Second Dad
As Chuuya Nakahara looked up, the little girl also stared at the newcomer with a surprised expression, seemingly somewhat shocked.
Why?
Unable to understand the source of the little girl's emotions, Chuuya Nakahara, who simply recognized the child's appearance, showed surprise in his eyes.
But his confusion vanished instantly when he saw Verlaine not far away. Chuuya Nakahara seemed to understand something, and his expression turned somewhat grim.
If it were just the little girl alone, it might be that his blood relatives had come looking for him. But now he's brought Verlaine along too.
The only things that could capture Verlaine's attention were those related to his experiments.
The orange-haired youth opened his mouth as if to say something, but was interrupted by the little girl's surprised words.
The child stared at Chuuya Nakahara in utter shock and instinctively exclaimed, "Shorty!"
With a thousand thoughts racing through his mind, and considering all the things a child might say, Chuuya Nakahara felt a complex mix of emotions: ...
Verlaine, waiting with eyes full of anticipation and relief as he awaited his brother's reunion with his child: ...
Mori Ōgai, filled with curiosity, awaited their reaction: ...
No, this child, no, the first thing she said to her father was to scold him for being short?
The little girl was shocked to discover that the short man from last night was actually the Gravity Manipulator, who was also her father.
This is so unexpected. If I had known, she would have run off with someone yesterday, and she wouldn't have had to come home and be forced to do her homework by her brother.
Just then, I heard the guy on the other end speak with a gloomy expression.
"I'm not short!" Chuuya Nakahara squeezed out each word through gritted teeth, his fists cracking. "Kid! I'm still growing!"
Xiao Luo: It seems...it should...it seems...Dad is angry?
Why was he angry? Xiao Luo told the truth.
Wait a minute, am I doomed now? I made my dad angry as soon as we met. Does he still want me?
Thinking of this, the little girl immediately hid behind Mori Ougai, feeling guilty.
The clever little girl had a sudden inspiration and immediately started to shift the blame, "It wasn't me who said it! It was Dazai-nii who called you that!" the little girl shouted confidently.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone present instantly changed.
The atmosphere in the hall instantly froze, especially around Mori Ōgai. The air around him seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible force, pressing heavily on his heart.
Even the slightest breaths sounded particularly abrupt at this moment, each rise and fall of the sound like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, so clear it was unsettling.
The little girl glanced nervously at the reactions of those around her. Everyone... should... believe her?
"Dazai?" A large hand pressed down hard on his head, the index fingertip calloused from years of scalpel use, hidden within a heavy white glove. Mori Ougai's deep red eyes shone without a trace of light in the darkness.
Ah, so she really did see her "father"? The words he had been unable to get out of her before were easily revealed by the relaxed little girl.
The man had a smile on his lips, yet it seemed cruel and heartless. He asked softly, "Xiao Luo, what's the name of the Dazai-nii brother you mentioned?"
Verlaine's body began to tense up. The surname Dazai was rare, and there happened to be a Dazai in the Mafia who had recently defected.
Dazai, govern.
How did Xiao Luo get involved with him?
Looking at Mori Ōgai's actions, Verlaine's eyes showed a hint of worry.
"Name..." Xiao Luo hesitated for a moment. What was Dazai-nii's name again?
The little girl's serious expression revealed no flaw; she racked her brains to think.
Name, name. She remembered that Dazai's name sounded a lot like the little brat's.
Just like…
You little brat...you little rabbit slaughterer...
The little girl had another brilliant idea and shouted, "Brother Dazai is calling, Dazai Zi!"
Silence is Cambridge tonight.
Looking into the girl's earnest eyes, Mori Ougai was surprised that he couldn't detect any sign of her lying.
His deep red eyes were unfathomable, revealing no emotion whatsoever. He didn't believe Xiao Luo could deceive him.
That means this guy wasn't lying after all.
The white gloves were slowly removed from the little girl's head. Mori Ougai, of course, did not think that the "Dazai-nii" the little girl was talking about was some kind of Dazai-ko.
Not knowing Dazai Osamu's name means that Xiaolu and the other person are not very familiar with each other.
In the absence of direct evidence that Xiaoluo and Nakahara Chuuya are father and daughter, it is possible that Dazai Osamu sent the little girl as a joke after discovering an Aragami experiment.
Mori Ougai sighed with a headache; he hadn't expected that Dazai Osamu was also involved in this matter.
This is troublesome. That child is the most difficult to deal with, and he's probably still harboring resentment towards the Mafia. Investigating Xiao Luo's situation will likely become even more complicated.
"Little Luo..." With a sigh, Mori Ougai once again concealed the emotions that had surfaced because of Dazai Osamu. The man thought of what he had always longed for.
So, Mori Ougai smiled and steered the conversation back to the topic the little girl had been given, and said to Nakahara Chuuya in high spirits, "Chuuya, this is little girl!"
After the young man nodded in understanding, he added quietly,
"She says she's your daughter."
Chuuya Nakahara: !!!
"That's impossible!" he retorted instinctively. He was only eighteen years old this year; how could he possibly have such a big daughter?
"Why is it impossible?" Xiao Luo poked her head out from behind Mori Ougai and retorted, "Dad, you have to know that anything is possible. As long as you have a dream, anything can come true!"
The little girl clenched her pink fists, earnestly cheering for Chuuya Nakahara, "Daddy! If you want to, you can definitely have a daughter as big as me, just like Dazai-nii said, getting pregnant out of wedlock, and carrying him on your back..."
Seeing her new father's expression, Xiao Luo obediently shut her mouth and silently shrank behind Mori Ougai.
These words sounded like something Dazai Osamu would say. Nakahara Chuuya's face turned ashen, and he looked at Mori Ougai with a frustrated expression: "Boss, I request to investigate the background of Koro!"
While we're at it, let's kill that traitor Dazai Osamu.
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