Chapter 070 Councillor Mori (End)

After Dazai Osamu regained his memory, Chidori completely let go of his power and was no longer as busy as before.

He has given Dazai Osamu a lot of experience. If he still can't do it well, Chidori will doubt his own vision.

Chidori takes Alice out for a stroll every day with a big smile on his face. According to him, he is enjoying his retirement life.

For example, now, he looked at Dazai Osamu who was buried in documents and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Come on, Alice-chan, ah——"

Chidori was holding a cake spoon and talking to the girl who was drawing nearby, with a strange and fluctuating expression on her face.

Alice was not too upset. She turned her head away and said proudly, "Although I like eating cake, I don't want to eat it at all when I think that it was fed by Rintaro!"

"No, let me feed the lovely Alice-chan myself!" Chidori dragged out her voice and chased after the girl who started to run away.

After Chidori uttered another sentence with a sound that could make eight bends at the end, Dazai Osamu threw the pen on the table with a "bang".

He stared at Sen Ou gloomily, his voice full of murderous intent: "Perverted uncle, if you have time, come over and deal with these. If you want to continue playing, I don't mind playing with you guys."

When Alice heard that Dazai Osamu was going to join, she made a face at him and disappeared from the spot the next moment. Even [Book] couldn't do anything about [No Longer Human].

Chidori was not angry, she just stuffed the cake in the spoon into her mouth, looked at Dazai innocently and said: "How can I do that? These will all belong to Dazai-kun from now on."

He does not have the same protective desire for this world as he does for his own world. After all, this is not his home.

So at this moment, he also felt a sense of relaxation that he had not experienced for a long time. It feels really good to relax occasionally.

However, the sense of comfort did not relax him, but made him want to return to his own world even more.

Even though I have already delegated power in that world, I still can't help but worry. I worry about whether there will be accidents, whether there will be new problems, and even whether the damaged flower beds in the square have been replaced.

"Dazai-kun," Chidori said softly when Dazai was about to fight him, and he smiled, "I have prepared a cruise ship. Let's have a party there in three days."

It was a gathering, not a banquet, and he only planned to invite those people he knew well, or the group of supernatural people in Yokohama.

Dazai paused, then sat down again, looking at the other person's rare genuine emotions, and finally just responded in a deep voice.

Chidori laughed, he looked at Oda Sakunosuke who was waiting outside the door for Dazai to get off work to go drink, and his eyes fell on Dazai again.

"I know Dazai-kun wants to trick me once," he suddenly brought up the matter, holding his head and continued, "If I can be really surprised once, I will give Dazai-kun a gift."

He stood up. The dessert shop would be closing soon, so he hurried to grab the last batch of limited edition desserts.

But before leaving, he rubbed Dazai's hairy head as quickly as possible, and then ran away, not giving Dazai a chance to spit out the black mud.

Not to mention, it still feels as good as I remember, but the older the child gets, the less he lets me touch it.

Dazai Osamu widened his eyes and gritted his teeth as he watched Chidori leave. He dropped the unfinished documents and turned to go to the detective agency to discuss things with Edogawa Ranpo.

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Three days later, the cruise ship departed on time at Yokohama Port, and all the people on board were familiar people.

Chidori was still wearing the black coat. He sat casually aside, watching everyone chatting happily.

"Dr. Mori." The familiar and unique title made Chidori turn her head and smile at Fukuzawa Yukichi, who was still serious in this situation.

He raised his glass to Fukuzawa Yukichi and told him about the subsequent development of Yokohama and the progress of the current proposal.

In fact, Fukuzawa Yukichi was a little surprised that Mori Gugai took the initiative to organize such a gathering. Although it didn't seem like it, Mori Gugai was not a person who liked the hustle and bustle.

The most relaxing and comfortable time for him is probably when he goes shopping with Alice.

