Woke up and I became Da Jae's bandage

"I saw you, falling from a height, jumping off a building and committing suicide."

After saying this, I waited for Osamu Dazai to respond.

He didn't have any special reaction, he just tilted his head slightly, with a smile on his lips.

"Well, my wish has come true, I must be very happy that day."

what?

"Ah, it must feel good to embrace the wind in the sky, while falling, remembering the short and helpless life, and then melting away like a feather." He was still talking.

This guy!

"How about realizing this wish today, just like the future you see, Ache..."

I don't know where I came from, I wrapped around his tie and pulled him forward.Dazai Osamu did not expect this sudden situation, and staggered.

"You bastard." My voice must have been trembling, "to what extent do you have to trample on other people's good intentions to be satisfied! Your friends, partners, and those who respect and admire you, you too Are you hurting their hearts so cruelly? They are yelling 'suicide', 'suicide' all day long, and it seems to me like a lost child who is at a loss and can't find a home. Osamu Dazai, do you understand? , whenever this happens, it's like you're yelling at me, 'Can you save me?', 'Can you tell me why I live?!'"

Osamu Dazai opened his mouth slightly, but he didn't speak.

So I went on.

"I'm probably crazy to want to save people like you. Yes, I want to go home. I know that there is a high probability that I will not survive after arriving at the port, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope to return to Hokkaido, I will go home." I want to try it. Osamu Dazai, do you know that when you are longing for death, some people desperately want to live, and there are people... who obviously don’t want to die but have to say goodbye to their own world, you understand this Is it painful!"

When the call came down, I gasped for breath.

The sun came up from a distance, and the sunlight was slightly warm.Osamu Dazai was silent for a long time, and finally spoke.

His voice was very soft.

"Ache, you are crying."

I didn't answer.I'm just a bandage, even if I'm sad, I don't deserve tears.

"You're right, I'm looking for a reason to live." He untied me from the bow tie and wrapped it around his right arm again, "Death and survival are equally important things, one can only live once, There will only be one death. I don’t disrespect life, but I care more about death itself.”

He stopped—we were at the door of the house.

"Ache." He called me, "Make an agreement, wait a little longer, and I will take you back to Hokkaido."

I was taken aback, and I looked at Osamu Dazai, his expression was very serious, it didn't look like he was joking at all.

I followed him into the room, and saw the lime-flavored body wash on the table, and a soft bed the size of a palm.

——Probably he was already ready, but he didn't tell me.

……

So, I went back to the happy bandage that was eating and waiting to die, heartless and heartless.

After all, if it is the first time to run away from home, there will be countless times, and by the way, it can also be used to threaten Osamu Dazai, so why not do it—of course, it is only limited to the time when the "feather" is on his body , Seeing that the situation is not good, you can run away as soon as possible.On weekdays, let me wander alone on the street full of people coming and going, isn't that courting death?

Osamu Dazai gave me the power to control "Ha" at will. I briefly told him what happened in Mori Ogai's office that day, including opening the time-space tunnel and meeting another "him".Osamu Dazai pondered for a long time after listening to it, and I don't know whether he believed it or not.

One night about a week later, Osamu Dazai told me that he was going to meet two friends.I didn't see him call someone, but he looked like he was sure he'd meet them there.

Oda Sakunosuke, Sakaguchi Ango.

I really want to see who is the person who can be called "friend" by Osamu Dazai.

He put on his black coat, the moonlight was just right, he walked through a small alley, and pushed open the door of a small bar called "Lupin".

The bar was very quiet, there was a row of chairs at the bar counter, and two people were already sitting there.One is wearing a black shirt, has dark brown hair, and has stubble on his chin; the other is wearing a black suit, half-short hair, glasses, and a black briefcase on his lap.

"Yeah, you guys arrived early, Odasaku, Ango." Osamu Dazai waved his hand in the air as a greeting.

A seat was reserved for Dazai Osamu between the two of them, and Dazai Osamu sat down unceremoniously and smiled at the boss.

"Have a drink with detergent."

"No." The boss smiled and offered him a glass of rum on the rocks.

"It's getting late, Dazai." Oda Sakunosuke glanced at his watch, "It's already 11:30 in the evening."

"The nightlife has just begun, don't you think so, Ango-kun." Dazai Osamu patted Sakaguchi Ango on the shoulder with a smile.

Osamu Dazai had just returned from the frontline battlefield of a gang fight, and cleaned up a group of miscellaneous fish. His body smelled like gunpowder smoke. It was impossible for the two of them not to smell it, but they tacitly did not mention a word.

