[Bungo Stray Dogs] With the Light and the Dust

"It's a scorching hell that can only be seen in mythology." Dazai Osamu looked at the sky covered by burning flames, and sighed calmly, "At this temperature, you probably don't even feel pain. It's going to be turned into ashes."

The flames are spreading at an incomparable speed. What is faster than the flames is the water vapor plasma with a temperature of thousands of degrees. Just touching it will instantly vaporize people.

The steam that hit his face burned his throat, and even the moisture in his eyeballs began to evaporate.

Osamu Dazai blinked his stinging eyes, a smile appeared on his face, and then calmly opened his arms to meet the waves of fire that could turn people into ashes.

Heat waves, ashes, and fumes of melted buildings surged to his side, as if countless hands were born and reached out to him.

Just when the flames were about to engulf him, a cool embrace embraced him.

"Got you."

In the plasmaized air, these words still clearly reached Osamu Dazai's ears, like the wind blowing from the mountains and forests, with an inconspicuous gentleness.

Bei Chenguang has the characteristic of rejecting everything, no matter it is wind, flowing water, or flame, so it is normal even in this environment.

She was about to change some rules to include Osamu Dazai in the isolated space, but he stopped her.

"Miss Guang." Dazai Osamu whispered in a weak voice, "It's okay, Atsushi-kun will go back to 55 minutes ago to prevent the weapon from being activated."

"So, Miss Guang doesn't need to do that..." He couldn't see clearly anymore, even Bei Chenguang's face was blurred, so he didn't know what her expression was now, but he still showed his face to Bei Chenguang. A smile without any meaning, then took a breath, and said in a breathy voice, "Hey...It hurts so much, so there really is no such thing as a painless way of dying."

The heat wave has arrived.

Osamu Dazai's voice and smile were swallowed up, leaving only faint ash hovering and falling around her.

The unscathed Bei Chenguang lowered his head and maintained the original posture of embracing a person. After a while, he slowly put down his hand, raised his eyes, and stared almost intently at the small piece of ashes that fell on the back of her hand. The pupils trembled slightly.

In her eyes, something, like melting snow - disappeared.

——

"click" "click"

It was the sound of clocks ticking in the room.

The closed eyes opened, quietly scanning the surroundings.

Bei Chenguang stood still for a moment, walked to the door, opened it and walked out, heading for the pier without the slightest hesitation.

She knew Osamu Dazai was there.

Tourists in twos and threes walked on the street, as well as guards, reed-colored horses pulled carriages back and forth, tin trash cans were placed on the side of the street, and white pigeons were flying in the central garden...everything was the same as before Same.

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"The entrustment is to ask you to repel the thieves who want to steal valuables..."

After returning to Atsushi Nakajima 55 minutes later, listening to Captain Walston's words, his eyes kept drifting to the corner of the street. Finally, he saw that familiar figure again.

"I suddenly remembered something! Mr. Kunikida, go to the hotel first, I'll follow up later!" Atsushi Nakajima left a sentence and hurriedly followed.

"Atsushi!" Kunikida yelled, but couldn't stop Nakajima Atsushi who had already run out.

Even back to 55 minutes ago Atsushi Nakajima didn't know what to do to stop that catastrophe and Wells said 'don't tell anyone about the future as you know it' but, but... tell Dazai Sir, there must be a way!

"Mr. Dazai!"

Atsushi Nakajima chased the familiar figure through the crowd.

"Ah, it's Atsu-kun~" Osamu Dazai stopped, turned sideways and greeted him with a smile.

Atsushi Nakajima felt a little relieved, and was about to speak, when he suddenly opened his eyes in surprise and looked behind Osamu Dazai, "Mr. Dazai, behind you..."

"Huh?" Osamu Dazai asked in a nasal voice, and he was hugged tightly before he saw what was behind him just halfway through the turn.

It's a hug that doesn't have any personal flavor.

It was originally an existence close to [Nothing], but it may be because I lived with him for a long time, but I got his taste instead.

"Miss Guang?"

Osamu Dazai's hand stayed in the air, his kite-colored eyes widened, looking at Bei Chenguang who was hugging him, he rarely showed a confused and hesitant expression of not knowing what to do, "...what's wrong?"

"I confirmed one thing."

Her voice was still calm, but there was something faintly suppressed in her raised eyes, and what could be called [divinity] had faded unconsciously.

Osamu Dazai seemed to have a premonition of something, he held his breath and stared into her eyes, his voice was so soft that it seemed to come from a far away place, "What is it?"

"Even if it wasn't for his wish, I'd like you to live."

The smile that always appeared on Osamu Dazai's face slowly disappeared.

It was as if a layer of shell had been peeled off to show others, and the hidden voice of the lonely and confused Osamu Dazai came out through the gap raised by the shell.

"Ah, great."

The crying voice, the same expression as that day on the roof of Hong Kong and Hei.

"I don't seem to have said it yet..." His palm that was in mid-air fell, and the palm passed through Bei Chenguang's hair, landed on her shoulder, tightened like a tangled vine, and pulled it into his arms.

Then Osamu Dazai let out a satisfied sigh, buried his face in the crook of her neck, and said the rest of the sentence softly.

"Because of Miss Guang, it seems worth looking forward to going back with Miss Guang alive."

Atsushi Nakajima...

Atsushi Nakajima was dumbfounded!

"Mr. Dazai?!" What happened? ? ?He just went back to 55 minutes ago, isn't it ten years later? !

"Huh? Atsushi-kun, why are you still here?" Osamu Dazai raised his head with a puzzled expression.

"Wait! It's not a question of whether I'm here or not...!"

"Atsu-kun hasn't found out that this Dazai Osamu is not me, so sad~"

This voice is...

Atsushi Nakajima's expression froze, and his neck turned around with a click.

The rubbish rattling beside it shook, and then a head lifted the lid of the trash can, revealing the true face of the creature attached to the trash can.

Curly hair, a long sand-colored coat, and a white bandage around his neck.There was an unpredictable smile on his face. ①

"...Two Mr. Dazai?" Atsushi Nakajima pinched his arm, showing a sleepwalking expression.

The author has something to say: the last chapter has been revised, it is recommended to go back and read the last few paragraphs before reading this chapter.

In fact, the picture of the hug in my mind at the beginning is great, cruel and romantic. I thought about it for a long, long time, but I discounted it when I wrote it down. It was not the feeling I wanted, it was uncomfortable.

I especially like this kind of [I found you in a disaster, hug you] and then find you again after going back, but my writing is so rubbish (turn on the self-closing switch)

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"I knew you were trouble"

The leader Zai is in charge of distributing candy, Wu Jingzai is in charge of making jokes, the division of labor is very clear, allow sad w

ps: Another word, I’m Calvin, and I’m very tired recently, so I took a three-day break to revise the outline. Before I knew it, half of the book was written. The 55-minute plot is almost over, and the rest is Yokohama volume. Then you can go back to your hometown and get married (bushi)!I hope everyone can stick to this sweet chapter for three days [Bixin.jpg]

① According to the original book, Dundun’s Dazai filter is really thick, and it is obviously smelly (ni)