Chidori had no intention of hiding it and openly stated her intention: "It's just an opportunity for communication. Dazai is still just a Hong Kong/gangster in the eyes of the public, but I think after today, if possible, you will all help him in his future journey."

Fukuzawa Yukichi paused and looked at the people in the crowd who were having fun with Oda Sakunosuke. Next to him, Ango Sakaguchi from the Special Powers Division was complaining while holding his glasses.

But this person is quite good to Dazai Osamu. Why haven't I seen him so good at raising children before?

Chidori probably guessed what he was thinking, and laughed, "If Dazai-kun had met the younger me, the ending would definitely not be the same as it is now."

Not only did time add wrinkles to his face, it also made him more mature and gentle in every aspect.

He looked up at Fukuzawa Yukichi and realized that the person on the other side was someone Edogawa Ranpo had called over to stop him.

"I'm a little drunk. I want to go back to my room and rest for a while." Chidori put down the wine glass, said casually, and turned away.

Chidori waved to Alice who was having fun with herself nearby. Alice was stunned, hugged Alice and then walked towards Chidori.

After holding Chidori's hand and walking away from the crowd, Alice said with a bit of disappointment, "Are we leaving now?"

"Yes, we have to go home," Chidori whispered softly, "This is not our home."

"But there's clearly no place for us there." Alice raised her head, frowning and looking a little anxious.

Chidori was still smiling, and he just replied softly: "How could that be? There has always been a place for us there."

Everything that has changed in Neon and Yokohama is the trace left by Mori Osamu, and Dazai Osamu will continue to pass on what he left behind.

That's enough, he thought, lowering his eyes.

Chidori pushed open the door of her room and was stunned when she saw the scene inside. It was not some expected prank, but just a bunch of marigolds on the table, and various gifts surrounded by the flowers.

He stood there, staring at something unexpected, smiling for no apparent reason.

Perhaps because people could see that he was leaving, he thought his behavior was annoying enough, but he didn't expect that this group of people would actually give him gifts.

Alice went over first and laughed at the greeting card on the flower: "Looks like Rintaro lost."

The greeting card is written by Dazai Osamu: [Hahaha, you must be surprised, I won this time! ]

Surrounded by gifts given to him by other superpowers, although Chidori's behavior and words may not be very good, he has truly brought a new life to Yokohama.

Yokohama is the home of the psychics, and it is the home that the wild dogs desperately protect. They are sincerely grateful to Chidori for doing all this.

Alice followed him as he flipped through the books, and when she saw the bow hairpin that Chuuya Nakahara gave her, she smiled and then lowered her head.

"Rintaro, I'm a little reluctant." She said gloomily, with joy and sadness mixed together, making the psychic who had never experienced this a little overwhelmed.

Chidori just reached out and fiddled with the petals, her expression calm, and did not answer for a while.

His arrival in this world merely triggered Alice's protection mechanism. After integrating the [Book], she subconsciously used the emergency plan when she sensed that her master was in danger.

It was just an accident, and accidents can be corrected.

When Mori Ogai came here, he had already completely handed over everything to Dazai Osamu, and the name of Moritaro gradually disappeared from the public eye.

He came here not because Yokohama was in danger or because of something done by a foreign supernatural organization.

After all, being able to give up the position means that Senouwai has temporarily solved all the problems.

It was just a simple reason. Mori Ogai's past was exposed, a military doctor who cruelly exploited human lives, and the mess he did when he was in office.

These are actually of no use to the semi-retired Mori Owl. After all, his reputation is not good, and there are no relevant laws in Japan that can judge him.

Until the families of the [Undead Legion] appeared, they committed suicide at the gate of the government. After the first one, there was the second and the third. When people want to die, there is no way to prevent it.

The sins that Mori Ougai committed when he was young and didn't understand human nature seemed to be coming back to him at this moment, catching him off guard.

His former political enemies also fanned the flames in this matter, and even influenced Dazai Osamu, who had just taken office.

