The False Protagonist and the True Demon King[Comprehensive]

The light rain fell on the body, the leaves were yellowish, and there were traces of autumn everywhere. This autumn rain also carried a lingering coldness, which made people shiver suddenly.

In this icy autumn rain, Shen Xi opened his eyes. There was darkness in front of his eyes, and there was a star of light far ahead, followed by the weight on his body.

To be honest, Osamu Dazai is not considered fat, even a rather thin young man, but he is really tall, his height makes his weight not to be underestimated, Shen Xi shook Dazai Osamu's shoulders.

"Dazai, wake up, it's so dirty, don't lie on the ground."

The young man who was called by him slowly opened his eyes, the dark night covered his slightly dazed eyes, Osamu Dazai sat up from the ground, and then he realized that he had pressed something like soft mud.

Put your hand in front of your face and take a look, it really is the product of rainwater mixed with soil.

"Hey...it's terrible, Shen Xi, wait a minute! Shen Xi don't take off your clothes!"

Shen Xi stopped what she was doing, "It's so dirty..."

His insignificant obsession with cleanliness reached its peak at this time, and his muddy body was embarrassing no matter how you looked at it.

Osamu Dazai was actually having a hard time too, but he couldn't just take off his clothes either.

"Wait a minute, I'll see if we've come back first, and then I'll find a place to buy clothes and wear them alive. If it's Yokohama, I should be able to contact Kunikida by now."

Osamu Dazai quickly opened the phone with nimble fingers and called Kunikida.

The phone beeped twice and was quickly picked up, followed by Kunikida's signature roar.

"Where did you bastard Dazai go?! You still know how to contact me! Do you know how long you have been absent from work?!"

Osamu Dazai hung up the phone quickly, and then said to Shen Xi with a smile: "Ah, we are really back."

Watching Osamu Dazai directly blacklist Kunikida's number, Shen Xi already expected how irritable Mr. Kunikida would be when he finds Dazai, it's so pitiful to have a partner like Dazai.

Shen Xi paid more attention to another question than this one, "Are you rich, Dazai?"

Osamu Dazai snapped his fingers, "The little man's card is still with me, we can secretly swipe his card."

"...If I remember correctly, the balance in the consumer card will send a message to the card owner."

Osamu Dazai dragged Shen Xi away nonchalantly, "It's okay, the little man won't care who got the money, let alone I'm just a signal to the port mafia."

"A sign that I've returned."

Osamu Dazai knew that after making this call, Kunikida would definitely find someone to locate him, and then find him back, so he didn't care where he was, but took Shen Xi to buy new clothes .

It didn't take a moment for the rain to wash away the muddy water on their bodies. Although there were still yellow traces, it was better than the beginning, but it was really cold.

Osamu Dazai shivered, wondering if it's winter now?

Osamu Dazai breathed a sigh of relief as soon as he stepped into the place with lights, he recognized what this place was, the building of the Port Mafia was so obvious, it really was in Yokohama.

"Okay! Shen Xi, let's change clothes!"

Shen Xi nodded, then lowered his head and continued to look at his mobile phone.

"what happened?"

"I don't know if it's out of power or if it's damaged by water."

Shen Xi pressed the power button for a long time, but the screen of the phone did not light up, "I still want to send a message to my aunt."

"That's right, your gift!"

"The gift is here, it's all right."

Shen Xi took out a packing bag from his arms, the rainwater wet the packing bag, but did not wet the contents.

Osamu Dazai looked at the packaging bag, and looked at Shen Xi in shock, "Where did you take it out?"

"Huh?" Shen Xi pointed at herself, "It's in my arms."

"No! If it's in my arms, how could I not see it!"

Of course, these are all digressions. Osamu Dazai took Shen Xi to buy new clothes quite familiarly, and walked on the familiar road with the newly bought umbrella. He stared at the side of the road with his hands behind his back, as if he was looking at something. Fun stuff, jumping around the grid on the road like a kid.

In comparison, Shen Xi was too calm, following behind Osamu Dazai with neither fast nor slow steps, like an adult looking after a child.

"Dazai? Where are you going?"

Osamu Dazai concentrated on jumping to the last grid, then raised his hands and cheered: "Win!"

"Dazai?"

Only then did Osamu Dazai turn around as if he had heard his words, "Go to a place I used to like to go to. It's been a long time since I've been there, and I don't know if the boss has changed."

"Huh? Is it the bar you mentioned earlier?"

"Because we have been away for too long, my information is about to break down, and I have to add new information to determine the current situation."

Shen Xi sighed. He held up his umbrella and walked to Osamu Dazai, "Is it so important? I feel that the relationship between the Port Mafia and the Armed Detective Agency is relatively mild, and they should be regarded as complementary roles."

