Chapter 255 The Third Player

The various "unfamiliarity" and even "strangeness" shown by "Dazai Osamu" revealed a very simple and obvious meaning - just as he said before, he did not know Mochizuki Kaoru at all.

And not only does the other world not recognize him, but all the possibilities he sees in the "book" and the other "Dazai Osamu" also don't recognize him.

In other words, the Dazai Osamu of this world would know him and become a special "anomaly" among them.

In response to his question, "Dazai Osamu" thought about it, as if searching his past memories in his mind. In the end, he probably couldn't find any information about "Mochizuki Kaoru" or "Mochizuki Kurumi", so he nodded slightly, as a way of acknowledging it.

"Before today, I had no impression of Mochizuki-kun's name," he said.

Mochizuki Kaoru was at a loss for a moment.

In this world, his encounter with Dazai Osamu originated from a case three years ago. Dazai Osamu was innocently involved in the case, which led to their acquaintance. At that time, Dazai Osamu was not yet fifteen years old. If the case is to be traced back further, it would have to be traced back to ten years ago, when he was walking around Europe under the code name "Dead Soul".

In addition to that incident, his interactions with Dazai Osamu also included those with Rimbaud and Odasaku... Even if they did not know each other during that incident, when Dazai Osamu met Rimbaud or Odasaku later, there would always be a day when he would hear "Mochizuki Kaoru" or these two names from them.

Even beyond that, even if Dazai Osamu had never met the name "Mochizuki Kurumi", he would not have no impression of him at all... As a famous novelist, Mochizuki Kaoru is completely confident of this.

But if what "Dazai Osamu" said is true, "He does not exist at all in his memory", then it proves that... in all other possibilities, there is no "Mochizuki Kaoru" or "Mochizuki Kurumi".

There is only one possible result - that is, in this world, the "dead souls" in other worlds did die in Europe ten years ago, so there will be no "Mochizuki Kaoru" or "Mochizuki Kurumi" appearing.

There is almost no other possibility.

"It seems that I am really lucky in this world."

It only took a second to figure out the secret, and Mochizuki Kaoru's expression instantly became indescribably complicated.

"Dazai Osamu" felt a little confused because of his answer.

...Lucky? What kind of lucky? Is he lucky to know Dazai Osamu in this world? Why would he have such a thought? This seems to be a little different from what he expected...?

Unfortunately, Mochizuki Kaoru didn't seem to have any intention of explaining. She just smiled and passed it over. "Dazai Osamu" couldn't guess what he was thinking when he said that.

"Dazai Osamu" has some setbacks, but not many.

Although there is a slight deviation here - he originally said this, on the one hand because there is indeed no such name as "Mochizuki Kaoru" or "Mochizuki Kurumi" in his memory, and on the other hand he also wanted him to be able to connect the matter to Dazai Osamu of this world.

The "Dazai Osamu" of other worlds have no intersection with "Mochizuki Kaoru" and do not know him at all, but the Dazai Osamu of this world knows him. Doesn't this mean that the Dazai Osamu of this world is very abnormal? And the source of his "abnormality" is of course because there is a bug in his data. No, it must be related to the "book"!

——No matter whether the truth is related to the "book" or not, let's lean the conclusion in this direction.

If it turns out to have nothing to do with the "book" in the end, then it is just that Mochizuki Kaoru himself guessed wrong. Anyway, he never said that Dazai Osamu's abnormality must be caused by the "book".

If it is related to the "book", then it can be used to fool people. If not, it can further prove that everything else he said is correct. Then of course the next step is to take the "book" from Dazai Osamu.

"Mochizuki-kun, you don't want to see Dazai Osamu of this world pay a tragic price for the 'book' and kill each other with your self (me) in another world, right?" (crossed out)

...In any case, it can probably evolve into the meaning mentioned above.

As for where the "book" of Dazai Osamu in this world came from, it is most likely that there was a bug in the game's data abnormality... No, the correct statement should be that it fell to him from another world.

Although there is a certain probability that the "book" originally belonged to this world and accidentally fell into Dazai Osamu's hands, there is also a certain probability that it is not a "book", but it doesn't matter, anyway, if he says it is, it is. Anyway, there is no other "people from another world" who can jump out and confront him.

Of course, Dazai Osamu's abnormality may have nothing to do with the "book" and be due to other abnormal reasons, but "Dazai Osamu" decided not to consider it for the time being.

When he has no clue about something and can't find a direction, "Dazai Osamu" chooses to throw out a hypothetical direction as a "lead" and then slowly investigate along this lead. In the process of investigation, new clues will always appear. It's like playing minesweeper. At the beginning, of course, it's a blank and you don't know anything, but after you choose a square, you will naturally know whether there are mines in other places around it.

Moreover, it doesn’t matter whether this “truth” that serves as an “introduction” is the truth or not. What matters is that it is an important prop that he needs.

Dazai Osamu's abnormality may be related to "books" or may not be related to "books", but the reason why "Dazai Osamu" must link it to "books" is that he wants to get "books".

The world of "Bungo Isoku" should belong to the only "world outside the book", and the plot development inside should also develop according to the plot of the original work unless there is interference from the player's actions... However, "Dazai Osamu" encountered a "plot deviation". Right from the start, he encountered the incident of "Dazai Osamu being hunted down by the port mafia", and also heard the news that "Dazai Osamu became the leader of the port mafia, and Odasaku was also in the port mafia" and so on.

It is certain that Dazai Osamu has problems, but what about this world? Is there a certain probability that it is actually a constructed "if world" rather than the only "world outside the book"?