These things did affect others besides Mori Ou. Public opinion comes and goes quickly, and it didn't take him long to find out the person who exposed these things.

The other party was the lover of the experimenter who committed suicide during the drug experiment, and did all this for revenge.

To be honest, these resentments are not enough to affect Mori Ou. He has come this far, done bad things and good things, and accepts everyone's hatred calmly.

But he was still punished. He was asked by his superiors to stay in Yokohama forever, the only city that tolerates people with special abilities.

There may be some complicated calculations and jealousies involved, but they are no longer important.

Mori Ougai was once again abandoned by the country to which he had dedicated his entire life, just like those people who were discarded as garbage on the battlefield.

In fact, with Mori Ogai's status and power, he could have fought back, including refusing, but he still came to Yokohama. His body was no longer strong enough to support him in his intrigues.

After struggling and working hard for half his life, Moriou's endless future can only be found in this city that he has carved out.

It is enough, he should be satisfied, at least he still has a home.

As expected, when people get older, they tend to be soft-hearted or sentimental. I sometimes think so too.

But I also wonder if he has already done everything he wanted to do, so now everything is calm.

But none of this matters anymore. Whether to fight back or leave is something I have to decide when I return.

But Alice was still a little resentful and obviously dissatisfied with the result. Now that she felt the warmth, she rarely showed her childish temper.

Chidori touched Alice's head again and whispered, "The little bird Alice raised is still in the detective agency."

Alice paused, but finally raised her head and smiled at Chidori: "Well, that's Alice's Xiaoque, but I've said it many times, her name is Mori Xiaoque."

Chidori laughed. It was a rare moment when he failed to maintain the politeness that seemed to be engraved in his bones. He sat on the ground and opened the gifts with Alice.

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Dazai Osamu and his friends stood on the deck. The darkness enveloped the Yokohama sea, and the moonlight made the waves sparkle.

He had already imagined the surprised look on Mori Owl's face, but he really couldn't guess what the gift would be.

Oda Sakunosuke looked at Dazai Osamu's expression, which was like that of an excited child waiting for a gift, a very pure emotion.

He was about to say something when the next second, the sky blossomed and colorful fireworks lit up the night.

Not only the sky, but also the sea surface reflects brilliant colors, as if the world is bright at this moment.

Dazai Osamu was stunned. He thought he knew what Mori Ogai's gift was, but the first emotion that came to his mind was a rare feeling of confusion.

The life of fireworks is gone the moment they bloom. It is so close yet so far away. It would be great if his life could also be as short-lived as fireworks and then disappear.

"Dazai, that looks like your bandage." Oda Sakunosuke suddenly said, and Sakaguchi Ango beside him said helplessly, "It doesn't look like it at all."

It seemed that at this moment, Dazai Osamu heard the sounds around him, the noisy ones around him.

Perhaps fireworks will disappear forever after they bloom, but everyone can see them blooming with all their might.

Maybe many years later, they will still talk about the fireworks they saw on the cruise ship tonight. In that case, then it is not too short, right?

Dazai Osamu thought he would never be able to wait for the person who said he would give him a gift, but when he lowered his eyes, he saw the fireworks reflected by the waves on the sea.

Suddenly, for no apparent reason, I recalled the last scene in the book. At that time, the light in Mori Ougai's eyes might not have been tears.

It was the sunlight that enveloped the city he loved so much and filled those purple-red eyes. It was also the existence he protected, the love that was fed back to him.

Dazai Osamu suddenly laughed helplessly. Forget it, this time he would have lost to that person's optimal solution.

I wonder if this city will give him the same beauty many years later?

Everything Chidori did also left traces on the people and things in this city. I wonder if he will be mentioned in people's memories along with this fireworks display many years later?

As long as this is the case, everything he does and the optimal solution he implements are meaningful.

Sin is real, love is real, and the forest they form is the most beautiful fireworks ever blooming.

It appears and disappears briefly, yet exists forever.