BEAST Chapter 13

To Apologize for Neglecting One's Friends (久闊を叙する,) is the 13th chapter of the Bungo Stray BEAST manga.

Summary
To Tanizaki's surprise, a voice resounds from Kyōka's phone that commands Demon Snow to stop the killing, after which the ability looms behind Tanizaki. Atsushi learns that Dazai gave the command using altered splices of Akutagawa's voice and cut off the power from her phone. Atsushi is initially relieved that Kyōka is now safe, but Dazai tells him that Akutagawa, should he learn of the situation, may still contact Tanizaki and have her killed. Hence, he orders Atsushi to save Kyōka; Atsushi then muses how a person who cannot save anyone is not worthy of living.

Narrating his origins in the Agency, Oda was accepted two years ago after solving the Azure Apostle case, though he considers solving it by mere luck. Since then, he has lived his life primarily taking on Agency requests, providing for the orphans, and writing a novel every night. He admits such life is quite modest and simple, though he prefers it that way.

Oda is now en route to meet with someone in the midst of the case regarding Akutagawa who marched into the Port Mafia base by himself, a feat he considers quite unconventional. Nonetheless, knowing that Akutagawa would be hunted by the Mafia by the time he reunites with his sister, Oda sets out to rescue them as ordered by Fukuzawa.

In charge of the post-escape getaway, Oda has concluded that threatening the Mafia is the only way to let the Akutagawa siblings escape safely. Should he obtain vital intel about the Mafia, he would threaten to hand it to the government in exchange for withdrawing their retaliation on Akutagawa. As such, he is to meet with the accountant in charge of the Mafia's vault in an old pub. However, arriving in Bar Lupin, Oda finds a young man rather than the old accountant by the counter, who greets and calls him Odasaku.