Leaving Barbara behind, Dazai Osamu put his hands in his pockets and walked on the streets of another world with an unusually chic posture.

The hem of the long sand-colored windbreaker swayed behind him, and the two straps danced livelyly together. The brisk and bright clothing virtually reduced his sense of distance.

Coupled with the long figure, fluffy curly hair, and handsome face, countless passing girls couldn't help but be moved by a glance.

After smiling and politely rejecting the number of girls who came up to ask for contact information, Osamu Dazai, the girl's heart killer, finally couldn't help complaining to his companions.

"It's really troublesome, Odasaku, it would be great if there is no business today, so that I can happily die in love with the beautiful girls."

While talking, he sighed too much, "Obviously everyone likes me so much, but I ruthlessly reject you. I'm such a sinful man~"

With so much trash talk pouring into his ears, Oda Sakunosuke still looked calm, without any fluctuation in his eyes.He even had the leisure to pull Dazai Osamu who was about to rush to the road back to his side, and told him to pay attention to safety.

"It's not good even if there is no business."

"What's wrong." Osamu Dazai, who was almost in a car accident, still looked heartless, he shrugged, and said casually: "I am also like this in our world, Odasaku, you are not used to it yet. ?"

Oda Sakunosuke, who was standing outside to block people inside, looked at him sideways, his blue eyes, which were different in color from Nakahara Chuya, were full of seriousness.

"Because this is not our world, if you die here, Dazai, I will definitely take your body back. In this way, isn't it equivalent to dragging an innocent girl to die for nothing?"

"I can't, so I'll stop you."

Dazai Osamu: "..."

I never expected that my best friend would say such a well-founded and completely irrefutable statement.

He stopped his long legs that were exercising regularly, and stood there staring blankly at the back of Oda Sakunosuke in a daze.

When Oda Sakunosuke realized that he hadn't followed, and turned around to look back in doubt, Dazai Osamu was already laughing on the spot and couldn't straighten up.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"

Hugging his stomach exaggeratedly, Osamu Dazai bent over, as if he wanted to laugh all the laughs in his life.

His sudden appearance frightened the passers-by on the road a little, and they all walked around him, fearing that they would meet someone with a mental disorder.

Oda Sakunosuke didn't mind other people's gazes, he just didn't understand what was funny about his speech just now, and it deserved Osamu Dazai's joy.So he called out with some doubts: "Dazai?"

"Well..."

After laughing for a while, Osamu Dazai felt a little pain in his stomach.He put away his emotions, blinked the tears that came out of laughter, and rubbed his stomach softly.

It's been a long time since I laughed so happily, and I couldn't stand it all of a sudden.

After slowing down, Osamu Dazai rushed to Oda Sakunosuke in three steps in two.After the two met, they walked to the bookstore introduced by Songyue tacitly.

"I just didn't think that Odasaku's reason for saving me was that he didn't want to carry my dead body back."

He looked sideways at his best friend, with an expression of interest still on his face. "It's fine to let me be buried in another world, anyway, it's the same over here."

"Actually, even if I don't bury it, it's fine. Just throw my body away and feed it to fish or dogs. It's a good end."

Hearing such a speech, Oda Sakunosuke, who had always been very calm, couldn't accept it.He frowned, pursed the corners of his lips, and his blue pupils were full of seriousness.

This time it was his turn to stop at the same spot, seeing that Osamu Dazai was still walking forward like a normal person, he couldn't help reaching out and grabbing his arm.After turning the person to face himself, he said: "I have been to countless countries, and I have never had any special feelings about various beliefs."

"I know, Oda Saku is a non-believer." Facing the serious Oda Sakunosuke, Dazai Osamu was still as casual as he wanted, with no emotion in his clear and transparent eyes.

"But I'm not a devout believer either, so don't worry about my opinion of you, Odasaku."

Oda Sakunosuke, who took this matter seriously, didn't care about his sophistry, and just expressed his thoughts on his own. "But one time when I went to the country next door, I encountered something that I still remember until now."

"Nani Nani?"

Osamu Dazai's eyes lit up, and the curious little stars inside were about to pop out.This time, he grabbed Oda Sakunosuke's hand and urged him to finish the story quickly.

If nothing else, he is an absolutely perfect listener.That well-timed response really stimulates the narrator's desire to talk.

But what he met was Oda Sakunosuke, a former killer known for his naturalness.His flattering reactions are basically acting for the blind, and the opponent's pace is not affected at all.

"There was an old man, it is said that he left his hometown to live in another city when he was young, and never went back. At the last moment, the only thought in his mind was to return to his roots. He didn't even remember his own children and wife. Just remember wanting to go home."

He obviously said that this incident touched him a lot, but there was no big fluctuation on the face of Oda Sakunosuke who told Dazai Osamu.As if this was just a story he made up temporarily to persuade Dazai.

But Osamu Dazai knows Oda Sakunosuke very well, he is not himself, he will make up stories for one purpose.Although he is a quasi-writer who takes writing as his goal in life and makes up stories every day, Oda Saku has always been a serious person. If he says a true story, it must be true.

