Where's my childhood sweetheart?

In the alley not far from the coffee shop Dazai Osamu mentioned, Ayou successfully met the other party.

"You came."

His voice sounded very calm.

The wind passing through the hall rolled up the hem of Osamu Dazai's trench coat, and the fluffy hair swayed accordingly. He put his hands in his pockets, and stepped on his whole body in the shadow formed by the wall, so that people could not see his expression clearly.

Ayou and Ayou in the sun are like the two ends of the end.

"Yes, here I am."

Ayou replied like this, she looked at Osamu Dazai in the shadow, her voice was very soft.

"Did Dazai notice something?"

"It's a matter of course."

Osamu Dazai tilted his head, but there was something thick flowing in those iris-colored eyes, something that would frighten people when they saw it.

"And the fact that Ayou is not going to take me with her really makes me sad."

Although he said so, there was no sense of 'sadness' in his voice.He didn't hide the emotion in his eyes at all, he just stared at Ayou without the slightest expression on his face.

The sun is a little harsh.

"Actually, I did think about calling Dazai several times."

The black eyes met the kite-colored ones, and the pupils that were rendered extremely clear under the sunlight reflected Dazai Osamu's appearance at this time.

Blending with the darkness, it exudes an indescribably dangerous atmosphere.

The owner of the eyes smiled without hesitation, and then took the initiative - stepped into the same shadow.

The golden light gradually faded from Ayou's body, but the shadow failed to cast a dark color on her. Even though she was plunged into darkness, she still seemed to be emitting light.

It is not bright or hot, but it is like a sky full of stars, working hard, passing through time, embellishing this piece of night sky.

Her eyes are also filled with the gentleness of the first snow falling, which is the existence that will easily turn into water as long as it is touched lightly.

"But when I think of something, I feel that I need to give Dazai some time to think about it."

Osamu Dazai lowered his head, he looked at the girl in front of him, and he knew exactly what the other party said in his heart.

It is nothing more than a question.

——Are you really ready to bid farewell to this world?

Obviously this person himself is so firm in this matter, but he repeatedly hopes that others can be more cautious.

"If I didn't want to, I wouldn't be here now."

"and……"

Dazai couldn't help but chuckled.

"If you don't want me to know, why would you carry my locator with you?"

He bent down, put his fingers into Ayou's pocket, and after a few seconds, he took out a small locator.

"look."

The button-sized device seemed to have a dark color in the shadows, and he held the locator in front of the two of them.

"But now, it's useless."

Osamu Dazai let go of his hand, and it quickly fell to the ground. With a few slight bumps, it precisely followed the gap in the sewer and fell into it.

"Actually I'm happy."

Like a detective starting to deduce the criminal's modus operandi, Osamu Dazai tilted his head, and slowly began to count the 'criminal evidence'.

"I think you must know everything about what happened in your consciousness last time, including the fact that we entered your consciousness."

Ayou's expression didn't change at all, she just stood there quietly, listening to Osamu Dazai's words.

"It is said that they will not tell you, but in fact it is just delaying their time. I 'accidentally' met an illusionist, and he told me that without an illusionist, he would not find out that others have invaded his consciousness."

"Unless that person is stronger than him, and he can't notice it at all. From this point of view, Ayou, you can be called a top illusionist. Even if you were extremely weak at the time, it was impossible not to notice the few of us. trail."

"But none of us said anything, and you are happy to keep it a secret."

"Yes."

Ayou couldn't help lowering her eyes, she sighed and admitted it directly.

"I do know that you have entered, and I probably know what you have seen."

It was indeed as Osamu Dazai said, if they chose to keep it a secret, she would indeed be relieved.

The past is just her past, and she can't always get sympathy from others just because she looks miserable.

She can be sad about what she's going through, but she's not the same as being sad because of her.

"And Dazai, you are smart. When you saw the stone spirit, I guess you have already guessed his identity."

"Yes."

Osamu Dazai raised the corners of his lips.

"Leaving aside those memories, if the system cannot connect to you, even if the worlds merge, all you can contact are people from these worlds."

"And the one with the strongest ability, and the 'only' one who is capable of doing it, and who is not an illusionist, can only be the legendary Dresden Stone."

"Well~ I just didn't expect that stone slab to be a conscious being."

As he spoke, his voice sighed.

"I have to say, Ayou, you really didn't show anything unusual. I wasn't even present at the 'farewell'. I didn't even guess what you and Dresden Slate were talking about behind the scenes."

Ayou rolled her eyes again.

"But I took the initiative to tell you."

"Yes, the locator you kept told me the answer."

Like a cat that has stolen a fish, Osamu Dazai smiled slyly at this moment.

"Ranpo already has guesses, but he has no reason and no evidence. Although Chuya has a bit of intelligence, he absolutely can't think of it in the short term. Instead, I got your hint."

Not Luanbu, not Zhongye, and not anyone.

It's him - Osamu Dazai.

"Since we know that the person is the Dresden Slate, and the direction of the locator is gradually changing, it is not difficult to guess your purpose."

