Chapter 136: Yokohama: Act before the rain stops
The shocking inside story that had been passed down by word of mouth among the players and Chuuya Nakahara, and that lingered on the top floor of the Port Mafia building for a long time, made Hirotsu Liulang, who was about to walk towards the three players, slowly turn his back.
The whole of Yokohama was shrouded in a gloomy drizzle, and even the Port Mafia building was tainted with an inescapable feeling of dampness.
"...Dazai-sama."
Without forgetting the mission he had shouldered, he wiped his forehead with a handkerchief. Whether it was moisture formed by the cloudy weather or cold sweat, Guangjin Liulang turned back silently and spoke.
Dazai Osamu waved his hands twice perfunctorily as a response to him.
Mori Ogai handed the Silver Seal to Dazai Osamu, who casually held the symbol of power in his hand, waving it around with a rustling sound, which made Nakahara Chuuya frown.
Hirotsu Liulang, whose seniority and qualifications were far superior to theirs, turned a blind eye to Dazai Osamu's frivolous behavior. Apart from the initial words, he just lowered his head and waited for Dazai Osamu's instructions.
"Well, this is the benefit of having the Silver Order." Dazai Osamu said to the player with a smile.
"Huh? How long are you going to be so proud?" Zhongyuan Zhongya asked unhappily.
"Do you think this is an honor worth showing off?" Dazai Osamu's voice was so soft, so quiet that it seemed like he was talking to himself. "Why do I feel only endless palpitations?"
Before anyone else could react, Dazai Osamu suppressed his facial expression and returned to his normal state.
——Relatively normal.
Fushimi Kyoji added in his heart.
"Mr. Mori's order, let me think about it... I'm still short of someone who can be called upon at any time to entertain me. Hmm, I've decided on Chuuya." Dazai Osamu decided on Chuuya Nakahara's future destination in a cheerful tone whose true emotion could not be discerned.
"Hello!"
Nakahara Chuuya's protest was simply ignored. He pretentiously tapped his chin with his index finger and turned his attention back to the players.
"Then, Fushimi will act together with Mr. Hirotsu!"
"This isn't a decision you made on a whim, is it?" Nakahara Chuuya was full of distrust towards Dazai Osamu.
Dazai Osamu looked away suspiciously and continued, hesitating deliberately: "Eh—why not just add Randou-kun, that's it!"
"Are you talking about the hottest candidate for cadre these days?"
Zhongyuan Zhongye didn't have much impression of Lan Tang. He was a low-key person and he only knew that he was a powerful psychic.
"Hey, Dazai..."
Compared to Hirotsu Liulang, with whom he had been acquainted and understood, Nakahara Chuuya instinctively held a critical attitude towards the unfamiliar Randou.
Also, the opponent will immediately act with the player.
Candidate cadres...tsk.
"Don't cause trouble for Fushimi." Nakahara Chuuya couldn't understand what Dazai Osamu was thinking.
Dazai Osamu interrupted him with a "hush" gesture, a hint of confusion on his face: "Why don't you understand?"
"Until you become a real cadre, a cadre candidate is just a cadre candidate."
Dazai Osamu did not try to hide the deep meaning in his words that anyone could hear, and the smile that did not reach his eyes revealed indifference for no reason.
Players have occasionally seen a similar expression on Mori Ogai's face.
Between punching Dazai Osamu right now and suppressing his emotions temporarily and asking questions first, Nakahara Chuuya chose the latter.
"...Hey, do you know anything else?"
The expression on Dazai's face fell, his eyes lost their warmth, as if he had lost all his patience. He managed to answer him with all his strength: "Chuuya, do you still think you are the king of sheep? You are too protective, but it can be suffocating."
"Isn't the lesson we learned at 'Sheep' enough?"
Dazai Osamu lost all desire to communicate, his gaze vacantly fixed on the falling rain outside the window. He turned his head and said to the player, "Wait a little longer, this timely downpour may stop. There's no time to lose, let's prepare for action now."
Eh?
What does it mean to look at the player specifically at this time...?
Thinking about what Dazai Osamu said before, the only thing that seemed abrupt was the mention of the weather in Yokohama.
What is noteworthy about rain?
The player lowered his head, opened his hand, and saw the ring on his middle finger.
Zhong Yuanzhong couldn't help but frown: "You said it the other way around!"
Dazai Osamu lowered his eyelids in boredom, sighed, and withdrew his gaze from the player. In a casual tone that could easily provoke anger, he said: "Be a little smarter."
"Huh?"
"Ahh, was it because my words were too mild, not sharp enough, that the brainless little slug couldn't hear my true meaning? It was sarcasm, sarcasm~"
Nakahara Chuuya clenched his fists until they crackled. "It really makes me angry. This self-righteous attitude of treating everyone else like fools..."
Dazai Osamu suddenly became quiet and put away all his expressions.
“…Yeah, that’s it.”
The surging malice that was like a tide a second ago faded away in an instant and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"Perhaps you are right."
Fushimi Kyoji did not participate in the conversation between the two people.
She noticed a phenomenon that Dazai Osamu faced them from beginning to end, always standing opposite the players and Nakahara Chuuya.
It was as if I had cut ties with them invisibly.
Dazai Osamu was probably aware of this.
The player took the initiative to approach him, and he blinked in surprise.
Even though he had shown obvious dissatisfaction before, even he himself could not deny that Dazai Osamu had a natural talent for manipulating people's hearts.
When asked by players how to convince Mushitaro Oguri to join the operation, Dazai Osamu said without hesitation: "Threats, inducements... As long as we are human, we will always have weaknesses."
“Hmm…”
Fushimi Kyoki felt that Dazai Osamu was not listening to the information about Oguri Mushitaro, but was just nodding blindly.
"Start with his novelist classmate, he will agree." Dazai Osamu quickly gave his suggestion, revealing his confidence in the result.
"——You really are a devil!!!"
The player repeated the words taught by Dazai Osamu, word for word, and Oguri Mushitaro shouted with such sincerity.
"You're actually threatening me with something like this!?"
After a brief breakdown, Oguri Mushitaro seemed to have accepted reality, and one could even discern a hint of inexplicable relief in his voice: "...Forget it."
“You won’t let me go anyway.
Oguri Mushitaro sneered, stood up and followed the players, making his attitude clear with his actions.
"If I have to face that tyrant later..."
Players speculate that he is talking about Nakahara Chuuya.
In order to get Oguri Mushitaro to cooperate, Nakahara Chuuya had not been very friendly to him.
When the player looked over in surprise, he turned his face away coldly, as if he didn't want to get to know her any better.
"...I'd rather deal with a demon like you."
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