Chapter 251 The Third Player

In the first-class area in the center of Yokohama, there are five buildings that are 300 to 400 meters high. Even from the distant Yokohama Port, they are conspicuous enough. As long as you live in Yokohama, no one is unaware of their existence - they are five buildings belonging to the Hong Kong Black, and they are the tallest buildings in the entire Yokohama.

The tallest black building, which is arched by the other four buildings, has the office of the leader of the Hong Kong underworld on its top floor.

To some extent, those five buildings are the landmark of Yokohama.

However, despite its conspicuousness and how much the enemies of the Hong Kong underworld hate it, it still stands there unshakably, like the most indestructible fortress, just like the new leader of the Hong Kong underworld, Dazai Osamu, who has been in office for less than two years - as many people hate, despise and fear him as there are people who cannot kill him and are completely helpless against him.

At this moment, in the chief's office at the top of the □□ headquarters, Dazai Osamu was sitting on a chair behind the chief's desk in the middle of the room. His face was still calm and peaceful, as still as still water, but only Oda Sakunosuke, who was standing beside him at this moment, could sense that Dazai Osamu was uneasy.

If the enemies of other port mafia or even other members within the Hong Kong mafia heard this, they would definitely find it incredible.

That Dazai Osamu - that Dazai Osamu who had no plan, who seemed to see through everything and had everything under control, would he also have a time when he was uneasy? In the port mafia, no, even in Yokohama, there was a saying that "the greatest misfortune of being Dazai Osamu's enemy is that his enemy is Dazai Osamu". If you believe that Dazai Osamu will have a day when he is uneasy, it is better to believe that it is just that Oda Sakunosuke has misjudged him.

Even Oda Sakunosuke didn't understand why Dazai Osamu felt uneasy.

However, Dazai was indeed uneasy.

This vague feeling of uneasiness started yesterday and has not subsided at all until now.

——To be more specific, all his "uneasiness" can be attributed to "that person".

Did he appear yesterday or today? Dazai Osamu couldn't be sure.

The guy wearing the name of "Dazai Osamu" - but Dazai Osamu is completely unwilling to admit that he has the same name and the same identity as him - although he still doesn't know the other party's true identity and name, no matter who he is, he will never be "Dazai Osamu".

That was what Dazai Osamu finally realized after he saw all kinds of future developments in the world of countless possibilities in the "book".

The other party insisted that he was "Dazai Osamu from another possible world". His various behaviors, habits, and even supernatural powers seemed to be the same as Dazai Osamu himself. The other subtle differences can also be explained by the different pasts and experiences of the two "Dazai Osamu" - after all, one is the "Hong Kong gangster quasi-leader Dazai Osamu" who is still growing, and the other is the "Hong Kong gangster leader Dazai Osamu" who is in his youth. It would be strange to say that the two people are exactly the same, right?

Although some people have doubts, no one doubts that he is not "Dazai Osamu".

Except Dazai himself.

...Maybe, there is also "Mochizuki Kaoru".

Mr. Mochizuki was inexplicably targeted by the guy disguised as "Dazai Osamu". He was the only one who finally met that "Dazai Osamu" and killed that guy. Did he know that the guy was not "Dazai Osamu"?

...It is unknown about Dazai Osamu.

Even though he saw some of the "future possibilities" of this world again from the "book", Dazai Osamu was still confused about the answer and has not been able to come up with an answer until now.

There is another question that he has not been able to answer until now, just like this one - can he really kill another "Dazai Osamu" smoothly as he is currently planning?

This is also the source of all his "uneasiness".

That guy... Dazai Osamu was unwilling to call him "Dazai Osamu" no matter what, so let's just call him "X" - the same name that Mr. Mochizuki gave to "Unnamed Victim X" in the novel. No matter if "X" appeared yesterday, today, or a few days later, everything he did should have an effect on him.

Dazai Osamu thought silently in his heart.

When he picked up the "book" at the age of 14, he silently made the decision to "become the leader of the Port Mafia". The reason for wanting to become the leader of the Port Mafia is similar to that of Dazai Osamu who picked up the "book" at the age of 15 in another possible world, but the difference is that Dazai Osamu also chose to usurp the throne and become the leader of the Port Mafia for a certain purpose - because what he wants to do can only be achieved by becoming the leader of the Port Mafia.

Any other identities are not acceptable.

One reason is to protect the stability of this world, to protect the world where Odasaku can survive smoothly and write novels with peace of mind - although according to the content of the "book", even if he does not choose to become the leader of the Gangsters, Odasaku in this world can still survive smoothly and write novels; and in another world where "Dazai Osamu becomes the leader of the Gangsters", the same is true; but - this is also the only world where "Mochizuki Kaoru" exists.

Another reason was to be able to issue an order to the Hong Kong underworld guerrilla forces and other forces - to kill "Dazai Osamu".

This is an order that can only be issued by becoming a member of the Port Mafia.

Although this order is no different from "killing the leader" for the members of the Port Mafia, only the leader can give them such an order that cannot be violated - other identities, even cadres, cannot do so.

Therefore, you must first become a leader.