In that case, if this world is covered with a "book", will there be some hidden plot, such as the reappearance of the real "world outside the book"?

Well, if that's the case, the player himself - not the "boss", is actually looking forward to it.

Moreover, as the most "important" and most buggy prop in the original work, he is now wearing the shell of the leader Zai, so it is normal for him to be curious about the "book" of this world, right?

——Based on the above ideas, the player told "Mochizuki Kaoru" this "story" about the "leader" and the "book", which was deleted, reduced and revised.

As for whether the content of his words was true or false, didn't he tell him everything?

——"Aren't you afraid that what I said is all lies?" He reminded me, but he didn't say that what he said was true. Adults should have their own ability to distinguish, anyway, the players have no guilt.

In short, overall, "Dazai Osamu" was quite satisfied with the conversation with the man in front of him named "Mochizuki Kaoru".

Especially when Mochizuki Kaoru called Dazai Osamu and asked directly about the "book", and also told the other party firmly that she would protect him, "Dazai Osamu" could not be more satisfied.

Although he didn't know where Mochizuki Kaoru got the confidence to protect him, but since she said so, he would trust her for the time being. He wouldn't suffer any loss anyway... at least the situation wouldn't be worse than before.

After Mochizuki Kaoru hung up the phone, Dazai Osamu had already understood in his heart: at least for a period of time, he could temporarily trust Mochizuki Kaoru.

——Dazai Osamu was obviously very honest with him and took him very seriously. From this perspective, maybe his safety could be guaranteed?

"Dazai Osamu" felt a little more at ease.

"So, what are you going to do next, Mr. Mochizuki?"

He also changed his address to the same one as Dazai Osamu.

"Take the cold medicine first." Mochizuki Kaoru turned her head to look at him and signaled to him.

He said calmly, "Let's just stay here for a few days. Anyway, this place is probably safe, and there shouldn't be any risk of being discovered by the Hong Kong gangs in the short term. I'll go out tomorrow to get some information... Dazai-kun, do you think it's okay?"

"Can I go out with you, Mr. Mochizuki, tomorrow?" he asked.

"Okay." Mochizuki Kaoru thought for a moment and replied, "But I have to simply disguise myself. Dazai-kun, can you agree to that?"

"Dazai Osamu" agreed with interest.

Although according to Mochizuki Kaoru, this is just a simple "temporary residence", the things inside are quite complete.

And the security aspect was also good - at least until the next morning, Dazai Osamu did not see any members of the Hong Kong Black Guerrilla Army who had come here.

The only annoying thing was that after putting on the chief's shell, he also inherited the chief's completely terrible schedule... He only slept for less than four hours throughout the night, and that was because he had been hypnotizing himself in his mind and forcing himself to sleep, which allowed him to sleep for such a long time.

The next morning, at the semi-forced request of Mochizuki Kaoru, "Dazai Osamu" changed into an outfit that was completely different from yesterday.

I don't know where he prepared such a complete set of props. After playing the drums for more than an hour, at least from the appearance, it is difficult to associate him with "Dazai Osamu".

Even the player himself found it magical when looking at the person in the mirror...it was as if he had become a completely different person.

"What a miraculous technique... Is Mr. Mochizuki really just a novelist?"

"Dazai Osamu" asked curiously, "Or do all novelists keep these things in their 'temporary residence'?"

In fact, it's not just these props, but also the way he concealed his whereabouts when they came here, the overly complete medicine box in the study, and even the secret compartment in the study that stores pistols and bullets... Would ordinary people have these things in their homes?

"Don't think too much about it. It's just something to be prepared for. After all, Yokohama is very different from other cities, isn't it?"

The young man, who had changed out of his kimono and put on a dark casual outfit that was easy to move in, simply disassembled the gun in his hand, installed the magazine, and threw it to "Dazai Osamu". He didn't seem to have any intention of explaining anything to him. He hesitated for two seconds and said vaguely: "You can regard it as a little bit of my hobby from a long time ago?"

...Is your hobby disguise? "Dazai Osamu" looked strange.

"Let's go, Dazai-kun. Although it's a bit uncomfortable, please bear with the trouble for now."

A hint of apology appeared on Mochizuki Kaoru's face.

"Dazai Osamu" blinked his eyes and said, "I should be the one to say thank you, Mr. Mochizuki."

Mochizuki Kaoru remained noncommittal.

Even with this attire, their whereabouts were still very covert.

"Dazai Osamu" carefully observed his actions on the road and found something very interesting - although he did not deliberately pass through various "dark alleys and paths" along the way, but walked among the crowd, Mochizuki Kaoru was able to avoid contact with the crowd in various ways with a calm face, and no one noticed anything unusual.

If you zoom out further, you can see that he walked through the crowd without making contact with anyone at all. It even looked like everyone around him was actively avoiding him.

Just like an electronic ghost, his figure would not appear on any electronic device on the road. Even if you ask passers-by along the way whether they remember him, they will get a blank answer - the young man's appearance can be said to be very outstanding and will leave a deep impression on people. People can't help but ask "is he a star?", but no one along the way remembers him... It's as if they treated him as a transparent person.

They even had some time to have breakfast on the street.

"Dazai Osamu" suddenly became more curious about who Mochizuki Kaoru was in the past.

In short... he is definitely not just "an ordinary novelist" as he said.

The journey was smooth. Although they encountered a group of people who were obviously members of the Hong Kong underworld, they seemed to have completely ignored them. In the end, "Dazai Osamu" and Mochizuki Kaoru arrived at their destination smoothly.

It's not the port mafia, but more like... an ordinary house?