The False Protagonist and the True Demon King[Comprehensive]

【We are ghosts, "ghost troops", undead legions abandoned by God's grace, and we will continue to march in dirty blood until the real enemy redeems our souls. 】

"Wait for me!" Sakaguchi Ango stood in front of them, "Did I have something wrong with my ears just now, I seem to hear you guys talking about how to commit suicide by lying on the rails?"

"Ango?" Osamu Dazai waved his arms, "Don't stop me, I'm going to find the beautiful place!"

Ango Sakaguchi grabbed Osamu Dazai's sleeve vigorously, "Don't go crazy here, Dazai, I will be angered by the boss."

"Does your boss care whether others live or die?" Shen Xi asked strangely.

"Yes, that's it!" Osamu Dazai said happily: "As long as I die, the boss will not pursue it. Anyway, I am dead!"

Sakaguchi Ango looked at Shen Xi helplessly, "Sir, don't make trouble."

Shen Xi spread his hands, he walked over the tugging Dazai Osamu and Sakaguchi Ango, and walked towards the railway track ahead.

"where are you going?"

"Lying on the rails."

"Come back to me!" Sakaguchi Ango inexplicably felt that he was looking at two disobedient children. They were disobedient and very bearish, and one of them would do bad things if he couldn't stand it.

Osamu Dazai squatted on the ground and watched Ango Sakaguchi pull Shen Xi back with disinterestedness.

"Come on, Ango, don't let him escape!"

"Shut up!" Ango Sakaguchi pushed Shen Xi next to Osamu Dazai, as if to teach the child a lesson.

"Don't give up life easily, you know?" he said.

However, neither of them paid any attention to him. Osamu Dazai took out the game console from his pocket and started playing games. Shen Xi stared at the tree next to him in a daze, as if it was not a tree but a treasure.

This person named Shen Xi is really a person carved out of the same mold as Dazai Zhi, and he is really good at ignoring others.

Tired, Ango Sakaguchi found an excuse to leave, as if he never wanted to see them again.

"Well, poor Ango."

Shen Xi focused on the train again, "Are you still going? Lying on the tracks."

"No." Osamu Dazai stood up from the ground, patted the dirt on his body a little, and then left directly, "It must be very miserable to die after being hit by a train, maybe it will be torn apart, it's terrible."

Shen Xi looked at his back, and followed after a while.

In fact, there is one more thing that Shen Xi is not sure about.

He only knew that Dazai Osamu's friend Oda Sakunosuke died when he was 18 years old, but he was not sure what day it was, how far it was from now, or who killed Oda Sakunosuke...

Patter, cool water drops fell on Shen Xi's forehead.

Shen Xi raised his head, and the light rain began to fall, and it tended to get bigger and bigger.

"It's raining?" Shen Xi stretched out his hand to watch the rain dripping onto his palm.

The autumn rain was icy cold, telling the distance between winter and winter, Shen Xi thought, yes, it is autumn now.

It's not far from winter, that is to say... it's not too far from the end of the year.

Dazai's 18-year-old is only this year.

What does death bring?It may be salvation for the dead, but for the living and caring people, it is pain and sorrow. At least for the death of Oda Saku, Osamu Dazai seemed quite painful.

Osamu Dazai took out an umbrella from the nearby store, and he put the umbrella on Shen Xi's head to protect him from the rain.

"Why did it suddenly start to rain? I remember that the weather forecast reported that today is sunny." Dazai Osamu muttered, "I really can't expect the weather forecast to be more accurate."

The 18-year-old Osamu Dazai is a little shorter than four years later. Shen Xi and Osamu Dazai are the same age and about the same height, so this picture looks a little bit wrong.

Especially when Dazai is trying to hide him and himself all under the umbrella.

"What are you thinking?"

Osamu Dazai is really helpless for this person's character of not saying a word, isn't he cold?It's autumn now, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. If you wet your clothes in the rain and stay outside, you will definitely get sick.

And this is the clothes he just bought today!

This scene inexplicably overlapped with their first encounter, Shen Xi stared at Osamu Dazai with no emotion in his dark eyes.

That night was also in the rain. He had just escaped from the police station. The moment he grabbed Osamu Dazai's sleeve, he seemed to have grabbed the whole world.

"I'm thinking of something you shouldn't know."

For example, is it necessary to rescue Oda Sakunosuke?

But if history is changed, will it also change the future? For example, if Dazai did not go to the Armed Detective Agency, he would not be a good person, and they would not meet each other.

Is it really okay to modify a piece of history so that we will never meet again?

Shen Xi understands what kind of person he is, his ego is selfish, his politeness is superficial, and his kindness is just a show.

"Let's go." Osamu Dazai was not very curious about what Shen Xi didn't tell him, "There is a bar in front, let's have a drink together, don't worry, I will ask the store to serve you juice."

