Bungo Stray Dogs - Stormbringer

Chapter 1 - part 2

From Chuuya’s head, they flowed like blood-

Colorful streamers.

“Chuuya! Happy first year anniversary at the Port Mafia!”

And the playful voices of the men rang out through the bar.

Chuuya looked at them with an expression of annoyance.

“You guys are so stupid…”

From each of their gun barrels, white smoke had burst. On Chuuya’s head was a scatter of thin papers in a multitude of colors. Confetti dances in the air.

The group smiles at a decoration-covered Chuuya.

Gathered there, were the members of the Port Mafia mutual aid group. But they weren’t simply a mutual aid group. Each one of them was an extremely successful member. They carried the future of the association on their shoulders, with positions equal to or above Chuuya’s. And all were under the age of 25. The association simply knew them as the “Youngster Group”- the young wolves of the Port Mafia.

Chuuya sighed before crossing the room with a cold expression, not stopping to greet anyone.

“Oh, Chuuya, you aren’t happy?” A tall man said to Chuuya’s back. “Everyone grouped here for you.”

“Don’t celebrate something like a 1-year anniversary,” Chuuya shot in retort. “I’m not happy for shit.”

“Come on, don’t say that. We know you liked it.” The tall man followed Chuuya. “We even have time for a present afterwards. Isn’t it fun, feeling like a student?”

Chuuya stopped his footsteps. He turned around, glaring at his opponent.

“So you planned this, ‘Pianoman’. Your humor’s always so fucking rotten.”

“Sure it is. I only breathe to trouble everyone with these rotten jokes.”

Returning a refreshing smile to Chuuya’s attitude, was a mafioso with a black coat and white slacks.

In the association, his nickname is “Pianoman”— his wardrobe consists of nothing but white and black. He’s quite tall, with slender fingers and a perpetual smile of amusement on his face. As the founder of the group, he fills a leader-like figure. He was also the one to invite Chuuya to the group.

He’s more like an artisan, than a mafioso.

Throughout the city of Yokohama, he is the only individual able to reproduce a “supernote”, a fake bill completely duplicative of the original. Having an impulsive personality, however, was he even slightly dissatisfied with his creation, he would neglect a deadline for months. Even if it were an order from the boss.

Additionally, his nickname “Pianoman” doesn’t come from his monotone wardrobe. When killing an enemy, he uses an electric winder with carbon steel piano strings. No amount of raw strength could wring off those wires when coiled on a man’s neck- in seconds, the target’s head would roll on the ground. The end product is the perfect horizontal spanning their shoulders. Followed by an enormous quantity of blood, and the dying echo of the victim’s scream.

He is an amalgamation of volatility, delicateness, and cruelty in a man. Rumours say he’s the closest youngster in line of a potential Executive.

As Chuuya walks to the back of the bar, a different man calls out.

“Hahaha! Chuuya’s expression was amazing! At least from me, I was totally in for today’s performance! The star of us youngsters and former enemy of the Mafia- ‘Sheep King’ Nakahara Chuuya! Seeing your troubled face alone was worth joining this group!”