Complete Survival Manual

"After that, I was sent to the hospital by Junhei Mitsui. I had no money with me, and all the expenses during the treatment, including living expenses, were paid by Mitsui. During his long suspension period, he would come every once in a while. Come see me in my ward."

Tsushima's eyes were scattered in the void, and he suddenly chuckled, "He just sat on the head of my bed, silent, looking at me with eyes full of guilt."

"Later, due to the transfer of work scope, he came to my ward again the night before leaving Yokohama."

"He took you away." Dazai Osamu leaned close to Tsushima's ear and said in an affirmative tone.The slight air current caused Tsushima to tilt his head slightly, and he affirmed Dazai's words.

"Indeed. I agreed to his request and left Yokohama with him."

Compared with request, pleading is actually the correct adjective.

Mitsui Junpei's sense of justice put him under heavy shackles.

………………

When Tsushima saw Junpei Mitsui again before he was discharged from the hospital, Junpei Mitsui seemed to be a different person.

Mitsui Junpei didn't wear a police uniform, he was wearing casual clothes, his casual shirt was crumpled, and the strong smell of cigarettes on his coat showed his owner's recent depressed mood.

"I'm going to be transferred from Yokohama soon." Mitsui Junpei sat down on the stool beside the bed and said to Tsushima, "I'm here this time to ask you a question."

Tsushima remained silent, and Junpei Mitsui was used to not getting a response.

"Mr. Xiuzhi, it was my mistake that caused your current situation. I'm sorry. Now that things have happened, I hope to make up for you as much as I can."

His serious and tense facial expression made Tsushima easily guess what he wanted to say.

["I want to adopt you". ]

The next second, Mitsui Junpei said this sentence.

"I want to adopt you, Xiuzhi-kun."

"I refuse." Tsushima said, "Please go back, Mr. Mitsui."

Tsushima's refusal did not even hesitate. Mitsui Junpei already knew that this would be the result, so it was not surprising.

He just wanted to give it a go, with the mean idea of ​​"just in case the kid agrees", so he quickly came up with a second offer.

"At least let me help you, I want to take care of you for a while."

"As a family?"

"As a family."

It is not an adoptive family relationship in the legal sense, let alone any blood ties.Junpei Mitsui is simply a helper, living under the same roof with a child named Shuji Tsushima.

He bent down cautiously, and extended the invitation with hope.

"Please think about this, Xiuzhi-kun."

[In the eyes of this person, I am not Shuji Tsushima. ] Tsushima lowered his eyes, fiddling with his fingers, [It is not so much that he saw me, it is better to say that he saw the "bomb incident" personified from me.So, as the only survivor, did he regard me as a collection of all the dead? ]

[Atonement against me, taking me as his own responsibility.From now on, I will be the reality of his nightmare. ]

[But it doesn't matter, anyway, I have nowhere to go. ]

The cold and damp wind entered the room through the window, and Tsushima pulled the quilt slowly.

"Okay."

He agreed to Mitsui Junpei's request.

………………

Tsushima stopped.

"Don't tell me--" Osamu Dazai had already sat up, his eyes were shining brightly, looking at Tsushima with expectation.

"This isn't a free bedtime story."

"What a pity." Dazai showed a troubled expression, "I've always dreamed that someone could tell me a bedtime story with my voice."

"Really?" Tsushima looked at him with a smile, "Why don't you do it yourself, it's your turn, Dazai."

The author has something to say: a bedtime story from Tsushima.