Chapter 180: When the original character travels back in time
"Master Douma." Akutagawa Ryunosuke bowed slightly and politely greeted him. Then he glanced at Nakajima Atsushi, who was acting weird and making trouble, and urged him coldly, "Let's go."
"Oh oh..." Nakajima Atsushi nodded slowly, still with a 'screaming' face, and subconsciously wanted to turn around and walk out, but he was stopped by the pull from behind. He looked back in confusion and saw Akutagawa Ryunosuke reaching out and grabbing his collar: "???"
"..." Akutagawa Ryunosuke suppressed the urge to hold his forehead and remained silent for three full seconds. Seeing that Nakajima Atsushi didn't notice anything wrong, he couldn't help but remind him: "Go change your clothes first!"
After being reminded by someone, the dizzy Nakajima Atsushi finally remembered that he was wearing pajamas!
Nakajima Atsushi's face flushed instantly, and he quickly returned to "his" bedroom, found a school uniform in the cloakroom that was exactly the same style as the one Akutagawa Ryunosuke was wearing, put it on, and then went to school with Akutagawa Ryunosuke who was waiting for him at the door.
Go to school! And with that Akutagawa Ryunosuke! Nakajima Atsushi's brain was somewhat sobered up by shame, and was severely stimulated by this outrageous setting. His thoughts began to become uncontrollable again, and all kinds of strange thoughts kept appearing in his mind.
In the eyes of outsiders, Nakajima Atsushi was a little duller than usual today, which caused Akutagawa Ryunosuke to look at him a few more times, but he did not have any more doubts.
Just like that, Nakajima Atsushi smoothly followed Akutagawa Ryunosuke into the elevator.
The transparent sightseeing elevator allows one to see the scenery outside. The wide field of vision calmed Nakajima Atsushi's confused mood. He stared at the beautiful Yokohama presented from this angle without blinking.
Their Armed Detective Agency only has four floors, and Nakajima Atsushi has almost never had a good look at this special vantage point from above. He did have a chance to do so when he jumped from the beluga whale, but he was in no mood to pay attention to such things at the time.
As he watched, Nakajima Atsushi began to notice something was wrong: Wait, this angle... this height... could he be...
"Ding——" the elevator reached the first floor, and the beautiful glass doors slowly opened to the sides. In the lobby appeared the familiar patrolman in a black suit, looking solemn and dignified with a gun.
Nakajima Atsushi, who still had hope in his heart, began to fade away like a comic character: As expected... this is the port mafia!!!
No one heard Nakajima Atsushi's inner screams, and in order to avoid being exposed, he could only try his best to suppress the shock in his heart. He followed Akutagawa Ryunosuke's footsteps in a daze and took a car to the campus he had been looking forward to.
Haha, but now everything doesn’t matter. In this treacherous world, ‘I’ am actually a member of the port mafia!
The deeply shocked Nakajima Atsushi gradually became numb, until the two of them stepped into the campus and a fragrant breeze blew over, and Nakajima Atsushi subconsciously raised his head. Then, his lifeless purple-gold gradient eyes reflected a beautiful girl, and she rushed towards Akutagawa Ryunosuke beside him with great momentum.
In an instant, the belief in protecting the people engraved in the bones of the "coward of the west" of the Armed Detective Agency was triggered, and Nakajima Atsushi's empty eyes were re-lit, and he bravely stood between Akutagawa Ryunosuke and the girl to prevent this unfamiliar girl from becoming a corpse.
However, the next second, things took a sharp turn for the worse in a direction that Nakajima Atsushi could not understand at all.
After the pretty girl approached, she glared at Nakajima Atsushi who was causing trouble, and then took a step to the side to successfully squeeze herself in front of the male god. With a blushing face, she took out a pink love letter and mustered up all her courage to loudly confess: "Senior Akutagawa, I love you!"
“Wow—”
"Damn it, isn't that the second-year beauty Akiko? She actually likes Akutagawa-kun, too."
"As expected of the school hunk, a junior girl confessed to him right after the school started. I'm so jealous..."
The high-profile confession at the school gate caused the youthful boys and girls to laugh in good faith, while the person involved, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, took the love letter as if it was nothing, and then rejected it very straightforwardly, saying, "I'm sorry, but I will read your heart."
As soon as he finished speaking, Akutagawa Ryunosuke bypassed the pretty girl who was blocking his way and continued walking forward without looking away. He also took the dumbfounded Nakajima Atsushi away with his hand and said, "Don't look at me. Follow me."
Nakajima Atsushi... Nakajima Atsushi's brain went into a complete freeze. It turns out that Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who kills without blinking an eye, actually has such a gentle side?
Just when Nakajima Atsushi was doubting his life, Dazai Osamu, who came from the same world as him, slowly opened his eyes.
Unlike Nakajima Atsushi's previous performance, Dazai Osamu almost immediately determined where he was after seeing the familiar yet strange roof and the surrounding layout and decoration. This was the office where he used to be one of the five major cadres of the Port Mafia, not to mention that his right eye was tied up with a bandage again.
