Drowning in a sea of ​​moonlight

Mori

It's spring again.

A wisp of smoke rises from behind the distant mountain, and purple clouds float around the unmelted snow on the top of the mountain.

At dawn, the city is still asleep, the streets are quiet and silent, the Ferris wheel is motionless in the dark, and Chinatown is also transformed into a deep red.The sea and the sky blend in the farthest place.

——No matter when and where, as long as you look up and look at this place he loves deeply, you will feel that everything you do is meaningful.

Put everything on the gambling table as a bargaining chip, treat everyone and himself as pawns, manipulate everything with absolute arrogance and absolute rationality, just to pursue the "optimal solution".

Just to protect this city.

During this period, how many things have been discarded?

There are too many to count.

Maybe he is cruel by nature, or maybe he is just born to sit in the dark, spending his life playing chess games where thousands of lives are bet on every game.

But he is still human after all.

On rare, rare occasions, the past is recalled, and an unreasonable amount of time is spent fantasizing about situations that have never happened.

If that child is still by his side.

If he is still his right-hand man, nothing can threaten the city——

But that is a fait accompli.The high price paid for the optimal solution.

No more time should be spent conceiving counterfactuals—

"If it didn't happen"—yes, if, according to nominalism's version of possible universes, they are unobserved, abstract, and therefore non-existent.

The universe is not twice given.

"If not" is meaningless.

"You're in a daze, stupid Rintaro."

The girl's crisp voice came, and Alice floated in mid-air, and slightly bent down to look at him. In her blue eyes, there seemed to be a little more helplessness than the usual disgust.

"Okay, get back to your senses, hurry up and work! Didn't you still say you want to take me to buy cakes?"

"...Okay, I'm sorry little Alice, I was procrastinating, I'll go buy cakes with you after sorting out~"

Mori Ogai raised his head and said with a smile on his face.

Neat

The sky is already bright.

After reporting the task to the leader by phone, I was told, "It's been hard work, Nakaya-kun, don't come here in person, go and rest. If it always happens, I will feel as if I have squeezed the employees." , So he drove the locomotive and walked slowly through the city where a ray of dawn had already appeared.

...was a bit tired indeed.After all, I have been working continuously for 36 hours. No matter how energetic I am usually, my brain is starting to empty out uncontrollably.

Nakaya was lazily holding the handlebar, looking up at the distant sky getting brighter little by little, and the purple was stained with the clouds little by little, making the sea water colorful. The morning wind blew into tiny dots of light.

It was really peaceful.

Zhong also narrowed his eyes slightly facing the wind. Although the wind in the early spring morning is still a bit cold, it is just right to calm people's mind.

Driving into the boundary of Yokohama, seeing the five familiar buildings appearing in his field of vision, his tense nerves relaxed, and then he felt drowsy like a wave, his consciousness was a little trance, and his eyelids were almost closed.

But at this moment, somehow, he saw the cemetery in front of him.

Then the dusty memory suddenly revived.In a trance, so clearly, a voice said in his ear: "I just want to try to make him feel that being alive itself is a very lucky thing."

"...Then thank you very much. Central Plains cadre."

"Chuya, you are such an angel!"

"Happy birthday."

He smiled and said, "How I would like to drink with you again."

It's really underwhelming.

It made him sad for two days in vain.Two full days.

Moreover, when he was about to leave, he was sneaky and didn't say a word, and he didn't know what happened until he came back from a business trip;

After leaving, he said that he would never have a chance to meet again, and said that he wanted to drink together, really...

...What a guy you can't hate.

Chuuya thought to himself, but still smiled helplessly.

If it's because of the organization you belong to, then there's nothing you can do about it.

But, as expected, it would be nice if we could drink together again.

but.

He faked his death at that time, was it really just to escape from the Mafia?Why choose such a troublesome way?

...And there's that mackerel.

Why did he let Sister Hongye and Akutagawa brothers and sisters cut the present?

When he did that, did he know that he would die in suspended animation from now on?

And, for what purpose did he deviate from this organization?

... Tsk.

Chuya parked the car irritably, took off his helmet while getting out of the car, and ruffled his hair vigorously.

I don't understand.

He tossed his helmet into the air, caught it again, and walked toward the apartment.

——So I still don’t want to, anyway, the ending is gratifying.

