Are you with Dazai today?

"Sakunosuke-san, I want to ask one thing."

"Ah."

"Why is Mr. Sakunosuke able to move in one direction unswervingly and without confusion?"

"Eh?"

Shiinagawa didn't look at Sakunosuke Oda who was showing some surprise, he continued.

"So Sakunosuke-san is really incredible, ah, of course I'm praising you."

Shiinagawa has fully absorbed the previous conversation experience with Ango Sakaguchi, hoping that the other party will not think that he is finding fault.

"That's right, that's not what I want to ask, Mr. Sakunosuke, do you think you are a good person?"

"Well……"

The reactions of Oda Sakunosuke and Sakaguchi Ango were completely different. He adapted well to Shiinagawa's jumpy topic, and after hearing what the other party said, he pondered for a while.

"Even if you ask me like this, whether he is a good person should not be judged by himself?"

He gave the answer without thinking for a long time. Shiinagawa listened to Oda Sakunosuke's answer very seriously. Now apart from the two of them, there is only the sound of the waves and the rustling of those little night creatures. There was a rustling sound.

"From the perspective of different people, the results are also different. After all, there is no clear definition of this kind of thing. It is too extreme to say that it is black and white."

"really."

Shiinagawa stretched his brows, looking in a good mood.

"Mr. Sakunosuke has the same opinion as me."

"Then it's really about Dazai."

Things have come to this point, Oda Sakunosuke has almost figured out Shiinagawa's meaning.

"Are you worried about him?"

"oops."

Shiinagawa smiled wryly, feeling that the person opposite was too sensitive.

"Nothing can be hidden from Sakunosuke-san."

"Chuan too flattered me."

Although Shiinagawa, Dazai Osamu, or Sakaguchi Ango all said that he was a magical person, but he himself didn't think so, he was just an ordinary low-level member of the Mafia.

"Because Chuan and I have different ideas. Although we have similar views, our way of thinking is very different."

"That's true."

Shiinagawa gently fiddled with the rising sea water, watching them gather in his hands and then leak out from the cracks in his palms bit by bit.

"Mr. Sakunosuke is still the same, I definitely yearn for Shiro, and I say it doesn't matter which side."

Shiinagawa compared his hands to Oda Sakunosuke like a gun, and let out a low 'bang' from his mouth.

"Mr. Sakunosuke's creed really scared me at first, and he didn't even kill people."

Oda Sakunosuke still didn't have any expression changes, it's better that there are too few things that can shake this person, if it was this person, maybe on the last day of his life in the world, he would just lament that he didn't finish the novel.

"Have it?"

"Yes, I have."

Shiinagawa buried half of his face in the crook of his arms, his golden eyes seemed to shimmer in the darkness, looking like falling stars.

"It's so naive, as long as Mr. Sakunosuke is still in the mafia, it's too naive."

"so?"

"so……"

Shiinagawa casually pointed in a direction.

"Aren't you going over there?"

Although Shiinagawa's reference is not clear, Oda Sakunosuke still understands what Shiinagawa wants to express. It can only be said that the brain waves of the two people are really in tune.

"Sure enough, there are still various factors."

Oda Sakunosuke showed Shiinagawa one by one with his fingers.

"First of all, it is about work. I still have to raise those children. Now that I have decided to do it, I have to take responsibility. Then I can't find the right time. Besides, there are many distressing things. On the contrary It's now the port mafia that gets the delicate balance."

"...Even if you insist on the principle of not killing people?"

"Even if you insist on the principle of not killing people."

"Hmm—"

Shiinagawa showed a rare childish expression.

"Obviously, if it's Mr. Sakunosuke, he can climb up quickly."

Oda Sakunosuke showed a helpless expression, looking at Shiinagawa with gentle eyes, inexplicably making Shiinagawa feel that the other party is an elder.

Obviously, he is usually the one who takes on this role!

"In that case, my dream will not come true."

"Dream... By the way, don't we deviate too much from the original topic?"

"what……"

Oda Sakunosuke was taken aback for a moment, obviously he, like Shiinagawa, had never been aware of this problem, the two of them said more and more biased, if Shiinagawa hadn't reminded him, he really wouldn't have discovered it.

"Sorry, did I talk too much?"

"No, please go on, I want to hear it, I like it very much."

