Chapter 229 The Third Player
“Hey, you’re leaving me to Chuuya? Mochizuki-sensei is really too much.”
Dazai Osamu complained, "With Chuuya's height, I'm afraid my legs will always drag on the ground, right?"
"I told you I'll grow taller, you bastard!" Nakahara Chuuya was really pissed off by him and started arguing with him: "Be careful or I'll throw him to the ground and drag him away by his legs!"
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There was a lot of noise around him, and the pale golden subspace of the cursed object was still expanding, but Xihai Qingdou was... in a daze.
It's not quite true to say that he was in a daze; he was just distracted for a moment.
It was as if he had no idea that extreme danger was approaching.
In fact, Saikai Haruto's mentality was indeed very peaceful, and he did not feel how critical the current situation was.
He was just thinking about another very important thing - how far should he "fight" with Rimbaud? Or, what extent does he want to see from this guy Dazai Osamu?
Xi Haiqing Dou was a little undecided for a while.
On the surface, this battle was Rimbaud's fight against Nakahara Chuuya and Dazai Osamu, and of course it could also be said that they were fighting against Rimbaud; but in reality, the person this battle was really against was him - that is, "Mochizuki Kaoru". And the one who set up the trap was naturally Dazai Osamu.
Xi Haiqing Dou knew this very well.
Dazai Osamu, who has the "book", naturally knows how to deal with Rimbaud, and he may even have a way to avoid the fight directly... He shows such a miserable look, and Saikai Haruto can guess that it is nothing more than a "trick of self-torture".
The one who led him here in the name of Rimbaud must have been Dazai Osamu - with Rimbaud's personality, he would not invite him here via text message, he would be more inclined to take the initiative to invite him in person... So Saikai Haruto actually knew from the beginning that there was someone else who wanted him to come here.
Xi Haiqing Dou felt that Dazai might not be unaware of the loophole in the message, and he couldn't help wondering whether he would find it out... But he still sent it. Xi Haiqing Dou guessed that maybe he was sure that he would come over. Of course, it was also possible that he was betting on the possibility that "he would come over", but the premise of "betting" was that he had a certain degree of certainty in his heart.
So even though he knew that the message was most likely problematic, Xi Hai Qing Dou still rushed over pretending to be ignorant.
When he met Dazai Osamu, he understood that everything was still under Dazai Osamu's plan and control.
Then Xihai Qingdou suddenly understood.
When Dazai Osamu asked for help, he was particularly cooperative and reached out to him - because this was what Dazai Osamu had seen in the "book", and what "Mochizuki Kaoru" would do.
...I don't know if it was his own imagination or if it was the way he was in the script of the previous week, so that Dazai Osamu had such an impression of him - "He would extend a hand without hesitation to those who asked for help." Saikai Haruto is simply unbelievable. To be honest, before today, Saikai Haruto had never thought of adding such a personality to "Mochizuki Kaoru".
But the guy was absolutely certain he wouldn't say no.
——And Saikai Haruto would certainly not refuse.
Although he couldn't figure out why "Mochizuki Kaoru" suddenly had such a character setting, it was not a bad thing for him at all, so Xi Haiqingdou chose to acquiesce. He even had the urge to lie down... For the first time, he didn't need to rack his brains to think about what character setting to add to his vest, but someone took the initiative to help him think of the script, and even took the initiative to cooperate with him to act. He only needed to play his role step by step according to the other party's script.
Isn't it really tempting to not have to think about it? Especially when the other party is also a smart person with a very high IQ. Even the "after-sales" is almost taken care of by the other party.
So Saikai Haruto decided to throw away his own script——and just follow the other party's script.
After all, the more you do, the more mistakes you make, especially in front of a guy like Dazai Osamu who is so smart and has the script in his hands, the best option is not to think too much.
...Of course it wasn't because he wanted to be lazy.
Just like when he reached out to Dazai Osamu, and then confronted Rimbaud.
Obviously, this was also a part of Dazai Osamu's plan so that nothing would go wrong - so Saikai Haruto spoke without hesitation.
Of course, part of his confidence in himself comes from Dazai Osamu's self-confidence and assurance - the reason he has such a relaxed attitude is simply because he feels that with his special abilities, it won't be too dangerous to face Rimbaud, or he feels that he has other abilities to deal with Rimbaud and overcome the current crisis.