"The answer is correct, but I am not talking about the port mafia, but foreign forces."

Like a mouse that likes to hide in sewers.

In the previous incident, the House of Dead Rats was involved. Osamu Dazai investigated for a long time before catching this guy's tail. He didn't expect to jump off a building and reach Shen Xi's location, which led to a new investigation.

Let's hope the rat doesn't infiltrate it in his absence.

This mouse is as good at caring as he is, and he has no scruples. If it is really counted, there is probably no one other than Mr. Sen.

"Shen Xi..." Osamu Dazai called to stop Shen Xi, and Shen Xi turned around to look at him in the rain, with doubts in his eyes.

"If one day you see someone who looks like me, remember, don't believe what he says, don't believe a single word."

Shen Xi thought for a while, "Are they similar in appearance?"

"No, you'll know when the time comes."

Shen Xi nodded, looking very well-behaved, Osamu Dazai heaved a sigh of relief, and continued to dance the grid, once or twice, as if turning into a child at this moment.

"Dazai, there is a puddle ahead."

"It's okay, it's okay, I won't step on it!"

Just like that, I went all the way to the tavern, where Osamu Dazai was still familiar, the bar owner and the cat.

Shen Xi squatted down and looked at the lazily dozing kitten. After a while, he carefully poked its fur. The kitten opened its eyes and looked at him, then yawned and let out a soft cry. After a sound, he got up and rubbed Shen Xi's hand.

Osamu Dazai approached cautiously, but before he touched the kitten, he was dodged away, as if he didn't want him to touch it at all.

"Ah, really, it's still like this... This cat hasn't let me touch it for so many years."

The boss smiled and did not speak.

"Maybe Dazai doesn't like small animals." Shen Xi looked at the kitten, "It looks very kind."

Osamu Dazai sat on the table angrily, "I'm so angry! The boss gave me wine! Serve that kid a cup of oolong tea, non-alcoholic."

Shen Xi sat beside the kitten, "Dazai, it's very good."

"But you just won't let me touch it, it's too hateful!"

After sitting like this for a while, Osamu Dazai's cell phone rang suddenly. He took out the cell phone and looked at the messages on the cell phone. A mouse that made people feel unhappy after reading it made a piercing laugh on his cell phone.

Shen Xi took the phone from him, looked at the mouse on the screen a little strangely, "Dazai, what is this? A new type of virus?"

"No, it's the sign of a certain mouse."

Osamu Dazai stared at the icon, and sighed a little bored, "And it's not just a certain mouse, there's another guy who doesn't like it."

"Oh." Shen Xi took a sip of the oolong tea brought by the store manager without interest.

"Do you know about the dragon head war six years ago?"

totally no idea.

Six years ago, Shen Xi was 16 years old. He had just come to Nihong for a year, and he hadn't completely changed in his aunt's house. He didn't like watching TV news, and he didn't know anything about what happened in Yokohama.

Osamu Dazai laughed, "That's right, your 16-year-old is different from my 16-year-old."

"I was invited by two people. One is a mouse who likes to hide, and the other is the planner and initiator of the dragon war. After that, his whereabouts are unknown, but he seems to have come to Yokohama recently."

Shen Xi nodded without paying much attention.

Putting the phone back into his pocket, Osamu Dazai lay down on the table while drinking and counting down. Shen Xi didn't ask him why he was counting down, because he also heard the sound of fast footsteps at the door.

With a bang, the door of the bar was pushed open, and Osamu Dazai counted down to zero smoothly.

"Soul Egg Dazai! Where did you go?! You are considered a missing person, do you know that? Why don't you wait until you are defined as a dead person before coming back!"

Osamu Dazai smiled and turned his head, "Oh, it's Kunikida-kun, hello."

"Good head!"

Shen Xi raised his head and greeted Kunikida politely, "Mr. Kunikida, hello."

"Oh? Is it Shen Xi?" Kunikida instantly gave up the idea of ​​beating Dazai Osamu, and turned to look at Shen Xi in surprise, "It's great that you are back, everyone is looking for you."

"Everyone is looking for me?"

"Wait a minute, I'll call the president."

Osamu Dazai looked at Kunikida, and he felt something was wrong in Kunikida's tone, as if something serious had happened, and it happened to be related to Shen Xi.

Especially the seriousness in Kunikida's tone after he made the phone call made Osamu Dazai confirm this point of view.

During the time they were away, something must have happened quietly.

After hanging up the phone, Kunikida looked at the two of them, "Check out, I'll take you back to the detective agency now."

"So what happened?" Dazai Osamu looked at Kunikida Doppo, "Your expression is not right."

