With too many knives, I was forced to save the world

Mori Ogai's calculation failed again and again, he held two kittens in front of his chest with one wristband, and raised his other hand to tease the kittens, "It's a pity...you don't even give me the emotion card The opportunity to fight, the teacher is really cruel...you say so."

"Meow?"

The two kittens moved their eyes along Mori Ogai's hand in unison, but as listeners, they could not understand Mori Ogai's words.

Mori Ogai wanted to sigh.

Whether it's the notes, the photos, or the teacher's call, no matter how he shows his former side, for Tokie, he will only feel puzzled and suspicious.

People will always have preconceived cognition.

And this time Tokieda obviously took Dazai Osamu as the "first".

Too distressed.

Even though Tokie didn't superficially deny or admit that "teacher", and didn't raise any hostility towards him, but obviously, he didn't call out that "Rin Taro".

While worrying about what to do next, Mori Ogai raised his head casually, and happened to see a familiar person not far away.

"Ah, Mr. Mori, long time no see... It seems that the work in the organization is very tiring."

Dazai Osamu came slowly from a distance, with his hands in his pockets, his whole body was full of leisure, his tone was brightly mocking, as if to say: "The pressure is so great, I'm so mentally disturbed that I can communicate with cats."

Mori Ogai naturally understood what he meant, but he still smiled, and even said with a smile, "Oh Dazai-kun."

"Although I really don't want to admit it, it's true that the current teacher trusts you even more... in my capacity."

Mori Ogai's changed method, Dazai Osamu, is now just a "stand-in".

"Don't worry, Mr. Mori, in fact, I should have said thank you a long time ago, so that I can enjoy the rare good time with my teacher now."

Dazai Osamu said with a smile that if Mori Ogai hadn't done something wrong, he wouldn't be seeing Mori Ogai deflated now.

Mori Ogai, miserable.

Osamu Dazai knew that Tokie was in the shopping mall behind Mori Ogai, so he walked past Mori Ogai with graceful steps, and did not forget to stab him again, "By the way, the teacher said that he would go shopping with me tonight. The temple fair, ah, and the client lady sent by you, Mr. Mori, have all been recruited."

After confirming the identity of the person who came, Osamu Dazai decisively adopted the method of interrogation to find out the information. Of course, because he did not cause any loss or trouble, he was very gentle this time.

After entering the mall, Osamu Dazai suppressed his smiling face when he faced Mori Ogai.

It can only be said that Mr. Mori was in a hurry, trying to correct Tokieda's cognition with this plan full of loopholes...

Find some trivial matters for the detective agency, dispatch the staff, and pass some information to the detective agency... Osamu Dazai thought of the black and white cat that was making trouble in the detective agency, and the whole detective agency was running wild... and the cat The president who turned a blind eye or something... It's hell!

Osamu Dazai fled decisively.

Although he didn't hate cats that much compared to dogs, he felt disgusted when he thought that Mr. Sen might have bought these cats, fed them, and stroked them.

At this time, Shi Zhi, who had already selected the perfume, handed over the exquisite box specially requested for packaging to Xie Ye, "Unfortunately, I can't remember how many times I owe gifts, so I can only make up for it a little bit."

"... Tsk, didn't you choose it for yourself?"

Talked to Xie Ye, but still picked up.

"After all, the brand I like has been discontinued." Shi Zhi's tone was a little regretful.

"It's really nostalgic..." Xie Ye was mostly helpless.

Shi Zhi blinked innocently, "After all, memory is a very precious treasure."

Lie with Xie Ye's left hand, and then let go again.

Obviously... I can't remember anything clearly and still say such a thing, it's true.

"By the way, it's a rare opportunity to go to the temple fair with Azhi tonight. Is Akiko coming?"

"Forget it, you go with him."

Yu Xieye said regretfully, "Compared to that guy who fishes at work every day and can't find it anywhere after get off work... I still have work to do."

"Hey... But I remember that Aji should be very serious when he has a task."

