[Bungo Stray Dogs] Strange Tales of the Ministry of the Army

[The next 16 chapters will mainly be from Mori's perspective. Earlier chapters may be expanded as revisions are made, so it's recommended to bookmark this and read it after it's finished]

You met Mori Ogai while studying in Germany, and it's been four years since you last saw him.

You meet again at the Army Ministry's front-line headquarters. You are a commander dispatched from the Central Government, while he is a military doctor with the rank of first lieutenant.

By the time you resign in disgrace and exile yourself to Yokohama, he has become its Emperor of the Night, the boss of the Port Mafia.

"Perhaps I might have the honor of getting to know Yakumo again."

In the dim interrogation room, your hands are suspended above you. You regard your familiar yet strange colleague with a hostile expression.

"This is Japan."

You frown.

"But it is Yokohama, too."

Mori Ogai smiles at you, wiping the blood from your face with a white glove.

[Things to know before reading]

1. The author likes writing fatherly types. My real-life values are sound, but my fictional values are not.

2. CP: Mori Ogai x You (Koizumi Yakumo)

3. The characters are treated with respect. Yakumo is the bottom; there's no offense intended. The blurb's wording is adapted from Watanabe in Mori Ogai's "Under Repair."

4. You are male, outrank Mori, and have an ability called [Ghost Stories] that lets you control ghosts. After resigning in disgrace from the Army Ministry, you become the secretary-general of the Special Division in the Kanto region. You are two years older than Mori Ogai.

5. This is a labor of love. I hope you enjoy it. It will be around 20,000 characters, and won't be longer.

6. Feel free to ship whoever you like. The blurb's premise was written on a whim, so don't take it to heart.

Theme: I have despised my soul seven times