If I don't quit, I will be forced to usurp the throne.

"Um... I remember your name is Akutagawa, right?"

"Yes! I'm Ryunosuke Akutagawa!" The black-haired boy's eyes were sharp, and he never looked away. He was very focused, "Senior Furutani, please fight with Zai!"

"..." I stared at him for a moment, then said slowly, "Why?"

"I have heard a lot about your deeds. Everyone says that you are Mr. Dazai's direct disciple. Including Mr. Dazai..." The black-haired boy clenched his fists, and his aura increased, "As long as you win You, Mr. Dazai will recognize my ability!"

"...Ah, this." I couldn't help but frown—what personal transmission?I was just taken by Mr. Dazai for a few months, right?I always feel like those people are scolding me.But this unlucky child really doesn't seem to be brought out by Mr. Dazai...

Seeing the stubbornness of the other party, I put my hands in my coat pockets and nodded calmly: "Yes. Then you want to compete with me in brain teasers?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: "...???"

"Huh? Didn't you know anything before you came to challenge me? You can't do this, Akutagawa." I said in a tone full of regret, and shook my head in cooperation, "You will know if you ask. ... Ah, old man, old man! This way!"

Guangjin Liulang heard my call and came over: "What orders does Lord Jianggu have?"

"It's nothing, I just ask you to be a witness." I said, raising a friendly smile, "Mr. Dazai, when I was just accepted as a subordinate by Mr. Dazai, I was appreciated by him by making quick turns. Right?"

"...It is true that there is such a thing."

"I heard that there is no Akutagawa." I looked at him with hateful eyes, "You rushed up to challenge without even knowing the content of the competition. No wonder Mr. Dazai thinks you are useless."

"...I, I don't need that kind of competition!" The young man showed a struggling look on his face, and he made up his mind after a while, and shouted, "If you don't agree, Senior Jianggu, I will do it in my own way." -"

As the other party spoke, the bottom of the black coat on his body changed, and he stabbed the blade forward, attacking me.

"Are you a battle freak?" I complained, and retreated, Guangjin Liulang also retreated to the side with ease.

And Akutagawa... he stayed in place and attacked.

"Since my ability can do this trick, I like watching other people fight with the air the most. Everyone has their own interesting points." I sighed, and took out my phone to take a short picture.

Although Mr. Dazai and Chief Mori have already learned that my illusion is not a special ability, they have no intention of saying it publicly.Chief Sen even asked me to continue to keep this secret and not to mention it to anyone.After all, this is also a trump card, and it is estimated that I will be regarded as a secret weapon at critical moments.So what I said to the outside world is still a supernatural power.

"Master Jianggu's ability is indeed very strong."

"Grandpa, you see Akutagawa is quite fashionable, and even highlighted and dyed his own hair. I have never done my hair before."

"... Cough, Furuya-sama, I think that must have been born by Akutagawa-kun."

"Nonsense!? Could it be that Akutagawa's hair can still grow without ink!"

"I don't think that's the reason..."

"However, how did this unlucky boy develop the idea that fighting is everything? Isn't this the type that Mr. Dazai hates the most?" I was a little puzzled, but then I figured it out again, "But after all, he came from a place like a slum He was still being hunted down before... Forget it, let me forgive him for unilaterally provoking me. I will undo the illusion..."

"Wait a minute, Xiaoqian." A hand rested on my shoulder, stopping my movement.I looked back at the person who came, showing some surprise: "Mr. Dazai..."

The black-haired young man didn't reply to my words, but walked straight forward and walked into Akutagawa's attack range, but the sharp blades transformed from clothes disappeared the moment they touched him.He stepped forward directly, and kicked it neatly and mercilessly.

I subconsciously held my breath.

There is no need for me to undo the illusion, I was just kicked awake...

The black-haired boy who was kicked some distance away propped himself up on the ground with one hand, curled up, seemed to have just come to his senses, and said in a daze, "Mr. Tai, Mr. Dazai..."