Whenever they see "Dazai Osamu" appear, they must first execute the order and kill "Dazai Osamu". Even if the leader himself appears, no one is allowed to disobey the order regardless of the reason. This is the order issued by Dazai Osamu and written on the "Silver Handwritten Order".

The text written on Echizen Japanese paper with silver foil added is signed with the name of the Hong Kong gang leader, Dazai Osamu. The content written on it has the same effect as the leader's own orders. Except for the five major cadres, no refusal is allowed. Once refused, it will be regarded as treason and sentenced... This is the "Silver Oracle".

Since it is impossible to judge whether "X" is "Dazai Osamu", then don't judge it. If you want to kill "X", then just say frankly that you want to "kill Dazai Osamu".

This is also the reason why Dazai Osamu has been staying obediently in the leader's office on the top floor of the Minato Headquarters Building for the past two days and has hardly gone out at all - unless he, the leader, has special permission, no one can enter here.

And once he steps out of the building of the Port Mafia, even he himself will be hunted down by members of the Port Mafia.

"X"'s ability is the same as Dazai Osamu's own ability "Disqualification from the Human World", both of which make the ability ineffective. This ability is completely ineffective when facing ordinary people without abilities, bullets, and guns - even he will still be injured and die when facing bullets. In this regard, Dazai Osamu believes that "X" will not be an exception.

Dazai Osamu wanted to kill "X" very much.

He also had some guesses about the other party's approximate whereabouts - in the "book", he first saw the guy two days later, and was brought by Odasaku - Dazai Osamu later learned from Odasaku when the other party went directly to Odasaku's house to find him. If we go back in time based on that time, even if the specific time and place cannot be confirmed, the approximate range can still be confirmed.

Nakahara Chuuya was sent abroad by him some time ago, and he won't be able to come back for a while; Odasaku was asked by him to stay in the chief's office for the past two days, just like him, in the name of protecting him, and he even persuaded him to move his home next to Mr. Mochizuki's house, so "X" couldn't find Odasaku and Chuuya anymore... The orders he issued were also carried out smoothly... Even Mr. Mochizuki was writing in seclusion these two days and would not go out. Therefore, he should just wait, wait for the guerrillas or the black lizard to bring him the news that the Silver Oracle was successfully executed.

However, Dazai Osamu was still a little uneasy.

Even if "X" can dodge once, twice, or even three or four times, as long as he is in Yokohama, the pursuit from the Hong Kong underworld will not stop. So... where does his uneasiness come from?

In fact, the uneasiness in my heart reached its peak when I received a call from Mochizuki Kaoru.

After learning from Mochizuki Kaoru that the other party had rescued "X", Dazai Osamu's mind almost went blank for a moment.

"...Did Mr. Mochizuki go out these past two days?" Dazai Osamu said in a calm and natural tone: "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."

"Ah, originally I was stuck on the new plot, and I was thinking of looking for inspiration for the next book first, so I went out." Mochizuki Kaoru sighed calmly: "Maybe it's fate that Dazai-kun should not die either."

"Dazai, you haven't answered my question just now," he asked, "The one who issued the order to 'hunt down Dazai Osamu', was it you? What are you thinking about doing? And where are you now?"

"Yes, it's me."

Dazai whispered quietly, "It was me who gave the order, Mr. Mochizuki - I want to kill him. I am inside the Minato-kuro Building."

The words in his mouth simply don't work to be honest.

Is it too much of a coincidence, or too much of a coincidence? Dazai Osamu thought.

Could it be the so-called "fate"? This is too ironic.

Now the most impossible thing in his eyes happened.

"X", who originally wanted to kill Mr. Mochizuki, is now rescued by Mr. Mochizuki; the two people who were originally going to become "enemies" seem to have unexpectedly become the rescuer and the rescued, which is almost completely the opposite of the content in the "book".

It was an unexpected surprise.

Now that Odasaku is gone, will Mochizuki Kaoru take his place?

However, while feeling ridiculous, Dazai Osamu also felt a kind of calmness as if the dust had finally settled.

Although we don't know who "X" is, since he is wearing the cloak of "Dazai Osamu", he can't die so easily. To a certain extent, he can indeed be regarded as half of "Dazai Osamu". If he can be killed so easily, Dazai Osamu doesn't need to care about his existence so much.

"...Can you tell me the reason, Dazai?" Mochizuki Kaoru on the other end of the phone was silent for a while before asking again.

Is "X" still with Mr. Mochizuki? Or has he quietly left? Are they now in Mr. Mochizuki's home, or in the "temporary residence" that Mr. Mochizuki once took him to? Or is it in another base that he has not been to?

Dazai Osamu's thoughts were wandering aimlessly.

"...He cannot exist in this world."

Dazai Osamu said in an unusually calm voice, "Teacher Mochizuki, do you want to protect him?"

"Ah, because the other Dazai-kun also asked me for help."

Mochizuki Kaoru said calmly, as if she had no doubts at all: "Well, I have another question. Dazai, do you know the word 'book'?"

As if thunder suddenly sounded in his ears, Dazai Osamu clenched the microphone in his hand in an instant.