Kunikida was silent for a moment, then he looked at Shen Xi, "Mr. Shen, let the president tell you when you return to the detective agency."

Shen Xi tilted her head, "Did something happen that you think I can't accept?"

"What's the matter?"

……

The president of the detective agency Fukuzawa called Shen Xi into the office, "Mr. Akashi trusts us a lot, so he entrusted us to find you. Most people don't know about this matter."

Shen Xi looked at him, "So what happened?"

"Mrs. Akashi is seriously ill and will die soon."

Shen Xi felt that the world was very quiet, and it took him a long time to make out what President Fuzawa said to him.

My aunt was sick, and it was still very serious, and she might even die.

"President Fukuzawa didn't joke with me?"

"I never joke about things like this." President Fukuzawa said with a serious expression, "You and Dazai disappeared together for three months, and Mrs. Akashi was diagnosed within these three months, so... let's go back to Tokyo. "

Tokyo, Akashi's house, my aunt...

And the fact that this is like a joke.

Shen Xi never thought that this kind of thing would happen after she came back. My aunt, who was so healthy when she left, would turn out to be like this. In the glaring ward, she was wearing a respirator and fell asleep unsteadily.

Cancer is really strange. My aunt is less than 40 years old this year, but she has this disease.

After three months of treatment, not only was there no effect, but my aunt's body collapsed rapidly. In the end, she could only use the hospital's respirator to maintain her life.

"Mom has been waiting for you to come back, but I haven't been able to contact you." Akashi Seijuro stood at the door of the ward and looked inside, "Brother, mom kept asking if you were home when she was awake, and now you are finally back."

The red-haired boy had tears in his eyes, "Mom can't hold on any longer, so go in."

Shen Xi responded, staring at the white hospital bed with dark eyes, but without the slightest sadness, he walked into the ward with the gift in his arms, patter, and the sound of footsteps woke up my aunt.

It seemed that he would lose all his strength if he tilted his head, but when he saw Shen Xi, all his tiredness turned into a smile.

"Xiaoxi, you are finally home."

Shen Xi walked over and sat by her hospital bed, "Auntie, I'm back."

Trying to raise her hand to touch Shen Xi's cheek, the aunt seems to still be gentle, even though she is skinny and pale, it makes people feel safe.

Grabbing her hand and wrapping her palm in her own, she could easily feel that Auntie's fingers were so thin that there were only bones and a thin layer of skin left.

"Auntie, are you going to die?"

"Yeah, I'm going to die soon." Auntie's eyes filled with sadness, "Although Seijuro keeps telling me that I'll be cured soon, this is my body, and I know it best, Xiao Xi, I'm going to die , to the happy world you mentioned."

Shen Xi looked at her, "Mom is also there."

Auntie closed her eyes and smiled bitterly, "But even now I still don't understand why Xiaoxi pursues death, because death is really scary."

Shen Xi didn't reply.

"I can't let go, I can't let go of Seijuro, and I can't let go of you. If I die, I will never see each other again. Seijuro hasn't grown up yet, so I don't want to die."

Death can bring happiness.

Shen Xi has always thought so, and has always been so firm, but this is his aunt.

"I thought I could see Seijuro marry a wife and have children, and see you become the person you want to become. I never thought that my time would be so short."

Shen Xi, who has never been good at words, didn't know how to respond. He looked at his aunt with a look of bewilderment that he hadn't even noticed.

"Xiaoxi, will you feel sad for my death?"

Shen Xi looked at his aunt, and nodded slightly after a while.

There was light in the aunt's eyes, "That's great, Xiaoxi, you are a good boy."

"I'm so sad." Shen Xi clutched his chest, "Auntie, why, I feel so sad."

My aunt didn't answer, she just smiled at him reluctantly, but it turned into deep tiredness after a while.

Shen Xi took out the packing bag that she had brought with her for a long time from her arms, "Auntie, I brought you a gift, Dazai said, Auntie will be very happy to give you a gift."

"Really? Great, my aunt is very happy."

Shen Xi took out the bright red scarf from the packing bag, "Do you like it, Auntie?"

Looking at the scarf, Mrs. Akashi nodded, "I like it very much. It's red. I used to like this color the most. Xiaoxi is really amazing. I just need a scarf like this."

Shen Xi wrapped the scarf around her aunt. The blue and white striped hospital gown matched with the bright red scarf looked a little nondescript, but the aunt stretched out her hand and held it tightly as if she liked it very much.

"Xiao Xi has made a good friend."

"He said he would always be with me."

Shen Xi looked at Auntie, "So don't worry, Auntie, someone will always walk with me."

