[Wen Ye] Enthusiastic ordinary citizens

Dazai has not appeared in the ramen shop for two weeks, and the fact that he can get his full salary at the end of the month makes Ling a little happy.

Due to the frequent dispatch of the port mafia, the business in the store was deserted, and the number of times Ah Ling and Yue Jian needed to deliver food was much reduced.

"Looking at the actions of the port mafia, the turnover of the store may drop for several days."

Boss Fujiwara felt very sad. The decline in turnover meant losing money, and losing money meant bankruptcy. Bankruptcy meant sleeping on the street, and he could no longer make ramen.

Thinking about it carefully, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Boss Fujiwara looked sad, thinking about how to survive the cold period of the ramen shop.

"Boss, there haven't been any customers in the past few days. How about we close the business?"

Ah Ling was lying on the counter, his thick black-rimmed glasses slipped a lot from the bridge of his nose.

"Closed?"

"Yes, out of business." Ah Ling nodded.

Boss Fujiwara stroked his chin, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of Zero's proposal.

"Okay, go out of business, but you are the only one who goes out of business."

Ah Ling was shocked. I am the only one who goes out of business. Is that what I understand?

"Boss Fujiwara, do you mean to fire me?" Ling asked in a low voice.

"No, no, it's just closed. Recently, the number of takeaways has been small, and there are few customers in the store. I can't use you for the time being. When you are used, you can come back."

"Boss, you mean to fire me!" Ling stared at Boss Fujiwara angrily.

The dismissal of the six kills is about to be achieved, it's time to make trouble unreasonably, and try to save the situation.

"This month's salary counts as a full month for you. It's really just a closure. I don't mean to fire you." Boss Fujiwara helplessly spread his hands.

Well, since I can get a month's salary without working for a full month, I compromised.

"Then I'm going back out of business. If Boss Fujiwara needs you, you must be the first to consider me!"

Ling repeatedly asked, and Fujiwara's boss repeatedly assured that Ling could go home and close the business with peace of mind.

It's not that Ling is dead-headed, but that he has been fired too many times, which has cast a psychological shadow on him.

Leaving get off work early and having nothing to do, Ah Ling bought some snacks and planned to visit the art museum in Yokohama.

Ling herself is a layman and doesn't know how to appreciate art, but she remembers someone who loves art and knows how to appreciate art.

Before Ah Ling walked into the art gallery.

"Why? Why did Mr. Dazai treat you..." (Note 1)

The hysterical questioning stopped her from moving forward.

Mr. Dazai?

The familiar name made Ah Ling very strange. She concealed her figure, hid in the shadows, and moved cautiously towards the source of the sound.

The boy in the black coat slumped on the ground with a ferocious expression, glaring at the youth opposite him.

The black beast carrying red light attacked the young man. The young man avoided the attack of the black beast and elbowed the young man in the abdomen.

"I'm sorry, even if it's for a friend who has expectations of you, I'll take you back." (Note 2)

The boy fell to the ground, unconscious.

"I had a hunch."

A man with long silver hair appeared behind the young man. After seeing the man's face clearly, Ah Ling's pupils constricted.

The young man asked, "What do you mean?"

"I have a hunch that I can meet that person with supernatural powers in this country. My name is Gide, and I am here to find someone who can liberate our ghost souls."

The silver-haired man was faintly pleased.

"How about I ask my friends in the funeral industry to give you a discount?" The young man's playful words made Ah Ling in the dark laugh.

Mr. Dazai's friend may be him. It's really enviable to have such a humorous person as a friend, Mr. Dazai.

The young man and Gide had another dialogue and exchange, and finally even moved their hands.

Just when Ah Ling was hesitating whether to rush out to help the young man, Gide aimed Mu Cangkou at the unconscious young man.

There was no way to avoid it, so the young man had no choice but to fly forward and block the wooden warehouse with his body.

"Bang! Bang!"

The bullet hit the young man, and Ah Ling's heart stopped suddenly.

Mr. Dazai would be very angry if he knew that he would not save his friend?

Thinking of this, while Ah Ling was about to make a move, Gide said that the young man was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Hearing the word bulletproof vest, Ah Ling heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it's okay, otherwise he would definitely feel guilty for the rest of his life.

"You don't kill me because you can't understand our wishes, and I don't kill you because you are the only one who can lead us to the battlefield of purification." (Note 3)

The green jeep drove out in good time, and the tires rubbed against the ground making a sharp sound.

After Jitra opened the door and got in the car, the jeep drove in another direction.

Zero came out of his hiding place, threw the snacks in his hand to the stunned young man who was startled by her sudden appearance, and went to chase the jeep.

Afterwards, the young man saw that the girl, who had never met him before, easily climbed onto the roof of the jeep with the help of surrounding objects.

Ah Ling sat cross-legged on the roof of the car, raised his hand and gestured to the young man, followed the jeep and disappeared from the young man's eyes.

The young man looked down at the large bag of snacks in his arms and showed a helpless smile.