And when the life and death of others were involved, Osamu Dazai did not joke around casually.To him, death is extremely sacred, no matter whose death it belongs to.

"I didn't understand at first, why would I want to go back to my hometown? It's the same everywhere, whether it's this city or that country, there are countless similar existences in the world. And they are all dead. Now, what is there to care about after death?"

Dazai Osamu: "..."

Yes, why?Why do we have to return to the roots?

Reality is not a picture book of fairy tales. After death, there will still be souls left in the world, watching what happens in the future.

What if I brought myself back to my hometown?All the things he had regretted could never be repeated, and there was no chance of redemption, and there was no point in doing these things at all.

"But on that day, I understood."

that day?

Osamu Dazai was stunned for a moment, and with his clever mind and context, he could easily guess which day Oda Saku said 'that day' was.

Now he was even more silent. What happened that day was a scar that the three of them would never heal.

Also silent for a while, Oda Sakunosuke said to Osamu Dazai more solemnly: "In this long and short life, no matter how far a person travels, there will always be a place in his heart that he wants to return to. Many times, this place just coincides with his hometown. , so people will have the idea that fallen leaves return to their roots and souls return to their hometown.”

"At the beginning, I thought that day was my end. Apart from regretting not being able to pull you out of the quagmire, I just wanted to sleep in Yokohama so that I could be closer to everyone."

"At that time, I also thought that I had no chance of saving myself, so I just thought that it would be great if I could be closer to everyone. My life started from Yokohama, and I returned here after I died. Maybe I can bring you forward encouragement."

"...Okay I got it!"

Stretching out his hand to make a stop gesture, Dazai Osamu, who was forced to accept some internal analysis of his best friend, felt uncomfortable.He pretended to be calm and turned his eyes away, returning to the original mature and stable appearance.

"I'm just talking, so you don't have to be nervous Odasaku. I'm still satisfied with the world over there, and I don't have the idea of ​​changing the site yet. So let's continue."

"..."

The words that were not finished were interrupted, and Oda Sakunosuke rarely got stuck.

Looking at Osamu Dazai who was leaving again, he hesitated for a while, but swallowed the rest of the words.

He could see that Dazai had indeed listened to these things in his heart, and his mental state had improved a lot.In this way, even if his goal is achieved, it doesn't matter if he doesn't finish the rest of the sentence.

The tacit understanding of the best friends just covered this slightly heavy topic, and walked towards the bookstore at a faster pace.

After talking so much just now, neither Oda Sakunosuke nor Dazai Osamu had the desire to continue chatting.

After walking quietly for a while, Oda Sakunosuke couldn't help being distracted, and many memories appeared in his mind.

After so many years, Dazai's situation is actually much better than when he first met him.

At least he no longer rejects the approach of outsiders, and he is no longer as indifferent to his own life as before.

In this way, Oda Sakunosuke was very satisfied.

People who can say, "Cowards are afraid of happiness, they will be hurt when they touch cotton, and sometimes they are hurt by happiness", "If you can avoid the violent ecstasy, you will naturally not have grief", such words can become Now this is something that makes those close to me feel lucky.

But what he said suddenly today was not aimless.

Ever since he learned about the other world in Songyue-san's shop, his emotions began to go wrong.When everyone in the different world later told him that they were not only literary giants in another world, but also world-renowned literary giants, and when their works were read by countless people, the chaotic and complicated emotions reached their peak.

Oda Sakunosuke had never seen such a flustered Dazai.

Even when he was plotted by the leader and his life was hanging by a thread, his mood was never so chaotic.

Although outsiders may not be able to tell that Dazai is still the same as usual, Oda Sakunosuke can see through his extreme anxiety at a glance.

That anxiety even surpassed his fear of life.

He understands the source of this uneasiness, nothing more than the thought of his inner analysis being read and understood by countless people, as if he is also displayed in the sun.

People who claim to be dark creatures can't stand these things the most.

Oda Sakunosuke himself doesn't care about these things. A person's mind cannot be understood after reading a few books written by him.If there were such an easy thing, 'confidante' would not be desired by so many people.

And the lives of him and the writer Oda Sakunosuke are basically two lines, and there is no room for overlap at all.Mr. Wen Hao's articles are not expressing his heart.

Maybe there will be sympathy in some aspects, but it is more like looking at another person's life.

That's why after seeing Dazai's nerves getting more and more tense, he didn't hold back from saying something similar to preaching to him.

Oda Sakunosuke doesn't expect Dazai to wake up, but just hopes that when he loses the courage to move forward, he can think of everyone behind him.After experiencing so many things, he is no longer alone, and everyone is desperately giving him the courage to move forward.

Fortunately, the result was good, Dazai didn't close himself up again.

However, due to their mixed thoughts, the two remained silent until they arrived at the bookstore recommended by Songyue.

Only here did Osamu Dazai return to his usual state.He restrained the redundant thoughts in his eyes, turned around and said, "Let's go in."

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