Closing her eyes, Mrs. Akashi breathed heavily, "Can you promise me one thing? At the last moment of my life, Shen Xi, I hope you can live well and become a happy person."

The instrument beeped violently, but my aunt kept looking at him, "Xiaoxi, promise me."

Shen Xi sat on the spot and kept looking at her aunt until the medical staff rushed in. They yelled something loudly, pushed Shen Xi aside and gave first aid, and then pushed her into the operating room.

The red scarf was thrown to the ground, and many people had no time to pay attention to stepping on it into a dusty appearance. Shen Xi didn't pay attention to the scarf, and followed them mechanically until he was blocked by the door of the operating room.

Akashi Seijuro was leaning against the wall, and Akashi-san was standing next to the operating room, both looking worried.

Seeing the flickering lights in the operating room, Shen Xi slowly opened his mouth.

"Okay... I agree."

I promise, in the days without you, learn to live, learn to be happy, and learn everything.

I can commit suicide, but I promise that I will try my best to live as long as I can breathe.

……

Osamu Dazai noticed that Shen Xi seemed to have disappeared after supplementing all the information. He lay on the table, always feeling that something beyond his calculation had happened.

"Kunikida, where's Shen Xi?"

Kunikida glanced at him, "Shen Xi has returned to Tokyo."

"Oh, you left so quickly without telling me... Is there something urgent?"

Kunikida thought for a while, "Dazai, are you and Shen Xi good friends?"

"Does it need to be said?" Osamu Dazai looked at him and laughed, "Could it be that Kunikida is jealous? It doesn't matter, I will try my best to build a good relationship with Kunikida! Although Kunikida is really annoying sometimes."

"I'm not telling you this!" Kunikida thought for a while, "Although I can't tell outsiders, but at least he is a member of the detective agency and Shen Xi's friend, so let me tell you."

Kunikida's solemn tone made Osamu Dazai put away his expression, "What happened? Why is Shen Xi in such a hurry to return to Tokyo?"

"Ms. Akashi is seriously ill and probably won't be able to survive."

The pupils contracted slightly, Osamu Dazai suddenly stood up from the chair and rushed out, damn it, how could this happen!

"Dazai? Where are you going, Dazai?!"

Edogawa closed the book in disorder, "Stop making noise, let him go."

"But……"

"It's okay." Edogawa Ranpo continued to read the newspaper, "You can't stop him, and... this matter, only Dazai is the most suitable."

Kunikida was a little confused, "Since Ranpo-san has said so, well, I'll treat him as off-site."

"The relationship between Mr. Dazai and Mr. Shen is really good..." Atsushi Nakajima sighed, "I just don't know how they got to know each other, it seems that their intersection is only a few days after Mr. Shen failed to commit suicide by jumping off the building .”

"Because he is the same kind of person." Edogawa Ranpo took a bite of his snack, "A person like Dazai looks heartless, but in fact he is more vigilant than anyone else, and no one will enter his heart at all. .”

Kunikida looked at Edogawa Ranpo, "Mr. Ranpo is saying that Dazai put Shen Xi in his heart?"

"Who knows." Edogawa groaned and ate the snack in one bite.

Osamu Dazai, who got the news from Kuniki Taguchi, left directly from Yokohama. He used his fastest speed to find Shen Xi. He knew Shen Xi well, and he also quite understood what Mrs. Akashi meant to Shen Xi.

That is the world and hope, the only light.

But now this beam of light is about to fade, Osamu Dazai is not sure whether Shen Xi will collapse.

He regards death as happiness, and the process of seeking death as chasing hope, but will he put his views on others?But whether it will or not, that is Shen Xi's most important person.

I regard the death of myself and Osamu Dazai as lucky, because Osamu Dazai and him are both people who pursue death, but Mrs. Akashi is different, she is a real, kind and normal person.

The person that Shen Xi will look like in ten years' time keeps reappearing in his mind, he can't, can't make Shen Xi look like that!

Straight into the hospital, Osamu Dazai tried his best to move through the crowd as quickly as possible, at least at this time, he couldn't let Shen Xi face it alone.

When Osamu Dazai finally reached the floor panting, the lights in the operating room just turned off, and a doctor wearing a mask and sterile gown came out of the operating room, his voice full of grief and regret.

"I'm sorry, the patient's rescue failed, and he has already gone."

Akashi Seijuro covered his mouth and slowly slid to the ground, and Mr. Akashi also opened his eyes wide with an expression of disbelief.

Osamu Dazai walked over step by step, he saw Shen Xi sitting on the chair.

As if hearing footsteps, Shen Xi raised his head. At that moment, Osamu Dazai couldn't take another step.

He saw Shen Xi's eyes, the light disappeared, half of the world in those eyes collapsed.