Chapter 239 The Third Player

Ever since Dazai Osamu followed Saikai Haruto into the cafe, his mood has become extremely strange.

It was to the point where I almost suspected that I was dreaming.

But he had to admit that this dream was indeed beautiful—a dream he had never imagined before.

Dazai Osamu didn't even dare to think so in his dreams.

He was quite busy recently - busy fooling Nakahara Chuuya, fooling Rimbaud, fooling the other remaining Hong Kong gang members, etc. He was even busy fooling Sakaguchi Ango and the Special Powers Division.

He just came back when the internal struggle of Hong Kong underworld was in full swing, but his appearance was not to put out the fire, but to pour oil on the fire - he did not let Hong Kong underworld become a building about to collapse, which made him a little regretful. But anyway, a broken ship still has 3,000 nails, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even if Hong Kong underworld has declined for a while, it is still glorious. There is no more powerful mafia than Hong Kong underworld in Yokohama... So the conclusion is that Hong Kong underworld cannot be destroyed at present, and it cannot be destroyed, so Dazai Osamu came to power.

The process of his rise to power is not much better than that of Sen Ou Wai, no, it is even more bloody and violent than that of Sen Ou Wai - because he is more reckless than Sen Ou Wai. In addition to the need for stability within the Hong Kong underworld, there are also the special agents who are watching from the outside and waiting in a serious manner.

The original fourteen or fifteen-year-old Dazai Osamu could not understand it, but now he can see it clearly. The old fox outside Mori Oo must have seen through Sakaguchi Ango long ago that he was an undercover sent by the Special Powers Department to infiltrate the port mafia, but he chose to let him go, naturally in order to restrain, check and balance, and use the Special Powers Department to achieve his goals.

Now Dazai Osamu is following suit - he also puts Sakaguchi Ango under his own eyes.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Dazai Osamu did learn many of Mori Ogai's methods when he was with him, and if Mori Ogai really had a "best successor", it must be Dazai Osamu.

After Mori Ogai was gone, Dazai Osamu came to power. Sakaguchi Ango was both an undercover agent planted by the Special Powers Special Forces in the Hong Kong underworld and a spy for Dazai Osamu to use the Special Powers Special Forces.

It was only two or three months before he took office. He had to reorganize the Hong Kong underworld and fight against other forces outside that coveted Hong Kong underworld. He said he wanted to be lazy, but he couldn't be lazy at all... In short, Dazai Osamu was very busy, even more tired than Mori Ogai himself when Mori Ogai was in office. He had a little free time to rest for a while, and two or three months had passed in a blink of an eye.

At this time, the first chapter of Kurumi Mochizuki's new work "Reader Letters" had already begun serialization on an online writing blog. The excitement in the outside world spread quickly, and soon, it reached Dazai Osamu's ears.

So Dazai Osamu finally had some free time, and while being "surveilled" by Nakahara Chuuya, he found a chance to take a break and opened "Reader's Letters".

Then he was stunned again.

Not only has "Botanical Garden", which was supposed to be published a month ago, not appeared yet, but "Readers' Letters" appeared ahead of time, and the way "Readers' Letters" appeared and the previous content currently published on the Internet are also different from what he knew.

——Not only did he adopt a new online serialization writing model that has never been used before, and will never be used in the future, but the "first letter" in "Reader's Letter" also changed from the content of the "first letter" that he had "seen" to content that he had never seen... but it was strangely familiar. Dazai Osamu looked from top to bottom and subtly saw himself in the "first letter".

However, Dazai Osamu remembered that he had seen it in the "book", so in "Reader's Letter", he did not appear until the "Seventh Letter", right?

——Because he was dissatisfied with Mochizuki Kaoru for putting Odasaku and others in the front, Dazai Osamu shouted why he was not in "Reader's Letter", even though he was a loyal reader of Mochizuki teacher and even the title of the book was given by him... Mochizuki Kaoru deliberately deceived him, pretending to be embarrassed by saying "Dazai, your participation has already appeared in the title and in the whole book, right?", and at the same time quietly put him in "The Seventh Letter", one of the important clues, and he played a very important role and had a very strong presence.

