Are you with Dazai today?

Stopping and stopping, Takeshi Yamamoto found that the road was not as far as he imagined. The golden road that he thought had no end actually reached the end after walking for about 10 minutes.

Presented in front of them are dozens of water curtains hanging from the sky, a river that is not too wide, and transparent flowers floating on the water that do not exist in this world.

"Wow."

Takeshi Yamamoto couldn't help admiring. He touched the water curtain hanging in the air in a novelty. The icy cold touch is no different from ordinary water, but they all hang in the air regardless of gravity, which is incredible.

"Let's go."

Shiinagawa continued to grab Takeshi Yamamoto's hand and gestured to take him to the other side of the river.

"Eh? Eh? Can I go there?"

Takeshi Yamamoto hesitated looking at the river. According to his knowledge, the rivers in the world of the dead have no good meaning, such as the legendary Santu River and the Styx in ancient Greek mythology.

"can."

Shiina Chuan said concisely and didn't talk nonsense. He looked at Takeshi Yamamoto and thought it was a child who was scared, so he let go of Takeshi Yamamoto's hand and took the initiative to step onto the river to show him.

You see, there is nothing to fear.

Takeshi Yamamoto opened his eyes wide. At this time, Shiinagawa also got rid of the attraction of gravity and stood on the water in a posture that would allow the dead Newton to lift the coffin board.

"It turns out that Mr. Shiina's real identity is a ninja?"

Takeshi Yamamoto murmured.

ha?

Shiinagawa thought he had heard wrong.

"Not a ninja. If I were a ninja, then most people in the world would be ninjas."

ninja?What is this kid thinking? If he is a ninja, he will use his directness. As long as I kill everyone, no one will find out that my way of infiltrating will not piss off a lot of senior ninjas.

Well, the thinking of both of them is very divergent.

"Come on, there is still a long way to go."

Shiinagawa stretched out his hand to invite Takeshi Yamamoto. Takeshi Yamamoto hesitated for a while standing by the river, and Shiinagawa waited patiently for him in no hurry.

In the end, Takeshi Yamamoto tried it cautiously. He gently stepped on the water with one foot. After trying it out, he found that he was really out of gravity and did not sink before putting both feet on the water with confidence.

It's unbelievable. How many times is this unbelievable today?Takeshi Yamamoto walked up and down the water tirelessly, and Mr. Shiina saw his childish side anyway, so let it be, Takeshi Yamamoto thought to himself.

Because walking around on the water is really fun!

Well, boys are childish creatures after all.

"I thought it was the kind of Santuchuan that you can't come back after passing, but how could Santuchuan exist?"

Takeshi Yamamoto joked.

"Santu River? This is not that kind of place."

Shiinagawa spoke subconsciously, completely unaware of the flaws in his own language.

The flaw was that he did not deny the existence of "Santuchuan" at all, but neither of the two people present noticed this.

"This is where the living and the dead meet, the gap between this shore and the other, the end and beginning of all life."

Shiinagawa looked into the distance, and walking a little further would be the end of this mini-journey, where the living would no longer be able to enter, and those who entered would be completely labeled as "dead".

"Hey - so powerful, Mr. Shiina knows a lot."

"Well, although I probably haven't seen it before, I can understand it unexpectedly."

"What is that, Mr. Shiina is really strange."

Shiinagawa didn't have knowledge about these things in his mind before seeing them, but after seeing them, relevant information would automatically emerge in his mind just like when he saw those giant spiders and that black-skinned man.

As long as you can see it, you can understand it. Obviously, it would not be like this before, but after meeting Spider Tian Liuli, there have been some changes in him.

Sometimes we can see such inconceivable events as the gap girl standing under the street lamp at night, the green kappa soaking in the water, and the one-eyed monk jumping up and down on the stone steps.

Even though the woman standing under the street lamp was wearing a mask, Shiinagawa could still understand that the other party was not a human being, and she could know that it was the back of a kappa just by skimming the turtle shell floating in the water, obviously just seeing the back of a child You can know that he is a one-eyed monk.

Then it was more difficult for him to concentrate than before, and he could not be alive and kicking without sleeping for three days, and occasionally, his consciousness would be fragmented, but it was only a second or two before others saw him. Come on, just be distracted.

