[Bungo Stray Dogs] With the Light and the Dust

On the sea side of this isolated island, there is a cave.

This is the only not-so-small cave that can be found for the time being. Bei Chenguang, who seems completely out of tune with the chores, inspected the cave, and after confirming that it can be lived in, he rolled up his sleeves and lifted the vines hanging from the entrance of the cave to clean up the cave. .

During this period, Dazai Osamu, who was wearing a large coat, followed behind with folded hands, looked left and right, and pulled his coat scratched by the bushes from time to time, showing a rare youthful look.

"Speaking of which, maybe I will spend the rest of my life on this island?" Osamu Dazai said casually in a joking tone.

Bei Chenguang stopped what he was doing and looked up at him.

The man smiled a little like this, and his eyes fell lightly on any place, as if he saw the scenery of a thousand years later through there, "Although the isolated island surrounded by the sea is also a good resting place, but it's too lonely. Yeah, I hope it's in a slightly more lively place."

"The best thing is to be on a hill overlooking the city, among the lush mountain roads, and a cemetery where you can see the sea." ①

"There won't be."

"What...!" It was such a simple sentence without any emotion, which made him show a shocked expression as if he was hit by something, but it was only for a moment.

"Because I will bring you back alive."

For a while, there was silence.

"Oh, to say such a thing." After a while, he murmured complainingly, "Miss, who are you? I have never seen your existence in any parallel world..."

"My name is Bei Chenguang, are you curious?"

"Just a little curious~"

"If you're curious..." Bei Chenguang thought for a while, "If you're still alive in five years, I'll tell you, how about it?"

So straightforwardly, without concealing his intentions at all.

Osamu Dazai stared at Bei Chenguang for a while, and a slightly amused expression appeared on his face, "Okay."

No real meaning.

Bei Chenguang didn't say anything, and turned back to continue cleaning the cave.

This cave is not deep, and there are no hanging rocks inside, but there are many spiders and leeches, as well as some rotting plants and animal corpses, and there may be snakes. In addition, there are small animal claw marks on the mountain wall... She used It took a long time to clear the cave.

"It's getting dark, Miss Guang." Standing at the entrance of the cave, Osamu Dazai put his left hand on his forehead, looking at the sea level as the sun set.

The gorgeous sunset covered the ground, and the cool sea breeze blew his hair.

It was only then that Bei Chenguang remembered what he had forgotten.She put down the things in her hands and walked out of the cave, loosened the rolled up sleeves, then raised her right hand and used her wrist to wipe the ashes on her face, and finally she spoke.

"I'm going to find something to eat, you wait here, don't move around."

――He said this sentence very naturally.

Dazai was silent for a while.

"No ~ yes." After the silence, the actually young Hong Kong black leader elongated his tone and refused, quite childishly willful, "If you leave me alone, Miss Guang won't worry about seeing my face when she comes back. A corpse?"

Bei Chenguang watched him think for a while, and finally nodded, "Then together, you follow me."

If it was Ango Sakaguchi at this time, or Atsushi Nakajima, who joined the Armed Detective Agency from the beginning of this world, was here, the complaints would probably be enough to cause screen swiping.

However, Bei Chenguang is obviously not a person who can complain.

The two were walking in the woods one after the other, Osamu Dazai simply took off his coat and put it on his arm after being caught by a tree branch several times, only wearing the shirt and vest inside.

"This looks like an apple, can I eat it?" He pointed to a kind of fruit that Bei Chenguang skipped and didn't pick.

Bei Chenguang nodded.

He reached out and picked one, wiped it casually, and then took a bite.

"Hmm." Osamu Dazai wrinkled his face and spat out.

"But it's very sour and astringent." Bei Chenguang just said this sentence at this time, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't tell if he just said it a little slowly or deliberately said it after Dazai had eaten it.

"It's too bad!" He gripped the half of his cheek with sore teeth, and complained confidently.

Anyway, no one here will complain about [you worst mafia boss what are you talking about].

Bei Chenguang received a complaint, picked a fruit in his arms and handed it to him, "This one is sweet."

Dazai calmed down and followed behind to eat the fruit.

Bei Chenguang collected enough fruits and dead branches, and used a flat leaf as a cup to fetch some fresh water from the stream in the woods. When he felt that it was almost done, he packed it up and walked back.

At this time, the last rays of the setting sun were sinking, and the woods were filled with silence, among which there were occasional movements and insects at [email protected], but she was not affected by the darkness at all, and she even had one free hand to hold Dazai left.

"Miss Guang's night vision ability is very strong."

"Ah."

"Is it special training? Or is it living in the dark for a long time for some reason...?"

"If you have adapted to the darkness and can see things clearly, I will let go."

"No, please don't do that."

Bei Chenguang didn't speak anymore, and he didn't let go of his hand. As the road under his feet gradually opened up, the woods were left behind, and what appeared in front of him was the sea and the bright moon.

The silver glow of the moonlight is the frost on the ground, and the dark sea surface is glowing with scales.

Only then did Bei Chenguang let go, and threw the things he found on the open space in front of the cave, then gathered the collected dead wood, crushed dry dead leaves and filled it into the hollow in the middle of a certain dead wood.

"This is... drilling wood to make fire?" Osamu Dazai squatted beside him with great interest, propped his face with his hands, and stared at the piece of wood without blinking.

Slowly, a wisp of smoke came out?

"Put on your coat." Bei Chenguang, who was concentrating on drilling wood, didn't even glance out of the corner of his eye, but suddenly said this sentence.

"?"

"The sea breeze at night is very cold and you will catch a cold."

"..."

The leader Dazai, who was so cold at the top, rarely experienced the feeling of not knowing what to say.

He put on his coat silently.

Bei Chenguang stopped drilling wood, carefully drew out the sparks, and then used twigs and leaves to cultivate the flames little by little.

In the cool night, a little flame lit up.

After the fire was lit, Bei Chenguang had to spread a little fire into the cave, pick out the fruits and roast them to heat up, and use soft hay to lay out a place to sleep... She did these things one by one in an orderly manner good.

Osamu Dazai, who was squatting beside the fire, stretched out his hand towards the fire, his iris-colored eyes reflected the color of the flames, his fingertips even felt the burning pain, but his expression did not change at all.

"Osamu Dazai."

"Okay, okay, Miss Guang, are you equipped with some strange detector?" He sighed, retracted his hand, and the light smile that he smiled for a smile appeared on his face again.

"Just because you put on that look."

"What kind of expression?" Osamu Dazai looked at Bei Chenguang curiously.

"[I don't know how to live.]"

The author has something to say: ①The cemetery of Butei Sakai Odasaku, see the theater version.