That guy probably knows about his special ability? Although such "trust" seems a bit heavy.
In addition to Dazai Osamu's confidence, Saikai Haruto is also quite confident in his own abilities... At least he is sure that he can run away even if he can't win.
His special ability is called "Man in the Mirror". As Rimbaud said, it is a space-related special ability. However, unlike the "Colored Album" that controls the subspace, one of the special effects of "Man in the Mirror" is that it allows him to enter a different space and travel back and forth between different spaces - just like when Rimbaud sent the space wave over just now, on the surface he was still in the same space with other people, but in fact his body was already in the different space, and the outside world could only see a projection - so those space waves would directly "pass through" his body.
Because it was just an "illusion". The real him and those space waves were in two different spaces.
Even if he was in the subspace created by Rimbaud, he could forcibly carve out a new space within this subspace.
Although he hasn't used this ability for a long time...but it should still be useful now, right?
...Of course, if supernatural powers really can’t defeat the opponent, there is still the “mouth cannon”.
If even “mouth talk” doesn’t work…don’t we still have Dazai Osamu?
Xi Haiqing Dou didn't believe that he would really fail.
Of course, Dazai Osamu himself didn't believe it.
Just as he thought, everything so far was under his control, even going incredibly smoothly... Even the one, two, three, four, and five alternative plans that he had originally anticipated that might lead to unexpected events, he had not yet activated any of them.
Dazai Osamu was confident that there was an 80% chance that this incident would end perfectly as he had planned.
——So far, he has achieved two-thirds of his goal.
Originally, whether it was the "resurrection" incident of the previous generation, or the initial confrontation between Chuuya Nakahara and the port mafia, or the battle with Rimbaud, he could have directly avoided it, but Dazai Osamu did not do so. Instead, he watched these things happen with cold eyes - and then, using these events, he almost quietly achieved his goal -
Just as Mori Ogai usurped the position of the previous leader, Dazai Osamu also usurped Mori Ogai's position as leader.
As Mori Ougai said, the previous leader is indeed a very useful weapon.
——So Dazai Osamu accepted it without hesitation.
The Nakahara Chuuya is his sharpest sword and most useful killer mace.
The purpose of fighting with Rimbaud was only partly for Chuuya Nakahara. In addition to confronting Rimbaud head-on, he also had several backup plans to eliminate this fight, just like what he saw in the "book", the world should have been like that. But this battle is indeed necessary and indispensable - in order for him to naturally "bump" into Mochizuki Kaoru.
Before that, he killed Gwendolyn in advance, and added a little "obstacle" to Mochizuki Kaoru's way over. Although it seems that he has achieved his goal and successfully prevented Mochizuki Kaoru from entering the Special Powers Department, time was short and he did it too obviously. Dazai Osamu felt that he might have been on Mochizuki Kaoru's "suspicious list".
Therefore, if you want to successfully get close to him like before, you will need to rely on some "self-torture tactics" to achieve your goal.
Dazai Osamu admitted that there was an element of gambling involved. When Saikai Haruto looked at him intently and seriously with those light gray eyes that even had a faint blue tint in the sunlight, his heartbeat uncontrollably quickened for a few tenths of a second... But the result was gratifying, just as he had guessed, no, or even better than he had guessed - Mochizuki Kaoru didn't ask anything, and as if she had seen through him - she walked straight up to him.
...The "self-torture tactic" is indeed a timeless and effective tactic.
Dazai Osamu thought.
Look, he succeeded.
No matter how far or near you are, as long as you stretch out your hand you will be burned by the heat of the flame.
The so-called "HAPPY ENDING" does not mean a perfect ending... No, perhaps there is no truly perfect "HAPPY ENDING" from the beginning.
But he still wanted to reach out.
——He would never end up like the other "Dazai Osamu" who got the "book" like him.
It's just so stupid.
There are many more things he can do, and now, facts have proved that he does not need to be as cautious and overly careful as that "Dazai Osamu"... Now is not the time for "that person" to appear, and everything is still in time.
Dazai Osamu lay on the shoulder of Nakahara Chuuya, "dying", and looked quietly in the direction of Rimbaud and Saikai Haruto.
...I can't seem to hear clearly what they are saying.
Is it because it's too far away?
Dazai Osamu pulled at Nakahara Chuuya's hat, signaling him to move closer to the position of Rimbaud and Saikai Haruto.