[Bungo Stray Dogs] Animal Three Musketeers

After experiencing the baptism of Dazai's distorted gaze, Oda, who was finally released home, recalled the smiling words Dazai left before he left.

"Be sure to bring Ango to Lupin next time, after all, it's faster to explain the two culprits together!"

……

Oda only felt a stomachache after hearing it, the same as Fukuzawa who heard that Natsume Mizusui was going to do something to mess things up, and also received a report that Natsume Mizusui was acting as a watchdog in the Secret Service Division pretending to be stupid like farming.

As if he was not sure and there was no way to do it, he thought of the children who were still playing in Tokyo, and he was glad that they were not in the chaotic Yokohama, or that they were temporarily handed over to Yu Fukuzawa who was also visiting Tokyo at the suggestion of Natsume Mizusui. Ji there.

then--

His footsteps stopped, as if his thoughts had touched a certain nerve, and his body suddenly became as cold as if he had been put into an ice cellar.

He thought of the words left by Gide before he left, the indifferent and cold gaze implied the essence of madness, and the sense of crisis that threatened his stable life almost enveloped him.

Oda walked forward uncontrollably, at first he was able to maintain his normal pace, then faster and faster, and finally he ran straight.

To find something, this consciousness flashed in my mind.During the running process, Oda's calm surface was chaotic, and his slightly sluggish nerves even felt unprecedented palpitations.

Nothing lasts forever.

Nothing is guaranteed to last forever.

Oda, with a messy frequency, jumped over the hood of the speeding car, and the windbreaker was rustling.

The gentle eyebrows and eyes of the woman are still in memory. She doesn't like to dress up at home, but often sits on the porch with great interest, knitting small things with wool, and sometimes holds the three-colored cat that often follows him into Lupin and smiles. After spending a leisurely afternoon, even when Natsume Soseki, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, was resting on someone's lap after being tired, she still had that smile that hadn't lost any hope.

Such a peaceful look seems to remain unchanged even after years or decades, and his body appears a little weak after he grows up—even though he always laughs and says, "I can't help it, I'm getting older. I'm getting old", but women, just like Dazai said, are strange people who don't exist in this world.What shocked people was not the murderous intent or strength hidden behind the tenderness, but the strength that came out of the heart spontaneously.

The whole person is shining.

It's like the winter sun without darkness, but at a glance, there is only warmth that makes people want to get close to it.

He looks so indifferent that he doesn't care about all the trivial things, but he will quietly pay attention to everyone around him - even Dazai, who he meets by chance on the street, will take good note of his casual preferences, and arrange at least one on the calendar. There are several people's birthdays in a month, and the key personnel will draw a cute animal like a child.

Complaining about the lack of stock in the egg refrigerator, slowly looking for every interesting thing in life with a soft voice on the dining table, making the flustered heart calm down at once. It is isolated from the storm that is sweeping outside the safe zone-even if it is slack and sneaks in, it will not cast a dark cloud on this place.

It seemed to him that it never occurred to him that this man might be in danger.

So strong that even the senses think that he will not die—because he is strong enough and his mind is tough enough, I believe this person will last forever.

Will you miss it?Oda's eyes shook violently, and his foot seemed to be twisted too much and caused pain, but that place was getting closer and closer to him, and he faintly felt fear after anticipation.As soon as the picture he used to take for granted jumped into his eyes at this moment, his chest began to burn painfully.

At this time, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the crowd, dragging the running young man back to the ground, and dragging the calm emotions that filled his mind back to his body.

"Apologize for bumping into someone accidentally." The man under the tattered cloak did not expect to find another child whom his friend asked him to pay attention to so easily, and said unexpectedly, "Are you stimulated?"

Oda turned his head slowly, and then froze in place.

He is the father of Ango Sakaguchi.

It should have died.Oda didn't respond for a moment, staring silently at the hem of his clothes being pulled.