Everything is different from what is in the "book".

Dazai Osamu realized it clearly once again.

Even if he has almost no involvement in some places, some small changes will cause various chain reactions, leading to various different appearances.

This is the "butterfly effect." -- "A butterfly flapping its wings in South America may result in a tornado in Texas, USA."

But the reality now is that he obviously didn't become a close friend with Mochizuki Kaoru like in the "book" - he succeeded in many things, but also messed up some things. So why did he see himself in the "first letter" of "Reader's Letter"?

Dazai Osamu's heart was beating violently.

Dazai Osamu then went to look at the personal blog of "Mochizuki Kurumi".

His personal blog is very famous and easy to find. Although Kaoru Mochizuki is not a person who likes to update his blog frequently, he will update his blog when a new book is published.

This time, he easily found the content that Mochizuki Kaoru had updated in recent days - there were even many contents that were not just related to "Readers' Letters".

He openly and publicly thanked the person who inspired his new work on his blog and praised him on his blog.

He also said that he would be out collecting materials recently. Five days ago, he posted a small puzzle on his blog.

It's a very easy puzzle to guess, Dazai thought, and he thought of the answer in a flash. When he thought of Mochizuki Kaoru, he guessed it in a flash - the address of the place where he went out to collect materials recently. As long as you have some brains and know enough about Mochizuki Kaoru - not just "Mochizuki Kurumi" - you can quickly guess where it is.

Mochizuki Kaoru revealed on her blog where she will be going in the next week and who she is looking forward to meeting.

The blog has not been updated in the following days until now.

The person he was talking about - could it be him?

Dazai Osamu couldn't help but guess.

Although reality has changed, some of the contents in the "book" are still relevant.

Mr. Mochizuki, you probably haven't met Oda Saku yet... Their "first meeting" was probably originally facilitated by Dazai Osamu.

——In a bar called "Lupin", Dazai Osamu, Oda Saku and Sakaguchi Ango were drinking in the bar, and then coincidentally met with Osamu Osamu who happened to come to the bar because of the novel material. Then, through Dazai Osamu, the middleman, the four people met and got to know each other formally. Then they gradually became friends.

Two mafia members from the Port Mafia, an undercover agent from the Special Power Secret Service who infiltrated the Port Mafia, and a "special member" of the Special Power Secret Service.

The strange combination became strange friends in a joking way.

Dazai Osamu came back to his senses.

——So, since Mr. Mochizuki has not yet met Oda Sakunosuke, the "that person" he mentioned in his blog could be... him?

...So in the end, he couldn't help it. After dealing with most of the Hong Kong underworld's affairs and throwing the remaining small part to other people, Dazai Osamu still sneaked over.

...He went to take a look quietly. He thought, if he just took a look, he wouldn't be discovered. And, maybe?

For some unspeakable thoughts, or perhaps just out of some bad taste, Dazai Osamu still brought Sakaguchi Ango along.

Ever since this guy entered the Port Mafia, he has been working as an unsuccessful accounting assistant, just to kill time, as if he was semi-exiled - of course, this was purely a sleight of hand to deceive people, and after more than half a year, while waiting for the Dragon War to happen and then end, he would be transferred by Mori Ougai to become an intelligence agent for the Port Mafia - if Mori Ougai was still there.

But everything became chaotic after Dazai Osamu came to power. At that time, Sakaguchi Ango, who was still working as a clerical assistant, was directly picked out by Dazai Osamu and became a semi-exclusive intelligence recorder - it is hard to say whether it was essentially to be able to torment him up close.

So this time, Dazai Osamu did not bring Nakahara Chuuya with him, but brought Sakaguchi Ango with him. Although a small accident happened during the trip and was discovered by Rimbaud, it was not a big problem - Rimbaud could not appear in public anyway because he had "faked his death".

——In the end, the plan was going well, but unexpectedly, I saw Mochizuki Kaoru and Odasaku sitting together in the cafe. I was stunned by the scene and was discovered by Mochizuki Kaoru and caught red-handed.

"Dazai-kun? Long time no see. I didn't expect you to be here now?"