As if the dust had settled, the detective, no, it was the accomplice who spoke out his conclusion loudly.

"This time the system can't contact you because the sword of Damocles fell last time, so now you want to commit suicide by using the sword of Damocles to fall as before."

As he said that, his face moved closer to Ayou, and his warm breath lingered with his voice, but the voice was full of joy that made people look sideways.

"You will—soul perish."

This kind of joy is out of season, but under Ayou's smile, it makes people suddenly feel shocked.

At this moment, there is nothing more suitable than this joy.

"So, are you coming?"

The white and immature palm stretched out, it was gently lifted, spread out, the palm facing up, making an inviting gesture.

"End this life, and there will be no afterlife."

Her voice seemed to be a soft but tough silk thread, with a moving calmness, but like a light and fluttering feather, it made people who heard it involuntarily seem to be floating in the clouds.

"May I ask Mr. Osamu Dazai, are you willing to go to hell with me?"

This question must have been said twice between them.

The first time was when they first met, she made such an invitation to him.

The second time was in the vortex of his temptation, he made such an invitation to her.

So many years have passed, but in retrospect, it seems as if it was yesterday, and people can clearly recall every move at that time.

Osamu Dazai straightened his body, slowly stretched out his well-jointed hand, with a white bandage wrapped around half of his palm, and covered the girl's hand without hesitation.

He said the answer, the same answer twice.

"It's my pleasure."

Give his life, give his life, give him everything.

This is—his pleasure.

The man and the girl clasped their hands, and in the shadows where the light couldn't shine, they made a promise that they would never betray.

The agreement was reached, and Ayou's voice became casual.

"Your last resort, you can give up."

Osamu Dazai blinked cutely, as if to say 'what are you talking about?I do not understand. '.

"At this time, there is nothing to pretend, isn't it [learning makes me happy]!"

As she said that, Ayou couldn't help gnashing her teeth.

"Do you really think I don't know anything!"

Although Osamu Dazai hides seamlessly, but she has been able to detect something wrong after repeatedly asking for learning buffs in front of her. She didn't feel anything wrong at first, but when she saw similar illnesses and people's endurance scenes in her previous memories, As soon as she compared it, she understood it instantly.

"You bastard! I never knew learning could be poisonous!"

It was a good ability, but Osamu Dazai turned it into [Study made me addicted to drugs], Ayou was stupid before!

Here I would like to thank Mr. Liudaoku, if he hadn't dragged her to look at those memories later, she might not have been kept in the dark.

"This is..."

Osamu Dazai who was exposed did not have the slightest embarrassment, not even guilty. His eyes were bent, and there was a natural calm in his kite-colored eyes.

"Because I'm always scared."

There was still a hint of a smile in his voice, making it difficult to tell whether his words at the moment were true or false.

"I always think, if one day Ayou dies successfully, then I, who failed to die with Ayou, will be the most failed loser in the world."

"So if Ayou can't trust me, if I can't do without Ayou..."

Osamu Dazai still had a spring-like smile on his face, but his voice gradually lowered, whispering softly and ambiguously with shocking stubbornness.

"That way... then Ayou can't abandon me, right?"

Ayou: "..."

This kid is really worrying...

"I never thought about it that way."

Ayou stretched out his hand, tugged on Osamu Dazai's sleeve as a signal, and after the other party obediently bent down, he slapped him on the other's head.

The seemingly rough/violent movements were extremely gentle. She stroked it several times as if to comfort him, and then when Osamu Dazai was caught off guard, she grabbed a bunch of hairs ferociously and pulled hard.

"Wait, wait! It hurts, hurts, hurts!"

Osamu Dazai, whose hair was being grabbed, covered his head, crying and looking at Ayou, but he didn't dare to speak out under Ayou's 'super fierce.jpg' expression.

"Although I know that this may be difficult for Dazai, I still feel very uncomfortable if I don't say it at this time."

Osamu Dazai was squatting on the ground with downcast eyebrows, looking like a young daughter-in-law listening to a teacher, so Ayou couldn't help but tugged at his smooth face again.

"Listen up! No matter what it is, whether you have an incomprehensible idea or ask me for it, you can tell me."

Osamu Dazai raised his head and looked up at the existence standing in front of him who spoke such words.

"We all agreed to die together, so no matter what happens, I will absolutely, absolutely not leave you behind."

The pupils constricted suddenly, and with the violent shaking, the hand on top of the head gradually lost strength.

He just stared blankly at the girl in front of him, everything around him seemed to have lost its color, only the existence in front of him exuded an irresistible light.

He stretched out his hand involuntarily, and was dragged up by the light. The warm feeling spread from the palm of his hand little by little, and finally spread all over his body.

As if wrapped in amniotic fluid, with a reassuring feeling, Osamu Dazai's expression was softer than ever.

"Is that so-"

He sighed, then stretched out his hand, and took the light into his arms, full of deep satisfaction in his heart.

Now, she is mine.

And, at the moment when the end is near, become eternity.