Sitting at the bar, Osamu Dazai still ordered his usual wine and canned crab meat. The surrounding guests were quite quiet, saying that the juice was really juice. Shen Xi didn't even know why there was juice in the bar.

Slightly took a sip, it was orange juice.

"It's quiet now. It's raining outside and we won't be able to leave for a while, so here, let's make things clear."

Shen Xi stared at Orange Juice, "Okay, let's talk."

"First of all, can you tell me what you mean when you know me four years later? And that ring."

The ring was completely in line with his aesthetics. If it wasn't for his memory, he would really feel that he really made it, but... the words engraved on it, the handwriting, were indeed his.

Shen Xi didn't answer directly, he stared at the drink in front of Dazai Osamu. To be honest, his aunt told him that he couldn't drink, and warned him not to drink, and he was very obedient and never drank.

He also drank fruit wine when he was with Osamu Dazai afterwards, but he didn't feel anything.

But the memory of being an adult at the age of 18 is indeed blank.

Are you really drunk?Or was it just something that happened that was mistaken for being drunk.

"Hey!"

Shen Xi turned to look at Dazai Zhi, "Dazai, do you think people can change the past?"

"Changing the future by changing the past?" Osamu Dazai frowned slightly, "Are you telling me that you are from the future in order to change the past and use it to change the future?"

"It's not about changing the past." Shen Xi's voice was small but serious, "I'm just thinking about whether I should do something by the way."

So he didn't deny that he was from the future.

So... this is a person I met four years later, and he has a very good relationship, which can be felt in Shen Xi's very casual relationship with her all the time.

Their relationship must be like this, casual to death.

"Dazai, if it were you, would you like to intervene in the past?"

Osamu Dazai raised his eyebrows, and after a while, he picked up his wine glass and lightly knocked Shen Xi's orange juice glass, and the glass made a crisp crashing sound.

"Don't talk about this, let's have a drink first."

Worrying can calculate a person's heart, calculate a person's feelings and behaviors, Shen Xi can also do it, although his feelings are weak, like a robot.

But Osamu Dazai was the only one who didn't dare to use this kind of thing to calculate.

After drinking half a glass of orange juice, Shen Xi thought, where is Mr. Luanbu, he wanted to ask Mr. Luanpo.

"Is my future self still alive?"

So, Dazai, why did you accept Shen Xi’s setting from the future so calmly.

Shen Xi somehow felt that this sentence was familiar, um, it seems that he also asked Dazai at Tsunaki's place.

"I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm still breathing in this world, I can't escape."

Osamu Dazai took a bite of crab meat, "I haven't thought much about the future, but it's still so boring, just like now, doing boring jobs, and then occasionally coming out to drink with Odasaku."

No, you hardly ever come to the store again, and no one drinks with you anymore.

"Am I happy?"

"Generally happy." Shen Xi shook the cup, and the pulp at the bottom of the cup was shaken to the top.

After eating canned crab meat, Osamu Dazai seemed not very accepting of this general happiness, "Why is it general happiness? Aren't you very pure?"

"Although Dazai looks happy most of the time, he is lonely most of the time." Shen Xi said, "Occasionally he is sad."

"Really..." Osamu Dazai finished his glass of wine, "Four years, I will be 22 years old then."

The future can be predicted, but accidents emerge one after another. Osamu Dazai probably never thought that he would leave Hong Kong to join the armed detective agency.

"Are you here?" A person walked into the door of the bar, it was Oda Sakunosuke. During this time, he was assigned a lot of chores, all kinds of strange incidents, and even had a discussion about the relationship between the director's lover and his wife's family. mediation of disputes.

The tired Odasaku really wanted to have a drink.

"Here, Odasaku, come quickly."

Oda Sakunosuke came over, and after a while he looked at Shen Xi's back and asked Dazai Osamu with some doubts, "Who is this?"

"It's Shen Xi!"

Shen Xi turned her head and greeted him.

"It's really oppressive." Oda Sakunosuke sat next to Osamu Dazai, "I was a little caught off guard by the sudden rain, and my clothes were almost soaked. Fortunately, this bar is nearby."

"What a coincidence, we also came to hide from the rain, by the way, Shen Xi said he came from the future!"

"The future?" Oda Sakunosuke thought for a while, "Is that so? Then what will my future look like?"

"Don't ask, it won't be interesting to know things like this in advance." Dazai Osamu was still trying to dissuade Oda Sakunosuke with a smile on his face.

Shen Xi looked at their way of getting along, they were really good friends.

"you are dead."

The air was suddenly quiet, and the eyes of both Dazai Osamu and Oda Sakunosuke gradually froze, as if they were dried wax figures, with a rather anxious sense of tension.

"Just this year."