Shiinagawa was a little troubled by these changes, but fortunately, it didn't have much impact on his daily life.

Shiinagawa once tried to talk to the creature on the opposite side. If the opponent attacked, he would beat him up at worst. In the end, he was probably more than ten meters away from the opponent, and the opponent fled away as if he was frightened.

Later, he tried several times, and each time he ended up fleeing from the opposite side, as if he was some kind of scourge.

He doesn't know whether these changes are good or bad, and Shiinagawa is not the type who will discuss with others, he will not cover up abnormalities, but if he does not ask, he will not take the initiative to speak out, such a character once This made Mori Ogai very distressed.

The two looked at each other silently along the way

Mr. Shiina was distracted again, and Takeshi Yamamoto looked at Shiinagawa, and now he almost understood that Shiinagawa's expressionless face was not because he was angry but because he was really just distracted.

How about...how about saying something to brighten up the atmosphere?Takeshi Yamamoto thought so.

"What are the children of Mr. Shiina's family like?"

Takeshi Yamamoto asked a question that made him want to strangle him 10 minutes later.

Shiinagawa:!

When Shiinagawa heard this, he became energetic all of a sudden, come on, come on, if you talk about this, I won't be sleepy.

"First of all, it is very cute, the most cute in the world."

Shiinagawa's expression was very serious.

"what?"

Wait...wait a minute, does Shiina-san have this kind of personality?

Takeshi Yamamoto instinctively felt something was wrong, but it was too late, the words had already been spoken and could not be retracted.

There is a default rule within the Port Mafia, never ask about Mr. Dazai in front of Mr. Xiao, otherwise you will be forced to listen to Shiinagawa-style compliments for at least half an hour.

The problem is who is it bad for him to praise, but Mr. Dazai, who is that Osamu Dazai that Shiinagawa is talking about? !Is it too ooc? !

In short, after listening to the mafia, they will fall into self-doubt of "this is not Mr. Dazai I know".

Over time, no one dared to mention Osamu Dazai's name in front of Shiinagawa.

Come on, that was a double blow to the body and mind, and Takeshi Yamamoto, who knew nothing, happened to press Shiinagawa's Dazai switch.

Now if there are Hong Kong gangsters present, you can see the red and bold word [Danger] on Takeshi Yamamoto's head.Then they will definitely burn incense sticks for the warrior in their hearts and sneak away quickly without squinting. If they are involved, they will be finished.

"My children are ordinary children who are usually naughty, play tricks, and commit suicide on a whim."

"Uh-huh??"

The first two are normal. What's the matter with the last one, Mr. Shiina!Do you have any misunderstanding about the meaning of ordinary?Please apologize to ordinary people all over the world.

"Cooking is hard, singing is out of tune, and I'm very picky."

what?

Takeshi Yamamoto didn't understand again, are you praising him or hurting him.

"The eyes are beautiful like the skin of a poison dart frog."

Mr. Shiina, wake up, Mr. Shiina, this is not a compliment at all!

Seeing the disapproval in Takeshi Yamamoto's eyes, Shiinagawa added a sentence

"The skin of the poison dart frog is very beautiful."

No, no, it's not a matter of good looks at all, no one would like to compare themselves to poison dart frogs, right?Takeshi Yamamoto felt that the image of the calm Mr. Shiina in his heart was gradually shattering.

Ah... It feels like Mr. Shiina has suddenly become more energetic, his eyes are shining, because the other party looks really happy, so Takeshi Yamamoto can't bear to say anything to spoil the fun.

No matter how far they walked, Shiinagawa kept talking about it, and it was the first time Takeshi Yamamoto came up with the idea of ​​how long the road was.

Fortunately, Takeshi Yamamoto finally saw a different scene, he thought this must be the end, finally...Mr. Shiina can finally shut up, I'm sorry he won't mention it again, let him go.

"He is really a very good kid. I never know how he sees me. Sometimes I wonder if the kid hates me or something."

"..."

Takeshi Yamamoto looked at Shiinagawa.

"Why do you think that, Mister Shiina?"

"Because I often control him, and he is definitely the kind of person who doesn't like being disciplined, but I know I can't help but interfere with him."

Shiinagawa showed a somewhat frustrated expression.

"And to be honest, I can't figure out the child's mind."

"Does Mr. Shiina like him very much?"