So the question is, what is Mr. Mori trying to do? The filial student, Dazai Osamu, touched the bandage on his right eye and without hesitation put the blame on his own resentful teacher.
After muttering inwardly, Dazai Osamu calmly jumped up from the recliner and untied the bandage on his right eye. The familiar way of tying it made his movements imperceptible, and then he began searching as if nothing had happened.
Dazai Osamu looked at all the information within his sight, the documents on the table, the locked cabinets, and the open lounge, and did not miss any corner that might provide clues.
After a thorough inspection, a lot of unreasonable things were found.
Cans of crab meat that are two years old are lined up under the wine cabinet in the lounge; the familiar file format covers a surprisingly wide range of regions; and in the pried-open cabinet, there is an extremely strange group photo, with "Port Mafia group photo taken in 20XX" written on the back.
With a serious expression, Dazai Osamu passed over the other figures, some familiar and some unfamiliar, and fixed his attention firmly on the 20-year-old self in the photo, the person who should have died, his friend Oda Saku.
Dazai Osamu, who is proficient in various techniques, can tell that this photo is a real product and there is no trace of technological tampering.
"Hahaha——" Dazai Osamu laughed softly, and his iris-colored eyes, which had regained their freedom, flashed with interest: "Things are getting interesting~"
Next, it was like playing a game of spot the differences. Dazai looked through the magnificent floor-to-ceiling windows and a telescope to find buildings that did not match his impression. One after another, the old buildings that should have been dilapidated were turned into high-rise buildings that were unfamiliar to Dazai.
If documents can be forged and photos can be photoshopped on a computer, then Yokohama, which was transformed overnight, becomes irrefutable evidence.
As for whether this might be an illusion caused by the enemy's special ability? His [Disqualification from the Human World] is not a decoration, and this kind of special ability that needs to be applied to the body will not work on him.
So... this is not his world, but a parallel world that is similar to his world but different from it.
Dazai Osamu calmly made the astonishing conclusion, then symbolically showed a little surprise, and then walked into the bathroom humming a song by himself, admiring (crossing out) the "self" who insisted on being two years younger.
Yes, compared to Nakajima Atsushi who is still confused, Dazai Osamu has already determined the subtle deviation between the time of this world and the occurrence of some major events.
Apart from the people he didn't know, that strange group photo included Francis Fitzgerald, Lucy Montgomery, John Steinbeck, Louisa Alcott and Edgar Allan Poe, who shouldn't have appeared at that time. The "combination" was almost completely included, with only a few members missing.
As for those who should have died long ago but are still alive in this world, there are even more of them, including the original five-member "Hitakai": the pianist, the public relations officer, the cold-blooded, the stupid bird and the surgeon, Odasaku and Andrew Kidd who died together, and Shibuzawa Ryuhiko who was killed by Atsushi not long ago.
Speaking of Atsushi-kun, the 'him' in this world actually joined the Port Mafia instead of the Armed Detective Agency.
Tsk tsk, the port mafia in this world is too powerful. No wonder the documents on his desk cover a wide range of areas, almost covering the entire territory of Japan.
"But... as for this position." Dazai Osamu pointed at the center of the crowd in the photo thoughtfully, and muttered to himself with a smile: "Although it is closer to the center, this position is not the place for a leader to stay, Mr. Mori."
Dazai Osamu, who is extremely gifted in perceiving people's hearts, made an accurate judgment that in the port mafia of this world, the leader who led everyone forward was not Mr. Mori, but another strange young man he did not know.
Just by looking at the body movements and subconscious embraces of those people in the photo, Dazai Osamu could analyze that this new boss, whom he didn't know, was very popular within the port mafia and was wholeheartedly supported by everyone.
What a curious person.
Dazai Osamu flicked the photo of the young man with long oak-white hair with interest, then moved closer in surprise, carefully observing some details in the photo, and finally couldn't help but complain: "This eye is even more exaggerated than Yumeno Hisasaku's, Atsushi-kun, you lose."
The protagonist Nakajima Atsushi, who has purple-gold gradient eyes: ???
Complaining enough, Dazai quickly put things back in place and restored the room that he had messed up. Since he didn't know when he would be returning, the most important thing was not to expose himself.
The noise of ringing bells could be heard from time to time in the office. The two men in black suits standing guard outside the door knocked on the door once and asked. After receiving a perfunctory response from Lord Dazai, they learned to continue standing guard as if they had heard nothing.
Although they don't know what Dazai-sama is busy with, as his lackeys who have been following Dazai-sama for many years, they know very well when to play deaf and dumb.
Dazai-sama doesn't need anyone to question him.
As long as these subordinates follow closely behind Lord Dazai and obey his orders obediently, there will be no problems no matter how difficult the mission is. This is the experience they have accumulated over the years of following Lord Dazai.
Dazai Osamu: Thank you, myself in the parallel world.