Tokieda seems to be slowly putting together another character, and that character is similar to Osamu Dazai but completely different.

After all, they are two different existences.

Xie Ye is also very clear about the so-called "true" and "false".

Maybe Tokie just wanted to find his student in the first place.

But he didn't forget the "Dead City" incident that made him give up some and everything, but he was unwilling to give up that relationship just because of this incident.

So in his heart, his "Rin Taro" has become "Dazai Osamu", a young man who is not so paranoid and has never committed any wrongdoing. People who can be trusted in unfamiliar places.

This is what Osamu Dazai told her when chatting with Yosano, and Yosano just said: "At least if you are Rin Taro, you won't make him so sad."

"I don't want it, as a substitute or something."

Osamu Dazai twisted it into an emoji, and then got a helpless gesture of spreading hands with Yosano, "But I see that you are very happy with what you did."

Osamu Dazai blinked innocently.

After all, the things that add to Mr. Mori's troubles... are fundamental!Can't refuse!

Besides... Osamu Dazai was standing in front of the counter at this time, he looked at Yosano and Tokie at the checkout not far away, rubbed the back of his head, "Well, being loved or something..."

Even though there is a voice screaming to flee, but...

"Not bad..."

As soon as he finished muttering to himself, Shi Zhi casually turned his head and met his gaze.

"Aji?"

"Hi hi."

Osamu Dazai responded with a smile, and even raised his hand and shook it to show his existence.

"Oh here."

He did not forget to add one more sentence.

Xie Ye glanced at him in disgust, and when she turned her eyes to see Shi Zhi's smile became a little more real, she silently took half a step back.

Sure enough, students are the most important thing, she understands.

"Teacher~ I have to go to the temple fair tonight, so I finished the work ahead of time."

Osamu Dazai said something that shocked Yosano and, ah, no, the entire detective agency.

"It seems that Aji is looking forward to it."

Tokieda followed Dazai Osamu's words, and Yosano wanted to poke his eyes with a doting look.

"Then go back and get ready."

"uh-huh."

Night falls.

The dark night is cut open by a flowing light, like the first firework. The flickering bright lights form a beautiful and eye-catching picture. The whispers of people talking to and from the street food stalls are intertwined with the sound of food ripening and changing colors.

Osamu Dazai changed into a plain kimono, holding the takoyaki that Tokie had just bought for him in his hand.

"Fishing goldfish!"

Osamu Dazai enthusiastically dragged Tokie to participate in these traditional games.

Tokie easily caught one after another under the suffocated expression of the boss, and he showed off the spoils to Osamu Dazai with a smile.

"Hey~ It seems that the teacher's skills are good, it seems that I can't fall behind."

So the boss's expression became even more suffocated.

He just wanted to say, why don't you move all the stalls away and give him a good time.

Tokie looked at Osamu Dazai, but what he thought of was another picture.

The black-haired boy was good at all kinds of small games, until whoever lost the bet went to apologize to the eccentric old man who had annoyed him a few days ago.

The black-haired boy repeatedly hit a wall in fishing for goldfish. He lowered his eyes and said helplessly, "It seems that this job is going to be mine, teacher."

The two figures overlapped.

But their colors are not the same.

The name he hesitated to mention with Yosano, the feeling of familiarity and strangeness...

Standing against the light, but also being wrapped and protected, the figure in a small corner is gradually becoming clear.

Tokieda said to Osamu Dazai, "Next, let's watch the fireworks."

"Okay."

Osamu Dazai clearly saw the complexity flashing in his eyes. In the dark night, that light-colored figure suddenly faded a lot.

Osamu Dazai could almost see the endless night through him.

Fireworks are like beautiful paints exploding on a pitch-black canvas. Their colors are beautiful, eye-catching, and bright.

On the stone bridge full of people, one figure after another passed by continuously, and there were occasionally one or two distinct and unique sounds in the sound of all the rustling.

Beyond those, Shi Zhi saw a figure, he seemed to have cheated the time, and returned to a certain node in the past, the black-haired man slowly raised a smile.

