White moonlight is my vest

36-40

Chapter 36

When Kunikida Doppo and Sakaguchi Ango returned to the Armed Detective Agency with the news of Zenin Naoya's betrayal, Dazai Osamu fell silent.

To be honest, Dazai Osamu was not surprised that Zenin Naoya betrayed, or he had a premonition.

After all, Zenin Naoya and Tsushima Onki... are not actually the same kind of people, it would be strange if they could form an alliance. But after hearing Kunikida Doppo say that the fourth player was a former "god", Dazai Osamu frowned.

"What are you thinking about?"

It was Tsushima Onki's voice.

Dazai Osamu collected his thoughts and looked at Tsushima Onki. Perhaps it was because of the memory that added a layer of filter, in Dazai Osamu's impression, Tsushima Onki has always been fragile. He subconsciously hid his worries and smiled again: "Nothing, everything is under control."

Tsushima Onki looked at him quietly, and the eyes that were almost exactly the same as Dazai Osamu's made Dazai Osamu suddenly feel uneasy.

But he still didn't say anything, and nodded lightly.

"... Come to think of it, brother, aren't you playing chess with Ranpo?" Dazai Osamu subconsciously changed the subject, "Are you tired? I'll take you to the infirmary to rest for a while?"

After all, Tsushima Onju's health has always been poor. If he continues to stay on the rooftop with Dazai Osamu, he might get sick again. Dazai Osamu seems to have completely forgotten that Tsushima Onju's body will automatically repair itself, and even if he gets sick, it won't have any effect.

Tsushima Onju shook his head and said frankly.

"Ranpo-kun is really amazing, I'm not his opponent. It's too ugly to lose, I'll sneak out and hide, Shuji won't mind that I've embarrassed you, right?"

Dazai Osamu: "I admire Mr. Ranpo's intelligence and wisdom, even if I come... I'll probably lose, right?"

The smile on Tsushima Onju's mouth was faint, making him look a little more healthy: "Don't worry about me, Shuji. Sorry, although you changed your name a long time ago... I haven't changed it back yet."

He paused, and a soft sigh leaked from his mouth.

"...I will try my best to change."

Dazai Osamu's heart skipped a beat.

A long time ago, Tsushima Onki also said such words.

Memories came flooding back like a tide. At that time, Tsushima Shuji had just started school. He was dissatisfied with the teachers and classmates in the school, and thought they were boring, so he simply skipped classes and swaggered home. Even though Tsushima Shuji's biological mother died early and his father did not pay much attention to him, because he was taken in by Tsushima Onki and raised personally when he was very young, no one in the Tsushima family dared to stop him.

As soon as Tsushima Shuji got home, he rushed to find Tsushima Onki. He thought happily that he could admit his mistake first and then act like a spoiled child to cover up the matter. He asked the servant, but saw that the servant looked at him with concern.