Occasionally he heard Ango babbling about the past and Natsume Shuishui's comforting words, no matter how slow he was, he could probably figure it out.Such a person labeled "death" suddenly appeared in front of him, in the eyes of Oda, who was already emotionally disturbed, it was like a bomb blasting his brain frantically.

"Oh, Natsume doesn't seem to have told you." Nobusuke Sakaguchi let go of his hand when he saw the person calmed down. "Relax? It's better to take a short rest if you're not breathing normally."

Very familiar tone.Oda felt that he had probably seen this stern-looking person when he was a child, and his temperament was very similar to that friend who left quickly after cheating.

His eyes then turned to the jacket that was hostile to the current PortMafia.

"...I haven't had time to take it off yet." Sakaguchi Shinsuke sighed, his tired look made one feel as if he would fall to the ground and sleep soundly at any time, "Wait, let's say goodbye to explanations and the like, let uncle rest for a while."

"...You have been hacked a lot."

Nobusuke Sakaguchi: "..."

Hey, what kind of child is this? Of course it’s a shame to run back and forth in the Middle East for several years. Is this the best greeting to the elders who have finally returned intact?Mouth learning Xiamu?

"Let's find a place to chat first." Nobusuke Sakaguchi said softly, "At this juncture, we should slow down appropriately."

——In this way, we can see the muddy water in front of our eyes clearly.

Pushing open the small white door, which was not considered an obstacle, the black-haired boy's leather shoes stepped on the smooth gravel road.

Most people will continue to walk forward, and then press the doorbell to remind the head of the household that the guest is coming.But the boy glanced around curiously, hummed a light song and turned into the yard where the sheets were drying.

The woman I met that day was sitting quietly under the clear corridor where the sun could not be found for the time being as described by a friend, wearing a pair of glasses for vision correction. He bent lightly, and greeted everyone as if he saw an ordinary person, "Remember to knock on the door, Dazai-kun, if the master is not at home, it's not okay to go in through someone else's door to have a curious look."

"Do I look that bad?" Dazai asked with a smile after he was surprised, and his lowered tone rose again in an instant, "Speaking of it! Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to wear glasses?"

"There is no way, people's eyesight will naturally decline when they get old?"

"Huh? Mr. Mori will shed tears when he hears this, right? Mrs. Natsume's accuracy is much better than him."

Natsume Mizusui couldn't help laughing, no matter how many years have passed, Mori Ogai's dart skills that are so poor that even teaching the other party's darts will yell "I'm so angry that the teacher can't eat" will always be mentioned It will make people laugh.

"Would you like something to eat, those two kids have been so busy recently that they left a lot of delicious food?"

"Then I'll pack it all up and take it away!"

Imagining the returning Oda and Ango facing the depressing scene of their favorite food being swept away by Dazai, Natsume Mizusui smiled deeper, muttering in his heart that he was really narrow-minded, and planned to secretly save some stock for the two children to relieve their depression.

"So? Did Dazai come here to relax? With me, he probably can only do housework along with it." Natsume Mizusui troubled, "I don't have anything interesting for you to care about either."

"I can't do the housework anymore. If Mr. Natsume's laundry accidentally falls into the ditch because of my carelessness, it will be very bad."

More than bad.

Natsume Shui Shui laughed lowly, if the cat knew it, it might explode into a hedgehog.

"You will be beaten on the head and fooled."

"It's completely a threat, but I won't be scared, okay?" Dazai's kite-colored pupils reflected the woman who was thinking about a sentence in the book, and said with a chuckle, "Mrs. Natsume's thinking has always been clear."

"If it's chaotic, it's really difficult." Natsume Shuishui replied distressedly, "I don't want to be reminded by the children that the key I've been looking for for a long time is actually in my palm? It's too frustrating."

"...Hey, Mrs. Natsume."

The youthful boy's eyes were full of smiles, as if he couldn't get the answer he wanted, and the tone of the question became more and more quick, full of curiosity due to this age, but Natsume Shuishui turned away because of a bad premonition in his heart. stared at him silently.

"Why do you know?"

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