……

How long has it been since Osamu Dazai stepped into this bar? It seems that he didn’t come here after the death of Oda Tsukuru. After four years, he stepped here again. The bartender is still the same bartender, and he is still so proficient in getting him used to it. The wine is served.

The wine still tastes the same.

The person who is most familiar with that book is Chief Tan Tian, ​​the leader of the Supernatural Secret Service Section, but he is now in a coma due to the attack of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. It is still unknown whether he can wake up, but it doesn't matter, there is another person.

"So, boy, what can you do with this old man?"

Natsume Soseki was sitting next to Osamu Dazai, with a cup of tea in his hand. Although the tea in the bar was a bit surprising, it didn't seem so strange that the target was Natsume-sensei.

"It took me a lot of effort to find Mr. Natsume, but it was a worthwhile trip if we found it." Dazai Osamu said with a smile, "Mr. Natsume, I want to ask you about books."

"Book?" Natsume Soseki paused while holding the teacup, "Why do you ask about books?"

Osamu Dazai smiled and said, "Mr. Natsume, don't be nervous. I won't do anything terrible. I'm just asking, for example, what impact will this book have on changing the world."

Natsume Soseki took a sip of tea, with caution in his eyes, "That book is an existence higher than supernatural powers, it will change the world, even including memories and traces, and as time goes by, the user's memory will also be destroyed tamper."

"That thing is really scary."

The reason why Yokohama must be defended is because of the existence of this book. Once the book falls into the hands of people with malicious intentions, the whole world will be in chaos. The most terrifying thing is that no one knows who the murderer is.

Not even the murderer himself knew.

Osamu Dazai looked at the wine glass, the wheat-yellow wine mixed with ice cubes flowed in the glass with his movements.

"So, Natsume-sensei, I want to ask another question. If someone uses a book to change the world, if someone uses the book page to change it back, will something unexpected happen? Can those lost memories come back?"

"Why are you asking this question?"

"Of course it's the detective agency." Osamu Dazai said with a smile, "The Five Decays of Heaven and Man changed the world with the pages of a book. I'm just a little worried."

Natsume Soseki took a sip of hot tea, "So that's how it is."

"First of all, the condition for the book to start is a complete story, with cause and effect. If you want to end this situation, you need to write a short story with a beginning and an end."

Osamu Dazai's eyes lit up slightly, "It means, this is feasible?"

"That's right."

"I see." Osamu Dazai seemed to have stars shining in his eyes, and he thanked him gently, "Thank you Natsume-sensei."

Natsume Soseki looked at him, "You're welcome, but I hope you know what you're doing."

"Of course I know what I'm doing."

Natsume Soseki sighed, and he left with his teacup in hand, "Don't make things unstoppable."

Swallowing the wine in the glass, the ice cubes slowly melted in his mouth. Since no matter how cold and hard a person is, he still has temperature. At this time, it serves as a person's endorsement.

With his right hand covering his chest, where the ring was, Osamu Dazai had a smile in his eyes.

"It's okay, I will find it back, and find everything that was hidden back then together."

"Before that, I'm going to investigate other things, Shen Xi, wait for me a little longer, and I will definitely find you."

After paying and leaving the bar, Osamu Dazai pulled out the umbrella at the entrance of the bar, and with a click, he lowered his head and walked into the rain under the umbrella, hiding among the busy crowd who were also holding umbrellas.

Oda Sakunosuke's death was caused by Mori Ogai, but it was also guided by the demon Fyodor. If Shen Xi existed in his 18-year-old life, and even kept the ring, would he be able to judge that Shen Xi's One disappearance was when he was 18 years old.

I see……

Osamu Dazai raised the corner of his mouth, the rain fell on the transparent umbrella, and he could see the crackling raindrops when he raised his head.

So, who are they redeeming whom?

Whatever, as long as they're together.

"Dazai-kun." A familiar voice sounded behind him, and Dazai paused in his footsteps, which seemed particularly abrupt among the walking crowd.

Osamu Dazai turned around, Mori Ogai stood not far away and looked at him with a smile, and the mafia member next to him was holding an umbrella for him.

"Oh, it's Mr. Mori. I didn't expect to meet you here."

Mori Ogai didn't come over, he just waited for the flow of people to leave, and when there were few people around, Mori Ogai continued to speak.

"I remember that Mr. Dazai and Mr. Shen left for Huaguo, why did you come back?"

Osamu Dazai looked up thinking, "Yeah, why? Maybe it's because the vacation is over, but I'm back anyway, Mr. Mori won't even pay attention to where I am."

"No." Mori Ogai shook his head, "I just want to remind you that the story of you and the devil's escape has been reported, and the hounds are hunting you, especially you, Dazai-kun."

"Staying here is planning to be arrested again?"

