Conjuration Puppeteer

"I didn't expect you to be the kind of person who would worry about your friends."

The doctor checked Tennouchi Riko's head, and after confirming that there was no problem and no sequelae, Hanyu Tokuro breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's just paying off the debt. I don't really want to leave this world owing anyone else anything."

Hanyu looked at the little girl lying on the hospital bed, and the maid standing aside with a worried expression on her face, and continued:

"I can change Riko's memory, making her forget who she is and what happened before. She can live as an ordinary girl."

"But you, Kuroi. I can't guarantee your safety. I can let you [die] in this world. How you live is up to you."

"I'm very happy with this result."

Kuroi bowed slightly, with a bit of worry on his tired face,

"I decided to stay and work with Dr. Mori. After all, he was the one who helped Miss Lizi find a place to live... Anyway, I will take good care of her."

"Okay, nothing else, I'll go first."

Hanyu Tokuro nodded, but just as he was about to leave, Mori Ogai suddenly stopped him.

"Is it really okay to walk like this?" The doctor's face became a bit worried,

"Maybe you're going to collapse when you go out? Although I don't know exactly what you've been through before, it's better not to leave here right now."

"..."

Ah, indeed, it's time to reach the limit.

Whether it is the degree of physical endurance or the degree of spiritual oppression.

If I go back, I'm afraid I will be severely scolded by Gojo Wu, although that guy himself was seriously injured.

"It's impossible to fall down." Hanyu Tokuro shook his head:

"As long as I don't want to, I won't fall."

"Well, of course I know. What I mean is—do you want to rest with me for a while?" Mori Ogai crossed his arms and said:

"Did you ask for leave from school during this period? The Taotie Society is usually under the supervision of your puppets, so basically you don't need to worry about it. If you are worried about Fu Heisher—"

He paused, showing a slightly malicious smile.

"We've found his son, and I think you can use that as an excuse."

"...that guy actually has a son." Hanyu Tokuro was a little surprised,

"No, it should be said—that guy actually has a woman like it, which is too scary. Is that woman some new century brave?"

"I'm inclined to think that he became what he is now after losing that woman?" Mori Ogai shrugged,

"Aren't you very keen on picking up stray dogs? Whether it's Fu Heisher or Oda Sakunosuke."

"Because it will be easy to get along with." Hanyu Candle said sincerely,

"If you get along with someone like you every day, you don't know how many times your brain cells will die."

"Hahahahaha...that's really an honor."

Mori Ogai adjusted his white coat, and continued:

"However, I still suggest that Hanyu-kun stay with me for a period of recuperation. Although [Heaven and Bondage] will bring about unavoidable death, it is always good to let yourself live for a while."

"...But people will eventually die."

Hanyu propped his chin, his sight spread from the gray curtain wall all the way to the gray sky outside the glass window, occasionally a few petrels flew by, like a lone leaf circling in the air.

"Whether it's an ordinary person, a killer, a doctor, a magician, or the boss of a certain organization...you will die in the end."

"Doctor Sen, where do you think people go after death?"

"From a medical point of view, it probably turns into ashes and rots, unless you believe in the theorem of immortality of the soul."

"Hahahaha, that kind of thing can only be known after death." Han Yuzhu laughed.

"So, what does Tokuro think?" Mori Ogai asked curiously.

"Me?" Hanyu Tokuro pondered for a moment, then continued:

"I think that after death, people will probably go to the cinema."

"Cinema?"

"I heard that people go to a movie theater after death. When you go in, you have to see what movie is showing, pick a movie and buy a ticket, then buy a bucket of caramel popcorn, take the brochure of the corresponding movie, find your own screening room and Sit down. Maybe someone is willing to sit with me, or maybe only Sayaka is with me."

Hanyu Candle tapped the table with his fingers, his eyelashes drooped slightly,

"The same movie is shown, even if it's a bad movie, you can only watch it. The protagonist is you, but the you in it has finally become you in the eyes of others. I don't know how to understand others, and they can't understand you. .Just watch it over and over again and again...forever. (1)"

"This sounds much scarier than simple death." Mori Ogai smiled.

"It's what Toshida from "Fist of Fire" said. That's a manga I like very much." Hanyu Tokuro also laughed.

"You still read comics..."

"I'm still a child, why can't I read comics."

"puff……"

Can't quite remember the last thing.Maybe he fell asleep while chatting.

It's like a slender and continuous river, flowing all the way to a long, long time ago.At that time, he was not the same as he is now. He had no troubles in his life, no magician, but he had his mother and grandfather who had been with him all the time.

But that kind of scene is as cold and silent as a movie. It is obvious that the protagonist is him, the director is him, and the content of the story is also him, but it is not him anymore

……

"Hey—he is the boss of the Taotie Society you mentioned...It's completely different from what I imagined."

"Me? Hahaha, it looks like me or something... I don't dare to say that,"

"It doesn't matter, I still envy him very much. If I can die naturally in my 20s, it would be the best thing. Ah, what a happy guy..."

... Which neuropathy is it that keeps nagging in my ears?

Hanyu candle slowly sharpened the knife in his heart.

The brown-haired boy was sitting on a high swivel chair near the window. He was wearing a black windbreaker, grabbed the edge of the chair with both hands, leaned back slightly, and his whole body happened to be in the shadow of the backlight.

He is about the same age as him, but he has a rather peculiar temperament around him, like an elegant and calm black cat, attracting people's attention to him.

"Ah, are you awake?"

The young man's eyes finally fell on him, Han Yuzhu looked at him in silence for a while, and moved his lips and teeth lightly:

"Are you Dazai?"

"You actually know me."

The boy named Osamu Dazai looked a little surprised.

"Well, I heard the doctor mention it."

Hanyu Zhu nodded, looking up and down at this boy who was about the same age as him.

"Besides, it's rare to see a man who can be missed by Dr. Sen."

"It sounds a bit disgusting... Speaking of which, aren't you also [the man Dr. Sen misses]?"

The brown-haired boy was lying on the back of the chair, supporting his body with his hands, his face was deeply buried, and his brown pupils were staring at him like a cat.

"I'm not."

Hanyu pulled the quilt up above the bridge of the nose, revealing only a pair of light blue eyes.

"The person adopted by Dr. Sen is you, not me. I hope you can figure this out. Dr. Sen and I are just a cooperative relationship."

"Is that so?" Osamu Dazai blinked his eyes, revealing a bit of teasing.

"It's a pity, I thought you two would have a more complicated and ambiguous relationship."

"I think I should look a little different from the young/female." Hanyu Tokuro fell into deep thought.

"Pfft, what I mean is—something like an illegitimate child. Seriously, Hanyu-kun is thinking of something weird." Osamu Dazai laughed out loud.

"..."

Ah, session terminated.

Hanyu thought.

Sure enough, he was a bad guy who was at odds with him.