when Odasaku fell to the ground after Gide’s shot Dazai ran to him holding him with blood in his hands he said with a shaky voice “Odasaku.. what should I do?”

Odasaku replied softly

“You told me that you might find a reason to live if you lived in a world of violence and bloodshed. You won’t find it. You must know that already. Whether you’re on the side who kills people or the side who saves people, nothing beyond what you would appear. If both sides are the same, then become a good man”