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Dazai choosing Sigma: 

I know there are many speculations about this sudden surprising choice from Dazai but what struck me as even more surprising is Fyodor’s choice. 

Okay, let’s retrace a bit but first keep in mind that Dazai and Fyodor are equally matched in intelligence. Maybe, their strategies and their outlook toward life and existence are different. But they are head-to-head in their IQ department. Which is why got me thinking: what if Dazai too had wanted to choose the security keycard? Since Gogol passed the first chance to his dear friend, Dostoevsky, he couldn’t. Don’t ask me what either of their plans is for reaching the exit idk lol. But I am pretty sure they must have some sorta strategy laid out perfectly in their minds till they get to the final point. 

After that? Dazai doesn’t have the final pass to escape and he’d get stuck. That’s where Sigma comes in. Based on the above post, if--if Fyodor does hold the Casino Manager in high regard (he considers Sigma above even himself which is saying a lot), he might hesitate to let him be killed in cold blood? (but then, again, since he had no qualms in getting him shot by Hawthorne so...yeah, doubtful) 

Either way, what I know for sure is that Dazai didn’t choose Sigma for his own merits,,, ‘cause 1] If Dazai is planning to get some information from him, he can’t because his ability will be nullified. 2] Sigma isn’t a big fighter or anything. Even his ability is not suitable for stealth mission such as Light Snow. Yeah, Fyodor was going on and on about his being pushed to his limits and beyond since he is an ‘ordinary man’ but what use is there in being all that in a prison break? 3] Sigma is not even a trained assassin (as in he can’t be used to kill off all the guards in one strike or anything that impressive) 

So then what remains? 

Unless ofc Dazai is gonna throw a bomb like hey, Dos-kun, know what? I too am made from the Book like your friend here. So, you gotta give me the same kind of respect lolol well, that’d be interesting if it happens

Fyodor’s communication with the outside

Um, I don’t have any definite proof for this; I am just basing this off this panel: 

Okay I know this is  probably symbolism of the hold Dostoevsky has on this guy but what if it is literal? What if he can really control their minds once he reconfigures them? So, while Dazai is communicating outside via encoded pulse variations sent to Ango iirc, Fyodor might be directly mind-controlling all of his pawns. 

Pros: he doesn’t suffer from any timelag or miscommunication. As soon as he sends the instructions, his pawns have to do as ordered. Esp., the more I see Hawthorne, the more I am sure this is what’s happening. Fyodor reconfigured his brain somehow so that he has become a mindless assassin purely acting on Fyodor’s orders. 

Cons: He and he alone is controlling all the strings, which is...real bad in the long run. I don’t think Dazai has absolute control over the movement of his pieces. They do have room for their own thoughts and improvisations in case necessary. Like, in case of Ranpo, who Dazai lets move about the board in whatever way he thinks right. In the finale, maybe this is what will bite back Fyodor? He might keep his eyes only on Dazai’s movements and Ranpo will launch a surprise attack he didn’t predict at all??

Another thought: ig this is how the two pilots got poisoned as well. It is too much of a stretch to believe that he already knew everything Ranpo was planning and poisoned their drinks beforehand....but what if he mind-controlled them as soon as he knew of the situation and made them poison themselves with some secret “emergency back-up” poison kept in the aircraft glovebox? Well, again, *shrugs in let me ignore the whole radio program setup for communication in cannibalism arc lol* 

Gogol lying to Sigma: 

This just... is hard to explain. I am going by a gut impression of Sigma being lied to a lot by both Gogol and Fyodor. (regrettably understandable because of his ability. It is not a one-way psychometry but equivalent exchange (lol) based ability where he has to give a piece of information to his subject for something else in return. Both times he used his ability, the Agency got to know very sensitive information from him. For a very very careful guy like Fyodor, pretty sure he’s holding back most of his cards from Sigma.) 

See, when Sigma said (and actually believed, oh what a sweet summer child!) that Gogol was really supposed to die during the Wretched Seat Incident according to their plan??? For an escape artist like Gogol with such a powerful ability, I doubt Fyodor won’t have foreseen him escaping...  Plus, why do I feel like it was Fyodor who planned for Gogol to be in the exact place where Sigma was falling so he could save him? (And I don’t necessarily mean this in a Fyodor-cares-about-Sigma way but more like Fyodor-must-still-have-some-important-use-out-of-him...That and does he even so many people on his side to waste his resources in simple accidents? idk but again he isn’t showing all his pieces too. Sigma is the rook. Who is his queen??) 

Anyway, back to topic; Gogol is definitely lying about his goal of the prison break. I don’t believe one bit of his he-is-my-close-friend-so-I-wanna-kill-him-to-get-liberation story. No, he is hiding his (their) true intentions from Sigma so that nobody could find out. 

Or, maybe, so that everyone thinks of Sigma’s version of the story as what really happened? For example, if Fyodor fakes his death and puts on a good act before Sigma so he truly believes he is dead and only then whatever part A/B/C/D of their Plan No. 785362 will be enacted? (Most probably, it is to fool the Agency. Coming from Sigma, they might actually believe he is dead. No, but Dazai is right there; he will know, right? Okay, I give up lol everything in this story is just......for me lol)

Fyodor betraying Fukuchi

This....I just know this will happen at one point or the other. Firstly, Fyodor doesn’t have in his character to have loyalty to any one (probably not even to himself). Secondly, he doesn’t strike me as a man aiming for “World Domination” like Fukuchi. Fyodor strikes me more as a guy who would pull out one card and watch the entire tower topple just because more entertainment. I can’t figure out his real agenda but it’s definitely not something cliché like that. Part of his agenda does involve killing Ability Users and bringing down the Agency (and the Port Mafia) which is why he is allying with the war veteran as far as I understand. But he is the brains behind the whole operation. Kamui/Fukuchi is the leader of the DoA but he is the strategist. That’s why at some really critical point (entertaining point for him), after he’s made full use of Fukuchi’s position of power and everything gone according to his plans (whatever they are), he’s sure to pull the plug. Whether or not he will ally with the Agency is debatable but my advice to the Agency: don’t ever trust him lol. Again, I could be wrong and maybe, he’s just a typical villain aiming for World Domination,,, which’d be boring at its best

To sum up: Dazai will be the one to escape the prison (because the agency is in dire need of him rn and it won’t make sense for him to die yet), Sigma will join the ADA found family, Gogol will again disappear to wherever, Dostoyevsky will fake his death and lie low for a while before resurfacing and turning the game on its head again. Or, at least, this is what I think.