"I like it, I like it very much. He is the only important family member I need to protect. It doesn't matter if I risk my life for it."

Shiinagawa lowered his eyelids with a vague expression

"No matter what you say, you will not take the initiative to let go."

"That's it."

Takeshi Yamamoto feels that the emotion expressed in Shiinagawa's words is a bit wrong, but his experience is still relatively inexperienced. If it is replaced by Reborn, who has been struggling in the society for many years, he can see it, but Takeshi Yamamoto's words cannot be understood at least for now. .

It was too heavy.

"Um……"

Takeshi Yamamoto scratched his head

"To be honest, I don't understand this kind of thing, but my father will also take care of me. Although sometimes I feel a little annoying, but my father is still my most important family member. I like him very much."

Takeshi Yamamoto paused

"So I think it is absolutely impossible for the other party to hate Mr. Shiina. No one would hate a person who is wholeheartedly for their own good. Uh...the above are my personal thoughts."

"Thank you."

Shiinagawa smiled

"I feel encouraged. I don't know what to do if I am hated by that kid. Here we are."

Shiinagawa stopped, and Takeshi Yamamoto, who was still walking, bumped into something.

"hiss--"

"...I'm sorry I forgot to say, there is an invisible wall here, and the living can't get through it."

Takeshi Yamamoto tentatively moved forward and really touched an invisible obstacle. It cannot be said that the invisible wall is more like the positive and negative poles of a magnetic pole that automatically repels him.

He saw the spirits coming in unimpeded and turning into bright points of light that came together to form a glowing river.

"Did they disappear?"

"No, simply speaking, it's like a sorting station. Souls of different races in different countries will be assigned to different places for reincarnation."

"It's unbelievable that such things as souls really exist."

Takeshi Yamamoto murmured.

"I think it exists, but you can do it if you want to see it, but only for a moment."

Shiinagawa stood behind Takeshi Yamamoto and grabbed his collar. At this time, the alarm in Takeshi Yamamoto's brain sounded crazily.

"As long as you don't pay attention to this wall..."

Saying this, Shiinagawa quickly pressed Takeshi Yamamoto's head against the transparent wall. He didn't see the panic on Takeshi Yamamoto's face at all. Shiinagawa just let the opponent's head sink into the wall and his body remained outside. At the same time, he silently counted the time in his heart. .

It was a very strange feeling, like being submerged in water and unable to breathe, Takeshi Yamamoto saw a strange sight.

A man with a mace and a ghostly horn knocked a strange creature into the air, and another creature with the same strange appearance was blocking it

"Master Ghost Lantern, stop it!"

……What the hell?

Before Takeshi Yamamoto thought about it, he was pulled back by Shiinagawa, and then he heard Shiinagawa explain to him

"You can only enter a little bit and it must be fast, and it must not exceed three seconds, do you see?"

Takeshi Yamamoto is still a little dizzy

"...I see, but Mr. Shiina, please tell me in advance next time."

Not good for the heart, really.

"……OK?"

Takeshi Yamamoto sat on the ground calmly and calmly. Since his back was facing Shiinagawa, he didn't see Shiinagawa hesitantly trying to reach the wall.

Shiinagawa is standing in front of the transparent wall, it doesn't matter, as long as you stretch out your hand slowly, you can tell whether you are alive or dead, so don't shrink back.

In the end, Shiinagawa still didn't have the courage to prove it. He admitted that he was timid, and he was afraid of the results he didn't want to see. At least if he didn't prove it, he could still deceive himself.

"call--"

Shiinagawa sighed and looked at Takeshi Yamamoto whose body was becoming a little transparent.

"Looks like it's time."

Shiinagawa held Takeshi Yamamoto's hand

"Mr. Shiina?"

Takeshi Yamamoto looked at Shiinagawa puzzled.

"Just in case... just in case."

Shiinagawa answered vaguely, and Takeshi Yamamoto didn't ask too much. Since Mr. Shiina said so, he must have his own ideas.

Shiinagawa closed his eyes, he actually lied, just in case, he just held the hand of the living because he was afraid that he would not be automatically expelled.

Too bad.

……

Takeshi Yamamoto opened his eyes. He was sitting on the tram. There were no ghosts, no golden roads, and no stars in the night sky.