Kouyou

"That's it, big sister. The leader ordered me to go back and catch up on sleep first, and come back to you tomorrow."

...Really, has it finally reached the point where even Ogai-dono can't stand the intensity of his work?

"Understood. Since Ogai-dono has said so, you should take a good rest, Chuya."

Hongye said with a smile.

"Well, sister, see you later."

After finishing this sentence, Zhongya on the other side quietly waited for himself to hang up the phone.

Hongye lightly pressed the "Stop" button, turned around, and said to the girl behind her.

"Let's continue, Kyoka."

"Yes. Master Hongye."

The girl in the vermilion kimono said so, pulled out the short dagger in her hand, and with a familiarity that did not match her age, she drew a knife flower, and placed it horizontally in front of her body, the blade flashed coldly.

In her eyes, there was a bottomless darkness.

kyouka

...don't want to kill people.

......wanna die.

Akutagawa

"Come on, Higuchi."

Akutagawa coughed a few times and said.

"The order we just obtained, the reward for "Human Tiger" will be handled by us. Find a way to find out where he is."

"Yes! Senior Akutagawa!"

The girl who joined the Mafia not long ago——Higuchi immediately cheered up, bowed deeply, and answered with an extremely excited voice.

...is really puzzling.

Obviously a person without supernatural powers, but with such a weak ability and character, he is completely unsuitable for the mafia.

But she doesn't seem to know what giving up is. She trains and runs around every day, gritting her teeth and persisting until now.

If it weren't for this unremitting spirit that could barely be seen, and she was really careful and didn't hold back too much, otherwise Akutagawa would not allow her to follow behind him all the time.

After all... the path of the weak is death.

I have understood from a long time ago that being strong is the only qualification to survive, and the law of the jungle is an iron law that is universal.

I can't do anything without ability and heart, so I lose my companions.

That's why I can't even find the meaning of life.That's why he was abandoned by his teacher.

...but that's okay too.

To be hated, to be abandoned, and to be shunned, for a defeated dog, it's all just scratching an itch.

What really sustains me is the hatred of myself.hatred of everything in the world.

As long as I still hold this anger.

I will definitely be able to, move forward without hesitation, until I get the approval of that person——

Gin

While waiting for my brother to get off work, I went to buy yokan again.

Take off the mask, let go of your hair, and put on a white skirt.

In this way, she can no longer scare others away with a single look, and she has to hesitate for a long time before speaking softly, as if she has taken off her protective layer and turned into the weak and weak little girl before.

But this is what a sister should look like.

It was gradually unclear which one was her.

Before they knew it, they had joined the Mafia for five years.

I met a lot of people of all kinds, but maybe it was because I was so impressed that I still couldn't forget the person I met when I joined here for just a year, who was the same as my brother and was a direct subordinate of the cadres.

She doesn't know how her brother is, but at least for herself, basically every time she eats yokan, when she puts her hands together and says "I'm starting"——

——I will always think of the person who introduced this kind of yokan to them.

I will remember him saying to himself, "You look a lot like your brother."

"Do you like this too? Here it is for you. Don't worry, I can buy it again anytime."

"Thanks for your hard work, Yin. You can rely on your brother once in a while, or I can help you too... You don't need to be so tired. The most important thing is to be happy."

Strange words, and things no one else has ever said.

Too.Isn't it obvious that that person doesn't belong to the Mafia at all?

...but it also really makes people feel warm.

So, now too.

Yin sat in front of the table, clasped his hands together with his brother.

——Thank you for the food in front of you.

—Thanks to those who had said those words to her.

Even if we may never see each other again. ...not to mention his real camp, even if it was just because of what he had done, he would never want to see himself and his brother again.

No matter what her original intention was, after all, she did the thing of repaying kindness and revenge.

However, even if it may never be forgiven, even if the true intentions of myself and my brother may never be known, even if, even the fact that I am grateful to him, I will never be able to convey it. .....

this gratitude,

She will still remember it.

Tachibara

Tsk, silver that gloomy bean sprouts.

When I was walking on the road, I saw a very beautiful girl. At first, I felt that my eyes were bright, but when I looked closely, she actually looked a bit like him. It really made my hair stand on end.

Gee.

He might be a little too into the character.

There was no reason to be so hostile to a person who had no grudges.And it's getting more and more irritable lately.