"Where did I just say?"

"Dreams, your dreams."

Shiinagawa reminded Oda Sakunosuke that his eyes shone brighter than before, as if he had become very interested in Oda Sakunosuke's words.

"I wanted to be a novelist, so I ended up being a killer."

Oda Sakunosuke raised his eyes to see Shiinagawa's reaction. Most people would show a surprised expression after hearing his words. From killers to novelists, isn't this really a nonsensical plot that only appears in third-rate novels?

"Ah."

And Shiinagawa just listened like this, listening very seriously, as if Oda Sakunosuke was talking about important information about the world crisis rather than an incredible dream.

"I want to be the one that can help others."

"Ah."

"If possible, I would like to live in a hut near the sea, and I can see the sea from the window."

Oda Sakunosuke talked a lot about his dreams, and it was strange to say that he was usually the one who listened, the one who listened to others.

It was as if he was born with magical powers, whether it was strangers or acquaintances who liked to confide in him, and now the roles were reversed between him and Shiinagawa.

Oda Sakunosuke understands why so many people like to confide in others, not to make others agree with his point of view, but just to find someone to listen to them, who may not agree but will definitely listen carefully.

Shiinagawa and Oda Sakunosuke are obviously two completely different individuals, but they are surprisingly similar in some respects.

It wasn't until Sakunosuke Oda said that his mouth was dry that he realized that he had talked for too long.

"Sorry, it seems like I've been speaking unilaterally."

"It's okay. I like Mr. Sakunosuke's talk about your dreams. It's no problem to listen to it for another three hours, provided your voice can bear it."

Oda Sakunosuke, who was immediately seen through by Shiinagawa, cleared his throat.

"Won't it be boring?"

"will not."

This time, Shiinagawa simply buried his face in the crook of his arms, and his voice came into Oda Sakunosuke's ears indistinctly.

"Because I've never had that kind of thing so I love hearing people talk about it."

"……never?"

Oda Sakunosuke was taken aback, and the words in his mouth jumped out without any thought.

"There will always be when I was young, right? Like wanting to be a teacher or a policeman."

"I don't know, but I think it probably doesn't exist."

"Is that so..."

Oda Sakunosuke didn't know what to say, and the two of them fell into silence again. After an unknown period of time, Oda Sakunosuke felt his eyelids fighting.

"It doesn't matter what I say, Mr. Sakunosuke, go to sleep."

Was discovered.

Oda Sakunosuke thought this way, and his desire to accompany the other party was exposed. Since Shiinagawa said so, he had no choice but to stand up and make a gesture to go back.

"Is Chuan not sleeping?"

"Huh? From my point of view, it's fine even if you don't sleep for three days. Just go to sleep, Mr. Sakunosuke."

Oda Sakunosuke felt that he should say something at this time, but he was not as insightful as Dazai Osamu, nor as good at observing words and emotions as Sakaguchi Ango, so he had nothing to say in the end.

"That...then, good night?"

"Good night."

Only Shiinagawa was left again, and he took the time to cast a glance in the direction of the painting book, it was fine, it was far away from the waves hitting the shore, it was safe anyway.

He didn't feel sleepy at all, and asking him to go to bed now would only increase the time spent in bed in a daze.

Shiinagawa just kept going back into that dazed mode by himself until his eyes were covered with hands.

Shiinagawa heard the footsteps but didn't hide, and just called out "Dazai" helplessly when his eyes were covered with something.

"How did you guess it? When did you guess it?"

"In the beginning."

The things covering the eyes were removed, and Shiinagawa didn't look back.

"Dazai's footsteps are softer than those of Ango-san and Sakunosuke-san, the words on his hands are smaller than those of Sakunosuke-san, and the gun calluses on his fingers are thicker than those of Ango-san, so it's easy to tell."

And no one will do this except you, this is what Shiinagawa couldn't say in his heart.

"So, have you been playing video games?"

Osamu Dazai: ...

"how is this possible!"

Osamu Dazai didn't panic at all, as long as he didn't panic, the fact that he stayed up late playing game consoles wouldn't be exposed.

The author has something to say: This chapter is too uncomfortable. I want to write the feeling of electric waves between two people, but I always feel that something is wrong. I have revised it several times and I can only do it like this.