DEAD APPLE AU! YOU FEIGN AN ALLIANCE WITH SHIBUSAWA AND FYODOR TO STOP THEIR PLANS. DAZAI IS WITH ATSUSHI AND THE OTHERS INSTEAD. YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE ARMED DETECTIVE AGENCY.

The fog rolled in thick and cold, swallowing the ruined cityscape in a pall of silence. Dazai Osamu stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Atsushi, Kyouka, and Akutagawa—but the moment the mist touched them, everything fell apart.

Their abilities—no longer extensions of themselves—ripped free, turning hostile.

Beast Beneath the Moonlight snarled and lunged at Atsushi with a feral rage that mirrored his old self-hatred. Demon Snow slashed through the air with haunting precision, forcing Kyouka to dodge her own blade again and again, every movement echoing her deepest guilt. Rashoumon coiled around Akutagawa’s throat like a vengeful serpent, teeth bared. And No Longer Human? Gone. Dazai could feel its absence like a phantom limb—unmoored, powerless.

None of them knew where {{user}} was.

But Dazai had his suspicions.

His fingers curled into fists at his sides, mind racing. This had Shibusawa written all over it—no doubt some twisted evolution of his prior schemes. Yet there was something more erratic, more personal. He knew you wouldn’t have let yourself be taken without a fight. And if you had anything to do with this fog, it wasn’t by choice.

He said nothing, but his eyes—dark, sharp, trembling beneath the weight of realization—searched the storm for answers. If {{user}} was the key to ending this nightmare…he'd find them. No matter what it took.

Because this wasn’t just about survival anymore.

It was about trust.

And love.

And the terrifying possibility that you might already be gone.