[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

Originally, Kawasaki Sumori's itinerary plan for today was to submit his resignation first, then find a moving company, and finally go to the supermarket to buy ingredients to replenish the refrigerator.

Although "original" is used here to imply a change in the plan, in fact, the change is quite small-only the traveler has changed from one person to two people.

Kawasaki sumi works only one block away, and her daily commute is mostly walking.Even though she had been told that she might be attacked by dangerous elements, her steps didn't look much heavier than usual, but Akutagawa, who was behind her, kept frowning.

"Akutagawa-kun, what is my opinion..."

Cheng stopped suddenly, and turned around to face Akutagawa quite briskly, her skirt rippling.

"It's about keeping some spare time even when you're working, so let's chat."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke found that he has gradually become accustomed to the other party's occasional unexpected behavior, but this does not mean that he will accept the other party's suggestion.

It should have been so.

——"Akutagawa-kun, would you like to talk about Dazai?"

Then he wavered.

"Dazai... Dazai, where do I start?"

Cheng turned back, walked forward, and began the conversation on his own.

"Since the position next to Dazai is different, the Dazai in your eyes and mine must be completely different, not to mention that Dazai is originally a person with a complicated personality... Well, so, Akutagawa-kun, let's take Dazai as the center of the topic and take turns to talk to each other Let’s ask a question, of course, the question itself does not require a mandatory answer, does Akutagawa-kun have any objections?”

"……No."

"Then, I will unceremoniously exercise the right to ask the initial question."

Cheng said.

"First of all, in Akutagawa-kun's eyes, what kind of identity does Dazai exist?"

"Mr. Dazai, you have a power beyond ordinary people's imagination, and I regard him as a teacher..." Akutagawa unconsciously slowed down his speech, as if he was deliberating and thinking, "But Mr. Dazai is far more than this The meaning covered by the word is unique and irreplaceable."

"Well, I understand."

Cheng immediately went straight to the point.

"Does Akutagawa-kun like Dazai?"

"..."

"Ah, is my wording too easy for people to misunderstand? The liking here refers to good feelings in a broad sense, and it doesn't specifically refer to that kind..." She thought for a while, "...but she didn't specifically refer to that kind of affection. The meaning is excluded, after all, it is healthy and beautiful, even if it happens between the same sex, I mean love q—”

"No."

Just thinking of that word made Akutagawa Ryunosuke feel horrified. If he was uttered, he might immediately activate Rashomon. Before the situation developed like that, Akutagawa cut off Cheng's words decisively.

"It can't be described with simple likes and dislikes, but even so, I don't disrespect Mr. Dazai."

"That's right." Cheng nodded to show that he understood the other party's meaning, "Speaking of which, I seem to have accidentally asked two questions, so the next two rounds will be Akutagawa-kun's."

But Ryunosuke Akutagawa didn't ask questions immediately, and Cheng didn't urge them, they turned around the corner quietly.

"Mr. Dazai..." After about a minute, Akutagawa said, "Does Miss Cheng know about Mr. Dazai?"

"Since the question is asked in such a solemn way, the so-called 'Dazai matter' refers to something more in-depth." Kawasaki Cheng laughed, "Well, although Dazai is actually an officer of the port mafia just learned Not long ago, but he was also vaguely aware of the nature of his work before, and for him—well, he can more or less understand it.”

"Then why... I don't think you and Dazai-san..."

Before Akutagawa found an appropriate way of phrasing, Summi took up the conversation naturally.

"It's okay to be straightforward, Dazai and I, even getting acquainted is a strange thing, right? Let alone the relationship we have now. If it's a conspiracy theory, I'm someone who has other plans for him. It is even more reasonable to approach him with an identity that is easy to guard against."

At this point in the conversation, the two were passing by a shopping street that was deserted in the morning, when Cheng heard Akutagawa's footsteps suddenly stop, and then two black shadows climbed up her neck.

Rashomon wasn't wrapped tightly, and Cheng was also wrapped in a scarf, threatening not to touch her skin directly, but the killing intent was undoubtedly real, and Cheng didn't doubt it.

"Akutagawa-kun, you really value Dazai."

Chung looked at Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

Why, surprise, fear, anger... Emotions like these can't be found on her face at all, Cheng still slightly raised the corners of her mouth, like a cat's comfortable expression when immersed in just the right amount of sunlight.

"Whether Dazai himself doubted that much, I probably can't say frankly that he didn't at all." Cheng said, "But in any case, in most things, we are honest with each other, and Dazai will not deliberately hide where he belongs. He even gave me fragments bit by bit—to what extent would I run away out of fear, Dazai probably thought so—but as you can see, I am still standing here.”

Cheng lowered his head slightly, curiously trying to curl the black rope around his neck with his fingers, Akutagawa withdrew his ability as if he had been scalded.

On the street with few pedestrians, no one noticed the movement in this corner.

"Although he did this, I don't think Dazai will cry if I really leave." Kawasaki Sumis raised his index finger and made a gesture of silence, his eyebrows and eyes curved into a nice arc, " Don't tell Dazai this sentence."

"...Just now, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it didn't hurt me. By the way, I have something I really want to know!"

Cheng suddenly remembered something and let out a small exclamation.

"Will Dazai run to commit suicide anytime and anywhere while working?"

"..."

Akutagawa said.

"Yes."

"Willing to hire someone like Dazai, your boss really has a big heart!"

"..."

This is probably the first or only time in Mori Ogai's life that he was given a broad-minded evaluation.

If Zhong Yuanzhong was here, he would probably shout like this.

——"The broad-minded one is obviously Lao Tzu!"