudder. He was afraid of ghosts!

Wait, he seems to be a ghost now? Oh, that's fine.

In the days that followed, the situation inside the Port Mafia became extremely complicated, just as Douma had imagined.

No one raised any objection to the death of the old leader, no, the previous leader, which was pretended to have died of normal aging and illness by the Mori Owl. No matter what they thought in their hearts, no one was willing to be the first to speak out.

The first rafter to stick out will rot first. Although most members of the port mafia are not well educated, they still understand this simple truth.

After all, those idiots who don’t understand, the grass on their graves is probably as tall as a person.

There were many different factions and people were unsure, but somehow they reached a consensus.

That was the silver oracle that everyone opposed to Mori Ogai's proposal and designated Mori Ogai as the next leader and successor of the Port Mafia.

No one was satisfied with the will left by the previous leader.

In their eyes, Mori Ogai was just a private doctor hired by the previous leader. Strictly speaking, he was not even an official member of the Port Mafia.

However, Mori Ou has not given a strong response to the clamorous voices of opposition.

The forceful response here refers specifically to mafia-style violence, and he needs to bring out enough force to subdue everyone.

In other words, kill the leading disobedient!

As for the person who possesses this power, Mori Oo, who advocates the best solution, a figure immediately emerged in his mind, and that was Douma.

Douma-kun is powerful and ruthless enough, and even the previous leader died at his hands. If there are any accidents in the future, sacrificing Douma-kun alone can solve many problems. It is definitely a sure-win deal.

Thinking of this, Mori Ogai, who has been very busy recently, turned his attention to Dazai Osamu, who has been slacking off and not doing his job. Perhaps it would be a good idea to let Dazai-kun ask Douma for help.