Healing Vest Essence

Oda Sakunosuke glanced at the two friends running towards him, estimated the distance, and silently moved his eyes away.

Oda Sakunosuke made sure that he could still move a little bit before the two friends approached, and turned away ruthlessly.He only left a back view for Ango Sakaguchi and Osamu Dazai, squatted down and hugged the cute and well-behaved orange cat beside him.

"Are you feeling okay, Sakunosuke?" Oda Sakunosuke asked Tachibana nervously.

"Meow." I'm fine.

The hair was shiny and smooth, and because it was an orange cat, the cat that looked a little like a big drumstick let out a calm tone, patted Oda Sakunosuke's hand with its paw, and said comfortingly.

Oda Sakunosuke breathed a sigh of relief, and began to believe that the act of leaving the body of the soul and possessing another person was something that the young Oda Sakunosuke tried, and it would not bring unimaginable sequelae to [Oda Sakunosuke]. .

Under the bright summer sun, the tacit interaction between the handsome red-haired youth and the cute orange cat, the harmonious and warm atmosphere is really touching. This scene is also as beautiful as a painting, but for Sakaguchi For Ango and Dazai, it was a different experience.

"Crack" - this is the sound of two pure and fiery hearts breaking.

Sakaguchi Ango couldn't believe his eyes.

Dazai couldn't believe his eyes.

In the first moment of reunion, Ango Sakaguchi and Osamu Dazai wanted to hug this red-haired friend so much, they had lost him for too long.

Over time, great changes have taken place in this city.

It has been so long that Osamu Dazai also has new fetters-although these lines are very thin and fragile, they do exist.

The bottomless gully between Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi seems to be slowly gathering and healing again under the guidance of the irresistible force of time, such as the movement of the earth's crust.

However, what did Sakunosuke Oda do!

When he saw them again with great difficulty, his first reaction was not to open his arms and give the two friends a firm hug. This kind of sensational thing didn't seem like something Oda Sakunosuke could do.

The first thing you did was to hug the cat next to you? !

Moreover, even the first greeting was for Orange Cat.

Is this reasonable? ?

Oda Sakunosuke this - a big scumbag!

Forget about old love when you have a new cat.

Ango Sakaguchi and Osamu Dazai were struck by lightning, and their whole bodies turned gray and white.

But the culprit picked up the cat and scratched the orange cat's chin with a strange but gentle hand. After the cat subconsciously rubbed it intimately, he turned his head to greet them as if nothing had happened:

"Good afternoon, Ango, Dazai."

Ango Sakaguchi and Osamu Dazai looked at each other expressionlessly, but they were finally defeated by their friends, and sighed silently in their hearts.

Their minds told themselves that this was the character of Oda Sakunosuke, a natural healing that sometimes turned into an annoying trait when it was overdone-but this was the Oda Sakunosuke they knew, wasn't it?

Osamu Dazai put his hands in his pockets, and although he didn't show that cute and exaggerated smile as in the past, he also smiled lightly and said, "Then, let's go to the old place for a drink together."

His iris-colored eyes reflected the warm afternoon light, which was like the half-brown and half-red color of dry grass after burning, flowing with shallow but real warmth.

"Let's go, Odasaku, Ango."

***

At dusk, it is the time of encountering magic in urban anecdotes and strange stories.

The large expanse of burning clouds in the sky seemed to have absorbed too much light and temperature from the sun, and lacked the moisture of water mist. They burned dryly, as if they wanted to burn the entire sky to the ground before giving up. The sky was dyed red-orange everywhere.

It is also as beautiful as the oil paintings created by famous artists. No, this natural scene is much more magnificent than oil paintings.

This kind of twilight is actually not common in Yokohama, a seaside city.

It is similar to the story in the urban ghost story, when the lost souls will wander around, looking for the way home, or the plot of the story is warm or scary. Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi also really met their dead friends.

Three people and one cat set off from Yokohama Publishing House, without calling a car, but by walking, the most primitive way of travel, all the way to the door of a tavern in a relatively remote corner of the downtown area.

Above the wooden door of the tavern, there is a white tavern signboard with the word "Lupin" hanging on it. Because of the wind and sun, it has not been repaired much. The white is not pure, mixed with old yellow, and it is also a little faded. painted.

In short, it looks out of place among the colorful and bright neon signboards next to it.

However, the three of them were obviously used to it, and didn't care about it. They directly opened the door of the tavern and walked down the stairs.

This bar is open underground, without a single window, only exhaust fans for ventilation.

The lights here are not too bright, the incense is deliberately lit in the store, and the rising purple smoke envelopes the place, creating a quiet and mysterious atmosphere.

For Oda Sakunosuke and the others, everything here is still so familiar, as if it has never changed, and the years have not passed, and they are still a miraculously gathered combination in Mafia.