Behind him are the rising fireworks.

"Sen."

Shizhi called the name first.

"Ah... What a coincidence, Your Excellency."

Mori Ogai changed back to that alienated address again, and he changed into a bright red and pink girl who was as beautiful as an exquisite doll in the window.

Alice switched back to her blonde hair and gave Tokie a sweet smile.

"Yes, good evening, Sen, and lovely Alice."

Shi Zhi touched it, took out an amulet from his pocket, approached it, squatted down and handed it to Alice.

Mori Ogai stood by the stone bridge steps, looking at the bent young man with light chestnut hair. He changed into a dark kimono today. I don't know if it was his illusion. He looked at the young man as if he had merged with the night behind him. One.

Osamu Dazai was standing on the other side of the stone bridge, holding two candy apples in his hands. The bright red apples were poured with sweet syrup, shining crystal brightly under the surrounding lights.

He didn't make a sound, and looked at the three figures from the gap between the crowds.

"Did you apologize later?"

Shizhi said words that ordinary people would feel confused when they heard it, but Mori Ogai answered kindly: "Go, I was scolded severely, it is obviously the herbal medicine that the teacher and I cooked together, besides, I I don’t think it smells bad either.”

"... Well, I actually don't think it smells bad."

Shizhi smiled and rubbed Alice's head.

"It might not be the best place to watch fireworks, but it's not bad."

He looked up at the dark night, and the fireworks like flowers blooming and butterflies fluttering.

Mori Ogai took Alice by the hand and slowly walked up the steps, while Tokie stood at the bottom, watching them.

The picture of the past is getting clearer and more real.

When the fireworks fell, Shizhi also slowly followed another wave of people to Mori Ogai's side.

Osamu Dazai appeared on the other side at some point, and his iris-colored eyes happened to reflect the moment when the fireworks scattered and fell.

"teacher."

Mori Ogai's voice was exceptionally clear amidst the noise.

"If I could tell you my plan and ideals at the beginning, would you agree?"

Mori Owai was waiting for an answer, an answer that declared him a complete failure, but he would definitely accept and admit it.

"meeting."

"Even if there are countless deaths and countless mourning behind it."

"Well... to me, my students are the most important thing, that's all."

Shizhi smiled and said indifferent words, his tone seemed to be that the countless lives that Mori Ogai just said were not worth mentioning, as if he had completely overturned his performance of wanting to save lives.

Mori Ogai closed his eyes.

He got the answer and truly admitted the failure of his choice.

It turns out... It turns out that he only needs to explain it. Then, as the only special existence that Shi Zhi recognized, his existence is far above the others. Shi Zhi told him that in front of this special, everything else is unimportant.

Even the rules of conduct he insisted on can be discarded.

Mori Ogai seldom tastes this kind of bitter taste, like 100% pure dark chocolate mixed with coffee...but it also reveals such a bitter sweetness.

"Ah, what a failure, Mr. Mori."

Osamu Dazai made a fuss on the side, he looked at Tokie's side face, his brows and eyes were very pale, with an understatement, gentle and delicate feeling, always smiling, and his tone and words were never inconsistent. Take it easy.

There is also that very shallow and very light herbal fragrance. After smelling it for a long time, you can smell the deep, pleasant light fragrance.

It was rare for Mori Ogai not to answer Dazai Osamu's words.

"Akiko is okay."

Mori Ogai asked calmly in a homely tone.

"Well, I look more energetic than before, probably because I have good colleagues and friends..."

Shi Zhi rubbed his chin, his mind was full of Xie Ye's murderous look while carrying a big knife.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and said, "Akiko's current life is as peaceful and beautiful as I expected. If possible, I would like to continue to watch her go on."

"Actually... what makes me sad the most is Akiko's tears. How can you make such a cute girl cry."

Tokieda casually told Mori Ogai the answer he wanted.

Mori Ogai also remembered the way he acquiesced in the past.

