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Chapter 9

Akutagawa was never one to hold a grudge against weaklings. However, when his Rashomon pierced through Okada's stomach, he felt a sense of satisfaction. All these people were simply distractions from his main goal. Stupid weaklings. She couldn't even stand up to protect herself. Pathetic.

All of a sudden, he felt his entire being freeze. Chills ran down his spine. Something was wrong. Without warning, his body was frozen in place. He was bound to the spot by an invisible force. But he knew who was doing this. He tried to resist the force once again, like how he did before, but it was stronger and harder to break out of. How... It couldn't have been possible that someone that weak could improve in such a short amount of time.

Help me, or I will make sure that Dazai-san will kill his apprentice. Okada told him telepathically.

This time, without the help of the invisible binds that bound him to the spot, he stiffened up. How did she know Dazai? What did such scum of society know of him? He immediately dismissed it as an empty threat, and released Rashomon on her. However, as the monster zoomed towards her, he heard a word that made everything freeze.

STOP!

That was when he fainted.

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Okada groaned as she struggled to get herself to the nearby first aid kit - something she had discovered when Akabane slit her throat. Thank god he didn't actually stab her small intestine area, or she would have bled out almost immediately. She had to get back to the Agency immediately.

As she wrapped a bandage around her stomach tightly, she crawled to the lift. If she was lucky, Akabane was still near the torture room. When she reached up to press the lift button from the floor, she winced in pain. Okada never thought that she would bleed out in the lift, but her vision started to get foggier, before she entered a flashback on how it all started.

~flashback~

Okada was bored out of her mind that day (like always), and thus decided to walk down deserted alleyways. She had heard several rumors that people were often abducted or killed in these alleyways, so why not explore a little? Okada didn't treasure her life as much as she was supposed to. She could bend the minds of others, she could get people to bow down to her. She had powers anyone would want, but she wasn't that deprived of love that she would use it to take over the world or whatever, because she wasn't a lame anime villain.

Suddenly, she was knocked back by something hard. Looking at the person, the man that stood in front of her had black hair, with its tips bleached white. He started coughing violently, glaring at Okada.

"Watch where you are going, " Akutagawa snarled, before letting out a hacking cough.

You bumped into me. If you're expecting an apology, I'm expecting one too. Not a guy snarling at me. Okada thought to herself, rolling her eyes.

Akutagawa felt his mouth open, the words feeling foreign on his tongue.

"I'm sorry, "

Okada's eyes widened. Did she accidentally use her ability on this random guy? Ah shi-

"What did you do to me?" Akutagawa growled in a low voice, causing Okada's skin to crawl.

What did she do this time?

That was the story of how Okada got involved with the mafia.

~end of flashback~

Okada sighed. This was definitely not a time to get a flashback. Especially when she was bleeding out in the Port Mafia base. The elevator opened with a 'ding', and the person who she least expected stood in front of her.

Dazai-san? What are you doing here? Okada asked telepathically.

"Ehhh? You're still using that honorific? I still don't get why I don't get the same honorific as Ranpo-san?" Dazai groaned, ignoring the fact that she was bleeding out on the floor.

Okada couldn't believe this. Dazai was actually asking about honorifics while she was bleeding out on the ground? She didn't feel like thinking about why he was in the Port Mafia base. In fact, everything was starting to become foggy...

"Eh?! Okada, don't faint on me!"

Dazai had been kidnapped by Port Mafia too, and as he was leaving the torture chamber to the server room for some information, he just happened to bump into Okada in the elevator! What a coincidence. Humming softly to himself, he pressed the button on the elevator. Okada would be fine, Yosano would patch her up later, unconventional or convention method.

The lift came to a stop, but it hadn't reached his floor yet. Hmm, strange.

"D-Dazai-kun?!"

Oh great. It was her. Dazai sweatdropped. In front of him, stood a platinum-haired girl, who had a layer of pink dusted across her cheeks.

"Oh, Akabane. Nice to see you have detached yourself from Chuuya, " Dazai waved casually, but Dazai was secretly scared for his life.

Akabane was insanely infatuated with Dazai. During his time at Port Mafia, Akabane and Chuuya were joined by the hip. But Akabane always had a thing for Dazai. One time, she hung him upside down by the ankles in the torture room until he 'proclaimed his undying love' to her. Thank God Chuuya had been looking for Dazai for a mission and intervened, or he would have died a painful death.

"Dazai-kun! I- I didn't know you would be here!" Akabane blushed, fidgeting on the spot.

While this exchange happened between the two, Okada lay on the floor, unconscious. Akabane hadn't forgotten about her dead friend's carcass, oh no. She was glad that there was less competition. Absolutely mental, that girl.

~flashback~

"Dazai-kun!" Akabane exclaimed, latching herself onto Dazai.

Dazai always wanted to die with a pretty girl, and he admitted that Akabane was pretty, but at this point she was extremely clingy. When he had first flirted with Akabane, asking her to commit a double suicide with her, was the moment he regretted the most. Now, she clung onto him like a leech. A pretty leech.

"Akabane, lovely to see you again, " Dazai lied through his teeth.

It certainly was for Akabane. The girl was absolutely infatuated with him.

~end of flashback~

Dazai shivered at the memory. At least Akabane wasn't as bashful as she used to be. As he stepped out of the lift, dragging Okada's body, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Uh- Uhm... See you around, Dazai-kun, " Akabane stuttered, her face flushing red.

Honestly, he would never be able to see that girl the same way again, after she hung him by his ankles.