Takeshi Yamamoto couldn't help but wonder if he was just having a dream.

【Those who get off at Yokohama station please get ready】

"I'll get off at Yokohama Station."

Takeshi Yamamoto was startled, he saw Shiinagawa sitting beside him.

It turned out that it was not a dream, those things had happened.

"Although it shouldn't have any impact, please add me, and come to me if there is any situation."

In Shiinagawa's view, Takeshi Yamamoto may have some sequelae, such as seeing some supernatural phenomena.

If you can observe them, you can interfere. For example, if you can observe those ghosts, you can be noticed by them. This may cause some troubles that would not have occurred. He felt that since he was involved in the other party If he came in, then he should be responsible to the end.

"Ok!"

Takeshi Yamamoto hurriedly took out his mobile phone and clicked on his line interface.

"what is this?"

Shiinagawa leaned over and saw software he didn't know.

"Eh? It's just a dating app, Mr. Shiina should also have it on his phone."

This matter cannot be blamed on Shiinagawa, because he is too old to use a mobile phone. He does not play games, follow manga, or read novels. The only functions of a mobile phone are the most basic functions of making calls, sending text messages, and taking pictures. .

Feeling that he was out of date, Shiinagawa was suspiciously silent for a while, took out his phone and awkwardly added his first friend on line.

"Dating software?"

Shiinagawa glanced at Takeshi Yamamoto's mobile phone interface, and he saw that the other party had remarked to himself "Mysterious and strange but very interesting Mr. Shiina"

"...Why is the prefix so long?"

"Hey! Mr. Shiina, don't look at it!"

Takeshi Yamamoto was startled, he almost missed the phone in his hand, and then carefully observed Shiinagawa's expression

"Does it bother you?"

"No, it's just very novel."

Shiinagawa replied slowly

"Do you think I'm funny?"

Shiinagawa looked at Takeshi Yamamoto, his serious expression made Takeshi Yamamoto nervous.

"Uh... can't you?"

"Okay, Yamamoto-kun."

Shiinagawa gave a small smile

"It's better to say that I am a little happy."

[Hiss—for the glory of the family?You are so boring. 】

“Yokohama Station Arrived”

At this moment, the broadcast sounded, and Shiinagawa got up and left his seat and got out of the tram. He could see Takeshi Yamamoto waving to him through the window of the tram.

【It's great to meet Mr. Shiina!Don't worry, I will keep a secret for Mr. Shiina, I will never tell about this matter! 】

Shiinagawa smiled helplessly. He was not afraid of Takeshi Yamamoto telling the story from the beginning, even if he said it, there was no way to prove it, and it would only be treated as a joke in the end.

But he still pressed the keyboard on the phone screen slowly, typing each word

【Thank you, it was a great help, Yamamoto-kun】

Unbelievable, chatting like this is like a normal friend, but is this how friends are?Shouldn't friends usually try their best to beat each other up?

Shiinagawa shuddered, what was he thinking? Seriously, beating up with all your strength is more like an enemy than a friend!

But why... does he think that this is the relationship between him and his friends?

Shiinagawa looked at the time displayed on the phone, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening. He always felt that he had forgotten something, but what was it?

The phone rang, and it was a call from the person Shiinagawa noted as a special contact. As soon as she connected, Shiinagawa was stunned by the voice on the other side.

"Shi-name-!!!"

It was only then that Shiinagawa remembered what he had forgotten, he just sent a text message to Dazai saying that he would go back later, but he didn't tell the other party that he didn't have to wait for him to go out for a meal.

It's over, isn't it that Dazai has been waiting for him to make dinner.

Shiinagawa didn't dare to stop for a moment, and hurried home to coax the child.

Today is also a day of peace.

The author has something to say: Shiinagawa: Let me tell you, Dazai...

Takeshi Yamamoto (seriously)—(indifferent)—(perfunctory)—(nothing to love): Mmmmmmmm.

(Inside: Help, why hasn’t he finished yet.)

Osamu Dazai: Where's my dinner? ? ?

Congratulations except [? ? ? ? 】Besides Shiina, another No. [-] mysterious person who has a great influence on him and is not annoying and has a very subtle relationship appears (don't guess that both anime characters are original, and Shiina's reminiscences will be written)

And thanks to Lord Ghost Lamp for his friendship.