#meanwhile fukuzawa's still being a lone wolf and eventually stumbles upon a very smart boy with nowhere to go and hates the world

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it's because Mori is so good at manipulating the situation so that it's his way or no way. He's so heartless and conniving, but it's all for the greater good. the man is literally the definition of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" he's one of my favorite characters. Hence, I obsessively thought about what if he actually acted on empathy AS WELL as his morals. ADA Boss Mori going through a self reflection/ growing a heart arc during the war and realizing how fucked up both the war and himself are, abandons the whole "Immortal Regiment" plan halfway though after seeing all the psychological damage it put on Yosano and the other soldiers.

And after the war he invites Yosano to stay with him as his ward and work at his underground clinic with the offer of never having to use her ability ever again if she doesn't want to. She takes the offer but only because he began treating her kindly in the later half of their service. So they have a really fractured relationship but Mori puts in a lot of legwork trying to repair it. Eventually they get a father-daughter sort of bond.

At some point they find Oda who wants to leave his assassin past and is being framed for a murder. So there's a mystery to solve! eventually the three of them (plus Elise ig) leave the Yokohama underbelly and start the ADA. To save people and solve crimes. Once Dazai joins the detectiving only intensifies.

#sorry i feel so insane about this idea specifically #an lo the birth of my insanity brain reverse fukumori au #meanwhile fukuzawa's still being a lone wolf and eventually stumbles upon a very smart boy with nowhere to go and hates the world #much later than how it went in untold origins #fukuzawa eventually becomes the old boss's body guard. Ranpo and him come up with the plot to assassinate him. #ideas posting #reverse au