Third Dad
Oda Sakunosuke and Dazai Osamu watched the little girl's actions in silence for a moment. Oda Sakunosuke asked, somewhat puzzled, "Little girl, what is this?"
"A picture of Daddy," the child answered quickly.
"Didn't Dazai say he doesn't look like the photo?"
“Then the photo is wrong.” Xiao Luo had finally caught a dad, so how could she give up? She said firmly.
So photos and such are irrelevant. As long as the child notices something is wrong, is the little girl's father just a superstitious person?
"dad!"
“…Don’t call me that.” Dazai Osamu took a step back, startled by the girl’s intense gaze.
"Alright then," Xiao Luo quickly corrected herself, "Brother Dad!"
Dazai Osamu was silent for a moment, whether from speechlessness or from being shocked by the title "brother" or "father" was unclear.
Now, he no longer intends to ask Oda Sakunosuke about the issues he was discussing with Koro.
Dazai Osamu slowly moved to the door of the room and calmly said goodbye to Oda Sakunosuke.
"I'm going to report to the leader and prepare safe houses for them. Goodbye."
"Brother, Dad!" Little Luo rushed over but was stopped by the door. She peeked out and saw Dazai Osamu running away in a panic. Her short legs huffed and puffed as she chased after him.
"Dad! If you're not used to it, we can each go our own way!"
Dazai Osamu slowly stopped, still maintaining a certain distance from the little girl.
He turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"
The child who ran over grinned, his bright smile revealing his determination to become a father: "We'll each do our own thing, Xiao Luo can call Daddy 'brother'."
Dazai Osamu nodded, seemingly accepting the suggestion.
Then Xiao Luo happily added, "Daddy can call Xiao Luo Daddy!"
Dazai Osamu:......
He looked at the cheerful, innocent girl across from him, seemingly oblivious to her laughter, and picked at his ear: "Could you say that again?"
"Okay!" The little boy was overjoyed and didn't care about his father's small request. He happily said, "Let's call each other our own names. I'll call you brother, and you can call me dad."
Dazai Osamu listened to it again, but he remained silent and turned to leave without hesitation.
As she left, she ordered her men to stop her.
Little Luo: !!!
Xiao Luo's sorrow flowed like a river. She had been forcibly detained by Oda Sakunosuke's side. The child looked aggrieved and asked, "Xiao Luo is so smart and cute, why did Daddy run away?"
Oda Sakunosuke sat at his workstation, watching the people around him shunning because of Xiao Luo's arrival. After thinking for a moment, he said seriously, "Executive Dazai is probably just shy."
"Really?" The little girl perked up again. Despite the strange looks from the surrounding mafia members, she said firmly, "If Little Lo talks to Brother more, he'll definitely be able to call me Dad. Right? Uncle Odasaku!"
Uncle Oda remained silent, making it difficult for him to respond.
Seeing the confidence fading from the little girl's eyes, and her face about to fall into a grimace, Oda Sakunosuke said without hesitation, "Yes."
"Yay! Uncle is calling my brother."
Oda Sakunosuke hesitated for half a second before calmly handing the phone to Koro.
"OK."
*
The call was answered. Although Dazai Osamu wondered why Oda would call him, he still waited for the other person to speak, as was his habit.
The voice came, but it wasn't the familiar Oda Sakunosuke's; it was a little girl's cheerful voice.
"Brother, do you ever want to call Xiaoluo 'Dad' now?"
The phone went dead with a beep.
Xiao Luo waited for a long time but didn't hear Dazai Osamu's voice, so she took the black-screened phone out of her ear and looked at it.
With a slight frown, the little girl returned the phone to Oda Sakunosuke, her voice filled with sympathy and sincerity: "Uncle, please get a new phone, look how badly it's broken."
Oda Sakunosuke opened the phone, looked at the call that had been disconnected for several minutes, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything, "Hmm."
He closed his eyes and nodded earnestly.
Xiao Luo received Oda Sakunosuke's approval and worked even harder.
She grabbed the mafia member at the workstation next to Oda Sakunosuke and said sweetly, "Uncle, can I borrow your phone to make a call?"
The uncle next to me was sweating profusely. Looking at that face that looked so much like Dazai Osamu's, the innocent smile on his face seemed like he was up to no good. Did I dare to refuse?
But the big man didn't dare call her cell phone. He had clearly witnessed Oda's fate—calling Dazai's subordinate. The thought terrified him; Oda was definitely remembered by Dazai and might disappear from the world at any time.
"Uncle, are you unwilling to give it to Xiaoluo?" Xiaoluo waited for a long time, and seeing that the man in black opposite her still didn't speak, she felt she understood. Her understanding words gave everyone a way out.
But the burly man in black didn't understand. He stared in horror at the little girl's iris-colored eyes, which resembled those of Osamu Dazai, as she quietly looked at him, her cold pupils unblinking.
Although he still had a smile on his face, his words already carried a threat. Just as rumored, Dazai has a sister who is just as terrifying as he is.
I've heard that Dazai is an expert in interrogation; I wonder if his sister will do the same to him.
The mafia member's expression twisted even more. "No! He's just an office worker!"
"I'm sorry, here you go!" The burly man in black quickly slid to his knees and respectfully handed over the phone with both hands. Although he would die anyway if he handed it over, dying sooner or later was still a different matter.
Xiao Luo didn't understand; she couldn't comprehend why the uncle had suddenly become different.
But she knew how to accept it. The little girl happily took the phone and dialed Dazai Osamu's number, praising the kind uncle's good character, "Uncle, I think you're really not like a mafia member."
The burly man in black broke out in a cold sweat. Luckily, he had given up his phone; otherwise, the other man might have said he was "not" at all, not just "not like" him.
The call was quickly connected. This time, Xiao Luo learned her lesson and waited for Dazai Osamu to speak first.
After reporting to Mori Ōgai, Dazai Osamu, who was tormenting Alice with unpleasant feelings, received a phone call. He heard no sound from the other end for a long time, but after listening carefully, he could only hear faint breathing.
Dazai Osamu slowly narrowed his eyes, "Moshi moshi?"
Before he could think of anything else, he heard a child's voice coming from the other side.
Little Luo asked happily, "Brother, do you want to call me Dad now?"
Dazai Osamu:......
"beep!"
The call was disconnected without the slightest hesitation.
Xiao Luo put her phone away, looked at the black screen, and dialed again in confusion.
A few minutes later, looking at her unanswered phone, she asked in confusion, "Is your cell phone signal bad?"
The burly man in black next to him dared not say that Dazai Osamu had blocked him, and immediately chimed in, "That's right, that's right, my phone breaks down all the time."
Xiao Luo believed him. She returned the phone to the man in black and walked to the other side of the man in black: "Uncle, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"
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