About the years I played the role

The man stood in front of Oda for about two seconds, and said in a calm voice:

"It's a cat."

Afterwards, he indifferently walked around the cat that fell from the sky, which was not a normal cat, and the simple sentence just now dissipated like a hallucination, revealing a small piece of white bandage that could not be concealed under his sleeve as he walked.

Bandages wound up the thin wrists, disappearing into the black suit.The man's slightly drooping face was half blocked by the same bandage and the gauze behind him, and what could be seen in his eyes was deep darkness.

Behind him, there is a light sign with LUPIN on the door of the bar, which is not lit because the bar is not open.

Oda blinked the cat's characteristic round eyes, and the aftermath of falling from a high altitude was weakness all over his body.He lay on his side on the cold ground, tried his best to raise his head, and gave a weak meow to the black figure who had not walked a few steps away.

The man stopped—it wasn't that he had a kind heart attack and thought that he should help, or that he was a cat lover, but that the meow made him sound like Oda Saku was calling him.

But he knew that was impossible.

He just glanced back at the powerless cat, and left here straight away.

Just like the joke, not long after he left, Oda felt his strength return to him.He stood up, not knowing where to go in this even stranger world.

The big cat stayed where it was, with its tail drooping and its tip raised, forming a small arc, indicating that its owner was in a bad mood.

After Oda chose to follow his intuition and chased after the man in the direction where he left, as expected, he saw a man standing there at the entrance of a nearby alley.

—— Dazai.

To be more precise, it is Osamu Dazai who became the leader of the port mafia in another parallel world.

Oda didn't know about this, he opened his mouth, and once again let out a short meow involuntarily.He was inexplicably agitated, and his tail swayed slightly behind him.

The consciousness of this world does not resist his arrival, and is even willing to rescue him, but it deprives him of the ability to speak without Oda noticing.

So, do you want to try supernatural powers?

Oda came up with this idea, since it is Osamu Dazai, no matter which parallel world he is in, his supernatural ability "Disqualification in the World" may have a chance to trigger, making him look like a human.

This is actually just an imagination.Oda clearly realized that, let alone whether this Osamu Dazai in front of him would touch a cat of unknown origin, as far as Oda himself was concerned, he could also see the other party's less obvious dislike.

To test this idea, Oda took a step closer to Osamu Dazai.

The latter didn't make any move to retreat, but looked directly at him with almost no emotion, and took out a wooden warehouse.The muzzle of the icy gun lowered to aim at Oda from a distance, and as long as he moved again, the rapidly spinning bullets from that gun would hit Oda.

enemy.

From Osamu Dazai's actions, Oda read his meaning.

Suddenly, Oda felt something was changing, and the immature voice of world consciousness rang directly in his mind, telling him that it was just an accident that his ability to speak was taken away, and now it was given back to him.

A game of chess that no one can see is unfolding in the void, and the chess pieces that determine the final winner hesitate and make choices before different paths.

Oda heard the words of the world consciousness with a hidden smile——

'Which way would you go in this situation? '

The port mafia building is conspicuous enough even in the dark.

On the roof of their headquarters, the two had just finished a life-threatening battle. The "White Death" of the port mafia ended up being knocked down, and the restraining collar around their necks broke during the battle.

There were footsteps coming from nearby, expressing the meaning of 'I'm here' without concealment.

In an instant, the two raised their vigilance, but the physical strength consumed in the battle made the two of them have to be more cautious in their next move.

……

……cat?

The first thing that appeared in the field of vision of the two of them was an ordinary big cat with dark red fur and a very healthy appearance. There was nothing strange about it.

But both Akutagawa and Atsushi knew that it was impossible for ordinary cats to bypass the strict guards of the port mafia.

Even if it is currently in the middle of a battle, it is impossible for the headquarters building to have cats coming to the top of the building, which is as high as forty floors.What's more, the footsteps just now could not be made by cats, and there must be people behind them.

"Who is it... Cough cough." The body affected by the injury had difficulty in speaking, and the blood in the throat was surging and he couldn't stop coughing.

The person hiding in the darkness finally took steps toward the last twilight, but it seemed that he couldn’t catch up with the night——

"Mr. Dazai." Atsushi recognized this person almost instantly, and he stood up with a respectful tone.

Sitting alone in the corner, the cat, who was ignored by everyone tacitly for a while, watched the ending of the scene.

Is it 'necessary'?

Oda watched Osamu Dazai step on the edge of the building, the height of forty floors is enough to crush anyone who falls.

The cat moved silently, and before Osamu Dazai was about to finish all his words and fell to the ground——he came in front of Osamu Dazai.

"Dazai." The familiar voice and address spit out from the cat's mouth.

Oda approached under the eyes of the latter and touched Osamu Dazai.

Under the blue light of "Disqualification in the World", the cat's body changed into a human form after the invalidation ability was activated. Fortunately, the success was based on the 30.00% probability.

"Is this inevitable?" Oda asked Osamu Dazai in his human appearance.

Akutagawa and Atsushi couldn't get in the way, so they could only half-blindly watch the two familiar people, who couldn't possibly be fake in any way, start talking.

Osamu Dazai did not answer Oda's question, he looked up at the sky, the sun hanging in the sky withdrew at dusk, and the moon and night replaced light.

Osamu Dazai said softly, "Oda Saku."

"It's me, Dazai."

This young man who became the leader of the mafia suddenly laughed—it was no longer a fake smile, but a real smile that fit his age and should have.It is also the expression that Oda occasionally has when he gets along with Dazai Osamu of the detective agency.

"Goodbye, Oda Tsukuru." After he finished speaking, his steps were brisk, as if he was going to a wedding, he took the last step in the air, and conveyed this farewell to Oda's ears.

The hand that Oda wanted to reach out was restrained by some kind of existence, forcing him to be unable to even move his fingers, let alone grab the person who was close at hand and could have been saved.

Osamu Dazai fell down.

At the same time, Oda faintly reveals an illusory figure.

"You should go back."

These are words that only Oda can hear.The voice that had been smiling since he came to this world now revealed a hint of sadness, but it was pitifully rare.

Oda's consciousness sank completely into darkness.