[Wen Ye] Do caged birds dream of butterflies?

Melting gold, everything in sight was plated with a gorgeous orange-red.This color added a touch of weirdness to the suffocating chill and silent atmosphere between him and the man sitting behind the leader's desk.

Devil's hour.Osamu Dazai didn't know why this word suddenly crossed his mind.

It was Mori Ogai who spoke first.

//"... Dazai-kun," said the man in a white coat, his eyes dark red, like dried blood, "I want to ask one thing. I can understand your plan, but Oda-kun is probably not You don't want anyone to come to the rescue. How do you think about it?"

Osamu Dazai wanted to answer, but couldn't find the words to answer.

Mori Ogai took out an envelope from the folder on his desk, looked at it and said, "Dazai-kun, the so-called leader is standing at the apex of the organization and at the same time the effort of the entire organization. If PortMafia is to continue to survive, it must Put yourself in all the filth. Wipe away the strength of the enemy and maximize the value of your companions. As long as it is for the survival and prosperity of the organization, no matter how cruel things are theoretically feasible, you will happily execute them. You understand what I said If so?"

He put the envelope in his hand on the table.It was a large high-quality black envelope with thin gilding on the edges.There seems to be something not too thick inside.

Osamu Dazai unconsciously fixed his eyes on the envelope.Then he held his breath.

"The envelope—"

The black-haired young man's breathing stagnated, and then his face became bloodless, "That's it...that's the thing——" He spit out a sentence as if he was gnashing his teeth.Then turned around abruptly.

"Forgive me to leave first."

"Where are you going?"

"Go to Odasaku's place." Osamu Dazai went straight to the door without looking back, but just as his hand was touching the metal doorknob carved with this pattern, there was a sound of metal parts snapping together.The setting sun that shot into the room was suddenly blocked, and Osamu Dazai stopped his movements. //

He turned around.Four PortMafia members dressed in black and armed with self-propelled rifles were standing on both sides of Mori Ogai, and the muzzles of their guns were all pointed at Osamu Dazai.

Osamu Dazai showed no surprise.He just turned his gaze to the one behind the leader's desk again - there, Mori Ogai's smile remained unchanged, like a mask firmly attached to his face.

***

16:29

You listen to the sound coming from the monitor headphones.Looking at the number that had already been prepared on the phone in his hand, he pressed "Dial".

"Showdown."*

***

16:29

"Ring Ling Ling..."

The voice sounded abruptly.Because it was so sudden that even Mori Ogai reacted for a second before realizing that it was the phone's ringtone.

His first reaction was to look at Osamu Dazai, but the black-haired young man didn't show any expression, his eyes were frozen under layers of ice and snow, and even he couldn't see the emotion in them.

Then, he heard a noise, and the killing intent from behind brushed his back in an instant.The man's eyes shrank suddenly, and Alice with the humanoid ability instantly blocked him in a defensive posture, but did not make any further movements.

Because he had already seen that the gun that was aimed at him with killing intent was the one that should have been aimed at Dazai Osamu a second ago—the four PortMafia members who were supposed to be his most trusted guards turned their backs in an instant, killing him surrounded in the middle.

"... Dazai-kun, may I ask, did you do this?" Mori Ogai's eyes were full of coldness.

"It's not me." Osamu Dazai said calmly, "In contrast, Mr. Mori should answer the phone first."

"Yeah. I'd like to take it." Even though he had just experienced a betrayal, the man sitting at the top of PortMafia's power could still sort out his emotions very quickly, and he even put on his usual smile, "But, That's not the sound of my phone."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, one of the four PortMafia members took out the mobile phone from his pocket, took two steps forward, put it on the corner of the desk, and pushed it forward.

The mobile phone slid a certain distance on the log table, and it just stopped at Mori Ogai's hand.

Mori Ogai's eyes were extremely cold for a moment, he looked up at the man in black, reached out his hand and clicked on the call directly.

The next moment, a girl's sweet and pleasant voice rang out in the room.

"Mr. Dazai, Mr. Mori, good afternoon."

"...Miss."

***

"Miss," Mori Ogai's voice sounded, he paused, and asked, "Miss is outside now?"