"Before you came to challenge Xiaoqian, didn't you know Xiaoqian's ability?" Osamu Dazai's attitude was a little impatient, his voice was cold and full of disappointment, "At first I thought it could be used barely, but now It seems that the difference is really too far... As expected, Odasaku is better, and the children picked up are much better than the ones I picked up."

"..." I imagined what would happen if Mr. Dazai picked me up... My expression couldn't help but fluctuate.

Well, I'd be patricide, absolutely.

After Osamu Dazai finished speaking, he looked at me: "Xiaoqian, I need you to deal with something here, come with me."

"Yes." I responded, and couldn't help but look at Ryunosuke Akutagawa who hadn't stood up with sympathetic eyes—it's so miserable, it's so miserable.

This unlucky kid doesn't have one tenth of my wit. It seems that he will only step on Mr. Dazai's minefield. I guess this is just the beginning...

"Ahhh—as expected, the conditions should have been changed at that time. I won't have so many troubles if you let Xiaoqian become my direct subordinate."

"Hey, Mr. Dazai..." I was just trying to get the other party to stop drawing hatred for me, when the black-clothed boy over there suddenly raised his head, I don't know if the emotion in his eyes was hatred or something else, and he shouted Said: "I will prove that I am not a substitute!"

But Osamu Dazai glanced over and said calmly, "What gave you the illusion that you can replace Xiaoqian?"

Me: "..." Wow.

Mr. Dazai really deserves to be the psychological shadow of more than 50.00% of Hong Kong black people. This ability to create knots is not covered.

I don't think it will be long before I see Akutagawa at my confessional hut.

It's so pitiful, give Akutagawa a [-]% discount at that time... Forget it, let's give it a [-]% discount, after all, it will probably be aimed at me at that time.

"Mr. Dazai, your differential treatment will easily leave a lifetime of psychological shadow on the child." When I followed Osamu Dazai, I couldn't help but say out loud.

"Xiao Qian, what are you talking about?" The black-haired young man smiled, his attitude was completely opposite to before, and his tone was intimate, "Isn't that how I treated Xiao Qian at the beginning?"

"..." Well, this guy successfully reminded me of my psychological shadow.

Indeed, even with the status of [Odasaku's daughter] at the beginning, the other party just didn't hit me directly... No, it should be said that there was no chance to do it.After all, the fundamental difference between me and Akutagawa is that my stress response to Mr. Dazai is 99 points instead of [-] points, but based on today's observations, Akutagawa's score should be negative.

But when did Dazai-san suddenly change his attitude... He just felt that at a certain time, he didn't cheat me as much as before... When was it...

I slowed down a step, deliberately fell behind him, looked at his back, and began to think deeply.

Was it when I was discovered as an illusionist in the first place?It doesn't seem to be... Is that the time when I saw his inner world and almost thought I was going to be silenced?

Getting to the bottom of it... It seems that the other party seldom cheated me very hard after that time?

But there is also a reason why the leader sent me more missions after that, right?

"What is Xiaoqian thinking?"

"Ah...it's nothing. I just wondered how quickly I would have set the goal of killing you if I had been picked up by you instead of Odasaku two years ago."

"Hahahaha, it feels like an exciting scene." Osamu Dazai was not angry when he heard the words, but laughed heartily, "That's why I like Xiaoqian the most."

I couldn't help showing a bitter and bitter expression on my face: "..." Bah! ! !

……

That night, instead of going straight home after get off work, I went to the bar.

"Yo, old man." I walked over to him, took the half-empty wine bottle in front of him, asked the bartender for an empty wine glass, poured it for myself, and took a sip.

All of a sudden, a spicy feeling filled the entire mouth and throat.

...Well, it's still really hard to drink.

"Has Jiang Gu started to learn to drink?"

"Ah... almost." I frowned and sighed, "Isn't there a saying that getting drunk solves a thousand worries? I want to try."

Guangjin Liulang looked over: "...Has Jiang Gu had a lot of troubles lately?"

"No, it's actually the latest trouble..." I pressed my forehead with some headache, "Grandpa, do you remember Mr. Dazai's new subordinate?"

"Akutagawa-kun?"