"Haha, you said that guy rushed out and threw you a pack of snacks, then climbed onto the roof of the car and ran away with Gide and the others?"

"Odasaku, is this a new plot of your novel?"

Dazai sat on the high chair, leaning back and forth with laughter.

The dark red-haired young man Oda Sakunosuke touched the tip of his nose, "That's the truth, the snacks are still here, I plan to take them to the children later." Oda Sakunosuke pointed to the bag full of snacks beside him.

Seeing his friend's determined expression, Dazai smiled and asked Oda Sakunosuke: "Oda Saku, tell me what that guy looks like?"

"Well, wearing a wide gray hoodie, the hood covers the upper half of my face, I only see the lower half of my face, I'm not tall, like a girl."

Oda Sakunosuke tried hard to recall the scene at that time.

Dazai's smile suddenly froze on his face. He is not tall, a girl, and can easily climb a speeding car. It seems that there is someone who meets these conditions.

Could it be her?

"Odasaku, I think there is something else to do, I'm going first~" Dazai bid farewell to Odasakunosuke and left the curry restaurant.

If it was really her, then things would be fun.

"Ah!"

Ah Ling, who was blowing cold wind on the roof for a long time, sneezed, and someone spoke ill of her behind her back.

Gide beside him handed her a black robe, "Put it on."

Ah Ling took the robe and put it on his body, "Gide, do you still want to continue your pathetic thoughts? Isn't it good to live?"

"My body is full of crime, and my hands are covered with the blood of my compatriots. I don't deserve to live."

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the two of them through the glass, casting a red film on them.

"The instructor doesn't want you to do this." Ling turned to look at Gide.

The instructor in Ah Ling's mouth is Gide's former comrade-in-arms, who participated in many battles, large and small.When the two reunited for the first time, the instructor was very happy and took out the wine he had collected for a long time to celebrate their reunion.

It is a pity that things have changed and people have changed.

The instructor's former best friend is no longer a best friend, but a vicious dog baring its fangs.

Hearing Ah Ling mentioning that person, Gide couldn't help but sneered, and said, "A dead person has no right to take care of the living. You don't need to persuade me anymore."

He has a wooden face, and some stern words made him look even more gloomy.

"I don't like to persuade people who want to die. It's up to you, as long as you are happy."

Ah Ling was also suffocating, and when two people who were not compatible with each other got together, they always talked nonchalantly.

"Speaking of which, I have a question, aren't you hiding from us? Why did you come to the door by yourself and imagine it like last time?"

Thinking of what happened last time, the humiliation of his subordinates retreating overnight came to Gide's heart, he wished he could immediately dig out the wooden warehouse and hit Ling on the spot.

But he can't.

"Gide, you don't need to remember such trivial things, it's a waste of brain capacity."

Ling smiled dryly, and silently distanced himself from Gide. This guy's Mu Cang method is too good, and with the blessing of supernatural powers, even if Ling has three heads, it is not enough for him to fight. Keeping a safe distance is the most important thing.

"You are still the same. Once you feel a crisis, you will overreact, first hide yourself, and then put up the thorns on your body to protect yourself."

"However, the good news is that your nerves, which are extremely sensitive to crises, can always avoid unnecessary risks. Zero, I am very glad that you have been able to survive alone well, so that even in hell, I can give him an explanation .”

"These words are the last farewell, you should go back."

It was the first time Ling met Gide who could talk so much. The Gide in her memory seemed to be pursuing death all the time. The Mimic he led always took on the most dangerous missions and shuttled across different borders. Zero and Her instructor was also Gide's task target.

So, when Mimic appeared in Yokohama, Zero was so frightened.

"Gide, the instructor was still thinking about you and your subordinates who were running around before he died. If you meet in hell, the instructor will definitely scold you severely, and maybe even beat you up."

Just thinking about the scene where Gide was beaten, Ling felt extremely comfortable. Anyway, the instructor's last wish was not to fight Gide, and he didn't say that he couldn't make up for it.

"That's after death."

Gide and Ah Ling bid farewell to each other, and will not get involved in each other's lives in the future.

Leaving Gide's temporary base, Ah Ling took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose, broke them, and threw them into the grass by the side of the road.

Several children played and ran past Ling, and she, who had excellent eyesight, caught a glimpse of the red snack bag in the child's hand.

Where are my snacks?Ah Lingwu thundered.

No way, just go to the supermarket again.

Sakunosuke Oda, who received a large gift pack of A Ling brand snacks, was very happy today, because the smiles on the faces of the children who received the snacks increased.

Ah Ling, who lost his snacks, turned his grief and indignation into strength, rushed into the supermarket to buy a lot, not only made up for the lost snacks, but also bought back the snacks for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Going out of business will look like going out of business, and the happy life in the fat house opened his arms to Ling.

The author has something to say: Note 1, Note 2, Note 3, quoted from the original sentence of the anime.

The art gallery fragment contains some dialogues between Gide and Sakunosuke Oda in the anime, without annotating them one by one, but only a few more important sentences.