Osamu Dazai shook his head, "I haven't planned on it yet. Although going to jail is a novelty, one time is enough. Of course, if Mr. Mori doesn't tell them, they won't know, right?"

"If you don't sneak into Hong Kong's database in the middle of the night."

"Deal." Dazai Osamu's kite-colored eyes were full of smiles.

Seeing Mori Ogai leave, Osamu Dazai put away his smile for an instant, he turned around and continued walking, it seemed that he was the only one in the pouring rain world.

This was the longest time when he and Shen Xi had been separated. They seemed to have been together since they met, and they didn't feel like they were together, but once they separated, Dazai realized that he missed him so much.

There should be no other Shen Xi in this world.

Ah, I really want to know the truth about the past. Remembering all of these, he knows how difficult it is to deal with himself at the age of 18.

But now is not the time.

Now that he has made this decision, it means that this behavior is useful at some point, and reckless destruction may cause counterproductive effects.

And compared to this, there is another thing he wants to know more, if Shen Xi returns from the future to the past, will he interfere with the past, will Oda Tsukuru not die...

He needs to figure this out.

Arriving at the location of Odasaku's tombstone, Osamu Dazai still clearly remembered how he brought back Odasaku covered in blood from that place, and how he buried him in the soil.

He never wanted to see that pale face and the deep red bloodstain again in his life.

Only when one is about to die will one understand that one's life is actually a search for salvation.

This was what Oda Sakunosuke said to him at the last moment, and Osamu Dazai still remembers the helplessness and disappointment in his eyes.

"Sorry Oda." Osamu Dazai put his hands together, closed his eyes and whispered, "I must know if you are really here."

Throwing the umbrella to the ground, Osamu Dazai picked up the shovel he brought and started digging. Under the tombstone was Odasaku.

He buried Odasaku very deeply because he didn't want the outside world to disturb him, but now it has become his trouble.

Things like digging graves are really not suitable for a physical waste like him.

Finally digging to the bottom, Osamu Dazai heaved a sigh of relief. It was getting late, but the rain did not stop. Osamu Dazai squatted in the grave and breathed heavily. The rain mixed with the mud and his clothes were messed up. .

Holding out a box from the mud, Osamu Dazai opened it carefully.

But it was empty inside, and there were no ashes in his memory, only a photo that he was quite familiar with.

In the photo, Sakunosuke Oda is sitting in the center, and he and Ango are on the left and right, but the difference is that there is a black corner of the clothes in the corner of the photo.

Wiping the rain off his face, Osamu Dazai laughed.

It was a smile that almost shed tears.

"It's really a big profit, Odasaku." Osamu Dazai sat on the ground, "How can I repay it? It's not enough to pay him myself."

"you are still alive……"

"Great, you're still alive."

His voice was trembling, which was not very obvious in the sound of the rain.

……

Hiding the photo in his arms, Osamu Dazai began to restore the cemetery.

It took a whole night to restore the cemetery to its original state. Osamu Dazai picked up the umbrella he had thrown beside him and walked down the mountain in the dawn sunlight.

The rain stopped.

Osamu Dazai looked at the faint sunlight, and put away the umbrella after a while, the muddy water on his body made him look very embarrassed.

Originally, there was no one on the street where people were coming and going. Although it was early in the morning, it was still early, but there was not even a single person.

So, what happened?

"I found it." A man in military uniform came out of the alley, it was a very familiar person.

"Oh, so it's a hound." Osamu Dazai raised the corners of his mouth, and there was playfulness in his kite-colored eyes.

Tachihara Michizao stared at him, "Aren't you surprised?"

"What are you surprised by? Are you surprised that you are an undercover agent?" Osamu Dazai seemed to accept this matter well, as if he knew about it a long time ago, "So, why did the hound come here?"

"Of course I came to arrest the fugitive." Tiaoye Caiju walked out from behind him, "You can escape from Meursault, I have to say, you are really capable."

"No, no, it's not me who is capable." Osamu Dazai whispered, "But I'm sorry, I don't have time to drag you here. I still have a lot of things to do, so goodbye."

Tiaoye Caiju laughed, "Do you think you still have room to escape?"

"Why not?"

Osamu Dazai tilted his head, "Your odds of winning are just that your physical skills are better than mine. Supernatural powers are of no use to me. However, in many cases, physical skills are not everything."

Tachihara suddenly remembered the bloody legend about this man in the port mafia.

"Jano! Get out of the way!"

Too bad it's still a step too late.

"So, I knew from the beginning that you would come, and I made preparations in advance."

Osamu Dazai smiled gently, "Are you ready?"

The author has something to say: 1. The next chapter begins with the original plot of the Dark Ages, where the Dark Ages and modern plots are interleaved.

2. I feel that Jinjiang is embarrassing me. After giving out red envelopes for a few days, I draw them for a few days, which is extremely uncomfortable.