The tap of wine glasses keeps ringing, and Osamu Dazai shows an energy here that I have never seen before.He is a person who becomes very quiet at night, these days because I always pester him, he seems to be a little more talkative - no way, I have no one else to chat with, if I don't talk to Dazai, I will To suffocate.

If he was left alone, he would probably think of some strange and weird ways to commit suicide.

At one o'clock in the morning, Ango Sakaguchi left first. He still had a meeting to attend tomorrow.Only Osamu Dazai and Sakunosuke Oda were left in the bar.

Osamu Dazai drank the rest of the wine in the glass in one gulp, a large piece of ice collided with the glass wall and made a nice soft sound.

Then, Osamu Dazai took out "Ha" from his bosom.

"Odasaku, I want you to do me a favor," he said.

This ruby ​​shines brightly in the light of the bar counter.

Oda Sakunosuke raised his eyebrows, he pointed at "Ha": "When did you start to have the hobby of collecting such things?"

Osamu Dazai did not answer his words, but untied me from my right arm: "Come on, Ache, let me introduce you to each other."

I:"……"

Oda Sakunosuke: "..."

Hello!Osamu Dazai!If you pass a bandage in front of someone and say "let me introduce you", a normal person will think you are stupid!

Anyway, another explanation.

Oda Sakunosuke seemed to have a hard time accepting this fact, at least he seemed much more shocked than Nakahara Chuya's reaction.

It can be seen how honest this person is.

I lifted the corner end of the bandage and stretched it towards him, and greeted him in a mechanical and emotionless voice: "Ah, hello, Mr. Odasaku, nice to meet you, my name is Suzuki Che, although as a human Life is over, but a new life as a bandage has just begun. Maybe it’s hard to understand, but that’s how it is, ahahaha, sorry for being a talker, please bear with me if you feel bored. "

Oda Sakunosuke was stunned for a full five seconds before reaching out to grab my corner and shaking it up and down.

Well, we succeeded in getting acquainted.

During this process, Osamu Dazai kept looking at us with a smile on his face. What annoyed me the most was his predictable eyes.

"So, what you want me to do is make a coat for this bandage?" Oda Sakunosuke said in a daze.

"Hahahaha, it really sounds like what Oda Saku can say." Dazai Osamu patted his legs with a smile, handed the ruby ​​in front of Oda Sakunosuke, and knocked on the table, "This is 'Ha', originally It’s the leader’s collection, and it’s in my hands now.”

Oda Sakunosuke glanced at the ruby, and he seemed to understand something.

"Suzuki Che, is it related to this gem?" Oda Sakunosuke asked.

See, talking to smart people is peace of mind.

Osamu Dazai nodded: "This gem can split time and space. The information we have so far is that only Ah Che can use it to achieve this effect."

I saw Oda Sakunosuke's eyes gradually widen, his expression was completely incredulous.

Well, the amount of information he received today may be a bit large and needs to be digested slowly.

"Well, after all, I haven't witnessed a miraculous moment." Osamu Dazai shrugged his shoulders, picked me up from the table, and wrapped "Yu", "How about... let's take a look together."

He took the "feather" wrapped by me and stroked lightly in the air, a red trace appeared faintly.

"Oh?" Dazai Osamu sighed, and then he raised his hand again.

His hand was suddenly held by Oda Sakunosuke.

Dazai Osamu looked at Oda Sakunosuke with a serious expression on his face.

"Dazai, don't proceed with the next step for now." Oda Sakunosuke said.

A smile appeared on Dazai's face.

"Come on, Odasaku, tell me what you saw?"

--swirl.

When these two words came out of Oda Sakunosuke's mouth, Osamu Dazai and I were taken aback.

"So that's the case, the patterns formed are different, and the positions they arrive at are also different?" Osamu Dazai rested his chin on one hand and thought, "Ache, what symbol did you draw that day?"

"Right cross." I replied politely.

Osamu Dazai let out a "huh", this time he first drew a line diagonally, and then raised his hand, but Oda Sakunosuke didn't stop him, so he drew again vertically, and two red lines floated in the air.Osamu Dazai paused, then raised his hand again, this time Oda Sakunosuke stopped him.

The two openings in the air have slightly opened a crack, I glanced towards the center of the crack, and saw a young man.

He was about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a blue turtleneck sweater, and had silver-white hair.He seemed to have noticed something, and glanced in my direction. I saw those cat eyes, which reflected the clear sky.

"Hey, Xiaojie, come and take a look..."

That's all I heard, and then the crack disappeared.

Osamu Dazai's smile became more obvious, and he fumbled for the ruby ​​in his hand.

"That's... interesting," he said.