Even the owner behind the brown bar, who was wiping wine glasses, and the bartender, who was wearing a crimson vest and was skillfully shaking props to mix drinks, still looked the same except for their gray hair.

"Uh, uh, please have a cup of detergent!" Osamu Dazai proficiently announced this weird menu again, harassing the bartenders working at the bar just like the previous daily activities.

"Sorry, no."

Although Oda Sakunosuke and the others hadn't been here for a long time, the elderly bartender, as if they were still frequent guests before, had a familiar tone without any unfamiliarity.

Obviously, he still remembered them - but normally, after meeting the three of them, it was hard to forget this strange trio with obvious characteristics.

"Hey—by the way, I also discovered a new method of suicide," Dazai Osamu said excitedly and sweetly with a drawn-out voice, as if acting like a baby, "Then please order some distilled wine and cephalosporin!"

"The distilled spirits are being brewed. Please turn left and walk 500 meters away from the cephalosporin. There is a pharmacy there, but it is not available here." The bartender said without looking up.

"What a disappointment." Osamu Dazai muttered, lying on the bar with a bored face, rolling his face around on the cold table.

Perhaps it is because the store environment is too historically outdated, and the European-style buildings are not as popular as those Japanese-style izakayas with locals.

At this point in time, apart from the three of them, Sakunosuke Oda, the boss, the bartender, and the cat in Oda Sakunosuke's arms, there was no one else in the tavern.

With the end of the conversation between Osamu Dazai and the bartender, the entire space fell into silence.

But silence does not mean coldness and embarrassment.

Three people and one cat, even if they didn't talk to each other, they were warm and peaceful.

The bartender quickly prepared the drinks ordered by Oda Sakunosuke and put them on the bar respectively.

Oda Sakunosuke and Dazai Osamu both ordered distilled alcohol, but this time, Ango Sakaguchi did not continue to drink the tomato juice that was unshakable in the past in order not to affect the brain function. Instead, he ordered three glasses of high-strength whiskey and cocktails, and then " Gululu" quickly finished drinking.

Originally, Osamu Dazai was still poking the ice puck in the glass again and again, making it hit the glass wall and making a soft "ding ding", thinking about how to confide in Oda Sakunosuke that the red-haired youth missed all these years. important moments in your own life.

What does Osamu Dazai want to tell Sakunosuke Oda?

He wanted to tell Sakunosuke Oda that his choice was right and his guidance before parting was correct.

He also wanted to tell Oda Sakunosuke about his own growth in the past four years, and act coquettishly to him—in these days and nights without Oda Sakunosuke, he was really hardworking and tired. Look at him more, Dazai Osamu is already qualified Oh my lord!

But these are still suffocated in my heart, and I haven't had time to speak.

After all, it is very difficult for Osamu Dazai to open his heart and reveal those feelings in detail and without concealment.

However, it doesn't matter, the person opposite is Oda Sakunosuke.

A friend that Osamu Dazai can trust with all his heart.

When Osamu Dazai was fully prepared, took a deep breath and turned his head, and was about to tell Sakunosuke Oda these words that he had hidden for four years, while they were not paying attention, he silently downed three glasses of high-quality foreign wine by himself. , Ango Sakaguchi, who doesn't hold a lot of alcohol, has already started to drink like crazy.

As a result, Osamu Dazai's eyes widened, and his shocked expression gradually changed to gloating and belly laughing, the black-haired man wearing round-frame glasses lost his usual calm, rational, polite and refined demeanor like a scholar .

Sakaguchi Ango cried out in an extremely exaggerated and funny "Wow", then hugged Oda Sakunosuke's waist and began to cry bitterly: "Mr. Yes, this is too much."

When Oda Sakunosuke heard the words, although the expression on his face remained unchanged, there must have been waves in his heart—even the two stupid hairs on his head that he had been shaking happily to show his presence since seeing his best friend , stopped shaking at that moment.

What, what? ? ?

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

"I'm really happy to see Mr. Odasaku. Even if I become Dazai-kun's dog, wow, such a shameful thing is not impossible...but!——"

Under the empty and speechless eyes of Yazawa Haruto, the young man in a suit raised his head in the arms of Oda Sakunosuke, with a look of grief and indignation on his face, trembling and stretching out his right hand, pointing his finger to one side and sitting on the high chair He rushed over as if he had found evidence of a scumbag cheating on him, and the wife of the first wife of the palace who was caught/raped on the spot said loudly:

"But why, even when you go to Lupin to drink with us, you still have to bring this little goblin/ghost!!"

Sakaguchi Ango's voice resounded throughout the tavern, and everyone stared at him dumbfounded, except Osamu Dazai, who was holding his stomach and laughing, hammering the table with both hands crazily, and finally took out his mobile phone to record the video.