He knew Shi Zhi would take Xie Ye with him, but he just let them go, and in order to make the play more realistic, he even lit the fire.

Standing in the darkness, Morin Taro watched his teacher lead Xie Ye away, like a ray of light that cut through everything and left.

In contrast, Shi Zhi voluntarily gave up and left.

Later, he also thought about taking Yu Xie Ye away again, and he never even gave up.

Recalling a lot, Shizhi gradually became clear, how could he not see through his thoughts.

But his teacher is still his teacher after all, an existence who loves his students deeply, even doting on them.

Even so, he just told him lightly that Akiko is very happy now, and he didn't want Mori Ogai to break, but he didn't necessarily tell him that he couldn't go, or he would fight desperately with him.

"So, teacher, do you want to take a look at the place where I work now?"

Mori Ogai lowered his eyes.

He didn't look at Shi Zhi again.

Alice moved to Tokie's side in small steps, and then tugged at the corner of his coat like Morin Taro had done countless times.

This action is sometimes an indication and signal that Morin Taro wants to drag back Shizhi who was immersed in his great career of refining medicine and trying to make witch potions.

"Well... if I have a chance, I will take a look."

The fireworks in the second half fell with the end of his words, lifted into the air, and bloomed.

Then fall.

Shi Zhi's figure also gradually became more transparent as the sound of the fireworks faded away.

But the strange thing is that no one has noticed his changes. Pedestrians continue to walk, and the flow of people continues to alternate. People on the stone bridge, those who should leave leave, and those who should go up go up. Non-stop time.

"Actually, I already guessed it."

Shi Zhi continued to smile and said, "After all, it's been so long... Some people should become old men... I just didn't want to admit it all the time."

"As expected, I still prefer the young Mori."

He doesn't hide his dislike for Mori Ogai at all.

Mori Ogai spread his hands helplessly, besides, he's not old either!

Osamu Dazai blinked, he was holding candy apples in his left and right hands, although he really wanted to twist an emoji to show his attitude of laughing out loud, but he just quietly watched the disappearing youth.

"Well... Actually, the reason is that I am more familiar with the young Mori... that's all."

Shi Zhi emphasized the familiar pronunciation.

"Because I couldn't see it for many, many years after that."

"But that's okay."

He paused for a long time.

The air was also quiet for a long time.

Until the fireworks that resounded through the sound of the curtain ending exploded.

"There is a corner in my heart, he is behind the light, he is surrounded by light, he is protected, he is real and illusory, but the light loves him deeply, does not corrode him, does not differentiate him."

Shi Zhi spoke in the softest tone, as if teaching children to recognize a children's poem.

With each byte of progress, his figure will be in a trance for a moment, and will become lighter.

Osamu Dazai slowly raised the candy apple in his hand.

"By the way, teacher ~ do you want to eat candy?"

But in the eyes of others, he just spoke to a cloud of air.

Osamu Dazai watched the stretched candy apple pass through a cloud of mist.

His iris-colored eyes reflected the last twilight of fireworks.

It is a beautiful golden color.

is the color of light.

"Yeah, I can't send it out. I blame Mr. Mori for interrupting our date. I forgot."

Osamu Dazai turned around, he held up two candy apples, and walked away slowly, looking light and calm.

Alice's outstretched hand could no longer catch the hem of the coat.

Mori Ogai stood there quietly, the flow of people kept surging, countless people brushed past him, countless people left, and countless people passed by.

Mori Ogai fumbled, he took out the tattered notebook, he took out the photo, he tore the photo into pieces suddenly.

It was a gift he was going to give to a girl, and he didn't cheat the young cadres.

But it is no longer necessary.

His teacher saw Akiko who had new colleagues and a new life, and saw a mature student with a beautiful little girl by his side.

His students have a job they love and a city to protect.

So, he has nothing to worry about.

Just as Shi Zhi has always been calm, so is his departure.

Mori Ogai has been using the reason that he needs Shie's help and needs Shie to be the fresh blood of the organization, and wants to take his teacher away.