Really, it is estimated that if Vice Captain Okura, Mr. Jono and Mr. Tiechang saw it, they would be laughed at. (Well Mr. Iron Gut probably won't.)

miss them.

Li Yuan turned up his collar and walked towards his dormitory.

...Speaking of which, he hasn't reported to the Hounds yet.

The newly released rewards in the black market are huge, and it seems that it will be a rainy month.

...so hungry.

Belly growling.Stomach hurts like being twisted.

It seems to be really starving to death.

...but I can't just die here.Can't do anything.

......Decided.

Go ahead and rob the next passerby.

The author has something to say:

Among the crowd at Port Mafia.At this moment, the only ones who really think of the present are Chuya and Yin.

But after all, other people are relatively not that familiar with him/thoughts are less delicate, and it has been four years.But did not forget him.

The last one is Dun Dun, our protagonist who will be on the stage.

This is the opposite of sidestory01, each paragraph will definitely mention the people in the previous paragraph hhh

The perspectives of Jinghua and Liyuan were separated by symbols with ulterior motives. Everyone must know the reason (狗头)

Liyuan still doesn't know the status of Yin's gender.

I deliberately wrote the language style of Dun and Jinghua to be more similar.There is no personal statement, only inner dialogue, and it is all short sentences.

They are all in stark contrast to this article, and are still in a state of confusion.

Jinghua's psychology can be said to be very dark.

Chuya: "Two days, I've been sad for two whole days, bastard."

Zai: Widowed for two years. hhhhhhh

(Please look forward to the jealousy who knows this)

I also wait for the other party to hang up when I call the eldest sister/leader in private, and I feel that I should do the same, especially the angels are very polite!

Chuya: Fuck, why do you betray this organization, the organization that gave birth to you (wrong)

...Oh of course, he didn't know that it was Mr. Mori who ordered Zai to test the current hhhh (although there is no limit to the method)

(By the way, fatigue driving in the article is not advisable)

In Zhongya and Yin's memories, the last sentence is something that has not been said in the text so far;

The sentence in Zhongye is that he hallucinated and read out the words in the letter to him today, and the sentence in Yin is that I didn’t write hhh

Xiaoyin...actually, it doesn't feel like she pretended to be that kind of cold-blooded person for the sake of surviving in the mafia.

Even if she doesn't pretend that she is protected by her brother, she won't be under pressure from inside Mafia at the port.

Besides, Mafia at the port is quite united, maybe as a good-looking girl, she is more taken care of by everyone;

And the leader must know her real appearance, and will take it into consideration when making decisions. There is no such thing as being forced to do a job you don't like (such as sex? Seduction) if you don't pretend.

Therefore, her reluctance to rely on her brother should be a manifestation of her independent and strong side.

My understanding is that she also longs to be strong in her heart, and she wants to become what she pretends to be. Maybe she doesn't necessarily like her introverted, soft-spoken self... a bit of an identity issue?

Mr. Mori's Ziyun and Piaoheng used a section about spring in the pillow grass, a tribute.

(Alice also has an inexplicable boyfriend force max)

And I quoted a little philosophy, except 1. I want to show more clearly that although he understands that "my thinking at the moment is useless", he has not convinced himself, and he still wants to kill him involuntarily.

That's why it is necessary to quote from many sources, and at the same time, it is also 2. I want to show his erudition.After all, he is a self-taught static game (half-baked barbecue theory).

In fact, there are many places where the concept of optimal solution can be discussed.But that's easy to get off topic, so let's not discuss it hhhh

(The universe is not twice given: from The Science of Mechanics, Ernst Mach, also a sentence of "Mach's principle", often used to intuitively explain the effect of relativity;

The intent is to say that the universe was not created twice, with the earth spinning in one and not spinning in the other;

We can't know what would happen if the earth didn't rotate, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't rotate, because everything is relative

Of course, it is a branch of nominalism to think that counterfactual has no meaning here, other branches and realism will have different views)

After all, "Wuxin", I feel that Akutagawa probably really doesn't understand Higuchi's desire to contribute, to help others, and to yearn for himself.

Instead of saying that he still punched her after he understood, so he described his psychology.

(The latest words were indeed received by the knife...his teacher's approval until the end...uh.)

The intermission of the next chapter is over, and the plot of this story begins.

You can guess the node I started without a prize hahaha

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!