Outside the cafe, Mochizuki Kaoru stopped him with a smile on her lips, but the look in her eyes was filled with obvious surprise.

The "that person" that Mochizuki Kaoru mentioned in her blog was of course Oda Saku, not Dazai Osamu.

In a flash, Dazai Osamu figured it out.

Dazai knew that the inspiration for the "Reader's Letter" written by Mochizuki Kaoru was not only him, but also Oda Sakunosuke. He just didn't expect that Mochizuki Kaoru would meet Oda Sakunosuke so early - and there was another deviation from what he knew in the "book". Dazai was not even sure whether the reason for this deviation was also because of him.

Dazai Osamu has now become the leader of the Port Mafia, and Mochizuki Kaoru must know this. At this time, he certainly shouldn't be here, but should be working in the building of the Port Mafia.

So Dazai gave him an exceptionally fleeting and forceful smile: "Hong Kong Hei has an important external commission to deal with, and I accidentally passed by here. Mr. Mochizuki, long time no see."

——He seemed to speak clearly and have bright eyes, but in fact his mind was blank. He probably didn't even know what he said. He was just relying on instinct to answer his questions.

"Really? But from your look, Dazai-kun, you don't seem to be very busy." Mochizuki Kaoru raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Would you like to come in and sit with us?"

"good……?"

Dazai Osamu, who had already prepared himself not to believe it, gave a subconscious nod and looked at Mochizuki Kaoru in astonishment.

"Then follow me."

Mochizuki Kaoru didn't give him any more response. She turned around and went back the same way. She paused when opening the door, and when she turned around to look at him, she gave him a puzzled look - as if she was wondering why he said "OK" but didn't do anything.

...So Dazai Osamu almost followed behind Mochizuki Kaoru and "floated" all the way into the cafe.

He even sat opposite Mochizuki Kaoru and Odasaku.

To be honest, Dazai Osamu never expected that his first meeting with Odasaku would be in such a scene... He had even planned when to collapse at the doorstep of Odasaku's house... This suddenly disrupted all his original plans.

The plan was in a mess, but Dazai Osamu had no regrets at all. He just felt that he was probably in a dream.

Even Mochizuki Kaoru acknowledged him as a "friend", and Odasaku exchanged names with him and did not reject his title?

The surprises came too fast and too much at once, and Dazai Osamu was almost dizzy.

The only thing that was not so good was that Ango was found hiding somewhere by Mochizuki-sensei and was invited in.

There is a slight feeling of being happy yet not too happy.

——Teacher Mochizuki did it on purpose.

Dazai Osamu was determined.

The smile on his lips could not be clearer in Dazai's eyes. Even though it was slightly obscured by a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, Dazai could see it clearly, including the cunning that flashed across his eyes - Mochizuki Kaoru was just deliberately teasing him.

He could clearly see through why he was here at a glance. No, he predicted that he would appear before he showed up - but he still had to ask him again despite knowing the answer.

A man with a mature and stable personality, but sometimes very vicious and with a bad taste - Dazai Osamu is very familiar with the former, and the latter, only a small part of it was revealed to him before, but now Dazai Osamu is also beginning to become familiar with it.

Perhaps, this is the real and complete "Mochizuki Kaoru", Dazai Osamu thought. The "Mochizuki Kaoru" he saw was obviously more than the one in the "book" - more different, harder to see, but also more real.

"Dazai, weren't you outside just now and wanted me to invite you in?" said Mochizuki Kaoru.

Although the tone of her words seemed to be as matter of course as if she was stating a fact, and she seemed to have no emotions, Dazai Osamu knew that Mochizuki Kaoru did it on purpose. Although it was also a fact... he just said it on purpose.

"What? It's obviously Mochizuki-sensei's problem—"

Dazai Osamu half-leaned on the table, stretched out his tone, looked up at Mochizuki Kaoru, his black eyes bright: "Teacher Mochizuki is too sensitive."

...in every sense of the word. He swallowed the rest of the sentence.

He glanced at Sakaguchi Ango, and for a moment he had the illusion that he was in the "Lupin" bar, but the next moment he felt clearly that everything was different.

Unable to explain why, his whole body suddenly relaxed and he felt lighter than ever before.