But only he knows that it is human nature to be a little bit selfish now and then...

Osamu Dazai returned to the detective agency holding two candy apples.

The syrup on top melted away.

He took a bite out of one of the apples, and then slowly closed his eyes.

"Where's Brother Shi Zhi?"

The overtime worker and Xie Ye raised their heads and asked.

"Molten like syrup."

Dazai's tone was calm.

"……I see."

Xie Ye was stunned for a long time, and opened her mouth until the air was condensed, but she didn't say much, she slowly put the graffiti on the desktop that Touzhi drew when she diverted her attention that day, and put it on the top of all the files in the drawer .

Then close the drawer.

Osamu Dazai smelled a fragrance.

The top note is sweet and greasy, the middle note gradually becomes lighter, and the end note becomes a bit bitter, but it smells better than before.

Finally the aroma dissipated.

Osamu Dazai looked up, and he saw the conspicuous bottle of perfume on Yosano's table.

He smiled in relief.

A black and white kitten jumped onto his desk at some point, screaming "Meow Meow!"

Osamu Dazai: "Go, go, I don't want to play with you."

After he chased the cat away, he remembered something and said to Xie Ye: "What about her?"

It refers to Miss Client.

"Anyway, it's just a guy who came to send a message and was responsible for causing a little trouble to keep us busy for a while. After being interrogated by you, he was taken away."

Yosano's voice sounded a little tired.

"It's just that I heard from her that she helped to pick these cats, although she didn't raise them most of the time."

"Hi hi."

Osamu Dazai responded perfunctorily, "Then what about this one?"

"That's why the interrogation has to be done by means. People are carried away, so naturally cats can't be thrown on stretchers."

Hold the forehead with Xie Ye.

As early as when she opened the bottle of perfume and smelled its tail notes, she knew that this was Shi Zhi's farewell.

They met again, the afternoons they spent plainly, the bitterness of short-term loss, and the ending of the final dispersal.

The appearance of Shizhi is like a bottle of perfume.

The taste is strong, the taste becomes lighter, and finally diffuses.

She wasn't sad or sad, she just regretted a little bit, regretting not letting him see her better and better status quo.

"Next time definitely."

Osamu Dazai closed his eyes and spoke without half sincerity.

Shortly after.

The detective agency received a courier.

The recipient is Yosano.

She rubbed her tired eyes, which were barely open, and yawned to pick up the courier.

But she didn't buy anything...then this delivery...

She slowly lifted the cloth wrapped on the outside.

Inside is a cat box.

Before pulling it away, I heard the kitten's "meow", the sound of milk.

She and Xie Ye hugged a black and white cat, which looked very small and might not have been weaned yet.

Osamu Dazai, who was always fishing, came over. He let out a "hey" and started looking through the express delivery, but there was no other information.

Osamu Dazai thought of someone.

He said he wanted to live in seclusion and have a small pet.

"Hiding away..."

He murmured.

The voice was too low, and Xie Ye couldn't hear it clearly, so he said casually: "What are you talking about? Speaking of which, this suit reminds me of the black and white that dominated the entire detective agency before. If it wasn't for sending it away early..."

"No, nothing."

Osamu Dazai held up the little kitten with a smile, "It's a pity, I'm not good at dealing with animals."

"I do not know either."

"No, no, since it's a courier delivered to Dr. Xie Ye, then Dr. Xie Ye will work hard and raise a cat. If it doesn't work, you can ask the president for help."

Osamu Dazai put the kitten back into the cat box. This cat is completely different from the previous black and white cat. It is very obedient, does not struggle, and does not make any noise.

With double amber cat's eyes, beautiful and clean.

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The author has something to say:

I'm coming.

Tokieda has always been aware of it, but he has been living in the past, living in the story of Morin Taro.

He didn't call out that Rintaro until the end.

Brother Shu Zi: I'm sorry, I will hold my grudge, so I won't shout.

Brother Shu Zi: How wonderful it is to see the happy ending of the person I miss, isn't it?