"Yes." You stood on the concrete road overgrown with weeds and covered with leaves, looking at the dense miscellaneous forest at the end of the road and the roof and eaves of the abandoned mansion protruding from the treetops, pressing down the quilt with one hand Blowing long hair, "The weather is super nice today. The autumn wind is very comfortable. The clouds are also beautiful."

"...May I ask, how did the little lady instigate the people around me and leave the Hong Kong and Hei Building without my knowledge?"

"Yes. I will answer Mr. Mori's questions. But before that," you tilted your head, "can you tell me what is in the 'envelope'?"

There was silence, and then, Osamu Dazai's voice appeared.

"It's a license to open with supernatural abilities—as the name suggests, it's an official proof that PortMafia can operate as an organization of supernatural beings."

"I see."

——The last piece of the puzzle, closed.

*Showdown: (in poker □□) showdown

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It was Mori Ogai who arranged this scenario of using SSR Oda Sakunosuke against MIMIC and Gide - this is a conclusion based on the information you have obtained and your knowledge of Mori Ogai.But there is an unexplainable loophole in this conclusion.

That is: what is the purpose?

Because no matter what the outcome is, the damage MIMIC caused to PortMafia is real.There is no doubt that Mori Ogai attaches great importance to PortMafia. You even suspect that if the law does not allow him, he will probably get married with PortMafia.Such a man who loves the organization deeply, on the premise that he has no old grudge with MIMIC, why did he deliberately lure it to his own territory, and then take pains to eliminate it?

You once thought that this was a layout aimed at Mr. Dazai.Since Gide has his eye on Oda Sakunosuke, he will inevitably use various means to force him to take action.Either way, it will cause harm to this man. Or the mind, in the end, Gide will be destroyed whether he is killed or not.

Now that Ango Sakaguchi has betrayed you, this is the best way to indirectly hurt Mr. Dazai—you found out that Mori Ogai is afraid of Mr. Dazai in the first year of PortMafia. After so many years, this fear has not diminished in the slightest. It's just more precipitation and accumulation, getting deeper and deeper.Mori Ogai would be very happy if he could use this as an opportunity to remove Mr. Dazai from PortMafia.

But it's not worth it just for that.

In the game, the player will not destroy the invading black dragon boss for the villagers' request.Similarly, very few people would risk losing equipment experience or levels to lure the boss to their own guild just for the sake of entrapping their teammates.The only reason players are willing to pay the price to challenge a powerful BOSS is for the drop.

"Ability Opening Permit" is the drop that Mori Ogai wants to farm.

So, everything is explained.Mori Ogai brought in a specific world BOSS, configured the SSR card of Tianke, and chose the best place for the decisive battle. Everything was for the rare props that only this specific BOSS would drop directly.

He is really the best strategic conspirator you know, playing with the enemy, using the opponent, in such a meticulous and delicate layout, what he pays is nothing more than a negligible price: a little economic loss, a few N cards, 2 dead Chess - Ango Sakaguchi is an undercover agent, Oda Sakunosuke who can't kill for PortMafia is worthless to Mori Ogai.

so amazing.If Mr. Dazai hadn't been involved, you would have applauded him.You actually did speak, with a genuine exclamation.

"As expected of Mr. Sen."

However, Mori Ogai is not grateful for your admiration. "In contrast, the little lady surprised me." On the phone, the man said, "Now, can you explain? How did the little lady get rid of the monitoring and instigate the guards? To be honest, I was really shocked." The most loyal elites who are stationed in the Hong Kong and Black Building have passed numerous trials and tests, what did the little lady use to impress them?"

You laughed, "It's love."

"——What?" Mori Ogai's voice faltered for the first time, as if he couldn't understand what you said.

So you repeated it very kindly: "It's love, Mr. Mori. I didn't give them anything, I didn't promise them anything. They strongly demanded to obey my orders and serve me."

***

A girl's charming smile came from the phone.

She said, "Because they love me!"

"Because they love me madly! Mr. Mori, didn't you tell me the story back then through Ms. Hongye? 17 years ago, my mother who almost subverted and destroyed PortMafia