"Yeah, I think it will be a daily challenge for me in the future...Damn! Even if Mr. Dazai wants to use me to train newcomers, it is impossible! I am unique! Others can't learn it! Let alone what I saw today Akutagawa's temper, can he learn one-tenth of mine? He can't even do brain teasers! He still refuses to learn!" When I said this, I couldn't help but shook my head and sighed, "It's hopeless! . . . What do you say, old man?"

"...cough, cough, Jianggu, what you said makes sense." Guangjin Liulang immediately tried to change the subject, "Speaking of...it will be your birthday soon, Jianggu."

"Yes." After I answered, I asked enthusiastically, "What gift do you want to give me, old man?"

"It's better to leave this kind of thing as a surprise on the birthday."

"Hey——then I'm looking forward to it!" I happily agreed, "Grandpa, you and sister Hongye's gifts are tied for second among the gifts I'm most looking forward to!"

"It's a great honor." After Hirotsu Liulang finished speaking, he asked curiously, "Aside from me and Hongye-sama, won't Mr. Dazai send it?"

Speaking of this, my smile faded away: "Mr. Dazai said he could cook for me for my birthday, but I declined. I suspected he wanted to kill me but couldn't find a good excuse so used implement this.”

Guangjin Liulang: "...What about Mr. Nakaya?"

"..." I was strangely silent for a while, without making a sound.

Before Mr. Guangjin broke the situation, the person involved appeared.

"Hey, Guangjin..." The visitor was stunned when he saw me, and replied somewhat unnaturally, "You're here too."

"..." Although I took the initiative to hide from people... But I am a little dissatisfied on the other hand!

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about Jiang Gu's birthday."

"..." Speaking of this topic, Chuya Nakahara, who sat down, paused.

"That's right." I looked over, stared at the other person, and asked, "What will Mr. Chuya give me?"

The other party's black line: "How can you ask for a gift directly like this..."

I replied abruptly: "But Mr. Nakaya, is he going to owe me two birthday presents? This can be superimposed, right?"

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."

"...I suddenly remembered something else, so I'm leaving first." Guangjin Liulang got up politely, settled the bill, and left unhurriedly.

"Hey, you..." The red-haired young man leaned on the bar with his elbows, propped his head with one hand, and looked at me from a sideways position, his tone became a little helpless, and he yelled vaguely, "Then what gift do you want? "

I thought about it, and calmly replied: "Give me a surprise."

"..." Zhong Yuanzhong also twitched the corner of his mouth, "Choose one yourself!"

I showed a suspicious look: "Anything is fine?"

"Within my ability." As if thinking of something, the other party added temporarily, "Don't go too far!"

I started to lose myself in thought.

I always feel that this is an opportunity, although I don't know what it is, but there is always a kind of loss if I don't make something big...

"Are you drinking?" The other party asked suddenly, frowned, and then let go, "Why did you suddenly start learning to drink... Forget it, it's not a bad thing."

I blinked, and a shapeless thought flashed through me.

……Why?Wait a moment?

So...Actually...that kind of thing doesn't have to be done when Mr. Chuya is drunk, the reverse is also possible!

All I have to do is pretend that I'm drunk and don't know it, and then play stupid and get over it!Anyway, Mr. Chuya will never take the initiative to mention it!

As I thought about it, my body moved as soon as the thought flashed, the wine glass in my hand was clenched tighter, my empty right hand rested on the opponent's shoulder, my body leaned forward, and I leaned forward with my head sideways. The other's lips touched lightly.

Then, I put my head on the other person's shoulder, hiding my expression.Of course, he didn't dare to look at the other party's reaction.

Phew—anyway, at least it was confirmed.

There is no special reaction when kissing, so it should be because of the subconscious illusion that the other party is like an older brother, so I subconsciously want to get close... Then I just need to pretend to be drunk and nothing will happen tomorrow ——

Before I could complete my thoughts, I was interrupted by the other party's hand that suddenly reached my waist.

……Why?This reaction is...

At this moment, my breathing was stagnant, and my heartbeat began to become extremely irregular.